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seasonsrpg2023-08-01 11:50 pm
mayoninofukucho) wrote in seasonsrpg2023-08-01 11:50 pm
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Fate/Hate Boner, Part... I Lost Track
WHO: Hijikata and OPEN
WHAT: Hijikata tries to deal with his spectacular fuck-up!
WHEN: August 1st (a couple of days after Medusa first turned into Gorgon)
WHERE: Sunwaning and/or Solarpeak
WARNINGS:Unwarranted Manpain (OK no, he'll try to take responsibility!!)
[OOC: This is yet another little chapter of the ongoing drama between Hijikata, Medusa, and Ozymandias (and their friends and affiliates, and innocent bystanders too)!
Associated posts (for anyone who would like to follow along at home):
OOC Plotting
Hijikata starting the whole shitshow by siccing Medusa on Ozymandias
Ozymandias live-shaming a consequently petrified Hijikata
Quest: Going Gorgon
This installment is mostly for people who want their characters to give him a talking-to in person, but rest assured that he's got the pet-shaming sign on him, and further additions are being retroactively added!]
[When Hijikata regained consciousness he was at home, not at the Secret Getaway, and in front of him was his mentee Shoto, caught between concern and relief... not his suddenly tall-as-a-house, winged and snake-bodied Servant Medusa.
Naturally the most important items ("Why am I here", "What date is it", "How did you get me unpetrified") were addressed first, and all the answers - that Shoto took him home from Solarpeak after Ozymandias brought him there, that a couple of days elapsed between now and when he last saw Medusa, that Shoto sacrificed White Amaryllis, the sword forged out of his admiration for his mentor - drove it home more and more deeply that he made a colossal, terrible mistake.
Hijikata wanted to stay with Shoto, somehow make up for his sacrifice, reassure him, answer his many questions... but he simply couldn't leave Medusa alone out there in that state. So he made up a convincing lie (another thing to feel bad about later, because damn it, why does this boy put so much trust in him), promising to be back very soon, and set out - not to where he said he'd go, but towards the Summer Guild's headquarters.
Shoto-kun said she's in the Jungle of Judgement. I just need to teleport to the Temple of Life, and then--!
And then what?, a voice in his head asks. Medusa - no, Gorgon - is draining his mana. All of it. He felt her suck it all up like a giant maelstrom when she first transformed out there, and he can still feel it now, despite the distance between them. The remaining two Command Seals on the back of his hand - the third smudged and blackened, as if it was burned up - are testament to their bond still existing. Shit. Rider...
He stops, trying to form some kind of plan, but it comes back down to just: I'm her Master, I need to help her. But how can he do that now when he can't even summon enough of a fireball to light a cigarette anymore? Maybe he can undo this with another Command Spell..? He stares at the red triple tomoe (now just a double tomoe, really). Won't this only make it worse..? But this is my duty, isn't it?
(If anybody notices his weird behaviour... please stop this man. He's done enough!)]
WHAT: Hijikata tries to deal with his spectacular fuck-up!
WHEN: August 1st (a couple of days after Medusa first turned into Gorgon)
WHERE: Sunwaning and/or Solarpeak
WARNINGS:
[OOC: This is yet another little chapter of the ongoing drama between Hijikata, Medusa, and Ozymandias (and their friends and affiliates, and innocent bystanders too)!
Associated posts (for anyone who would like to follow along at home):
OOC Plotting
Hijikata starting the whole shitshow by siccing Medusa on Ozymandias
Ozymandias live-shaming a consequently petrified Hijikata
Quest: Going Gorgon
This installment is mostly for people who want their characters to give him a talking-to in person, but rest assured that he's got the pet-shaming sign on him, and further additions are being retroactively added!]
[When Hijikata regained consciousness he was at home, not at the Secret Getaway, and in front of him was his mentee Shoto, caught between concern and relief... not his suddenly tall-as-a-house, winged and snake-bodied Servant Medusa.
Naturally the most important items ("Why am I here", "What date is it", "How did you get me unpetrified") were addressed first, and all the answers - that Shoto took him home from Solarpeak after Ozymandias brought him there, that a couple of days elapsed between now and when he last saw Medusa, that Shoto sacrificed White Amaryllis, the sword forged out of his admiration for his mentor - drove it home more and more deeply that he made a colossal, terrible mistake.
Hijikata wanted to stay with Shoto, somehow make up for his sacrifice, reassure him, answer his many questions... but he simply couldn't leave Medusa alone out there in that state. So he made up a convincing lie (another thing to feel bad about later, because damn it, why does this boy put so much trust in him), promising to be back very soon, and set out - not to where he said he'd go, but towards the Summer Guild's headquarters.
