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avalononline2021-06-06 12:58 pm
colchismagecraft) wrote in avalononline2021-06-06 12:58 pm
Eighth: Grail War (Video; un: Caster)
(TW: Arson, Kidnapping, Death Threats, Magical Torture, Grief)
[The video starts with smoke billowing into the night sky, and as the camera pans down, the source becomes plainly clear. The edge of the Brocéliande woodland is ablaze, and the fire is starting to spread. Silhouetted against this ominous backdrop is the figure of Caster, using subtle magical manipulation to make her usual, heavy cloak cast an even darker shadow than it should as it billowed out around her.
Her eyes can't be seen under the hood of her cloak, but even in this darkness a broken smirk can be seen across the Witch of Betrayal's face. The twisted ritual dagger she held gleamed a sickening red in the light of the flames.]
Archer... we need to talk.
[For what sounded like a declaration of a grudge, it wasn't entirely clear whether or not she realised she was broadcasting to the entire network.]
You enjoy continuing battles that have already reached their conclusion, don't you? Well, it's time that I do the same.
The Holy Grail War isn't over. Our battle hasn't ended, not so long as I exist in this world... haha, I was a fool to delude myself into thinking otherwise. Hahaha...!
[She could hardly contain that bitter laughter, coming out in bursts, but she forced it back enough to continue.]
You know exactly what you did.
And I will have my revenge... I'll destroy anyone I have to until you come and face me. Oh- you won't crawl out of your hole without any motivation, will you? Well, I do have a little something to help convince a heroic sort like you.
[Caster flipped the picture on the camera, directing it to where she'd got an unconscious Darin tied up against one of the trees, a strange dark mist flowing around his body. And with a flick of Caster's wrist off-screen, the shadows intensified- sinking into him. Even unconscious, he started to writhe in pain.]
Hmhm, I don't know how long he'll last with my curses... so I suggest you hurry up. I'd hate it if I had to dispose of a body.
I will burn it all to the ground- and make you watch them all suffer for your choices. You know I will, Archer, it wouldn't be a first for me.
[She flicked the camera back to herself, now holding what appeared to be dragon fangs, hovering over her palm and pulsing with a strange, dark energy. Her familiar - now much larger than the housecat size it usually appeared - rested its head on her shoulder, watching the magical items with a fierce intensity.
And then, her carefully planned stagecraft started to crack, as a crazed grief started to inch it's way to the surface.]
I just want you to suffer. Do you really think I care what becomes of me in this world? Of what fate befalls the other realities?
They can all perish for all I care-!
Hecate curse you all!
[Before her composure can crack any further, she ends the broadcast.]
[ooc: The log itself will go up tonight/tomorrow for getting involved stopping this mess- note that if you have a heroic character who'd ICly get involved but you don't want to deal with this mess OOC, she's recording late at night in somewhere with ropey network signal, so feel free to assume the memo didn't get through or that your character couldn't track her down in the chaos.
Also- threadhopping totally welcome for this one.]
[The video starts with smoke billowing into the night sky, and as the camera pans down, the source becomes plainly clear. The edge of the Brocéliande woodland is ablaze, and the fire is starting to spread. Silhouetted against this ominous backdrop is the figure of Caster, using subtle magical manipulation to make her usual, heavy cloak cast an even darker shadow than it should as it billowed out around her.
Her eyes can't be seen under the hood of her cloak, but even in this darkness a broken smirk can be seen across the Witch of Betrayal's face. The twisted ritual dagger she held gleamed a sickening red in the light of the flames.]
Archer... we need to talk.
[For what sounded like a declaration of a grudge, it wasn't entirely clear whether or not she realised she was broadcasting to the entire network.]
You enjoy continuing battles that have already reached their conclusion, don't you? Well, it's time that I do the same.
The Holy Grail War isn't over. Our battle hasn't ended, not so long as I exist in this world... haha, I was a fool to delude myself into thinking otherwise. Hahaha...!
[She could hardly contain that bitter laughter, coming out in bursts, but she forced it back enough to continue.]
You know exactly what you did.
And I will have my revenge... I'll destroy anyone I have to until you come and face me. Oh- you won't crawl out of your hole without any motivation, will you? Well, I do have a little something to help convince a heroic sort like you.
[Caster flipped the picture on the camera, directing it to where she'd got an unconscious Darin tied up against one of the trees, a strange dark mist flowing around his body. And with a flick of Caster's wrist off-screen, the shadows intensified- sinking into him. Even unconscious, he started to writhe in pain.]
