⚓ 013; [video]

[hellburner]

[Rider was angry. Very, very angry.]

Mͣ̈́̐́̌͏̡̘̜͙̘̥͜ͅa̽̾̾ͬͮ̑͗̏͡͏̵͚͖̬͕̺̦h̸̡͓̘̖̬̘͓̻̤ͤ̃̓́̑̃͑̆͌ͅa̹͈͎̪̦̪͉͉ͨͣ͌͑̒̀͞͝ ̥̣͈͐ͭ͛̾ͭ͗̓͜A͈͖̮͇̳̬̹̼̐ͪ̌ͨ̍̄́̚͜q͆̉҉̭̜̗̮͞u͖̠̪̲̳̘̹̼ͣ͆̍ͧͨà̶̖͖̰͚͔̣̲͓̏ͫ̈͂͟!̴̧̮͉̆̆ͩ͐

 

[It was kind of easy to tell, as she was out in the Dark Hour summoning her Persona in eldritch tongues and letting it devastate any unfortunate Shadows crossing her path with water and flame. The dissipating corpses of the black creatures were practically a trail of death leading straight to where the pirate stood. She'd either dropped or discarded her phone at some point, the video broadcasting from an odd angle.]

Do you really think lashing out like a child will solve anything?

[She turned on her heel at the voice, tenatacled horror of a Persona evaporating into the night. That voice, that accent of their home country...it couldn't be.]

[But standing before her was a man similar in appearance to herself; flaming red hair, the same coat and shoes, and the same sharp look to his eyes. There was only one person that could have been, one individual seared and burned into the woman's memory. Yet she said nothing, facing him head on without a word.]

My dragon. England's finest privateer, throwing a tantrum because she couldn't save one child? How far will you fall before you hit the bottom? You've gone soft, turned into a lazy wretch that does nothing but play childish tricks.

[Still Rider said nothing. She watched the red-haired figure before her with a blank and unreadable stare, not countering or objecting to a word he said.]

Hm? Are you so far gone that you even acknowledge how pathetic you have become? What a sad sight indeed--perhaps the throne truly was too much responsibility for y--

[BANG.]

[The pistol was in her hand at the speed of thought, lightning and thunder at once lashing out in a single shot. The figure before her jerked backwards from the force of the bullet that struck him in the head, body falling lifeless to the ground...then dissipating into nothing as any other Shadow did.]

You talk too much.