YAN-PARA au master post

[earthflames]

WHAT IT SAYS ON THE BOX.

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[plotarmor]

I didn't want you to get hurt! It was an accident!

[Unused to this sort of thing, he recovers slowly, shoving at Diarmuid's chest with unsteady arms]

[beautymark]

It was torture.

[squeezing the leg]

In the name of protecting your family from a man you practically invited.

[and another wrench]

And still you apologize for him. I'd recreate the experience for you, but I can't remember it.

[plotarmor]

[The pain is almost unbearable, and he gags on his scream. He knows he feels bad, and he's sorry, but he doesn't know what else he can do other than be sorry and, well, keep insisting that Kirei isn't all that bad.]

It's not--

[Oh god. Trying to maybe scoot away. ffff]

It's not apologizing for him!

[beautymark]

[Shirou will manage to get a foot or so between them before Diarmuid puts his own pain aside to scramble after him. He tries to pin Shirou's wrists, his expression somewhere between hurt and manic.]

It is! That man is a monster! I'd know. So am I.

[plotarmor]

[owowowow, pinned. Struggling, but definitely pinned]

You're not! You're just people!

[beautymark]

Normal people don't do that kind of thing!

[letting one hand go just so he can jam the heel of his into Shirou's ribs]

[plotarmor]

People do all sorts of thi--

[nmnm hand to the ribs, coughing and gagging now]

[beautymark]

There are only two reasons anyone would do what he did. Either they have no choice, or they're a twisted sadist.

[plotarmor]

[He begins to struggle, though the effort is short lived - something sinks in, just a little bit, and he goes limp, looking almost guilty]

...still doesn't make you a monster.

[beautymark]

It does! [just gonna try breaking your ribs there]

[plotarmor]

[He yelps again and there's a cracking noise as his ribs snap -- even then, he's stubbornly undeterred]

People can do bad things too!

[It does take a significant amount of effort to drag in a breath and not waste it on screaming]

They don't stop being human! Both of you could fix it!

[beautymark]

He doesn't want to fix it! And I'm nothing but a mad dog that's been leashed. Do I have to kill you to prove it?!

[plotarmor]

It wouldn't prove anything!

[He might not be entirely convinced anything would happen - he's stupidly certain Diarmuid is still good when he's not being nuts]

[beautymark]

...Shall we see?

['cause I think throttling you sounds good right now]

If you die, it'll make things so much quieter in my head...

[plotarmor]

...I guess.

[a pause - well, his dying would probably hurt others, though...]

But it'd probably hurt Cu, too, you know.

[beautymark]

So? I'll kill him too one day. He knows that.

[plotarmor]

And you're okay with that?!

[beautymark]

Not at all.

[Crazy mode is definitely in full swing. His gaze darts around, taking in a million little moving things that only he can see, and his voice is beginning to sound distracted.]

But it's inevitable. Losing him will be my punishment for everything else I've done. It's almost romantic.

[plotarmor]

[Somehow this is way weirder than having his ribs cracked]

Then stop it from happening!

[beautymark]

Can't. The ugliness doesn't go away. It's all walled up, but once it builds enough it'll leak through the cracks in me and everything will rot.

[suddenly he's almost entirely distracted, watching one of his hands and moving it as if it's covered in something thick and sticky that he's playing with]

[plotarmor]

[WE'RE....WE'RE GOING TO TRY DRAGGING OURSELVES AWAY A LITTLE BIT]

...I don't think things really work like that, you know.

[beautymark]

[doesn't even notice...]

Yes well you're stupid, aren't you? Blood Rose is a demon that eats my heart. Hearts don't grow back, you know. It nibbles, even when we're not looking at it.

[and then looking right at Shirou]

Ah, your bubbles are clearing up. They were full of veins...

[plotarmor]

[F R E E Z E S . . . ]

...bubbles?

[beautymark]

They're how the world looks with you in it. It's different for everyone.

[plotarmor]

O-Oh...

[EXPERIMENTAL SCOOT]