[Chapter 01 - SCENE] Between Good and Evil

[urusenai.livejournal.com]

Who: Luke, Mieu, Tear, Jade
Where: Tartarus holding cell.
When: After Arietta incarcerates them.
Warnings: None.


"Augh!" Luke jolted out of his uneasy slumber, sitting up. What had happened...

"You're finally awake." Tear silently spoke, putting her hand over his hands as if to comfort him. "You've been out of it for a few hours."

However, her attempt to cover up the bloodstains on his gloves was in vain. Luke noticed, his eyes widened with disgust, and he quickly clawed off his gloves while screaming bloody murder and cradling his face into his knees, sobbing.

"..." Tear didn't know how to deal with civilians. "I'm sorry this had to happen, Luke. I... promise to get you to your home as quickly as possible."

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[sarcasticfonist.livejournal.com]

[[ooc: sorry it took so long to respond, I forgot to track this one!]]

"Tear is correct. I did have the impression you wanted to return to Baticul alive, and to do so we will have to deal with any who attack us. Our enemies at this time are people."

He tried to think of the best way to handle this. Luke's hesitation was definitely going to hinder their ability to escape if they were spotted and they were sorely outnumbered as it was.

The mission was the most important thing now. He hoped that when Anise fell out that she was alive and had made it to St. Binah safely. Their best option was to escape and meet up with her and Ion. The main thing he needed to know now was if Luke would be able to help, or if he needed to be protected. He considered ways to gauge the boy's willingness and decided to go with the assumption that he would need protection and let him say otherwise.

"Our only choice now is to escape and head to the next location and meet with Anise there. Since Luke is unwilling to kill people, he will have to be under our protection. I'll take the lead, Luke you remain between Tear and I. We will be heading to the rear hatch."

[urusenai.livejournal.com]

((OoC: it's all good; I know you were finishing up NaNo, too.))

Luke nodded, trying to rationalize the situation in his head. He looked at both Tear and Jade, and while his face shown a hint of determination, his shaking hands were telling of his true emotion. "All right." He had no reason to argue with Jade at this time. He was lucky that nobody present got seriously injured or wounded, and now was no time to argue. "I'll stay between you and Tear."

If he put up a fake front now, someone would end up being hurt. Because of him.

"You have a plan, Colonel?" Tear inquired, facing Jade. He had far more military training and years of experience that Tear did not, so she submitted herself to his authority. She also gathered that Jade was the type of person to always hold an ace up his sleeve.