thevoidsdarkhorse | Heart Game (Continued)

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From:

thevoidsdarkhorse

[They are too scared and panicked to think of food right now, thankfully. And still the MOST OBEDIENT, but it seems a certain bunch at the front don't seem inclined to move.]

[Your phone pings again as you approach a tall building.]

TG: thats the lab
TG: need to get on the roof
TG: theres a ladder down
TG: n also
TG: be a good friend

[And then it disconnected.]

[Which might be a bit vague except you can now also see a figure standing in between you and the building. It seems the Carapacians are giving her a wide berth.]

[It’s Roxy. Standing there in a t-shirt, skirt, and leggings, her mother’s scarf wrapped around her. In her hand is a piece of glass covered in blood, her own clothes stained the same. Around her are bodies. The bodies of her friends and Rose.]

[She looks over her shoulder at you, and she’s smiling, but her eyes are empty. She turns to you, and perhaps you’ll realize the blood is HERS. She’s covered in jagged injuries, but nowhere vital. Those spots are covered in bands of tiamt-with-black, a vibrant red, and blue. She holds out the shard of glass.]

Kill me.

From:

bloodbiter

...What? No, I'll get you somewhere safe, somewhere you can rest. What happened to you?

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thevoidsdarkhorse

I don't want to go somewhere safe. I want everything to end.

[She gestures to the side at her dead friends.]

[So.]

[That memory you saw.]

From:

bloodbiter

...I'm here for you. There are others who are here for you, too. We're your friends. It doesn't have to be this way.

From:

thevoidsdarkhorse

They're all dead. I'm from a universe where everything was dead before the Reapers even shoed up.

Why not just let it be?

From:

bloodbiter

Because you are my friend. I'd never do something like that to a friend.

From:

thevoidsdarkhorse

Even when they're suffering?

You saw it, didn't you?

From:

bloodbiter

...Yes, I did. But I don't believe any suffering lasts forever.

From:

thevoidsdarkhorse

[She laughs, harsh, bitter, empty.]

These bodies are my future! They're all that's waiting for me. That and the villains I can't beat on my own.

From:

bloodbiter

[she's silent for a moment]

...What do you think a good friend would do in this situation? They wouldn't just let you die.

From:

thevoidsdarkhorse

Yeah, that's right.

A good friend wouldn't let their friends just die.

Esp when they were right there. [Looking at the bodies.]

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bloodbiter

No - that isn't what I meant. It wasn't your fault, Roxy.

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thevoidsdarkhorse

I was right there.

I should have been able to help.

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bloodbiter

No, it isn't your fault. I know it hurts, but... Please don't blame yourself.

From:

thevoidsdarkhorse

I knew the most. I was waiting, getting ready to act so when shit went down. I was right there, I know how to handle utter chaos, and crowd control, and all of it.

I would have made a DIFFERENCE.

From:

bloodbiter

Even if you could have acted differently... The blame isn't all yours.

Part of you told me before that you're afraid to die.

From:

thevoidsdarkhorse

Well, I would prefer to return to the void, but Vetoed went and made that not an option.

From:

bloodbiter

...If our positions were reversed and I asked you to do this to me, would you?

From:

thevoidsdarkhorse

I realize there are worst things than death.

[At least this part of Roxy could. '-']

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bloodbiter

And you swear this is what you really want? You aren't just acting thoughtlessly? I need you to say something that will convince me beyond a doubt.

From:

thevoidsdarkhorse

Thoughtlessly?

Don't you know me at all?

From:

bloodbiter

It was not meant as an insult. I just know that you must be missing memories still. It isn't hopeless.

[using her powers to try and give her a feeling of hope]

From:

thevoidsdarkhorse

[She's fighting. There's some faint hope from the bands, but whatever SHE is, is pretty resistant.]

I've THOUGHT about it. I've gone through the scenarios. The simplest solution, the simplest fucking one, means the memory shouldn't fucking EXIST anymore because the me who went through it wouldn't exist anymore! So John's probably dead too!

The ring is in Her Imperious Condescension hands and I. Can't. Beat. HER! I'm not a combat class and she can hurl planets, and going against her is heroic! More than that, she was prepared to DEAL with my powers 'cause she wanted to use me!

And even if I got the ring, I'd need Jane's corpse, and get her de-brainwashed and gog fucking knows I've been EXCELLENT with that! And that's if she didn't fall into the fucking lava that was two feet away!

Even if Dave was alive, that would just make a Doomed Timeline, and it wouldn't fix a damned thing for me, I'd still be alone!

From:

bloodbiter

I know it seems dire. It may very well be that way. But don't you think it's too early to give up completely? If you remember everything and it turns out you were right... Then I'm sorry, I truly am. But I can't do what you're asking of me without that certainty.

[she keeps pushing, determined to make roxy believe in her, and believe that there's hope]