last despair calls first hope

[ringwizard]

Date & Time: July 2nd & 3rd
Location: Initiative Library, Room 701, around the apartments
Characters: Haruto Souma (ringwizard), Kousuke Nitoh (ringbeast), Oriko Mikuni (precludes)
Summary: Haruto witches out gets the d(espair) hits his breaking point, becomes despair monster.
Warnings: Upupupupu. Depression, despair, a dickbag monster, at least one fight, Chimaera being a tool, references to mass murders, references to not so mass murders, possibly suicidal ideation, character death. Oriko's sense of priorities.


Haruto leaves the Initiative's Hold early in the morning with a certain spring to his step. He's gotten a little tan--his time in 2050 had done him some good, a lingering scrape on the back of his right hand aside, and it's obvious. Being back in the city again leaves a lingering malaise to his mood, but he forces it away. With things to be done all around, he's got to keep moving forward, right? There's a lot of hustle and bustle outside the Hold with the still-lingering confusion of new arrivals, as far as he can tell, and he steps around people talking as he opens his tablet and messages Nitoh.

Are you still asleep?

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[precludes]

"Do not insult me!" Oriko's voice raises, rare as it is, brimming with so much offense that he would assume she wouldn't try to change things, that she hasn't tried, that people have not died for it before.

She had hoped to appeal to his caring, that he cares more for the man Haruto was, that it could save things, but those hopes quickly come unwound. It has always, will always, Oriko thinks, be a responsibility wholly to herself to change the future.

"It doesn't seem that you'll change you mind," Oriko says. She lowers her arms, places them around her waist.

Nitoh's fear has taken a flint to her frustrations. The desperation and anguish he has already had to deal with -- there is no convincing.

"...I will not stop you." But he will have to let him go.

[ringbeast]

"I'm not insulting you! I'm not-- I just don't get you! I thought you cared about Haruto!" He grits his teeth so hard that they crackle, and he pulls on his hair, turning away, breathing heavy.

"Y-you're not gonna change my mind, no." His eyes prick, but he definitely doesn't want to cry in front of her. He's so mad. "Oriko, you're just. You're wrong."

He turns back to her, and lays his hand on her shoulder. "I dunno what about... what happened to make you think that's right." His eyes are dark with anger and frustration and sadness. "But I'm gonna fix this. You'll see." He lets go, not sure if he can hold onto her without injuring her any longer. He's so tense... He's so miserable.

"I'm gonna go. Okay? I'll- We'll be back."