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simulsimul) wrote2016-11-02 07:40 pm
simulsimul) wrote2016-11-02 07:40 pm
a thing; w/ ruinsprofessor & conductingresistance
canon
breached
confessed
dadly
future
grigori
mercenary
MEover
origin
reversal
titans
scenario list
canon: Kratos needs to stop running off
confessed: wing reflex
confessed: actual wingpull
confessed: turning Renegade
confessed: son meets father
dadliness: confrontation
dadliness: awakening
dadliness: illness
dadliness: a fundamental lack of understanding on the word 'abducted'
dadliness: updating parameters
dadliness: assassination assignation
mercenary: hiding in the library
mercenary: aftermath of librarian saviour
reversal: oracle destroyed
titans: storming the tower
titans: safety in the canyon
titans: night horrors
canon
- combo of Kratos and Zelos ending
- Zelos does the stupid thing, but not so far as his death, and is still the eighth member of the party to Derris-Kharlan.
scenarios
scenario one: Yuan tracks Kratos down at Dirk's.
breached
- canon right up until after Botta’s death
- no one uses Yuan’s name around Mithos so Mithos walks right into the Triet base with them
- cue an epic OH SHIT in which Yuan gets a lil bit beat up while covering the evacuation of the rest of the base
- until Kratos appears to intervene and have the Chosen group get Yuan out of there
- Mithos gets Kratos tho and he’s a bit mad cos, yanno, traitor and all
- time to be locked up and punished and need to be rescued
- kind of puts a crimp in the creation of the Eternal Ring plans
- mostly cos Mithos turns Kratos lifeless, with some armour to regulate his mana so he remains a seraph. can't have the seal becoming less powerful, yo
- it does mean he can only obey orders tho
- the first rescue fails miserably but at least no one dies and they know they need to reforge his key-crest
- the second rescue attempt (circumstances of canon-point under percolation) goes a little better, though Yuan almost gets killed by Kratos trying to attach the key-crest
- luckily that and the first telepathy in a while gets through and Kratos manages to break out a la Colette, and heal Yuan enough for Raine to get there
- after which, angreh father-son beatdown on Mithos.
scenarios
None yet.
confessed
- almost successful assassination lands Kratos as an injured stranger in Iselia (1-2 years pre-canon)
- recuperation leads to accidental-on-purpose 'holiday' in Iselia
- doubts result in a request for Dirk to make a key-crest like Kratos' own
- oracle room undergoes some stealth sabotage
- regeneration journey is slightly delayed, prompted by Genis and Lloyd being discovered at the ranch
- Triet is awkward. so very awkward. for the Renegades -- whose side is Kratos even on these days and why was he vanished for two years?
- initial overall journey similar to canon, save that Kratos is a bit less circumspect about advising Colette on how to cope with angel transformations
- there are more overt Dun Wanna Feelings
- then Luin, wherein things happen and the group is in town during the Desian attack. the others naturally want to fight but tis a mite difficult against an army and building-destroying magitech. luckily, angel on their side. unluckily, wingpulls in order to muster the power to cover the townspeoples' retreat
- questions and confessions ensue
- Colette rejects the key crest (for the moment) so there's still hopefully maybe ambiguity about Kratos's position re the last seal
- it wouldn't fit anyway, it's modelled for the hand like Kratos's is because he was a derp and did not specify otherwise, so Lloyd needs to make a thing to make it fit
- slow protective retreat toward Asgard.
scenarios
scenario one: Kratos confesses before Salvation; Raine wants to follow up.
scenario two: Raine's examination of an angel; and also Kratos realises how far he's put his foot in it.
scenario three: Kratos goes to taunt Yuan a little, and also ask for his help.
scenario four: in which Raine makes Kratos tell the children all the things, and Yuan takes too much amusement from it.
