Argenti's Palace

[beautifulknight]

The stage is set they say;
They don their masks and shields,
Shadows creep and cover their minds;
Now, what beautiful role shall they play?

𝓜𝓮𝓵𝓾𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓲𝓷 𝓒𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓵𝓮


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[destage]

[Sayaka rushes off to help as soon as her mirror is shattered--she wants to return the favor to the others, to people who have tried so hard to help.

If they can't fight the battle on their own, Sayaka wants to help them.]

McGillis-san--steel yourself! This mirror is sturdier than it looks, but it's not indestructible! You can do it!

[...Sayaka admittedly says this while attempting to fire off an Agilao (6) again, and I choose to blame Avrae's terrible rolls on her fatigue but there was in fact an attempt--]

[beautifulknight]

[ ...The mirror remains.

But, let it be known Sayaka did try. ]

[destage]

[(if allowed and we don't need a second character for intervention--)

Sayaka digs deeper into her resolve, grimacing a bit because girl you are burning through so much metaphorical SP--but you know what.

Agilao upon you again, mirror! (12)]

[vogelfrei]

[ It's a bit anticlimactic that he can't shatter the mirror on his own - but at the same time, it feels fitting. The McGillis who rejected Gaelio and yet yearned for him was a creature of perfect solitude. The current McGillis hates giving Braphine what she wants, but is still beginning to understand that there is something to be found with others.

Of course the last reflection of his old life needs to be shattered by a person from his new one. It's poetic, even if it's not the kind of story McGillis himself would enjoy reading.

He gives Sayaka a smile. ]

Thanks. It's much appreciated.

[destage]

Don't mention it. Do you need a bit to recover, you think?

[There's still people who need help, but there's kind consideration in Sayaka's tone, and the smile she gives McGillis is warm in kind.]

[vogelfrei]

I'm good to go. No need to worry.

[ He's a professional soldier, he definitely won't let some people from ordinary lives upstage him here! famous last words before getting critted again ig ]