Thom - Regret

[16:39:28] "Why are people yelling?"

The voice would have been called out from the west side of Cinderfall as the sound of cackling errupted from the nearby trees. The locks of orange hair would likely be farmilar to all those present as the one who spoke came into view. A new necklace would be drapped around their neck, elemental looking stones abound in it, and the kid would be looking very much like a typical teen, perhaps clothes not ironed and pressed, and an out of order branch in his hair.

Slowly the glowing eyes made their brightness onto each member of the group, studying the farmilar faces as his hand rose in the air, giving all present a wave. It appeared that for the most part he hadn't heard their conversation, which was good as Thom would likely have osmething to say about his uncle being killed, or about Valentross. Instead for now he would just seem to be confused.

"Is something going-" A slight blink of his eyes when he noticed the occultic aura around Asami and her movement back with both claws visable. On the other hand Zain seemed to be approaching, if only a little bit. It appeared that this was getting a little tense..

"I missed something big didn't I? Aunt why are you backing up? Zain whatcha doin?"

Its so weird calling someone younger then you your aunt.
(Thom M. Takashi)
[16:46:17] He'd look to his sister.

"I know its not your fault he did that stuff too you, and who blames you? Look, all I'm saying is that while you have suffered horrible pain, you don't gotta let that ruin you, we're your brothers, your family, we're looking out for you, you can trust us."

"We have nothing to gain from working against you, and we've shown our loyalty many times over already, and yeah, maybe we don't understand entirely what you've been through. Guess what, hard to understand when your not open about it and pretty much avoid us a lot of the time."

He'd then look to Thom and his gaze would soften, giving a bit of a grin. "Oh Hey Thom! Long time no see man. Yeah its just some family drama going on, its all good. Unless it isn't, but hopefully it is."

He'd then walk over to Asami, fully understanding the risk in doing so, and he'd reach out to put a hand on her shoulder because, well, why not. Its not like walking over was a good choice, why start making good ones now.

"Look. we're here for you, we're on your side. Alright? So who blames you? You said "She" who?" He would ask, fully expecting some sort of attack to come his way, but still talking in a calm manner.
(Yorrick)
[16:50:33] The Sarradian man had meandered about Sunflower, bored. Since he had plans, there wasn't much to do but wait. Wait with nothing to do, since no one was around. Typically, Quazla had a ladder for if he had nothing to do. If Sunflower was empty, go to Cinderfall. And so, he made his way there.

At first glance, it was just of a slow day as it was in Sunflower. It was odd; not in a peaceful sense, but the sort of calmness when one is in the eye of a storm. The floral wing of his spriteling, Batkem, twitched- there, the beginning of the next hurdle. Just barely in sight was Asami, apparently once more in some sort of situation.

Quazla stepped over, coming to a halt next to Thom as he asked, "What's going on?" in a somewhat indifferent tone. Clearly he was a bit lost.
(Quazla Mabon)
[16:59:05] Zain would listen as Thom would suddenly roll up to their location. It had seemed that the place they were in wasn't private enough for discussion for family. His first impression was that more people would just freak out Asami more. He would turn to Thom and was about to ask him to leave, but Yorrick had called him out and such, and by that point, he had no reason to say anything now. Though, he would only glance up and mutter. "Just takin' care of things."

He would not get nearly as close as Yorrick did to Asami. While he did get close indeed, the occultic energy coming off of Asami was starting to become a bit much for him. He almost wanted to negate it with his holy magic, but who knows how she might react to that...

"Yeah, what Yorrick said..." He had already added on what he wanted to before. While he was generally going to stay silence, he would then see the man roll up behind him. He knew the man from their last encounter. He would completely turn to him, and instantly wondered what the man was doing here, and how he knew where they were...

"Oh hey, uhh... it's Quazla, if I remember... yeah, that's it, right? It is just family business is all.." He would then turn back to Asami and Yorrick, watching her reaction..
(Zain)
[17:07:37] Asami had been backed up to the tree, completely aggressive. Once an innocent child raised within a cave, now a feral young ookami raised to be feral, raised to be a killer, raised to be evil only in a short span of time.

Her claws gripped the bark of the tree behind her as she stood up against it. Her mind was clearing, her thoughts not becoming those of her own. 'Kill him.. kill them.. send him their heads.. or..'

"Mercy..." She had looked away from her brothers, drowning out the current background noise and those within it. Thom was now present, Quazla soon after, but she hadn't taken notice of them.

