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Post by Gahrok on Apr 5, 2008 6:18:33 GMT -4
Notes, loud angry notes, strummed out from the scarred and battered wooden soul that Dante held with a humble passion. The guitar sang a harsh and bitter song and the weary lines etched across Dante’s face told of the angst and sorrow behind the bleeding tune. They whispered it, they screamed it and at times with tears they gasped it… “Failure”….
He smiled, a helpless and horrid smile…. a smile that he had a feeling only he could truly understand. A low and raspy note lingered upon the frigid night air for a moment before disappearing sadly into silence. Dante’s calloused hands stopped their playing, rubbing together to stave off the cold. Suddenly he felt it penetrate his skin, it was almost unbearable. He shivered, cursing his idiocy under his breath.
Dante closed his eyes and red flashed in his mind, rage… pure and unaltered rage, it always ran rampant through him after the sadness had finally left. But there was no-one to be angry with this-time, no-one to blame but himself. He needed to punch something, to break something… to rip it to shreds, to feel powerful… to feel in-control. He knew there was nothing….
His thoughts turned to Namida, how she had walked away….
To the Academy….
Why had he even come? He should go back… to rukongai, forget about this…. forget about her. Give up. Be normal, be free. Dante knew it then, it seemed so clear. He’d never have her… he’d never be the man they wanted him to be, that he’d need to be….
A broken man, he stood, head bowed but back straight… “Goodbye”.
Dante turned and began to walk away, headed for the gates.
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Post by Kovath on Apr 5, 2008 9:16:29 GMT -4
A beutiful melody sang through the air outside near the gates. Kovath was playing on his cello, which looked more or less very old, near the gates playing for a few bits of desperately needed money. He already earned quite a big chunk of money, enough to pay a years tuition and a week of food. "I need to do this more often," he thought as spectators cried in sorrow as he performed of his composed peace, An Ode to the Past in memory of his family.
He was just about to pack up and leave for the day when he noticed a young man, apparently a academy student, walk toward the gates. "Why is he here?" Kovath thought as he approached him. He saw his melancholy face that suggested he had been hit quite hard by some event. Kovath proceeded to walk up, place a hand on his shoulder and say, "What's wrong?"
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Post by Gahrok on Apr 5, 2008 19:37:17 GMT -4
Dante heard the footsteps and flinched, he didn’t need this now…. not now. They got closer, he sped up. Apparently the other student or teacher or whoever it was, didn’t take the hint. Dante winced as the hand touched his shoulder, immediately feeling as if he had been immersed in ice-water, his nerves acting per usual.
"What's wrong”
He did not turn to look, shrugging off the man’s hand violently and putting a step between them. Why couldn’t he be alone? Why couldn’t they just let him leave….
“That is my business.” Dante whispered venomously, and continued to walk towards the gate. He stopped, feeling the mans gaze still on him. “And If I told you…. what could you possibly do? In what foolish and ignorant vein of self-importance do you think you could help me? You could change anything?”.
Rush in blindly, Dante thought, still blinded in his rage… irrationally furious with all that surrounded him, that’s all they ever did. Rush in blindly and think later. Idiots. He wouldn’t be one of them.
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Post by Kovath on Apr 5, 2008 21:41:06 GMT -4
Kovath sighed, why does everyone act high and mighty, that they don't need help. Kovath replied with sorrow, "Isn't that the point of shinigami, do help others? Isn't that the point of trying to stop another Holocaust? To help people and save them? What makes me any different? Do you not understand the purpose of helping others? For example, Namida, did you help her to increase your self-esteem? or did you really wanted to help her? There are many variables in this world, one person helping another is very important. If you were a german soldier and you helped a jew escape, are you affecting someone's life? Stop acting like a child with "the world vs. me" complex, yes there are a few malicious people, but there are many people who will help. Stop acting like a deprived child who was spolied!" Kovath finished shouting.
He couldn't stand people like this! In his old life, these were the type of people that killed his family, kidnapped his brother, and killed him! The type of people who expected that they were supposed to be better, faced reality, and then complains!
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Post by Gahrok on Apr 5, 2008 22:52:41 GMT -4
Dante’s blue eyes flashed in a frigid cold and piercing glare as he heard Kovath sigh… troublesome was it? He thought to himself scathingly.
