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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2021-03-26 04:46 am

The Will to Fight: Conclusion

The battles rage loud and ferocious at the gates of the city and off in the ruined wastelands of Erda, and on the walls a struggle of a different kind occurs. The team who stayed behind at the towers are small but determined as they move stoically across the walls to right the stones that have become misaligned, even as their friends battle not too far away.

The city begins to hum. It's a quiet hum, not loud enough to be heard out where the others are fighting but it vibrates even through stone. The recovering monks assure them that it is done, the wards are back up and no demon will be able to enter the city.

Eventually the battle is won, all three battles. The demons fought back and killed, a major blow to their gate system that will keep them back for hopefully a long time. Those waiting in the caverns return to the city and by the time they get there the illusions are gone. Everyone can see the world for what it really is.

But despite the ruins of their world the people are relieved, the adrenaline of the fight coursing through their veins and the mood is one of hope. They will build again, their people will survive.

All Voidtreckers please return to the Voidtrecker Express. Departure will be in a few hours

It has landed not too far from the city, cloaked to make it unnoticeable to the citizens, for all the good that does. No one has been particularly subtle this last week. People can begin regrouping, packing up the camp and getting any wounded not already healed to the train.

However roughly half an hour later another message appears on their SCA.

Passenger Persephone has requested we remain on system System #86525656412355 for an additional day to further assist the people of Erda. The Voidtrecker Express will depart on the morning of Day Fifteen of the month of Kazoo.

The train remains where it is, so the voidtreckers can use its facilities. There is definitely a lot that can be done to assist those of this world and the citizens will welcome any helping hands.

After an extra day they finally depart, returning to the void once more.

(OOC Note: Once the wards are up any characters who are demonic in nature will not be able to enter the city either!)
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-03-31 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
Ken nods. It takes a while for the train to travel between stops, so they fortunately can set their own pace. Both of them can recover at their leisure. "Rest as long as you need."

"For your body and your heart," Wormmon adds. Many people forget to look after one of those two things, but both are important.
miseris_socios: (ah...)

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-03-31 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Both, huh? "I know how to take care of the body one. ... How do I rest my heart?"

It's cute, and wouldn't sound out of place in a sentai, but he's not sure how it would actually work.
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-03-31 12:12 pm (UTC)(link)
When Wormmon puts a claw to his mandibles to think, Ken decides to help out. "This is personal experience," he prefaces. "But I found more peace once I accepted both the good and bad inside of myself, and realized I was loved and not alone."

Wormmon nods. "Don't run from pain. But someone will always care about you. Remember that."
Edited 2021-03-31 12:12 (UTC)
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[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-04-01 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
He hesitates. The good and the bad, huh? ... It's hard, when all he can see is bad right now. Anger, depression, failure...

"I don't... I don't know if I can do that..."
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1/2

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-04-01 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
"You can!"

Wormmon with the soft belief in boys named Ken for 500, Alex.

"And if you can't, your friends will until you can. Spend time with them."
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2/2

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-04-01 09:56 am (UTC)(link)
Buoyed by Wormmon, Ken nods. "The good hides itself sometimes. Because focusing on the bad is easier. But I see a lot of good in you, Amada-kun, so....if it helps....."

....And then he has to stop and blush, realizing what he's in the midst of saying, which is not something he's said before to anyone (except, in variations, to Wormmon). New experience! Overwhelming!

He's looking down and turning bright red.
Edited 2021-04-01 09:56 (UTC)
miseris_socios: (ah...)

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-04-01 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"I..." Oh no, the other Ken is blushing. "... Th... thank you. And. Um. I'll try."

Friends, huh... they're friends, he's pretty sure. Who else is a friend?

... Vexen is different than a friend. "I... I can try. It's... been a while since I've had friends. My team at home was kind of like a family..." And he hadn't been the most popular before everything happened. A few friends, but there was no way he could have hung out with them without complicating things.
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-04-02 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Me too." Wait, no, uh...

Ken is blanking out pretty hard now; too many feelings, and most of them are self-consciousness. "I'm new to. Friends."

This is awkward, this is terrible, it's his fault, he has to fix it -

"Let's look forward to our continued acquaintance."

THAT DID NOT FIX IT.
miseris_socios: (grr...)

