screwthatnoise

Janta is fucking jittery, and trying so hard to say something but nothing's coming out.

The figure continues speaking in her firm, unamused voice.

"Call me what you want."

She steps closer.

"I want you two—ah, no, three—gone."

Too bad.

[Slipping another knife into his free hand, quiet.]

Janta cries out.

"That's... that's that's...!"

The figure stands still, swishing a knife out from her sleeve, watching their movements carefully.

"Of course. It's natural that the happiness can't face me. But can either of you?"

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And what are you?

[ puts a hand on Janta's little head, comfortingly, glancing down at it ]

Is that really Zwei?

The poor stuffed animal is frozen at this point, but it takes a deep breath.

"That's not Zwei! What is it!" Its little voice is urgent and fearful, trying to contain itself from losing it. "Why... why do I feel... like this, it's so wrong!"

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[Keeping his eye on whatever the Not!Zwei is while Janta and Naoto talk.]

Would it help if we got rid of her? Or is it a trap?

"I don't know...! Zwei can't be out here. It's impossible, completely impossible... but why would this part of Hail exist? And why do I feel so completely empty and afraid when I look at it?"

The cloaked figure continues watching them quietly. She swishes another blade from her other sleeve.

[ takes a step back, thinking— it's not zwei but looks like zwei, it wants to protect the black tree, it's a part of Hail that happiness can't understand... ]

[Asking not!zwei again;]

What are you?

It's too late to get a response from her—she darts towards you, keeping her one knife hand low (out of stabbing range) and the other high, aiming for his chest.

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[Well I think Naoto's actually the one... in front...]

[ YEP WE'RE TANKIN', bringing his sword up to block that knife ]

Knife is blocked, and she tries to push forward. From this close you can see cold eyes glaring into you from under the hood—but they aren't cold eyes that would belong to Zwei.

No.

Those are Hail's eyes.

[ ha HA, are we bladelocked, well he's definitely physically stronger than Hail at least so he can hold that at a standstill ]

—You are part of Hail. The part that wants to give up and die. Right?

[While Naoto is playing tank Sion slips around him to tackle Hail from the side. Teamwork.]

She pushes back, though she probably isn't as strong as you, no. At the very least she can keep him like this. When she speaks again, her voice is frigid.

"I'm the reasonable part of this girl."

When you tackle her, you are sent flying right through her, and suddenly every part of you that went through her is sent into pain, as though your nerves are now revolting against your very being.

[Well that was unexpected, rolling to a crouch on automatic defensive but then kind of. Freezing and trying to remember how to breathe...]

[ —ALARMED, and distracted, glances back at Sion ]

—Sion? Sion, are you okay?

The figure takes advantage of this moment by thrusting her other knife into your side, Naoto.

[I think I just got my boyfriend stabbed, trying to speak, or move. Managing to get to his feet--maybe not.]

[ FUCK ]

[ okay half-twisting away from that, though he doesn't manage to get entirely out of the way, trying to force Hail away from Sion by pushing the fight closer to the tree ]

The closer you get to the tree, the louder that internal screaming, the one that makes no sense, gets, and though Janta seems rattled, this Zwei-look-alike doesn't seem affected by this at all.

"Just give up! I... I really will kill you if I have to."

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