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Aerith Gast Gainsborough Captain
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 Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 6:43 pm
       In the distraction as they struggled against each other, Holly would feel a sudden pain at the back of her head as her long blond hair was scooped into her hands, and pulled. Roughly. It was enough to cause any woman to scream out in pain, and maybe lose a few precious strands, too.Krul was still very strong, both physically and in terms of her immense power.With enough force, she pulled her right off Ephraim, only to slam her palm into her back, sending her with brutal force into the nearby wall. "I think not. He's submitted once, to me. Isn't that right, honey-bun? " Her sarcastic playfulness was quite the scene on it's own. "The penalty for touching another's possession, has always been death. But torture sounds just fine too. What choice would you prefer? " She would ask, had she still been conscious after her meeting with the wall.
She glanced down to Ephraim, only to set her focus back to Holly.. "Get up,For now, you and I will work together to stop our precious daughter, the greatest mistake of my life. Put away your pride, if you want to save all those in Midgar from being hers."
He might notice, the whole time Krul stood there, one hand was kind of behind her back, but what it held behind her wasn't quite so hidden, after all, it was a whole lot taller then herself! "You'll need this, if you feel like actually winning this.." Rather it would come to battle or not, she really didn't feel like letting Velora continue this win streak of hers, and she would do whatever it took to stop her, even working along with her own enemies. She held out Siegmund for him to take. Who ever thought this day would come, Krul of all people, releasing the one weapon that actually threatened her existence back to the one who used it on her many times!
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Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 7:14 pm
 ___ ___  _________   ___ ___ "We face the king of demons, the monster that once ruled all Magvel.
He's more powerful than any one of us here. But we have something that beast will never have.
We have community, friendship, love... We have all the virtues of humanity.
That is our weapon. That is our strength.
Is everyone ready? We're going to win." The Reaper was strong--there was no wonder she seemed to be one of Velora's most trusted. She was both strong and skilled, and with impressive power like that she just showcased. But Ephraim certainly had no intention of losing here. ...But he would soon receive rather unexpected aid, and Holly had little chance of fighting back as she was lifted from Ephraim. The king sat up, looking up at the one who had aided him. He couldn't help but sit there for a relatively long moment. ...I knew you were alive. Why did he feel a strange sense of relief...? Obviously Krul wasn't dead. But that should have been bad news, right? ...He shook his head, attributing that to her choice to assist him. Surely that was it. "Of course... the dear love of my life. I do so miss our time together." He returned with the same sarcastic playfulness she showed to him. He couldn't help but smile--he only now realized how much he had missed their little exchanges. "How could I not miss my time in your loving captivity after all?" He said as he stood."K-Krul... you b***h..." Holly grunted, covering part of her face as her broken mask clattered to the floor, and she faced the former Reaper queen. She dropped to her knees weakly before Krul. "You can't... win... against Velora... you... ugh..." She collapsed forward, unconscious at last. After being exhausted from her battle with Ephraim, it seemed she was at her limit."You always did have a way with people," Ephraim remarked, as he faced Krul. "The greatest mistake of your life... I wonder if this has taught you a lesson." Velora existed entirely due to Krul's actions, her nature of taking what she wanted. It was rather ironic that she was the one who finally dethroned Krul. He reached out, grasping the shaft of the sacred spear once again. The significance of this was not lost on him as he took Siegmund. "Seems we have a truce, then." It was possible, he supposed, that Krul was working with Velora, and this was an elaborate ruse to lure him into ANOTHER trap, but he doubted it. Krul was incredibly prideful, it was unlikely she would work with Velora after she had shamed and murdered her. "I know you aren't the biggest fan of thinking, but in order to stop Velora we'll need a plan. Just defeating her alone wouldn't be enough. You know what's happening with the invasion, don't you? I need to you to fill me in. Tell me as many details as you can, what they're doing, their motive, how they''re handling those who are resisting them--as much as you can tell me." Since he hadn't been there and had no superhuman senses of any kind, he'd have to rely on Krul for his information. Could be worse, he supposed--she was rather well-known for having exceptional senses, not to mention she likely had observed it firsthand before coming here, however briefly. With the information, he may be able to devise a strategy for sabotaging this entire invasion. (( OOC: ))
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Brave Restoration King Vice Captain
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Aerith Gast Gainsborough Captain
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Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 7:54 pm
Kruls face fell into a smirk as she looked at him. "It's going to take a lot more then your weapon, and Velora to get rid of me, my dearest love.." A lot more, it seemed. Every time they came close to fully destroying her, well, ta-da, there she was again. "If you like, after this, you can be my captive again. " She said with a grin. They were certainly a strange pair of enemies! It was almost to amusing.
