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Post by Aurora Arctos on Dec 29, 2019 20:47:22 GMT -6
Aurora's face screwed up, eyes closed as she sat within the centre of the Mountain's Heart in a meditative pose. The Arcosian was in her suppressed form as she did her best to try and enter that same meditative state she could almost grab most of the time, yet... well. Recent events, specifically those upon Brench, kept interrupting her. Memories of meeting the two that beat her down, of their argument, of what she had almost done... they tortured her. Aurora knew what she had done was wrong. They may have been soldiers, but that still didn't mean that they had family who weren't, and who would have been greatly affected and hurt by their loss. Despite that however, another matter bothered Aurora. The matter of just how weak she really was, even with all her power. She had strained, pushing herself forward harder than ever before, to reach a point where she thought she could stand up against Nashua and others like her. A twinge of pain coming from the cracked bio gem in her centre was enough to remind her of how that had gone, and once more she was torn out of her meditative haze with an angry growl.
She had long since been aware of exactly what effect that her true form had upon her. Years of negligence and not touching it meant that when she did use it, her emotions went haywire and she lost her usually firm control that she had over herself. Granted, a lot of Arcosians held a similar problem, but only while they were children and overwhelmed by the sheer amount of power within then. Use over the years allowed them to retian control of themselves and their emotions, even when in their truest and most volatile formm. Unfortunately for Aurora... well, how many Arcosians outside of her family had wings? And she had always wanted to make sure she was seen as just another Arcosian, not... not some freak, something to be gawked at. Not to mention, the few times she had revealed her true form hadn't exactly gone well. Children could be mean no matter what race you were, especially if your form was a lot fancier than any others. A small chuckle leaves her at those memories, and at the fact that everything she had just done and all the issues she was now having with her newer... unleashed form, she supposed, could be traced back to those interactions.
Still though... no matter the reason why, she had still threatened those people. She didn't agree with Typha or Nashua on a lot of things. They were blind to their own actions, violent and self righteous to an almost sickening degree... but they were still correct at the fact that what she had threatened to do wasn't right. Yet at the moment it had seemed like the correct decision. A trigger to force them to listen. That was certainly concerning, as it had confirmed suspicions Aurora had held about the new form she had unlocked. It had been based off of her true form, and it seemed that while it had ascended her power to a new level that was almost unheard of outside of people like Lord Chill, it had also ascended everything else. Those emotions that had already run so rampant within her whilst she was in her true form had only been magnified to a rather... she supposed a rather shocking degree, to the point that she had been okay with threatening the lives of hundreds, if not thousands of others. Of course, it seemed she still wasn't able to go through with such a threat, but the fact remained that she needed to be able to control it.
That was why she found herself here, in the safest place she could think of. Not even her Unleashed form would want to hurt the Mountain's Heart, and that meant it was the perfect place to meditate and train. She couldn't afford not to use such power, but Aurora also couldn't allow herself to keep going upon half rampages every time she connected the flow within her and Unleashed. She needed to control it. To... to master it. That was the goal she had set herself, and she wouldn't be making any more moves until she knew that she wasn't a threat to others around her. Unfortunately that meant a lot of practice was going to be needed with the form, but fortunately...
It's not like anyone could actually find this place.
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Post by Chromo on Dec 29, 2019 23:20:35 GMT -6
AN ICY RETURN
CHROMO'S PL: 800,800 (x4 MULTIFORMS | x13P | 176k BASE PL)
"I can't believe I found this place!" It was like someone could find this place.
Chromo's search for strength led him to the frigid peaks of Mount Frappe. With his current power, no natural environment on Earth could pose a threat to him- but his options were running thin and it would have to do. Things seemed a bit... chillier this time around though. It was nothing to hamper the genetic amalgamation to the point of leaving- if anything, the odd feeling in the air- magical, unbeknownst to Chromo- encouraged him to push deeper.
