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Angeal Hewley; Killed in Action ([personal profile] mentors) wrote in [community profile] paradisalogs2012-07-28 08:14 pm

I'm tired of being me and I don't like what I see;

Who: Angeal Penance and whoever comes across him.
What: Angeal's arrival as a giant injured chimera-monster has him roaming the grounds, eventually collapsing in one of the castle's gardens.
When: Sunday morning
Where: One of the gardens
Rating: PGish

Monster.

Each step sets the word further into his brain, as clawed feet dig into the ground, unsteady steps taken one at a time. One after the other, he had to figure this out, figure out why he was here when the release of death had been so close, something he had so wanted. Angeal can still feel the lingering pain in the monster's body, amplified and mixed in with the creatures he had absorbed to become what he was now. Angeal Penance was starting to show the wear of a long battle, of all the damage it had taken. His wings drooped low and tails hung limply instead of lashing out, and each step became harder to take, heavier to make until he has to drop the trident from his hand, and his front legs give out and buckle underneath him.

This place is quiet, serene... It wasn't the abandoned baths of Modeoheim, dark and industrial, but something the human mind in the monster recognized as a garden, and one well cared for. But it was so quiet, no animal life, no voices, anything.

Perhaps this is his little bit of Lifestream- what he gets before breaking down and becoming one with the planet. Maybe he was dead already. That thought is more calming than any of the others, and the beast heaves a great sigh and lets itself fall to the ground below. Conciousness is not lost, not yet; But at the same time, he had accepted the fact that this would be his final resting place.

Angeal just hopes his student knows that in defeating him, his pride, his honor was his to of passed on, given to the one person he had trusted and forced to rid the world of him.
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[personal profile] bustered 2012-08-26 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"You'd say that even if you weren't. That was some really neat casting though." It's probably obvious to Angeal that Zack considers Martel a friend; if not, the exchange of such banter should give it away. His own sword is shouldered as well, and he casts a look of concern over Angeal. His former mentor doesn't appear to have any more physical wounds, but the exhaustion is pretty obvious.

Still, Zack's nodding as Martel gives the short version of the explanation. "And we've all got our own rooms, courtesy of the castle. There should be a book around here with your name on it too."