What she turned up to eye was her brother coming forth to her and just as he was a step closer towards her, it would appear her occultic mebers flared out more and she'd swipe her claws at Yorrick, grinding in a loud screech against his armor!

With her claws, she swiped them forward within the air, bouncing herself off the tree as she motions forward, blasting a gust of wind to Yorrick to force him backwards and away from her.

Under Asami's breath she speaks quietly. "Don't touch me, brother." A light growl emerges louder now, her teeth are again visible, stuck within the thoughts of wanting to harm her brother as she'd take a step forward with the gusts of wind rose and she'd attack if not stopped right away.
(Asami)
[17:12:44] "Yeah, long time no see." Thom would have agreed with Yorrick, nodding a little bit as the boy mentioned that it was family drama. That made sense. It was likely nothing to worry about in that case, and very quickly Zain would have agreed, mentioning they were taking care of things. A shrug of the orange haired youth's shoulders would be given, watching the younger boy take several steps towards Asami.

His attention however would be then be gripped by another, a man coming closer to where Thom had been standing. The orange haired teenager blinked, looking at the form of Quazla. "I need to talk to you later." He would state, suddenly recalling a conversation that he needed to have. "There's something I want to ask you about. It's about-"

Thom's focus on Quazla however quickly faded, his attention being takeing by the loud screech as the glowing eyes looked over. Following such would be a blast of wind that also suprised Thom, and occultic red lighting surged around the boy, Thom teleporting quickly between Asami and Yorrick without thinking for more then a moment.

"No fighting. Not now."
(Thom M. Takashi)
[17:18:43] Yorrick felt the swipe hit his armour and looked down to see the large scratch marks, he'd been attacked! He then felt the winds push him back and he held nothing back, for as the attack came in and he was shoved back, his shadowflame aura would be up in an instant, he'd look to Thom in between them, he had nothing rude to say towards him, he was just trying to be a good guy and keep Yorrick from smacking the shit out of his sister, Yorrick couldn't be mad about that.

He'd then look at Asami and point, flames surrounding his gauntlet, it was clear that despite his frail and sickly looking appearance, he was not lacking in magical might. "You listen here!" He'd declare

"You wanna try that again huh? You wanna step up to me Asami? I'm trying to be a good sibling and you wanna swing at me? Well let me tell you this sister-" He'd say, quickly continuing, "I'm aware you may think that just cause I'm a Knucker, or an Adaliah, or a Larencia, or whatever the fuck I am this week, that I'm gonna follow the family tradition and just cower and take it when someone hits me..." His tone then grew much more intensely angry

"But you are sorely mistaken. So either back down, or take another swing and have me show you just why I'm the second heaviest hitter in this family at the moment behind Caligula"

And then he'd turn to Quazla, "And man, I swear to whatever winged douche is listening, if you showed up just to help her out and are now gonna defend her behaviour, I'm gonna smack the shit out of you. If not though, hey, wasup." His tone lightened, "How are you doing?"
(Yorrick)
[17:24:41] Family business, hm? He knew very well that family business wouldn't turn out well with Asami. As the occultic flare surrounded the Ookami girl, Quazla prepared himself to get in the way, but the boy did just what he had wanted to in the blink of an eye.

While Yorrick was hardly hurt, he furrowed his brows due to the words he uttered towards her. It was the way of a child, or a barbarian turned diplomat. Unfortunately, Quazla could only offer a shrug and a flap of his wing. "I'm here to defend her, but not her behavior," he states in an indifferent tone as he begins stepping to her side, vines shooting out from the foliage of the tree above her and forming a wall between her and the others.

Quazla came to her side, placing a hand on her shoulder and turning her face to eye him. "What happened?"
(Quazla Mabon)
[17:35:47] The battle begins. Marina rushes forward unleashes a wave of shadowflame but hen being pushed back by Sirus's blade. Marina flies backwards, literally jumping backwards and catching a breeze with her wings. She throws a fireball but then stops with the magic. The whole point of the battle was to train her sword skills. Marina lands gently and rushes forward unleashes a three part strike, one aimed at his stomach, a slash across the armor on his chest, and then a leg sweep. Sirus blocks the first blow, the second glances off his armor and he dodges the third. Marina underestimates the arc of his next attack and ends up taking a full force blow to the chest. She crashes into a tree. Luckily her armor absorbed the worst of the blow.


Marina shakes herself off and takes a stance. "Alright then, round two" she says simply.

