c3p-0h

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Aya stared down at the proffered hand, not trusting Sebastian for a moment. Whatever he thought she could do, even if she could do it… honestly, she was afraid. But she looked over at Ariadne standing over his body ready to kill, and she knew he was right. This was no time to be afraid. Not when her fear of doing what she needed to had taken so many lives already. Who was she to be afraid when she'd already wasted her chance to make things right? Even if it was too late already…

Turning back to face Sebastian, she looked him in the eye and took his hand. He'd told her to search – to look into the monster's soul, but… how was she supposed to do that? She'd never even attempted such a thing. But she just kept staring up at him, never braking her gaze. Taking a breath, she tried to reach out with her senses and search.

And then suddenly it became clear. Like flexing a muscle she didn't even know she had, she finally really looked at Sebastian. He wasn't in full color as Aya'd thought – he was made of starlight, just like everything else. Tiny pinpricks of light made up his body, bunched so close together he seemed truly solid.

This is my realm she thought to herself in a daze, as if only just realizing it. You are mine. Give me what I want.

And he did.

In the next moment Sebastian's hand turned blindingly hot, as if he really was made up of stars. It burned at Aya, but her hand was trapped, unable to let go of his. She staggered, mouth agape but unable to make any sound as the lights that made up Sebastian's hand began to break apart and flow into her arm. She felt she'd pass out from the onslaught of something powerful and alien and dark entering her. Flashes of memories spun through her head and she almost screamed from the pressure of it all when she latched onto one thing: Cassandra. Images of the girl shot through her mind, but only for a moment before they were overwhelmed by the rest. Emotions jolted through her one after the other – murderous glee, rage, but then one managed to stay longer than the rest. Finally the burning began to dull as an almost soothing feeling of acceptance washed over her, hardened with an edge of mischief.

Aya looked up and saw him fade away in a shining mist, the glint in his eyes the last thing to go. Sebastian was gone.

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@pirouette if you could just do me a favor and hold off until sebastian's and aya's next posts it'd mean the world. raijin had a really cool idea i'm dying to try. then she may stomp away to her heart's content.

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Explosive toxic gas, which Light has dealt with by electrocuting herself. Though not sure how shes going to beat this thing in a short time, she probably wont tbh. xD

@Archmage MC

wasn't the point of patel in this scene right now to be an unbeatable bulldozer anyway?

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if that's what happens then that's what happens (the plan was for aya to kill him anyway, so nothing really changes except for the aftereffects on aya's character)

The Gifted: A Fast Paced Superpower RP (Relaunch)

ok guys after much deliberating i've made my decision with what aya's going to do about sebastian. of course, if anyone else had plans with him, you are welcome to it, but it seemed like the choice would come down to aya? if i misread, then apologies.

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Aya felt his words wash over her as he pondered.

"Not everyone's a monster like you," she answered him in an empty voice. That didn't mean people weren't capable of monstrous things, though. Aya thought back to the man she'd killed not too long ago. She thought of all the new graves that would need to be dug because of her weakness. But now wasn't the time to be feeling sorry for herself, not when there was still something she could do.

"Where's Avalon?" she asked. Aya didn't know if it was too late to pull Cassandra back from whatever road Sebastian had started on, but she had to try. Didn't she?

@Raijinslayer

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What would happen to Aya if he were to go around and kill yet again?

@Savato

bad, bad things

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Ok well that'll probably mean Sebastian lives, though she'll be more careful this time. Likely hand his body over to the reformists to lock him up and deal with before putting his spirit back in it.

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Though beautiful, the astral plane did little to mask the carnage around her. There was no more iron in the air to make Aya gag, but all around she could see the mangled, half-dissolved bodies. She'd done this. Sebastian may have been a murderer, but who had let him live? Who'd let him remain a threat to everyone in the city? All this death could've been avoided if Aya'd just done the responsible thing when she should've and left him to die. If she'd just done the right thing then…

Aya drifted to the bodies, too weighed down by her guilt to bother moving her legs as she normally did. But then something caught her eye. One of the bodies glittered slightly, and then a starry mist raised from it and dissipated.

The soul, she realized with a start. She'd just witnessed someone dying. She looked around again and found another body beginning to glow and darted over, leaning close to it. She watched as the glow grew and the mist began to rise. Captivated, Aya reached out a hand, and the soul drifted through her feelings. Flashes of emotion shot through her – pain, sorrow, acceptance… for a single moment she was part of that soul. And then it drifted away just like the one before.

A shiver ran through her, feeling that she'd just invaded on something terribly intimate.

Hearing Sebastian's voice, she looked over to find him sitting down, accepting whatever fate would come to him. He was so calm… how could he be so calm after killing so many? Aya just stared at him, trying to understand. She had no reason to fear him here, but he still set her skin prickling. The adrenalin fading out of her system, she couldn't bring herself to feel the rage she'd felt before.

"Tell me where Cassandra is," she finally managed to say.

@Raijinslayer

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ikr. i doubt aya has it in her to intentionally kill someone though. the one time she did, that was just irresponsibility and her freaking out. we'll see what happens.