"Isn't that the point of shinigami, do help others? Isn't that the point of trying to stop another Holocaust? To help people and save them? What makes me any different? Do you not understand the purpose of helping others? For example, Namida did you help her to increase your self-esteem? or did you really wanted to help her?
“What…” he whispered trembling as he turned to face Kovath, “ The FUCK do you know… about NAMIDA?” he yelled. Fury gripped him, reason was no longer in his blood… that calculating and cynical mind had shut down and all that was left was hate. How could he even understand?
Stop acting like a child with "the world vs. me" complex, yes there are a few malicious people, but there are many people who will help. Stop acting like a deprived child who was spolied!"
Dante’s hands were in fists, trembling violently in the urge to escape, to explode… to collide with that moronic face…
“Apologize. And leave.” said Dante, “Before I fucking kill you.”. His voice had. been level, scarily so considering the visible amount of rage that boiled within. He meant it.
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Post by Kovath on Apr 5, 2008 23:08:30 GMT -4
"Apologize? I believe you were the one who threatened me, " Kovath said as he grabbed Dante's shirt, "That technically gives me the right to defend myself," continued Kovath as he pulled his zanpacktou out. "What do I know about Namida you ask? I know nothing except for the fact that you don't give her a chance. Think you idiot! It was just 1 encounter, just 1! After that, you grow pissed off and emo! Give her more time! You're not thinking straight! Calm down!!" Kovath shouted as he noticed Dante was getting more and more furious, "DO YOU THINK NAMIDA WOULD WANT YOU TO LEAVE!!!!!!!" Kovath shouted placing his zanpaktou toward Dante's neck.
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Post by Akuhei the Demon of Death on Apr 5, 2008 23:21:41 GMT -4
Hyo was currently on his patrol. Some might wonder why the Captain of squad 5 went on patrol when he could just get the members of his division to. For one, he wasn't much for paper work. He would usually make members do that, so then he would take their patrols as a reward for doing so. He also liked to get out of that stuffy office of his. He was not one to stay inside all day.
Not much happened around anyway, so really all it was was running around. Occasionally a fight would break out, but it would be quelled before any of squad 5 could get there. Only once in a while would they have to break up the fight, and even less when they had to break it up with force.
Currently Kaiju was near the shinigami academy. His trained ears picked up what sounded like shouting. He almost disregarded it till he heard more. He decided he would make a detour and see if anything was happening. He landed on a branch in a large tree near where he heard the shouting. He was rewarded as he saw a young shinigami student placing his zanpakuto near another student's neck.
"I think maybe you two should stop your fighting." Hyo didn't look like a Captain, as he was not wearing his Captains jacket. He almost never wore it, only on special occasions did he wear. Sometimes people didn't know who he was sometimes, which is usually what led to force needing to be used. "Someone could get hurt. "He said this with his usual friendly smile and a bit of humor on his voice.
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Post by Gahrok on Apr 5, 2008 23:47:15 GMT -4
Don’t give her a chance? His mind whispered the words with a rage so intense that he feared it’d permeate the barrier of his skull and find its way out into the dark night air. The cold steel shocked his skin and he flinched, what…. what was this guy doing? His anger was replaced with fear… this lunatic… this lunatic was going to kill him over this?
“How do you know all this? How do you know about me and Namida… there was no-one in the courtyard that day…. what have you been doing? Following us?” he yelled the words into the students face, he didn’t know this kid… he’d never met him… yet he seemed to know so much about them. How? It enraged him… it enraged him so much he nearly forgot about the sword at his neck, nearly let his fist finally connect with that abrasive jaw that never seemed to shut…
Then he realized it, this sick peer of his… this twisted little kid who now threatened his life… had been watching them, all this time! Had it ever even been private? How could he live knowing that some-one had seen him at his weakest…. seen them… But despite the creeping feeling of sickness it gave him to know he had been watched in his most private moments with Namida he knew that there was a scrap of wisdom in the mad-mans words. Perhaps… perhaps she wouldn’t want him to leave… but if he stayed…
"I think maybe you two should stop your fighting."
