[video] Tribute to Lamufao

[symmetrophile]

[Someone is placing their SFC with great care, so that it catches a ring of people standing near the core cluster of the coral growth in the Plaza, and it's only when Death the Kid stoops to speak into it that he can be seen.]

We will begin shortly. Zelda, should anything happen, this transmission will report on our behalf.

[He almost adds something, but the grim reaper straightens up, turns precisely on a heel, and strides back to join the others -- Shirley Fennes and Shiro Fujimoto are clearly visible, and to the other side stands Marie Mjolnir. Kid addresses those gathered, but what he says isn't audible.

Apparently it means to begin, because Shirley begins employing Healing Artes with the sprawling growth of the coral as her target, while the others have their heads bowed in concentration.

One of the stripes in Kid's hair lifts off his head, gradually expanding to connect like a halo around his head. This is followed by the second. The third is the slowest to catch up, but by now the plaza has started to rumble, the image swapping now between being washed out with light and, more frequently, bursts of static.

The roar transmitted by the SFC could simply be a result of audio distortion, or the energy being poured into Lamufao by their combined efforts is so great the air itself screams.

Eventually, there is nothing but static at all to see. Those with the ability to sense spiritual energy at range may have felt a massive sphere of condensed energy gathering at the coral, and then abruptly winking out. When the image returns, the Plaza is still there, the barrier looks more reliable than it has in weeks, and nothing untoward appears to have happened to the coral.

Death the Kid, however, crumples like a puppet cut from its strings, the lines of his hair having returned to their usual, asymmetrical placement at the side of his head.]

[ooc; Marie and Stein's presence still needs to be confirmed by their players, but please feel free to respond to Shirley and Shiro! The barrier appears to have been restored, and the coral's energy readings will be disclosed by Zelda.]

Comments

[VIDEO]

[bethehugejerk]

[Karkat appears with the background of the island behind him. He doesn't like evacuating up here, but he's done it before, and that snatched conversation between the Head Nurse and Thalassino was the last convincing he needed to haul ass up the elevator.]

[More importantly, he's looking at the screen with wide eyes, mouth ajar even before he speaks.]

Kid, what the hell did you just do? Did you just fix the coral? What even was that?

Video/Action for those on the island

[zelda_hylia]

[Zelda's stayed near to the elevator throughout this, ready to run down and put a barrier on everyone and rush them up if things go badly. She doesn't need to head down to see the immediate results, focusing her own SFC on the coral readout machine she left behind.]

It's fully charged...

[What a relief.]

video/action on the island

[keepsthefire]

[Rin didn't want to go. It wasn't just Kid staying behind, but his dad, too. Hell he just didn't want to go at all, but even if in the back of his mind he knew good and well his power wouldn't be helpful at all in this situation he still wound up being dragged to the island very nearly kicking and screaming.

He had quieted down quite a bit by the time the feed starts, and he watches with breath held, chewing on a thumbnail, a pent up ball of anger, upset and nerves. This didn't feel right to him. He should be down there protecting the people that are leaving themselves open to any sort of disaster that might happen. That's what Knights were supposed to do, right? Protect the other exorcists that couldn't always protect themselves.

But there he was, sitting, waiting, the two things he hated doing so damn much and he had no other choice in the matter. He hated it, and yet there was nothing he could do about it.

So he watched.

When the static hit the SFC, his heart dropped and he practically stopped breathing all together, but that was nothing compared to his reaction when he saw Kid topple over. Most everyone around him seemed merely relieved that the coral was back to full power, but all Rin could focus on was the fact that Kid had just hit the ground like a sack of bricks and that is not supposed to happen.]

Kid?! KID! Is he okay?! Some one tell me he's okay! KID!

[Some one should probably answer, or at the very least stop him from running down there on the off chance that bad shit might still happen.]

action;

[asea]

[The moment things die down and Zelda confirms the coral has been fully charged, Walter heads straight for the city without a word, using his teriques to shave off some traveling time across the island. He breaks into a run toward the Plaza after entering the city's boundaries, and, once close enough with the silhouettes coming to view, shouts—]

Merines!

[It's an experience similar to that time with the Nerifes Cannon, and he's near frantic inside as he searches.]

[Video]

[shippingmath]

The fuck.

[Dirk watched the entire thing through, and he is... well. Angry, to say the least. And maybe insulted. To do something so risky, so obviously experimental, to revitalize the coral- he hasn't heard anything about it from the Defense Force's tech division, what the hell made them think it was a good idea to do without people who are scientists, as far as he can tell. Why didn't he know this was going to happen.

He doesn't think to blame the fact that he's been moping and ignoring his SFC for this past week. Of course that wouldn't have anything to do with it.]

Exactly how much goddamn thought did you all put into this?!