higanbana: (🔪 13)
ris bancroft ✽ ([personal profile] higanbana) wrote2019-07-30 06:13 pm

week 3, tuesday, a bit after motive

[With her job done to make sure Minato isn't going to die (probably) and no one else attempting to murder the Conductor, Ris is free to continue on with the one thread she'd had to let drop earlier.

She makes her way to the apartment car, to Mithos' door, and raises her hand to rap her knuckles against it.

There's a part of her that's worried she'll be turned away, but even so, she has to try. If she's learned anything about Mithos over the course of these few weeks, it's that he has an unfortunate tendency to recede into himself when he actually needs to reach out.

Well, it's fine. She can take some initiative, at least. Mithos is not the first person she's known with poor self-care tactics, after all, and she's far happier to go out of her way for Mithos than she ever was for that man.

Having knocked, she just waits for any response. She's not going to just burst in.]
eternaldivide: (ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ɪᴛ ɪs sɪᴍᴘʟʏ)

[personal profile] eternaldivide 2019-07-30 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That tendency was something Mithos was going to try to work on before Monday happened. But here he is having done just that.

Mithos hears the rap on the door. His first thought was to simply call out and ask who was there but ... he didn't feel like being all too vocal right now. So instead Ris will hear some shifting on the other side before a click on the lock and the door opening lightly. ]


... Ris.

[ He'll actually open the door enough for her to come in when he sees who is there. He doesn't say much more, so it's a silent invitation. ]
eternaldivide: (ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴅɪᴄᴛᴏʀʏ ᴛᴇᴀʀᴅʀᴏᴘs)

[personal profile] eternaldivide 2019-07-30 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Mithos will close the door once Ris is fully inside. The only being in the room besides them was Friender, which was fine. He'll just be laying next to Mithos' bed while they talk.

Once the door is closed Mithos will turn to Ris. His hand moves to hold his other arm as he nods. ]


Y-Yeah ... I imagine it's the same for ... many others here, as well.

[ in .. some way, shape, or form. Having been in his room he doesn't really know how many people felt after yesterday morning and ... he left before he really saw anyone's reactions to the motive. He knows that Ris took time to herself after the trial and Mithos respected that which is why he allowed her the privacy.

But for him it's much more than just the trial. In fact the trial almost seemed like the distant memory, already. ]
eternaldivide: (ꜰɪʟʟᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ɢʀɪᴇꜰ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪᴍ)

[personal profile] eternaldivide 2019-07-31 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ For ... some reason that caught Mithos off guard. They've ... promised each other. And yet-- ]

You're ... worried...?

[ Her actually being worried for some reason something he considered. ]
eternaldivide: (ᴡᴇ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴜᴘ ᴀᴛ)

[personal profile] eternaldivide 2019-07-31 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Ah-- Y-Yes. That's.. right... It-- it is...

[ That mean he's ... oh. ]

It seems you're ... doing better. I was concerned, myself.
eternaldivide: (ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅʀɪꜰᴛs ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ)

[personal profile] eternaldivide 2019-07-31 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ Mithos nods solemnly to that. It only makes sense. No one can bounce back right ... what had happened. Everything she said makes sense. Just sitting around wallowing isn't going to do anyone any good.

... Not that Mithos has it in him to agree when he's been doing the same since Monday morning. But could ... at least not break the promise, right. He matters to her and ... she matters to him so it's only .. fair. ]


I ... didn't want to hear everyone's reactions to the motive. That's... that's why I left.
eternaldivide: (ᴘᴏᴜʀs ᴅʀᴏᴘs ᴏꜰ ʟɪɢʜᴛ ɪɴ)

[personal profile] eternaldivide 2019-07-31 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
If they were anything like... last week...

[ Then yeah. They were likely what he expected them to be. People getting angry over their loved ones in such a terrible situation. And that ... wasn't something he needed. Not when ...

Ris brings up memories and all the effort Mithos was using to try and keep himself intact just ... collapses. He starts to tremble and his arms shift so he's hugging himself tightly, gripping the sleeves on his arms. ]


M... Martel ... she... she's...

[ No more comes after that. Just tears and sobs. There's a small whine from Friender from beside Mithos' bed. ]
eternaldivide: (ʏᴏᴜ sᴛɪʟʟ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴɢs)

silently screams it into the void....

[personal profile] eternaldivide 2019-08-02 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ Mithos allows himself to be guided to the bed easily enough. It was better than collapsing into the floor as he might have done had they have not moved.

The moment he's pulled in for a hug he turns so he could wrap his arms around and cling as he, once again, sobs into her shoulder. This time though, he clings to her shirt tightly as if his life depended on it.

It takes... a while, but eventually the heart-wrenching sobs quiet and the grip will loosen. After a while longer when he can speak... ]


I'll never forgive humans for this.

[ The quiet and hoarse from all the tears. But even moreso it's so bitter and cold the words. ]
eternaldivide: (ᴀɴ ᴇᴛᴇʀɴᴀʟ sᴛᴀʀ)

screams louder

[personal profile] eternaldivide 2019-08-02 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ He .. knows why he tried, time and time again, to forgive humans deep inside. It was because of Martel and her love for the world that he tried. But she's gone, and Ris has a very valid point here that he can't just ignore. That he won't ignore.

And with that Mithos laughs bitterly before he answers. ]


You're right. They don't deserve my forgiveness. They'll never change nor will it bring her back.

[ ... ]

If only I could make them pay for what they have done.
Edited 2019-08-02 02:52 (UTC)
eternaldivide: (ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʟᴏʀs ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴀɪɴʙᴏᴡ)

stares at him and ris stares at mithos' last words who allowed these two to connect

[personal profile] eternaldivide 2019-08-02 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ Mithos eyes widened lightly when Ris puts her hand on his cheek. But he doesn't move away. No, he just listens.

Don't give up hope... there's a way to bring her back ... and make them pay for what they've done. He's quiet for a moment to take in all her words before he speaks. ]


You're right. There must be a way I can bring her back and have the human pay for what they have done. No matter how long it takes ... we have time.

[ With the power of his Cruxis Crystal at home he has all the time in the world ... Even if right now whenever he tries to think of something his head responds with nothing but a headache.

... No matter. Even if he can't think of anything... and even if Ris can't make that promise yet they'll find a way. And maybe... ]


Maybe we can ... even make a world where my sister and I can live in peace. The world we live in now doesn't deserve my sister in it, after all. To change the world so that we aren't discriminated against... that's all she wanted. That was her last wish.

[ ... ]

Until then, I'll at least have you right?
Edited 2019-08-02 03:26 (UTC)
eternaldivide: (ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʙᴏʀɴ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʜᴇᴀᴠᴇɴ)

crying......

[personal profile] eternaldivide 2019-08-04 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Mithos returns her smile with one of his own. ]

That's right. The moment we make it out of here we'll begin. I'm sure there are things we can do to make it happen. So when she does come back it's to her liking.

[ And his nods, his own gaze softening ]

Good. I don't plan on breaking my promise to you, either. Whatever we do, Ris, we'll do it together.
Edited (yes i edited to add my crying subject) 2019-08-04 22:05 (UTC)