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Eiji Hino ([personal profile] powertotearer) wrote in [community profile] theianlogs2017-10-07 10:06 pm
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The point of no return

Who: Eiji and Ankh, Open portion HERE
When: October 7, night, continues for 46 hours
Where: Shopping district
What: The power of the music of the night
Warnings: Standard monster-fighting violence, addiction (thanks to the monster), some self-harm/semi-suicidal undertones to conversation

There is a phantom who's been singing late at night in the shopping district. And this angel of music has been drawing a lot of monsters. And Eiji being Eiji, he can't just leave this alone.

A flash of light from LaToraBatta doesn't do much to distract the monsters, and they begin aggressively beating Eiji now that he's closer to wherever the singing is coming from.

"Ankh, I think I'm going to need a combo for this one," he calls back, trying to block while at the same time slashing at another monster. "There's too many!"
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[personal profile] powertotearer 2017-10-08 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
Well, that didn't work. The panic has gone down a bit, if only because Eiji knows fire doesn't hurt Ankh, but it doesn't mean he's all that okay with it.

"Ankh, are you..."

But now, the phantom turns her attention straight to him, and Eiji finds himself stopping in his tracks. She's singing directly to him now, and he can't help but listen.

It'll be easier to hear if he's not OOO, right? Before he even knows what he's doing, he reaches down and deactivates the driver.
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[personal profile] notsogreedy 2017-10-08 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
Ankh notices the way the phantom directs her attention at him, and the way he seems to go a bit limp in response. That's already bad enough, but about the last thing he expects is Eiji cancelling his transformation.

"Eiji!" He calls, trying to get the moron's attention, even as he flies down closer. "What the hell are you doing?"
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[personal profile] powertotearer 2017-10-08 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Eiji's currently unresponsive, starting to smile as he makes his way forward. The music is closing in around him, even as the phantom ensures he has a clear path toward her.

"It's beautiful," he says, his voice dreamy. "I've never heard anything like it before. It's like it's inside my mind."
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[personal profile] notsogreedy 2017-10-08 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
Of course he's not listening.

"EIJI!!!!" Ankh yells at him as if being louder might be all it takes to overpower the song. He tries to get closer, to grab him away from the phantom, but every time he does, a flaming tendil comes whipping at him.
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[personal profile] powertotearer 2017-10-08 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Eiji's close enough to her now that he's face-to-face with her, and his face just has a very stupid expression. He doesn't know what's going on at all, but unusually for him, he figures it out when she puts an arm around his neck and pulls him closer.

He kisses her, and it feels better than anything he's ever known in his life.
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[personal profile] notsogreedy 2017-10-08 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Eiji gets closer and there's nothing Ankh can do to stop him from where he is. Yelling isn't getting anywhere. The damned phantom has decided to try to grab him and hold him at a distance, and all he can do for the moment is be grateful he's not badly affected by flames. Then she pulls Eiji close and kisses him and there cannot possibly be anything good about this situation.

The only saving grace is that her focus on Eiji makes her loosen her grip on him, enough for him to escape and actually get to Eiji this time, immediately grabbing him by the shoulders and yanking him away from the phantom, giving her a very intense glare in the process. "Eiji, we're leaving."
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[personal profile] powertotearer 2017-10-08 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
There's something thick and disgusting against her lips, but the feeling going through him is just so good that he doesn't even notice.

And then Ankh pulls him away. He stumbles, landing against him with a goofy grin.

There's blood all over his mouth.
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[personal profile] notsogreedy 2017-10-08 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Well, yep, he was right about that not being a good thing, that's for sure. Ew.

Though he doesn't waste any time in grabbing Eiji in a tighter hold and taking back to the air. The phantom is less than pleased at having her victim stolen away, and lashes out, and it takes all Ankh has to try to get them both away without getting wrapped up in the tendrils again or letting Eiji get badly burned now that he's back to being human and has no protection. He succeeds, but it's a struggle, and by the time he manages to find somewhere away from the horde of monsters to land, he's a bit worn out. He only hopes they're sufficiently sheltered to not have other monsters to deal with any time soon.
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[personal profile] powertotearer 2017-10-08 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
Eiji's not in much better shape, not that he notices the cuts around his mouth.

"I've got to go back," he mumbles. "Ankh, you've got to take me back to her."
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[personal profile] notsogreedy 2017-10-08 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
Right. Well. Questions of relative safety aside, those words aren't anything he wants to deal with right now. Just what kind of a spell did she have him under?

"What nonsense are you babbling?"
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[personal profile] powertotearer 2017-10-10 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't know, I just have to."

And that's...really it. Eiji can't say he really wants to go back to the monster opera and get mind-controlled again, but...something about the kiss was good enough that he feels like he has to.
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