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Erik Lensherr | ( Magneto ) ([personal profile] wecanavenge) wrote2013-10-29 07:47 pm

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[This is not the Erik anyone of this Barge has come to know. Something has shattered in him. He's graduated. The camera floats in front of him, held in the air by his mutation: the angle makes the cause of this change obvious. To one side, Charles' body lays, broken, bleeding; on the other lies Ben's, impaled by a dozen make shift spears. The area around them has been torn up by Erik's ripping panels and light fixtures and anything not metaphorically nailed down from their proper places.]

Charles is dead.

[There is weight in his voice, a heaviness laying on his head, but it doesn't break. He stays steady, out of necessity. Erik is not a defeatist: he is not giving up. He is making a choice.]

So is Ben.

[The camera floats ahead, and behind him, Charles' body rises in his wake, following. Ben is left in a pool of his own blood, abandoned. Erik heads for the stairs, brow furrowed - silent, but not done with the broadcast, not yet.

Along the way, bits of metal come to him, hovering on the peripheries.]


You're all so intent on killing each other. That's what it takes to graduate. [He's heading up, taking the stairs two at a time.] To have a second chance at life. All you have to do is destroy everything you hold dear.

[His throat tightens, compromising his calmness: everyone on board will feel the ship ripple just slightly.]

So be it, then. But I've had enough of this cock fighting.

[More metal is coming to him, faster, melding together around him.]

No more murder. No more pointless infighting. You're done.

[Ahead of him, the door to the deck slams open as he steps through; the angle changes, and he stops walking, but his forward momentum hasn't halted. He's floating. The bits of metal close behind and above him, forming a dome as he floats above the nightmare Arthas has made of the deck. It's open enough for him to be seen, but it's closing fast.

Another tremor runs through the Barge.]


When that door opens, there will be a new Admiral. And it's not going to be someone who doles out death like handshakes. We've all endured enough.

[He remembers Cuba, and he remembers the choices he made there. He knows the choices he's made here, and the one he's making now.] This will never happen again.

[The sphere closes, perfectly enclosed, and hangs above the deck. It will stay there, guarding or waiting, until the door opens.]
soliterraneous: (turned; femme)

[personal profile] soliterraneous 2013-10-30 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ffffff. ]

My condolences.
secretasshole: (even though you broke my heart)

[personal profile] secretasshole 2013-10-30 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
Erik.

[:C!!!!!!]
soliterraneous: (profile; listening)

[Private]

[personal profile] soliterraneous 2013-10-30 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
I am.

[ She understands, and her voice is sincere. ]

If you enter, what will you do?
darknessb4me: (up)

Spam

[personal profile] darknessb4me 2013-10-30 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Um xcuse me what the fuck are you doing.

The storm above the deck seems to move its eye to watch the metal being gathered, then starts striking it with lightning.]
soliterraneous: (profile; blue)

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[personal profile] soliterraneous 2013-10-30 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Somewhat.

I don't know you well, in either reality. I'm concerned about what will happen to everyone; those native and those trapped here.
Edited (no repeat icons >:C) 2013-10-30 15:25 (UTC)
darknessb4me: (up)

Spam

[personal profile] darknessb4me 2013-10-30 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Arthas isn't stupid. Well, alright, he is but that's not the point. He's wearing a metal suit of armor that is extremely crushable, and that means he's just going to start ignoring the huge metal ball until it goes away.

That works. Always.]
Edited 2013-10-30 15:54 (UTC)
secretasshole: (I was born of the womb.)

[personal profile] secretasshole 2013-10-30 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Is there anything I can do?
soliterraneous: (listening; requires clarification)

[Private]

[personal profile] soliterraneous 2013-10-30 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
And what of those who remain?

Will you heal, destroy, or ignore them?
soliterraneous: (70)

[Private]

[personal profile] soliterraneous 2013-10-30 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Not everyone returns to lives that are viable. Not everyone has lives to return to.
soliterraneous: (profile; questioning and hesitant)

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[personal profile] soliterraneous 2013-10-30 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I have only guesses. The Admiral, perhaps. Perhaps the ship itself. The relationship is symbiotic.

As Admiral, at least, you could revive them. But you may not be able to interact with them directly any longer.
soliterraneous: (turned; femme)

[Private]

[personal profile] soliterraneous 2013-10-30 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
They would still lose you.

[ It might not be enough for them is her point. ]

What if others follow you through?
soliterraneous: (straight ahead; for what it's worth)

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[personal profile] soliterraneous 2013-10-30 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There is the smallest hint of a sigh. ]

Understood.
secretasshole: (why did ridley scott let his 12 yo son)

[personal profile] secretasshole 2013-10-30 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I had no plans to get caught in the middle of anyone's bids for power.

[That said, he will totally back you. B(]

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