✞[ XII. ]✞ Station of the Cross
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sanctus_cineris[ ✟ ] O people of Zion, who dwell in Jerusalem, no more will you weep; He will be gracious to you when you cry out, as soon as he hears he will answer you. The Lord will give you the bread you need and the water for which you thirst. [ ✟ ]
No longer will your Teacher hide himself, but with your own eyes you shall see him,
While from behind, a voice shall sound in your ears: "This is the Way; Walk in it."
| Isaiah 30:19-21 |
"O mi Iesu, dimitte nobis debita nostra, libera nos ab igne inferni, conduc in caelum omnes animas, praesertim illas quae maxime indigent misericordia tua. Amen."
[ † ] The camera pans up slowly, and there on the outer walls of the church the Priest can be found looking up towards the celestial heavens, the lofty heights of the ruinous steeple that creaked precariously under its own weight having sustained heavy damage to the point where the tower and spire threatened to dislocate completely if not for the careful hands of the architects who had constructed them.
The strained whisper of the Angelus bell could be heard twanging in the distance, the sizable hole in its metallic surface from a blast of blinding light.
The screen waivers and blackens, blanketed in a pocket lined on the inside of his cassock so he might step inside. Calm, and measured, the Holy Knight opens the frequency across the network, projecting the broadcast to all who might hear it. [ † ]
Residents o' Discedo: Thaes es Faither Andersoon. Ef ye ar' en need o' sanctuary, coom tae St. Peter's church. Thaer es shelter fer all who migh' seek refuge.
[ooc: Father Anderson is offering shelter to anyone in Discedo who will need it. The church has been reinforced to withstand fire and the undercroft can be used as a bomb shelter. Since it is made of stone it is arguably one of the most secure buildings in Discedo.]
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[Action]
Date: 2010-07-15 05:49 am (UTC)What is it? What the Hell is it?! Is it Armageddon? Are we in the middle of Sodom and Gomorrah?
What!?
What did you see!?
[Action]
Date: 2010-07-15 07:47 am (UTC)Coorie doon! Thaes es nae time tae be oop en ae panic.
Half th' citieh es en chaos. We're under attack....Frem creatures unknown.
[He had to keep his head in this situation—if his own Commander and Chief wasn't sound then someone had to be!]
...Thaer's been ae loot o' structural damage.
[Action]
Date: 2010-07-15 08:42 am (UTC)P-perdonami.
I.. Please..
[The sight of the blood was what brought him back to his senses. His determination to keep his Knight in check taking over and poising him.]
Please get inside, they've heard your plea! You cannot take damage like you have before, Anderson.. please!
[Twinning their fingers slaked in blood he tried to pull and lead him inside. Losing him once had been hard enough on his psyche.. to lose him a third time rattled the younger man to the icy core.]
[Action]
Date: 2010-07-16 06:10 am (UTC)He would Follow his Chief into the inner walls of the sanctum without protest, an uneven grimace displayed upon his holy lips.
His exhaustion showed plainly as the solemnity upon his stern countenance, adamantine strength keeping him resolute.]
Th' enemies ar' formidable. Ahn thaer es nae time...Th' city es en shambles. Maxwell...Ah have tae go back oot thaer. Ef ah dinna...Ef ah dinna th' price o' lives ah fear es far greater than we've yet tae realize.
[Perhaps the incident with Cain, which he had not discussed, was weighting on him. It was clear at least that he would reap Vengeance, "I will repay", sayeth the Lord.]
. . .
[Action]
Date: 2010-07-16 07:41 am (UTC)Not long ago he was standing at a podium, watching a battle not unlike this and laughing. Now he could only leer like icy daggers as his subordinate took on that traitorous role again as humanitarian for the damned.]
You and your bleeding heart.
[A vicious sneer left him as he turned on heel and sauntered from his heretical priest. Let him go. Let him see how those heathens will repay him.]
[Action]
Date: 2010-07-16 08:24 am (UTC)The Prince was as hard and cold as a diamond, with bitter shocks of poison to choke down his own toxic arguments.
Anderson, loyal and steadfast though he be, was also of Faith that if they could be Saved, then there was hope for mankind.He would not turn a blind eye to the people of this place simply because They were Lost, for a flock without a shepherd to lead them would flounder and fall astray.
Anderson was a living embodiment of Christ, while Maxwell was Judas, and had no such attachment to the masses.
There was a hand on the other's arm, and he ripped him back, pinning him to himself roughly as he stared him down.]
Ye self-righteous bastard. Thaen sit here ahn watch everythin' be destroyed around ye.
[Action]
Date: 2010-07-16 08:51 am (UTC)Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? Or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? Or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
Could even this Christ-like man dare stir him? The cruel prince peeled back his lips in a vicious cut-throat sneer and dug his nails into Anderson's wrists till they wept scarlet.]
UNHAND ME, TRAITOROUS APOSTATE!
Go forth! Go forth and lay down your life for a mass of unbelievers who would sooner SPIT. IN. YOUR. FACE. than be grateful of your Heavenly Mercy!
[Action]
Date: 2010-07-16 09:07 am (UTC)[ Nothing could fill the tears in his soul at those words, and he simply released him without another word, knowing now that everything he'd strived for..Everything he'd thought Maxwell had become...Was a lie.
It was a mistake to have expected more of one whose hatred devoured the world. But the pain that spread through him would only create more of a divide between them in the end.
A failing on his part. He'd...
Sooner not have seen.]
...Guid bye Yer Grace.
Ah'd sooner die ahn protect thaes place wit' ye ahn everyone else en et thaen let et all coom tae ruin.
[He didn't expect a reply, and headed for the great doors, determined to bring back those he could alive.]
