✘ XXI

[angelic_meister]

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[crushing_weapon]

Maka? What's going on?

[angelic_meister]

Taking care of a mess I made and putting a bully in his place, Miss Marie. It's my responsibility.

[crushing_weapon]

Without Soul? [Please think this through, Maka.]

[angelic_meister]

...I've been here for over four months without Soul. Being alone isn't new now.

[wise_king]

You don't care what you have to do?

Hmm...if you have no regrets, I can offer you something extraordinary.

[angelic_meister]

I'm not going to sell me soul to a demon or anything that would bring me down to his level, but I'll listen to your offer.

[wise_king]

Would you object to becoming a vampire? Immortality, speed and strength far beyond anyone can follow; one couldn't ask for more.

[angelic_meister]

Never. Lord Death, my friends, and everyone...all of them would be disappointed in me.

Besides. I'm supposed to be mortal and I'm okay with that. If I become something other than human to win, it'll make it all pointless.

[austere_dust]

Eh? What's a lil' girl like ya need wit' a weapon tha' strong? An' if they're far stronger, ya migh' wanna wait.

[angelic_meister]

I've already waited and that hasn't done any good. I need to defeat someone evil that has a grudge against me before he hurts anyone else.

[austere_dust]

I tried t'beat someone I had a grudge 'gainst 'fore I showed up 'ere. He was stronger than I was, too.

I'd offer ya Shinso but it ain't 'ere an' I don' think a normal ol' human could use it.

[angelic_meister]

I appreciate the offer at least.

[dynamic_may_lee]

I have some experience with it. Part of it is never surrendering the idea of victory, and never imagining the possibility of loss. It... it can do amazing things. It was something Master Kim tried to teach me.

[angelic_meister]

...Yeah, I already know that.

[dynamic_may_lee]

If you know that, then I've got a good feeling you already have the strength to defeat what's in your way already.

[braided_icarus]

What are you getting into now, Maka?

[angelic_meister]

I'm not getting into anything, Ed. I'm cleaning up a mess I made back home that found its way here.

[braided_icarus]

.....Right. The chainsaw guy? Need any help?

[angelic_meister]

Make me a scythe stronger than this steel one. He cuts through it like butter. Can you do that?

[She thinks for a moment. A scythe won't be like Soul, so she needs to be more creative--what other weapons has she used while at the Academy? She can throw punches and she's used Tsubaki before--]

...And knuckles. And knives. And a kusarigama.