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paixaorpg2010-09-14 01:32 am
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Of Starlight and Dawn [completed]
Character(s): Mao and Riku
Content: Two people who have faced similar circumstances meet
Setting: Destiny Islands Treehouse
Time: 2 PM
Warnings: Possible angst?
Mao hoped this was worth it. This Destiny Islands placed was way brighter than he thought it was going to be--both in sun and in colors--and he already had sand in his shoes. It was uncomfortable all around. At least they weren't going to go meet by the water. If that had been the case, Mao would have called this stupid meeting off immediately.
Although... he guessed it wasn't completely stupid. Completely.
Mao didn't understand this guy... whoever he was (now that he thought about it, he never asked that guy his name, did he?). Talking about that kind of thing so easily... Or... Maybe not "easily," but easier than Mao thought he ever could. Why did their circumstances have to be so similar? Why did this guy have to have some idea what Mao was talking about?
And why did he have to tell him about that whole heart eroding thing in the first place?
He almost wished he'd never been told. Mao had been fine before. As far as he'd known, his evil mind had been connected to feelings toward the Super Hero. That was when it would try to take over, anyway. Even when that guy had talked about the Heartless, even when that octopus-woman had said he had more Darkness than one of his kind should... He was still fine. As long as he kept it far away, it couldn't do anything to him. That was what he had thought. But if the heart could be eroded by that darkness... What if that had happened? Over two-hundred years of erosion... It would be so easy to push those thoughts out of his head if that guy hadn't mentioned something like that happening to him too, damn him.
Mao wasn't afraid of course. He couldn't be afraid. Something like that was in his heart, wasn't it? That meant he had control. There was no reason for him to keep thinking about it beyond this meeting. And yet... What was with this strange uneasiness? Why wouldn't it go away?
Mao climbed the ladder to the treehouse that guy had told him about and looked around. He had better not have come all this way for nothing.
Content: Two people who have faced similar circumstances meet
Setting: Destiny Islands Treehouse
Time: 2 PM
Warnings: Possible angst?
Mao hoped this was worth it. This Destiny Islands placed was way brighter than he thought it was going to be--both in sun and in colors--and he already had sand in his shoes. It was uncomfortable all around. At least they weren't going to go meet by the water. If that had been the case, Mao would have called this stupid meeting off immediately.
Although... he guessed it wasn't completely stupid. Completely.
Mao didn't understand this guy... whoever he was (now that he thought about it, he never asked that guy his name, did he?). Talking about that kind of thing so easily... Or... Maybe not "easily," but easier than Mao thought he ever could. Why did their circumstances have to be so similar? Why did this guy have to have some idea what Mao was talking about?
And why did he have to tell him about that whole heart eroding thing in the first place?
He almost wished he'd never been told. Mao had been fine before. As far as he'd known, his evil mind had been connected to feelings toward the Super Hero. That was when it would try to take over, anyway. Even when that guy had talked about the Heartless, even when that octopus-woman had said he had more Darkness than one of his kind should... He was still fine. As long as he kept it far away, it couldn't do anything to him. That was what he had thought. But if the heart could be eroded by that darkness... What if that had happened? Over two-hundred years of erosion... It would be so easy to push those thoughts out of his head if that guy hadn't mentioned something like that happening to him too, damn him.
Mao wasn't afraid of course. He couldn't be afraid. Something like that was in his heart, wasn't it? That meant he had control. There was no reason for him to keep thinking about it beyond this meeting. And yet... What was with this strange uneasiness? Why wouldn't it go away?
Mao climbed the ladder to the treehouse that guy had told him about and looked around. He had better not have come all this way for nothing.
no subject
Although now that he thought about it, having so many Overlords in one place was kind of disconcerting. Himself, Laharl, Pram, the loud-mouthed Zetta guy... Did that "Demon Dog King" he'd seen on the network count? Either way, there were at the very least four of them. What kind of force could bring that many Overlords together? Why? Even a goddess was forced here...
Mao shook his head, deciding that those were questions he could answer later.
He listened to Riku's explanation, alternating between being confused and understanding. Not afraid of his past, huh? Mao wasn't either. Or... he hadn't been before. Except for that but... that was special. And it wasn't fear. It was... a lot of things. Hard to tell where it began or ended or if it had all fused together into one new emotion that he hadn't wanted then and never wanted to feel again now. Was that where this darkness came from?
But this kind of consideration (was that even the right word for it?) on Riku's part... It still didn't make a whole lot of sense. Not to Mao, anyway. "So you just don't want anyone else having it. Is that it?" It was a little too late for that.