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sirenspull_logs2012-08-30 08:12 pm
maddeninghatter) wrote in sirenspull_logs2012-08-30 08:12 pm
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If ever I should become a burden to you, do not hesitate to cut ties with me.
Who: Gilbert Nightray and Xerxes Break
When: The evening of August 21
Where: Phancyhive
Summary: Raven vs. Hatter
Warnings: None
[ This afternoon, Gilbert had said "tonight." Break had initially protested the delay, though not so much for the sake of his health. He feared he might lose his nerve. But he has managed to convince himself, somehow, that this is all an information-gathering exercise.
How strong is Gilbert, really? How strong is Gilbert's Chain? It's vital information. Because Break has long suspected that one day Gilbert might stand before him not as his subordinate, but as his enemy.
So Break's attitude, this evening, is carefree and easy. He's content to wait until after dinner. He's even being magnanimous enough to let Gilbert go out and have a smoke, first. But after he returns, Break cracks his knuckles and remarks, in the most off-hand of tones: ]
Well?
Shall we?
When: The evening of August 21
Where: Phancyhive
Summary: Raven vs. Hatter
Warnings: None
[ This afternoon, Gilbert had said "tonight." Break had initially protested the delay, though not so much for the sake of his health. He feared he might lose his nerve. But he has managed to convince himself, somehow, that this is all an information-gathering exercise.
How strong is Gilbert, really? How strong is Gilbert's Chain? It's vital information. Because Break has long suspected that one day Gilbert might stand before him not as his subordinate, but as his enemy.
So Break's attitude, this evening, is carefree and easy. He's content to wait until after dinner. He's even being magnanimous enough to let Gilbert go out and have a smoke, first. But after he returns, Break cracks his knuckles and remarks, in the most off-hand of tones: ]
Well?
Shall we?
1/2
[ He hears Gilbert cry out, but it seems very far away...
This is the moment where, ordinarily, Break would pass out, overwhelmed by his Chain's strain on his body. But - he doesn't. He's exhausted and in agony, but still conscious. He can still feel his contract; but the crushing weight of it has vanished. He'd grown so used to being dragged down. Now he feels light as air. ]
Gilbert.
[ There is no part of this, he realizes, that can be chalked up to mutual self-interest. Gilbert has willingly helped him, taken on this heavy, painful burden, and for what? Why?
Sharon, too, has always wanted to stand beside him and help him. She was kidnapped and poisoned for it. And Reim… poor Reim...
Alas, what a waste! ]