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freedomfound) wrote2014-03-10 08:54 pm
freedomfound) wrote2014-03-10 08:54 pm
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ToS Event: A Memory Best Left in the Past
They hadn't known how it was going to end, but nobody had expected this.
The humans had been trapped. The children, Cooke and Mack. Jansen. Tolten. Her son, Sed. Locked in a shield of magical energy and unable to escape the deadly light shed by the portal into Seth's own world. The Mirrors. The only way to save them would be to break them, but the results could be catastrophic. The death of Seth's world. The reality that neither she nor any of the other immortals would ever return home.
And Gongora... The fifth immortal. A madman. He had been before the Mirrors as well. He was the entire reason they were there, after all. But there was no killing him, not even in the poisonous light given off by the Mirrors. There he was, screaming with maniacal laughter at this corner that they had all backed themselves into. The world of humans, Plank, was doomed if he was allowed to carry out his plot for power that was nothing short of insanity.
What else was Seth supposed to do?
Gongora stood between her and the Mirrors. She rushed forward, throwing all of her weight against the giant of a man. She had to get him into the portal.
"KAIM, BREAK THE MIRRORS!"
The other immortal hesitated. He had the power. Gongora's staff was in his hand. But he hesitated. Seth, meanwhile, wasn't thinking about the consequences. She wasn't thinking at all. Even her own seemingly endless life was trivial compared the pain of the humans dying in the Mirrors' light. Her son.
"KAIM, HURRY!"
Kaim hurled the staff at the Mirrors, light and glass glittering through the air as they shattered upon impact. A physical portal to the dying magical world was open, and Seth was winning in her brief skirmish with Gongora. An armored fist to his jaw, and he was off balance enough for her to force him into the portal. He had to die in the Shining World, in the world that had given him life.
"I'll be seein' ya! We're going back first."
There was no time to think. No chance to second guess herself. With the shattering of the Mirrors, the death trap of the humans had fallen. They were going to live.
Sed would just have to find a way to go on without his Mama.
It was a mother's instinct, to see that her baby boy was all right, not that he was a baby anymore. Seth broke from her concentration, but only for a moment. She only wanted to see him one last time. There was a part of her telling her to stop this, a part of her in denial that there wasn't another way. Sed was never supposed to lose her. She was never supposed to die. But the journey into the Shining World was a one way trip, and it was for Seth and Gongora only. No one else had to suffer for his sins. The immortal woman tore her gaze away from her son's pleading eyes. Was she crying? She hadn't even noticed...
Seth finished the job. She forced Gongora beyond the light and followed him into the chaos of the Shining World. The portal collapsed behind them.
The humans had been trapped. The children, Cooke and Mack. Jansen. Tolten. Her son, Sed. Locked in a shield of magical energy and unable to escape the deadly light shed by the portal into Seth's own world. The Mirrors. The only way to save them would be to break them, but the results could be catastrophic. The death of Seth's world. The reality that neither she nor any of the other immortals would ever return home.
And Gongora... The fifth immortal. A madman. He had been before the Mirrors as well. He was the entire reason they were there, after all. But there was no killing him, not even in the poisonous light given off by the Mirrors. There he was, screaming with maniacal laughter at this corner that they had all backed themselves into. The world of humans, Plank, was doomed if he was allowed to carry out his plot for power that was nothing short of insanity.
What else was Seth supposed to do?
Gongora stood between her and the Mirrors. She rushed forward, throwing all of her weight against the giant of a man. She had to get him into the portal.
"KAIM, BREAK THE MIRRORS!"
The other immortal hesitated. He had the power. Gongora's staff was in his hand. But he hesitated. Seth, meanwhile, wasn't thinking about the consequences. She wasn't thinking at all. Even her own seemingly endless life was trivial compared the pain of the humans dying in the Mirrors' light. Her son.
"KAIM, HURRY!"
Kaim hurled the staff at the Mirrors, light and glass glittering through the air as they shattered upon impact. A physical portal to the dying magical world was open, and Seth was winning in her brief skirmish with Gongora. An armored fist to his jaw, and he was off balance enough for her to force him into the portal. He had to die in the Shining World, in the world that had given him life.
"I'll be seein' ya! We're going back first."
There was no time to think. No chance to second guess herself. With the shattering of the Mirrors, the death trap of the humans had fallen. They were going to live.
Sed would just have to find a way to go on without his Mama.
It was a mother's instinct, to see that her baby boy was all right, not that he was a baby anymore. Seth broke from her concentration, but only for a moment. She only wanted to see him one last time. There was a part of her telling her to stop this, a part of her in denial that there wasn't another way. Sed was never supposed to lose her. She was never supposed to die. But the journey into the Shining World was a one way trip, and it was for Seth and Gongora only. No one else had to suffer for his sins. The immortal woman tore her gaze away from her son's pleading eyes. Was she crying? She hadn't even noticed...
Seth finished the job. She forced Gongora beyond the light and followed him into the chaos of the Shining World. The portal collapsed behind them.