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Today's torture begins right after the dream. After filling her stomach again, already tired of the peach mochi, they'd be let out again. Their warden had a new game; a boulder-game meant for three of them. Three of the prisoners, randomly picked (
Kyrenai Black ,
zachary stellar , and
Lucia Aldrete ), followed by adding in the poor guy beaten half-to-death yesterday (
Shred ) for added cruelty in humiliation. But, when she's forced to laugh, and forced to chant, she audibly spits to the side.[break][break]
Her head still hurts. She can barely see out of one of her eyes, and she can feel the dried blood in the back of her head. But after the laughter, she looks at the Megalopolan speaker.[break][break]
"You first," she mutters under her breath. Ruthlessness is mercy. She'll become the monster soon enough. The light in her eyes, as she glowers at her
target. One day soon, she'll plan until there's nothing left to chance.[break][break]
And for the next few days, repeatedly, she would find herself in the cycle. To put it bluntly, she was failing behind on her work, because she kept trying to find ways to take advantage of what was given to them. Any advantage, to turn. Even if she had to use this chain on their guards, she would. But, she's not at her best. She gets more, and more ragged. No matter how much work she does.[break][break]
Hideo Kino tries to keep her on her feet. To keep her in there, but every night, she is crying herself to sleep.[break][break]
She's so weak.[break][break]
In her dreams, she looks for them. For
DESIREE BLOOMS , for
Yuina Higashi ,
Andrea Vaneau ,
Elise Calcifet ,
Hideo Kino ,
Eris Halla , and
Isaac Merlo . She desperately looks for
paxton concordas , heck, that girl from before,
Mimi Hirose ? She keeps looking. They're somewhere here. They have to be. But every road leads to nowhere.[break][break]
She's so pitiful.[break][break]
She wants revenge. She forgets, for a moment, what she learned from
Navy . The path of pain, it was too much. She couldn't see the light at the end. Is this what was meant for her? Was this the end of the road for her? For all of them? Can she not save a single person, and watch them all die before her?[break][break]
Every day, she stumbles harder. Her only escape is in her dreams.[break][break]
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The Chamber of Desire
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!!DESPAIR DISADVANTAGE ROLL!!
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hXDeGQpe
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And then the day came. She was given a chance to peer through a mask to see something beyond herself. Though she resists at first, the mask is placed over her eyes. She's crying, screaming in resistance, when she sees it.[break][break]
The world is on fire. The buildings of Slateport City, falling and crashing into the massive seaport city. The sky rains fire from above, meteoric, with the infernal blaze everywhere. The flag of Rocket stands tall, the Megalopolan threat now taking everything. Her legs wobble. The screams, she can hear them.[break][break]
And yet. The clouds part, and the sky of red hot fire gains its blue again, like a wave to come back to the world, the shine of the sun pushing its way back through everything. Where the path of power ends,
she can see her. Longer orange hair. Rocket's flag burns, the Megalopolan threat dismantled, and carrying those who need to be protected, to be saved.
She could save them all. Genevieve Cromwell looks happy. She saved Hoenn, she made a difference. Her eyes, filled with tears, as she throws a hand out.[break][break]
"Come back! Please!"[break][break]
Like a tunnel of black, warping it all away, she can feel it leave her fingers. Getting up onto her feet, she runs to her. To
Genevieve Cromwell , where Genny finds things she's wanted. The ring on her left hand. Her friends. She can see her Girlygang. Her eyes well up more. The laurels of a heroine, surrounded by those she loves most. Seeing an older
Isaac Merlo , happily next to the her.
To make it to the other side of the path to power. The struggle and strife, all of it was worth it in the end. It's okay.
It was going to be okay.[break][break]
She wails. She wails so loud. She wants it so badly. The desire to protect everything, everyone she cares about. But she's
SO WEAK.[break][break]
And then.[break][break]
The older Genevieve walks in front of her. Her Ranger uniform torn and battered, bruised and ripped, as she holds the hand out to the younger Genevieve.[break][break]
"You can do it too."[break][break]
"You're not weak."[break][break]
"No matter how tough it gets, you'll get through it."[break][break]
"So stand up."[break][break]
Genny wanted it more than anything. She holds her hand outwards. With a clasp downwards, onto the wrist of the older Genevieve, she feels herself being pulled upwards.[break][break]
She feels it burn inside of her. The sun upon the older Genny's back, onto her feet.[break][break]
"You have two legs. So get to walking. And when you're strong enough, run. And when you're stronger still, sprint."[break][break]
The older Genny, upon closer inspection, looks like she's covered in scars, a body burning in real time before her eyes. To protect everything.[break][break]
Even at the cost of everything.Hideo Kino,
Yuina Higashi,
DESIREE BLOOMS,
Andrea Vaneau,
Elise Calcifet,
Eris Halla,
paxton concordas,
Isaac Merlo,
Mimi Hirose[break][break]
NOTES
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Weak Ward,
Inspiration Song, [break]
- Wakes up. Witnesses torture and pain. Marks her Megalopolan target. He's soooooooo gonna get offed.[break]
- Crying to sleep every night. She's barely holding on, Hideo. But she is.[break]
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MAIN ACTION: Chamber of Desires[break]
- Sees a ruined Slateport, and everything on fire. An older Genny brings the sun back, and bathes everything in a blue wave over the burning sky.[break]
- She wants it. She's too weak. God, she wants it all to be okay. She's crying for it.[break]
- Older Genevieve walks closer. With a hand held out, says she can do it. And the older visage starts to burn in front of her, riddled in scars.[break]
- She'll do it for Hoenn. She'll bear the weight, take the pain, burn. She'll die to ensure they can live if she has to.