Twelfth ★ [Video | Filtered from Aqua]

[limitless_land]

[...A feed during the attack? Seriously? There's only a brief glimpse of gold eyes beneath a hood before the SFC is tilted so only one of the kraken's tentacles can be seen. It takes five seconds before a deep, almost blank voice filters through the darkness.]

What do you do when you've been lost to despair. [A pause as disks of light(?) are tossed at it from behind the speaker.] What is it that you do when you lose sight of the hope you'd kept alive until now and realize that you don't have what it takes to protect others by your own power?

[He's silent for a long while, seemingly focused on dodging the retaliatory actions of the attacked appendage... until a black hand suddenly shoots electric shocks of the same white and pale blue energy at a now writhing mass of flesh.]

Tell me... What does one do with oneself then-?!

[Click.]

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[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

"—the ones you love."

[It's just barely audible, barely picked up as he lies there face-first on the wet and blood-stained street. Before he can even awaken, the SFC picks up on a flash of something in his right hand. Not dark, but not quite light, either...

Then it forms into something solid, Riku's grasp on it's hilt tightening as he begins to stir. It's also completely automatic that the blade points directly at the kraken's tentacle, firing off a blast of what appears to be blue fire. . .]

Thanks.

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[goldenflint]

Ah, you're welcome, but are you... all right now?

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[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

Even if I'm not now, I will be soon enough. [He pauses, then chuckles.] I didn't introduce myself...

Riku.

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[goldenflint]

... Riku-san. [She gives a bow to the camera] My name is Mami Tomoe.

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[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

Nice to meet you. Though, I wish you didn't have to see me like this.

[If only Mami knew all the double meanings behind that one sentence. Then she'd probably understand why a smile still didn't touch the "man's" lips.]

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[goldenflint]

It's a pleasure to meet you too.

[she shakes her head] Mmn, it's all right. We all lose our way sometimes.

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[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

Really need to kick that habit.

[He said that out loud, didn't he. ...Oops.]

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[goldenflint]

Oh? Then perhaps you do need someone to guide you, Riku-san.

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[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

Thanks, but I think I'll be fine. Especially with friends by my side.

[video]

[goldenflint]

If you are sure.

... That's a wonderful thing to hear, Riku-san.

[video]

[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

[Please don't mind that he doesn't smile; he knows just how creepy it is on this face, and he won't bother to give her any sort of nightmares. He wouldn't wish his own on anyone.]

I chose this path for them. [It doesn't show crossing his lips, but a small flash of who he used to be flashes in his eyes.] Might as well see where else it leads.

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[goldenflint]

... May I ask if you have the strength to see it through?

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[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

... My entire existence should be impossible. The fact I'm still here makes me think I do.

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[goldenflint]

That's wonderful to hear, Riku-san. I think that you're on your way.

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[limitless-land.livejournal.com]

I hope you're right, Mami. [What is proper etiquette he was raised on a desert island.]