Craving this disaster: [Closed]

[kindofademon.livejournal.com]

WHO: Ryuunosuke Uryuu and Caster (Gilles de Rais.)
WHEN: Dark Hour, Oct. 17.
WHERE: The city streets
SUMMARY: Ryuunosuke has his most important person back, and what better way to celebrate than destruction?
RATING: PG-13 for- it's these two, they're going to talk about murder, torture, and possibly worse things.
WARNINGS: Talk about murder, torture, and possibly worse things.

Finally, finally, finally. Once he'd met Caster, it was hard to go without him even though they'd only spent a short amount of time together in Fuyuki. It was unbelievable to have him here in Prospero. He had so many things to show him, like this.

They were outside when the Dark Hour hit, having completed their tour, and were able to watch the change firsthand: the sickly light, the transformation of the few people who were still outside into coffins, the warped nature of everything around them.

Ryuunosuke bounced on the balls of his feet. "Give it a minute, I guess there aren't too many out tonight... How do you like the place so far, sir?"

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[lovecrafthomage.livejournal.com]

Caster had watched in fascination as the town changed. What power it must have taken to create an effect like this. He wondered if the people felt anything. Were they, for this time, actually dead? Sleeping? Or-

Did they feel it and simply forget, out of their unwillingness to accept that something might be wrong? It took him a minute to realise he'd been addressed and he flashed a smile at the boy. "I must admit it is a pleasant place to be, especially at this time. What are you waiting for? People who escaped this curse?"

[kindofademon.livejournal.com]

"I haven't seen any of those yet... Well, for a while there were people who acted like they were barely alive during the day, and attacked us at night, but." Ryuunosuke made a frustrated sound. "After that all of them just went back to normal and everybody normal completely forgot about the whole thing. Which was kind of stupid. So no, I'm really just waiting for something else to practice on."

[lovecrafthomage.livejournal.com]

"Ah, the short memories of ordinary people," he tsked. "Those who blindly wish to forget everything that seems strange to them are cursed by themselves to never see its beauty."

His gaze flickered constantly around, taking in everything. "Then whom do you seek?" A beat. "Does this happen every night?"

[kindofademon.livejournal.com]

"Exactly. This happens every night, same time every night- oh, here we go."

The monstrous forms of the Shadows approaching them (crawling, only it was quicker than that) had never frightened Ryuunosuke despite their aberrant forms. He knew Caster would never be scared of stuff like that either, considering his hobby. He waited until they got close enough-

Concentrated. "Vetala!"

A demon appeared. Something with the appearance of an elephant, but armored and two-legged, with a twisted grin, swiped away at the Shadows near them. They were knocked back, obviously weaker than what he had called up.

[lovecrafthomage.livejournal.com]

The sight of those twisted beings only piqued his interest, caught his attention and held it. He had commanded beings like this himself. There was no fear. Why would there be?

He watched as the Creatures approached, his attention snapping to Ryuunosuke as he called out the name. The burst of energy as the demon appeared was almost tangible. "Oho. So this is the demon you summoned!" he exclaimed, admiring it. A vetala, of all things. A twisted spirit like that... ah~. It seemed Ryuunosuke was drawn to this type of thing. "How did you do that, if powers are torn away here?"

[kindofademon.livejournal.com]

"This is the power we get instead of whatever we had before. Most people here figure out how to summon a different one eventually. So, you like mine?"

Please like it.

[lovecrafthomage.livejournal.com]

A wide smile on his face, he claps his hands together. "Oh yes. I quite like it! How kind of this place to compensate in such a way."

[kindofademon.livejournal.com]

Yesss~

"I know, it's fun! The more I kill with this the more it learns how to do and the stronger it gets. It's not bad here at all~ Even people not staying dead is pretty good, since I'm not dead anymore."

[lovecrafthomage.livejournal.com]

"This place seems to be perfect~," he mused aloud. Infinite fun, Jeanne here, Ryuunosuke here... Even the loss of his powers could be compensated for. "Tell me. How did you summon that?"

[kindofademon.livejournal.com]

"That's the part I'm not really sure how to explain. I didn't know how to call it until I got into a bad situation and nearly got killed - then it just showed up. After that, I just have to think about summoning it and bang, it's summoned every time."

[lovecrafthomage.livejournal.com]

"Hm... I see. I will need to figure this out," he intoned solemnly. As if it were some kind of great ritual.

[kindofademon.livejournal.com]

"If anyone can, I bet you will," Ryuunosuke answered, confident in Caster's ability to figure out weird magic-related stuff.

[lovecrafthomage.livejournal.com]

A low chuckle and he nods firmly. "Yes, this is my specialty after all."

[kindofademon.livejournal.com]

"Uh-huh~" Casually, Vetala destroyed a few more Shadows. "You want to go see where more of these hang out? I'd like to see how much I can kill tonight."

[lovecrafthomage.livejournal.com]

"Yes. I would like to see what your demon is capable of!" he declared. "Let us go forth and see what resides here."

