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 Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:38 am
At that sound, Raven came to the door, pausing at it and clinging to the edge. "Mom?" she asked, her voice a squeak as she tried to keep herself calm. "Mom, are you okay?" She knew that look well. She was pretty certain that was her own expression when she found him. She moved then, suddenly needing to be closer to her mother than she was.
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 6:53 am
Sei remained with Omi, though not quite daring to put his arms around her - the last thing he wanted was to hurt her, and it seemed his control upon his own body was spotty as best, so he settled on letting her lean against him, and cling to him.
Maybe.
He was not looking down, so he couldn't tell.
Zero was indeed not taking the news very nicely. Or very calmly. The cyborg was screeching in a way that made a banshee pale in comparison, alternating in between wanting to kill whatever damn b*****d had done this, sobbing, and overall being incoherent. Which was all understandable. The blonde damn well wished he could be incoherent right now, too, but he did not allow himself to be, so he let his guardian went until she finally hung up on her own, and sighed.
It was a good thing her cybernetics were not yet repaired - she had not yet found the strength to, she had said - or else she would likely have stomped in there like an army, demanding the blood of whoever had dared do this.
It would not help matters, but Sei could not say this was not right. He felt like doing just the time - his own need for retribution only increased by the current events, his emotions trashing completely out of control like wildfire.
"O-Omi." He finally asked, his voice cracking again. "Did... that work at all ? Can you tell ?" If Raven had managed to bond with her, then... at least she would be out of danger. The last thing they all needed was to lose her, too... Beloved, but not in the same way than Raven was. More like a sister than anything else.
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:28 am
"I don't know," Omi managed, finally starting to push herself up to sit. She looked a wreck, and had obviously been curled up on the floor in just that position ever since this had happened. "I... I don't feel like I did before," she said, offering that small hope to Sei. It was hard to tell if she meant that she didn't feel like she did when she had the bond... or if she meant that she didn't feel like she had since her guardian had been killed.
She couldn't look at him, and kept her gaze lowered towards the carpet. Omi still felt as though she was going to be sick, her body and mind still remembering the exact moment that everything had fallen apart. "I was sleeping," she began to say. Apparently she and Raven both tended to feel better when they were being 'useful' in a situation. "And I remembered waking up thinking I'd had one of my nightmares. It felt the same, like I couldn't breathe. But it didn't stop when I woke up. I started to get out of bed, and I felt something downstairs. That's where I was going. Then I was on the ground and everything HURT. My head, my body, everything... and I remember screaming. I knew something had happened to To-san, but I couldn't move to get to him."
At that, the Fa'e looked ashamed, dropping her head forward so that her hair hid her face. "If I'd gotten to him in time..."
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:20 am
For her part, Karma didn't move, or react....the jumble of thoughts in her head had effectively disabled her for the moment as finality attempted to click into place.
There....really was no question of overreaction here. And she was not an expert on dead bodies but...
He's stiff, he's cold, my god his NECK...
As she watched, a single dust mote, carried by the draft of the bedroom, drifted downward lazily, alighting itself on the surface of one golden eye which did not flinch away or blink as a result.
It was this happening, small and unnoticeable as it was, that finally pierced through her paralysis enough to return her back to the here-and-now of things. To hear Raven's alarmed query and approaching footfall, even as she bolted to grab for the cellular phone that still perched in its bedside charger, nearly sweeping it to the floor in the process, to punch at the 9 and the 1 keys frantically.
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:09 pm
Seeing the flurry of movement by her mother, Raven stepped back to let her call whoever she was going to, her own gaze moving back to the figure on the bed. She wasn't going to forget this sight as long as she lived... and she was pretty damned certain that this would wind up bringing Kendall to her room in the middle of the night, wondering why she was suddenly having nightmares.
Oh hell...
"Mom, I'm going to go check on Omi," Raven murmured, fleeing the room and heading for the attic stairs. She also now was dreading the call she knew she had to make as she pulled out her cell again and started dialling her brother's number. It rang... and rang... and finally Raven let out a sigh of frustration as she got his voicemail.
"Ken... It's Raven, I need you to call me as soon as you get this, and I mean the MINUTE you get this." She brought her hand to her forehead as she spoke, her gaze fixed on a tiny cobweb in the corner of the hall that waved a bit back and forth. "Something's happened... and I don't want to talk about this over the phone. ********." It wasn't like her to just not really know what to say, but having Kendall wait wasn't the best idea. "But I don't want you to sit there and not know, either. Ken, Dad died sometime during the night. Mom's here now, and Sei's with Omi. She's pretty messed up too. I can't find Kaeru, but it doesn't look like he's been here since this happened. I just... I need to go. I'll be home," she began, then felt tears coming up again. "I'll be home sometime. I just need to be here right now." With that, she hung up, leaning against the wall again and finally just letting herself cry.
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 4:23 pm
That was rather unclear but... this was an improvement over how he had found her. Perhaps there was nothing else to do but wait... and hope.