Dante’s head turned at the voice and he blinked in surprise, the man that had arrived was massive… much taller then either of them. He looked to be an imposing figure but Dante immediately saw his lack of a uniform and pegged him as a student… if that was so then…
“Someone could get hurt. "
Who the hell was he to tell them what to do? Dante took a step backwards, away from the blade at his throat and away from the student who held it, it was not to obey the new-comer. He’d just had enough. Sorrow was beginning to poke its holes through the iron shell of his anger and he knew soon the will to fight would completely leave him, he hoped he was long gone from this horrible place by then.
“And who do you think you are?” spat Dante with a wearily snide tone that barely merited response, hardly deflecting the calm chuckle that had hinted the tall-man’s voice as he had arrived. His energy was ebbing…. everything was.
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Post by Kovath on Apr 6, 2008 0:01:27 GMT -4
Kovath was shocked, how could he threaten someone like this? Kovath dropped his zanpacktou and faced the newcomer. "I'm sorry about that, you can take me away or whatever." Kovath said as he turned toward Dante. "How do I know? Whether you like it or not, there are always people around you, shouts can carry across the wind, whispers can travel miles before their vibrations end. There were others there that you did not notice. Word has already spread throughout the Academy." He turned to the man and bowed while picking his zanpacktou up and sheathing it.
"So what's going to happen to me? I threatened someone," said Kovath toward the newcomer. He waited for either replies.
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Post by Akuhei the Demon of Death on Apr 6, 2008 0:24:05 GMT -4
“And who do you think you are?” Hyo relyped to this with his own question."Who am I? WHo are you." The one who was holding the zanpakuto seemed to realize what he was doing and dropped his blade."I'm sorry about that, you can take me away or whatever." Hyo knew he would not take this young man away, and before he could reply, he turned back to the one he had just threatened. "How do I know? Whether you like it or not, there are always people around you, shouts can carry across the wind, whispers can travel miles before their vibrations end. There were others there that you did not notice. Word has already spread throughout the Academy."
Hyo laughed at this speech. "This fight over some words? How the academy has changed since I came here almost a millenea ago." As Kovath picked up and sheathed his blade he asked Hyo, "So what's going to happen to me? I threatened someone." Hyo sighed. The boy would have to be punished somehow. "Well, since you are only a boy, I will make your sentence light. You will be suspended from the academy for a week, starting tommorow." Hyo jumped from his perch, showing the boys how much taller he actually was.
"And you. May I ask what the problem is that warrants you to be moping around. Knowing kids nowadays.." Hyo didn't finish his sentence, but the question was still there.
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Post by Gahrok on Apr 6, 2008 0:34:26 GMT -4
((sorry its bad, uninspired this time))
Dante didn’t care , not about the kid and his apology, or his sentence, or his sudden change in mood. So he was bi-polar on top of being the nut-job he already showed he was, so goddamn what. What warrants my moping around? Dante laughed aloud at the question, when you were young the adults would ask that…. and even in death….
“ I am leaving this place. Is there anything else you’d like to know?” Dante had gleaned that the man was of some importance, perhaps an instructor… he certainly seemed to have the power of suspension. It didn’t matter anyway, once he left no-one would have dominion over him anymore.
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Post by ZR0 C00L on Apr 6, 2008 0:48:17 GMT -4
The sounds of an acoustic guitar made their way to Kaiba's ears. The silver haired shinigami was drawing nearer to it as he walked towards the North gate leading into Sereitei from Rukongai. The unknown musicians angry ballad resonated from beyond the gates of his home. intriguing him, the third seat never did know too much about music, but there was something about the music that drew him to it. He had to see for himself just what type of person would be playing a tune filled with so much pent up rage.
Kaiba was nearly to the musics source when it abruptly came to an end. As he rounded a corner he spotted Captain Hyo breaking up a dispute between two academy students. Kaibas eyes scanned the two fledgling shinigami. One of whom he recognized as a pan handling cello player, the music he heard could not have come from him. When he turned his gaze to the second it wasn't hard to spot the guitar he carried with him. The two musicians seemed embroiled in some type of conflict that threatened to turn ugly any second as a zanpakuto had already been drawn. Thankfully Captain Hyo was there to break up the fight, although Kaiba personally would have liked to see it happen, the feeling he got from the scrawny boys earlier music was one of despair and as he looked on he could see the boy looked near the end of his rope. The anger building within the boy, while directed at the cello player at the moment was something much deeper and more personal.
