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Panda:
Nanako

"We're already in a room, ain't we?" Nanako noted bemusedly.

Ah, that's a good look in his eyes. Wonder how long it'll last.

"Well, you were down for the three-count, so you'll be staying down there," the squirrel girl said, her tail flicking back and forth as she met his determination with long denied thirst, deeper than the fall they'd taken to get here. With that, she rolled them back up, Nanako straddling Yang as she swiftly slid her hips back, eyes alight with anticipation as she leaned down, pinning his arms to the ground above his head as she loomed down over him.

Bern:
Amanda

"Suit yourself, my work here is done."

If they were just gonna leave she would do the same, and she did actually have stuff to do here in the first place. A flash of irritation clouded her mind at the thought that she still needed to represent Pine Garden, even if she didn't hold the true power. Lord Russell was far too clever for his own good and soon, soon she'd have the tools do with him.

"I need you to kill someone!"

Before he flew away she called out to Zeke.

yinsukin:
Aruna

Ascending into the sky in the middle of the stadium, she stopped her flight when she heard those words.  The raven-haired girl wanted someone killed?  All those theatrics were just to have a simple assassination?  Why approach her if she wanted Ezekial?  Strangely enough, the fake floated next to her, reached out and...


Aruna was no longer flying.  She sat alone in a world free from the safety of darkness.  The oppressive light of the sun bore down on her.  Those words ringing in her head.  "Demon, Monster, Die, Evil, Disappear!"

The tears flowed from her eyelids down her cheeks.  Those humanoid eyes of hers began to glow a bright red, her rage fueled by the rejection.  Its true.  For all her bravado, she just wanted to be liked by humans, to be loved by the world around her.  Even if they labeled her, it was her choices that lead her to this point.  A flash of corpses entered her mind and a twisted smile completed the demon's face, complete with sharp teeth.

She did it and she liked it.

Then came the sadness, the hatred, the rejection, that light, the one that the humans held within their heart.  It was so blinding.  Thats not true.  She didn't like it, what she did.  Perhaps the thrill of the kill, the excitement of the fight but the results, those lights she snuffed out?  What was it in service of?

Aruna finally turned to the Ezekial who stood under the sun, those tears falling into the ground, sinking into the earth, forever forgotten.  Bringing her arm up to wipe the tears from her eyes, she said, "Yeah angel, demon they are all meaningless titles.  I am Aruna, the being who serves the guardian clan.  My duty, my passion, those things are tied to my agency as a person.  My identity is not a shield for my sins.  But...."

She spread her bat like wings, which seemed to take on a more bird like appearance.  One side remained their usual bat like shape, the other a feathery angel's wing.  The sun turned into an eclipse, the dark light shining on the world below.  Chains emerged from the ground, forming an iron cage.  "Perhaps that is why we created such a bond.  Fools are so easy to find when you are being foolish."

The chains crept closer, shrinking the cage.  "A greedy bird will never be able to escape its cage.  It merely grows bigger and bigger, stronger and stronger until its power grounds it to the very earth that bestowed it.  The cage will shrink as you grow large and your wings will no longer be strong enough to take you off of the ground."

With that she flapped her wings and took to the sky.  Somehow fazing right through the cage.  It was as if it weren't even there for her.  All the while, she stared down at the ground, those tears falling from her cheek once more.  It seemed almost as if she were yearning for something.


What the hell was that?

She mentioned before they had a bond but she didn't realize he could influence her mind this much.  It felt like she was still peering into his soul.  What exactly was this bond they had formed?

"How annoying," she said, crossing her legs in mid-air, watching the last of this little interaction.  She found herself annoyed at how curious she was.  She should have just left but something was keeping her here.  "Stupid human...."

Kotomine_Rin:
Ezekiel

The vision in her mind... no, inside their shared bond of enmity... it shook and grunted as if pained by her words. As if she had somehow shaken him. The image of the old and young man flickered, and for a moment it was a beast that showed its fangs at her, grimacing with a hand clutched to its heart. Pained.

"No way... these are just words. You've lost! Quit talking nonsense as if you understood a thing!"

But even so, the two fools would keep advancing.


The floating man suddenly stopped, maybe snapped back by Amanda's voice. "Knew it."

A murder. How droll. His boss wanted to kill everyone, she just wanted to kill someone. Clearly he didn't have to do anything and just let nature run its course. And yet...

"I wouldn't do this for any human, but let's just say I've fallen for you. I'll come crash tomorrow, give me the details then." He turned his head to look at Amanda, grinning wolfishly. But just before taking off for good, he spared a final look at Aruna.

An interesting girl. He'd sharpen his new form against hers... in time. "So long."

And thus, the evil star flew away, into the unknown horizon. Towards wherever its greed will lead.


Continued in Xilbalba

Kotomine_Rin:
Yang

If the ends of his face were reddening up, it wasn't just because a hot lady was straddling him! No, something stirred inside him, like a bubbling kettle about to burst with something. He raised his chest and-

"No way, that didn't count! I didn't lose to you." He indigniantly pouted at her. "You just got the drop on me, it's all."

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