He desperately wished there was something more he could do, but there was nothing. Nothing in his power. He had never been good at comfort, and the blonde fa'e could not help but feel the most useless he had ever felt.
"I don't think it would..." No, that was not the right thing to say, wasn't it ? He stopped himself. "I... Everyone else that I know, it happened to them too... This was a massive attack on everyone. Chaos... That's what Riven told me." He sighed, finally daring to loop one arm around to support her, but he did not dare actually touch her. "Zero... Very nearly died. Her neck looks like someone tried to garrote her but I never saw anything... beside blood. Her mechanical parts busted under the strain, she is the only one who can repair them but she can barely find the strength to even sit in her bed." Which explained nicely why the cyborg hadn't charged inside, screaming like a banshee and armed like a one woman army demanding retribution.
"....I wish I could c-cry." He admitted, his voice choking up once more. "But I can't... What use there is for a machine to be able to cry ? I want to, so badly.... but I can't."
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 4:36 pm
So it wasn't just them... it was everyone. Omi turned towards Sei then, winding her arms around him to try and comfort him as well. Her grasp was weakened by her current state, but that didn't seem to bother her too much. "We'll figure it out," she said softly, finally feeling weariness start to overtake her. "If Riven says he knows what it is..." she shook her head then, letting her eyes slip closed. "I need to see him."
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:01 pm
"I know where he lives... Ill go with you if you w-want me too." He said, shaking his head. He was not sure he wanted to leave Omi alone, not for now. Someone had to keep a close watch on her... "If you start fading... call me. Ill drag the whole damn fa'e population if I have to, but I will find someone who actually knows how to fix that." There had to be a way. Had to be. His father did not have the same guardian than he used to have. He knew this much.
But he could hear Raven crying from up here, and it was like a knife stabbing to his mechanical heart. "...I tried to have Raven bond with you. It's the only thing I thought of, but I don't know... if it worked. If only I could..." He did not finish this sentence. Yes, he'd always imagined he would end up dragging her into some kind of trouble, but... not like this.
It was not his fault, of course, but he was far from thinking logically.
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:10 pm
Omi nodded, finally hearing exactly what he was. "Help me back to bed, please?" she asked softly, feeling the effects of everything finally conspiring to put her out like a light. "I need... I don't know what I need, but I need to get up off the floor."
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:18 pm
"You need to tell me if im hurting you." Omi was used to this, of course, but the statement had even more significance now - he shifted the flow of energy inside of him, and then the other fa'e was easily lifted off the floor and carried back to her bed.
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:29 pm
Nodding, Omi let him carry her, not minding when he squeezed perhaps a bit hard... he was going through his own things as well. When he placed her in her bed, she curled up onto her side, eyes slipping half closed. One hand reached out and up, towards the small shelf over her bed, grasping a small wire ball that seemed to fold, bend and create a sphere... then a small cup as she toyed with it, the coloured beads sliding over the wire until they had settled. "To-san gave me this," she murmured, her hand and the ball finally falling still as sleep overtook her. Even as she spoke, her eyes slipped closed.
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:35 pm
Sei only nodded in answer, reaching for the bed sheets and pulling them up so she would be covered before turning to head back down the stairs. Still, he stopped at the top, looking at Omi for a few more minutes, and only letting himself come down when the other fa'e had not moved at all.
It was only then that the stairs of the attic creaked to announce his coming.
"Raven..." It occured to him that he probably looked like one hell of a cold b*****d at the moment, with his blank eyes never betraying emotions and never shedding tears. Had he ever explained it to her ? He could not remember. Nothing quite made sense at the moment. "...Im sorry."
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:40 pm
Sniffling, Raven brought her hand across her face, rubbing away the damp tracks in her fur. Her ears and tail were always the biggest betrayal of her emotions, and now was no different. Her ears stayed back, nearly hidden in her hair, and her tail was absolutely still, almost plastered to her leg. "Hey..." she murmured, looking to him and trying to offer a weak smile. "I... I'll be okay. I just wasn't expecting this. I..." she let her hands drop then as she slumped by the door. "I was expecting to have him around for a lot longer."
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:48 pm
He wasn't sure what the hell he was supposed to say... So he decided to say nothing. Instead, he slid his arm loosely around her waist, pushing lightly (he hoped) to let her lean against her. "It's allright to cry." He finally said, voice soft. "...It's what I wanted to do ever since I saw Zero bleeding... and im not sure I would have stopped yet if I only could..." His voice broke again.
He could not find some sort of closure, not in this way at least.
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:52 pm
The contact was therapeutic, Raven moving to bring her arms up around his shoulders, her face burying against Sei's shoulder. Sighing deeply, she felt that familiar quiver in her chest, but kept it down for now, not wanting to have a full-on breakdown again just this soon. "Give me time," she murmured, fingers tightening against his shirt. "I'm sure I'll cry enough for both of us. Once this all calms down and I've had a chance for it to sink in... I think I'll probably be a mess for a while."
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