D539 (before the battle) | Voice

[tonsofpun]

... ugh.

[Ellie sounds... out of it. Not herself. Distracted, like she's been hit a few too many times in the head, or is somehow drugged up. She's finding her way but she's slow, like she's having to think about every word before she says it.]

So. Question -- how many of you guys have been in two places at once?

I think I was back in my... my world. For a while.

But I was here, too.

Anybody?

Comments

video; private

[tonsofpun]

... no.

[No, it didn't. It really, really didn't.]

No, I- I made a mistake.

video; private

[freecssgonwild]

But, it wasn't your fault. It's whoever caused this in the first place. [ It pisses him off. His gaze grows distant again, eyes darkening as his voice grows a little more quiet. He has to try to calm himself again. It pissed him off, to put it lightly, that his friends were being played around with like this. ] So, it wasn't you that made the mistake! The person who caused all of this in the first place-- they're going to pay.

video; private

[tonsofpun]

Yeah, I know. And Joel doesn't blame me, he knows it's not my fault.

[She can hear the anger in Gon's voice, but it doesn't exactly scare her. It's the kind of anger she understands, the kind that burns everything else away.]

But it still happened. He still died.

video; private

[freecssgonwild]

[ Joel was probably a friend? At least, someone important to her. ]

Yeah. No one should have died. ... But, Ellie, we should have never seen those things, either!

[ It's the same argument that he's been having with himself. He's using the same logic he's been using to blame the other person. ]

video; private

[tonsofpun]

I already did see them. All of them.

... anyway. It's- there's nothing I can do to change it. We just have to make sure that we stop Thiazi, so this can never happen again.

video; private

[freecssgonwild]

I think so, too. .... I have an idea on what we can do to stop her.

video; private

[tonsofpun]

... yeah? What's the plan?

video; private

[freecssgonwild]

We'll find Thiazi, and confront her head on! Killua said that she doesn't have a God soul, but we don't know who else could be causing all of this. If it isn't her, she could know who else is doing this!

[ it's crazy but his crazy plans have always worked so it's okay, right? ]

video; private

[tonsofpun]

Wait- you mean it might not even be her?

video; private

[freecssgonwild]

I don't really understand everything about what's happened to her. [ Killua's explanations were really long and boring and drawn out so sometimes it was hard to stay focused when they talked. Or understand everything, too.... Hibiki said some things that were different that what he said, too. ] But, he did say that she shouldn't have her powers anymore.

He wouldn't say all of that unless he was sure, but--Ellie, you've been here longer, right? Do you know more about it?

video; private

[tonsofpun]

I...

I don't, actually.

Shit, I've been here forever, and all I've ever really done is fight when the city was in trouble, or if somebody needed help. I mean, I never really... thought all that much about her, personally.

[Which seems so stupid, now that she admits it.]

video; private

[freecssgonwild]

That's alright! We'll figure out more about everything when we find her!

video; private

[tonsofpun]

You think she's going to want to talk to us?

video; private

[freecssgonwild]

-- I don't know, but I don't want to wait here until we're cursed again. I want to try.

video; private

[tonsofpun]

She's not going to stop, Gon. People have died. A lot of people.

Not even -- people like you and me and Killua, who make the choice to fight. People who just wanted to live. She and her generals have attacked cities-

[Ellie cuts off, vividly remembering the giant rooms, the gatherings of the wounded and the dying in Alfheim. She remembers the people, the elves, their leader who nearly begged them to help save who they could. She remembers walking through the cots, seeing those who were too far gone-]

I don't know her, but I know what she does.

video; private

[freecssgonwild]

--That's why.

[ It's a simple reason. But, he's a simple person. Once again, his voice is distant.

He doesn't like the look in her eyes and he knows that she's been hurt, too. That she had to go through something similar. His mouth thins. ]

If she's not a God anymore, doesn't that mean we can stop her?

video; private

[tonsofpun]

Yeah.

[It sounds painful to say. As easily as Ellie pulls the trigger, she is aware of the weight of that choice. She knows what it means to kill, of what it means to put her life on the line, knowing there isn't any other option.]

We're sure as hell gonna try.

video; private

[freecssgonwild]

--Thanks, Ellie.

[ He's glad that he has her support. Though, he didn't want anything to happen to her, either. But, he trusted her. He knew that she was strong. ]

I'm glad we're friends.

video; private

[tonsofpun]

Already?

[It brings her up short. They haven't known each other very long, after all. But when she considers what they've been through, the things they already know about each other, is it really so surprising?

Without meaning to, she grins. Warm and open in a way that fits her, that lights up her whole face.]

Yeah, me too.

video; private

[freecssgonwild]

Why not? There's not a time set for stuff like this.

[ He didn't think so. That idea seems silly to him. ]

video; private

[tonsofpun]

[Ellie bursts out laughing, shoulders finally relaxing.]

Guess you're right. I'm still not used to making friends that easy, that's all.

Or friends at all, up until I met Riley.

video; private

[freecssgonwild]

Riley's from your home, right? I'm glad you have her, too.

[ He grins. ]

We're kind of the same. I didn't have any friends my age until I met Killua, too.

video; private

[tonsofpun]

Did you live alone in a hermit cave until then, or what?

[Ellie finds it hard to believe. Gon is one of those people who would make friends wherever he goes, right?]

video; private

[freecssgonwild]

[ The visualization of that... He stops for a moment. It's a little funny to imagine. ]

I grew up on an island with my Aunt and Grandma. It was mostly fishermen and tourists there.

video; private

[tonsofpun]

That sounds amazing…

[Enough to make her hungry, curious, the way she always is in the face of something new. So few people she knows have grown up with their family, let alone an extended family.]

What are they like? What did you do all the time?