Unlike the others, Ren's not from a world that contains such a skill as Call of Chaos. It catches him totally unprepared, stabbing deep into his brain and twisting and cracking him open.
He laughs again; unseen behind his mask, his eyes are wide with wonder, his expression almost exultant. He almost doesn't notice the injuries he's taking from the robot as he turns to stare at Crow. And in keeping with his deepest longing, the wish he's wrapped up and kept hidden, he screams, "You SON OF A BITCH!"
He doesn't hear the pain in his voice; he doesn't even feel it, at least right now. He stalks forward, buoyed by a wave of stability as Veles drains the robot's curse spell, and another a second later as Crow himself heals the team. Ren bares his teeth. "Are you a slimy, lying shitstain or are you just a FUCKING COWARD, Crow? How many—"
An attack slices through them all, Ren and Crow alike, and the robot, and Futaba, Ren's sister, the only person in any reality who's ever looked at him and seen him and wanted him anyway, and someone DARES—
Crow slips from Ren's brain in an instant as he spins to face the attacker. "VELES!" he screams, tearing off his mask to reveal red-tinged eyes and a face maddened by rage. Veles manifests behind him, ominous and eerie, the glowing lights of his eyes fixed, as well, on Phoenix.
Ren is going to kill him. That's all he knows, all he cares about. Phoenix attacked Futaba, and he's going to pay for it with every coin he has.
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He laughs again; unseen behind his mask, his eyes are wide with wonder, his expression almost exultant. He almost doesn't notice the injuries he's taking from the robot as he turns to stare at Crow. And in keeping with his deepest longing, the wish he's wrapped up and kept hidden, he screams, "You SON OF A BITCH!"
He doesn't hear the pain in his voice; he doesn't even feel it, at least right now. He stalks forward, buoyed by a wave of stability as Veles drains the robot's curse spell, and another a second later as Crow himself heals the team. Ren bares his teeth. "Are you a slimy, lying shitstain or are you just a FUCKING COWARD, Crow? How many—"
An attack slices through them all, Ren and Crow alike, and the robot, and Futaba, Ren's sister, the only person in any reality who's ever looked at him and seen him and wanted him anyway, and someone DARES—
Crow slips from Ren's brain in an instant as he spins to face the attacker. "VELES!" he screams, tearing off his mask to reveal red-tinged eyes and a face maddened by rage. Veles manifests behind him, ominous and eerie, the glowing lights of his eyes fixed, as well, on Phoenix.
Ren is going to kill him. That's all he knows, all he cares about. Phoenix attacked Futaba, and he's going to pay for it with every coin he has.