The Balance of Life and Death

-His voice is panicked. Those who know Tir know that it is very difficult for him to sound panicked. And you're about to hear why. The camera itself is focused on the unholy light show going on outside the city. It's simply massive-

Gracia! Come look at this!

It... it feels like...

That same power. It's the same power as the Rune.

-The video feed just focuses on the explosion for awhile. It truly is something to behold.-

... You can feel it. The suffocating fingers of death...

-The video feed clicks on to show Tir standing on what looks to be a giant tower of rubble. Sorry, Sho, he commandeered it for this purpose. He needed to be tall. He's also drenched in blood, having made no attempt to clean up after devouring Gremio.-

Ah ha... ah ha ha ha... HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAA!

I KNEW it! I told them they were all going to die. They were idiots, the lot of them. But hey, Discedo, let me THANK YOU personally for getting rid of the competition. Now all that's left is to inact the final movement in this little opera of screams.

-He pulls off the glove on his right hand. No automail beneath. Flesh and bone. And an angrily glowing symbol.-

It doesn't have much left... but I've been smart. I knew this would happen. But I'm not going to die like some rat in a corner. I said I'd become a God of Death and I meant it. And I'm going to start with this entire city.

-The black miasma, it seems to scream with a thousand voices, begins to pour out from the Rune. The symbol appears above him, glowing like a sun and pretty much casting off an aura of death and destruction. Shit just got real.-

I'M GOING TO KILL EACH AND EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU IN ONE FELL SWOOP! I WILL BE A GOD!

TRUE RUNE OF LIFE AND DEATH! UNLEASH YOUR JUDGEMENT ON THESE PATHETIC HUMANS! LET'S SHARE THIS BANQUET OF SOULS AND FLESH!

-Oh snap.-

[[ Spoiler: It's not gonna work. But someone might want to stop him anyways. Riful, now's your chance to shut his arrogant ass up! ]]

... The more I think about it... the more it feels like it was my fault.

Even working on my own, I make these kind of mistakes...

I had left Aang behind to go follow the monster that attacked him... I should have made sure he got to safety, I...

I'm so sorry...

I feel sick...

...So you won't let me silence you again? I suppose that's what I deserve. You manipulated me from the very beginning to free yourself... and I was weak enough to allow it.

I never ignored you. I know things are rough. The things you and I want are just so different, though. I can't be the host you feel like you are entitled to. When did you get like this? Was it feeding on Ted's grandfather? I refuse to believe you were always this cruel. Of course you aren't. Gremio and Nanami are alive BECAUSE of you.

Life and Death. LIFE and Death. You don't have to just send souls to the beyond, or even feed upon them. Every time a child is born, the power you govern over has a hand in that. That means something to you, doesn't it?

...I'm sorry, but I can't let you keep doing this. I won't allow you to play my emotions anymore. If you won't let me do this myself then...

I will find someone who can.




...And yes, the communicator was on. They will find me soon. I know you wont stop it. You'll want to kill them too. You're still hungry. You're always hungry...

...

[Private to Self]

They didn't get so riled up with the others were killed. The equality of the law here is paper thin. The only truly equal law is...

[/Private to Self]

[Private to Victor Niguel]

If I may be so bold, sir, I'd like to speak with you. It's a grave matter.

[/Private to Victor Niguel]



...I've been enjoying my vacation so far. But things are getting worse. With Naoto in the clinic...

I'm sorry, Kazuki, but I have to go back to the force. They need me now more than ever. I have to do what I can to make sure this place is safe. Anything and everything. It's impossible for me to relax when all of this is happening.

Alright...we can't rest now! We've still got a lot of people unaccounted for.

Minato, Leni, anyone else who will volunteer, we need to make a running search for people who haven't been able to post their position. The fires are still burning in many places, so we have to be careful, but there's still a lot more to do.

LET'S MOVE OUT!

I...I saw him...He was as real as you and me and...and...

NO! IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE! YOU KILLED HIM AND HE'S NEVER COMING BACK! YOU DESTROYED HIM AND EVERYTHING HE STOOD FOR!

Why...why did it have to be you? Why...Father...






[Voice; Japanese]
...Kazuki, could you...come help me? I'm cold...

(( ooc: Tir saw his father, Teo, as a result of the event. Tir had killed Teo with the Souleater Rune during the war, and his tremendous guilt over this was one of the major shifting points of his character in the game. That was when he decided he would distance himself from others in fear of destroying them. So yeah, he's a bit out of sorts. Also, he's slowly turning into a Tir-sicle outside Latimir in one of the alleyways ))