dadliness
- Kratos retires in Iselia under the name Irving to raise Lloyd after the death of his wife
- no exsphere. ageing occurs! so does a beard and a braid
- teaches Lloyd swordplay, but on the sly, to avoid the other villagers noticing. his daytime job is weaving
- Lloyd finds the box of their exspheres and wants details. after some prodding by Dirk, Kratos explains how exspheres are made and that one is Anna's life. Lloyd is too young yet, but when Lloyd comes of age (~15) Kratos lets him make his own decision re wearing it
- Lloyd chooses not to wear the exsphere
- Genis befriends Marble and Lloyd meets her, as in canon; this happens before the journey begins, with the fallout
- difference being that Colette is still in the village so they can't be too horrible, so they just demand Lloyd be turned over for a flogging
- Kratos stands in his stead because natch. luckily, they're only mooks and don't recognise the bearded weaver as anyone important
- gives Lloyd his guilt complex early tho
- the oracle happens much the same way except Botta doesn't quite recognise the weirdly familiar bearded swordsman
- he does when he's reporting to Yuan tho
'there was an exceptionally skilled human'
/brief physical description/
/did x other faintly recognizable thing/
and both he and Yuan are aware that Kratos has been awol for a while, so there's a moment of pure silence and dawning 'no, it couldn't be'
- but then obviously one of them has to go make sure
- cue an interruption just out of Triet.
scenarios
scenario one: Yuan feels the need to investigate; this results in Kratos injured and abducted.
scenario two: Yuan realises he can't kill Kratos with his own two hands; Kratos gets mothered.
scenario three: Kratos gets sick on the heels of his recovery. Yuan mothers him some more. Botta disapproves.
scenario four: Kratos recovers and makes an escape attempt. Sort-of.
scenario five: Kratos recovers more and talks to Botta, when not needling Yuan about his lack of preparedness.
scenario six: Sheena's contract takes a slight shift into undercover instead of assassination work.
future
- Aselia is Earth ~10,000 years in the past
- all is peachy-keen except the tree is now underground and the elvens/half-elves/some humans are in hiding in the centre of the planet, hidden thanks to the summon spirits
- Colette is working with humanitarian aid in various impoverished nations
- Zelos is a diplomat in West Asia / Middle East trying to keep the peace
- Yuan is a crotchety lecturer at Cambridge who's also HUGE into environmentalism
- Lloyd and Kratos are having family time in space
- occasionally the trio on Earth meet reincarnations of people they used to know
- but rarely at the same time and almost never in a position where they meet
- but then they start meeting them
- lots of them
- all in the same span of years
- they're starting to think something's hinky
- until the space-elves attack
- and then they know something is hinky.
scenarios
None yet.
grigori
- at some point significantly before canon, Kratos actually calls it quits
- the Church's institution calls him a fallen angel of vengeance
- really he's just going around trying to help people and avoiding being taken back to Cruxis
- assigns himself to the Chosen parties whenever he can, up to Colette
- ????? idk some kind of profit somewhere
scenarios
None yet.
mercenary
- when Yuan visits Kratos at the beach when Lloyd is 3 months old, he does not manage to escape before Anna and Lloyd return
- accidental attachment to this kidlet who likes pulling his hair
- three years later, Yuan can't stand to hold back while Kratos fights Kvar, so he throws caution to the wind to help
- Anna is still killed but they rescue Lloyd and Noishe and both are branded as traitors
- Lloyd is raised as a Renegade with Dad, Uncle Yuan and the extremely reticent Uncle Botta (how dare)
- meanwhile in Tethe'alla Yuan infiltrates the castle as the library archivist
- stays out of sight, mostly, but has a good ear around the politics thanks to recruiting Princess Hilda
- also happens to stumble on Zelos hiding in the library right after his mother's death
- look he's got a 'nephew' he can't just do nothing (even if all he meant was to recommend a book)
- unwittingly accidentally 'adopts' the Tethe'allan Chosen by virtue of being the only one who doesn't treat him like the Chosen
- sometimes Kratos brings Lloyd to visit and basically they're all separate pairs of exasperated bros
- by canon Lloyd and Kratos are wandering mercenaries, helping people on the sly while gathering intel to send back to the Renegades
- Yuan and Zelos are actively building resistance to the Church using inside knowledge
- the ninja are all Renegades
- Colette is escorted by Raine and by the priests
- yes the 'chain up the Chosen and drag her to every seal if necessary' priests
- she meets Lloyd randomly in Triet but Lloyd doesn't know her as the Chosen. they're a bit out of touch on the Journey of Regen timeline
- stuff happens and they keep missing each other up until Palmacosta, which is a warzone between the Desians (and Dorr as their figurehead) and the Renegades (with Neil as their leader)
- Colette wants to help; priests say no
- out come the chains
- Raine objects, but she has no exsphere so what can she do
- btw Genis got caught in the Iselian ranch and tossed in as a traitor to be made a host
- he gets sent to the Palmacosta ranch
- right after Neil manages to take the city, after Colette and Raine leave it, Botta takes the Palmacosta ranch and rescues Genis, among others
- Genis becomes his little shadow and is much preferable to Lloyd, in Botta's opinion
- Lloyd and Kratos are still trying to catch up to Colette to rescue her when they drop by
- Genis hears what they're trying to do and insists on coming along.
scenarios
scenario one: in which Yuan accidentally adopts a Chosen instead of a book from a library.
scenario two: in which Yuan is accidentally-deliberately adopted by the Meltokio Castle Knights.
