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Tsukasa-... sweatdrops ... ... ...
CHAPTER SIX-THE VIRUS
"Any word from either of them?" Subaru asked as she wrung her hands in agitation. Krim shook his head.
"None. What's this about?"
Subaru shook her head and looked to Mimiru and Ginkhan who were standing off to the side. Mimiru's face was full of concern, not for Tsukasa, but for her; Subaru had not logged out for two days now. Ginkhan offered a suggestion.
"Those of the Scarlet Knights still listen to your words, Lady Subaru," he began carefully. The stress had been taking its toll on Subaru and she had become more and more short-tempered as time went by. "...give us leave to scour the servers to find him!"
Subaru's eyes widened for an instant. "You will do no such thing, Ginkhan!" she admonished sternly. "The Knights are no more, and nothing will make me take action to bring them back together!"
Krim hid his smirk well, but Ginkhan still saw the mocking gleam in his eyes. The Knight tensed in anger.
Suddenly Mimiru twitched and held up a hand. "Wait a minute!! He just sent me a message!" Subaru tensed as well.
"...and to me."
Mimiru scrunched up her eyes and was silent for a moment as she reveiwed it in her head. "Naaaani?? What is THAT supposed to mean?!?!"
"What does it say?" Ginkhan urged impatiently.
"It says, 'I'm leaving, don't come after me,'" Mimiru recited, then frowned. "Ooh, why does he have to act so weird??"
Subaru was silent...her message had said something else.
Tsukasa ran.
He ran from something he knew he could not outrun, yet he still tried.Whispers from some otherworldly being taunted him, berated him, from everywhere.
You are blind to the message that I bring to you, message of the true reality! Trapped, you are, with only fading memories of the place you left behind! You say that you want to leave, but is it really true?
He shook his head to clear it in an attempt to shake the thoughts that were not his own from him. Of course it was true! He had only wanted to leave ever since the day he learned that he was caught in the World.
Listen to my words, for they WILL haunt you until your stubborn pride vanishes and you come to terms with yourself! You can do so much, but your own fears keep you from becoming what you truly are!
Tsukasa's hands raked the sides of his face in vain attempts to silence this unnatural voice that seemed to originate from his own head. Why? Why did he feel this pain? Why did he actually age within the World??
Why couldn't he go home?!
Half gasping, half sobbing, he stumbled onwards across the snowy dale, vowing to outrun this otherworldly being or die trying.
The false gem quieted; its work was well underway. Tsukasa now had seeds of self-doubt buried deep in his subconcious because of its words. The virus would bend him to the Mistress's will in short time.
Nothing to do now but wait.
Tsukasa-... sweatdrops ... ... ...
CHAPTER SIX-THE VIRUS
"Any word from either of them?" Subaru asked as she wrung her hands in agitation. Krim shook his head.
"None. What's this about?"
Subaru shook her head and looked to Mimiru and Ginkhan who were standing off to the side. Mimiru's face was full of concern, not for Tsukasa, but for her; Subaru had not logged out for two days now. Ginkhan offered a suggestion.
"Those of the Scarlet Knights still listen to your words, Lady Subaru," he began carefully. The stress had been taking its toll on Subaru and she had become more and more short-tempered as time went by. "...give us leave to scour the servers to find him!"
Subaru's eyes widened for an instant. "You will do no such thing, Ginkhan!" she admonished sternly. "The Knights are no more, and nothing will make me take action to bring them back together!"
Krim hid his smirk well, but Ginkhan still saw the mocking gleam in his eyes. The Knight tensed in anger.
Suddenly Mimiru twitched and held up a hand. "Wait a minute!! He just sent me a message!" Subaru tensed as well.
"...and to me."
Mimiru scrunched up her eyes and was silent for a moment as she reveiwed it in her head. "Naaaani?? What is THAT supposed to mean?!?!"
"What does it say?" Ginkhan urged impatiently.
"It says, 'I'm leaving, don't come after me,'" Mimiru recited, then frowned. "Ooh, why does he have to act so weird??"
Subaru was silent...her message had said something else.
Tsukasa ran.
He ran from something he knew he could not outrun, yet he still tried.Whispers from some otherworldly being taunted him, berated him, from everywhere.
You are blind to the message that I bring to you, message of the true reality! Trapped, you are, with only fading memories of the place you left behind! You say that you want to leave, but is it really true?
He shook his head to clear it in an attempt to shake the thoughts that were not his own from him. Of course it was true! He had only wanted to leave ever since the day he learned that he was caught in the World.
Listen to my words, for they WILL haunt you until your stubborn pride vanishes and you come to terms with yourself! You can do so much, but your own fears keep you from becoming what you truly are!
Tsukasa's hands raked the sides of his face in vain attempts to silence this unnatural voice that seemed to originate from his own head. Why? Why did he feel this pain? Why did he actually age within the World??
Why couldn't he go home?!
Half gasping, half sobbing, he stumbled onwards across the snowy dale, vowing to outrun this otherworldly being or die trying.
The false gem quieted; its work was well underway. Tsukasa now had seeds of self-doubt buried deep in his subconcious because of its words. The virus would bend him to the Mistress's will in short time.
Nothing to do now but wait.