WEEK 4 DAY 5: MISSION

[wonderful_mods]

Mission: "Free Paulownia Mall from Noise."
Time Limit: Long
Noise Plane: Duet
Wall Instructions: Key wall in front of Paulownia Mall.
Wall Rewards: Hip Snake
Reaped Rewards: Hot Gaze
Mission Rewards: Choose ONE: 1-handed sword, 2-handed sword, Boxing Gloves, Knuckles, Axe, Hammer, Spear, Bow, or Kunai.

[Another day, another Noise-erasing mission. However, this time there is a definite cause behind the noise: Someone has been wreaking havoc in the Police Station, and the Officer there is really starting to get tired of not being able to catch the culprit. To get rid of the Noise completely, the Players will have to address this little problem. But anyone who helps will be rewarded with a weapon... apparently, some strings have been pulled in that regard. Could the higher-ups be planning something?]

Comments

[suicidoll]

(Kreutzer shakes her head.)

It was last week, during an...unfortunate engagement with a few RGers. He jumped in as Thanatos to stop the madness and helped me out of there. He saved my life, so to speak.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

As Thanatos, but not as Nyx...
What should I make of these tricks?

[suicidoll]

Tragic irony? A sense of mystery? Perhaps the tension of the approach towards the climax? I'm not entirely sure myself; there's too much I don't know.

Nyx, for example...does he have another form?

[notsogrimreaper]

So you think I'll suffer more by getting to live? It's not like I don't want to live. I would do anything to if I could. Killing me would be a way of seeing me suffer.

[notsogrimreaper]

I...

[Well, he doesn't really want to lie, especially when he was told not to. He'll just... omit parts of the truth.]

I had a little bit of trouble, but I should be okay. I've got Ichigo-san helping me out.

[vexed_snake]

But once I kill you, it's over. This way is so much more drawn out.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

He told me a story of his past
Both good and bad that could not last.
But on the details I am confused
Though admitting that leaves my ego bruised.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

Don't forget to trust your friends.
We'll be here to guard you from bad ends.

[suicidoll]

Let's be fair; his world has lore all on its own, lore which apparently includes gods and physical manifestations of the immaterial. I can't imagine those kinds of details being easy to absorb.

Might I ask which details are so boggling?

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

In a short statement, a mere breath
He told me science could incarnate death.

[suicidoll]

...Death is one of the many things that science can create. It's become infamous for that alone.

...He is to bring death, then. Why this world, specifically?

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

Perhaps this world is the one
Where the scientific deed was done.
Or perhaps it he lives, this week
While a Reaper's body caused the power to leak.

[notsogrimreaper]

... How long do you plan to wait before doing it?

[Maybe he can still salvage this. Maybe Asakura will agree to kill him before Ichigo planned to.]

[notsogrimreaper]

[Nice rhyme, Zecora. Pretty accurate.]

...I hope you will be there. And... I'll always be there too, even if you can't find me, okay?

[That's really the only way he can think of to actually break the news to Zecora. He hopes she won't catch on, but he's still worried. Zecora is smart, and if she knows when Ryoji is lying, she probably knows when he's hinting about something too.]

[vexed_snake]

[There's a slow grin.]

When you don't want me to. That's how long I'll wait.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

Always you'll be in my heart.
You've had a place there from the start!

[Whether she has understood that, or is simply being generically reassuring, is totally up for grabs.]

[notsogrimreaper]

That's nice of you to say, Zecora-chan.

[There's a long silence before he gets the courage to speak again.]

I-I should go.

[He so badly wants to stay, to tell her everything, to spend whatever small amount of time he has left with someone that he cares about, but he knows he can't have what he wants.]

[notsogrimreaper]

... There's never going to be a time when I don't want to.

[vexed_snake]

I find that hard to believe...your type always springs back to being disgustingly cheerful eventually.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

[She claps him on the shoulder -- then abruptly pulls him in for a quick hug, which he very much seems to need.]