Kaiba wasn't much for sharing ones feelings and was more into using those emotions in a positive way. Seeing that the guitar wielding youth was ready to blow like a powder keg anyhow, Kaiba believed that he might be able to help him. And the other boy, well he did seem to have some issues of his own to work out since he was so willingly able to draw his blade on a comrade. With a captain around, even one known for his friendliness as Hyo was they both could be in for some serious trouble. I guess I better help out. He thought to himself moving in to speak with captain Hyo
Why help them out? why not just occupy Hyo and let the boys kill each other as you and I watch. You know thats what I want, Don't you want to make me happy? Interjected his sword spirit in her usual seductive yet sadistic manner.
You know I won't Kaen, that isn't me. Now just keep that kind of talk to yourself until we get some enemies that we can let loose on. He said telepathically to his zanpakuto.
“And who do you think you are?”
Kaiba stepped forwards as the guitarist stepped away from the blade pressed to his throat. He was fading fast, even his reiatsu was starting to show his loss of conviction. It was time to do something now before the emotions turned into something more dangerous for his psyche like depression. And more pressing was what Hyo would do after suffering the boys insolence, even nice people such as he had their limits.
A spring in his step, Kaiba moved in between the two students and grabbed them by the scruffs of their shirts. The two would find that his grip was vice like and nigh unbreakable given the difference in their power and experience.
"He, is Captain Hyo you arrogant little pecker. You will show him his due respect. HE has gone on from the academy and struggled through the battles that come with being in the gotei 13 and triumphed not only in battle but in life and has achieved the rank that all in soul society hope to gain for themselves upon entering the academy." Kaiba said to the boys irately before turning his head toward Captain Hyo.
"Excuse these two whelps, captain Hyo." He said before turning back to the boys.
"I'm sure they were just over excited about their upcoming academy assignment. Isn't that right boy's?" He said in a patronizing tone while increasing the pressure of his grip before letting them loose.
The cello player sheathed his sword and Kaiba had hoped his rouse of an assignment would be enough to ensure that Hyo if angered by the one boys disrespect for him personally, and the other for disrespected the rules of soul society for brandishing his sword on a comrade in seriousness.
"When did you get soft on me lover?" Kaen inquired mockingly. "I must say it is not a turn on. Not at all."
Shut it. He retorted his face not betraying his inward conversation.
"So what's going to happen to me? I threatened someone." The younger looking boy inquired after explaining something that Kaiba made no sense of and chalked it up to having been a reply to something said before he came around.
"Well, since you are only a boy, I will make your sentence light. You will be suspended from the academy for a week, starting tomorrow."Came the captains reply. "And you. May I ask what the problem is that warrants you to be moping around. Knowing kids nowadays.." He continued.
“ I am leaving this place. Is there anything else you’d like to know?” exclaimed the thin boy dejectedly.
As he looked at the guitarists face he knew that this outcome would be detrimental to his mental health int he long run,he had to think of something fast.
"Your not going anywhere!" He announced out of nowhere most likely shocking the trio with this sudden outburst and contradiction of captain Hyo. He meant no disrespect the captain, but only aid the boys in a different manner"The both of you will come with me and i will give to you your assignment for the day. Kazuma sama has asked that I get more involved with the training of you academy punks and so i shall but let me warn you now. I will be grading the both of you very strictly and the person with the lowest mark will get punished.Does that seem fair to you Hyo sensei? I know that as a captain you have the right to suspend these two, but i ask as a favor to hand them over to me so that i may give these runts a much more......punishing punishment." He spoke quickly hoping not to let on that he was making it up as he went although he had every intention of being true to his word.
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Post by Kovath on Apr 6, 2008 9:38:29 GMT -4
Kovath sighed, "I deserve the punishment, I'll take all of it in his stead, I drew a weapon after all," Kovath toward the newcomer. "The situation wouldn't have happen if I didn't see him and want to help him. Kovath said. Kovath then took his zanpacktou out of his belt still in the sheath and then bowed while going into the motion of surrendering his zanpacktou. "I will take all the blame," Kovath answered.
