waaaaa another twofer

and what a twofer she is

CW violence

So we're with Alois in the garden, and despite the occasional ruckus in the distance, it's quiet. Perhaps because it's started to snow a bit. Nothing crazy, just light flurries that melt on impact with whatever they touch. Snow always seems to dampen and soften even the most tumultuous of times.

He feels a twinge in his leg and winces, glancing down at the odd bite in it, unsure what to do. Perhaps it was just nothing and he sent Aoife off into the fray for no reason. He shivers, attributing it to the cold.

"Looking a bit worse for wear, aren't you, Trancy?"

Alois snaps his head up to see Ciel taking slow approaching steps across the garden. His expression is unreadable, given the low light, but Alois can tell he has his eye fixed on the wound on his leg.

A small lick of panic ignites in Alois' chest, but he snuffs it out, fixes a smirk to his face.

"And who let you in, hm?"

"I was invited."

"Customary, of course. Didn't think you'd show your ugly maw, though. Not around here."

Ciel doesn't reply. He's standing in almost shadow, a few feet away. He tilts his head, catching a sliver of moonlight across his face. He looks…

"Who are you calling worse for wear, Ciel? You look on the verge of something. You ill?"

Ciel's face hardens. He huffs out a short derisive laugh. "I'm tired, Trancy."

Alois doesn't like the heavy, languid way Ciel is speaking, nor the way Ciel's almost looking through him.

He figures it's best to keep it light, for the moment. Aoife should be back any moment, and Ciel wouldn't dare act up with her around. He shrugs, squinting off into the snow that's begun to pick up a bit. "Well then," he begins, "perhaps you shouldn't have—" He hears a mechanical click, and his cavalier facade shatters as he finds himself looking down the nose of a pistol.

[probs a small scene of the goings on in the main hall, maybe claude pov but i cannot be bothered with him anymore]

Aoife finds Hannah first, sees and doesn't quite comprehend the fight that's going on. Hannah rushes her back out and tells her to hide somewhere safe, but Aoife says Alois is hurt and the two set back off.

[someone would be getting a monologue here idk if it's hannah or aoife, maybe both. Whatever i just need filler to create the time to get them back to the garden to hear—]

"I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER WORD OUT OF YOU IF IT'S NOT AN EXPLANATION."

The women skid to a stop just before the opened door to the back garden, Hannah stepping in front of Aoife out of protection. They exchange a glance and Aoife mouths, Ciel?

Hannah maneuvers them to a windowed area(?) [idk i'm picturing like a greenhouse like porch but i don't think that was a thing but basically there's windows and they move to see and hear what's going on easier] and Aoife is able to make out Ciel standing and pointing something at—

She gasps, and makes to rush out, but Hannah holds her back. Wait, she mouths back. They tune in to what Ciel is saying.

… idek what Ciel's going on about at this point. He's fed up and unhinged and has thrown all noble decorum out the window. Alois might even be having a hard time following. Bless him. He's going off about the companies, about Aoife, about Lizzie practically despising the man he's become (she doesn't, but alright, dude), and starts going on about their butlers, which Aoife doesn't understand too well, bc what's so special about the butlers that has Ciel such a wreck?

Hannah is tense beside her, but Aoife just attributes that to the fact a gun is pointed at her master and not about some of the shit Ciel is saying that Aoife shouldn't be hearing.

Then he mentions Bridget.

Anyway it gets more and more tense— [hang on i'm getting burnt out again here's the rant i was gonna flesh out more but don't feel like]

Aoife comes back with Hannah and they're hiding and are like wtf do we do as Ciel is off on a rant practically recounting p much everything from this story so far and also like back in the anime. Mans finally cracked, i tell ya.

Aoife clutches her necklace harder and harder in fear to the point that her hands start to shake and she's going off in her head about now knowing what to do and admitting to herself how helpless she feels, and honestly for some reason thinks about bridget and her family when suddenly the necklace starts to glow and gives this big pulse of light that firstly knocks out Hannah then startles the boys.

Ciel rounds on the entrance to the garden where Aoife and Hannah were hiding. Alois is also stunned. Aoife steps closer with this fuckin like ring of gold light around her, and her eyes are all white or some shit. Her necklace and hair are lowkey floating a bit, y'know, ghibli style.

She speaks in this booming voice and tries to pacify Ciel who is like i've uh felt this vibe before [see: my vague recollections of the anime only ending of s1 with like angels n shit idfk].

Ciel raises his gun and Alois is like oh fuck no and lunges at Ciel, but stumbles kinda bc of his leg, and Aoife kinda comes a bit to her senses and also jumps into the fray trying to get the gun. ciel is fighting them both off and also goes for the necklace—

The gun goes off. Everyone freezes.

Moments pass that feel like eternity.

Alois drops to the ground.

End of scene.

[I'M SO SORRY]

[yknow what, probs with some more thought, had i actually been fully writing this, it might've changed from a gun to a dagger; then aoife and ciel could kinda have a sword fight type bit. That'd be cool if aoife like used angel strength to yank a stone sword off a statue in the garden or something. Whewwwhwehwhew miss ma'am that'd be lit. but alas—]

see now that's why i did the twofer

aren't i nice

xx kiiro