END OF ARC 1: DAY 169-170 DOWNTIME

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[The first battle is over, but the second will begin any time. For two days, the enemy forces will remain on the other side of the battlefield, working on strategy and tending to their wounded. Both sides have taken heavy losses, and the Arena is full of the hurt and dying.

The battlefield itself has turned to a bloody, muddy mess. The elves will be asking the Army Engineers group and anyone else willing to help them lay timber and gravel out to make the ground easier to walk on for the next battle.

What will you do in your breathing space? Keep working, mourn your losses, or retreat from the horrors of war?]


[ooc note: This log takes place IC on Days 169-170/Nov 4-7. Please be sure you've read the plot post and the battle log's starting info thoroughly. Make absolutely sure that you include the day/rough time in the subject line of top-level comments, as well as if your thread is open or closed.

In addition to the battle log, there is a full-event log for those hiding out in Folkvang here. If you have any questions, please direct them to the mod post so everyone else can see them!]

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[faints]

You'll stay with me no matter what, right?

RIGHT IN THE KOKORO, ROXAS

[tenacityformed]

[god, Roxas.]

[Lea stops them right there. He really can't keep walking with this feeling in his chest at those words. Both hands go to Roxas' shoulders, making sure he's looking at him before saying anything.]

I won't leave you. No matter what. Promise.

[faints]

[ he's trying to put on a brave face here, trying to be strong...but he really was so, so scared that Lea might be too seriously hurt the other day. He knows people come back when they die here but that doesn't make him feel any better--it just reminds him of when Nakama had died in his arms.

very quickly he throws his arms around the other's middle and buries his face there, quivering but managing to at least keep his eyes from getting too wet. He won't trust his voice. ]

[tenacityformed]

Whoa- hey-

[okay, well he wasn't quite expecting that-- Lea's just kind of. stunned for a couple of moments before he wraps his arms around Roxas in return, holding him tightly.]

Hey, Roxas...

[faints]

[ The blonde doesn't answer with words, but the way his shoulders hunch and he holds the redhead a fraction tighter should speak volumes. He's practically quaking with fear--at losing the war, the people he cares about, not being strong enough...

Battle-hardened his old self may have been, until three months ago this one thought he was a normal kid who's biggest challenge was getting his homework done. ]

[tenacityformed]

Rox...

[holds him back just as tightly, one hand brushing over his hair and running down his back to try and soothe him. Lea spots an open bench and carefully maneuvers them both over there. It takes a little bit of coaxing to get Roxas to let go enough to sit, but he joins him a moment later, staying close.]

Hey, look at me.

[faints]

[ The typical 'but...' would go here, but Roxas still doesn't have the nerve to find his voice. He doesn't trust it not to crack so he just looks into his lap, hands fidgeting. ]

[tenacityformed]

Roxas.

[gently tilts his chin up, trying to catch his eyes.]

Look at me.

[faints]

... [ Well he definitely looks up. Deep down he really does want to look up on his own, it's just...hard. ]

fo;awiejf dat face

[tenacityformed]

[He won't ever admit how much it hurts to have Roxas look at him like that, so he gives him a confident smile, squeezing his shoulder.]

We're partners, right? We stick together. No matter what happens, I'll be with you. I'm not in a hurry to lose you again.

;u; HE WAS SOU WORRIED

[faints]

[ Roxas clenches his hands as his brow furrows--he recognizes that expression now, and not just from his time in Asgard ]

It....it happened before, when I thought--

Everyone was...annihilated. It said that, I remembered.

1/2 ;oawehgoij sob

[tenacityformed]

[freezes, not quite able to keep a brief look of shock off his face. From what he's been told nothing like that has happened here in Asgard before, so that could only mean-]

[tenacityformed]

...But I wasn't, right?

[there's a cautious pause as he debates whether or not he should pursue this.]



What are you remembering, Roxas?

[faints]

I don't... I think--it was from before. I don't know. All I remember is not being able to think because my chest hurt. And I was told over and over you were all gone, and it was the worst feeling in the world.

[tenacityformed]

I won't let that happen this time. I'll stay with you until this whole thing is over.

[faints]

No matter what?

[tenacityformed]

Yeah. No matter what.

[faints]

[ I hope you're prepared to be hugged mister, because that's exactly when Roxas is going to stand up on his knees and throw his arms around you to do ): You really have nooo idea how badly he needed you here ]

[tenacityformed]

[he's prepared , wrapping his arms around Roxas tightly. There's not much he can do to alleviate his fears except to do whatever it takes to make good on that promise.]

I've got you.

[faints]

[ And for now this is alright. It's just the reassurance, the feel of Lea actually being there that Roxas needs; his hands will clutch at the taller's shirt and he'll sniff a bit, but he doesn't let him cry and just stays there for several long moments ]

[tenacityformed]

[isn't in a hurry to let him go, just as content to keep him close until Roxas is ready to pull away.]

[faints]

[ That might be a while :c but-- ]

...I'm sorry.

[tenacityformed]

For what?

[faints]

For not being stronger.

[tenacityformed]

Stop it. It'll come. You just gotta keep going.