Shoto-kun said she's in the Jungle of Judgement. I just need to teleport to the Temple of Life, and then--!
And then what?, a voice in his head asks. Medusa - no, Gorgon - is draining his mana. All of it. He felt her suck it all up like a giant maelstrom when she first transformed out there, and he can still feel it now, despite the distance between them. The remaining two Command Seals on the back of his hand - the third smudged and blackened, as if it was burned up - are testament to their bond still existing. Shit. Rider...
He stops, trying to form some kind of plan, but it comes back down to just: I'm her Master, I need to help her. But how can he do that now when he can't even summon enough of a fireball to light a cigarette anymore? Maybe he can undo this with another Command Spell..? He stares at the red triple tomoe (now just a double tomoe, really). Won't this only make it worse..? But this is my duty, isn't it?
(If anybody notices his weird behaviour... please stop this man. He's done enough!)]
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[As always, Napoleon's presence calms Hijikata down, but this time it also makes the guilt in his chest feel as heavy as a millstone. By causing Medusa to go berserk like that he hurt him, too, didn't he? Napoleon has been such a good friend to her, someone she could rely on completely whenever Hijikata was indisposed. Someone welcoming, someone warm-hearted...
All the stubbornness and determination that he still very fiercely upheld underneath his distress and worry simply crumbles away.]
Napoleon, what do I do? I'm so sorry! I've got to be able to help her somehow!
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Not that Napoleon was especially mad at him. Upset at the situation? Oh yeah. Worried about Medusa? Absolutely. But the anger was over all short lived compared to worrying about his fellow Servant. Hijikata made a dumb mistake and didn't really think through the consequences, but he also didn't know them. Medusa didn't exactly advertise what had happened to her... ]
It's not me you got to apologize to, mon ami. But...
[ A deep, deep sigh. ]
Honestly, the best thing you can do for her is to stay safe here.
[ How to explain this...? ]
--Do you remember what you saw in my other 'self's Memory? That Giant made of Fire?
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[That giant was huge. It looked undefeatable, yet... somehow, Napoleon managed. Hijikata's stomach is upset from how distressed he feels, so he tries to just focus on what Napoleon is saying. He needs to keep it together.]
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[ Fingertips lightly turned Hijikata around to look at him. That serious expression remaining. ]
--We Servants are human in a lot of ways, but Command Spells-- or Seals-- are one of the ways we're not. We gotta obey them no matter what we want in the moment. When the Command given is something both Master and Servant want? We can make miracles happen. But they can also be used to over take a Servant's will. We can't resist em, not without a lot of pain, and only for so long. ...They can even force us to kill ourselves if our Master chooses to.
[ So he hoped Hijikata could understand exactly what had happened there. ]
... All that, plus... you're probably totally drained of mana right now, oui?
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Yeah, I'm out of mana. But I'm not going to just sit down and wait this out. There's got to be something I can do for her.
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[ Or at least, not how they should've been. She was a Japanese Servant who's name Napoleon was fairly certain Hijikata would recognize...
But, at his statement... ]
...There is something you can do to help us. Did Medusa give you a spare key to our place? [ He was already reaching to his coat pocket for that just in case. ] Someone needs to feed our Pokemon and the Sphnix cub while I'm away. Medusa's got a Snivy and I have a Litten-- food should be in the second cupboard from the fridge. Can you keep an eye on them for me?
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[He takes one of Napoleon's arms, feeling a sense of dread.]
You can't go confront her after telling me that Minamoto no Yoshitsune didn't make it out alive! I know you defeated even that giant in the other timeline, but--
[He died.]
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[ Giving Hijikata the spare key for now with that confident grin of his-- ]
Sorry to ask you to do this, but Grandpere's out of it thanks to that Frozen Heart situation. Otherwise, I'd bug him about helping.
[ Considering the man had several Pokemon and 'regular' animals at the house already, what was three more? But he was down for the count... ]
That's just to get across that she's not something a human can fight right now. She was far more powerful in Babylonia than she is here [ ...he hoped ] So it's nothing I can't handle.
[ His smile softened some, winking at the other man. ]
Trust me, okay? I'll help get her home.
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It's too much. It's not fair. He, Hijikata, fucked this up; why are Medusa and Napoleon paying for it? He'll worry for both their wellbeing now - a sick, restless kind of worry that he won't be able to extinguish. He struggles for a moment to find his voice again.]
I trust you. Don't get hurt.
[Please don't get hurt. From the day he first met Napoleon he reminded him so much of Kondou, the man he dedicated his life to back home, his best friend, his sunshine. He doesn't want him to suffer any pain, all the less for selflessly stepping up to sort out his mess!]