melodiesoflife | Before Night Falls (Open post)

Characters: Angeal Hewley and anyone that would notice him gone or notice the break in his routines.
Where: Start in Aqures Ixen in the Residential areas and then Ends in the forest just outside of town.
When: October 28th.
Summary: It's Angeal's Reunion and it's not a pretty sight.
Warning: Weird things happen whenever genetics decide to play up and pick things out of Darwin's grab bag.

These past two weeks had put Angeal outside of reach. He felt the gnawing sensations gnashing and clawing, the monster inside was trying to break free. Just two days ago, the white streaks in his hair made him realize that there was something seriously wrong.

He had said nothing to Zack and it felt like a knife in his gut that he had to leave his friend again. In the night, he quietly slipped away with no note left behind and no way to contact him. Mogington was worried, clearly, and followed after Angeal. "What's wrong, kupo?"

Angeal said nothing to Mogington but instead he pushed the moogle away in a manner unlike anything Angeal had ever done. He didn't want the moogle to get involved. First, the wings sprouted from his back and left behind a trail of feathers from the residential area to the edge of the forest. With each step, excruciating pain followed. He was shifting into a monstrous form and Mogington watched it all in horror that he couldn't do anything to help his hero.

Mogington flew off to find anyone that could help and his first four contacts were Zack, Sephiroth, Genesis and Genny. "Angeal's in trouble, kupo!"

Meanwhile, Angeal found a space under fallen trees and made his way inside the space to keep himself from view of others. It wasn't so much hiding out of shame, he was trying to keep himself away for the sake of others. It hurt that he had to do this but his humanity had begun to slip away.

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The black quills that had become Angeal's hair shifted as he tried to curl under tighter. The scales and plates that were a part of his skin that forged the chimera he became, the pain he was going through was excruciating. He didn't want to move; he wasn't in the condition to make any movement other than to curl up in a ball and waited it out.

Three whip-like tails lashed out through the waves of internal pressure and cracked a nearby tree that tore out a chunk of bark. Sick was hardly the word he would use. Miserable, monstrous, and confused was more liken to how he was feeling. He was struggling to hold on to his humanity the best he could.

While he didn't know Yuffie well enough, a part of him that felt distant wanted to keep her safe. She was so young but the memories were hard to reach. He sniffed the air and the tang of something unfamiliar made the beast sneeze. "Sick..."

"WHOA!" Yuffie ducked even though she wasn't his tails target. She stood and stared in awe for a moment at his change; definitely not like what was happening to her roommate. She took a few steps closer pulling an item from her pouch.

"Hey, Hey. Remember me... I stole your camera." Probably not the best thing to remind him about right now but she had a point. "Look here. This is yours right? It's important isn't it?" She held the camera out in her hand so he could see it.

Yuffie could only assume it was important but the Angeal she knew; though grumpy, tall, brooding and annoying, wouldn't hurt someone without reason. She has given him reason on more than a few occasion to hurt her and he still hasn't.

He hadn't intended anyone to be a target. It was just out of reflex from the pain that came and went in waves. He was fighting the primal urges to rip things apart as the hulking the monster he became. The sight of the camera immediately forced him back.

"Mo...ther." He dropped his massive form once more onto the earth. His massive, clawed hands gripped the ground. What would she thing if she saw him like this? It hurt to think about that matched the physical pain he felt through his entire body.

"Ho...nor." Those values that Gillian had instilled into him since he was a child, the pride he felt whenever she taught him a lesson, while they were still distant memories, they were clearly something that he couldn't just dismiss.

"I...am..." His voice trailed off while glowing blue eyes looked away. Could he even say that he was the man he used to be?

"You are Angeal." She paused. "Aren't you?" Yuffie was grateful that she had the camera now. As long as she holds it she will probably not become a target but then again the longer she stayed the longer she risked that.

"So look. Weird things have been happening right? So just stay calm... someone will figure it out." Someone who is hopefully smarter than Yuffie. They might have been enemy's but she didn't want things happening to the people from her own world. I reminded her of her focus and the path she set for herself; she didn't want to forget.

He lowered his head to look at the camera in Yuffie's hands. It acted as a buffer that kept him from outright attacking the girl. The pull that was the memory of his mother made him hide his head with his massive, armored arms. "An...geal."

He recalled the story of how he got his name. The memory of his mother was the glue that held him together even through the tough times. Even though she was dead, she saved her name in his eyes. The painful past she suffered was also his own.

Penance's brow creased in thought. It hurt to be reminded of his mother when she wasn't here to help him through. He remembered her body on the floor and without a word, he turned his massive body around as if he was preparing to run back into the woods.

"Hey! Wait!" She saw his motion though she was at a loss at what she could do about it. If he ran she wouldn't be able to caught up and would she even want too? It looked like it was still him but Yuffie couldn't really tell, he certainly wasn't prettier looking like this and its not like they were friends. She was pretty sure he hated her.

Yuffie tapped her toe against the ground awkwardly with her free hand resting on her hip. "This is weird."

Angeal Penance stopped his motion and looking over his shoulder was pretty much out of the question. He had to turn around and he did with several, heavy steps. Weird wasn't quite the word he would have used but it was close enough. That is, if he could manage to speak in strings of words.

"Yu...ffie." He managed to pull the memory of the girl that he had met that had given him some trouble and made herself memorable.

"Thats right!" She jumped up with a smile before remember the situation. "I'm not that hard to forget after all I am the Great Ninja of Wutai!" She lightly rubbed under her noise as she beamed over at him.

"Looks like your still you in there after all." Yuffie rocked back on her heels but gave up trying to think of something. To many weird things were happening and it was firing her young brain.

How could he forget? She made it pretty much well known to anyone that she was the greatest in all of Wutai. His brow twitched slightly at the mention of Wutai. He remembered the war and the part of him that was wrath fired up.

"War." He growled. He didn't like it any more than anyone else that was a part of the conflict. People died and some died for no reason at all.

"Huh, yeah. That.." She had no idea what he meant by his single word. It was like not all of him was there but his growl made her jump involuntarily. Yuffie frantically waved her hands in front of her face.

"It's bad. I know."

He saw the flinch. He shuffled his lumbering body to the side and blinked. His quill-like hair trailed down his back, he didn't think to pick up the camera. It was a good thing he didn't. His hands were far too big in this form that he might break it should he try.

He lowered his head slightly. He hadn't meant to startle her, but that was more of his human side than Penance reacting. "Hm."

She felt herself flusher at his acts. It was like he was a puppy! "I-I did that on purpose. It wasn't because of you or anything." She didn't want to show any weakness.

After a moment of staring defiantly at Angeal she tucked the camera back in her back. "I'll keep this safe while you have claws."

It was strange how she was so small and able to control the situation with just the smallest actions. He could easily crush her tiny body but his humanity was preventing that. It was the best he could do while trapped as Penance.

"Safe?" He purred the word. So much violence formed his current body. All of those sins he took upon himself, it was a miracle he wasn't out for blood. He had more to lose than gain, if there was anything to be believed through the irony.

"Mo...ther." He thought to follow her instead. She must know something.

"Uh. Yeah." She felt a small pain in his chest as he mentioned his mother. She hadn't known why the camera was important to him and a very small part of her felt guilty for taking it. "Mother? Huh."

Yuffie let out a long breath before turning away. "Yup! I'm keeping it safe so you don't go destroying to much stuff." She looked over her shoulder with a wide grin. She wasn't going to stick around for much longer. Not if he was bringing up mothers.

Before Night Falls (Open post)

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