As Holly spoke, she only waved her off, and in that small wave came a great wave of energy, ripping up the flooring along it's course for the weakened Reaper, she might not die from it, but she would likely stay unconscious for a good while. Enough not to get in their way anymore.
"I have an idea of what needs to be done for the next one.." She said those words so naturally, as if nothing about it was wrong at all!
"She isn't in the city with them, she is speaking directly to the people through a hologram that now fills the sky in Midgar. She's here, the lot of the Reapers in her command are in Midgar, so we won't have to worry about anyone getting in our way. You already took out the few left that were to guard you.." Her face fell into amusement at that, even the best of her Reapers couldn't handle Ephraim, all the while he was unarmed. Pretty amusing! "Those that resist are currently being forced into a stasis rendering them immobile. Midgar is completely overwhelmed with them, currently, there is no possible way for them to fight back. Even the King of Serenity, a rather strong demon has been stopped the moment he tried to attack. "
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Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 8:41 pm
_____________________"We face the king of demons, the monster that once ruled all Magvel.
He's more powerful than any one of us here. But we have something that beast will never have.
We have community, friendship, love... We have all the virtues of humanity.
That is our weapon. That is our strength.
Is everyone ready? We're going to win.""Lucky me," Ephraim responded dryly as he came to stand. "I suppose at this point you must be used to having my spear inside of you." Goodness, was that a lewd joke from the Restoration King? ...Probably not. He probably didn't even realize what he was saying could be perverted. Then again, he seemed... very comfortable around Krul, so who knew? Then came her next words. He grunted slightly in response. Why in the world did hearing that cause him some excitement? It wasn't like those empty demands for submission from the other Reapers that he could just casually brush off. Did he have some weakness to Krul teases? ...He was being silent for an awfully long time, wasn't he? "Ah, that's-" he began quickly. "Well, that is- what I mean to say- well, I mean, that's- er... I'll think about it." He covered his face with a hand, letting out a heavy sigh. Gods, THAT was an embarrassing performance. He meant to say that in another smooth, playful way, and had apparently utterly failed in the delivery. It seemed his "darling" Krul had dominated this little teasing competition. She was pretty good at dominating him, wasn't she? ...Hopefully she didn't hear him think that. He felt embarrassed enough as it was, losing a little game to his apparent sworn enemy.