(Marina Avner)
[17:41:45] Everyone would be stagnant for a moment, and everyone would just be still. Perhaps Asami was really thinking this over. However... It was when her occultic embers flared out, and she went to swipe at Yorrick did he freeze dead in his place. Thom thankfully got between the two, but after hearing the statement behind Yorrick and Asami, part of him would simply... snap. Like his own glass cieling had been shattered.

"No, no no no no... Fuck that."

In a sudden burst, holyfire embers would surround him, affecting nearly anyone around him due to their occultic sake. His eyes would be golden, and then narrowed at Asami. He could have taken a lot. Watching her attack a man and rip off his head, say she felt nothing for family, but to go out of her way, and try to attack his brother? No... Zain had his last straw.

"Are you insane, Asami..." A part of him wanted to hold composure, but he just couldn't. Not after that shit. "I don't care... who attacks my brother.... whether that's an enemy, a friend... Even someone like Thom here... if someone tries to lay a hand on my brother, that shit doesn't slide.."

"So i'll ask you again.." He would begin to flare even more. "Bitch, are you fucking insane?! We did nothing but support you. You refused our help, and yet we STILL helped you... You rip off a man's hand? We STILL help you? You say... you say family means too little? All we care about is wanting you safe.."

"But FUCK THAT, RIGHT?! Mom's rolling in her BONEY ASS GRAVE RIGHT NOW FROM THE SHIT THAT YOU ARE PULLING! I pray the day she rises as an undead and put your ass in place... I don't give a fuck what Valentross did, and the fucker will die one day for it, regardless! But i'm not tolerating that shit... Not after all we did to help you.."

He would look at Thom. "No one is dying here... but FUCK! THAT!" His eyes would narrow once again, looking to then Quazla. "What happened..? What HAPPENED? The lessons you're trying to teach her aren't doing shit! She keeps believing she's 'too far gone', when she just won't try hard enough! You know what..?"

"fuck. Loranthis..."

"Fuck. Valentross..."

"FUCK! ALL THIS BULLSHIT!" It had seemed like Zain had truly snapped, possibly even worse than Yorrick ever has.
(Zain)
[17:56:16] Everything now had been falling apart! The moment Asami would ready to lunge at her brother and attack, Thom had appeared between them, causing the ookami child to jump a step back before him.

"Fighting... She had whispered under her breath, laying a menacing gaze now on her nephew. "Move, Thom!" Her voice was demanding, her brother snapped, daring her to try him again at it and she took a step back from Thom. She had something to pull in mind until...

Asami had been snarling her maw more, scowling at her older brother until her view of her brothers had been blocked by a vines wall produced from above her by Quazla and she fel back to the ground but immediately placed herself back up.

The little girl's claws were visibly present at the tip of her fingers and once he placed a hand upon her shoulder, she had flinched away violently, causing him to let go and she began to claw at the entangled vine wall.

Zain snapped as well! His burst of holy energy hadn't been as strong as Asami's own occult magic nor Yorrick's but it was bothering, causing Asami to cringe for a moment longer.

"DON'T TALK ABOUT MOMMA LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. YOU WEREN'T THERE!"

Again her claws ripped apart through the vines once more and her brothers began to come into view unless Quazla continued to grow them over to prevent her from getting through.

'No one is dying here? Hah! Or so they think, little one, go ahead, kill them, send their heads back, end them!' Within her mind the voice rose in the midst of the commotion, blocking out some noises. "Yes.." She spoke softly, attempting to push aside Quazla to get to her brothers.
(Asami)
[18:02:14] Well, this situation was getting complicated.

Zain snapped, Asami snapped, Yorrick.. Looked like he was close to snapping. He was angry at least. The orange haired youth would almost have a sweatdrop roll off his brow, finding that the only ones who it seemed were sane in this situation and not poised to attack one another would be himself and Quazla. Which was bad.

He didn't want to attack Yorrick and Zain. They were his friends. At the same time however, he didn't want to strike at Asami.. Three teenagers beating up a girl was a bit much.. And then there was Quazla to consider. Would he get in the fight? If Quazla and Asami fought together he didn't think the two drakanites would be able to take them..

"Dang it, why do I have to be the not angry one.." The boy would frown and shake his head, hearing the scream of Asami not to get involved. Thom as a result decided to deter his descion until after Quazla made his move.. If the nature mage was going to fight.. Then perhaps so would Thom.

No telling which side though. For reals.
(Thom M. Takashi)
[18:06:30] He'd look to His brother in shock as he snapped and he just sorta nodded in approval before holding up a hand for a fist bump. "Nice, now you see where I'm coming from." He saw his sisters reaction and it was clear there was gonna be a fight, he needed to think fast.

