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Post by nintendonut1 on Dec 27, 2008 20:15:13 GMT -5
Perceval smiled at him gently as they all sat by one another.
"Now... take your neighbors' hands to complete the circle."
Everyone did so, taking each other's hands. Raz, who was sitting beside Michiko, nodded to her, then passed into a trance, his psychic energy flowing to her and giving her strength as she spoke, her voice altered slightly.
"Spirits of the netherworld... spirits who have passed into the world beyond... your passing has brought grief to many. Two souls especially. Their eyes see nothing but sorrow. Their hands touch nothing but sorrow. Please... do their best to calm their souls, the same calm that death has brought you."
Her glittering eyes when to Fletcher first, and at their eye contact, he too passed into the same trance.
"Call to him, Fletcher-san... call to your fallen comrade. We will help magnify your call."
Fletcher hesitated, then... "...T...Trevor... w...w-where are you, mate...?"
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Post by Felix Falora on Dec 29, 2008 14:04:23 GMT -5
Trevor did not appear. "He" appeared instead. "You will not reach him," he told Fletcher. "I've sent him back. Within a week's time, he will return to the world of the living. It was not his time yet."
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Post by nintendonut1 on Dec 30, 2008 0:50:18 GMT -5
Fletcher snapped out of it. "W-what!? He's...!"
"Alright!"
"Trev's coming back!?"
"No way!"
"Oh! Everyone, please!" Michiko tried to calm them down. "Calm yourselves! This is very good news indeed, but we need to focus! We're not done!"
"Ah... of course." His anxieties quietly washing away, Fletcher nodded.
When things quieted down, Michiko turned. "Eddward-chan?"
Double D nodded, passing into her trance.
"Go on. Call to the one you have slain. He will listen. I promise."
"...Dederick..." he choked out. "...I... I need to speak with you... I need you to know... how sorry I am."
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Post by Felix Falora on Dec 30, 2008 16:44:09 GMT -5
A figure appeared, bound against what looked like a solid wall within chains. He looked dishreveled and injured, his pride taken. He looked up at Double D, his eyes old and weary. The punishment would never end. "And what... would you have of me..."
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Post by nintendonut1 on Dec 30, 2008 17:15:51 GMT -5
Double D felt sick, looking the man over. It was some time before he replied.
"...words can't express... how sorry I am for you..." he lightly sobbed. "You attacked us in cold blood... you insulted my family... you guarenteed our death... I thought what I did would be justified..." He shook his head. "...but that was not for me to decide. I went much too far... and I took your life. I can hardly live with what I've done... your death is turning into my own." Slowly, he brought his tear-filled gaze up to meet him levelly. "I am... so... immensely sorry..."
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Post by Felix Falora on Dec 30, 2008 18:44:27 GMT -5
Dederick said nothing for a while. Then he spoke. "How many of us were fooled into believing that such evil was the path of holiness... not even I can answer. Many of us deserve to die and many would take our lives without care. But you would probably be the only one who has now begged forgiveness from the one that threatened horrible things towards you... I cannot understand why... All I know is that... you have an aura of salvation around you... Unlike me, who will now suffer for his sins, you will... be forgiven for all."
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Post by nintendonut1 on Dec 30, 2008 20:47:31 GMT -5
Double D found so much comfort in those words... what could not be washed away by the cleanest of waters was finally draining out through the rivers of tears flowing down his cheeks. All his regret, his guilt, his sorrow... all of it was floating away.
".......thank you, Dederick," he choked out. "I... I wish we could've met under better circumstances."
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Post by Felix Falora on Dec 30, 2008 21:02:06 GMT -5
"Tch... Me too lad... But human beings are easily guillable... and I was one of them... Take care... And don't let him fool you as well... Keep that aura of salvation around you... Good bye." And that was it. The image of a chained and bound Dederick faded, but before it did, Double D might've made out the images of the chains breaking and his soul dissapearing.
"It was not truely his fault that he came to hate your kind so," a voice explained. "Humans are often taught to hate by those they know. His parents were the ones mainly at fault and he was willing to do anything to achieve salvation... Often times... realizing one's own sins... will gain them this salvation... but rarely do they ascend to Heaven from Hell... Truely you are gifted... Good luck."
"Edward-chan, are you ok?" Even after the forgiveness was done and the trance broken, Edd had still been in the middle of the trance because of the angel speaking to him.
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Post by nintendonut1 on Dec 31, 2008 17:39:55 GMT -5
Tears streaming down his face, Double D awoken, turning to Felix with all the former brilliance in his eyes and smile restored.
"..I... I'm fine." Chuckling emotionally, he shook his head. "N-no, I'm better than fine... I-I feel... so much better... and... I think he's..."
(are you saying Double D helped him reach salvation? That is so cool ^_^)
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Post by Felix Falora on Dec 31, 2008 17:50:30 GMT -5
(I doubt that would ever happen for real, but this is roleplaying, so if I'm damned for it, screw me.)
"Huh?" Felix looked confused.
"Well... whatever happened... I'm just glad most of this is over," Masahiro said.
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Post by nintendonut1 on Dec 31, 2008 19:08:18 GMT -5
"...so am I," Double D sighed, accepting the hugs and pats on the back and shoulders from his buddies.
"Alright! That's more like it!"
"Your face's shining bright as the sun again!"
"Good to see you're back!"
"...D-Dadda!" He looked up at that soft cry, his beautiful baby girl reaching out for him in Nazz's arms.
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Post by Felix Falora on Jan 1, 2009 3:46:33 GMT -5
Nazz brought him over softly.
Felix smiled softly, walking over to Double D softly.
Masahiro stayed in his corner, but he, too, was smiling as well.
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 1, 2009 4:05:29 GMT -5
Reverently, Double D took his precious child into his arms, leaning into Felix as Marion hugged them both. It felt so wonderful, to be able to accept such warmth again.
Fletcher sighed, but not heavily this time. There were many questions he still had, but those could be saved for later... when he met his comrade face-to-face again. It seemed unreal, to think he could...
When Michiko took his hand gently, he glanced up and smiled softly at her. Later. IT could be dealt with later. Now... it was time to enjoy what they had accomplished.
Perceval smiled at Masahiro, so very happy of the general outcome of everything.
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Post by Felix Falora on Jan 1, 2009 4:20:27 GMT -5
Masahiro smiled back at Perceval, but remained shyly in his corner, even with that smile on his face.
Felix kept close to Double D, cuddled by Marion, and he felt the love from all of it.
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 1, 2009 4:50:48 GMT -5
Rubbing the last of his tears away, Double D sighed in cotent, glancing around. "Oh... we should probably be heading back."
"Yeah..."
"Are you going to be alright, Fletcher?" Fleetfoot asked, to which the Brit nodded.
"We'll look forward to seeing Trevor... we'll wait. Go on back home and get your well-deserved rest."
"That goes double for the psychic kid," Matilde commented towards Raz, who looked exhausted from the energy he had pouring into the contact.
"Yeah... thanks," he grunted listlessly, the first to leave.
Shyly, Perceval waved to Masahiro, still smiling as always.
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