Taking a deep breath, he got to work lifting the four defeated Reapers and putting them into cells within the dungeon. They were already here, it would be a good idea to make sure they couldn't give chase or warn Velora if they managed to awaken. The cells prevented teleportation and telepathy after all. "Never thought I'd be putting people here..." He still remembered his time as a captive in one of these cells, at the mercy of the former queen who was, for now, his ally. Interesting how things went. He listened to her explain the situation in Midgar as he finished up, closing the last cell and making his way back the short distance to Krul. "I see..." He put a hand to his chin. "They're being forced into a stasis? Is that a technique common for Reapers?" After she answered it wasn't, he continued. "If they're all using it to incapacitate their enemies--if every single Reaper is using this--it stands to reason it's either some new technique they all learned, or it may be some special technology Velora had developed in preparation for this invasion. If she's producing a hologram and watching the battle from here, I don't doubt she has other forms of technology she's developed to aid with this. If we can find where it's all coming from, we may be able to free those in the stasis and cut off Velora from her troops at the same time, which would give us an advantage." He paused a moment. "...She's in some command center now, isn't she? The most direct route WOULD be to just seize control of it. It's possible we could cut it all off from there. But I wager that Velora has other Reapers there with her. We may be able to handle them, but I think there's a better way. The machines have to be powered through somewhere, and if we find the sources of the power, we can destroy them. It should do everything we need at once, and it'll draw Velora to us. At that point, we can engage her, and it'll leave the Reapers in Midgar without her direction or assistance." He looked Krul in her eyes now. "Did you follow all that?" He didn't know how great she was at following strategies, since she generally just liked to use force and dominate her foes. "Regardless, one of those Reapers had a map on them. After skimming it, it seems likely that the power funnels into this room... We'll need to go to the lowest part of the castle." There had been quite a few changes with the castle since Krul ruled here. "And we'll need to go the old fashioned way," he said, closing the map. "We don't want to draw Velora to us until the power has been cut. Teleporting is too risky." Teleporting caused a substantial power spike, after all, and Velora would be VERY familiar with her mother's power. If she felt that, it was incredibly likely she would be taken away from her task and would follow it. "For the same reason, we should try to avoid any interaction. I surmise rookies and younger Reapers are still here--I doubt Velora would want to risk their lives, as inexperienced as they would be. But if they see us, they might try to contact Velora and tell her about us." So, sneaking, no teleportation, and sabotage rather than direct assault. All of Krul's favorite things! "Do you understand the plan? I don't really care if you think we should do something else. You're going to obey me this time." He said that with the assertive tone of a commander--it was times like these that really showed Ephraim's experience as a military leader. He was rather inspiring, intelligent, and commanded respect, even from people like Krul. Ephraim's talents lied in matters like these, though of course, there were many areas he had severe shortcomings in too...(( OOC: ))
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Brave Restoration King Vice Captain
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Aerith Gast Gainsborough Captain
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Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 11:36 pm
Krul's eyes noticeably went a little wide, did he just say something extremely naughty? So unlike the proper King she knew. "Ah, for once...you almost got me flustered. I should reward you for that..later.. ahaha...your spear only feels me with overwhelmingly pleasing power.." In such a serious situation, somehow, there ended up a mess of naughty jokes. Though, did the innocent mind of Ephraim get her very obvious teasing of a naughty joke? "Hmm...Interesting, this is. It makes me want to forget the whole thing..." She stepped towards him, leaning her body against his for a brief moment as she looked into his eyes, raising a hand to rest behind his head, and push it down towards her. There faces would become...rather close. "Are you blushing? I do believe you are speechless.." She brought her face eeever so close to his, their lips nearly about to touch when she suddenly released him, and stepped back with her trade mark twisted little grin!
As much as she enjoyed teasing him, the unfortunate moment came when they had to both become serious, and focus on the new mission they found their selves put up against.For the moment, she let him speak on his thoughts after she explained all of what she knew, of course, he didn't disappoint. It didn't take but a second for him to already know exactly what to do, and while she didn't take to following orders of anyone else, she would go along with his plan. "Fine, would you like me to call you master, too? You're so bossy suddenly! It's so very hot.." Okay, maybe she didn't have the ability to be one hundred percent serious yet. "Very well, then..let's get this over with. "
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Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 12:12 am
_____________________"We face the king of demons, the monster that once ruled all Magvel.
He's more powerful than any one of us here. But we have something that beast will never have.
We have community, friendship, love... We have all the virtues of humanity.
That is our weapon. That is our strength.
