IN THE FOREST OF THE LOST

[beathollow]

it's all too perfect.

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[goei]

[Wow he just woke up and you do this to him??

Luckily Izou doesn't try to attack anyone, instead he's inflicted with the crippling anxieties!! Extremely lame and uncool!!! He hasn't even got up off the ground, and is just sitting holding his head muttering to himself.]

[beathollow]

Between everyone's brutal attacks and Joshua directly avenging Argenti with a critical hit of her only weakness, the Queen cries out in agony, collapsing to her knees. Black blood drips from her wounds, and she struggles to breathe.

Not like this...

She whispers, before forcing herself to stand one more time.

NOT LIKE THIS.

She reaches out and puppet strings attach to the Marionette one more time, raising her up, and up, and up-



And then they slam her down into the ground, breaking the porcelain back of the Marionette and making the girl scream in an unspeakable pain.

The Queen is on her last legs.

The Lights are all screaming.

[cirquedesang]

NO--!

[That's horrifying.

There's no net to catch the marionette, and she falls, she breaks on the ground, as one would expect...

But she screams. And if she can scream, she's alive. There will be time to make sure she's okay later, once the bitch who hurt her is taken care of.

And, well, he can sure give her a taste of her own medicine, casting Admit One (17) on the queen.

It wraps her in silks. It raises her up and up and up--

And it slams her to the ground.]

[beautifulknight]

[ Man.

Argenti doesn't even say anything here because he's sure other people will have other words and he has said enough when it comes to this distorted creature (and he's just cold stone fury, fam.)

Anyway he will just go in for a brutal impale of the Queen with his spear (19) ]

[privatedomicile]

Mafu!!

[Jesse's heart sinks; some part of him wanted to think at the very least Mafuyu's mom wouldn't prefer her dead to out of her control.

He's a dumbass. He should know how life works by now.

Jesse casts Pinkpyre, a bright fireball hurling towards The Queen. (1, 13)]

[goei]

[OH HELL NO!!! FORGET STAYING ON THE GROUND, THAT GETS HIM UP AND RUNNING REAL QUICK.]

Mask off now huh!?
[Just blatantly hurting Mafuyu. Medea materializes over Izou's shoulder and mirrors his moves like she's a fucking stand as Izou lays a fearsome Giant Slice (20) into the Queen.]

This is! Divine Punishiment! Now DIE!

[bloodweapon]

[There's no hesitation this time - Fray lunges at the Queen again, eyes flashing red as he brings his sword down on her. (17) This time she can't block with Mafuyu, so there's no hesitation in his swing.]

[strawsandals]

MAFUYU!

[ No. No. No, no, no – you know, he's against violence. He's a pacifist. He does not believe in bringing harm to others.

...That doesn't mean he won't use force if the time calls for it. This is one of the only times in his entire damn stay here where he feels that it is necessary. The more the Queen lives, the more Mafuyu will get hurt. ]

Don't touch her!!

[ He rushes towards the Queen in panic and rage. He yells and he lets Robin Hood infuse his arm with nuclear energy, and he swipes at the Queen with Dragon's Claw (17).

You can tear him apart and kill him instead if you need a target, Queen – you will not lay another hand on Mafuyu, you sorry excuse of a mother. ]

[emptyself]

[ soujuurou, still shell-shocked by the impact of his own actions while under the effects of the mental manipulation, can't face the queen. he's not sure what he would do.

luckily, everyone seems to be taking care of that, so he'll take the bloodied scepter and run towards mafuyu. ]

Mafuyu! Hang on!

[ doing his best not to jostle the girl too much, he will pull on the strings connected to her until they snap off (14). if his hands are bleeding, it doesn't matter. he pushes through the pain like it's nothing, more desperate to get her out than anything else. ]

[fullmoonmutt]

Mafuyu!

[ How could she?! How could a mother do that to her own child?! Do any of this?! Does Eli really have the only good mother to ever exist (and isn't dead yet)?! ]

You... fucking... bitch! I'm going to kill you for real!