With a shriek of ki, his firey aura pushed against another icy formation in the mountains' caves. It resisted for a whole entire four seconds before melting and fizzling into air. Surprisingly long, but nowhere near long enough to give Chromo the challenge- the experience and power he needed to achieve his goals. "GAH! Why does this have be so stupid?!" Chromo whined, kicking a snowy pebble down the rocky passage. The tiny rock ricocheted down corner after corner like a pinball. If she wasn't quick to notice, the speeding pebble would bonk against a certain meditating Arcosian's shoulder. Even from where Aurora was, a red glow and hiss of energy could be heard soon after the rock's surprise entrance. She was far from alone.
Chromo ran a claw down his face. "Ugh. Have any of you idiots had luck, at least?" He turned to eye three of his Lessers he took with him- even if he couldn't get stronger, surely his subordinates could benefit... One was chirping in concern while the third had a mass of ice stuck to it's tongue- the third beetle was biting at the ice as well to try to free it's brethren from its cold confines, but only whined in dismay as it found its tongue stuck as well. "Why do I even bother?" Chromo grumbled, folding his arms and puffing his cheeks in a pout. The beetle slumped against the wall. The instinctive flicks of red ki that occasionally lashed from Chromo's shoulders began to melt the snow around him, but he didn't bother to think much on it.
He growled and kicked another pebble, but it smashed into dust from the beetle's growing frustration. He hugged the jacket around him and sighed. Kohlra was off doing her own training, likely, and now he had to do this all on his own again. Nobody was here but him, surely.
Chromo's [UT3] PANDEMIC is active, splitting him into a four-way Multiform.
[SIG] Hive Mind boosts each split's PL share from 25% to 35%, totaling at 800,800 per Chromo.
Non-multiform Lessers that might show up later would have NPC-level Power Levels.
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Post by Aurora Arctos on Dec 30, 2019 8:10:55 GMT -6
It was the cracking of ice that alerted Aurora to the fact that something was wrong. Opening a single eye, she glanced in surprise at the fact that there was no an icicle right next to her shoulder, the cave forming it to... oh. Well wasn't that curious. A pebble, inside a room filled with nothing less than Winter itself? Not to mention the cracks running along the icicle that had formed to block it for her. That... could really only mean one thing, and despite her multiple visitors to the Heart, Aurora still found herself surprised at the fact that the magic had been surpassed and that the winding tunnels leading to the cave had been found. Getting to her feet, Aurora grabs the pebble and peers more closely at it. There had to be something off about it... ah ha! A flicker of red Ki sparked along the surface. Impressive amounts of power, for there to be so much lingering after throwing a mere pebble. Her own blue Ki surged forth at the foreign energy, quickly snuffing it out before she looks around the snow dusted floor beneath her toes. The Arcosian had taken off her scouter in order to meditate, as it was counter intuitive to have something that loud on when you were going for peace, but right now she needed it...
Eventually finding it laying in a small mound, the Arcosian bends over and picks it up, slotting the machine back onto her head and turning it on. Almost immediately she was assaulted by a mass of alerts as the machine detected not one, not two, not three, but four power level signatures in the high hundred thousands. It was enough to make her jump, although Aurora was less than surprised at the higher numbers. They'd need to be powerful, to break past the wards she supposed. Looking around and towards the pillar that seemed to thrum nervously at the encroaching signatures, Aurora cracked her neck and made her way towards the entrance. Stepping past it, she waves a hand as a wall of ice erupts to block off the Heart. Just in case. Now, all she was illuminated by were the dancing, multicoloured lights trapped within the icy walls as the Arcosian made her way down the familiar corridors of... well, in a way she supposed that this was her home. Either here or her ship, and now that she thought about it she seemed to spend more time here than there.
