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ZANE . house venture ([personal profile] godsays) wrote2013-08-31 09:00 pm

23rd metal . CTS spam

[ It's after Cassel's announcement that Zane can be found in the CTS.

The scene is medieval - or, ancient, anyway. Armor, swords, horses. A battle. As the door out of the CTS closes behind him, they surround him, weapons braced. He blinks back anguished emotion, and tosses back a vial of metals, and touches steel, pewter.

He launches into the air, and the fight begins.

There are hundreds of them, and only one of him: and yet. He slaughters them. He uses the metal they carry to Push and Pull himself; he is always faster, always stronger, and he is the utter picture of grace.

He kills them all.

And when they are dead, the bright green hill of a battlefield strewn with corpses, he goes into the forest. Braces himself against one tree and flings metal at another, a thud-thud of swords, knives, shields whipping and burying themselves into the bark. He Pushes, and Pushes, until finally the tree splinters and collapses, crashing slowly and mightily into the ground.

He keeps destroying the trees, over and over, until someone interrupts - or another army shows up. ]
youwillgotohell: (Yeah I p. much live in this chair)

[personal profile] youwillgotohell 2013-09-09 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[When she was younger, she'd sparred with Arthur. It was how she learned the sword. The upper hand she'd had on him then was having the speed to match his strength. He blocks, and she lets her sword slide off, sweeping it around lower, at his middle.

It's easier to think about thrust and parry rather than being a monster. It's easier to let answers slip out, too.]


No. I don't - I don't know. It's better than being nothing.
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[personal profile] youwillgotohell 2013-09-10 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
[She takes the sword in both hands, raises it across her body and meets his attack with a parry. He's stronger, and she's prepared to give ground. She's prepared to use magic if he's too strong.]

I know you do.

I thought if I embraced it, nothing could hurt me anymore.
youwillgotohell: (I'm on the run from the man with the gun)

[personal profile] youwillgotohell 2013-09-11 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
[She steps, blocks, sees the second strike coming and knows she won't stop it in time.

There's the smallest flare of fear - no mortal blade can kill me, and the sharpness of an immortal blade - and her eyes glow.]


Scildan.

[The sword glances off of - air, of of an invisible shield, and she presses her attack. Better than letting her discomfort settle.]
youwillgotohell: ( smile ) (the empty call in my heart)

[personal profile] youwillgotohell 2013-09-11 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
You would make a good sorcerer.

[And she smiles, because isn't that what they are, really? The difference isn't so grand.]
youwillgotohell: (Like there's anywhere to go from here)

[personal profile] youwillgotohell 2013-09-12 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know how.
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[personal profile] youwillgotohell 2013-09-13 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
[She gives it pause, and thought, turning the sword in her hand. Finally she throws it down, hard enough to stick out of the ground, and steps toward him.]

All right.
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[personal profile] youwillgotohell 2013-09-14 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
[She wraps her arms around his shoulders just as he Pushes; her fingers dig into his shirt and the skin beneath, and she gasps sharply as her feet leave the ground. It's terrifying, for a moment - and slowly, beneath her clinging, there's elation growing.]
youwillgotohell: ( smile ) (golden light in my eyes)

[personal profile] youwillgotohell 2013-09-17 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[When they drop, she has to struggle to open her eyes again. It makes her stomach roll, and she holds him tightly; when they land, she stumbles a little, steadying herself on his shoulders.]

It was-- [Something. She lets out a breath that's almost a laugh, and nods.] Yes.
youwillgotohell: ( smile ) (if I don't see the day)

[personal profile] youwillgotohell 2013-09-20 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
It was falling. [But there's a smile.]
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[personal profile] youwillgotohell 2013-09-21 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
No. Then it was exhilarating.
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[personal profile] youwillgotohell 2013-09-23 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
[She hesitates just a moment, then nods.]
youwillgotohell: ( smile ) (and they made you kneel)

[personal profile] youwillgotohell 2013-09-24 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
[It's like being in the air again. Her lips part and she looks at him, through him, feels freedom like she hasn't in God knows how long. It's exhilarating like nothing else, and she's smiling by the time he stops.]

I don't know how you can stand to ever come down.

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