Is everyone ready? We're going to win.""Hmm?" Ephraim gave her a look, but after a moment, he realized exactly what she was saying, and what he had said... His first instinct was to clarify, but for some reason... looking at that expression on Krul just fueled him to return her little humor. She was a difficult one to resist. "Well, the last few times you were in complete control. I think next time I should show you what I can do with my strength combined with my... thrusts." The absolute state of his red face just went to show how wildly irregular something like this was for him to say, but he couldn't just let her win that easily. "I think I'll render you helpless with my spear next time." Were these two actually going to accomplish their mission, or just steal a room to use for a good few hours? Ephraim could never imagine speaking this way with L'Arachel, but for some reason, with Krul... it felt somewhat natural. Though then came Krul's turn to tease, and... well... "...." Feeling their bodies so close, and that... tantalizing face so close... she would be able to feel his heart begin to race, and he couldn't exactly hide his face with them so close. ...And then she stepped away, showing him that taunting grin he had become so familiar with. "...Rrgh." He really didn't feel like being teased, it seemed, especially after all that. And that's exactly why he grabbed her by the wrists, forcing her against the wall and pinning her wrists there, and... kissing her.
...Wait, what?
He just kinda acted in the moment, and didn't fully realize what he was doing until it was done. He would be worried that this made it clear how attracted he was to her, but.... well... it wasn't like that was a very well-kept secret anyway. He really hadn't stopped, had he? He realized what he was doing, but he hadn't stopped. He was still kissing her. Well, it was a lot more passionate than that. Their bodies pressed against each other, swept up in all this passion... Ah, well... he had already made his mistake, he may as well enjoy it.
After a good bit, he leaned back, releasing her wrists. Despite how in-control and probably cool that may have seemed, his expression was one that looked as though he had just made a horrible mistake. "And there'll be more where that came from if you tease me again." Yeah, Ephraim. You tell her. "...What were we doing again...?" Honestly, he had kinda forgotten anything else existed besides them for a while there...(( OOC: ))
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Brave Restoration King Vice Captain
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Aerith Gast Gainsborough Captain
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Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 1:02 am
Oh boy, this situation did take for quite a dramatic change.She came for one purpose only, to stop Velora. She had full intention to work with Ephraim this once in order to stop her, she didn't have plans to flirt with him, but here they were, in a war of heavy flirting with each other. "Mmm, this is getting a lot more exciting then I originally thought this would be.." She grinned. "Yes, you should. You will have to really strike me down with that spear as hard as you can if you ever hope to beat me.." She smiled slowly, did she really corrupt the great Restoration King? She definitely got his mind to places it likely never went before.
This day was really...picking up in excitement, in many ways. It wasn't often Krul was practically swept off her feet,but it certainly happened when she was suddenly forced against the wall, her wrists pinned against it as he kissed her.Krul was so shocked, she didn't return the kiss until at least a second or two into the kiss, though when she did, it would become quite the passionate kiss, a kiss that lasted far longer then expected...
One thing was for sure, today, Krul got to know what it was like to be a human, getting so swept up into the moment, something she never actually had experience with, not even her times when she held Ephraim captive. There was something that sparked, that was for certain, though it was a spark that should never have been. After several moments, she felt her wrists free, and his body move away from hers again. "...Ah, i'll be sure to tease you again....after....this.." Her interest in the mission seemed to have flew off into the wilderness for a moment there, didn't it. "...Something about Velora...taking over..Does it matter anymore? "
Welll the more she thought about it, the more it began to matter! The key was thinking of the nearly forgotten mission, and ease off the teases. Yes, that was it.."I can't believe i'm doing this..but, we have to stop her, don't we? You might be interested to know your family is in Midgar.." That might help to spur his mind back to their grand mission.
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Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:58 pm
_____________________"We face the king of demons, the monster that once ruled all Magvel.
He's more powerful than any one of us here. But we have something that beast will never have.
We have community, friendship, love... We have all the virtues of humanity.
That is our weapon. That is our strength.
Is everyone ready? We're going to win.""I'll take that as a challenge, then," Ephraim returned, gods, he was really here flirting with the one with whom he had been battling for years. Though there had always been an attraction between them, and... perhaps something more. "I don't pick fights I can't win." Of course that had to be thrown in somewhere.
And then came the next moment of their little... accident. Feeling her leaning in and enjoying it only made it harder to pull away. And what a pleasant experience they shared together as a result. Was it wrong? Perhaps. But it didn't feel that way. It didn't feel that way at all.
