expiationlogs | ( closed ) the moment man devoured the fruit of knowledge, he sealed his fate.

Who: Ryoji and Various.
Where: All across Aldrip.
What: Some closed starters for the Gnosia event!
Warnings: General death and violence, incineration, assisted suicide/suicide, choking, ego death. Will update as it progresses!

This revelation does not come with fanfare. This is one that comes as subtle epiphany, like remembering to fetch your clothes from the laundromat or realizing you forgot to water your plants for the day. This is waking up and realizing something that has been there all along, something that has always existed inside you.

For Ryoji, it is a purpose. He doesn’t know where it comes from or why it is, only that it is ingrained in the fibers of his existence this entire time. It is instinct, a compulsion he cannot fight against — it is not a choice, or a quirk of personality. An instrument is only capable of fulfilling the purpose it has been given.

Nothing has to change, because everything is as how it has always been. As it should be. His regained dark wings remain tucked away, until the moment is at hand.

Humanity yearns for salvation. And he has been born to grant their final wish.

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[How many times have they done this now? Trading wins and losses over the years, only to end up in this strange place. In fact, she'd fought Thanatos so recently... And before that, Nyx herself.

They had won then. She will win now. For his sake.]

You remembered then? I am sorry for not telling you, but I-

[It wasn't her place to. Regardless, she shakes her head,]

I will not struggle. I will fight.

[Even so, she feels a chill run down her mechanical spine. Deep down, she knows she's not strong enough to face him on her own. But she will try anyways. Not because it is her purpose alone, but because that is the nature of humanity. To try, to hope despite all odds, to live another day. No matter how difficult it might be... Of course, she doesn't realize yet that this is her answer. She's still copying him in a way. Still living for him.

Her body is poised, ready to attack at any moment. And yet...]

What will happen when I kill you?

[When. Not if.]

[Perhaps Ryoji has, perhaps Ryoji hasn’t. His memories continue to be a vague existence in his mind, a haze that the Gnos promises that shall eventually be unveiled the more he does his duty. While Ryoji has yet to remember who Thanatos is and what his origins are, there is no doubt that the powers he now wield belong to him.

He’s disappointed. Why do so many struggle against the inevitable? He could tell, even as they measure each other, that he is the stronger one between them. He always will be, as long as Aigis decides to face him alone.]

Nothing will change, I’m afraid. [And Ryoji looks so genuine in his apology, even as he summons forth a dark mist to surround them.] The Gnosia are numerous, and we are all willing to die for this cause. Someone will simply take my place, to finish what I have started.

But at least, Aigis-san, I can grant you a peaceful death.

[That's all she needed. Her face shows no fear, only a stoic sense of resolve.]

Then someone will take my place too.

[She only wanted to make sure there would be no weird Nyx memory wipes. She is designed to destroy Shadows, not Gnosia, but the overlap here doesn't bother her. Two birds with one stone, as they say.

And so, she slowly lifts her arm and shoots Ryoji in the face, bullets flying from her fingertips. It's not enough, she knows, but it will look cool. Like something out of a yakuza novel.]

[Were this be a normal conversation, Ryoji would have been supportive of Aigis’ yakuza impression. Even suggest some cold one-liners to go with it. But this is no ordinary day.

Aigis might find a semblance of hope in the way her bullets graze against his skin, the cuts making him bleed. He used to be invincible, before, but something in this world has made him weaker in a sense. The bullets are still not enough to injure him in a significant manner, but they appear to do something.

It would take more than that to stop Ryoji, however.]

It’s no use, Aigis-chan. [The darkness of an eigaon bubbles and shots up from where the young girl stands.] I am stronger than you.

Ghh!

[she cries out in pain at the attack, but she attempts to shrug it off, his words enraging her.]

Don't call me that! Persona!

[In her anger, her speech is not stilted or unnatural and she sounds more human than Ryoji might have ever heard her. Pallas Athena materializes in turn, striking aggressively with God's Hand.]

I won't give up!

[But she can't continue on like this for long. Many of her attacks take her own health, and she could stop to heal, but... it's clear she's not stopping any time soon.]

( closed ) the moment man devoured the fruit of knowledge, he sealed his fate.

shows up late with cielo mist

steals your cielo mist and runs

my cielo mist :(((

mmm delicious cielo mist

must nyx take everything from me