[ Project: Toro De Azure ]

[PhilosopherBear 397]

 

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"I have no regrets."

 

"Oh? How come?" said the heavily armored bear humanoid.

 

He thought for a moment, not much to hesitate about "Well, I fought, I laughed and I cried. What is there more to do?"

 

The figure smiled, looking over at the Crow Father "And what do you have to say about this?"

 

Stepping closer to a much younger Fernando, it said, "It sounds to me like you lived true and free my child."

 

"Though... I'm sad about something.." he spoke like a child would to a parent.

"Speak now, cub of Rioghnach" boomed the voice, echoing across the eternal hilltop

 

"Let him, brother." said the Crow.

 

Clearly anxious, maybe even a bit angry, he spoke up "What will they become without me... I was supposed to protect them.. but I failed." he said, his eyes never leaving the ones of the all-mighty Crow Father, his fists clenched, as he could feel a sudden rush of air pass through him, relieving his nerves.
 

Even without the capability to do so, one would understand that the Crow Father would offer him a smile, before opening his beak, the words lifting the world off Fernando's shoulders even for that brief moment "Even in death.. you never could put yourself first, child." As the being spoke, it waved its hand across the sky, as it turned around and around, seemingly like it was nothing, as they were suddenly no longer standing on the eternal hilltop, but right outside a more familiar place. "Jumping head first to save others" it spoke out, not leaving Fernando time to catch a proper thought, the world turned again, and the image of Fernando dropkicking into battle without concern played and disappeared nearly as fast "To offering yourself for another life." showing faint instances of his last battle, purposely taking the front line.

 

"But I..." he was cut off swiftly

 

The world around them changing one last time, as if his whole life flashed before his eyes. His first fight, his first win, his first love, but one memory stood above all. The day with his first ever proper family. "Now I know this is recent but..." the world changed one last time into a blurry and bloody mess of a memory, cutting in and out of brutal exchanges of blows against a vile creature of chaos, ending with him making a deal with it. "Can you explain it to me?" boomed the voice one last time, the frame still at the moment when the deal was struck.

 

"He didn't deserve it." he said, putting his chest outwards, not a hint of hesitation behind those words nor the ones that followed "He would have died for my shake, for something I failed to do a long time ago." he said clenching his fists, if only he had put an end to the monster that became his brother sooner. "If I ever go back... I have to atone for this... and I will."

 

Suddenly, the world around shifted, crumbling away as it seemed, appearing back at the eternal hilltop once more. "Is that enough for you, Rioghnach?" turned the Crow Father to his brother.

 

The bear humanoid smiled back, crossing its arms as it exclaimed "Aye, all yours Feidelhm." it spoke, as it slowly walked away from the two, seemingly out of existence in a single moment.

 

The Crow Father approached Fernando, as it placed its taloned hand on his shoulder, seemingly healed from the serious injury he had acquired in his last fight "Looks like we have to let you go akhi" the voice boomed, as it pushed Fernando back, as he fell and fell for what felt like minutes "..good to see you never lost your edge, continue your work, Cub Of Rioghnach."

 

And without a sound, it all turned quiet... "Is this it...?" pondered fernando for a few moments, guessing that this was finally his ever lasting peace. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the sound of an engine slowly became louder and louder in the background.

 

 

 

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Who said this was a PK?

 

 

[6Dark 431]

Walter woke up in the clinic after the battle. In his beaten state, he staggered towards the pod where the tinkering engine noises were coming from. His eyes widened, he was only able to mutter a single sentence: "It worked..."

[Tael 216]

Tomes seemed to stagger into the clinic, conscious but in pain as he clutched onto the burn over a portion of the left side of his face, his left eye closed as he winced. Still, out of his violet serpentine right eye he peered out at the origin of the wiring of the cogs, knowing full well what that entailed.

"Welcome back, Toro."

[ItsSienna 6]

The fight that broke out was so sudden. Celie had scrambled back inside the keep as fast as she could, but she was not shielded from the fate of the new friend she had made. The Adunian girl clutched her legs to her chest, sitting in a ball just outside the clinic, trying to keep herself from breaking down having witnessed the terrors outside. 

 

The sound of a metallic footstep broke her from her stupor. Her eyes darted from the floor to the far side of the room, the pupils of her eyes dilating as her brain struggled to process what it was seeing.

 

Even if she could speak... she would be speechless.