batterypack: (Don't you know that the kids)

[personal profile] batterypack 2025-02-27 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Another mystery. Currently God is checking the entirety of heaven to see if the source is hiding somewhere and we can eliminate it on sight. But it would have to be something with a far enough reach if it isn't directly inside this portion of heaven. Some people have speculated, but none of the answers sound right so far. The last time I encountered something like this, it was a demon.
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[personal profile] trifocal 2025-02-28 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
A demon?

[ gasp! ....... wait ]

Are they so dangerous?

[ charlie and razzle seemed fine??? ]
batterypack: (Better find another superstition)

[personal profile] batterypack 2025-02-28 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
They can be. The one we were dealing with at home was, so much that we had to stop it before it caused even more damage than it had.

[ she pauses, thinking about charlie. ]

I suppose not all demons are this way though.
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[personal profile] trifocal 2025-03-01 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
How does one stop a demon? It does not sound like a simple task...
batterypack: (And from it she fled)

[personal profile] batterypack 2025-03-01 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
First we had to find it. And then we had to find a way to purge it. [ which wasn't. great. ] A sacrifice had to be made.
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[personal profile] trifocal 2025-03-01 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ! ]

What kind of sacrifice?
batterypack: (And she hid under beds)

[personal profile] batterypack 2025-03-01 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
A life for a life. [ frowning. ] So you can see why I'm greatly hoping this isn't the same case.
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[personal profile] trifocal 2025-03-01 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
... If a sacrifice is needed, I am prepared to serve.
batterypack: (I just wanna...change)

[personal profile] batterypack 2025-03-01 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she quickly shakes her head. ]

No. We're not taking volunteers for sacrifices because we aren't sacrificing anyone. There has to be something else.
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[personal profile] trifocal 2025-03-02 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
... I understand your feelings. But it would give me great joy to be able to help everyone in such a way.
batterypack: (I know exactly why I walk)

[personal profile] batterypack 2025-03-03 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
... but what about the people you arrived with? [ she doesn't entirely know the relationship between her and the brothers, but she's gleaned they're all from the same place and everything. ]
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[personal profile] trifocal 2025-03-03 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
The brothers? Of course, I want to protect them too.

[ missing the point. ]
batterypack: (Stuck in the jet wash)

[personal profile] batterypack 2025-03-03 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
You don't think they wouldn't be a little bit upset if you sacrificed yourself?
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[personal profile] trifocal 2025-03-03 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
Would they? I...

[ she has to think about it. something doesn't quite add up. ]

... But, if we fail to prevent the next tragedy, the losses could be much greater. They could even lose one another...
batterypack: (I'd do it all again)

[personal profile] batterypack 2025-03-03 09:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ there's a moment's pause because she hears eupha stop. oh? ]

So the answer would be to lose yourself? I don't know if that would make them happier either, even if it did prevent them from losing each other. [ like yes, she can see eupha's point, but she also does not believe one life should be traded for another unless 100% necessary. this is not a necessary situation. ]
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[personal profile] trifocal 2025-03-03 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I... I want to...

[ she trails off, disoriented, then her legs tremble and she stumbles forward, grabbing a nearby counter for support.

the helmet vanishes. ]
batterypack: (Don't you know that the kids)

[personal profile] batterypack 2025-03-03 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Whoa! [ AH. rushing forward and hovering a bit. ] Are you alright? Here, come sit.

[ literally where, zuriel. there's probably a stepstool somewhere that she's going to fetch actually. ]
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[personal profile] trifocal 2025-03-04 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
Ah... thank you.

[ she'll slump down onto this stepstool, sure. ]

I am sorry. I must have said something strange...
batterypack: (We put your curse in reverse)

[personal profile] batterypack 2025-03-04 07:11 am (UTC)(link)
You... [ hm, hold on. ] Would you like me to tell you? Do you not remember...?
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[personal profile] trifocal 2025-03-04 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
... I remember. It's just a bit disorienting... It felt as if I was living in the past.
batterypack: (To the pitch black streets)

[personal profile] batterypack 2025-03-04 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
... a past that you really remember? Or something different than that? [ like how long ago... ]
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[personal profile] trifocal 2025-03-04 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose it was merely a month before I died...

Surrounded by suffering, I could think of little else other than the rite of sacrifice. Powerless as I was, I believed it was the only way I could help anyone.
batterypack: (Oh! Oh no! Oh no...oh no...oh)

[personal profile] batterypack 2025-03-04 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ this sounds bad, actually, but she leans against the counter to keep an eye on eupha as she ponders on this. ]

... can you tell me a little more about the rite? What would it have done?
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[personal profile] trifocal 2025-03-04 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
We believed that when calamity struck the island, it was the Dragon God's wrath, that it was enraged and frenzied, and could only be appeased with a sacrifice.

The responsibility for that falls to the priestess of the island. I had spent my entire life preparing for such a day.
batterypack: (To the pitch black streets)

[personal profile] batterypack 2025-03-05 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ something about that makes her frown actually. ]

So... it was something you knew was inevitable more than a suggestion. That one day, you might have to go through with it. Did that ever worry you?

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