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[color=CD5C5C]”Fucking get her, Leon- ”[/color] Linqian practically cheered when Leon slammed a fist into Alizee. She raised her arms to cover her eyes against the bright light, feeling the chain crack underneath her bare foot. [color=CD5C5C]”Beat her till she- what the fuck?!”[/color] 

Linqian, who’d been ready to sit back and enjoy the show of Leon absolutely destroying Alizee, was shocked when Alizee surrendered. Then she was very, [i]very[/i] pissed, temperature shooting up so that the edges of her clothes started to lightly smoulder. The smell of burning denim filled the air. 

[color=CD5C5C]”You surrender? You fucking surrender? After one fucking punch? Piss off. You can’t just come in here, try to fucking chain some of us up- which I’m normally into, but fuck, not here- then expect us to accept that?! You got fucking excited?! I don’t give a fuck. The original Alizee almost got us fucking killed, whatever’s left of her will only be worse.”[/color] 

There was no sympathy from Linqian. [i]Wouldn’t you do the same for those you love?[/i]. Love? It almost made Linqian laugh. Perhaps between Alizee and Void Heart there had been love, but that only made the whole thing more sickening. Was that why she’d returned? A strong ‘love’ for the creepy apparition? Did that mean…

She didn’t want to think about that.

But she was now at the point where it would be really fucking difficult for her to calm down. It didn't matter that Britney was questioning ‘Alizee’, perhaps considering the surrender. While it was the only thing that stopped Linqian from straight up jumping on Alizee and punching out her frustrations… but she was pretty fucking close to it. One wrong move, and that was it. From anyone.

[color=CD5C5C]”Fuck, you seriously considering this shit, Brit? I know exactly what we should do - fucking seal her. Be done with it. Like you said, we got too many fucking problems right now. I don’t give a fuck if she needs to find him. We need to find Father Wolf before he fucking kills more of us.”[/color]

This was all just a fucking distraction. She didn’t need this - she wasn’t taking all of this fucking time out of her day to deal with some ghosts fucking love for another predator ghost. She was only here for one thing. To kill the fucking monster that murdered Jinhai. Revenge. That was it. Revenge at [i]any[/i] cost. Every minute wasted here was a minute she could be ripping out his throat with her burning hot hands. She’d learn a healing spell just to make him suffer longer…

Her eyes narrowed, hands clenched into red hot fists at her side, angry gaze sweeping over everyone. 

[color=CD5C5C]”That’s [i]why[/i] we’re here. I’ll go fucking avenge my brother myself if we keep doing this [i]unneccesary[/i] side shit. Actually, maybe I should just fuck off. Then when Father Wolf comes to shank me I’ll fucking get him first- or I die, fucking whatever. No loss there.”[/color]

Such nonchalance about her own possible death amongst a storm of irrational rage. The fact that Alizee had returned for [i]love[/i]. It made no sense. It made no fucking sense. Had Jinhai not… she knew it wouldn’t be him but… fuck. She felt sick, trapped, her chest constricting as her lungs burned. [i]Why the fuck was it her.[/i] [color=CD5C5C]And why the fuck wasn’t it me?[/color]

[color=CD5C5C]”Do what you all fucking want. I’m here for the person I [b]love[/b] - not to fucking keep existing, not to stay alive. I'm fucking done.”[/color]
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Anya inclined her head towards Sloane when she whispered to her. Greenwood and 8th Street working together previously… something to investigate and be aware of. She wanted this alliance, but she wasn’t going to trust them either way.

But there wasn’t much time to think about it whenever everything went to shit - again.

Anya’s hand was raised, fountain pen glowing purple as it traced through the air. She’d begun to summon from a nightmare, concentrating fully on pulling out a grotesque creature into the waking world. Something not so big she wouldn’t summon it in time, but large and malleable enough it could get in front of Sloane. To protect her if the Apparition attacked her.

But her concentration was broken by the words ‘I surrender’, glowing purple fizzling out and the nightmare that only she could see fading out of existence. 

For the best, perhaps. She was reluctant to show off her full capabilities now.

[color=9966CC]”Sloane.”[/color] Anya quickly moved towards her friend, reaching down to pick up the Chrysalis staff, holding it out to her. She then looked up towards the source of the problem, lips pressing together into a thin line. It was quite the conundrum. 

To accept her surrender, and gain another body - but also another liability. Or to reject it, seal her, and not even give her a chance.

Even Luca struggled with the idea of accepting her surrender. He hadn’t been able to react quickly, even as Kashmira’s healing brought him back to as well as he could be… and the Rot too. As Stormy’s Phantombane aura dropped, Luca pushed himself away from Jasper, putting back the normal distance between them. Jasper would feel the distinctive tingling of the rotting aura before Luca got far enough away he wouldn’t get caught in it.

Did this apparition of Alizee deserve a second chance? Or perhaps a first one? They couldn’t hold her to the crimes of the original, but she’d come in here and attacked them. 

[color=c6e100][i]She’ll do it again. But we don’t have to worry about it.[/i][/color] 

Luca grimaced. 

[color=6B8E23]”Why should we trust you enough to give you a second chance?”[/color] he spoke up, pushing himself onto his feet with the wall for support. [color=6B8E23]”Void Heart was a parasite. I understand better than most here what it’s like to have something like that attached to you… By helping you, we let more people get hurt. Maybe people deserve second chances, but…”[/color]

He trailed off, fixing her with an unwavering gaze. It wasn’t just him - Alizee would be able to feel the Apparition within him staring too, rotting the little humanity within Luca’s dark eyes. The reason he was biased against Apparitions. The corruptive influence eating away at his mind.

[color=6B8E23]”You’re not a person.”[/color]

Anya didn’t weigh in with an opinion, yet. She would observe the crowd - those whose opinions she had any interest in, at least. Instead, she just said, [color=9966CC]”we should allow her to answer Britney’s questions - and anyone else’s - before we decide.”[/color]