YAN-PARA au master post

[earthflames]

WHAT IT SAYS ON THE BOX.

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[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]

[beautymark]

[knife -> Shirou's leg]

Sit.

[plotarmor]

[RATHER NOT EXPECTING THAT, he bites his tongue in surprise and falls backwards, a very unhappy ginger]

[beautymark]

[sits and watches him closely!]

...I want to kill you. But I guess if I did it would give your brother license to kill me. I'm not ready to leave yet.

[plotarmor]

...guess I'm--

[a pause -- oh god is that blood in his mouth??? jfc]

--I'm not really ready to give up.

[Well, despite that, he offers Diarmuid a tired, bedraggled smile]

[beautymark]

[casually twists his knife]

I said I wouldn't kill you.

[erank]

[So, uh. He wasn't expecting to come home to the sound of Shirou screaming in a decidedly not-good sort of way. Yeah, you can hear that shit from down the dock, and it makes Cu come rushing in halfway to a fit of swearing]

I said just the arm, damn it!

[beautymark]

[oh no caught

instant guiltydog pout]

You said the leg.

[erank]

This is still way more than one limb!

[No, he doesn't really care if Shirou knows he gave Diarmuid permission to break a limb. Shirou is dumb but not dumb enough to completely miss the concept of manly consequences.]

Take the knife out of the kid and don't touch him.

[Yup, digging through the cabinets to find the first aid]