CYOA: A-Qing, Kotetsu, Nero

[grigori]

(a-qing voice) WHAT THE FUCK

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[ He's squinting and trying to see who it is in the dark. ]

Do you need help?

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[ well since the both of them seem to have it covered, and a-qing has no fuckin idea if they're talking to thin air or someone actually there, she's staying silent.

the butter knife however, remains alert ]

[grigori]

[ she looks to be around eight, and stares at them for a long moment. her eyes seem to shimmer as she watches them. ]

No. I live here. [ she taps her chin. ] Are you lost?

[ they hear the sound of something moving, but it's far off yet. ]

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[Nero's wolf ears swivel in the direction of where the moving thing is, but he tries to keep his attention on the girl.]

Honestly? Yeah, I think we are.

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[ since nero has his eyes on the girl, kotetsu looks off in the direction of the noise, stepping to the side a little to see if he can see anything. but he does have to ask... ]

Where is this place?

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[ did u know mice have supersonic hearing? it really just means her cute mickey ears are twitching at whatever is happening in the background but lbr it's probably more interesting than this little girl who may or may not be a evil spirit.

A-qing continues to not perceive her ]

[grigori]

It's Camebit, of course. Are you stupid? Don't you recognize it?

[ she gestures around at this desolate town. it's dark, hard to see, and the fog hasn't gotten any lighter. the most they'll see is a vague shape in the distance.

[perfectdistance]

Thought that was the floatin' city in the sky? 'nd with the fog around, it's hard to see much.

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[ yeah, this doesn't bode well... ]

It looks... destroyed.

[ he makes a face, thinking of something, but shakes his head a little. storing it away. ]

[taptap]

What makes you think we would recognize it, ah? How would a blind girl even know what it looks like??

[ she's not gonna pick a fight just yet but she sure doesn't like that tone of yours missy ]

[grigori]

[ she smiles a little too widely. unnerving. ]

Stupid, stupid little mouse! No one's gonna know you're blind from back there!

[ she laughs, the sound cruel despite coming from a child. ]

It didn't always float, you know. This is the real Camebit. We don't leave people behind here because there's so few left, anyway.

[ in a sing-song voice that seems to flicker and warp, she continues: ]

If you're that lost, you should come with me. I'll show you, I'll show you where to go~!

[perfectdistance]

[ Children can be just as cruel as adults. That checks out fine, but the smile is too wide. Nero's immediately on high alert and Disce looks back at Kotetsu.

Do we really want to follow this girl? ]

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[ yeah, he's not exactly too fond and his gut is telling him this is all a bad choice. quietly, to the party: ]

We might be stuck wandering for a long time, but it could be a trap...

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[ well she's been neatly prevented from doing anything so a-qing will just fume from up here. ]

Stupid shitty ghost will lead us straight into a trap!

[grigori]

Uwaaaah, what a mean little mouse! Maybe you don't deserve my help!

That's gOT to be why you're HEre! YoU're hORrible and nO One WAnts yoU! TerrIBle peOPLe who do tERRible thINgs, jUST like ALl the rest! Why should ANyone hElp sOMEonE like yOu?!

[ she stomps her feet angrily, ground rumbling and voice warping on every other syllable. congrats on the tantrum? ]

[perfectdistance]

[He already knows that about himself, thank you.

Nero doesn't seem particularly bothered one way or another.]

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[ kotetsu, however, does seem to care. ]

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, Calm down. We're just trying to figure out what's going on.

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[ once again, thanks to kotetsu to corraling the angy teen. this however, does not stop her from basically bongoing his head while waving her arms in spite ]

Ah?? What's the use of telling us what I already know? Why should we help you anyway, hah?

[grigori]

YoU CAlm doWN! I wAS bEInG NIce and tRYIng to HElp and You YELl at mE?!

[ her voice reverberates oddly in the fog, like it's somehow coming from all around them at once, instead of coming from this small form. ]

I don't WAnt yOUr hELp! ANd yoU DOn't deSERve mINe! YoU'Re thE WOrst! ThE WorST!

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[Nero's resigned already.]

Alright.

[Seems like this whole place hates them.

That's normal.]

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[ oh my god, this group. ]

Nero. Don't listen to that. She's wrong.

[ and he's... still holding a-qing steady, despite the flailing. but he will comment. ]

There's nothing going on right now! You can stop hitting me in the head.

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[ a pat to his head in apology.

this does not stop her from going toe to toe with this probably spirit who's gonna throw them into the dungeon for 1000 years. sorry guys ]

Who wants some loud mouths help anyway?? All you do is yell and scream and make noise! What help is that, huh?!

[grigori]

If that's what you think, then I shouldn't have offered at all! If you're going to bite the hand that feeds you, then maybe...

[ the warbling in her voice fades, but it is no less shrill and angry as she continues to scream. her form, however, seems to flicker. ]

...Maybe you should just die here!

[ anger turns to disappointment as she looks at kotetsu. always with the emergencies, always promising to visit and never showing. what does it matter, anyway? ]

All alone -

[ scarred, unseeing eyes turn to a-qing, voice distressed, frustrated, and angry. ]

- where nobody cares about you!

[ they turn sharp and red as she glares at nero, a shadow of a scar on a face framed with black and white locks. these eyes speak of betrayal, of desolation, and abandonment.

three voices overlay the young girl's, echoing through the mist. ]

If it weren't for you, we could have had a chance!

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[Nero completely freezes up. Those eyes, that face, he knows that face better than he ever wants to admit.

It's like seeing him at the manor all over again. 100 years of pretending Nero never knew him, and his history is being shoved in his face.]

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[ kotetsu's whole body tenses up when he hears that, guilt cropping up, but he shakes his head. no... he can't sink into that feeling... ]

No... no, that's not true.