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[gevurah]

[ The feed opens up to one Kate Kane in an extremely dark and what looks to be an empty room, with quite the dour expression on her face. Her eyes are focused elsewhere for a good thirty seconds. She sniffs loudly, taking a deep breath, and wipes her upper lip with a hand covered in some blood. It’s clear to anyone paying attention to the lack of wounds it’s not hers.

Then she slowly directs her attention to the communicator. Her gaze hardens. ]

You don’t understand. [ Her voice shakes, as if still trying to find the audacity to speak up. ] You still don’t understand.

[ And then she turns the communicator toward Nill. Nill is cowering against a wall. There’s some blood running down her back; one of her wings is bent at an odd angle, obviously snapped at a joint; a bit of bone is sticking out, mixed in with the white feathers, though it’s very apparent where because of the blood soaking the area. There’s a constant stream of tears running down her face, which is contorted in pain. Her entire body is shaking, though she’s doing her best to stop it. She just stares at the camera, pleading. Help me. ]

[ Kate walks over to her, reaching forward to simply touch the broken wing. Nill’s eyes slam shut and her mouth opens in a silent scream. She writhes in agony, trying to get away, but she just ends up pushing her wing against the wall. It’s too much; she falls to her side, unconscious. ]

The one you have in custody, release him. Release him, and no more harm will come to this girl. [ The feed returns to Kate, and her pale skin begins to darken and shift. It continues contorting until the skin is rough looking and a distinct shade of green. ] Twenty-four hours, or I will clip more than her wings. Call off this entire --

[ She stops to take a breath, and her expression softens up a bit. ]

You will see. He still loves you.

[ She cuts the feed. ]


[ ooc: IMPORTANT! Kateskrull and Nill are currently hidden away, but don't fret. You'll be seeing her soon again. ;) ALSO!! Kateskrull might not reply to everyone, so I highly encourage threadjacking with each other! ]

Comments

[somethinglawful]

[terezi spares one arm to try and coax kanaya to get off the wall and lean on her instead. she always hates it when kanaya is violent with herself.]

Come here.

[she practically croons it.]

[glowsferatu]

[ she doesn't really fight the motion, she's far too tired and hopeless for that, and leans back on the much smaller girl without resistance, but not with a particularly strong amount of joy, either ]

Why?

[somethinglawful]

[good. even though kanaya is a lot bigger than she is and the position is kind of awkward, it's also somewhat soothing for terezi to be in contact like this. and anyway she's more than capable of propping kanaya up.]

Why did I want you to come over here?

[glowsferatu]

I suppose that's what I intended to ask.

[ this whole week has been ridiculous terezi she just can't take it ]

[somethinglawful]

Because you're my moirail and I love you.

[see that was an easy question.]

[glowsferatu]

[ okay, he won't even fuss at that. but this whole thing is still so stupid, so she repeats in a whisper: ] This can't be allowed to continue.

[somethinglawful]

I know. We'll figure something out.

[glowsferatu]

And what method will we utilize in order to determine that?

[somethinglawful]

I don't know, that's why I said we'll figure it out!

[glowsferatu]

[ kanaya just sighs in frustration. this whole thing is so stupid, why did they have to take nill? ]

[somethinglawful]

[terezi gently paps her back.]

We'll get her back.

[that's the way it goes in the city, right? everything turns out okay in the end?

it won't be long before she regrets that thought.]

[glowsferatu]

This isn't the first occasion on which she's been so taken. There was one previously, shortly prior to your arrival. Feferi was one such victim at the time.

[ as was matt, but she didn't know him at the time ]

[somethinglawful]

Everything turned out okay back then, right?...

[glowsferatu]

I suppose. I only learned about it months after the fact.

[somethinglawful]

Then it must have been okay in the end. And it will be this time too.

[glowsferatu]

How can you be so certain?

[somethinglawful]

I guess...that's just the way things go around here. Bad stuff happens but then everything goes back to normal.

[glowsferatu]

What could we really define as normal, when such situations bear repetition in this manner?