6th Inversion [Vine - Text/Accidental Video]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[The Vine unfurls to show the following letter:



A minute or so after the letter is sent, the mirror opens to show Akiha's bedroom. The fireplace is roaring and Akiha is sitting on the floor before it. Her knees are pulled up and she has her face buried in her arms, black hair pulled back in a ponytail. If one looks closely, her shoulder's shake every now and then.

Clearly, she's oblivious to the mirror's activation, but the Vine and Akiha never did get along...]


[Sent privately to Gal]

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[grandtheftmecha]

[ ...how the hell does the Queen bleed that much anyways?

No, magic. No thinking about magic. It'll just confuse her more. ]

Absorbed? ...tch. Doesn't matter to me where they came from, but you better control it, whether you have to drink from that bitch's stupid lake or find a bunch of volunteers.

[ritsu_kouyou]

I do have a volunteer. Regardless, I will not let it happen again. I know how to deal with this, Katina. And I will deal with it.

Don't think for a moment that I like being that thing. I'm just glad I had enough will left to keep from killing.

...and that you haven't punched me.

[grandtheftmecha]

Don't tempt me, you look miserable enough as it is.

[ In fact, she turns around to resist the temptation, now that Akiha's reminded her. ]

Deal with it. You deal with it, or I will take all of what you told me, and find out more, and make sure that everyone here knows everything about it, and then I'll force feed you all the blood you need!

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Akiha's head comes up and she steps up close behind Katina's back.]

You only know this because I felt you had a right to know considering what I did to you. Do not go around broadcasting your knowledge, or I'll let them know exactly how you begged me for your life. I'm sure you don't want people to know easily I defeated you... and I wasn't even trying.

I will handle my condition, Katina. Leave your threats here.

...now turn around and look in my eyes.

[Crimson spreads through her hair, but her eyes stay the same without a single shred of the inhumane monster that had beaten Katina down and drank deeply of her.]

Tell me who you see.

[grandtheftmecha]

[ Oh, that would actually... kind of work. Katina winces at the mention of it. It wasn't just being terrified, but knowing how terrified she was that made her so angry, being forced to beg for the first time in her life. ]

I can take a little shame if I have to.

[ Sighing tiredly, she turns, doing as Akiha asked. ]

Well, I see a snobby rich girl who's got a lot more to deal with than I realized.

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Akiha draws the vermilion ponytail in front of her.] This is my natural hair color and a clear mark of my heritage. But it alone isn't an indication of an inversion. I just don't display it.

[Katina gets to watch as Akiha wills her hair back to being black, then tosses it over her shoulder.]

If you start fearing me or worrying that I'll snap at the slightest provocation, I'll lose any respect for you. I might not like you, but I don't despise you.

...now get out of my house. [Before Katina asked about the really awkward part of that whole thing]

[grandtheftmecha]

I don't plan on feeling that afraid or helpless ever again, I'm already ashamed that you saw me like that. So don't think I won't antagonize you if you're asking for it.

[ Or not asking for it. ]

Don't spend the rest of the day moping in front of the fireplace.

[ Fortunately for Akiha, Katina's too worn out from being angry to care right now, so she'll have to save it for some other time. ]

[ritsu_kouyou]

You better not have tracked snow through my entire house, but I suspect the concept of wiping your feet is lost on you.

[And she closes her bedroom door, breathing a silent sigh of relief that Katina seems to have 'forgotten' about that kiss. That was something Akiha really didn't want to talk about.]

[grandtheftmecha]

It's already covered in blood!

[ Katina yells through the door before heading out, grumbling about not being able to really let loose on Akiha. ]