On Tattered Wings - Prologue
DISCLAIMER: I don't own God Eater Burst (I refuse to call the game by its stupid Western release title, okay?) although I dearly wish I did.
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If you still hold feelings for someone
Even though your wings have become tattered
You can fly away no matter what pain you might face
You can get it over
Over the clouds
- alan, Over the clouds
There are a number of things that are getting on her nerves right now but waiting, Alisa decides with a barely restrained sigh of irritation, is proving to be the worst of the lot right now.
The armlet adorning her right wrist that marks her as a God Eater is making her arm tingle with an itch too faint to warrant scratching yet detectable enough to be a nuisance, and the noise of the machinery and crew working around her is amplifying the headache she's been nursing for the past few days into a rhythmic pounding that's driving her up the wall.
She presses her palm against her forehead, futilely wishing it would all just go away when a voice drags her attention back to reality and away from the pain radiating through her entire skull.
"Are you feeling alright, Alisa?" Dr Oguruma asks with the same lukewarm indifference he has shown her since he was first assigned to her case. She wants to tell him that no, she isn't, but she grits her teeth and keeps that answer from escaping her lips.
"I'm fine," she bites out instead, letting her displeasure colour her voice, "but how much longer before our plane arrives? We've been waiting for nearly an hour!" She doesn't quite understand why she's being shipped off to the Far East branch of Fenrir, but she can't quite bring herself to care. As long as she's fighting the Aragami it doesn't matter where she is.
The doctor lights his cigarette and lets it burn awhile before answering. "I was informed that it got slightly delayed due to turbulent weather, but it'll be here in a few minutes," he puffs out the words along with a cloud of smoke, and Alisa adds the smell of nicotine to the list of things aggravating her headache-
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The world snaps back into place without warning, and the girl finds herself gasping raggedly for air, her hands clenched so tight she feels her nails digging into her palms. Fortunately her latest episode has gone unnoticed by the old man, and the sound of the plane arriving at long last is a welcome distraction from the train wreck that is her mind.
The reasons behind her transfer don't matter; all she has to do is focus on killing the Aragami, nothing more, nothing less, and she swears darkly that she will accomplish it or die trying.
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And so one of my more ambitious fics begins. I'm writing this as I play the game (I am once again late to the party), which means I may be a little off in characterisation due to the fact that whatever I know right now is what's written in the wiki. As such, please let me know if I've made some sort of factual error, but also please allow me a little creative liberty with certain things.
Last but not least: Following in the spirit of how I approach other "name your protagonist" games, I've decided to use the manga name Kannagi Yuu for the esteemed Leader. It's not what I named mine, of course, but having read the manga I've gotten a little fond of it.
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If you still hold feelings for someone
Even though your wings have become tattered
You can fly away no matter what pain you might face
You can get it over
Over the clouds
- alan, Over the clouds
There are a number of things that are getting on her nerves right now but waiting, Alisa decides with a barely restrained sigh of irritation, is proving to be the worst of the lot right now.
The armlet adorning her right wrist that marks her as a God Eater is making her arm tingle with an itch too faint to warrant scratching yet detectable enough to be a nuisance, and the noise of the machinery and crew working around her is amplifying the headache she's been nursing for the past few days into a rhythmic pounding that's driving her up the wall.
She presses her palm against her forehead, futilely wishing it would all just go away when a voice drags her attention back to reality and away from the pain radiating through her entire skull.
"Are you feeling alright, Alisa?" Dr Oguruma asks with the same lukewarm indifference he has shown her since he was first assigned to her case. She wants to tell him that no, she isn't, but she grits her teeth and keeps that answer from escaping her lips.
"I'm fine," she bites out instead, letting her displeasure colour her voice, "but how much longer before our plane arrives? We've been waiting for nearly an hour!" She doesn't quite understand why she's being shipped off to the Far East branch of Fenrir, but she can't quite bring herself to care. As long as she's fighting the Aragami it doesn't matter where she is.
The doctor lights his cigarette and lets it burn awhile before answering. "I was informed that it got slightly delayed due to turbulent weather, but it'll be here in a few minutes," he puffs out the words along with a cloud of smoke, and Alisa adds the smell of nicotine to the list of things aggravating her headache-
thescreamsbonesandfleshbeingbrokenandtornIdon'twanttodieTHOSEEYES
The world snaps back into place without warning, and the girl finds herself gasping raggedly for air, her hands clenched so tight she feels her nails digging into her palms. Fortunately her latest episode has gone unnoticed by the old man, and the sound of the plane arriving at long last is a welcome distraction from the train wreck that is her mind.
The reasons behind her transfer don't matter; all she has to do is focus on killing the Aragami, nothing more, nothing less, and she swears darkly that she will accomplish it or die trying.
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And so one of my more ambitious fics begins. I'm writing this as I play the game (I am once again late to the party), which means I may be a little off in characterisation due to the fact that whatever I know right now is what's written in the wiki. As such, please let me know if I've made some sort of factual error, but also please allow me a little creative liberty with certain things.
Last but not least: Following in the spirit of how I approach other "name your protagonist" games, I've decided to use the manga name Kannagi Yuu for the esteemed Leader. It's not what I named mine, of course, but having read the manga I've gotten a little fond of it.