[attr="class","mainbox"] the pieces are set up. whether by means of false intelligence, subterfuge, or a full-frontal attack, hoenn's future is sealed. the league would crumble into ash, and rocket would rise in it's place.
[break][break] some might call it
fate.[break][break] in that moment, sitting amongst his family, jayden feels nothing but a surge of pride and loyalty.
[break][break] the closest thing to solace he will ever feel.
[break][break] then, in the coldness of that cave, disaster strikes. a calamity that had been waiting, biding it's time, on the fringes of peace bursts forth through the cave's opening.
[break][break] their meeting is cut short. a violent wind crashes through them all with the ferocity of jagged knives. in a heartbeat, splintered ice claims the stone walls as a freezing tempest howls, crystallizing the very air in which they breathe.
[break][break] a screech like a razor slides along rock and ice, stabbing jayden's ears, as a ruinous beast stands before them, all snarling teeth and whipping snow. a fierce, unending blue pierces the admin from where he stands as he locks eyes with the creature. jayden shivers involuntarily; it is freezing cold in the chamber.
[break][break] however, in that moment, it is not the
cold that jayden feels in all-consuming amount.
[break][break] it is
HATE.[break][break] hurt, guilt, resentment, pain — all fall by the wayside to the overwhelming hatred that fills the air, only strengthened further by the
GRUDGE that emanates from underboss
Elisabeth Fiorelli in waves. it swarms around jayden, swallowing him whole. nearly smothering him in it's intensity.
[break][break] suddenly, he is brought back to the day
declan walsh called him to his office. the day all his failures were dragged right to the surface. of him being strangled by their rocket boss' deity, made to face the consequence of his crimes.
[break][break] how could jayden do it? how could he have failed rocket in such a horrible and profound way?
[break][break]
no — how could
they do it? how could so many people that jayden trusted simply turn their back on him - on
rocket - and stab him in the back?
[break][break] the list was endless.
Ashley Shepard,
Raziel Beckett,
Rowan Wrynn,
Remiel Calcifet,
Chu-e Choi.
[break][break]
declan walsh's reminder burns, scalding hot as that day that it seared through his skin.
[break][break] the cave is ice cold but the coals of resentment in jayden's chest burn fire hot, the same ones that had begun churning from the moment that he had stepped back into hoenn soil.
[break][break] slowly, surely,
purposefully.[break][break] jayden had given his life to them, to rocket, and for
what? all for
MATIAS SILPH and the league to poison his friends and family with their ideals? for the DRK triad and the mysterious forces of hoenn to accumulate into the
ORIGIN POINT, leading to their eventual demise?
[break][break] it was
MATIAS SILPH's fault. it was
Greyson Connors's fault. it was everyone in the universe who dared stand against rocket — stand against
him — and —
[break][break] suddenly, jayden cannot see anything.
[break][break] he can't see
fern delaney beside him, can't see
mint frost trying to stab
bryan delarosa in the chest, can't feel the building grudge of
Elisabeth Fiorelli.
[break][break] all he sees is
red. white hot rage consumes him as he leaps atop of the stone table and grips the swords at his side, wielding them like second hands.
[break][break] chien pao is in front of them, but all he can see is
MATIAS SILPH.
Greyson Connors.
dahlia goode.
[break][break] hurdles in the way of rocket's success. of
his success.
[break][break] his swords glow with the radiance of empowered steel, and jayden sprint forward. his eyes burn a violet fury.
[break][break] colorless light ripples out of the blades as the rocket admin leaps and swings, casting down upon that ruinous feline his
SWORD OF JUDGEMENT. [attr="class","ooc"]
tldr;
• jayden attacks, using his duoblade's
Z-MOVE: SWORD OF JUDGEMENT[break]
• outfit [attr="class","tag"]