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-04-02 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
He just stares at Ken in wild confusion. "You don't need to be so formal." Especially if they're friends...
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-04-02 10:46 am (UTC)(link)
"Ken-chan's just shy," Wormmon contributes. "This is his first time making a friend instead of being made a friend!"

"Ahahhaaaaa....."

If it helps, Amada-kun, everyone has their own battles they're fighting!
miseris_socios: (huh?)

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-04-02 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"... I'm not really used to it either, if it helps? When I was little I played with other kids sometimes but I don't... it feels like it was another lifetime. And Strega took me in... but it's a different kind of feeling." The closest comparison he has is Koromaru, who... is a dog.
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-04-03 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Strega is your group?"

He's used that phrase before. Ken is wondering whether it means to Amada-kun what "Chosen Children" means to him.
miseris_socios: (not so innocent)

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-04-03 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah. SEES is the other group of Persona-users... they work for the Kirijo Group, though. They're bad news... covering up my mother's death was one of the less shady things they've done."
ourtomorrow: (suspicious)

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-04-03 11:04 am (UTC)(link)
Two groups of people with similar powers, bent against each other instead of working together. One the mastermind of horrible sins......

"Kirijo....Group...."

The likelihood of anyone from Amada-kun's world arriving here is....well, Ken doesn't know whether it's even a percentage that can be calculated, as he doesn't know the summoning criteria (and one of the numbers he might be dealing with is "infinity"). But just in case. For his friend.

Ken will remember that name.
miseris_socios: (blankly)

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-04-03 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm just... tired of all of what they're doing. And SEES is... I'm not saying the Dark Hour is a good thing, but it's the only way we survive. And if they kill all of the big Shadows, apparently the Dark Hour will end. And I don't... know what to do."
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-04-04 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, that pulls Ken up straight.

"The darkness in your world - can end?"

That's......not how it's......supposed......to work, and yet. If there's a way to bring an end to all the threats........

Or is Amada-kun talking about something else?
miseris_socios: (grr...)

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-04-04 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
"That's what they keep saying when we run into them. I'm not convinced. And even if it were true..."

He screws up his face in frustration, trying to not sound selfish. "What are we supposed to do? Strega can't survive without using the Dark Hour. ... The others besides Koromaru aren't going to survive long, anyway. I... I don't know how long."
ourtomorrow: (DGMN02bd_EP38_20875)

agh sorry for Brood Tag he do this sometimes

[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-04-04 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
...Amada-kun is talking about something else. But it's still something terrible, isn't it?

Ken thinks this over. Wormmon rests a claw on the other Ken.

No matter what either Ken says about themselves, they are each good friends!
miseris_socios: (ugh...)

it's fine

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-04-04 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"... Sorry. It's not something you have to deal with..." It's his world's problem.
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-04-04 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Ken still wishes there were more he could do. What can he do, with what he knows.....?

Nothing directly, if it impacts Amada-kun's world. What, then, about indirect....?

"Our worlds might be more different than I'd thought," he admits. "But we share one thing. We're here."
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[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-04-05 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
"... That's true. And... I trust my team to be okay without me for a little bit." Though Koromaru will be upset... Minato will feed him, if no one else.

"... I still don't know what I'm doing, though. I thought... I thought I'd be... mm. I just still feel like I didn't do enough." He's training as hard as he can, but... he's still not all that strong.
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-04-05 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Me too!"

If Wormmon doesn't share this, Ken-chan will start thinking about all the ways he couldn't help, and that will be bad. So Wormmon will protect Ken-chan. "I couldn't evolve, so I couldn't fight. I caused trouble."

And may have given himself a skateboard phobia for life.

"But later, there were parts of buildings I could only fix as Wormmon. And that felt good."
miseris_socios: (huh?)

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-04-05 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh..." He fixed things. That's... "That's nice that you could. I just... ran back to the train afterwards..."
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-04-05 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Taking care of yourself is important too. But that's not the kind of thing one can learn without experiencing it, is it....? And Amada-kun looks like he's maybe a little more willing to try now. Ken gives him a no-judgment, soft, sympathetic smile.

"We were able to work with everyone because you welcomed us, Amada-kun. Anything we did, you did too."
miseris_socios: (blankly)

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-04-05 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh..." He blushes a little bit. "I'm... thanks." He rubs at his face and takes a few deep breaths. "You're... a good friend."

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