First Clash

[mindtheboulder.livejournal.com]

[Felix's immediate reaction to the plane is fear, which he disguises by drawing his second-hand sword and putting on a mask of irritation.] What is this? Sol Sanctum? That is not possible.

[Rising tension] Unless--Wise One? Where are you? Is this your doing? Saturos! Menardi! Your threats I will bear without complaint, but this mockery is too much. Saturos! Alex? I swear to you, Alex, if you're playing games with me you will regret it!

…Jenna? [And, with an edge of desperation that can't really be labeled anything else,] Jenna!

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[mindtheboulder.livejournal.com]

Then you would wish death on my sister?! [He snarls it, jabbing at Isaac's stomach.]

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[Dances back, keeping his stance loose. He sounds more hurt than angry.] Clearly you don't care too much, or you wouldn't have gone along with them!

[mindtheboulder.livejournal.com]

[A yell of rage and he attacks pell-mell, hardly paying attention to where he's striking and if he's defending.] Do not dictate my feelings to me, Isaac. Do not assume you understand!

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[Defending just as well - dealing with unpredictable monsters for so long makes Felix a lot easier to keep safe from]

Then explain to me, oh wise and noble one, so that I may!

[mindtheboulder.livejournal.com]

[He breaks away, steps back, spits at Isaac's feet.] My goals needn't be subject to your scrutiny.

Perhaps you should ask yourself instead why you were to weak to stop her from being taken?

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[Man, Jenna's welfare is a touchy subject for both of them, isn't it? Because that earned Felix a Ragnarok to the face.]

[mindtheboulder.livejournal.com]

[FUCKING HELL. Felix goes down, bleeding from a slash across his forehead and a deep chunk gutted from his side.]

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[Isaac goes and kicks Felix's sword away, then sheaths his own. He stands over Felix, then crouches.]

Fine. Where are you, then? Where is Saturos?

[mindtheboulder.livejournal.com]

[He presses a hand to his side and says nothing.]

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[GRRR.] Felix!

[mindtheboulder.livejournal.com]

[Painfully] I told you. They'll kill her.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[Casts Cure.] They won't know. Not here. They can't come here. [Now that the anger has left him, Isaac just sounds like the sad, scared little boy he was when the storm happened]

[mindtheboulder.livejournal.com]

They'll know. [Hisses as the wounds heal.] Whether they can come here or not.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

Unless they're like Ivan, they can't.

[mindtheboulder.livejournal.com]

[Snarling] They'll know! Enough to be suspicious, enough to put Jenna at risk.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[FFFFFFFFFFT] Fine. We'll stop you before you light another Lighthouse anyways!

[mindtheboulder.livejournal.com]

Of course you will. You're Vale's chosen hero. [Not bitter, no.]

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[Oh fuck you, Felix.] Only because your lot forced me into this situation!

[mindtheboulder.livejournal.com]

[He gets to his feet slowly, his side still pounding.] Don't group me in with them.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

Well you're with them!

[mindtheboulder.livejournal.com]

And I am not one of them! [He turns away, panting, to stagger over to his weapon.]

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[So Isaac uses catch! And drags the sword over to him.] Then why?

[mindtheboulder.livejournal.com]

[He stops, then just keeps walking. Swords are replaceable.]

[And then he thinks of what Saturos will do to him if he comes back without his weapon.]

Because I must.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[NOT ACCEPTABLE ANSWER >/]

[mindtheboulder.livejournal.com]

Give me my weapon, Isaac. At least leave me the means to defend my sister.