Kill For You/Die For You Meme

[thesettingsun]

Death and murder plots are serious business with long-term fallout and not to be chosen lightly. But sometimes we just really want the pain that comes with another character dying for yours, or seeing them murder someone in their defense... and that's what memes are for.

A1: Kill For You: Someone has hurt your character's loved one, and that can't be allowed. There's only one way to enact revenge or to make sure they aren't hurt again. Possibly with your character's loved one watching, but that's probably not too traumatizing.

A2: Killed For: Oh god no that was traumatizing. Someone killed someone else for your sake and now you're dealing with the consequences, whether you witnessed it directly or not.

B1: Die For You: Just because people have come back in Recolle before doesn't mean your character can allow someone they care about to be hurt. If that means sacrificing their life for them and dying in their loved one's arms, so be it.

B2: Died For: Someone you love is dying in order to protect you. You never wanted this. How could your life be more important than theirs?

How to meme:
-Post your character with their name, along with your preferences about which options you'd like ('will not murder', 'would prefer dying for someone over being died for', etc.)
-Other people respond to your character.
-Angst.

Comments

[leaveittomother]

[It had been pure instinct. Pure memory of having been able to do so before--though, usually with a razor--but that woman hadn't been her. Out of the moment, Ai blinks and notices the rest of the scene. The cut. The bottle on the floor.]

Ah. Yes. [She steps back, her arms instinctively crossing over her chest.] Of course, of course.

[That was only natural, after all. They had to do something afterwards but yes. That came first. It was only bad luck that took his life, after all.]

[livingimpaired]

I was unaware that you kept a weapon on you.

[ Kei finds an odd sense of calm in the chaos. He isn't certain as to why -- he's never been particularly wanting to find out much about himself. But in this madness, he finds a sense of peace. It is unsettling. He wishes he could say it was comfortable or better than panic, but peace in bloodshed is not peace at all.

He kneels down next to the body as he continues to hold the rag against his bleeding hand. It's not deep, thankfully. ] What an unfortunate expression to have one's face trapped in. [ Something between shock and despair. ] Thank you for protecting me, Ai. But... are you all right?

[leaveittomother]

I just started. Something that became a habit since I met Jack--[She almost bites her tongue at that. She hadn't said the name of the child out loud since she learned it. Then continued.]--the child.

[That had been the madness of the Grail War. Kei hadn't been wrong about temptation. Calling her the Devil was too much but a corrupting influence? That was clear. Her complexion was pale yet she, herself, was rather calm. It wasn't new. It never was.

She wished she was more shook up about it.] It's a pity. [How unfortunate. She shook her head.] I'll be alright.

[livingimpaired]

Her name is Jack, hm? [ Short for "Jacqueline" perhaps? He stands up to walk over to run water over his hand at the sink. A soft tsk sound as he surveys the damage of the cut on his hand. No, not bad. He pauses to pick out a small piece of glass that clings to the outside of the wound. No, not bad at all. Just a scrape, really. He uses the rag to make a makeshift wrap for his hand. ]

You should probably take a seat before you end up fainting. [ Kei offers as he once more returns to survey the body. In his own memories, he's seen many dead. Heretics, really. He's surprised to be looking at one that just was foolish. It's unfortunate and probably needn't had been done. His morals shudder a little -- no, he's not comfortable, but he also doesn't quite care. ]

I wonder about you being all right, Ai. [ ... ] Why did you kill him? Has your other self been bleeding into who you are?

[leaveittomother]

Yes. [Something had went terribly wrong. Kei had been right. The apple had been offered and it had been taken. Ai's former self had dived into the madness of the War without question. She swallows before sitting.] Jack the Ripper.

[Why hide it anymore? That child had been a monster and had, in turn, drove her former self to become one. Ai wasn't close to fainting but her body was rebelling against the natural calm that wanted to take over. Maybe a warning against taking things too far.]

I don't know. He pulled me and my body moved without me thinking. [Danger. Threat. Get rid of it.] Maybe--no, you're right. I think I'm becoming like that woman.

[And I don't like it.]