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i fight for every life
who: lucretia + you
what: catch all!
when: end of year & january
where: all sorts
warnings: n/a, will add if any apply
prompts to be added! feel free to ask me for a starter if you'd like to thread something!
blisters
what: catch all!
when: end of year & january
where: all sorts
warnings: n/a, will add if any apply
prompts to be added! feel free to ask me for a starter if you'd like to thread something!
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As soon as Lucretia gives the word, she's off, clutching the tricorder tightly. The shriek of the creature penetrates her bones, almost brings her to a stop. But she has to keep going. At the top of the hill she stops and chances a quick glance back to make sure Lucretia is still with her.)
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What she hadn't been expecting was a retaliation.
Lucretia had assumed the chuul would have been blinded enough not to notice but it whips its unseeing head towards her spell anyway. Lucretia swears under her breath: it can detect magic. Of course. That's why it's here. It must have sensed her, sensed Beverly's bracelet. Everything seems to happen in slow motion: it reaches out with a claw, striking the bead hard enough to send it straight back at her, and Lucretia has at least enough time to throw up a shield of faith, but the bead still strikes the top of it and explodes forcefully, with a lot of heat and noise.)
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She can't lose her, not like this.)
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She staggers out of the smoke, coughing. If the others were here they would have laughed at her for this. Nearly getting blown up by her own delayed blast fireball. How embarrassing.)
Right, (she says, trying to focus, trying to ignore the pounding in her head. She casts cone of cold, an instantaneous spell, and watches ice bloom over the monster's exoskeleton, freezing it momentarily into place.)
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Lucretia?
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Are you okay? (Sorry if that was a little too loud, Bev.)
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(Beverly mustn't have seen her shield. Lucretia kisses her apologetically, giving her hand a squeeze.)
I'm sorry, I– it can detect magic, it knew what I was casting even though I blinded it. We should probably get out of here, it'll thaw out soon.
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Do you think it'll follow us?
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(She's reluctant to kill it, obviously.)
If it pursues us after this, I'll put it down. But for now I think– um, we should go, maybe warn the Perimeter Guard.
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We should. If nothing else, they can put up warnings for magic users.
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(Besides, Lucretia doesn't want to know if it has a few more tricks up its sleeves. She falls into quick step with Beverly, glancing over her shoulder as they start to put a considerable amount of distance between them and the monster. She can't imagine it would give chase, not after being frozen. It will still be blind when it thaws.
Lucretia's ready if it does, though. She hasn't even used half of her spell slots.)
... The bracelet worked.
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(Now that they're some distance away, the reality of everything that just happened is starting to hit her as looks down at the bracelet that saved her life. If Lucretia hadn't made this for her, hadn't protected her... Reflexively she looks behind them again. It's not over yet and she won't feel safe until they're behind the perimeter walls.
Even though the creature is not there, she picks up the pace again.)
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Lucretia shivers. Once they're safe, she thinks she'd very much like to hold Beverly tight in her arms for a long while.
Oh, shoot.)
Did you find your blaster? (She hadn't thought to look for it in all the confusion.)
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(She reaches out to take Lucretia's hand.)
I have what's important.
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Maybe we can try this again? I was enjoying this until that thing showed up.
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To her relief, as they draw closer to the wall, she sees a couple of perimeter guards out on the wall, drawn by the strange sounds coming out of the forest.)
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A lot has happened this afternoon. Lucretia doesn't think she's ever cast spells of such magnitude in front of Beverly before.)
... Are you okay?
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I'm all right, thanks to you.
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That was scary, (she admits,) I'm... too used to thinking that death isn't permanent.
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I was scared too. That moment when the fireball exploded and I couldn't see you... Lucretia, all I could think about was how much I love you and how I couldn't let that be the end.
(Finally, she's said it, and it's scary, but nothing compared to the chuul.)
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She's worried of course, because she knows it isn't wise to become attached, not to this extent. She's gone and done it anyway of course; how couldn't she? If anybody knew Beverly the way she did, knew of her courage and kindness, her wit and intelligence... they would forgive her for falling this easily.
The ringing in Lucretia's ears feels loud, like bells.)
I love you too, (she says, and feels positively weightless,) and I'm sorry for scaring you. I'll be more careful, I promise.
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She leans forward to press her forehead gently against Lucretia's.}
You didn't mean to. You were only protecting me.
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(So far today Lucretia's had a nice walk, saved her girlfriend from a monster, and then had love professed for her. It's shaping up to be a really good day, actually. She can't stop smiling.)
Don't cry, (she teases, and dips her head to kiss Beverly's cheek, the corner of her mouth.)
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