[ off in the distance, a bright light cuts through the city against the black skies, skipping at intervals as she zooms nearer through her portals.
kanaya had been preoccupied most of the day. such a visible expression of grimdarkness doesn't occur without consequences to those who have suffered through the festerthroes before, and she wasn't about to let rose experience that alone. but with the news of davesprite having fallen victim to it, which only led to the discovery of aradia and jenny and terry have similarly fallen prey, kanaya knew she had duties elsewhere.
her friends were dropping like flies and she hadn't made any move to prevent it. she should have been protecting them. at the least, she would avenge them.
the closest portal deposits her against a wall, perching against its surface as she tries to survey the scene. much as she's inclined to run in chainsaw-first, that hadn't only ended unsuccessfully for those that had already. aside from the looming dark figure suspended in the air above, she recognized the others gathering to challenge him so far. laura was there, and...one of her teachers from the school, for some reason. but was that... ]
John! [ that boy is going to get himself killed. ]
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kanaya had been preoccupied most of the day. such a visible expression of grimdarkness doesn't occur without consequences to those who have suffered through the festerthroes before, and she wasn't about to let rose experience that alone. but with the news of davesprite having fallen victim to it, which only led to the discovery of aradia and jenny and terry have similarly fallen prey, kanaya knew she had duties elsewhere.
her friends were dropping like flies and she hadn't made any move to prevent it. she should have been protecting them. at the least, she would avenge them.
the closest portal deposits her against a wall, perching against its surface as she tries to survey the scene. much as she's inclined to run in chainsaw-first, that hadn't only ended unsuccessfully for those that had already. aside from the looming dark figure suspended in the air above, she recognized the others gathering to challenge him so far. laura was there, and...one of her teachers from the school, for some reason. but was that... ]
John! [ that boy is going to get himself killed. ]