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located in Up the Stairs, a part of Re: Start, one of the many universes on RPG.

Up the Stairs

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Character Portrait: Yui Character Portrait: Mizuki Matsuri Character Portrait: Ronan Hemond
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|| Devil on my Shoulder || Faith Marie ||




It was soon discovered that Damian had lied about the Prophecy's location because no matter where Ira Shoku had his agents look, they couldn't find it. They couldn't find anything. "No, you've been too complacent." Shoku snapped at Ronan one night. "Break him by any means necessary. Use the Prophet if you must, but keep her alive." He had been running experiments on the peculiar Puppet mark. It was similar to the Subject's mark in a way because it was very good at self-stabilizing. The Lotus Blossom refused to go dark no matter what was done to it, while the Puppet always eventually drained back into an empty, neutral color, one with hardly any light or darkness at all. The Prophecy was promised to hold all the answers, so he was going to need it. Soon too, because Sanctum was sneaking around, that K person seemed to have some sort of plan.

Yes, Shoku was aware that K had reached out to Hime and Mayumi and for the first time in their history, both Santum and Prometheus had formed an alliance. But it made perfect sense that they would. Shoku's faction was the strongest, especially now that he had access to both the Prophecy and to the Cocoon at the same time. Just as he should - they were originally his to begin with, after all. "Maybe her silent screams aren't enough to convince you, Damian." Mizuki was strung up, a choker around her neck that was attached to the ceiling. Below her was a giant piano and as Ronan played with the levers, he could move Mizu up and down via the choker in order to make her play songs by having her feet press against the keys. Right now he was learning the piano and playing a simplified version of Fur Elise for everyone in the Roppongi Building to enjoy.

Damian still didn't break, though his lies had gotten more and more frantic. Mizu was like a little sister to him because Aria was like a sister too, they had almost grown up together. Whenever he, Xavier, and Aria were off on an adventure, so many times the little scamper of Mizu's small feet were behind them, wanting to join in on the fun. This was before she was eventually made an inpatient at the hospital, of course. But her eyes, how calm and aware they were as she was repeatedly suffocated to play the piano was chilling. Unlike with Damian and Yui, who screamed and flailed and cried during torture, Mizuki was utterly unreactive. It was like shooting a bullet, but the bullet has no gunpowder and doesn't go off.

Something needed to be done. So while Shoku negotiated with Mizuki - she would read off passages of the Prophecy in her head in exchange for the right to speak again - something else was happening. Kenshiro Matsuri entered, using a device borrowed from a certain Raven that would automatically erase the security camera logs as he passed. He quickly exchanged Damian's inhibitor for a fake one, one that would still run the signal to Shoku's database of inhibiting light energy. It would be undetectable to all except for Mayumi, the one true expert on light and dark. She created the program after all, with help from K and the Matriarch. "Collaborate with Yui and Mizuki with it and you'll make it." Was the note he gave to Damian before making Damian swallow it. It was up to him to begin reaching out.

Once it was Mizu's turn for Isolation and Ronan was tending to his tender behind, Damian immersed himself in communicating secretly with Mizuki and Yui. "My tongue will be back in two or so days." Mizuki's voice echoed in his head. Yui was on the network as well, so she could hear everything in the back and forth. "You can sense the mask, though, can't you, Damian?" Yes, he could, but for now there was nothing he could do about it. As much as he hated to admit it, the cold efficiency of the Oracle's mind would be useful. "I can play the guards like strings. Once I can speak again I'll be able to guess at their weaknesses until they eventually have no choice but to obey me." It was like what she had done with the Fox. She would do it with the guards here, too. Damian, too, would be able to control the guards with his powers.

What she needed was power. And she would need to borrow Ronan's for a second time to fight their way out. Yui wouldn't have enough plasma for an extended fight, and Damian was largely a support fighter rather than a frontliner. "Last time it almost killed you." Damian warned. "Can't we just collaborate with Raven?" A sharp refusal echoed in his head. "No! We'll just end up her prisoners and she won't let us get back to the Freedom Fighters."
A mental sigh, as if the Oracle was tired of dealing with them. As if they were pests rather than teammates. Maybe a part of her had given up on Yui after Yui failed to realize the fakeness of this world. "We have to get out on our own power and then contact Xavier." Xavier. That was a name that brought up so many feelings Damian couldn't even process them.

He wasn't even sure if he wanted to see Xavier or not. After what Ronan did to him - was doing to him - it was nearly impossible to get a handle on his emotions at all.