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Post by Master Psychic on Nov 1, 2022 20:30:44 GMT
Mirai caught her in his arms before placing her on his back, wrapping his chain around her waist and keeping her glued to Mirai's back as he went outside and looked around for Chastity.
"Knock it off already, you're going to hurt someone who isn't Isa with one of those things!" Mirai shouted.
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Post by IDEK on Nov 1, 2022 20:36:38 GMT
He could see several other spikes of earth had shot up through the water, one of which stabbed itself through Magna's wing- causing her to crash into the water. Chastity had landed roughly on a tilted rectangle made of earth- just before she could crash into the wall of emeralds Isa had set up to block Dawntree and the others from interfering.
Chastity went to speak, but as her mouth moved no words came out. She narrowed her eyes, letting out a silent yell and surrounded herself with negation; a pulse of grey spread throughout the entire area, and then-
"... Can you hear me?" Chastity asked.
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Post by Master Psychic on Nov 1, 2022 20:44:00 GMT
"Yes, I can. Now stop this crap already, you just got those elements for one day and you're doing this!?" Mirai asked, pointing at everything around them.
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Post by IDEK on Nov 1, 2022 20:53:20 GMT
Chastity paused, stood up as straight as she could on the tilted platform, then cleared her throat.
Her eyes then shone a soft, light green- she held a hand out, the spike in Magna's wing vanished. Chastity's left arm started glowing green and Magna's wing did the same- the wound healing in record time.
"... That was in self defense, she was crushing me. If I didn't have the elements I did, I may have broken my ribs and died." Chastity said. "But, I'll apologise anyway. Sorry, Magna."
"...Uh." Magna blinked.
Chastity continued. "I'll apologise more sincerely later if you want me to, but more importantly, when it comes to the matter of me and Isa fighting just now ... Yes, I've had the elements for about a day and I'm doing this, that is accurate.
When I look at the environment I'm fighting Isa in right now, it's really the only use for them I can think of."
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Post by Master Psychic on Nov 1, 2022 20:59:14 GMT
"But doing so you are putting everyone's lives at stake and you're destroying what's left of the commune, taking out Isa won't do you any favors when everyone is going to be mad at you for destroying what's left of their home." Mirai pointed out.
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Post by IDEK on Nov 1, 2022 21:04:06 GMT
"He's right, what the hell!" Dawntree called out, from the other side of the emerald wall.
Chastity blinked. "I can just leave afterwards." She suggested. "And when it comes to endangering people, aside from Magna just now I've been trying not to hit anyone else.
... If you give me my gun back, I can try to fight less destructively. Alternatively, me and Isa can handle this elsewhere, where nobody lives? And we won't have to worry about this kind of thing.
I highly doubt we can just return to what was happening before this. I'm sure you figured out what prompted this fight, just from context clues alone." "... Wait, Isa?" Dawntree could be heard asking.
"Isn't that the maiden that Opus and Magna were up in arms about?" Gus asked.
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Post by Master Psychic on Nov 1, 2022 21:13:42 GMT
"...Did you use your power to amplify Isa's emotions to provoke her into attacking you so you can convince me to take her out?" Mirai asked.
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Post by IDEK on Nov 1, 2022 21:27:09 GMT
Chastity raised an eyebrow. "Oh, she did say that before, didn't she?
Well, to answer your question, no. I did nothing of the sort.
To be frank, I'm uncertain whether she actually came to that conclusion, or stitched it together after deciding she needed to obtain the elements somehow and determined that getting them from me and Hannah- to people who had just objected to giving them to her- as soon as possible would be the only one to succeed. Either's possible." Chastity stated.
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Post by Master Psychic on Nov 1, 2022 21:34:10 GMT
"...Look, I get it, she messed up big time when she used her powers last time, I get it, that's literally the reason why we had that big fight just one hour ago and we don't another one, I don't agree with how Isa does things but I don't agree with your solution to the problem either, you're taking it too far." Mirai said.
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Post by IDEK on Nov 1, 2022 21:42:30 GMT
"..." Chastity lifted her head slightly. "That's ironic." She said, without much judgment in her voice.
But a hint of annoyance.
" You know that the Hannah we talked to just now, the one who claimed that Isa was in the jungle, that she wanted to give the elements to me, who couldn't teleport you towards Isa was in fact, Isa. I'm assuming you know that....
I will admit, I was not thinking logically. It was a emotional reaction to somebody trying to trick me, followed by an emotional reaction to her muting me when I was trying to explain things when you first showed up." Her tone grew more genuinely offended at that last sentence.
Isa, behind Mirai, showed no reaction beyond a exhalation.
... She hadn't taken part, or said anything... but Hannah was standing in the doorway to the maidens building, watching and listening... and she looked absolutely done.
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Post by Master Psychic on Nov 1, 2022 21:50:14 GMT
Mirai turned his head to notice and saw her expression before turning to Chastity.
"...I'll take care of Isa, okay? While I do that, maybe you should give back the elements to Magna before you end up doing something that you won't be able to forgive yourself for, Hannah has been through enough already, she doesn't need this." Mirai suggested.
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Post by IDEK on Nov 1, 2022 21:57:06 GMT
Chastity paused. "... You're making a few assumptions about what I can't forgive myself for, or the things that motivate me. But it's fine. I get the point you're making well enough. If you think you can... take care of Isa and stop this kind of trick from repeating itself, then I won't stop you." Chastity stated.
"By 'take care of Isa', what do you mean, exactly?" Isa asked, she sounded genuinely nervous.
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Post by Master Psychic on Nov 1, 2022 22:06:53 GMT
"What I mean is that I won't hurt or kill you and I won't let anyone force me to, but I'm going to give you a time out on those elements and then we'll have a long talk." Mirai decided, as he was heading straight for the jungle with Isa strapped to his back.
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Post by IDEK on Nov 1, 2022 22:14:15 GMT
"I'll be in the building if you need me!" Chastity called out.
"..." Isa glared at Chastity, hard as she was dragged off.
Chastity glared back in turn. But then her expression turned much more normal as she turned to face Magna. "...So..."
"... I don't know, kid." Magna said, sounding a bit irritable. "You healed my wing and didn't try to hurt Hannah, that's all I care about.
Gateway might be upset with you for attacking Isa, though. He really wanted us to give her a second chance."
"And look what she's done with it." Chastity commented, she stepped off the pillar she landed on, as a second rose up for her to walk onto before she could.
"... You know, you don't need to give me the elements if you don't want to." Magna told her, swimming forwards a bit. Testing her wings out to ensure the one that had been injured healed properly.
"I wasn't planning on it." Chastity admitted, very easily as she stepped upon platform over platform towards the maiden's building, walking towards Hannah: who was not reacting to this conversation.
"Although, I don't usually do this, but if you want to stay here, I'll at least ask that you repair all of this?" Magna suggested. "Considering most of the damage here was... you."
"Fair." Chastity said, reaching the building. She looked at Hannah. "... Do you mind if I come in?"
"You assholes woke me up." Hannah muttered, turning away. "But sure, whatever."
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Post by Master Psychic on Nov 1, 2022 22:25:37 GMT
Mirai walked further into the jungle, away from Sun and the rest of the commune as he stopped in front of a tree and aimed his sword upwards, releasing the lock beam into the air before it descended downward, landing on the chain around Isa's chest, forming a lock that denied her to enable any of the elements.
He released most of the chains, except the chain with the lock around her chest and allowed her to drop on her feet.
"I sealed your elements so Chastity and everyone else can calm down. I'll take off the lock once we stop dancing around the issue and have that talk we should of had for a while now." Mirai said.
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