[OPEN] The end of the storm

[watermemory]

Who ⬤ The team members and ANYONE!
What ⬤ The mission was a success! Time to face the music from friends and family.
When ⬤ Just after the tower expedition
Where ⬤ Outside Kaigo no Bou, probably moving around
Content Warnings ⬤ References to violence and horror imagery


All at once, the rains cease.

The damage remains, both to the city and to her inhabitants, but reality reasserts itself, and the ill wind that's blown through Jigoku-cho has—for now—come to an end.

Emergency services have borne away the injured, including the Daitengu and the freed Enma, leaving a gaggle of people emerging into the night.


[This is an OPEN IC MINGLE. Go forth and icly rubberneck or speculate or collect your friends back home to get some rest or yell at said friends for taking risks without telling them they were chosen for this mission out of some misguided attempt to get them to not worry. Who would do something so stupid, anyway.]

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[himbosupreme]

[Cain didn't look particularly pleased with the answer, but he knew there was no arguing Shylock out of that. He just hoped it didn't show up at a bad time...]

It's really not me that anyone should be worried about. I just over-exerted myself. I'm fine now.

[He laughed, though it was a bit humorless.]

Maybe I did spend too much time pretending to be human. I didn't even realize I had magic until the last possible moment.

[breweries]

Our magic will never go away until we break a promise. Which is why we must stay vigilant in these trying times, Cain. As you grow closer to your peers in this world, it'll lead to the opening of your heart, and who knows -- you might be tempted to make a reckless promise with them.

[ with someone as amicable with both humans and nonhumans such as cain, the younger wizard might be more prone to that fatal mistake. his personality certainly doesn't help either, which is why shylock is reminding him of this. ]

But it's all right. You no longer have to pretend to be someone you're not while you're here. You're free, in other words. [ he smiles. ] That said, you should take another nap just to make sure you'll well-rested. Shall I help you with that?

[ a little bit of sleep magic goes a long way. ]

[himbosupreme]

[He knows the dangers, he really does. But he'd spent so much of his little time alive pretending to be something he was not. And that...was the issue here. And it wasn't something he was sure that Shylock would even know about.]

I'm not..worried about promises. I know the dangers, though it's not my style to shut people out. But, it's gonna be hard to get any stronger like this. I shouldn't have hesitated in the tower at all.

[The last sentence he spoke was quiet, very quiet, and Shylock would have to be paying attention to hear. He hadn't told anyone about the creature attacking them first turning into the dark beast, then a simalcrum of Nicholas in front of his very eyes. At least it wasn't very clear from the video footage either...

But he shook his head. He did feel tired still, but he didn't want to keep sleeping for now reason.]

I'm fine now, though. You don't need to help. Honestly, it's about time for me to get up.