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Post by Manah on Sept 24, 2023 0:44:48 GMT -5
Layla
Layla responded by drawing her sword and holding it towards Erza, looking daggers at her. "No. I will not let him go without the response I asked. Your 'friend' is a loud-mouthed piece of s*** and he said something soulless, monstrous and horrible to one of the most important people to me in the multiverse. I was teaching him some manners - without hurting him, by the way - but then you slashed your sword at me, and your other friend attacked three people for literally freaking HUGGING your friend. And called them freaks on top of it. If anything, were I to use this here sword and hack you two to pieces, it'd still be self-defense", she pointed out coldly.
"You back the hell off, you unfreeze my companions, you let your stupid friend give me an hopefully good answer, and THEN I will unhand him without further harm to anyone else. Failing that, I *will* deal with you like the murderous psychopathic THUGS you are acting like", she warned. "OR you can PROVE that you're actually deserving of the trust, respect and friendship Kyle and Lucy saw in you for some unfathomable reason and stop acting like a bunch of rabid dogs over anyone doing something you don't like." 30 (Sup-Ef) in Yonko (Brawling, Swords, Inhuman power) +7 from the Dawn Blade; 25 to keep holding Natsu there; 12 in defense. (Total ph.defense: 33)
9 in Statecraft (Intimidate, Yonko) to hit Erza and Gray with some harsh truths about how they're the ones messing with us as opposed to the other way around and that I'm not afraid to respond accordingly if they press the matter.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Sept 24, 2023 0:57:17 GMT -5
"Natsu! Gray! Erza! Knock it off!" A young man of around 16 said to the trio. "I'm very sorry Miss, my friends are just a bit too protective... My brother has... history with this guild not too pleasent."
"It's alright Mom." Travis said. "I admit I was not on my best behavior when I met this guild in the past."
"Mom..." Kyle said. "So you're Layla-san. I see why my brother went nuts as he did without you." The redheaded boy said.
"Kyle!" Henrietta phased through the ice and hugged him. "My sweet baby boy! I missed you so much."
"Gah! I'm sorry Miss, who are you again."
James just laughed. "That's our Mom kid. Or at least her spirit form."
Erza sighed and put away her sword. "My apologies. I saw you attack Natsu, and overeacted." She admitted.
"Sorry about that." Gray said undoing the ice revealing two logs. One with "Dear Fairy Tail" written on it, and the other with a picture of a Butt drawn on it. "The hell?"
"Hey! Whoever you are, at least pay for my drinks first!" A woman's voice echoed in the guild. Followed by the twins' laughter.
"Natsu. Whatever you said or did to make this woman angry apologize for it right now." Erza ordered.
"Fine fine. I'm sorry." He said. "I'm sorry you didn't leave that murderous psycho piece of s*** to die in the streets like the freak he-"
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Post by Manah on Sept 24, 2023 1:09:19 GMT -5
Layla
Glaring into his soul, she downright gabbed him and yeeted the little bastard high up into the sky. At which point she took a deep breath and turned to Erza. "...Tell me. Will he survive a max velocity fall, or do I need to catch him?" she asked very matter-of-factly. 28 (Sup-Ef) in Yonko; 26 to effing chuck Natsu into the sky. 2 in control to make sure he doesn't, say, exit the atmosphere or something equally immediately lethal.
If Erza says he'll survive the fall, then that's where Layla'll stop caring. If she says he wouldn't, Layla will go catch him next panel, lol.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Sept 24, 2023 1:15:25 GMT -5
"He's survived worse." Erza admitted with a sigh. "Kyle, this is a family afair right? I'll leave them to you." She said. "Gray, Wendy, go back inside, and get... those two out of there. I have to go make sure Natsu doesn't die." She and swapping her armor and flying off.
"Alright. Good luck Kyle... You're gonna need it." Gray said leaving.
"Bye Kyle. Come back soon." Wendy said before turning to Travis. "Bye Travis. I'm glad you have a family again, and are doing better."
"Thanks Wendy, from you that means a lot." He said as the blunette left.
a minute later Janet and Clara were sent flying back out of the Guild Hall.
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Post by Manah on Sept 24, 2023 1:22:10 GMT -5
Layla
"Ultimately... it was nice to meet you, Erza-san. And a pleasure to meet you, Wendy-chan. Please take care. You too, Gray-san", she said, now that the tension was gone.
"And here we have Kyle... it is good to see you again. Though I suppose you were quite young when we last saw each other. I'm glad to have you back with us", she said warmly.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Sept 24, 2023 1:48:38 GMT -5
"Whoa whoa whoa." Kyle said backing off. "I just came back to this guild. I'm not going back with anyone else."
"Kyle... we're your famil-" Henrietta began.
"This guild is my family!" Kyle yelled.
