I didn't--[Except that he did. He could have continued to hold off and not followed through with it. He could have ignored it a little longer, hoped that someone else would step up to the plate.
But desperate times and desperate measures means he's mapped out an entire plan on how to kill the girl he feels more affection for than he should.]
...the hero side is losing. You know this is a numbers game. We're losing too many of them from that faction and not enough of them are doing what they need to do. [And his voice cracks a little.] I have to help.
[Yona shakes her head again, not wanting to accept it - to accept any of this.]
Is this... b-because I did too many of my objectives?
[She's done a lot more of them than the others, she knows. And there's been a lot more villain ink dropped into that inkpot every week. ...is this her fault? Does he have to kill her because she's helped draw the villains too far ahead of the heroes?]
I won't finish any of them anymore. So-- so please, don't...
I'm not using a wish to save myself, but nobody's going to suspect that I killed my own partner either. It's...maybe the cleanest kill I'll have this whole game and it's the one I wanted to do the least.
[She can't look at him, because if she does, she'll start sobbing. She's already crying, but... she's managing to keep it together enough to talk, at least for now.
...
It would be so easy to transform here - to become the Beast. Maybe she could overpower him that way, and stay alive just a little longer. But the thought of fighting him makes her feel sick, and she has to put a hand out to the galss wall to steady herself.]
[Yona shakes her head a little uselessly. This is because she's the Beast, then... what if she hadn't told him her title? If she'd kept it a secret, like she'd planned to at the beginning of the game?
But there's no way of changing what happened.]
Y-you know I can't just let this happen, right? I have to... I have to try to get home.
I know. [There's a deep, rattling breath.] Yona, I promise I'll get you home after this. We'll figure it out. Just...please don't make this harder than it has to be.
What else am I supposed to do? [Watching her cry just makes him want to cry even if he refuses to, hand curling into the sleeve of his sweater. It balances the dagger he's hiding and it's a grip on reality he sorely needs.] How else am I supposed to help?
[She should run. She doesn't know where she should run to, and her legs are shaking maybe too much for her to actually be able to make a break for it, but she can't stay here. It's not safe anymore.
At Hiro's side is supposed to be one of the safest places in the castle, because they're partners in more ways than one, but it's not.]
...if I could change how this was supposed to go, I would. You have to know that. This isn't something I would do if I didn't have to. [It's not safe for either of them which really isn't fair. He's quiet and still before he shakes his sleeve, the dagger falling into his grip.]
[the mood whiplash of writing the last tag and then writing this one is real
anyway, yona swallows hard as the dagger falls into his hand, and her gaze drops from his face to the blade. ...this is really happening, isn't it? he'll probably be able to see the moment when she realizes she won't be able to change his mind - her expression falls, and she takes a deep, shaky breath.]
[what he's just asked is the real loaded question here. yona wishes she had an answer to that, but... she really doesn't. she can't bring herself to nod or say "yes," but she can't quite bring herself to say she doesn't trust him, either]
[Yona's eyes lock on the vial for a few long moments, and she swallows hard. If he's telling the truth, then it really will make this easier, won't it?
No. [It's nothing like that, not really.] I wanted to give it to you to keep you safe in case something else happened to you. I didn't think it would be me when I initially made the thing.
[How much she wants to believe that he's telling the truth is written all over her face. She takes a shaky breath and reaches out for the vial, her fingertips brushing against his before she takes it and uncaps it.
One more second to consider it, and then she brings it to her lips and chugs it with one gulp.]
[It should begin to work in ten seconds, maybe less. He tested it and reworked it and made sure it was perfect. He just never thought it would be used like this. He watches her, dagger dropping out of his sleeve and into his hand as he takes a deep breath.]
...I'll do everything I can to bring you back after this. I promise.
[It's all he says before he approaches, taking her by the arm to hold her still before it's a swift and steady stab to the chest.]
[It doesn't hurt. Hiro's concoction does its job well. It's not pain that causes Yona's breath to catch, and it's not pain that causes her to cry. It's the knowledge that there really isn't anything either of them can do to change this outcome that hurts the most.
There's something really terrifying about looking down and seeing her blood spilling out over the dagger, something distinctly wrong about her blood on his hands.]
Don't make promises you can't keep.
[Those are some pretty terrible last words.
Unfortunately, since she's gone numb, she doesn't realize that they will be her last words until they're out - and until, a moment later, she goes limp.]
I can't afford not to keep this one. [It's whispered, maybe, and he doesn't try to get her to talk any more than that. Her blood flows over his hand and down the dagger and he's excited the potion worked even if the act fills his stomach with dread.