Stepping lightly through the tunnel, Aurora contemplates shifting to a stronger form. After all, it wasn't as if she knew what these beings were, and in her current suppressed form if it turned out they were hostile she wouldn't have a chance. So, as she strides her form begins to change. Bio armour flows and bio crystals begin to grow even as more materialise from nothing. Wings burst from her back as a royal headpiece shapes around her, and even then it didn't stop. Her breathing slowed as her arm blades began to glow and extend, before her armour turned a royal blue and her Unleashed form continued forward, wings large enough to scrape the sides of the cavern wall menacingly. She followed the signals upon her scouter, preparing herself for a dangerous fight. Even one of these beings was a third of her total strength, and while a multitude of plans and stratagems were running through her head, none were going to really work before she managed to get a look at exactly what she was dealing with and thus figure out a way to beat it. With a deep breath, she turned the final corner...
Before that breath leaves her in something of a sharp exhale of surprise. "What th-" She begins at the sight of four identical, less than a metre tall bug looking things just milling about inside the cave system. The shock was enough to disrupt her concentration, the Arcosian's colour fading back to the pale purple of her usual True form even as she continued to stare, just taking it in. One of the bugs certainly seemed more like the boss, its very aura melting the snow and ice around it as it continued to lean against the wall of the cave, startling the dancing lights as the ice began to hiss and melt. As for the others, one seemed to be milling aimlessly whilst the other two were- "Pff!" A small giggle leaves the Arcosian's mouth at the sight of the two powerful beings with their tongues stuck to an icicle. Danger momentarily forgotten, the winged Arcosian stepped out properly into the dim light. "Here, let me help you with that." She said, still giggling somewhat as a hand was waved and the icicle melted way into pretty blue lights. "What are you four even doing in here?"
Aurora is in her True form, bringing her PL to 624,000.
She is also more open with her emotions.
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Post by Chromo on Dec 30, 2019 13:31:08 GMT -6
CHROMO'S PL: 800,800 (x4 MULTIFORMS | x13P | 176k BASE PL)
Chromo's sulking was cut short. His antennae perked at the sound of something scraping against ice. He lowered his body into an offensive stance- finally, maybe there was something in here that could give him the exercise he was looking for! But there was the issue of the two Lessers stuck to that ice- how were they supposed to practice like that?! Before he could even start thinking of how to solve the problem, a towering figure stepped out from around the corner.
The bio-android turned to face Aurora, jaws curled into a snarl as he stood between her and his clones. The arcosian- at least, Chromo guessed she was an Arcosian though the wings were weird- dropped her stance in a state of shock before stifling a laugh. "W-what are YOU laughing at, dummy?!" The child stammered back, pretending like the absurd scene of the two clones in their sticky situation wasn't right behind him.
Thankfully for her, Aurora managed to dispel the ice binding the two Chromos before their leader could plot murder. Chromo turned and raised his antennae in confusion. For someone so scary and powerful-looking moments ago, she wasn't doing a whole lot of attacking him... And he wasn't supposed to fight people who didn't want to fight. He sighed in a mixture of relief for his clones and disappointment at the missed opportunity for a fight. She probably would have been knocked out in one hit anyways!
While one of the clones tried to bite at the blue wisps that remained in place of the ice, Chromo himself turned back to Aurora with a narrowed gaze, eyeing her up and down. "I'unno," He sassed back to her question. His squeaky pitch and juvenile quips would make it abundantly clear that he was a mere child. Albeit a mere child with the power to blow up a planet. "What are yooou doing here?" This was just some fancy cave system in the mountain. What else would he be doing here? Buying a burger from McBaos?
"But since it's somehow not obvious, I'm tryin' to train. Duh. Earth doesn't have a lot of places that even challenge me a little!" The woes of being one of the strongest beings in the universe were awful indeed. "I need to get super strong, and fast. For... important reasons." He didn't even notice the fact that he was instinctively gripping the sleeve of the jacket around his neck, to the point where the knuckle of his claw was a little whiter. "But you wouldn't get it! So unless you have some fancy thing that can get me strong enough to fight a-and kill and MURDER back the dumb idiot w-who killed my--!!" Acidic saliva began to froth in the toddler's mouth as mouth rambled, letting his emotions got the better of him. He didn't know this dumb lady, and she sure didn't know him. "Whatever! Grown-ups are stupid! It's none of your business! Now! If you'll excuse me!" The three Lessers glanced at each other blankly as Chromo fired another bolt of ki at a column of ice.