MEover
- Mass Effect crossover someplace in the realm of 15,000 years after TOS canon
- except started before then, cos elves are really from Feros, planet of the cranky telepathic plant
- got decimated by the protheans trying to assimilate them into their empire
- elves objected, got killed a lot, fled Feros and got stuck in Aselia's orbit
- kinda forgot a few things but planted a seed from the Ferosian mother plant on Aselia
- Origin hasn't forgotten tho, kinda has a grudge against grumblegrumbleprotheansgrumble
- the entirety of TOS happened, and then some
- Kratos, Yuan, Lloyd, Colette and Zelos are the only ones left, but tis okay, they have each other
- somethingsomething natural space disaster, Aselia is destroyed but they manage to move Yggdrasill onto Derris-Kharlan and do a quarian by becoming a roaming ship
- mana is a variant of eezo lbr
- Derris-Kharlan's too big to use the mass relays, but c'mon it generates its own mass effect field so they develop tech to do hops on their own
- they're in no hurry tho, i mean lbr primarily angelic, elf and half-elf population
- so they're just bumming around their local clusters doing thorough investigations on all the things
- so much eezo on their ship
- so much
- suddenly the Normandy running from a reapers comes along to hide behind them
- reapers start shooting
- everyone on Derris-Kharlan objects
- JUDGEMENT IN SPACE
- so much profit and judging of reapers.
scenarios
None yet.
origin
- Kratos tells Lloyd the dad thing in Triet
- dad and son feelings ensue
- they culminate at the Tower of Salvation in Kratos stabbing Yggdrasill in the back
- unfortunately he does not quite die but impales Kratos against a wall and goes berserk on the Chosen party to the point of Yuan stepping in to help
- that is, by threatening to stab Kratos in the back while he's vulnerable (with Kratos's permission)
- Yggdrasill calls his bluff and fails, and Yuan does the thing
- while Yggdrasill is distracted the Chosen's group nail him but good and he retreats
- luckily while heart-stabbing happened, Kratos's cruxis crystal is still intact, and between Raine's healing and Yuan's mana transfusion he survives long enough to be taken to the Triet base and a refresher
- stuff happens in some fashion or other up until opening Origin's seal
- as it turns out, the mana tranfusion has fused the lock, so to speak, and Kratos can't unlock the seal even voluntarily
- only way to get Origin out at this point is to let him fuse with Kratos, so Kratos becomes Origin
- stipulation of this: Kratos refuses to let go of his humanity
- luckily Yuan already has a literal bond with him thanks to the mana transfusion, so with him as his summoner Kratos can keep his humanity, and only use Origin's powers when Yuan summons them
- commitment like woah for a literal eternity
- but hey, they messed up but good and it's the only way they can reunite the worlds.
scenarios
none yet.
reversal
~ 2000 years in, Kratos and Yuan conspire to kill Mithos and succeed, sorta
- he's stuck inside his exsphere, possessing people
- but he manages to survive and while Kratos and Yuan claim Derris-Kharlan for their base, he takes most of the angels as 'fallen', as well as the Eternal Sword
- most of his bases are hidden behind dimensional slips created by the sword - Iselia included
- Origin refuses to trust either Kratos or Yuan with the job, anyhow, and they don't have a summoner
- instead they're forced to fight Cruxis, embroiling the worlds in an angelic war between Cruxis and the new organisation of Chayim
- the Chosen bloodlines are more important to Cruxis than Chayim, but Mithos seals the seals so only the Chosen bloodline can flip the mana switch. Kratos and Yuan need someone to do that until they can reunite them, so the Journey remains an institution, just without compulsory death at the end
- there is angelification tho, if only so Chayim gets more soldiers and so the Chosen can defend themselves against Cruxis
- Kratos sends Anna and Lloyd to Iselia, because even though enemy territory, it's the safest place there is for them
- Anna get word to Kratos that the Desians are using Iselia as a long-term cruxis crystal cultivation location, and that the sword is held there
- her spy succeeds but is intercepted, and Mithos locks down the dimensional slip to prevent exit and access by angels for ~15 years
- Lloyd grows up in a town with a heavy half-elf population and believing he's training to help the good guys
- he has his own cruxis crystal as a host, but doesn't tell his mother due to the faith-based propaganda encouraging hosts not to bring it up or risk the powers not taking
- he wants to help though, so he steals a key-crest to ensure he can fight
- Yuan and Kratos plan to assault the town and shrine but Mithos uses the sword to interrupt travel between worlds, keeping Yuan in Tethe'alla and forcing Kratos to attack Iselia alone.
