Time to FIGHT SOME LIONS. They continue being so cool and so sexy but also they are jingling like jesters for being in this situation as all. THE LIONS ATTACK. Lucas actually looks kind of surprised about this like he is for some reason expecting a different outcome.
BUT THIS IS FINE. COMBATING LIONS. JUST SCRAPPING ALL OVER THE ARENA GETTING BLOOD AND SHIT EVERYWHERE AS YOU DO.]
there is a point, however, where a lion jumps at saber from their blind spot. they manage to get out of the way, but because they're distracted by the first lion, they miss when a second one comes knocking into them.
their grip on their sword loosens and it clatters to the ground. ]
[Truly the way he just watches the lion knock into Saber and pauses for all of .002 seconds since his initial instinct is to jump to defend them—because even now, he doesn't really want to see them come to harm. He thinks of the reflections, those snatches of memories and emotions he'd seen in the surface of so many mirrors, painting Saber as a dutiful monster, a tool to be used and discarded, scorned and feared by even their flesh and blood. He doesn't want them to hurt, no matter whose lives their hands may have taken. He doesn't want them to suffer. If he did, he wouldn't be here in the first place.
But that hesitation passes quickly and then he's also joining the fray! Yippie!! He comes charging in as soon as they dive and moves to tackle them over. While this is happening the lion bites into his torso a bit... Chompy. HE JUST PUNCHES IT UNCONSCIOUS gooby stop distracting him he's got a job to do.
But he's just aiming to get them onto the ground and down onto their back, a hand darting out to grab at their wrist and straddling them so he can use his knee to try pinning their other arm down as well.]
[ saber struggles from underneath him, trying to get free. they are surprisingly quite strong for their petite stature, but it's difficult to overcome the advantage lucas has with his current position.
they look directly at lucas as this happens. they are not afraid of death, as they have already died multiple times before coming here. but this is simply not the way they wish to go. ]
[It's a level of strength that surprises him a bit, but given how skilled they are with the blade, he's far enough on his guard that he just bears down on them with even more force rather than give them an opening to turn the tide.
They speak, and there is perhaps a tiny part of him that wants to linger and reply. To converse. To try to get them to understand, or at least to say what he can to ease their travels from this place. But it's specifically because Saber is strong and skilled, because they're used to fighting, because they know the life of a weapon that goes until it can't anymore, that he won't.
He meets their gaze unflinchingly, red-eyed, bloodied, pupils blown. A gaze that looks at them directly but seems to see nothing at all, and a smile that's calm and peaceful, baring the sharpness of his cuspids.]
...Goodnight, Saber... I pray that you have sweet dreams.
[Quick like a whip, he pulls the arm that's still holding onto his sword back and slams the sword down toward them - toward their chest, right over their heart, driving it with enough force to crack through the bone of their ribs, the soft tissue housed within, and the ground below.]
[ this is not the first time they have died nor the second. it is both different from those times and not, the result of unwavering belief that they would win a fight and the unfortunate encounter with a friend.
when the blade pierced them, they let out a small gasp and struggle against him once more, harder this time, until it continues to sink down through flesh and bone until the tip hits ground. their vision blurs until they can only see the smallest flicker of the last face they see before death overtakes them. ]
Again, in that far-off place that he struggles to access and smothers so easily, he feels it—that writhing, awful thing, like nails against a coffin lid, like worms beneath the soil. Rotten. Ghastly. He grasps it and strangles the life from it as he gazes down upon Saber's still body, beatific as a saint, bloody as a demon.
A hand rises from where he'd been pinning them, and he gently strokes the side of their face. A brush of bloody knuckles against their cheek, fond and soft. He tucks their hair, now short, behind their ear, and there's a fondness in that gesture, as well.
