25 - [Voice/Action for Draftees]

[lunarianlegacy]

[It takes a good five minutes of standing stunned in his room away from the fighting for Ceodore to even process what happened. Teleported away at the worst time. He could have stopped that monster. He knows it. There's an enraged bellow from him and he throws his sword across the room to vent, before dropping to his knees. He failed his friends.

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[Voice]

[mountain_sage]

[Saleh is just as stunned to hear this.]

...What?! What happened??

[Voice]

[lunarianlegacy]

Saleh...

I'm sorry.

[He'll be blaming himself for them both forever.]

[Voice]

[mountain_sage]

...What happened?

[He's not sure what to say until he finds out. Was the Third Party too strong? Were they taken by surprise?]

[Voice]

[lunarianlegacy]

We got separated. I found Rydia dead and Kain... flipped out.

[Voice]

[cladinthedark]

They... [He pauses, and takes a moment to recollect himself. This is not the time to be non-stoic.]

I understand. Thank you for telling us, Ceodore.

Are... you alright?

[Voice]

[lunarianlegacy]

I... no. I'm useless.

[Voice/Filtered 90%]

[cladinthedark]

Are you?

Ceodore, what... what happened?

[Voice/Filtered 90%] Sorry for the hold up, yesterday was nuts.

[lunarianlegacy]

We got separated. When I found Rydia, she... her wings were gone. I tried to revive her...

[Muttered:] So much for being 'Rosa's son.'[Yet again proof positive that he's not as good as his parents.]

[Voice/Filtered from Legato]

[goldenglasses]

I'm sorry that this has happened, but I doubt that they would want you to blame yourself.

[Voice/Filtered from Legato]

[lunarianlegacy]

But it is. He went down protecting me.

[Voice/Filtered from Legato]

[goldenglasses]

Then it wasn't your fault, it was those who were attacking you.

[Voice/Filtered from Legato]

[lunarianlegacy]

It was... one of ours. Not the Third Party.

[voice]

[praygenius]

[For a moment there's only silence. Every breath she's had since the draft list went up has been spent on prayer and she desperately tries to break the pattern and choke out words that aren't the 76th line of the 16th oath of Minwu to little avail.]

-no.

[voice]

[lunarianlegacy]

Porom, I...

I'm so sorry.

[He'll be wallowing in self-blame forever and a day.]

[voice]

[praygenius]

It's not your fault, don't-

[There's almost a sob there. Almost. But no. Crying is useless for anything but catching foes off-guard. It won't change a thing.]

How are you faring?

[voice]

[lunarianlegacy]

[Lousy. And forever wallowing in guilt.]

I... I'm out of magic. I used the last trying to save Kain.

[Because derpy or not, Ceodore's still male and takes that sort of question as a true status report and not a discussion of emotions.]

[Action]

[boomchucka]

[Selphie's rushing down the hall despite the fact that she's a few shades of black and blue to Ceodore's room. When she arrives, she bangs on the door, hoping that if he's angsting it'll at least break him out of his reverie.]

[Action]

[lunarianlegacy]

[Well, he's vaguely aware there is pounding on the door, but not really. Ceodore's too far gone in wallowing to bother to stand and open it.]

Come in.

[Action]

[boomchucka]

[Selphie expected this. She lets herself in and goes right to his side, wrapping herself around him.]

[Action]

[lunarianlegacy]

[Ceodore looks up to see who it is and realizing it's Selphie just looks back down at the floor. He's let her down. He's let everyone down.]