scenarios
scenario one: Iselia is attacked by Chayim to claim the sword, with the sword already gone
titans
- Yggdrasill captures Kratos before Kvar finds Anna and Lloyd, but after Kratos makes an Eternal Ring
- Yuan figures hell no and raises the Renegades to try and take Derris-Kharlan, rescue Kratos and solve the split-world problem
- the attack fails. a lot.
- Renegades are wiped out, Kratos is still in Cruxis's hands, but Yuan manages to escape with the Eternal Ring
- Cruxis follows him to Triet base, which gets destroyed and the few remaining Renegades scatter
- Botta is still around tho, helping out how he can
- mostly Yuan just goes searching for Lloyd and Anna
- doesn't manage to find them before Kvar does tho, and Kratos hears from Yggdrasill that they're dead
- this is slightly inaccurate, cos Lloyd still winds up rescued by Dirk in Iselia
- where Yuan eventually finds him, not knowing that he's 'supposed' to be dead
- so Yuan settles in Iselia for a bit to watch Lloyd and the Chosen
- cuts and dyes his hair, the whole shebang
- learns how to carpentry, invents a new use of magic
- winds up being Genis's role model just because scholar and magic-user and half-elf who can pass but also takes no shit from people
- is one of Colette's companions on the Journey when it starts
- he's been challenging their understanding of the Church's institution this whole time lbr
- Sheena is still a thing because the ninja have taken over the Tethe'allan base, which has survived, somewhat
- a grilling ensues
- sometime just after the Asgard Ranch Yuan does have to drop the bombshell
- about how the Journey is just a front, he and his bestie are angels, btw his bestie is Lloyd's dad
- how they're out to topple the institution of religion
- forget sacrificing Colette for the Regeneration, when they get to the seal they can do that without anyone dying
- and then move straight on to rescuing Kratos in Derris-Kharlan
- then they get to the Tower and realise Yggdrasill has Kratos under a Prometheusesque punishment a la 'impaled on the Eternal Sword to suffer the Seed's pain and watch the Chosen get murdered'
- luckily this does not happen, as they manage to rescue him and escape Yggdrasill instead, barely
- retreat to Botta's hiding-place in Asgard so Kratos can recover
- and also find out that Lloyd is actually alive
- the Chosen group goes around to make as many pacts as they can while in Sylvarant
- they get up to Aska when Yggdrasill sends his angels to attack Asgard
- cue Yuan and Kratos being unstoppable battle gods together
scenarios
scenario one: in which Yuan leads the Chosen's party to the Tower of Salvation to dismantle all the traditions ever, and find Kratos waiting for them in serious need of a rescue.
scenario two: in which being in safety reveals that Kratos is not precisely unscathed, but he's doing his best.
scenario three: in which Kratos is emphatically not okay, but with Yuan's help, could be.
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[Yuan sounds displeased as he says this, improbably. He's adjusting his grip on Kratos, steering one-handed; his other is sticky with blood. It might be either of theirs. He isn't sure, and he doesn't care.]
Sylvarant should be, if not flourishing, then at least recovering.
[Genis puts in, a cheerful front over his previous fear.]
I can feel the mana. It's supposed to be like this.
[Raine murmurs a distant agreement, barely picked up by the comms.]
[None of the usual lifesigns are helpful for angels. Yuan minds Kratos' mana signature instead, infinitely familiar despite the time apart. He's fine. He'll be fine.]
As for what was after us, that was Remiel. An angel.
[Yggdrasill was too distracted to follow immediately, luckily for them.]
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[This from Sheena, upbeat in a way that belies the fact that she just helped condemn her own world. She has some mixed feelings about that. But before anyone can answer, the next question comes from Lloyd, raised a bit over Sylph's wind; trying to sound strong, mostly sounding confused and exhausted.]