[UT3] Pandemic and [SIG] Hive Mind are still active.
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Post by Aurora Arctos on Jan 2, 2020 3:10:51 GMT -6
It was... it was a child. Aurora had spent enough time around her own little brother to recognise the general attitude and responses of a small (she was going to guess) boy. That... was certainly surprising, made even more so by the sheer amount of power flooding from all of the insectoid beings that filled the room. Her brow raises, and only continued to do so as she watched one of the bugs take a small bite at the remnants of her magic. If its ki mingled with the orb the poor thing would have a mouth suddenly filled with ice, and if not it simply wouldn't be affected and the small mote of blue light would just waft through its skin as if it were air. "Nothing, nothing." She replies, a small smile upon her face as she waves her hand, as if dismissing the issue. It had merely shocked shocked her, seeing such the ones responsible for such a large power signature struggling with something as simple as an icicle. Said shock had broken her usual calm, and despite the evident annoyance coming from the child she was sure that he didn't completely feel insulted, or they would be busy fighting.
She continued to listen to him speak, her face losing the slight mirth and instead being replaced by a softness not often seen upon her expression. She watched him descend mid way through as obviously the spectre of something she knew all too well caught up with him, and she couldn't help the step she took towards the bug and the hand that raised to do... something. Aurora wasn't quite sure. But she managed to stop herself before actually touching him, instead pursing her lips. "I um..." How could she start this? The little bug may look completely alien, but she had spent the majority of her life being the big sister. Seeing someone that reminded her of Auron so much, being in so much anguish... it wasn't as if she could do nothing. "I live here." It was probably for the best to start with the smaller things first and make her way up. "This mountain is my home, and I often come to this specific cave to meditate." She would rather not disclose exactly why this cave, but right now that wasn't the issue and wouldn't bother to lie if he did end up asking her.
She watched as the beam erupted from the child, impacting with enough force to shatter the column of ice. Outside of the Heart, she didn't much care about what happened so long as nobody tried to bring the mountain down on top of them. She had seen the signs of loss before, felt them in fact. Hell, she was still feeling them, but for the moment all of that was put to the side as she slowly approached the only one of the four that had talked. "You've lost someone." She started, looking towards him as she mulled over her words. Aurora... wasn't amazing with words. In fact there could be a case made to determine that she was downright lousy with talking, but at the moment she wanted to help and that meant stepping outside of her comfort zone. "I... I know how that feels. The anger and the... the sadness." She was keenly aware of the way the rock touched by the green saliva began to glow and hiss, and stepped past that part as she approached. She would go to sit don beside the bug, only stopping if he made any sort of hostile action. If successful, she would flare her wings to the side in order to get them out of the way.
"I recognise that the answer is most probably no, but... do you want to talk about it? I've found that... helps. It doesn't make it go away, but it lessens the... the hurt." How odd it was, being on the other side.
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Post by Chromo on Jan 4, 2020 17:18:33 GMT -6
CHROMO'S PL: 3,168,000 ATK / 2,464,000 DEF (x18/14P | 176k BASE PL)
"Yeah, well, meditation is for dweebs. Punching stuff for practice is loads better." Chromo jeered, his eyes still narrowed in caution. The distrustful beetle was ready to either run or pounce if provoked- he'd fought and beaten dumb Arcosians before, after all. They always liked going full-power-strongest-attack in all of his fights with them, too. The nerve! But instead of a predictable, powerful attack being flung his way, words that cut through his nerve like a knife came instead at Aurora's mention of losing someone. Chromo was not subtle.
He remained silent, stiff as a statue as thoughts jumbled in his head as Aurora sat beside him. First he was confused, then tempted to take Aurora's offer. So much had been bottled up in his tiny body like a shaken bottle of soda about to erupt... But then his gaze narrowed into anger as his mind raced further. Was he being pitied? Looked down upon and felt sorry for like some helpless ant? Possibly.
