Keep Climbing, Shining Eyes

Crush, crunch. The sound echoed out against the howling wind, beating and pulling and tugging at the man. Blonde locks streamed out in the wind behind him, the skirt-like garment he wore billowing beneath it. The half of his chest that was bare surged as he breathed in and out, sweat pouring down his face. The muscles and veins in his left arm were bare, showing their tension to the world, his entire body shuddering as he pulled himself up another foot.

His feet were pressed up against the rock face, breath after breath coming out. "Voi…" The man breathed out, his head pointing upwards again. He could clearly see where his fingers were driven into the rock and stone, halfway up his arm. Dust and rubble was still falling around him, bits of scrap descending down. It had been several hours since Moonie Iramasha had been able to see the bottom. He could see the clouds beneath him now. The cool stone pressed in against his arm, his other hand extracting itself from another hole.

Great pressure pulled on Moonie's body, his entire form dipping down slightly. "…Rrrrn…!"

CRUUSH, crunch…

The Moon Iramasha let out another hard breath, pressing his forehead up against the cold stone. He was beginning to near his physical and spiritual limits. He had been near to them ever since he finally reached past the clouds. He had used his Gravity Manipulation to force his body to become exponentially more heavy than normal. It was like lifting up a building, and fixing it back into the mountain.

'…Aaa…AAAAH…!" He let out, feeling his muscles strain harder against him. They were exhausted. They did not want to keep going. They did not…

Moonie's body froze, his arm halfway extended up to the next part. His teeth clamped hard in his mouth, feeling his body seize up in resistance of his actions. The strong wind bit and tugged at his body, as he began to feel his entire body… sinking backwards. His arm was sliding out of the hole, even as he gripped his fingers into the stone. "nnnnnnnNN…No… NO….!"

Moonie's neck tugged forwards, the rest of his body pushing backwards, slipping out of the hole. His teeth clamped directly into the stone. His jaw screamed in agony, his neck muscles shoved directly into the wall as he slid down. Both hands pushed into the rock face, trails of rubble kicking up as he resisted the gravity both inside of and outside of his body.

Moonie's arms then seized back, his teeth getting a grip in, throwing both of them against the rock face. He could feel mind-numbing amounts of pain in his mouth, the taste of rocks and soil reaching the back of his mouth. Both arms snaked their way inside, and Moonie's entire body seized up. His entire body screamed at him as his eyes opened once more, the taste of earth still in his mouth.

CRUSH, CRUSH, CRUSH, CRUSH, CRUSH….

In the circular radius around the peak of the moutain, Moonie's left and arms worked furiously, his entire body screaming at him. THIS IS MY BODY, THIS IS WHAT I WILL DO. THIS IS WHAT I WANT! Moonie's mouth was opened wide as he breathed harder than he could remember, slamming his arms back and forth against the wall, going higher and higher, past the lines of debris where he had fallen behind…

And at the end, he could see the top within reach, one arm dangling him feet away from his goal, his head pointed downwards towards the earth, the Moon Iramasha forced into a rare moment of having to catch his breath…