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seasonsrpg2023-08-01 11:50 pm
mayoninofukucho) wrote in seasonsrpg2023-08-01 11:50 pm
Entry tags:
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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[He really couldn't deny his complete lack of mana if he tried. He struggles internally for a moment - part of him wants to ask Ozymandias to help Medusa, his own pride be damned, but that'd be just too preposterous, given how this all came about, wouldn't it?]
...
How long will she be like this?
[Not forever, right?]
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It depends how well we can calm her down from her state. ["We" meaning also him, yes.
His expression turns into absolute determination.]
Trust me this once, but we will do everything we can to bring her back to her senses and bring her home.
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[His gratitude is clear in his voice. Ozymandias would be well within his rights to give him more than just a piece of his mind, and Hijikata would simply take it in this instance - he completely failed Medusa as her Master. Instead, the pharaoh is trying to give him some hope and confidence. (It's harder to deal with, in a way. Being helped by someone who saw you kick off a disaster is humbling.)]
When she's back to normal, I... I'll release her from this pact. I promise.
[Does he know how to do that? No, but surely there is a way. Right?]
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That should depend on Medusa and whether she wants to break your contract after this or not. Don't make the decision on your own. That's what got you into this situation in the first place.
[Ozymandias reaches for his pocket, giving him a pokeball.]
Take care of Fuecoco for me. He's still too young for something like this.
[His sphinx kitten was going to be safe with someone else.]
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He takes the offered pokéball, wondering why in the world Ozymandias is putting his little companion in his care. Are all his concubines also going to try and help Medusa..? Consoling as the thought is, Hijikata feels even more useless in comparison. Can he really just stay behind and look after everyone else's pets? It seems so.]
I'll look after him. I-- I have a Tepig, and Shoto-kun has a Litten. They can play together.
[As much of a non-sequitur as this is, it may just be the first piece of casual personal information he voluntarily shared with Ozymandias.]
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Good. Rest as much as possible, since you're going to continue losing mana.
[He starts walking away, intending to go to the Summer Guild to teleport.]
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He opens his mouth to say something, but it would all be redundant - "Be careful", "Don't hurt her if you can help it", "Tell her I regret it". No matter what he thinks of Ozymandias, the man isn't daft. He knows. And as for that last item, Hijikata is almost sure that the pharaoh would say he should tell Medusa that himself.
He lets him go, clutching the pokéball as if it were an important artifact. Prove yourself, bastard. You're the god king Ozymandias, the Sun Pharaoh, aren't you? You can reach her. I'm sure you can.]