Chromo bared his fangs again, pupils glowing a violent red. "I don't want any stinkin' pity, you idiot. I could kick your stupid butt any day, so shut the HECK up." He threatened with a vicious snarl, breaths growing heavy with his bubbling emotions. For a moment, his red eyes shifted to green. The three other clones slinked back with nervous chitters, their powers dropping as Chromo's own surged. The air grew hot as his power finally peaked as green veins began to snake down his eyelids. "Who are you to treat ME like some dumb idiot kid that needs coddling?! I've KILLED people! Lost people! Too many people, dead! How could you POSSIBLY know what any of this feels like? I-I don't even know your stupid name!" Months had passed since the first instance when he'd lost his family, but the distaste for his "weakness" and pity Chromo had taken from it had hardly faded- his pain still manifested in violent, angry threats. The gall of this Arcosian! Hadn't she ever heard of stranger danger?!
In spite of his unreasonable rage, Chromo managed to refrain from attacking. His claws dug into the tattered blue jacket around his neck, as if it were holding him on a leash that held him just out of biting reach. His eyes remained fixed and narrowed in spite of an ache in his head as the green on his face slowly spread...
[UT3] Pandemic and [SIG] Hive Mind cancel to return Chromo to full power.
CUREBREAKER (x18/14T) briefly triggers to push Chromo's PL to 3,168,000 ATK / 2,464,000 DEF in anger!
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Post by Aurora Arctos on Jan 6, 2020 16:38:46 GMT -6
Aurora listened calmly as the child continued to grow more agitated. Of course, she understood where he was coming from, and in a way... she felt like she now knew whatt it had been like for others who had met her back when she had first come to Earth. So raw and hurt... to see a child feeling that same pain brought a pain to her chest that was spawned from something other than her cracked gem. "I'm not pitying you." Aurora states calmly, maintaining eye contact with him even as he grew more agitated. She herself wasn't exactly able to put what she was feeling into words. It was just... she knew how he felt, and didn't want someone so obviously young to feel that same pain. She just wanted to help. "And yes, you most certainly could kick my butt. You are a lot stronger than me." She was beginning to believe that the other bugs were not, in fact, the siblings she had suspected. Instead, they were most likely offshoots of the one that she was talking to. Perhaps it was a part of his species' transformations? It certainly wouldn't be out of the area of suspicion, as there were a lot of differing beings out there.
"You are not an idiot, and I've no doubt you're very grown up." She continued, not moving from where she was sitting, hands in her lap as her arm blades rest against her legs. "But even grown ups need someone to talk to, every now and then." She tilts her head, an arm moving slowly from her lap to pat the icy rock next to her. A small twitch of her finger has the ice clear and the rock warm up somewhat. It wasn't heated by any means, but she could simply move the cold elsewhere and that would need to be enough for now. "My name is Aurora. And I..." She grimaces, but continues on. "I was there during the takeover of Arcose. I... I lost my family and my home that day. My Mother, Father and Brother all perished, the... side effects of missing a Ki Blast. Just like that." Her fingers snapped to emphasise her point. Just the very memory of it was enough to hurt, but she squashed that feeling down. This wasn't about her. "So please, my dear, sit. Let me help you." She hoped that her words would ring as true as they did inside of her.
Despite the growing green upon the bug's face, and the generally threatening stance he was taking, Aurora would make no movement to shift from where she was sitting, or even changing her transformation. It may hurt, but she needed to show that she wasn't going to hurt him or be a threat. Instead, her wings simply flexed open in a silent invitation.
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Post by Chromo on Jan 10, 2020 3:20:58 GMT -6
CHROMO'S PL: 176,000
Chromo hissed. "You're just saying that!" What else could this be other than scorn? "Y-you're just saying that cause you don't want me to kill you! And I WILL if you keep making me ANGRY!" He threatened, teeth unfurling glinting yet again. Though his power was overwhelming, Chromo wouldn't be able to bring himself to kill no matter how much he tried to tell both Aurora and himself otherwise. The pain from the last life he took was too great to relive.