But all good things must come to an end, and this was no different. "Right... make sure you do..." he muttered, shaking his head to try to refocus himself. That was quite the little diversion, but... they needed to return to..."So you two gonna ******** now?" And standing there only a moment after they finished was Aeon. Sipping out of a juice box. ......Without any clothes on."Ugh," Ephraim raised an arm quickly to block his lower half from his vision. "Seriously?""What? Do you even know where you are right now?"Of course, it was the Reapers' Realm, but there was at least some decency most of the time. ...That he had been here at least. "Do you intend to tell Velora about this?""She'd be really happy if she knew you two were getting together.""Not that," Ephraim paused a moment. "And we aren't-""I don't really care what you're doing. Whether Krul or Velora is in charge, it doesn't make me any difference. My goals don't change." So he had no intention of tattling on them. "You look good by the way, Krul. Do something with your hair? You could leave this whole thing to the human, and you and I could-""That's about enough," Ephraim said assertively, sounding.... jealous? Or possessive, perhaps. He grabbed Krul by the arm. "Come on, we've wasted enough time." He began to pull her along with him to make their way to deal with the power of the machines Velora was using."Don't be a stranger." Aeon said as they left. He seemed in a good mood. And with his lack of clothes... some could probably put two and two together.(( OOC: ))
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Brave Restoration King Vice Captain
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Aerith Gast Gainsborough Captain
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Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:23 pm
She had quite a lot of moments with Ephraim in the years, most of which were hostel, but this moment? It was certainly new, and even surprising to Krul, at the end of this battle, she would be left thinking about her naughty teases and jokes with her long-time enemy. What in the world happened with him? Or possibly, he wasn't as happy with his green-haired princess as he thought he was. A man like Ephraim didn't seem the type to cheat, but it seemed his mind was definitely going that direction. Kissing her wasn't exactly innocent and proper of a good king! ..Not that she cared, of course. Krul reached up her hand, covering her amused giggles. Oh yeah, Krul had the ability to be cute when she wanted to be. "i'll be waiting for that exciting fight to come, my cute naughty king."
Aaaand, there it was. The sight of a fully exposed Aeon, just standing there drinking from a juice box like everything was totally normal! Even she had more class then to walk around naked in the realm!
"Ahaha...." Well, this was both awkward, and amusing all the same. Not like she was TO bothered, she had seen her share of naked bodies, she WAS a Reaper, after all. "You don't have to worry about Aeon, running off to tell on another isn't his style, isn't that right, Aeon-dearest? " She grinned at him, his offer of obvious playtime between them, and Ephraim's sudden outburst was both to amusing. "Oh, are you jealous? " She gave Aeon a little wink. "You know where to find me, my favorite~" She brushed her hand under his chin, just before Ephraim grabbed a hold of her arm and began to pull her along with him.. "You've fallen hard for me..haven't you? "
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Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:45 pm
_____________________"We face the king of demons, the monster that once ruled all Magvel.
He's more powerful than any one of us here. But we have something that beast will never have.
We have community, friendship, love... We have all the virtues of humanity.
That is our weapon. That is our strength.
Is everyone ready? We're going to win.""What?" Ephraim asked, his voice uncharacteristically raised as she leveled her last amused question at her. He seemed suddenly... testy. He let go of her arm. "Who would ever fall for you? I don't- that wasn't..." He grunted, shaking his head. "What kind of fool would fall for someone who doesn't understand how to love?" He sounded so... frustrated. It was rare to see him be so open with his thoughts like this. Was it really her he was frustrated with though? "You don't- you've never cared about anyone except yourself. You just- you use people, just like how you used me." His grip on Siegmund tightened as he looked at her. "I would have to be a the greatest fool in the world to have feelings for... for a creature like you. You would kill and hurt people just for your amusement, and..." It seemed clear she had struck a nerve, something that Ephraim very rarely let show. It was unlikely Krul would've ever seen him react to something like this--whether directly or when she was watching him. "..." His posture relaxed with a sigh as he averted his eyes, and only then did he realize just how tense he had been while speaking. "And I know you'll never change. So why do I feel this way?" It was a fact he hated about himself, but it wasn't one he could just do away with. It was a fact he had certainly never let even slightly seep out--not until now. He certainly didn't expect this to come out--not now, and not ever. If she actually could just die, maybe he could've let these feelings die with her--but she couldn't. And he was... he was happy that she didn't. He was happy she was alive. He really must have been the biggest fool in the planet when it came to matters of the heart.