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Post by Akuhei the Demon of Death on Apr 13, 2008 0:11:25 GMT -4
Hyo only stood there with a kind smile as Kaiba talked. He was glad he wouldn't have to punish the poor boy, as his guilt seemed punishment enough. "The both of you will come with me and i will give to you your assignment for the day. Kazuma sama has asked that I get more involved with the training of you academy punks and so i shall but let me warn you now. I will be grading the both of you very strictly and the person with the lowest mark will get punished.Does that seem fair to you Hyo sensei? I know that as a captain you have the right to suspend these two, but i ask as a favor to hand them over to me so that i may give these runts a much more......punishing punishment." Hyo had not lived a millenia without picking up on things. He could tell that Kaiba was making it up as he went along.
Before he could respond, the cello player spoke up. He watched as he took his zanpakuto and held it out, like he was giving it up. "You will take all the blame? There is not much blame to give, it is mainly just a scuffle among boys. An old saying is boys will be boys. I was much like yourselves, getting into fights. Put your zanpakuto down. Ands you, with the guitar. Were would you go? Whatever has happened to you is not enough for you to leave. I also thought there were times it would be easier to leave. But, I met a someone, a shinigami, and she showed me that quiting is weakness, at least quitting for some stupid reason." Hyo said this with a little sadness in his voice. "If you quit now, whatever happened will haunt you forever."
He turned back to Kaiba. "Yes, that seems fair. Perhaps I could help. My patrol time is almost over, and someone else will take over. What did you have in mind?" Hyo's sadness seemed to have disapeared, replaced by his cheerful attitude. Really, he wanted to help Dante get over whatever happened. He could never leave now, knowing the boy was in inner turmoil.
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Post by Gahrok on Apr 13, 2008 6:33:11 GMT -4
(( Ok so I may have muddled up the order of events again but heres how I see it, from where ZR came in Dante and Kovath’s perspective, he picks them up and then does his thing. Then he says the thing to Dante about leaving. I respond. Kaiba in the this perspective, comes in just after Hyo pronounces punishment upon Kovath. In any case the way I wrote this it wont interfere with any-ones reactions and because Kovath and Hyo’s reactions were both minor and not as specific, its little to worry about. This is mainly a sorry to ZR for mucking with his timeline a bit. If its necessary I’ll change it. ))
All of a sudden Dante felt himself being forcefully yanked upwards. Dante felt it even through the cold fear that tore through him, the person who stood behind him, who had lifted him with such ease…. this person was no push-over. Defeat began to wash over him, what had he been thinking? He couldn’t fight this system… and even if he could, where would he go? They were so strong, and he…. he didn’t even have the power to say no, to leave. Without the power to quit, Dante chuckled dryly to himself, without that power… what was he really? It was all he was talented at…
"He, is Captain Hyo you arrogant little pecker. You will show him his due respect. HE has gone on from the academy and struggled through the battles that come with being in the gotei 13 and triumphed not only in battle but in life and has achieved the rank that all in soul society hope to gain for themselves upon entering the academy."
A….a captain? Dante’s eyes widen and he felt his body go limp…. what had he just said? What had he just done. Oh he had stepped in it this time. “Dnte you fucking idiot!” he screamed the words to himself in his mind. He felt utterly hopeless hanging limply there under the man’s stern grip, he didn’t even turn to look at his assailant… it was probably another high-ranking shinigami… it didn’t even matter… he had mouthed off to a captain! Someone who could… who might very well…. crush him like an insect. He wasn’t particularly sorry, no, he though to himself… it had felt good… it had felt fucking wonderful… but man had he been stupid. Dante almost laughed then, thinking at the absurdity of it all. A captain… he had said that to a captain. Maybe he wasn’t such a coward after all?