His jaws closed partly, green eyes narrowing in weary skepticism as Aurora still remained calm. Being called "not an idiot" visibly quelled some of his rage. Chromo was tired of being seen as a dumb child. Sure, he wasn't very smart, but he tried and he wasn't dumb or stupid! The beetle's aura flickered, but his sneer remained. "Grown-ups are stupid. All of you idiots think you know everything and know what's best for everyone just cause you're old and smelly. But you don't." Mommy and daddy issues were not fun to deal with.
Finally the Arcosian introduced herself as Aurora. Chromo growled lowly in response at first, but his snarls silenced when she spoke of her own losses- her own family, gone. Chromo's eyes widened slightly while the sick green veins dotting his face started to recede. Chromo had never been a very empathetic type- that was Tarch's job, not his. He'd met people who had lost friends, siblings, parents, but no other who had lost everything like he had. "..." Chromo opened his mouth as the last cracks of emerald green faded. He couldn't think of any more witty threats. "Fine." He snorted with a pout. In the place of the toxic veins were discolored, scratch-like marks. Chromo rubbed his face- he wasn't sure why it was hurting all of the sudden, having been completely unaware of his own power-up.
"My name's not "Mydeer." It's Chromo." He corrected with another growl. He had been placated, but it didn't stop him from being grumpy. "And lemme make one thing clear. If you're pulling tricks on me and are actually working for the bad guys to get some dumb info out of me or something and I find out, I will kill you very slowly and very painfully." His tone grew dark and threatening. Betrayal was the one thing that could motivate the beetle to go through with drawing blood. But as quickly as his he made his threat, Chromo rolled his head back with a much less frightening chitter. "Sooo..." Where did he even begin..?
"It's just like... I'unno... People are bad and I was sorry and wanted to do b-better and then things went wrong again and..." He fumbled over his words- somehow, Chromo was even worse at talking than Aurora. "First my entire family dies by this stupid sickness. My mom, the only stupid idiot who didn't get sick had the stinkin' cure for it, b-but she didn't give it to any of them for stupid reasons. My dad, all of my siblings, t-they..." She didn't have the cure fully developed by the time he was the last bug standing. "...But there was my best friend. His name's Tarch. H-he was good. Really cool." His voice cracked. Chromo gripped the tattered jacket tighter. Flecks of blood still dotted the tear in its center.
"So then I was an idiot. I was so mad because of my stupid mom's STUPID betrayal. I couldn't take it- I-I wanted it gone. So I... I..." At the mention of his mother, Chromo's voice trembled with hatred. He had yet to fully forgive his deceased maker, even now. But his voice turned somber, trembling in sorrow and fear. "...I was dumb. I wanted to blow up the entire city she lived in. I hurt a lot of people. But my buddy, Tarch, s-stopped me. B-but I was duMb aND I-I was so soRRy afTer cAUse I k-kILLED HIS M-MOM A-AND--!!" Chromo broke into sobs, curling his abdomen close and trembling. Tarch and Kohlra and everyone else had forgiven him, but the memories still hurt when he had to face them like this. The beetle sniffled and whimpered, closing his eyes. "I said t-those awful things and m-m-meant it! W-why did I ever--?!" And to think he was hardly at the end of recounting his sad take.
Chromo wiped his eyes. One of his Lessers pulled itself close, using its body to support its' mourning leader. "A-and that's just the first half.. then... A-and then i-it all happened again..." He lost his family twice. Was this normal for two-year olds to go through? Did someone hate him and curse him? He didn't know.
CUREBREAKER fades as Chromo composes himself, returning his PL to a base of 176,000 after de-activation.