His grip on Siegmund tightened again. "Just come on." He said firmly, turning and continuing on his way again. He just needed to... he just needed to put those feelings out of his mind. To try desperately to abandon them--not to allow anyone to see them. Just like he always had... And after this mission, they would go back to how they were. Enemies, trying to kill each other. "That's all I'll ever be to you." He muttered to himself through gritted teeth.(( OOC: ))
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Brave Restoration King Vice Captain
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Aerith Gast Gainsborough Captain
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Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:18 pm
Krul's head tilted as she looked at him with curious eyes. "Hmmm...the kind of fool who stands here before me, the fool who spent the last few minutes flirting with the one who 'doesn't know how to love'. The fool, who forgot about his family's existence as he so heavily flirted with the one he should hate more then anyone..." Well, they were getting heated again, only not quite in the way of dirty minds, but anger. "Does that pain you? You know me very well, love never truly existed in my world, and I never intend to let it try. I will always be who I am.." She paused, how quickly his mood changed, it was a little strange to her, in fact. "A creature like me,hmm? Haha, I suppose you are right. I will, and you, so full of guilt could never stand to be with someone like me. I am not Kana, I have no interest in ever becoming some foolish weak, love educed idiot. " Yes, because all who loved were fools and idiots, and most of all, weak in her eyes. "Build up all your hate you have for me, it's time you let go of whatever you think you feel for me. " She began to say, her hands balling up into fists as she spoke. "You have your perfect family elsewhere, a future written out and in place, I won't see my greatest enemy screw it all up because he thinks he's in love with me!" That may of been the nicest thing she would ever do in all her life, cold, but for Krul, it was actually a nice deed. She was letting him think on his actions, and giving him the chance to escape the feelings she knew didn't belong. His love wasn't truly with the pink-haired Reaper named Krul, it belonged with someone else..
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 11:43 pm
_____________________"We face the king of demons, the monster that once ruled all Magvel.
He's more powerful than any one of us here. But we have something that beast will never have.
We have community, friendship, love... We have all the virtues of humanity.
That is our weapon. That is our strength.
Is everyone ready? We're going to win."Ephraim gritted his teeth, his grip tightening on the sacred spear he held as he listened to the pink-haired menace he had the misfortune of having feelings for. "Drop it." He said with a commanding, threatening finality that conveyed he had no interest in discussing this topic further. It wasn't as though he wanted to have feelings for her--far from it--but one couldn't choose who they held affection for. "Your opinion on the matter doesn't interest me." All he could do was push these feelings down and try to suppress them. But being around her again did confirm these feelings to him. He had been sorting through his feelings for a long time, trying to convince himself he didn't love her. ...But he did. And that knowledge wasn't something he could just feign ignorance about. He couldn't... it would be unfair to L'Arachel to stay with her with this knowledge. She deserved better than that. So much better. She deserved the best. What was he even doing...? His first duty was to his people. Things like love, affection--why was he even bothering with this? Falling in love with a monster like Krul just went to show what a fool he was in this subject. But he... couldn't just do away with that feeling. This sense of powerlessness was something he cursed. The dejected king let out a sigh, closing his eyes for a moment, before turning and continuing on their way in silence.