"Thom, your my best friend, more than that, your my brother. We're the adventurers, never forget that. I know you don't wanna take sides, but its okay, we're all magi, we're all superhuman, so we all stand a chance. Please, help us out man, if not because its the right thing to do, then because of how awesome we'll look in action."

He'd look to Zain, then point to Asami, and then he would arch back his fist and quickly shout. "Thom you help Zain fight Asami, she's strong but the two of you can subdue her, this noblebright vineboys gonna try to back her up, I'll take him down"

And so he would blast a flamethrower at Quazla to start the brawl, though he ensured the blast would leave no actual lasting scars, a concussive blast of flame, heavily controlled, and as he did so he would shout

"Go team Adventurer! Time to let out some much needed aggression!!"
(Yorrick)
[18:18:27] This was bad. Very, very bad. All sides had snapped. They had devolved from man to beast in a matter of only minutes. Luckily, Thom seemed to have a clear head. If he wasn't in the middle of this situation, he would have hugged him.

There was absolutely no way he would allow this brawl to take place. Quazla's face was stern as Asami seemed to completely ignore him and begin to claw at the wall of vines he made. He breathed in and exhaling, calming himself with a flutter of his floral wing. A golden glow began to grow from the center of his chest until the comforting aura of the very lifestream itself enveloped his entire being.

With the power of destiny at his side, his mana focused in on the vines he had summoned. Many more layers began piercing their way out of the ground as Asami clawed at them, while each individual vine became thicker and stronger. However, that was not all. Vines shot out from behind her and wrapped about her ankles, extra pairs doing the same to grab about her limbs while the wall in front of her closed in to wrap her about like a spider might its prey. Of course, her head was left untouched, though stuck in place by firm vines so she didn't begin to try to bite at her restraints.

Quazla shot his hand upwards, aiming towards the ocean before them. There was a visible shaking of the water before a sudden jet of water was rocketed into the air, spraying the whole ground in shockingly cold sea water. Certainly a drenching wake up call, leaving everyone soaked unless they managed to somehow avoid it in time.

The druid stepped forward, placing his hand firmly on Thom's shoulder, showing his sort of alliance with the boy at this time. Eyeing the two relatives of Asami, he almost began shouting. Yet, that was the language of beasts. Taking a moment to calm himself down, water still drenching his body and cooling it, he began to speak in a soft voice.

"You call her insane? Perhaps you are not aware of the effects of being raised a prisoner of Loranthis, tortured, and manipulated by a crazed malpercian. You must realize the fragility of the human mind, especially in a child of her age. Even if she is in the wrong, do you believe yourself to be in the right by attempting to beat her? Listen well- you cannot 'beat sense' into a person."

Turning back around, his gaze turns to the soaken and restrained ookami girl. "Asami, calm down," Quazla says with a stone-cold gaze. It was simply an emotionless order.

(Quazla Mabon)
[18:25:16] Yorrick would just sigh in response, looking to his drenched armour and the cauldron of molten glass that now had sea water in it as well, he would sigh and look to Asami and Quazla.

"Man, this was actually getting to a pretty interesting point, like, it looked like we were gonna fight and actually work out some of the issues we had afterwards, and you had to just like try and show off and make yourself super good and stop it."

"Alright, well, this entire situation went from interesting, startling, fairly interesting again, but now its just lame. So uhhhh, yeah, this is the area around MY tent, this is my sleeping area and my living area, so I have every right to say this next part"

"Uhhhhh- getthefuckout." He'd say in an annoyed tone. "Like, I don't even care anymore, take your drama elsewhere, get the fuck out of my camping site. Thom, Zain, you guys can stay if you want. Quazla, Asami, get the fuck out. I'm done with this shit, its gonna go nowhere now. Leave."
(Yorrick)
[18:38:04] He would look over in the direction of Yorrick. Zain was still in absolute rage. He would wonder what would happen if he just allowed his fire to spread about him. Sure, others mgiht get hurt, but he... but... it was then that his eyes would lose their golden shade, and he would sigh as well. Soon, the holyfire around him began to disappear, and he would just remain in silence.

He had a slightly guilty looking for a moment, as he would refuse to look any of their ways. He had still had enough, and everything he had said was true. He didn't want to change his mind, and he would simply sigh once more, and look at all of them. His voice would be soft, almost emotionless.

