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NOCT Pre-Round 4 Extra: Incertus

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Three days. Three more days to Round 4.

"You know, when Orpheus said you're needlessly cruel, I never believed him."

Her voice was the only one to pierce the chill silence.

"Not for once, did I ever doubt you're actually a kind person on the inside."

Every passing second brought them to the due date.

"Not even when you're here, telling me that my death in the coming round is the most desirable outcome,"

"You won't have to die, I'll forfeit the match for you." 

He couldn't bring himself to look at her, he had no right to. Those who condemn their own Pokemon to death -and will it, without even any intention to survive- simply had no right.

"...hey. I told you last night, didn't I?"

No voice, save for Titania's, was able to break the ice-cold tension that froze the air. Nothing else seemed to matter in a certain man's conflicted mind. Anxiety and worry brought sweat to his fingertips, and uncertainty was the theme to this turn of events.

As if an instrument to a symphony, as if an accompaniment to a song, he could only strum the notes fate laid out for him to play. Most times, when he'd be the solo and turn the rest of the orchestra to his own use advantage. However, for just this once, he'd play to harmonize the other tunes together. 

Step down from the center stage, to put others before him. 

Even at the cost of a life, held in his responsibility.

"It's too late, Shane."

He grit his teeth, choking back words and silent thoughts. 

"I know what you're thinking. If I won, Elea Sacred would have a hold of that Aerin person, right?"

'You're not supposed to know that.'

"Your brother will have another person under his watch to slip away from his eyes."

'It's not like that.'

"For once, you actually care about others. It makes me a little proud, if not a little sad,"

'But it's on your death.'

"Since you have a habit of lying to yourself to control how you feel, it's kinda amusing to see you lose that steel once in a while..."

'But it's pathetic.'

"But it's pathetic. That you have no hold over yourself anymore, that someone else has influenced you so greatly."

...

"And that person is a mere slip of a girl."

After what it seemed like an eternity, Shane's voice broke the silence.

"What's even more pathetic is that I don't even know why, or how this happened."

A short laugh echoed off the walls -a hollow, empty one. "No, that isn't pathetic. I know a better one -I don't even know why I'm actually agreeing to all this."

"You don't have to, Titania. You can leave, there's a lake nearby, you'll survive fine on your own"--

"I don't want to. You chose to save that girl's freedom and everyone else's happiness. You could give me the freedom to choose how I want to live and die."

From then on, he fell silent. 

"If it's under your hands, Shane, I'd be happy to."

"I chose you as my trainer, I trusted you, and I still do."

"Just do me a favour... should the chance come when you're able to restore lives lost, don't wish me back. Burn my death into your eyes and remember it."

Oh, what fools these mortals be.


Because nobody will ever know.
SO YOU GUYS GET YOUR POKEMON TO KILL OTHERS.
SHANE ORDERS HIS TO DIE.
IT'S EASY AS ORDERING PIZZA.

NOW LET'S ALL HAVE SOME BAKED FISH. 8D


[link] Brilliant music to listen to. 
And I miss doing stuff for the NOCT.

Also, I forgot a few thingamabobs.
Shane van Pelt & Titania, mentions of Connor Stanfield © *Toshiyaa
Mentions of Aerin Surge, Elea Sacred © *BlueFoxofWater1569
© 2013 - 2024 hexblading
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L-Storyteller
Omg.
I love the way you write.
And I love Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica's soundtracks.
And tearjerkers.
And Pokemon.

...best combination ever. <3