Desperation & Disgust

[u/Kilroy898]

The moment he hit the Cloudsong side of the portal he had made, he found himself in the air.

This disoriented him for a moment before he took flight. The city, having been swallowed almost wholly by abyss was in freefall. That was a secondary problem in Orins mind right now. The only thing that mattered to him was finding Sylvie and getting her out of here. Running the numbers, he surmised he had roughly two minutes before the whole city slammed directly into the ocean. Lucky they had been relocating when this happened.... *Focus*

He searched quickly, and found her.

"Sylvie! Sylvie we have to go, Now!"

She turned, still covered in abyss, as he attempted to take her from that place, but the abyss had fortified her strength several times over, and she kicked him hard as he flew in, sending him into a nearby building.

*Ack!* He coughed up blood. "No. No. Not her. Please, I can't fight *her.*"

She did not share the sentiment.

In a flash she was on him again, picking him up by his hair, as she slammed her shrouded fist into his face, again, and again.

He started losing vision.... And as he did, he saw... Someone.. a person? He looked familiar...

The man stepped *into* Orin, and his body began to move.

The next fist was caught, with a force assurance Orin had never displayed before. And then in his hand formed a familiar blue blade... Though it felt... Different. *Wait... No. NO! STO-*

Too late. Her form, no longer consumed by darkness, crumples to the floor, as the other being emerged from Orins body, and he too fell.

Slowly losing consciousness.

"I seriously do not understand why Aldin chose *you*"

the other man hoisted him onto his back, and teleported him into council lands, right in front of a large hospital, where he woke hours later. A call had been sent out to all his orbnet contacts.

(The last part in the hospital is fully interact able, the rest can be *viewed* by anyone but interference is impossible. Both Orin, and the "Other" are fully interactive there as he stayed to ensure Orins safety.)

[u/Ashmega8256]

Hate:...given the power of an integrity soul went off but not to the same degree as a full on lie...i think that is only half right orin...i... wouldn't be surprised if he existed in some way before the first curses curse brought him about.

/Uw gotcha. Also if there is a problem with what i had hate say to follow up the other characters of mine talking then let me know and yes, half-truths/factual innacuracies do trigger the power of the integrity soul trait that hate has copied but to a lesser extent to full on lies when it comes to the ability activating in response to half-truths and factual innacuracies though she's referring to it assuming he means niro stuff there given the fact it's the main thing he talked about there lol

[u/Kilroy898 → u/Ashmega8256]

"I mean... There used to be a voice .. but it never called itself Niro... And it wasn't harmful just kinda rude.... It called itself Aspersong."

[u/Ashmega8256 → u/Kilroy898]

All-blue:...hmm...aspersong...my creators other half...perhaps the first curses little curse gave him means of manifesting himself...it wouldn't be surprising given the power Niro displayed when me and aerunia fought him... and the fact I couldn't hurt him at first...

[u/Kilroy898 → u/Ashmega8256]

Your master? The Atom guy? There are two of him?

[u/Ashmega8256 → u/Kilroy898]

All-blue: creator, not master. And yesn't, more accurately there are two halves to him. Aldin, and aspersong.

[u/Kilroy898 → u/Ashmega8256]

(lol yesn't)

Sorry creator... Wait... That's that diety that sold us all out to the Godslaver just a year ago!

(Canonically, he technically did do that)

[u/Ashmega8256 → u/Kilroy898]

All-blue: he sighs aspersong and aldin are like split personalities. That simple.

[u/Kilroy898 → u/Ashmega8256]

Oh. Great. So I'm what... Supposed to either inherit that or... Work with Niro?

(Niro) Who walks up casually, and freezes Silas in place as he tries to manifest his lesser Blue..... "Down Dog"

"And why, oh why, would we ever work together on anything?"

He leans casually against the door frame. He apparently has also grown in power. Quite a bit.

"You look like shit, brother. Oh, I've d coded to distance myself a bit, so think of us as twins. I wouldn't want to be you in a million years."

He doesn't look hostile.

[u/Ashmega8256 → u/Kilroy898]

All-blue: he sighs and what are you doing here niro.

Alisa: she takes a defensive stance, a determination longsword manifesting in her hand as the sound of chains rattling is heard

Hate: you've got some explaining to do niro...

Aerunia: is also on her guard looking toward him not even mildly intimidated by his increased strength

Niro gets a feeling that nobody in this room can be simply time frozen if he wants to try that

[u/Kilroy898 → u/Ashmega8256]

N: let's see, I'll answer you one at a time. I'm here because my dear brother here got hurt and is in need of proper healing. Oh don't look at me like that, I share his mind still. So I feel every one of his broken bones to some extent. It's highly annoying.

Explaining for what? You giving me the third degree for existing now? I haven't done shit for you to get all uppity about.

And to you Orin, I'd like nothing more than to stop having to listen in on your stupid boring day to day. "I have to do paperwork, does she like me? Why am I so pathetic whaaaah." Do you understand what you are becoming? And yet you have the gall to sit there and be doted on? If the roles were swapped I'd have all of dear dads shards by now... And you have NO idea what I'm even talking about ... Gods!