"I go by what I said... This isn't what siblings are suppose to have... we should have what Yorrick and I have, but we don't... that can't happen, can i?" He would simply turn around. With eyes glanced back, he would utter: "Just go.."
(Zain)
[18:40:38] The Ookami sighs, having to do the old man's bidding for today but who knows, this might actually prove to be fun. Almost naturally, the younger Ookami followed behind the Elder, ready to perhaps return the favour of this training.

"Alright Elder, your judgement cannot be incorrect. Tell me, where are we off to? Do you need to go to bathroom or something? Don't worry I'm used to aiding the elderly."

Phantom followed hastily behind Kuro. Truth be told, Kuro was a bit disappointed not being able to train hard on this day, it was all because he was not ready yet. It was wrong to be impatient and illogical, something that would be frowned upon by Asena worshippers.

Yes, that is why he accepted this. For Asena... somehow.
(Kuro Ikeda)
[18:50:01] For a moment it would appear that a fight between the five of them would break out. Layers of vines continued to grow over the old ones being thicker and more difficult for the little girl to cut apart having taken a few swipes at a time swiftly against them just to begin breaking the thicker vines.

Thought at a side glance, Quazla's harmonic ambiance came about his visage and with his attunement for nature, he had summoned vines to grab ahold of Asami from behind her, wrapped tightly around her ankles to hold her down in place.

"QUAZLA!" She shouted as more vines ripped up from the ground and grabbed ahold of her other limbs. Her arms, her wrists, around her stomach to completely hold the little girl in place. The vine wall before her then had wrapped around her body in a cast-like feature where she stood. Now she was restrained and immobile.

That's when her brother had blasted a flamethrower in Quazla's direction, but the man's incredible reaction time enabled him to put out the flame after spraying ocean water all over the place. It was cool, but it had soaked over the ookami child's head which had also been restrained to avoid her teeth nibbling through.

She had hushed herself as Quazla spoke, eyeing inbetween Thom, Yorrick, and Zain. It was the truth, of course. After a moment of silence between the group did Quazla turn to Asami, her eyes still full of anger. Quazla's tone of voice and cold gaze nearly immediately were followed.

Her expression no longer had shown anger, but there wasn't one there any longer. No words from the little girl either. He was commanding her to calm down, but she wouldn't, attempting to wiggle free from the vine case that held her bound within.

Yorrick wanted them to leave. Zain wanted them to leave and most likely they wouldn't want her to speak with them after this and it only meant the worst. Asami remained quiet aside from the grunting of trying to set herself free, but with her body and head restrained, it was impossible.

If Quazla were to leave, she'd attempt to run away if released from the vines. At least those were her intentions. The feminine voice remained quiet currently as did Asami.
(Asami)
[18:57:42] This really was looking like it was going to be a fight.

The glowing eyes of Thom even glanced towards Yorrick, watching hte boy begin to launch a pillar of flames towards Quazla. Yet for all the attack could do it would be quickly extinguished. The Sarraidan had used his water magic to unleash a torrent of water from the sky, and the hellstorm magi was just barely able to avoid it, teleporting to a tree far away from where the water splashed before instantly teleporting back.

"Give me a warning if you're going to do that." Thom said, blinking a few times and releasing a calming exhale as he returned. It appeared that hte water did the trick however, calming the majority of the people around, the only exception seeming to be Asami herself who was still wriggling and moving against the vine.

Honestly though, Thom had a suprised look on his face. "Rain.. stopped the fight? Rain?" The glowing golden eyes blinked repeatatively as if reassuring hismelf he wasn't dreaming. "Alright then.."

Though a frown did set in on his face at what Zain and Yorrick mentioned. Without the fight it seemed to him that little issues were resolved, more like delayed.. No doubt there would come a time when the three siblings might fight again.

".. Family stuff sounds hard.."
(Thom M. Takashi)
[19:01:07] Quazla sighed, placing his hands at his hips as the golden glow of the lifestream disappeared, leaving him in his drenched robes. He turned to the others present, offering a light bow of his head. "I hope you can forgive me for the altercation there. And Thom, if you still need help, I'll be in Sunflower. Sorry."

Turn back down to the struggling wrapped up Asami, he reached down and throw her over his shoulder something of a fireman's carry. Quazla gave the group a smile. "This little caterpillar is going through a metamorphasis. Hopefully when you see her again, she'll be a butterfly."