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Post by Aurora Arctos on Jan 16, 2020 13:17:59 GMT -6
Aurora's PL: 678,000
Aurora tilts her head silently as she listened to the outburst of the child. Despite her saying that she didn't pity him... the Arcosian supposed that wasn't entirely true. It was evident they didn't have any sort of parental guidance in their life right now, and she was willing to bet that the coat he was wearing was all that remained of whoever it was that had died. Such a loss... well, it stirred a small amount of sorrow inside of her for this small, yet powerful child's situation. She listened patiently as he spoke, calling into question the general intelligence of adults (including her in that number, evidently). She watched as the threatening green of the bug's power up faded, instead replaced with... what looked like scratch marks? They were quite obviously painful, judging by the way he brought his arm up to touch at it, and so with a wave of her finger she made it slightly colder there. It obviously wouldn't fix the pain, but it would be a lot like how humans held an ice pack to the wound, which was as far as she was willing to go while the bug, no, Chromo was not trusting of her.
"You needn't worry, Chromo. I'm... not one of the bad guys. Or, at least I like to think so." Brench weighed heavily upon Aurora's mind, but she did her best to push it back and to focus. This wasn't about her, it was about helping this hurt child. He reminded her so much of Auron... She continued to listen as he explained the events that occurred that lead up to where they were now. His mother's supposed betrayal, the deaths of his father and siblings... it resonated within her, and Aurora had to swallow back her own sorrow at hearing such a thing. He then moved on to the events immediately afterwards, the attempted destruction of a city, and his best friend, Tarch, stopping him. He expressed his grief, his regret at what had happened, and what he had said, and Aurora... felt a cord strike within her. These thoughts, everything Chromo was saying... well. They rang more than a little true for Aurora herself. "Chromo." She begins softly, hesitantly figuring out what words to try and use. Aurora... wasn't amazing at warmth or comfort, but seeing the sadness before her, and hearing the reasons behind it... it was enough that she needed to try.
"I can't speak as to the reasons of why your mother did what she did, nor can I offer you much aside from condolences about your father and siblings." The words hurt even her. Come on, there needed to be something she could say! "But... I'm sure they wouldn't want to see you like this. A family loves one another, and to see you so distraught... I'm sure they would want you to be happy. To remember them, who they were, instead of simply their absence. As for the events of the city, and your friend Tarch..." How to approach this? She didn't wish to hurt him, nor accidentally insult the child and reverse what little progress she was making."Tarch was your best friend. That means he was closest to you than anything else, right? You may have killed his mother, but do you think he would have continued to be your friend after that if he hated you? I don't think so." She looked towards the bug as he curls up, one of the less intelligent versions of him approaching to provide support. Slowly, she shuffled closer. She wouldn't try to touch him, but instead curl a wing around where he lay. A screen to protect from everything outside.
As for what he said about those he had hurt... She supposed it was time to draw upon her own experiences. "You threatened the safety and lives of a lot of people, yes. And those hurt by you are most likely bitter, possibly even vengeful. That's what happens when someone as strong as (us) yourself takes it out on those not deserving of it. People... lose things. Families and friends. And there's nothing you can do to fix that. Even if you used the dragon balls, the events still would have occurred. But there are ways you can make amends. You regret what you did. That's good, and the first step." Aurora wasn't even sure who she was talking to at this moment. Herself, or the child. "From there... well. It's about doing enough good that maybe, maybe, what you've done will one day be outweighed by everything else." She listened to his speak through cries, the very sound sending sparks of pain flying through her broken and shattered heard.
"Yes. You meant what you said then." She begins, reaching a hand out to stroke his head, but hesitating in the last moment. "But there's a difference between saying something you mean in the heat of the moment, and saying something you believe in. I wasn't there that day, Chromo, but I... have gone through something similar. You say everything you want to at that moment, a moment filled with anger, hate and violence. That wasn't, and isn't, you. I've not known you very long, but it's obvious you're better than that." She would then fall silent as he mentioned the another, more recent occurrence, which she presumed lead to the demise of Tarch. "Shh..." She says, as soothingly as she can. "You don't need to push yourself. I know it hurts. Take your time. I'm not going anywhere."
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CHROMO - THE BEST BUG