Is he okay? I mean, it didn't hurt him more or anything, right?
[Given what he'd seen of his father's condition, this is one of those times Lloyd wishes he can sense mana the way Genis can. It'd be a lot of help if he can sense that his father's still alive until he can see it for himself.]
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[Yuan knows this isn't reassuring, but he can't honestly tell anything more. He can't risk closing out other senses to focus solely on mana right now, and Kratos is... not exceptionally responsive.]
[Not as though Yuan can blame him. Fifteen years.]
...Lloyd.
["Don't worry, your father will be fine?" Yuan can't reassure himself of that right now.]
...Unless he's a greater fool than I remember, Kratos hasn't had the sensation of physical pain in years. He'll need to heal, but for now he's no worse off.
[It's all Yuan can reasonably say. He's completely ignored Sheena's half-query to focus on Kratos. Some part of him, long tense, is unwinding; some other part is even more concerned now.]
[Botta turns his head halfway to answer.]
Anyone in Cruxis could. It's usually timed with the Chosen, however.
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[At that, Sheena can only shake her head. There were so many things so screwed up around here. At least one of them is feeling some sense of relief; like Colette, Lloyd finds himself guiltily glad that angels can't actually feel pain. Then it only makes him frown a moment later.]
But something was hurting him! If it wasn't the Sword, then what?
[For the first time since they left the tower, Colette speaks up, a bit meekly at first and then growing stronger as she goes on.]
Maybe it's something to do with the seal? I mean, if it were as easy as anyone touching it, someone would have figured out something, right? But it seemed -- I mean, it felt like it knew him.
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[Yuan shakes his head, nudges the rheaird a little more directly into the created windstream. It's fidgeting, really.]
I don't want to explain this in the air, but I have some theories. For now, suffice to say that there are reasons.
[Reasons which probably boil down to him being Origin's seal. Yuan doesn't know what Kratos was feeling, but it must have been something in his mind or mana.]
There was something odd about the way his mana was flowing.
[Raine sounds pensive, even though the wind and the comms.]
I didn't have enough time to study it, but...
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What was it? I mean, even if he couldn't feel the Sword through him, that doesn't mean he's okay!
[Uncle did not say that he's okay. Lloyd didn't miss that, however he acts. But Colette squeezes his shoulder comfortingly.]
Lloyd, I'm sure he's going to be fine. We've got Raine, and now he's safe. We just have to get to Asgard, and then we can give him everything he needs, right?
I ... guess.
[But still, Lloyd's worried.]
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[Yuan doesn't often pull that out, and it may be cheating by some definitions, but he doesn't want to discuss the details at all, let alone midair while Kratos' stability is still in question.]
At this rate we'll make Asgard soon.
[He can practically feel Raine staring at his back, assessing. She's sharp, and when she chooses not to air her concerns aloud it's usually a question of requiring more data. Explanations are going to have to be made eventually.]
[Yuan would prefer Kratos be awake first.]
One thing at a time.
[As if their enemies are kind enough to grant them that much clemency. Well, their bolthole in Asgard should be good for some time, at least. For now.]
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[They come at Asgard from over the mountains, the opposite direction of its trail through the canyon. Botta's bolthole is slightly apart from the rest of the dwellings, but is backed up down on the cliffs, where there's easy and unseen access for those who can fly. They dismount there, inside a cave which holds Botta's smuggled equipment.
[Nearly the moment they touch down Lloyd vaults off the rheaird, leaving it to Colette, and rushes over to Uncle Yuan.]
Can I do anything? What do we need?
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Give us space.
[This is waspish, which Yuan recognizes there is no call for. He bites his tongue, draws a deep breath, and shakes his head in the negative.]
I'm sorry. Help me get him settled.
[Botta's made a bed up beforehand, with his customary foresight. No refreshers here, hardly the level of technology the old base would have had for support; but it's safe, which is what matters most. Yuan nods in that direction.]
Apart from that, he needs healing artes and rest. We'll be able to tell more when he wakes up.
[The others are getting down, too, stowing rheairds and checking each other over. Nurse sounds quietly from Raine's direction, and the sprites bear the arte to Yuan and Kratos, encouraging angelic regeneration to pick up its speed.]
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It's okay. I'll get the bed ready.
