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genessia2019-03-18 07:50 pm
im_gonna_heal_u) wrote in genessia2019-03-18 07:50 pm
Entry tags:
21st Healing | Face Your Fears
[[Backdated to the 17th | Closed]]
She spent her time recovering. For a while, Konoka had still been fearful. Her heart to heart with Ted gave her the solution for one thing, but going through with it was another. She had spent most of the weekend staying well within someone's company and refusing to leave it. Only on a Sunday evening, just as sunset struck, did Konoka dare venture out alone.
With it, many of her old regrets and fears resurfaced. Friends gone. People she was close to, perhaps even loved. But there was a bit of an incomplete story to what she confessed to Ted. While loneliness was indeed the main thing she feared, it was the vulnerability that made it most painful. Placing a hand over her heart, she had to bite back the fear that came across, that she relied on others to save her.
But in truth, Ted made her realize that she'd gotten this far only because she *could* stand on her own. She missed those who protected her--Secchan, big sis Ayame, but also the people she knew back home. But it was thanks to them that she knew how to stand strong. "I miss all of you."
Footsteps came, announcing the spectre of darkness in her mind, made manifest in her heart.
"Without you I feel incomplete and alone. And I'm still afraid. But I gotta live. Maybe one day I'll find you again, or you'll come back to me."
She felt the draw of two swords, and the sound of a head being attached. "But for now, I'm gonna thank you for being behind me, for granting me the strength to go on even after I'm down and by myself." She turned and saw that headhunter bearing Setsuna's head now. Figures. If she were more like Eva, she'd probably laugh at the irony of it.
The sword-bearing nightmare pitched forward to slice her, but this time, Konoka was prepared. She put a hand in her pocket, waited until the horrible creature's swords thrust right for her heart...
...then side-stepped, whipping out several evil-sealing ofuda and slammed them right into the creature's gut.
It let out a horrible scream as Konoka's magic swelled violently, frying it from the inside. Each of the heads took a more serene look before dissolving, as if released from a spell. The body itself, Konoka could have sworn there was a horrible anguished face as it began to melt... before suddenly turning into magical dust and drifting away entirely.
It was... finally over. Konoka winced, however, as she realized that she might not have been fast enough. She got a nasty gash right on her side. "Ngh... guess it was a little faster than I thought..." She hissed and attempted to heal herself... fortunately to success, but not before exhausting herself.
She lumbered back to her store, as it was closer to her than her apartment, found one of the cots, and crashed asleep.
[[ Current Day | Fayren | Action (or video) | Open]]
The next day... her birthday even, Konoka is so exhausted that she doesn't bother opening her store, and she's still snoring away in a cot on her medical bay. Momo (her Audino) and Chansey are cleaning up the store, casting worried glances in her direction, but as they're Pokemon they can't operate the store, so it remains closed. She kinda blew all of her magic yesterday, so you might have to barge in...?
She spent her time recovering. For a while, Konoka had still been fearful. Her heart to heart with Ted gave her the solution for one thing, but going through with it was another. She had spent most of the weekend staying well within someone's company and refusing to leave it. Only on a Sunday evening, just as sunset struck, did Konoka dare venture out alone.
With it, many of her old regrets and fears resurfaced. Friends gone. People she was close to, perhaps even loved. But there was a bit of an incomplete story to what she confessed to Ted. While loneliness was indeed the main thing she feared, it was the vulnerability that made it most painful. Placing a hand over her heart, she had to bite back the fear that came across, that she relied on others to save her.
But in truth, Ted made her realize that she'd gotten this far only because she *could* stand on her own. She missed those who protected her--Secchan, big sis Ayame, but also the people she knew back home. But it was thanks to them that she knew how to stand strong. "I miss all of you."
Footsteps came, announcing the spectre of darkness in her mind, made manifest in her heart.
"Without you I feel incomplete and alone. And I'm still afraid. But I gotta live. Maybe one day I'll find you again, or you'll come back to me."
She felt the draw of two swords, and the sound of a head being attached. "But for now, I'm gonna thank you for being behind me, for granting me the strength to go on even after I'm down and by myself." She turned and saw that headhunter bearing Setsuna's head now. Figures. If she were more like Eva, she'd probably laugh at the irony of it.
The sword-bearing nightmare pitched forward to slice her, but this time, Konoka was prepared. She put a hand in her pocket, waited until the horrible creature's swords thrust right for her heart...
...then side-stepped, whipping out several evil-sealing ofuda and slammed them right into the creature's gut.
It let out a horrible scream as Konoka's magic swelled violently, frying it from the inside. Each of the heads took a more serene look before dissolving, as if released from a spell. The body itself, Konoka could have sworn there was a horrible anguished face as it began to melt... before suddenly turning into magical dust and drifting away entirely.
It was... finally over. Konoka winced, however, as she realized that she might not have been fast enough. She got a nasty gash right on her side. "Ngh... guess it was a little faster than I thought..." She hissed and attempted to heal herself... fortunately to success, but not before exhausting herself.
She lumbered back to her store, as it was closer to her than her apartment, found one of the cots, and crashed asleep.
[[ Current Day | Fayren | Action (or video) | Open]]
The next day... her birthday even, Konoka is so exhausted that she doesn't bother opening her store, and she's still snoring away in a cot on her medical bay. Momo (her Audino) and Chansey are cleaning up the store, casting worried glances in her direction, but as they're Pokemon they can't operate the store, so it remains closed. She kinda blew all of her magic yesterday, so you might have to barge in...?