"Excuse these two whelps, captain Hyo."\
As Dante was set down he turned quickly, backing up as far as he could to get a glimpse at his assailant without appearing like he was fleeing. Feeling like a scampering prey-animal released from the jaws of a much more powerful predator Dante let himself fall to the ground, leaning his back against a nearby tree and rubbing his neck with a pained expression. This guy was [/i]really[/i] strong…
He looked up, his cold blue eyes back to their calculating cynicism once more, no longer crazed or dazed by sorrow or rage. Yeah, Dante reasoned levelly with a rather jovial hint of doom tainting his mental monologue, he was fucked alright. The guy looked tough, real tough. Scarier even, to him, then the captain… who had seemed much more laid back. This guy wasn’t afraid to use those…
"I'm sure they were just over excited about their upcoming academy assignment. Isn't that right boy's?"
Dante looked away as the man glanced at him, he knew immediately that he had to answer yes, he knew that tone… it was the tone of a teacher, of a parent, or a tyrant or a monarch… someone omnipotent, someone who knew that they commanded the truth simply by stating it. Yes, he was supposed to answer yes…. and there was no option B. How he hated that tone….
“Yes.” he muttered monotonously, but not darkly enough to warrant further affirmative action. He knew well enough what a sullen answer would bring from an omnipotent oppressor….
"Your not going anywhere! The both of you will come with me and i will give to you your assignment for the day. Kazuma sama has asked that I get more involved with the training of you academy punks and so i shall but let me warn you now. I will be grading the both of you very strictly and the person with the lowest mark will get punished.Does that seem fair to you Hyo sensei? I know that as a captain you have the right to suspend these two, but i ask as a favor to hand them over to me so that i may give these runts a much more......punishing punishment."
On some level Dante realized that the words, that the punishment… that this man’s actions were largely directed towards him. A tinge of worry gave his insides a little twist and fear gnawed and crawled across his spine. Why? And something else… something else seemed strange. This man almost appeared to be… trying to help them? He looked over at Kovath… stalker he may be… but surely he also saw something strange in this new-comers behavior?
Kovath sighed, "I deserve the punishment, I'll take all of it in his stead, I drew a weapon after all," Kovath toward the newcomer. "The situation wouldn't have happen if I didn't see him and want to help him. Kovath said. Kovath then took his zanpacktou out of his belt still in the sheath and then bowed while going into the motion of surrendering his zanpacktou. "I will take all the blame," Kovath answered.
Dante’s eyes widened at first in shock, then narrowed in suspicion and more then a little contemptment. Self-righteous and self-pitying to the end… thus do the idiots always implode upon their own ego’s like neutron stars, Dante mused with a wafting sarcasm that nearly brought a smile to his wearied features. It almost brought glee to him, that he would be forced into this measure of inventive punishment with Kovath. Usually he would’ve abhorred such a situation but it brought him more then a small amount of comfort that he would be spending his time competing with the boy who had sullied Namida’s name, and insulted her…. and more importantly…. them. Perhaps this ruthless man would give them a challenge of combat…. erhaps of brain and not brawn (although he somehow doubted that)… but either way Dante knew he WOULD win. He’d win it for her. He’d win it for them.
“I accept as well. I will not fight, nor try and leave. Mr…?” Dante said in a surprising tone of something that came frighteningly close to politeness….
The tall man with the ponytail, the captain evidently, began to speak once more. Dante had heard his words so many times, that speech so many times… and yet right now… at the gates… after such a harrowing night, after such a painful outburst… such a painful fight with himself… he realized that there was something more then vowels and consonants and clichés in that speech they always gave.
"If you quit now, whatever happened will haunt you forever.
Your right, Dante said in his head, old man… Captain-man… you are right. I need to do this. I need to go after it… I need to become something for once in my life. And for once in my life I wont run away from that something, and most importantly… from that someone…
"Yes, that seems fair. Perhaps I could help. My patrol time is almost over, and someone else will take over. What did you have in mind?
Dante go to his feet, his heart pounding furiously, his facial muscles stretched tight to keep the tears in… but they were not sad anymore, or not the kind of sad that makes one feel like giving up. The kind of sad that makes one realize he’s had something hidden in him all along, something to fight for… something to live for… and maybe one die, to put one’s life on the line for. Pride, love, …. and that need… that need to be someone. Something.
“ I will do what you ask. I am not ready…. I don’t think… to give up yet.”
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