[He turns to shoot up the stairs leading to the nicest room in the house, unbuckling his swords as he goes and laying them against the wall as he enters the room. The bed is made, of course, but that doesn't mean Lloyd can't make sure the covers are turned down, and the pillows are stacked, and there's water on the bedside table. The room has a window looking out into the gorge, where no one can look in. It's safe, and pretty, and will make a good place to wait out Dad's -- Kratos's -- Dad's -- recovery.
[Down below, Kratos stirs in Yuan's arms at the feel of healing mana on him, the torn and open edges of his shirt revealing the edges of his wound closing more rapidly than his angelic regeneration can currently handle alone. He lets out a sigh of a breath, like his body is too conditioned to dare taking a proper one. His eyelids flicker open, but his gaze is uncomprehending, and his eyes soon fall shut again.]
Is there anything we can do, Uncle Yuan?
[This from Colette, standing out of the way with her hands clasped to her chest, anxious but wary of getting too close in case that really won't help.]
I think we could all do with some food.
[Botta's the one who answers from where he's closing the timber shutter which hides the entrance from the undercroft, one-handed on the rope with ease of practice.]
Why don't you and I, and Genis, see what's in the kitchen while Sheena takes a look outside to see whether anyone noticed the earthquake?
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Go with Botta.
[He nods, seconding the suggestions, and flicks his gaze to Raine.]
Raine. We'll need your help.
Of course.
[She nods, and trails Yuan up the stairs. While Yuan sets Kratos down she starts casting, and before long Yuan, too, is feeling the warm wash of a healing arte.]
[That's right. Yuan keeps forgetting he was injured. He checks his side absently, finding much of it closed over, and dismisses the matter again. Kratos is currently more important. But the same arte that caught Yuan is healing Kratos as well, and so there's little more to be done for now. As Yuan watches, bleeding stops and flesh closes up. Then all that's really left to do is to wait for Kratos to wake.]
[He's waited fifteen years, and yet this waiting seems all the longer for not knowing. Raine clears her throat when Yuan moves to sit beside the bed. He looks up; she points at him.]
You may want to clean yourself up. I'm sure you're loath to leave him alone, but you won't be any kind of reassurance if he wakes with you looking like that. If you go now, the likelihood of Kratos waking while you're gone decreases significantly.
[It's difficult to argue with that cool logic, especially when Yuan glances down at himself and finds blood soaking much of his shirt and sleeve. Yuan looks at her for a long moment, wanting nevertheless to argue. Raine lifts her chin a little, which Yuan has learned is a reasonable sign that she's about to be stubborn.]
[He could choose simply not to be moved. In the end Yuan goes to clean himself up, quick and perfunctory. As he ducks out of the room he hears Raine telling Lloyd to help her with Kratos, that they can at least get his shirt changed and the blood cleaned away from him as well.]
[Yes; Kratos is in good hands. Yuan's back in barely a few minutes in any case, and Raine sighs at him but says nothing more. He can tell she'd rather he was resting.]
[In faint concession, Yuan sits down to wait instead of pacing. A minute or two after that, he reaches out to lay his hand lightly over Kratos's. Any little thing to let Kratos know his surroundings are different, when he approaches consciousness again.]
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[Especially knowing that Kratos has been chained up in that horrible tower for so long just because he tried to defend the world.
[Still, Lloyd leaps at the chance to help Raine, and it's his first real opportunity to get close; but it's nearly frightening, how unaware the man is, how heavy in Lloyd's arms, the amount of blood that's on his clothes -- the fact he doesn't breathe. The only thing Lloyd can't bear to look at is that awful ragged scar left by Raine's healing, just under where his ribs end. Lloyd supports him as gently as he can while Raine helps with his shirt and cleans him up.
[By the time Lloyd comes back from delivering those clothes to the laundry, Uncle has already come back; and all that's left to be done is wait.
[Lloyd just doesn't expect to have to wait quite so long as they do. Day turns to evening, food is had, and Sheena returns to report that no one in Asgard felt the earthquake. Everyone else makes themselves useful around the house under Botta's direction, or sleeps so they can rotate a guard, but Lloyd refuses to leave the room as long as Uncle doesn't. He does remember the shackles, finally, and spends some time picking the locks to gently remove them from Dad's wrists, before hurling them out the window into the long descent of the gorge.
[Even when Lloyd starts yawning, and Raine starts giving him pointed looks, the most Lloyd accepts is kicking off his boots and sprawling on the other side of the bed. He'll just take a little nap ... just a little one.
[It can't be too long before they find out if Dad is okay. Right?]
~finis