07-21-2018, 01:41 PM
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[b]☾ IOTA [abbr="speech; self-reference; thoughts"]x[/abbr] info [abbr="attacks"]x[/abbr] MEDIC ☾
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The tense air around the two felines followed in wake of an ear-piercing silence that seemed to last centuries. Iota could not take her eyes off of the other feline, maw agape as she observed every part of the kitsune that faced her. The deep blue of the pelt, the ivy of their eyes, the vastness of their wings. The absence of one of her tails. It really was her. She was speechless, breathless, as the two childhood friends could not help but to blink at one another as the tense atmosphere weighed down on top of them. The only sound around them was the summer wind against the larkspurs and the blossoms as they waved in unison, giving motion to what otherwise would be seen as a moment completely frozen in time.
As the kitsune muttered her former code -- 002 -- it felt as though every hair on her pelt stood on end. She recognized her, despite her many changes in appearance. Sunset eyes were met with the horizon of tears as they clouded her eyes. She was in disbelief: not only was her best, and only, childhood friend alive, but even after everything she went through, she felt no judgment whatsoever. It was the same 015 she knew, the same 015 she loved.
"015 ... Is that really you?" Even upon confirming the presence of then other former lab subject, she was still in complete disbelief. Was this all some sort of mindgame that the universe had placed upon her? Or was it really the kitsune she had grown to love? She didn't care. The ocean of tears that had welled up in her eyes suddenly flowed like rivers down pastel pink cheeks as the feline approached the eight-tailed that had sat parallel to her, almost defensively. She brushed against Delphi, embracing her and exchanging the warmth she had felt earlier. Her mind and heart felt as if they were about to explode. She sobbed into the chest of the kitsune.
"I can't believe it's really you ..."
Her head made contact with the cold piece of metal that coalesced around the neck of the kitsune in a ring-like fashion. The chilling steel sent shocks down her body as she expected the warm embrace of her friend instead. Sniffling and retaining the urge to sob even more, she recoiled. "You even kept on your collar ..." She sat for a moment. That thing couldn't have been comfortable on her. She unsheathed a single claw, wincing as it exited her paw, and jimmied it against a rusted hinge of the collar in an attempt to break her loose from its grip. Finally, with a click, a screw came loose, the hinge falling apart like an eggshell. The ring of steel crashed into the ground before them.
"There. Now this will feel a bit better."
She, once again, pushed herself against the kitsune, embracing her with all of her love. She breathed in her scent, taking it all in. She smelled of the Laboratory, yes, but she smelled of the past she used to hold dear to her heart, the part of her past that didn't give her chilling nightmares. The kind of past she wanted to return to. She smiled weakly, looking into the kitsune's eyes. She sniffled, pressing her head against her chest once more.
"I've missed you."
As the kitsune muttered her former code -- 002 -- it felt as though every hair on her pelt stood on end. She recognized her, despite her many changes in appearance. Sunset eyes were met with the horizon of tears as they clouded her eyes. She was in disbelief: not only was her best, and only, childhood friend alive, but even after everything she went through, she felt no judgment whatsoever. It was the same 015 she knew, the same 015 she loved.
"015 ... Is that really you?" Even upon confirming the presence of then other former lab subject, she was still in complete disbelief. Was this all some sort of mindgame that the universe had placed upon her? Or was it really the kitsune she had grown to love? She didn't care. The ocean of tears that had welled up in her eyes suddenly flowed like rivers down pastel pink cheeks as the feline approached the eight-tailed that had sat parallel to her, almost defensively. She brushed against Delphi, embracing her and exchanging the warmth she had felt earlier. Her mind and heart felt as if they were about to explode. She sobbed into the chest of the kitsune.
"I can't believe it's really you ..."
Her head made contact with the cold piece of metal that coalesced around the neck of the kitsune in a ring-like fashion. The chilling steel sent shocks down her body as she expected the warm embrace of her friend instead. Sniffling and retaining the urge to sob even more, she recoiled. "You even kept on your collar ..." She sat for a moment. That thing couldn't have been comfortable on her. She unsheathed a single claw, wincing as it exited her paw, and jimmied it against a rusted hinge of the collar in an attempt to break her loose from its grip. Finally, with a click, a screw came loose, the hinge falling apart like an eggshell. The ring of steel crashed into the ground before them.
"There. Now this will feel a bit better."
She, once again, pushed herself against the kitsune, embracing her with all of her love. She breathed in her scent, taking it all in. She smelled of the Laboratory, yes, but she smelled of the past she used to hold dear to her heart, the part of her past that didn't give her chilling nightmares. The kind of past she wanted to return to. She smiled weakly, looking into the kitsune's eyes. She sniffled, pressing her head against her chest once more.
"I've missed you."
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