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[circumsutus]

Who: Stein, Maka, and then other Villa people
When: Today, afternoon
Where: Coral and then probably the Villa
Style: Actionbrackets
Status: Mostly closed

[He drops into the middle of the Plaza, stumbling over himself before landing hard, facedown on the pavement. He's shaking as he pushes himself up, but he manages to get to his feet, walking forward unsteadly, like someone who hasn't slept in days. He hasn't.

Stein's mind is elsewhere, completely lost in fog and nightmares. The world he's seeing isn't the one he's in right now.]

Comments

[heartandsoul]

I know.

[Of course she knows, yet again someone she trusted was pushed to madness and violence. Unstoppable, relentless, horrifying.

And there was her, unable to do a damned thing about it.]

I...tried to resonate with him, but there was too much noise in his soul. I don't think he can hear anything right now. [He could hear Soul's music.

But Soul isn't here.

But she has to do something.]

I can pin him, do you think you'll be able to bind him?

[symmetrophile]

[A darting glance flits from Stein to Maka, stern and then uncertain.

As much as he wants to help her, to facilitate the effectiveness of that unique wavelength that could restore some of Stein's sanity, there's nothing else he can do.

He can't help feeling like he's failed her somehow, but the professor is an eminent threat he can't afford to ignore long.]

I can't guarantee he won't be hurt. [But he's made of stern enough stuff to make his Father's own Death Scythe.] Let's try it. Just be careful!

[circumsutus]

[He struggles to his feet, teeth bared in a snarl, and he rushes at Kid, hand charged with his wavelength. No thought, just killing intent.]

[heartandsoul]

[Careful?

No, the time for careful is gone. When Stein moves, so does she, his blind run is met with her charging into a skid to kick out his feet from under him, get him down on the ground and in a position where she can pin him.

There's no more room for making it painless, either.]