"Don't yell at me. I'm your mother-"
"If you're my mother, where the hell were you the last 13 years of my life?" Kyle asked. "Where were you when my brother repeatedly tried to kill my friends, and called them monsters!?" He yelled. "Where were you when Kylie." He trailed off.
"Kyle I swear it's not that simple I..." Henrietta tried to reason but nothing came out.
"You know what happened to Kylie?" James asked.
"I saw her at Tenrou... She serves Zeref now." He said. "She worships him like her brother."
"Kyle... We'll get her back too." Travis said. "We can be a family again. Just like old-"
"ENOUGH ABOUT OLD TIMES!!!" Kyle roared. "God dammit Travis. You are always harping on the past! You're obsessed with it! You'd make love to it if you could! You think I can't smell the necromancy, and human sacrifice at work here?!" He asked. "You can't let go! You just have to have things back no matter the cost. It what's leads you to pervert magic the way you do!" He said. "Just let the past die for once. I did that, and found happiness with a new family. Why won't you?" He said leaving as Henrietta broke down in tears.
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Post by Manah on Sept 24, 2023 2:14:46 GMT -5
Layla
"...Well nevermind then" Layla said, sighing as she moved to hug Henrietta. "It IS not that simple. It was NOT your fault if you died and could not be there", she said comfortingly. Kyle was being unbelievably unfair to his mother at the very least, but it wasn't Layla's place to get in what was way more their business than hers.
As for what Travis had done to earn his ire, that was between them, but as far as she was concerned... maybe he had his reasons, but he was being an ass to his older brother by acting all holier-than-thou as though his path was the only valid one, which was BS as far as she was concerned. Wanting the past back when the past had been beautiful was far from a ridiculous thing to desire, especially if one had access to the means to do it.
Had Travis not brought her back, her life would have only ended tragically and she would never have been there again for her beloved children. If that required necromancy and the sacrifice of a criminal like Big Mom, then necromancy and that sacrifice had been good things as far as she cared. Still... she could not blame Kyle fully as she didn't know the whole story, and this was a huge deal for everyone involved, so emotions flaring up were not surprising. She had no idea whether or not Kyle would come around and rething his opinions on this matter, and she couldn't do much about that.
"It'll be okay", she said softly as she held Henrietta close.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Sept 24, 2023 2:30:31 GMT -5
Henrietta just began crying into you as Janet, Clara, and James were all shaking with anger.
Travis meanwhile just looked at the ground... empty.... dejected.... Then he began to take out a gun, and just stare at it with an empty look... almost like he was thinking about...
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Post by Manah on Sept 24, 2023 2:42:03 GMT -5
Layla
Layla teared up as she stared at him, but she nonetheless acted, shooting out chakra threads to grab the gun and force it out of his hand. "...You'll have to kill me first before I ever let you harm our beloved son", Layla said firmly at the son in question while she still held his mother close.
"Have you really come all this way to just throw it all away when you've gotten so many of us back, just because one of us failed to meet your expectations, Travis? When you have so many of us who love you with all our hearts, some of us more than anything?" she asked. 19 (Ef) in Chakra Threads +3 from Targeting, all 22 to grab the gun and toss it away from Travis.
9 in Statecraft (Kind and caring, Compassionate, Loving mother) to get Travis back from the abyss he's losing himself in.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Sept 24, 2023 17:56:38 GMT -5
Travis just fell to his knees and began sobbing.
"People don't need to see this." James said. "I'm calling a beam back." He said as you were all back in the transporter room.
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Post by Manah on Sept 24, 2023 18:09:07 GMT -5
Layla
"Good call", the blonde pirate/kunoichi/mom said as she moved to Travis' side along with Henrietta to hug them both at once. "...You deserve better than you're giving yourself, Travis. Don't let his words get to you that much, his viewpoint is not an absolute truth, even if he believes it. I, for one, am extremely grateful for you going out of your way to bring me back so I could live with you again", she said comfortingly. Gently embracing both him and his mom.
9 in Statecraft to comfort Travis too.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Sept 24, 2023 19:47:45 GMT -5
They both kept blubbering and blubbering.
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Post by Manah on Sept 24, 2023 20:12:31 GMT -5
Layla
"I... think we should probably get them to bed. I'll take care of Henrietta, but I don't want Travis to be alone either. We'll need to tell his girlfriends he needs them and their support right now", she suggested to the others.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Sept 25, 2023 0:58:42 GMT -5
"Already on it." James said as the girls picked him up and helped him back to rest.
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Post by Manah on Sept 25, 2023 1:21:10 GMT -5
Layla
Layla nodded as she helped Henrietta back to her room and gently helped her to bed, removing her footwear and anything making her uncomfortable, before taking off her own and joining her to hold her close.
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