6/24: veronica

[randori]

[ Throughout the day, he's heard bits and pieces about what had happened throughout the weekend. There are things that still don't make sense to him, things he can't remember or corroborate when people insist on it, just a giant leap from Thursday night to this morning when he'd opened his eyes to darkness and suffocation.

Late afternoon, after people disperse from the woods the execution was held, Natsuo did too but then he comes back. He'd gotten Dave's sword back. It hadn't killed him directly, but... Well.

He stabs it into the dirt in front of him, and then sits, a glower on his face. ]

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gently slides in late rip

[asswipe]

[Though Veronica had gone out searching for Natsuo after everyone had returned to the castle, any and all ideas of what to say die on her tongue when she finds him. She awkwardly stops a couple steps away from him, debating what to do, before just... moving forward and plopping down next to him. Clearing her throat to announce her presence, just in case he's too wrapped up in his own head after being murdered and all.

It takes her a second longer before she settles on:]

... Do you want to vent?

[Glowering in silence is fine, too.]

[randori]

I really want to destroy something, yeah.

[ Not screaming and yelling, but physically breaking something with his bare hands- that sort of venting. But the only thing he has is the sword, and putting aside the fact that the blade is sharp enough to slice his hands in half, it's supposedly Homestuck Unbreakable. It's also Dave's, a reminder that makes his glower all the deeper. ]

Do you think I could cut a tree in half with this?

[asswipe]

[... She probably shouldn't encourage this sort of venting, but.]

I think you could if you tried.

[Says Veronica, who knows nothing about Homestuck or unbreakable swords. At best, she's assuming he'll nick a tree and burn enough energy after going at it for a while. It's worth a shot, if nothing else?]

Let's pick a tree. Have at it.

[randori]

[ Alright! We have another enabler.

Natsuo straightens up and pulls the sword out of the ground, giving it a little shake to get the excess dirt off the blade. There are plenty of trees to choose from in the forest and he doesn't have any particular one in mind, just whatever's closest and gives the sword a mighty swing without any pretenses.

The sword slices cleanly through- only halfway through the trunk before getting stuck in place and Natsuo shouts in surprise and falls over sideways at the sudden stop in momentum. ]

[asswipe]

[ENABLING..... BAD...............

She's jerking up the moment the sword slices through the trunk with ease, and rushing to her feet as soon as Natsuo falls over.]

Oh my god! [Running over to him, offering her hand to lift him up.] Are you okay?!

[randori]

[ He sits up in a daze blinking at the sky as if he can't believe what just happened. ]

I'm okay! That surprised me... I thought for sure I'd be able to cut right through it. [ He takes her hand to haul himself up, and then strides over to the sword, giving the hilt a tug. It's stuck fast. He moves over to the side and places the heel of his shoe on the edge of the blade. ]

Help me out? I'll kick and you pull.