He came to a stop as Krul seemed to bump into someone--a human here. Given Krul's reaction, he supposed she posed no threat, either directly or indirectly by alerting Velora to their activities. "She isn't joining us." Ephraim said simply, but with authority. She was an unarmed human with questionable strength here in a literal bikini. Bringing her along would only put her in danger if they ran across resistance, or jeopardize the mission with a hostage situation. As Krul addressed Ephraim, he didn't even turn to look at them. "Catch up when you're finished talking." He said, continuing on his way towards their objective. It seemed Ephraim wasn't in the mood for games or pleasantries--not anymore. "And do not teleport." He felt the need to remind her--doing so would still alert Velora to their location. (( OOC: ))
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Brave Restoration King Vice Captain
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Aerith Gast Gainsborough Captain
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 12:31 am
Krul only smiled as his irritation clearly went on the rise. She was hardly intimidated, but instead quite amused how angry he was becoming. "Oh, look at you. Suddenly so full of anger, so serious..Why not just give in to your wishes, your desires..Forget all that I said earlier and remain with me. You can't deny what you want....what you really want. " Krul wasn't dropping it, it seemed. She did so enjoy ticking him off, though that did seem to be her nature, causing others stress and pain was one of her favorite things to do. Ephraim was at the top of that list.
There unpleasant conversation however, wouldn't last to long as Krul and Sylvanas stumbled upon each other literally. "Ah,ha...Listen to him, suddenly so bossy. He thinks he can tell us what to do.." ".....Um...actually, if I could just get a teleport out of here back to Midgar...I would no longer be in the way of ...whatever it is that you two are doing.." ....Even though Ephy did just say no teleporting, but did that statement mean no teleporting anywhere at all? ...ah her luck. "......Whatever..." She sighed! What did she have to lose at this point? Sylvanas walked right past Krul, only to catch up to Ephraim and quickly got herself in front of him to block his way from going on any further. "..You can tell me what's going on..or else i'm following regardless. I'm stuck here, i'd LIKE to go back home! So rather you like it or not...i'm following along.." It would be more comfortable then walking the creepy halls of this eerie quiet Reaper realm..or being alone for that matter.
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 1:02 am
_____________________"We face the king of demons, the monster that once ruled all Magvel.
He's more powerful than any one of us here. But we have something that beast will never have.
We have community, friendship, love... We have all the virtues of humanity.
That is our weapon. That is our strength.
Is everyone ready? We're going to win.""...Tch." Remain with her. She made it sound so simple--and she probably wasn't even being serious. But still... hearing her words... they didn't make him unhappy. Quite the opposite, for a moment, he felt excitement rush through his body at the prospect.. But that lasted only a short moment before he remembered himself. Even if he wanted to--he did want to, she knew that--he couldn't. Just like his desire to be a mercenary years ago, his desire to escape the shackles of royalty that he never wished for... he couldn't. He couldn't put his own desires over what his kingdom needed. He could never have what he wanted. And he had perhaps never wanted anything more than the pink-haired Reaper who should have been someone he hated. "You're right, Krul. You're right. I want you so badly." Why even try to deny it? "You're always right...." He shook his head. "But..." he sighed. Obviously it wasn't so simple. Nothing was ever simple, was it? Not with Ephraim, and especially not when it came to Krul. "There's no reason to discuss this further. Just drop it." Maybe that would work the second time.
Then came the next little interruption, as Sylvanas parked herself in front of Ephraim. She kinda reminded him of Eirika in some ways. But unlike with Eirika, he couldn't just give in to her demands. "Midgar is being invaded by Reapers. If you accompany us, you'll get in our way. You may endanger the mission, and if we fail, Midgar will likely be occupied by Reapers. Our daughter--Velora, that is--she isn't one to be taken lightly. Avalanche will be taken by surprise and their chances of victory are embarrassingly small." Being taken by surprise against well-trained, coordinated superpowered beings who had the ability to teleport didn't spell a very high success rate, even for a group like Avalanche. He imagined Midgar was already almost seized. "I imagine you care for the state of Midgar and the people living there, so do as I told you to do and stay out of this." Perhaps he was being a bit harsh, but in situations like this, sugarcoating things or dancing around the point was hazardous. Time was a precious resource that shouldn't be wasted. Concise orders were necessary.(( OOC: ))
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Brave Restoration King Vice Captain
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