Hmhm, I don't know how long he'll last with my curses... so I suggest you hurry up. I'd hate it if I had to dispose of a body.
I will burn it all to the ground- and make you watch them all suffer for your choices. You know I will, Archer, it wouldn't be a first for me.
[She flicked the camera back to herself, now holding what appeared to be dragon fangs, hovering over her palm and pulsing with a strange, dark energy. Her familiar - now much larger than the housecat size it usually appeared - rested its head on her shoulder, watching the magical items with a fierce intensity.
And then, her carefully planned stagecraft started to crack, as a crazed grief started to inch it's way to the surface.]
I just want you to suffer. Do you really think I care what becomes of me in this world? Of what fate befalls the other realities?
They can all perish for all I care-!
Hecate curse you all!
[Before her composure can crack any further, she ends the broadcast.]
[ooc: The log itself will go up tonight/tomorrow for getting involved stopping this mess- note that if you have a heroic character who'd ICly get involved but you don't want to deal with this mess OOC, she's recording late at night in somewhere with ropey network signal, so feel free to assume the memo didn't get through or that your character couldn't track her down in the chaos.
Also- threadhopping totally welcome for this one.]
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But then she had to bring her precious Master's death up, and that was enough to make her voice crack with grief.]
Because killing me wasn't enough.
[It felt like she was being ripped apart from the inside out. She was so sure- so sure that after she'd died shielding him, that Souichirou-sama could keep living.
But no, she couldn't let Rin see any more of her grief. She had her pride.]
...But I wouldn't fall for your tactics twice. Yours or that wretched Archer's.
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[ WHAT DID ARCHER TELL YOU ABOUT NOT MAKING ANYTHING WORSE, RIN?? Tohsaka's got her pride too, or more like she's always had it, but these days she has her winner's pride too to make it even worse. ]
I won't use the same tactics, again, obviously. And even Goldie couldn't kill my Archer, so an old hag like you still doesn't even stand a chance against him.
[Same tactics? She'd need her own magic for that but kinetic is pretty great too.]
tw torture (you get all the best tags clearly)
...But no, she wasn't going to let Rin see how pissed off she was getting. Instead, she raised a hand toward her hostage and reinforced her magic on him, causing Darin to continue to writhe in pain against his bonds.]
...You were saying?
it's what happens when we thread with a real bad bitch and a real bad witch
Well. Shit.
Waaaait, Archer meant him and not himself when he said don't make anything worse??? That makes more sense, obviously. Well, it's just like Rin to forget the most important aka the hostage. Though really, she's mostly here because Caster called her Archer out to fight and surely all the real hero types will run there to care about the kidnapped person. That said, it's not like she wants anything worse to happen to him either, at least not because of her.]
All I'm saying anymore is that you want to continue the same way as you did in my home by kidnapping, manipulating and torturing people and being whatever witch, that some people used to call you? Fine, be that way, I'm not interested in that nor am I interested in starting another war here, I already won the real one back in Fuyuki.
[Also not interested in killing her. For a lot of reasons but also because they always just come back in these worlds, don't they? Besides, she gets grief, she really does, she's just not about to tell that to Caster. ... Not really, at least, but what she is about to say next kind of hits to that area too.]
But here's a better idea-- [ 1, 2, 3, aka a tiny pause. ]
Get the Hell over it! Some people change into whatever they want to be instead of being whatever others expect/assume/tell about them, it's not like we're running out of time here and also? Most people move the hell on after someone leaves from their life one way or another without doing any kidnappings, torturing or murders.
Yup sounds about right
Or perhaps she didn't care.
She'd been about to argue Rin's comments about acting here the same way she did back home- but a fresh anger washed it's way over her expression at the outburst.
Get the Hell over it
After the one, small miracle that she'd been allowed in her life was taken from her? The only thing that went right in her life- and now it was gone?
Her voice was shaking and she knew it, but- No. For now, she drew Rule Breaker, brandishing it for the camera.]
Hmph, I haven't even killed anyone yet. Are you saying I should finish this one already? I'm sure your precious Archer won't be too happy that you encouraged me to do such a thing.
...It wouldn't be the first time, you know that.
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No. That's not what I meant or said, at all, and you know that.
[And if she doesn't have anything else to add, Rin's going to end this here before she'll accidentally make it worse for that kidnapped person.
Go ahead and kill a guy on LIVE VIDEO, Caster, because surely that makes everything better. But hey, here's a girl who doesn't care about how bad her consequences from this will be and also, she's not Shirou, she's here just because this post was about someone who belongs to Rin. Or at least she'll never admit being here for any other reason.]