In the back of his mind, somewhere soft and faint, he prays for Saber's safe passage. This kind person, always giving him the bigger half of the snacks they share, always offering their company and comfort, always accepting his silly gifts. Another thought floats by, lazy and drifting, that it will be lonely to not see them tomorrow when the dawn breaks. It will be lonely for him, and for others who hold them dear, but what must be done simply must be done.
And then, he's tearing the blade back up and out of their body and rising to stand. He leaves Saber and their blade where they've fallen; peaceful at heart, still in mind.]
Edited (adds more actually its death we can be dramatic) 2025-03-20 06:54 (UTC)
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Time to FIGHT SOME LIONS. They continue being so cool and so sexy but also they are jingling like jesters for being in this situation as all. THE LIONS ATTACK. Lucas actually looks kind of surprised about this like he is for some reason expecting a different outcome.
BUT THIS IS FINE. COMBATING LIONS. JUST SCRAPPING ALL OVER THE ARENA GETTING BLOOD AND SHIT EVERYWHERE AS YOU DO.]
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there is a point, however, where a lion jumps at saber from their blind spot. they manage to get out of the way, but because they're distracted by the first lion, they miss when a second one comes knocking into them.
their grip on their sword loosens and it clatters to the ground. ]
...
[ they dive to grab it. ]
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But that hesitation passes quickly and then he's also joining the fray! Yippie!! He comes charging in as soon as they dive and moves to tackle them over. While this is happening the lion bites into his torso a bit... Chompy. HE JUST PUNCHES IT UNCONSCIOUS gooby stop distracting him he's got a job to do.
But he's just aiming to get them onto the ground and down onto their back, a hand darting out to grab at their wrist and straddling them so he can use his knee to try pinning their other arm down as well.]
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they look directly at lucas as this happens. they are not afraid of death, as they have already died multiple times before coming here. but this is simply not the way they wish to go. ]
You are not of your right mind.
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They speak, and there is perhaps a tiny part of him that wants to linger and reply. To converse. To try to get them to understand, or at least to say what he can to ease their travels from this place. But it's specifically because Saber is strong and skilled, because they're used to fighting, because they know the life of a weapon that goes until it can't anymore, that he won't.
He meets their gaze unflinchingly, red-eyed, bloodied, pupils blown. A gaze that looks at them directly but seems to see nothing at all, and a smile that's calm and peaceful, baring the sharpness of his cuspids.]
...Goodnight, Saber... I pray that you have sweet dreams.
[Quick like a whip, he pulls the arm that's still holding onto his sword back and slams the sword down toward them - toward their chest, right over their heart, driving it with enough force to crack through the bone of their ribs, the soft tissue housed within, and the ground below.]
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when the blade pierced them, they let out a small gasp and struggle against him once more, harder this time, until it continues to sink down through flesh and bone until the tip hits ground. their vision blurs until they can only see the smallest flicker of the last face they see before death overtakes them. ]
Lu... Lucas, you're beautiful.
[ and then, nothing.
saber is dead. ]
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Again, in that far-off place that he struggles to access and smothers so easily, he feels it—that writhing, awful thing, like nails against a coffin lid, like worms beneath the soil. Rotten. Ghastly. He grasps it and strangles the life from it as he gazes down upon Saber's still body, beatific as a saint, bloody as a demon.
A hand rises from where he'd been pinning them, and he gently strokes the side of their face. A brush of bloody knuckles against their cheek, fond and soft. He tucks their hair, now short, behind their ear, and there's a fondness in that gesture, as well.
In the back of his mind, somewhere soft and faint, he prays for Saber's safe passage. This kind person, always giving him the bigger half of the snacks they share, always offering their company and comfort, always accepting his silly gifts. Another thought floats by, lazy and drifting, that it will be lonely to not see them tomorrow when the dawn breaks. It will be lonely for him, and for others who hold them dear, but what must be done simply must be done.
And then, he's tearing the blade back up and out of their body and rising to stand. He leaves Saber and their blade where they've fallen; peaceful at heart, still in mind.]