Outside (Aichi) and (Misaki)
-...-
-...He probably wouldn't want her to talk about this...-
"...Pain. A good friend of ours fought to protect people here, and Aichi..."
-...-
"...He regrets being unable to help."
-...That's part of it.-
-There's also the part about how he's desperate to make up for his brainwashed self's actions, but a lot of it is just the desperation to not stand on the sidelines anymore.-
"...He wants to protect everyone, and is convinced that he has to fight.."
-Misaki knows that his self-esteem is horrid. After the Gundam Thief attacks, it's been even lower...-
-He's getting better, but he's still convinced that his worth is connected to his ability to protect everyone...-
"He's desperate..."
-...Reimu, it seems like Misaki's actually very worried about him despite her somewhat aloof and initially cold exterior.-
-Aichi finally grabs the blade, and looks it over.-
"T-Thank goodness... If I had accidentally pulled the trigger..."
-...Then a big row of trees would have been blasted through.-
Woods—->House
...This isn't working, the language thine speaks is gibberish and shouldn't exist, but very well. I will escort you to the second floor and see if the person there knows of you. But if you deceive me...
- His fist suddenly glows even brighter before he sends forth a formidable ball of crackling lightning from its fist towards a part of the forest. -
Divine Breaker!!!
- The attack decimated a wide part of the forest, leaving nothing but ashes and dust -
There will be consequences...Now let's go you two little scamps!
- He says changing the tone and mood drastically as he walks towards the house -
Edited by Pandemonius_Panda on Nov 19th 2018 at 4:03:02 AM
Outside (Aichi) and (Misaki)
-Misaki is actually taken off guard by the hand on her shoulder, but doesn't seem to do anything about it.-
"He's convinced it's not enough."
-Aichi's dead set convinced that unless he fights, or can use his powers to help everyone then he's nothing but a worthless kid.-
"I keep telling him that he doesn't need to do this..."
-But he just will not listen to her!-
-She lo—-
-..C-Cares about him, and she doesn't want him to torture himself like this...-
-She doesn't want him to get himself killed either...-
"If he goes out there..."
-...What if he doesn't come back?-
-She wants to have faith in him. She wants to believe that something corny like The Power of Friendship would let him get out of this or something, but the odds are...-
-...Overwhelming...-
"...He might not come back. He has people that care about him..."
-...She told Cross that as well...-
-And then Cross...-
-...-
-...Reimu, something about that last thing Misaki said seems to hide pain on her own half of things...-
-...A couple of different variations of pain...-
-Aichi's still training, looking determined.-
-He has to help everyone...! He has to...!-
-He spent so long sitting back, watching as Leos and everyone else could have been killed...!-
-He doesn't want to let that happen without a fight!-
-...It seems as though he is struggling a tad with what Homura said to him... Sadly the only people that has any idea that Aichi even had that discussion with Homura in the first place are Sayaka and Leos (and Homura herself, of course)...-
-They'd be able to call him out on this (he really is trying to keep it in mind not to sacrifice himself, but the circumstances are still so overwhelming for him so he's getting carried away), but they're not here...-
Edited by CrystalMemoria on Nov 19th 2018 at 6:07:18 AM
Outside —> Inside
Okubyou: Aiee! (flinches at the demonstration)
Reiketsu: (scoff) Was auch immer, nur gut für nichts.
(At any rate, they follow Seraphimon in.)
Upstairs
(As the three reach the top of the stairs, they will begin to hear two voices from behind one of the doors down the hall in an...animated discussion.)
Sayaka: ...a difference between "buckling down" and "going full bitch about this"!
Homura: You damn well know what that's like — I haven't even gone a tenth bitch.
Okubyou: Der Blinde greift wieder Gut für Nichts an ...
Edited by megarockman on Nov 19th 2018 at 7:11:09 AM
The damned queen and the relentless knight.Homura's Room
(The door indeed opens, showing it was Homura at the handle.)
Sayaka: (standing upright in a blue dress) Oh, um...yeah, hi, uh...
Homura: (Mitakihara Middle School uniform, nodding at Seraphimon) I was expecting them, yes.
(The Dolls enter the room, Reiketsu sort of giving Seraphimon the stink eye as she passes out of view.)
Edited by megarockman on Nov 19th 2018 at 7:16:26 AM
The damned queen and the relentless knight.Outside (Misaki)
-It might be a bit easier to tell that Misaki's sort of uncomfortable about the hand on her shoulder, but she seems to say nothing.-
"If you can get him to listen..."
-If he doesn't listen to his closest friends, then she's struggling to imagine him listening to someone he only met once.-
-...But... maybe she'll know how to get through to him.-
"...Yeah."
-Aichi's beginning to try to catch his breath a bit. He's not used to training, even if he's more capable than he was before...-
-...But he has to keep going, right? He knows he's not experienced, so he has to try to train as much as he can while he has the chance!-
Homura's Room
(All four inhabitants stare at the hole left by Seraphimon for several seconds.)
Sayaka: (tersely) ...I'm gonna go for a swim while we still have a pool.
Homura: You do that.
(Sayaka grabs a towel and all but storms out of the room while Homura shuts the door to talk with the Dolls.)
The damned queen and the relentless knight.Yeah, just... just follow my lead, Aichi. Hope I know what I'm doing here...
(lets herself be shoved out, still clutching the horn, painfully aware that she has no idea what she's doing here)
(if Sayaka actually does go down to the pool area, she'll find... Geki...? down there, sitting at its edge kinda wistfully)
(not like him to act that way, considering his nature as a Big Dumb Armor Robot)
Edited by foxmccloud4387 on Nov 19th 2018 at 4:24:07 AM
Outside (Misaki)
-Misaki just watches as Reimu begins to approach Aichi, silently hoping that she'll be able to talk some sense into him...-
-...She doesn't want him to get killed... She doesn't want anyone to, but Aichi in particular is...-
-...-
-...Special to her...-
-And everything they've been through has helped her realize that...-
-Aichi was about to swing his sword again, when he notices someone approaching him.-
"...O-Oh, hello..."
-He recognizes her from last night...-
"...Can I help you?"
-He asks that politely.-
—
Desert World (108)
-Aichi is pushed out of the tent wearing his usual blank expression, although a tiny bit of confusion may be present.-
-So wait, did they not fail their mission? He is uncertain now.-
-You can practically picture the question mark over his head as this is all going on.-
-However, he seems to snap out of it a little when Akebono speaks.-
"Understood. I will follow your lead."
-Don't feel bad, Ake. This kid doesn't know what he's doing either. He was raised to sneak around, not do... whatever you're doing.-

...Why does he want to help?
(Roxas and Hiroomi turn to look as well.)
How curious...more helpers...?