Event Twenty-One

[awashmods]

Sometimes I feel happy, Sometimes I feel sad. Sometimes I feel curious, Sometimes I feel mad. Sometimes I feel silly, Sometimes I feel surprised. How many feelings, Do I have inside?

t's another regular, normal day in the Town. There's absolutely nothing to show that anything could possibly be wrong; the birds are chirping, the sky is bright, and everything is absolutely, entirely wrong. This time, though? The problem is internal. Slowly, bit by bit, people are going to stop feeling entirely like themselves -- or maybe even stop feeling at all. And suddenly that nice, bright day doesn't seem quite so nice and not quite so bright any longer after all. Welcome to Awash's Twenty-First event log, everyone! Further information on this event can be found here at the OOC post. You are welcome to make your own logs and posts for this event! If there are any questions, please ask them here. Thank you!

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[passio]

[ dextera doesn’t move out of the way. he understands what akira must be getting at—a kind of status effect, as the coffin man would put it. he doesn’t know what might be inflicted upon him with a name like “bad beat,” but akira knows what he’s doing. ]

—!

[ when the attack connects, dextera instantly feels it. it’s not quite right, not the kind of despair that he should feel from destroying the world and so many people close to him, but the outward weight of having it thrust upon him makes it too difficult to analyze closely. his chest tightens, and his hands fly to his face like he’s trying to hide the sudden onset of the effect.

he’s… ]

Ah…

[theshowsover]

[As it connects, Akira can't help but smile, thin but real. It looks like it worked, at least as a temporary measure.]

Do you feel it now? The despair at what you've done?

[The Persona fades, though Akira doesn't come closer, his knife still clutched in his hand.]

It's only a fraction of what it should be... but it's a start.

[passio]

Yes…

[ akira seems so satisfied with himself, and if dextera were in any other position, maybe he would find something wrong with that. as they both stand, however, this is the outcome he’d been angling for. no matter what akira does or doesn’t act like, they’ve both fulfilled what they came here to do. ]

It hurts… Akira…

[theshowsover]

[He feels... something, at that. A small twinge, deep in his heart, because... he doesn't really like that. Doesn't like seeing someone he cares about hurting.

But... Dextera did terrible things. And for that, he must be punished.

It's not quite enough to break through the town's spell. And so he only watches, impassive.]

Good. Suffer.

[passio]

[ it’s odd, when the sadness seems to take him over so completely and yet has no distinct internal origin. he can’t place why he’s feeling such despair even searching within his heart. it’s as if the blood on his hands has nothing to do with it.

he takes a deep, shuddering breath, tears spilling out like blood from an open wound. ]

Please… take it back.

[theshowsover]

No.

[That would be defeating the point, wouldn't it?

(He feels a niggling at the back of his mind, like there is no point to this, but he doesn't listen.)]

It'll wear off on its own.

[Unless Dextera knocks himself out first... but hopefully that won't happen. At least, he hopes not. He's not sure what to do, then...]

[passio]

And if… I run?

[ dextera could do what he always does. he could try to escape, to corner himself until this horrible feeling wears off, but his memories know that this kind of thing doesn’t just go away. ]

Will it follow me?

[theshowsover]

It will. For awhile.

[It's a feeling, after all - but mostly, it's kept up by his Persona's magic. It's conceivable that at some point, it will fall away from Dextera.]

I won't. [He feels he's done enough.]

[passio]

[ it will. it always follows him, whether it’s someone else’s or his own pain on his shoulders, twisting in his guts. ]

I can’t… stay here.

[ he also doesn’t feel like he can move, but a heavy step backwards says otherwise. ]

I can’t…

[theshowsover]

Then go.

[Akira already said he wouldn't follow. He doesn't make any move to hurt Dextera further, either.]