Post #1764822 in Chaos Legend: A Year to the End, a roleplay on RPG

Jacqli released a breath as the lights rained down upon her; her neck was still bleeding and she felt rather weary from this whole mess. For now, she was reduced to her old self, a pathetic human who could do little more than sit idle and watch a battle play out before her while uttering prayers to a deity that might not even exist. She was utterly useless, and that made her feel sick. The thought of reverting back into her old self who could do nothing was a thought that Jacqli did not want to come to terms with. Perhaps she and the Siren had made a mistake in singing a song of sealing? Perhaps they should have continued either to empower their allies, or to attack their enemies instead.

No, no I cannot start doubting our choice after it has already been made, the Siren agreed with my decision as well, surely she was not wrong! Jacqli told herself, huffing a bit at her own mentality, she cursed the fact she was so very vulnerable. Whether speaking physically or mentally, it matter not because she knew she was very much both. And that angered her to the point of wanting to cry.

Her amber eyes shut as she fought to keep herself from shedding tears, the last thing that she needed to do right now was to cry. No, doing that would make her even more of a pitiable person, and Jacqli knew that well. When she felt something her injury on her neck, Jacqli flinched from the shock, and from the pain, it caused and looked at the culprit responsible for the contact. It was the demon who defended Calliope; she did not know its name, or the name of his host despite the fact they’d been fighting alongside each other throughout this entire ordeal. She could only hiss as the injury on her neck suddenly grew uncomfortably warm in a matter of moments, her hand flew to cover it again only to find that it was sealing itself up. Jacqli looked to him without a word, surprised, but glad that her wound was healing.

He held out the blue vial she had lost earlier, when the woman in the fedora with green hair had tried to take her head off. So . . . that stuff was an elixir of sorts. She didn’t question him, instead nodded, took the vial and downed the rather bitter tasting liquid, it was bad enough to cause a shudder to run through her thin body. Okay, so that was gross, but it’ll help me. Bitter medicine is always the kind that works best. . . . she thought to herself as she resisted the urge to gag from the aftertaste. Seriously, the stuff was horrible.

The teenager remained quiet, watching as the demon seemed to succumb to her song at last and reform back into his host. Jacqli looked back to the battle that was still being waged, and wondered how long it would take for the rest of the participates to lose their powers to the effects. Jacqli was snapped from her thoughts and wonderings when she was pulled to her feet by the man, and she let out a cry of surprise, dropping the empty vial.

She was being touched again; all he had to do was tell her they needed to get out of there, and she could have gotten to her own feet. Okay, so she got he was trying to help her out and all, but his assistance sort of made her feel worse about her own current state. Jacqli pulled herself away from him when they wound up in a slightly safer area, able to tell that while he was trying to help her out, he was in a worse state than she was. Why is it men always have to act like their strong when they aren’t? she asked herself with a frown, “Thank you for your help, but I can tell you’re worse off than I am right now, so you can stop trying to assist me when it should be I assisting you.”

“The battle should be ending soon enough anyway. . . .” she murmured, “Then we all can get some rest.” She pushed up on the bridge of her glasses, and looked at the man again, “It occurs to me that through all of this, you never even got my name. It’s Jacqli.”

Snippet #1764822

located in Terroplois, a part of Chaos Legend: A Year to the End, one of the many universes on RPG.

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