This Must Be Hell (Elyss/Open?)

Wed Oct 30, 2024 6:04 pm

Elyss Kishimoto | Red

Soul Society was invaded? The Rukongai had what?

She had asked Fuuen to drop her off at her office where she could actually get her head into gear, but there wasn't any time for that before someone had come knocking at her door. It was a seated member, an old gentleman that Elyss sometimes shared tea with. He, like her, wasn't keen on sharing gossip, and he simply came to bring her the papers that fully summarized the extent of their current situation.

To say the least, she had left immediately after reading a certain section. The old gent did not try to stop her either, his head hanging low, a measly sorry escaping his mouth as the redhead cracked the ground with every step she took.
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Reality isn't real.

The only thing real is the beating in her chest, the loud pounding nauseating as the world blended together into one brownish hue. People were tossed and wreckage was thrown. Her breath, catching with every attempted gasp, felt like it refused to fuel her lungs.

When she finally got there, she wished she could rip every organ out of her chest, put a knife in her head. Her voice, lost in the wind... Her eyes blurring... Memories blended...

Reality isn't real. What she's seeing is a nightmare.
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...Why?

Why.... Why? Why? Why? Why!

The Rukongai exploded, spiritual pressure seeping into the atmosphere like infectious bolts of lightning that melted into the sky, painting an eerie red sunset. The bloodcurdling sensation chased everyone away, turned the area into a toxic field that turned anyone caught in it to braindead cripples.

She felt her nails dig deep into her palms, the nails ripping before her palms did, but then the ground felt the refreshing tinge of iron grace it. Teeth, groaning, pressured tight felt like they'd explode.

Why...

Why is she standing in front of a destroyed Tavern? Why were their names in that report? Why wasn't she here? Why wasn't she here to save them? Why didn't the Gotei save them? Why didn't anyone save them?!

Why are her parents dead...

...again...

END POST | Red