He knows what will happen next. He'll receive a coin. He'll receive a wish. He'll have completed his objective and played right into the game. But in the end...he had to convince himself it would be worth it.
Maybe someday he'll believe it.
She goes limp in his arms and he chokes on a sob, letting the knife drop instead of her body and holding her up to continue looking at her. After a few moments, he sinks to the ground with her, sitting in the dirt and ignoring the way the blood smears over his clothes and his hands.
Who cares anymore. He did his part...let them come and find him.]
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But desperate times and desperate measures means he's mapped out an entire plan on how to kill the girl he feels more affection for than he should.]
...the hero side is losing. You know this is a numbers game. We're losing too many of them from that faction and not enough of them are doing what they need to do. [And his voice cracks a little.] I have to help.
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Is this... b-because I did too many of my objectives?
[She's done a lot more of them than the others, she knows. And there's been a lot more villain ink dropped into that inkpot every week. ...is this her fault? Does he have to kill her because she's helped draw the villains too far ahead of the heroes?]
I won't finish any of them anymore. So-- so please, don't...
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...it's because I haven't completed mine.
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[She doesn't understand. She just doesn't understand.]
Our lives are bound together. If I die, you will too... then they'll have lost another hero.
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Don't you get it? You are my objective. You always have been.
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[Oh. Wait, no. If he gets away with it, then... She swallows hard.]
...you're going to use a wish. You really will be fine if I die. ...you never needed me at all, did you?
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I'm not using a wish to save myself, but nobody's going to suspect that I killed my own partner either. It's...maybe the cleanest kill I'll have this whole game and it's the one I wanted to do the least.
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[She can't look at him, because if she does, she'll start sobbing. She's already crying, but... she's managing to keep it together enough to talk, at least for now.
...
It would be so easy to transform here - to become the Beast. Maybe she could overpower him that way, and stay alive just a little longer. But the thought of fighting him makes her feel sick, and she has to put a hand out to the galss wall to steady herself.]
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...I wish you weren't the Beast. This would make everything so much easier. [He has to be pragmatic about this or he'll fall apart, too.]
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But there's no way of changing what happened.]
Y-you know I can't just let this happen, right? I have to... I have to try to get home.
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Please... please don't do this.
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[She should run. She doesn't know where she should run to, and her legs are shaking maybe too much for her to actually be able to make a break for it, but she can't stay here. It's not safe anymore.
At Hiro's side is supposed to be one of the safest places in the castle, because they're partners in more ways than one, but it's not.]
...please...
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...I promise I'll make this fast.
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anyway, yona swallows hard as the dagger falls into his hand, and her gaze drops from his face to the blade. ...this is really happening, isn't it? he'll probably be able to see the moment when she realizes she won't be able to change his mind - her expression falls, and she takes a deep, shaky breath.]
Is... is it going to hurt?
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Do you trust me still? After all of this?
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[what he's just asked is the real loaded question here. yona wishes she had an answer to that, but... she really doesn't. she can't bring herself to nod or say "yes," but she can't quite bring herself to say she doesn't trust him, either]
...I want to.
["but..."]
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I made something in the lab a week or two ago. It should help make everything go numb so you can't feel anything at all.
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...but, on the other hand...]
You've been planning this for that long...?
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One more second to consider it, and then she brings it to her lips and chugs it with one gulp.]
...make it quick, please.
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...I'll do everything I can to bring you back after this. I promise.
[It's all he says before he approaches, taking her by the arm to hold her still before it's a swift and steady stab to the chest.]
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[It doesn't hurt. Hiro's concoction does its job well. It's not pain that causes Yona's breath to catch, and it's not pain that causes her to cry. It's the knowledge that there really isn't anything either of them can do to change this outcome that hurts the most.
There's something really terrifying about looking down and seeing her blood spilling out over the dagger, something distinctly wrong about her blood on his hands.]
Don't make promises you can't keep.
[Those are some pretty terrible last words.
Unfortunately, since she's gone numb, she doesn't realize that they will be her last words until they're out - and until, a moment later, she goes limp.]
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He knows what will happen next. He'll receive a coin. He'll receive a wish. He'll have completed his objective and played right into the game. But in the end...he had to convince himself it would be worth it.
Maybe someday he'll believe it.
She goes limp in his arms and he chokes on a sob, letting the knife drop instead of her body and holding her up to continue looking at her. After a few moments, he sinks to the ground with her, sitting in the dirt and ignoring the way the blood smears over his clothes and his hands.
Who cares anymore. He did his part...let them come and find him.]