[Action] 1/2
Date: 2010-07-16 09:26 am (UTC)Go on!
Go out there and die like a pitiful lamb to the slaughter!!
You'll see who the fool really is!!!
[THOOM! Shut the moaning doors, echoing the bloodcurdling emptiness of the sanctum and resounding it into the prince's hollow husk.]
[Action]
Date: 2010-07-16 10:50 am (UTC)What had he done?
He had just severed a pact with the only safeguard he had... and in turn severed off a piece of his jagged heart, that fell and pierced into the depths of his bowels.
He quivered through a violent tremor and fixed his hand tighter over his mouth, feeling the stabs of many pangs rip up his esophagus. And as he coughed harshly into his palm... ribbons of red life poured forth from betwixt his fingertips, staining him with his trespass.
And God shall smite you, you white washed wall:
For you sit there to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be smitten!
Fear gripped him at all ends as his ulcer ruptured due to his own injudicious iniquity. And there his knees gave way and his grasp strained outward to grasp unto nothingness.]
[Action]
Date: 2010-07-16 10:52 am (UTC)Domine.. ignosce mihi...
. . .God forgive me, please...
Voice
Date: 2010-07-15 06:47 am (UTC)Voice
Date: 2010-07-15 07:32 am (UTC)Ye're alrigh'...?
Voice
Date: 2010-07-15 05:13 pm (UTC)Voice
Date: 2010-07-16 12:01 am (UTC)Ef ah can reach ye..Es thaer ae way oot fer ye?
Voice
Date: 2010-07-16 12:20 am (UTC)Voice
Date: 2010-07-16 02:40 am (UTC)Voice
Date: 2010-07-16 02:44 am (UTC)Voice/Action - Comment log?
Date: 2010-07-16 06:57 am (UTC)[ Before Maxwell could deter him further the Priest was already flying out the doors and barreling into the night streets, cutting through the graveyard to make his way to the apartment building swifter than if he'd gone by the regular route. The Marshall apartments shouldn't have been far...
However, the ear-splitting screeches in the distance were still cause for alarm. He was slower than he would've been given the path was treacherous, though his instincts told him that being stealthy would serve him better.]
Comment log~
Date: 2010-07-16 07:53 am (UTC)Comment log | Sorry for lateness. : /
Date: 2010-07-18 02:38 am (UTC)Alessandroo?
Comment log | It's okay!
Date: 2010-07-18 02:47 am (UTC)F-Father.
Comment log
Date: 2010-07-18 03:47 am (UTC)Yer Holiness...Ye're unharmed.
[He sounded relieved, and quickly took his small hand in his larger, kissing where the Papal ring would've been worn should he have been so adorned.]
Thaer es nae mooch time..Th' Cardinal...Yer Sister...Es she..?
Comment log
Date: 2010-07-18 03:51 am (UTC)[He looks down, worry clear on his face.]
I... I n-never imagined this p-place would become l-l-like this.
Comment log
Date: 2010-07-18 04:38 am (UTC)Ah'll git ye oot o' thaes, dinna ye fash...Noothin' will befall ye. Ah won't allow et.
[ video ]
Date: 2010-07-15 08:58 am (UTC)Mister!!
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Date: 2010-07-16 12:09 am (UTC)The soles of his boots shuffle atop the flooring before he leans down, glancing at the screen.]
Ye still en thaer, lad?
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Date: 2010-07-16 01:31 am (UTC)[ video/action..? ]
Date: 2010-07-16 07:14 am (UTC)Elder spawn (http://community.livejournal.com/discedo_logs/444270.html?thread=9667950#t9667950), but he hadn't sustained any major wounds.]
Ah'm alrigh', lad...
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Date: 2010-07-16 09:11 am (UTC)[ video/action..? ]
Date: 2010-07-18 04:42 am (UTC)[ video/action..? ]
Date: 2010-07-18 10:04 am (UTC)[Action!]
Date: 2010-07-16 03:28 am (UTC)Jackie had accompanied her here, leaving her in the care of Father Anderson and Archbishop Maxwell, before turning back to join in the fight against the Lavos Spawn in Discedo. He had the ability to do so, and the girl knew that. Yet she still didn't want to see him leave her alone. Not like this. She was so afraid that something would happen. That he wouldn't come back.
But at the sound of one of those creatures crying out in the distance, Nill let out a startled gasp and the door fell closed. She had pulled her hands away from it quickly as if her fingers just touched a searing hot pan, bringing them close to her chest while her little wings trembled.]
[Action!]
Date: 2010-07-16 07:23 am (UTC)O'...Dove...E-et'll be alrigh'...Nae harm will befall ye here. Ah proomise. God will watch o'er ye. Ahn so will ah.
[A great palm soothe down her back and he lifted her up into his arms in a warm embrace, wanting nothing more than to ease that aching little heart.]
[Action!]
Date: 2010-07-16 09:34 pm (UTC)[As soon as Father Anderson appeared, the tension crawled up quickly along her back, drawing Nill up as straight as an arrow. Her mouth hung open carelessly, the poor girl was stuck on how to react appropriately to being discovered like this.
When he pulled Nill close, that was no resistance. She didn't move a finger, but her entire body was trembling softly, making soft uncertain noises with her lack of voice as if she couldn't get a word out, which stopped as soon as he began to speak.
Then she couldn't take it anymore. Hot tears began to stream down her cheeks, and her hangs clung to the front of the Father's cossack after he had lifted her up into his arms, burying her face against his chest.
It was all too much.]
[Audio]
Date: 2010-07-16 04:42 am (UTC)[Audio]
Date: 2010-07-16 07:27 am (UTC)Ef et es protection ye seek, ye will find et here, mae freen. We'd nae turn ye away.