With a flap of the wing of Batkem, he began making his way out of Cinderfall, silent on his journey to Sunflower with Asami restrained and over his shoulder, hopefully giving her time to cool down.
(Quazla Mabon)
[19:03:40] Zain: Fuckin' dammit.. <turns around>
[19:03:40] Yorrick: I fucking hate people these days.
[19:04:32] Yorrick: Next time they come around my camp site and cause drama, I'm kicking ass.
[19:04:32] Zain: We should tell Maria... or others too, not to let her in here, not after that..
[19:04:32] Yorrick: Oh who cares.
[19:05:23] Yorrick: Let her do what she wants.
[19:05:23] Yorrick: It doesn't effect us.
[19:05:23] Thom M. Takashi: ... -sighs-
[19:05:23] Yorrick: Sup Thom.
[19:05:23] Zain: It all affects us, Yorrick..
[19:05:23] Yorrick: Not if we don't let it effect us.
[19:05:23] Yorrick: She barely talks to us as it is, so who cares if she's pissed at us?
[19:06:14] Zain: That's now what i'm referring to... I dont care anymore at this point either.
[19:06:14] Zain: But she's a danger regardless
[19:06:14] Yorrick: Not to me.
[19:06:14] Yorrick: I've fought her before, she knows she can't beat me.
[19:07:05] Zain: But those weaker than you?
[19:07:05] Yorrick: If she becomes an active villain, then.... then we will deal with it.
[19:07:05] Yorrick: But as of now? She's just a moody brat.
[19:07:05] Zain: <Only nods>
[19:07:56] Thom M. Takashi: .. Do you think she'll go that bad Zain?
[19:08:48] Yorrick: Oh she probably will.
[19:08:48] Zain: Anyone can, Thom..
[19:08:48] Zain: With enough, anyone can get that bad.
[19:08:48] Thom M. Takashi: ... I don't think anyone can go bad.. -frowns-
[19:09:39] Zain: Then you truly don't see the world for what it is... I mean, do you think Ken didn't go bad? You think Valentross hasn't gone bad?
[19:10:30] Zain: .. I'd like to think my sister will be fine.
[19:10:30] Thom M. Takashi: .. I didn't mean it like that. I mean I don't think.. just anyone can go bad. They gotta be open to it first.
[19:10:30] Yorrick: She's open to going bad.
[19:10:30] Yorrick: Just wait.
[19:10:30] Yorrick: It'll happen eventually.
[19:11:21] Zain: She's openly attacked Yorrick... That fight would have happened if you weren't here.
[19:11:21] Zain: Or at least, if we would have continued caring..
[19:11:21] Thom M. Takashi: ... -sighs-
[19:12:12] Yorrick: <*sighs*>
[19:12:12] Yorrick: I'm going to bed.
[19:12:12] Thom M. Takashi: .. Have a good night Yorrick
[19:12:12] Yorrick: Whatever.
[19:13:04] Zain: <Only sighs>
[19:13:04] scratched his head in a curious manner as he peaked from behind the tree. His hood only waved gently in the air as if it was tryng to grab the attention with the hooded cloak. "Weird...but cooool..."
(Vexus Temir)
[19:13:04] Zain: It will likely happen eventually..
[19:13:04] Zain: especially if Valentross finds her again...
[19:13:55] Thom M. Takashi: .. Then we'll make sure that he doesn't find her again.
[19:13:55] Zain: If only we could control that, Thom. After that, she wants nothing to do with us... Not like she cared before anyway.
[19:14:46] Thom M. Takashi: ... -sighs and stares off at the Horizon-
[19:14:46] Zain: I'm headed out... but, first...
[19:14:46] Thom M. Takashi: Why do I even try to be a hero if I can't save those close and stuff?
[19:15:37] Zain: A hero isn't perfect. A hero just does what is right...
[19:16:28] Zain: A hero should also know when he can't control something..
[19:16:28] Zain: Or when he should just let it be.
[19:16:28] Thom M. Takashi: .. Shouldn't a hero always try to do more though? To help more people?
[19:17:20] Zain: Sometimes... you need to let people do their thing. You can try to do more, but....
[19:17:20] Zain: That situation that just happened...
[19:18:11] Zain: <Sighs, as he trails off> You should have just let it happen... let us settle it.
[19:18:11] Zain: And now, it will happen again. we just don't know when now...
[19:19:02] Zain: It's similar to what happened with Ken, Thom... you should have let me kill him. I mean, you guys didn't get shit off the man... and now, my sister is out there, possibly wanting to kill us. The situation... it's too fucked now.
[19:19:53] Thom M. Takashi: -so much regret in his eyes- .. Alright..