The point of no return

[powertotearer]

Who: Eiji and Ankh, Open portion HERE
When: October 7, night, continues for 46 hours
Where: Shopping district
What: The power of the music of the night
Warnings: Standard monster-fighting violence, addiction (thanks to the monster), some self-harm/semi-suicidal undertones to conversation

There is a phantom who's been singing late at night in the shopping district. And this angel of music has been drawing a lot of monsters. And Eiji being Eiji, he can't just leave this alone.

A flash of light from LaToraBatta doesn't do much to distract the monsters, and they begin aggressively beating Eiji now that he's closer to wherever the singing is coming from.

"Ankh, I think I'm going to need a combo for this one," he calls back, trying to block while at the same time slashing at another monster. "There's too many!"

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[powertotearer]

There's something thick and disgusting against her lips, but the feeling going through him is just so good that he doesn't even notice.

And then Ankh pulls him away. He stumbles, landing against him with a goofy grin.

There's blood all over his mouth.

[notsogreedy]

Well, yep, he was right about that not being a good thing, that's for sure. Ew.

Though he doesn't waste any time in grabbing Eiji in a tighter hold and taking back to the air. The phantom is less than pleased at having her victim stolen away, and lashes out, and it takes all Ankh has to try to get them both away without getting wrapped up in the tendrils again or letting Eiji get badly burned now that he's back to being human and has no protection. He succeeds, but it's a struggle, and by the time he manages to find somewhere away from the horde of monsters to land, he's a bit worn out. He only hopes they're sufficiently sheltered to not have other monsters to deal with any time soon.

[powertotearer]

Eiji's not in much better shape, not that he notices the cuts around his mouth.

"I've got to go back," he mumbles. "Ankh, you've got to take me back to her."

[notsogreedy]

Right. Well. Questions of relative safety aside, those words aren't anything he wants to deal with right now. Just what kind of a spell did she have him under?

"What nonsense are you babbling?"

[powertotearer]

"I don't know, I just have to."

And that's...really it. Eiji can't say he really wants to go back to the monster opera and get mind-controlled again, but...something about the kiss was good enough that he feels like he has to.