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Illyana Rasputin ([personal profile] soulsword) wrote in [community profile] aterat2023-06-24 11:04 am

Tuck a knife with my heart up my sleeve

Who; Illyana+ OTA
What; After a little canon update
Where; Market, Graveyard, Arena
When;6/24 initially, 6/25 and further after
Warnings; Will update when needed

A. {Closed to Waver} To Need to Use a Door...
Illyana did not like the idea of having to ask for help and yet that was where she was right now. The only thing that was worse than having to ask for assistance was having to use the door to do so. Normal boring people used doors, not Illyana, certainly not Magik. It was awful. Demeaning. Terrible. Yet, she had to do it. After all she had two options here: ask the imps to help as they had previously offered or get help elsewhere. She'd already rejected the imps assistance and she was not going to give them the satisfaction of going to them now. That left the first option as the only real option in her mind, as unfortunate as it was.

At the end of the day the most important thought was getting this device off of her without something going terribly wrong. Now that she was back in this place she could recall the time she had died and that wasn't something she wanted to experience. Not with everything else going on in her mind. Which...was quite a lot the more she thought about it. Much more. She'd had such a strong plan when she'd gotten Scott's permission to leave, such high ideals, and yet now that she was here everything seemed more...complicated. Her mind felt blurry, mixing with the memories of the lessons she'd learned here, the progress she'd made, and the place she'd been back home. A dark place where she'd come to accept that her brother was never going to understand. No, if she wished for him to understand her she'd need to act. And to act she...

She shook her head. No. First things first. Removing this device. Then perhaps she could think.

It took her too long to actually get to Waver's place (which left her even more frustrated) and then she stopped in front of the door and did the unthinkable: she knocked. She knocked and she waited.

This was awful. He was never going to let her live this down.


B. {OTA} You got me thinking that I was too mean (Arena)
[ Magik had been freed. Unleashed for the first time in months and she needed to stretch her legs. Both metaphorically and magically (or magickally, the clearly correct way) and so she went to the Arena. Her mind was a mess of the memories from here and the newer memories from her home. Anger, frustration, confusion, and bitterness all swirled in her mind like a hurricane. Emotional hurricane's from broken people needed a release somehow and so she fought. For most fights she relied on her soulword and her teleportation skills. For some though she brought out the magic, using blasts of energy and even an illusion here and there. She was fierce and brutal, lethal in the way she cut her foes down.

But there were lulls between matches and you might catch her during those lulls. Perhaps getting water or answering a question or two about where she learned to fight (her answer is Hell each time). She might even be looking for a snack or two. Say hi if you dare. ]


C. {OTA} I just fuck things up, if you noticed (Market/Graveyard)
[ Illyana eventually took her winnings to the Market to make a few purchases. She still had the clothes she'd worn on, though they were splattered with blood and other...even less pleasant things. She was currently wandering through the stalls, picking up random things and then putting them back down as if her mind were only partially paying attention to what she was doing. If she forgot to pay for an item, well, she'd eventually acknowledge someone calling her on it. Or a shopkeeper chasing her down. Or perhaps even the guards being called.

Eventually she finds herself standing outside the graveyard, a wash of emotions overtaking her as she remembered various meetings she'd had her. Those meetings overlapped with the times she'd spent over the graves of those she'd lost back home. Of her own grave. Of the darkness inside of her and the soot black soul she now thought tainted everything about her. She lingered at the entrance as if she were almost afraid to simply walk in. ]



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[personal profile] asthecroweflies 2023-07-05 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
A few months...

[It hadn't been that long, but while his mind was swirling with questions about what had happened in that time, where she'd been, what she'd seen, he also saw she meant to run, and that was the last thing he wanted. He raised a hand to still her attempt, even as she responded rather than running.]

It wasn't that long here.
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[personal profile] asthecroweflies 2023-07-14 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)

[His brow lowered slightly at her expression, and that the implication.]

I came this way from work every night, hoping to find you. I checked by your apartment, I kept the Tell Phone open to see if you showed up.

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[personal profile] asthecroweflies 2023-07-24 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Because I care about you, and because the last time I lost you...you died.

[the last time he lost her. Yeah, he did feel that way about it, losing her. That was...something to realize.]
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[personal profile] asthecroweflies 2023-08-01 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
It doesn't matter. Its lack of permanency doesn't make it more pleasant.

[And she shouldn't have to be used to it. ]

I did, and...why? Who did that to you?

[And what the hell is Cyttorak? But he'll ask that later.]
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[personal profile] asthecroweflies 2023-08-09 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
When you start expecting that, that's when I'm going to worry.

[He frowned.]

Punishment for what?

[Though there weren't many things that deserved that sort of punishment.]
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[personal profile] asthecroweflies 2023-08-11 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Elder Gods sound like something a drastic measure ought to be released on.

[He still had more questions, but he'd hold them for now.]

Are you hungry, love?
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[personal profile] asthecroweflies 2023-08-16 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
They also don't sound like things that'll wait for an appointment or approval.

[She'd told him a few things about Scott before, and the more he heard, the more he definitely did not like the bloke.]

Brilliant. Do you want to come back to my apartment or do you want to deal with the crowd at the pub? Your choice.
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[personal profile] asthecroweflies 2023-08-19 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Demons aren't exactly known for responding well to rehabilitation, though. You're not a demon.

[No matter what she thinks.]

Right, then. My place it is. I'm sure I can throw something together. Come along, love.
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[personal profile] asthecroweflies 2023-08-24 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
Endentured servitude. He sounds like a stand up bloke. I can't wait to meet him.

[The words were deadpan and he doesn't try to hide exactly how he feels about these decisions or this "Scott".]

Sorry for-- [And she was gone.] ...fuck.