[kindofademon.livejournal.com]

Grinning madly, Ryuunosuke started heading about the town, destroying any Shadow foolish enough to make an appearance. He had been here long enough to have a capable Persona, and anything outside the dungeon was quick work even with only one person fighting.

Not that he could resist showing off the higher level stuff anyway.

[lovecrafthomage.livejournal.com]

Caster followed without hesitation, watching with delight as the Shadows were destroyed. Ryuunosuke's work showed skill; he truly was an artist of death. The agonised screams of the Shadows as they died were music to his ears, a glorious symphony of damnation and death. It drew pleased tremors through him, delight in his eyes as he watched. Quite the turn of the tables, but he didn't mind. Seeing Ryuunosuke work was more than entertaining enough.

[kindofademon.livejournal.com]

After a while, Ryuunosuke started making conversation again while casually setting Vetala on more Shadows. "So, what happened to you back home? After my head got blown off, I mean."

[lovecrafthomage.livejournal.com]

"I followed you into the afterlife," he intoned, entirely at ease. "By the hand of the holy maiden herself." Yes, he had recognised that light. Such power... no, he had no concerns about his death. "It was a magnificent battle."

[kindofademon.livejournal.com]

"That's awesome!" He'd save 'cool' for watching Caster work some death himself. "It looked fantastic."

[lovecrafthomage.livejournal.com]

"As the Holy Grail War goes, I suspect this is the first time that Servants have teamed up against one another," Caster mused, lips twisting into a garish smile. He offered a light bow. "Always happy to please."

[kindofademon.livejournal.com]

Ryuunosuke blushed lightly. "You're always pleasing. It was great."

[lovecrafthomage.livejournal.com]

That look only makes his smirk widen garishly. "I wonder if we can top it here. Perhaps this time you will be able to join in."

[kindofademon.livejournal.com]

"Seriously? I'd love to!" It would be the best way to kill anyone he'd ever get to experience.

[lovecrafthomage.livejournal.com]

Of course, he would need to make sure Ryuunosuke was not caught in the crossfire. However, with the benefit of these demons, the man was not in as dangerous a position as he was before. Oh yes, that was true. The risk was not nearly as high - even if it was still there. "How much can your demon accomplish?"

[kindofademon.livejournal.com]

"Nothing incredibly interesting yet.." Ryuunosuke considered carefully. "They get better - more effective, and learning new abilities. Vetala can instill a blinding fear in enemies, or keep them from using some of their more dangerous attacks, but as far as the actual killing it still just has the same abilities it had when I got it, you know? Well, I think that might change sometime soon. Really, really soon. I just need to kill a little more."

[lovecrafthomage.livejournal.com]

"So the more you kill, the stronger they get... fascinating!" Excitement laced Caster's words and he delightedly clapped his hands together. There was a delightful sort of irony to it. Most likely these beings were similar in nature to Shadows - only they seemed to have little will of their own. And to power up in such a twisted way... ah, it drew shivers down his spine. "You named it Vetala?"

[kindofademon.livejournal.com]

"It told me that was its name, when it showed up. I looked it up afterwards." Ryuuosuke wasn't going to be lazy when it came to killing. "The vetala, in Hindu folklore, is a spirit that haunts cemeteries and possesses bodies. They kill children or drive people mad. It's a nice name for it."

[lovecrafthomage.livejournal.com]

In response, Caster only chuckled at first, a low, echoing chuckle that swelled to fill the emptiness of the night. It was a perfect name for it, considering its master. "So you have summoned a spirit of similar kinship!"

[kindofademon.livejournal.com]

"Yeah~ It looks like I've gotten lucky with that twice." A wide grin.

[lovecrafthomage.livejournal.com]

"You were not the only one who 'got lucky' when it came to that summoning," he mused, nodding firmly.

[kindofademon.livejournal.com]

"Some people's Masters were awful. I could've been as bad as Lancer's Master or some horrible match for you." And how would Caster have been able to kill people with some goody-goody Master?

[lovecrafthomage.livejournal.com]

Easily, really. Careful manipulation, and then, once the Grail was at hand, to eliminate the Master and use the prana generated by his book to stand on his own long enough to achieve his goal. But then, he hadn't needed the Grail any more once Jeanne had returned. He had been so very lucky.

"It was lucky for you that you were not." There was a playfully dark note to his voice. "But it was much pleasanter for me to find my Master to be such a pleasant fellow."

[kindofademon.livejournal.com]

"We'll go back to killing people here, yeah?" Hopefully. "I haven't done as much as I've wanted... not nearly as much as I've wanted, but a little."

[lovecrafthomage.livejournal.com]

"Of course!" he declared passionately, hands lifted towards the eerie sky. "Why would we halt? Simply because things have changed? Yet ever more they stay the same! A different site, a different situation, and yet still we are here. What have we to fear? Death?"

A chortle. "No, no, Ryuunosuke. We have no reason to halt our pleasantries."

[kindofademon.livejournal.com]

"Cool!" There it was again, that feeling that things were going to be awesome. Ryuunosuke could hardly contain his excitement. "I'm with you every step of the way, sir!"