[ He lashes out at the Queen one final time, calling his icy claws forth again with another Overruff (19)! ]

[finalmix]

[ everyone is going to town on the Queen and you know what that includes joshua because he's following up with another kouga blast (18) and relishing in the fact that she's on her last legs. ]

Good riddance.

[ledbythewind]

[For once, Richard is actually glad to be a Utility rather than a Fighter.

Let the others all attack the Queen-- he's going to be casting a Diarama on Mafuyu before the Queen can harm her any further.]

[supherb]

MAFUYU!!

[As the others rush in to deliver the final blows to the queen, Arven sprints to Soujuurou's side to cast Diarama onto the Marionette while he works on those strings.

He's never been a good fighter, but he knows he's at least pretty damn good at nursing people back to health. It's what he wants to do for Mafuyu now, more than anything. Anything.]

Hang in there, Mafuyu!! It's almost over!

[moodwrecker]

Mafuyu!

[All she's good for are attacks - so she does that! Giant Slice (19) on the Queen.]

[townmusician]

[So the Queen's gone even more mask off with how little she actually cares about Mafuyu's wellbeing, alright then.

Haruka casts Diarama on the Marionette—he doesn't want what happened to Jordi to happen to Mafuyu, and it seems like everyone else has killing the Queen sorted out.]

[cleansewithfire]

[ In another circumstance, Sunrise would have been going in for the kill, because the Queen should be punished.

But when she hears Mafuyu scream, that thought goes out the window and she casts Dia on her. The others seem to have punishing the wicked handled. ]

[beathollow]

The Queen dies brutally, unceremoniously, gorily. The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen.

The Marionette... is healed, which fixes the damage to her porcelain, though the hole in her face remains. She lays their limply, and you get the feeling that she's just... too pained and tired to move.

Rin's light tugs at Izou.

Her heart, her heart! She needs her heart! Please!

[goei]

[He got so angry he almost forgot he had it. He perks up before pulling it out from where he'd shoved it down his shirt because he doesn't have pockets. I'm sorry Mafuyu.]

Right yeah!

[He's running over to her and placing it on her chest? That seems the thing to do.]

Yer gonna be alright, Mafuyu. We all came ta help you.

[beathollow]

( there's a warm glow and the heart sinks into her chest, healing mafuyu completely and returning her to human... or. almost...?

teary, golden eyes blink awake and she turns to look at izou. )

Izou-onii-san...

I want to go home.

[goei]

[Huh!!! That's weird!!! Izou will help her sit up.]

Y'mean back to the dorms? We can do that, yeah. We all came ta make sure you can do that.

[privatedomicile]

Oh, shit, Mafu...hang in there...

[He's gonna recover the sad doll from her hiding place and set her down next to Mafuyu.]

Worst part's over, yo. Your old lady can't do shit right now.

[cirquedesang]

[With the queen utterly decimated (for the first time...), and with Mafuyu's heart returned, and her slowly but surely coming back to herself...

Celeste goes to sit on the ground next to her, next to Izou as well.

And he's winding the music box for her, this time, letting it play once it can't be wound any further.]

She won't hurt you any more, Mafuyu.

[Ever.]

[strawsandals]

[ He'll leave the verbal comforting to the others, which works out since he's kind of choked up right now, but...

Hey, remember your items that the Queen threw away? One of them's a blanket. Yoon has it.

And he'll gently move to drape it over her shoulders. ]

[supherb]

[Arven lets out a sigh of relief as Mafuyu regains her physical form...for the most part. He recognizes those gold eyes anywhere. She's the true ruler of this palace. Still, they must be going in the right direction.

He smiles down at her, warm as ever.]

We're almost there, Mafuyu.

[emptyself]

Mafuyu...

[ soujuurou would reach out a hand for her but they're. uh. his hands have seen better days. ]

You can start a new life. You don't have to only do what she wants anymore.