User:NekoRex/MagicForest7

Alice_Margatroid had long-since seen that flare, and, dropping her job of watching for fires and any stray youkai during her studies, she had left the house rather swiftly, rushing to the scene of the light. Something terrible must have conspired to warrant calling for help like that.. *	Alice_Margatroid sends her dolls dispersing out into the forest, calling out Marisa's name a few times as she does. It's ridiculously silent, and the landscape's been damaged a lot -- trees uprooted and thoroughly destroyed, burnt leaves, and light that still disappates from above -- so she can't help but panic. <>Ambiance<>	A weak call can be heard cry back Marisa's voice cracked and hoarse. *	Alice_Margatroid startles a little as she hears some sort of response, and she rushes towards it, barely minding the ankle-deep snow. 	M-Marisa?! *	Marisa_Kirisame weakly crawls through the snow towards Alice as she runs into view, covered head to toe in deep burns, and stark naked, her clothes already burned away. Nearly all of her skin looks like an deeply ugly mix of brown and black, with an obvious trail of blood left in the snow. *	Marisa_Kirisame seems to be shivering from the cold, although she can't feel much at this point. *	Alice_Margatroid runs a little further before stopping, catching sight of something stirring in the snow. It takes her a long time to identify exactly what she's looking at, but as the realization hits her, her eyes grow wide, her expression becoming one of stark horror. 	Marisa... Marisa, no-- no, what.. what the hell happened to you..?! *	Alice_Margatroid seems to be on the verge of tears already, her distress magnifying a hundred times when she realizes how close to death Marisa must be. She runs over and immediately pulls the witch into her arms, hoping that touch won't prove too harmful, and starts quite soon on heading back as soon as she's managed to get a solid grip. *	Alice_Margatroid starts to draw her dolls back close to her, having them further support her and Marisa both as she lifts up into the air, making a beeline back home. That smell of burnt flesh starts to fill her nostrils, furthering that sickening and dread, but she tries her very hardest not to think of the worst-- only how she can help now. 	It's.... it's-- it's going to be all right.. I promise.. 	Huge slashes in her shoulders are bleeding heavily as well. Notably, her charred fingers seems to be clutching tightly around her mini-hakkero. 	"A--alice..." Marisa says, her voice cracking, as the inside of her mouth is burned as well. She tries to form a weak smile as Alice picks her up. "I...." she coughs weakly, trying to speak. "...won." *	Alice_Margatroid glances down at Marisa as she says this, finding it.. terribly hard to believe that much at all. She smiles sadly, still ferociously fighting back her tears with her grit teeth and jaw, trying to ignore the feeling of grizzled and burnt skin under her fingertips. 	I'm sure you did. 	Don't think about that right now, though. Just.. relax. We're going home, and... and you're going to be okay. 	"I....I'm.....sorry." Marisa says, still smiling, struggling to keep concious. 	It's not your fault. 	Please, just.. save your breath. You don't need to exert yourself by speaking right now, I'm sure it hurts to speak. 	"Alice.... I..." Marisa crackles, "I..." she tries to continue. She's trying to smile, but her eyes betray a look of fear. *	Alice_Margatroid speeds up a little bit, her dolls still clinging closely to her. Home's just a half-mile away, she can practically see it. All she has to do is start fixing the burns up like she did before, and fix broken bones, and... *	Alice_Margatroid looks over somewhat as Marisa speaks up again, as she has the witch's upper half braced against her shoulder. A spike of fear starts to press into her even further at that tone, her grip growing a little stronger. 	... Y-Yeah..? What.. what is it? 	"A-alice.... I..." 	Marisa's eyes are welling up with tears now, somehow despite it all. Despite the fear, mixed with joy, she's crying. 	"I... love.... you...." 	M-Marisa...? *	Alice_Margatroid stops, honestly quite startled by this sudden confession. Is this all much worse than it seems? Her breath hastening a little, then a lot, she desperately wraps her arms around Marisa, her voice falling into a whimper. <Alice_Margatroid>	Ugh... I-I love you too, but... Marisa, please.. please just hang on... I'll-- I'll make everything better... *	Alice_Margatroid makes a sound like some injured animal, forcing herself to keep running. Eventually, she does get there, a lot faster than she anticipated, and she half-falls down the front steps, shoving the door open and starting upstairs. *	Marisa_Kirisame is making gasping, raspy breaths, struggling, and failing, to keep up. It's exactly as bad as it looks for her, but somehow she's still trying to stay awake. *	Alice_Margatroid stumbles the whole way up the stairs, her dolls fluttering busily around her as they fetch bandages and gauze and all the necessities. She nearly careens into the wall before finally making her way into her room, setting Marisa down on her bed before sitting just beside her, her dolls swarming around as they swiftly leave and enter the room with materials. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"T-t-thank you... Alice..." she manages to sputter out, her breaths beginning to wane, but Marisa seemingly responding with deeper breaths, still fighting. <Alice_Margatroid>	You say that like... like there's some reason I wouldn't.... *	Alice_Margatroid already starts to tend to all the damage as soon as all her dolls start retrieving material-- she starts applying ointment in lavishious amounts, rubbing it into the burned skin. <Marisa_Kirisame>	Despite the fighting, her breathing is still slowing down. Her eyes look hazy. She tries to reach for Alice's arm weakly. *	Alice_Margatroid stops when she notices this, her other hand still working tirelessly.. but it ceases, too, as that overwhelming dread starts to descend over her. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Alice... I...." she begins again, her voice barely a whisper now. *	Alice_Margatroid has that hopeful smile start to drop, teeth gritting even more as she finally starts to lose control, tears streaming down her cheeks. Her thoughts don't even start to extrapolate how she can fix this-- she just leans forward, snuggling up against Marisa in some weak hope that such a thing'll help. <Alice_Margatroid>	Y... y-yeah...? What is it...? <Marisa_Kirisame>	"I'm... don't.... cry...." Marisa whispers, tears rolling down her face as well. Her breaths are barely there. "I'm... sorry." <Alice_Margatroid>	D... d-don't you tell me not to cry...! Ugh... ugh, why didn't you just... just run... why do you always have to be so stupidly brave... <Marisa_Kirisame>	"I.... had... to.... protect..... you....." Marisa answers, her lips forming into a weak, very Marisa-like grin. <Alice_Margatroid>	I'm... I'm sure you were. Oh, Marisa... you.. I wish you would stop being so brave and protective sometimes.... <Alice_Margatroid>	I don't know if I can take care of you anymore, I... I just.. *	Marisa_Kirisame raises her hand to Alice's lips, her crackled and charred finger trying to stop her from speaking, before her hand falls back down, the last of her strength beginning to fade away. <Alice_Margatroid>	M.. Marisa... please, don't-- not after... not after everything I've done to... <Alice_Margatroid>	I've tried... I've tried so hard to... to try and make sure this wouldn't happen....  *	Alice_Margatroid just finds herself giving up entirely to despair now, every ounce of logic or hope just gone. All she can do is cry, and sob, and cling desperately in hopes of everything being okay, even if she knows that it won't be. At least, not for now. *	Marisa_Kirisame doesn't have the strength to speak anything else or do anything, as her life begins to fade from her eyes. But she's still smiling. <Marisa_Kirisame>	With one final breath, she fades away completely, her breathing finally coming to a stop. *	Alice_Margatroid hesitates for just a moment, staring back in hopes of bright yellow eyes watching her, but.. there's nothing. No voice to answer her, and as she reaches out, hand trembling, she catches no breath, no heartbeat. She sits there, overwhelmed by shock for a few seconds, before finally just falling away into hysteria.