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【𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒐: 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒔】
〔Aᴄᴛ 2: Tɪᴍᴇ, Lᴏsᴛ〕

(Content Warning: Death, Grief, Violence and Gore)

[Will update periodically.]
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⠀⠀The darkness keeps growing.

⠀⠀Shadows cutting deeper.

⠀⠀Then, came the light of flame... flames that Tomalyn themself wielded... but not pridefully.

⠀⠀Flames... that symbolized the ruin their home went under.

⠀⠀The blaze that changed everything for them...
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😈“Your past misery has been marred by flames, time and time again. Yet here you are, wielding them, making allies with those who possess them.”

😈“You destroy those in your way too, with that fire. With such destructive force, the force you hate.”
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⠀⠀(“...Never was actively aware that I have this thought... yet, I know this haunts the very back of my mind...”)

⠀⠀...They kept the thought in their mind... as the Eater slowly stood, walking down the stairs.

😈“The only way you can live with that... is to be alone.”
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⠀⠀“...I know. Despite what they have done, despite their deaths from your power, human blood was still spilled by my hands. My mother, the possessed Marisol... their lives could've turned for the better, and I ended them before given the chance... yet...”
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⠀⠀Another fight... this time, when the Eater took Tiger... Tomalyn decided to open this fight, this time, in Crane...

⠀⠀...Agility, this time, to weave past overwhelming power instead of challenging it with stable defense...
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⠀⠀Quick palm strikes came from the inner demon, forcing Tomalyn to twirl away... limbs glowing blue as they sped in, returning the aggression with a few kicks-

⠀⠀...before their leg deflected, and a palm met their abdomen... just lingering as power coursed through...
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⠀⠀“GWOOOAAAGH!!!”

⠀⠀...And a single inch of a shove sent all that energy through Tomalyn's body, sending them flying in this dreamscape... even leaving a mark on their real life body...

⠀⠀...only for them to still get back up, sweeping the demon's leg!
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⠀⠀As the beast was flung off its feet, Tomalyn switched twice to Snake Style, picking up with a low kick, rapid chops, and advancing jabs... going back to Crane with a brief kick, a palm strike, and a front-flip slam with the legs...!
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⠀⠀They kicked back up, ready to go on the offensi-

😈“Dah!”

⠀⠀A swift uppercut sent them into the air, charged by dark lightning. Then another... and another... before the demon did a spinning kick to send them flying, following by sweeping Tomalyn off the floor...
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⠀⠀...And sending a fierce hook through them!

⠀⠀“Gwaargh...!!”

⠀⠀They bounced back up, skidding back with their palm on the floor, slowing their movements...

😈 “Foolish child!!”

⠀⠀...!

⠀⠀They were suddenly grabbed by the head, and dragged along the floor!
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⠀⠀...Now wrapped in chains, heavily rashed from the dragging through stone... all Tomalyn could do was gaze up... a storm of shadowy blades aiming directly for their core...!

😈 “Repent alone, for those you killed!! Those you consumed, for power alone!!!”
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⠀⠀(“...that's right... as Tomoyo... and in the Eater's influence... I killed... I took... I took people from their families... in my selfish pursuit of power...”)

⠀⠀...But... there's so many people they live for now. Not just a Saeko of a different time, but...
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⠀⠀...a dog guy at the ramen shop...

⠀⠀A chef out in the wilds...

⠀⠀A café on a yacht, hosted by a smiling, draconic man...

⠀⠀A goddess of darkness that saw the light in their eyes...

⠀⠀...the man that challenged their skill with luck...

⠀⠀...and...
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⠀⠀...a boy that still smiled... even at his worst. Even at their worst.

⠀⠀“Grrh...!!!”

⠀⠀Their metallic arm broke through, and then their flesh arm ripped out of the chains...!!

⠀⠀And as a myriad of shadow blades pierced through them, they caught some...
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⠀⠀...and, despite liters of blood pouring from new openings in their mindscape body... they threw, accurate, precise...

😈 “Kgh-?!”

⠀⠀...right into the throat of the beast.

⠀⠀A beast that slowly fell backwards... fading to darkness, with the rest of this castle...
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〔Aᴄᴛ 2: 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞...〕