Cloud could feel the voices, feel the hearts of everyone around him. They may be floundering in the dark, but he had no doubt that they were heroes. Every one of them. Even Deadpool. Though he wouldn't be surprised if he stayed his attack because Jack implied he'd be the first to do it.
"Kalki. Different things drive our lives, and nothing is as easy as we hope, but death can push the living to act. The..." His voice hitched a moment, thinking of a particular crystalized hero again, "The torch gets passed. Even if the living aren't ready for it. That's how life works. That's how the world moves on." He gestured out around them, "Crystallis needs to move on. Whether this planet lives or dies, it doesn't matter. The cycle needs to end, we all agree with that. That's why you sent us down this path."
He started walking forward, putting his sword back on his back but then deployed his shield once more. "The difference between us is that we keep trying to find a way for life to continue. Everything we've done was to try to save as many people as we could, knowing full well it wasn't possible. But you've taken the path of torturing the living, and leaving the people of this world to be consumed by one death or another when you could be using your knowledge to help."
He stopped a moment, taking a long breath, "You could have come to us openly from the beginning. You could have worked with us instead of trying to manipulate us. We could have tried to find the alternatives together." He smiled sadly, "At least, I hope you could have. I really do hope that with all you've done that it has been your choice and you're not the Calamity's puppet...I guess there's only one way to find out." As long as all of this was her own free will, that meant she had the ability to surrender.
That floating black crystal really worried him.
Time to be a hero. Time to be stupid.
He ran forward, right at her, raising his shield but making no other aggressive action apart from his clear intent to try to provoke her. Maybe if he was lucky, he was thinking, she would relent and let herself be subdued.
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"Kalki. Different things drive our lives, and nothing is as easy as we hope, but death can push the living to act. The..." His voice hitched a moment, thinking of a particular crystalized hero again, "The torch gets passed. Even if the living aren't ready for it. That's how life works. That's how the world moves on." He gestured out around them, "Crystallis needs to move on. Whether this planet lives or dies, it doesn't matter. The cycle needs to end, we all agree with that. That's why you sent us down this path."
He started walking forward, putting his sword back on his back but then deployed his shield once more. "The difference between us is that we keep trying to find a way for life to continue. Everything we've done was to try to save as many people as we could, knowing full well it wasn't possible. But you've taken the path of torturing the living, and leaving the people of this world to be consumed by one death or another when you could be using your knowledge to help."
He stopped a moment, taking a long breath, "You could have come to us openly from the beginning. You could have worked with us instead of trying to manipulate us. We could have tried to find the alternatives together." He smiled sadly, "At least, I hope you could have. I really do hope that with all you've done that it has been your choice and you're not the Calamity's puppet...I guess there's only one way to find out." As long as all of this was her own free will, that meant she had the ability to surrender.
That floating black crystal really worried him.
Time to be a hero. Time to be stupid.
He ran forward, right at her, raising his shield but making no other aggressive action apart from his clear intent to try to provoke her. Maybe if he was lucky, he was thinking, she would relent and let herself be subdued.