There's a tense silence between the two, broken only by the way Ochako still tries to escape her bonds. She hates being beaten so easily like this, because it would have been so avoidable had she only been faster, more focused, or had her gear and costume available. It makes her grit her teeth, clench her jaw, and twist as hard as she can. There's raw, red marks where the vines have rubbed and cut into her skin with her struggling, but she doesn't care, only slumping once she accepts that she's not going anywhere like this. Or maybe just to catch her breath and start again...who knows? Ochako's never been one to give up until the very end.
Head bowed, Ochako stays silent well after Luz has spoken, breathing hard and shaking. It almost sounds like she might even be crying a little bit, with how she gasps and pants, how her voice croaks and breaks when she responds back.
"You have...no idea," she exhales, then inhales deeply again. "No idea...what it's like." Squeezing her eyes shut, Ochako's fingers curl into tight fists and she forces her voice to remain calm and steady, but it's easy to tell she's still burning with rage under it all.
"No one asks if you're really together with your partner, do they? No one turns their heads to stare in confusion when you walk down the street, right? No one questions it. No one asks you why? You have NO IDEA!!" Claws start to grow and extend on Ochako's fingers, like a cat's and her teeth get longer and sharper, a low growl in her throat. "EVERYONE JUDGES HIM THE MOMENT THEY SEE HIM, AND JUDGES ME FOR BEING TOGETHER!! 'Oh, that poor girl...' this, and 'they can't possibly last' that - I'm sick out the accusations!! I'm sick of everyone butting into my lovelife!!"
Her head snaps up, and there are red trails of blood streaming from Ochako's large, yellow-white eyes, and she straight up hisses at Luz, looking less human and more and more monstrous. "YOU WANTED TO JUST LORD THAT OVER ME, DIDN'T YOU?! HOW PERFECT AND HAPPY YOU BOTH ARE, RIGHT?! I HATE YOU BOTH!! I HOPE ONE OF YOU CHOKES!" And now, with renewed strength, and a fury behind it, Ochako fights anew, but the Corruption is setting in much faster, and those vines are straining, parts snapping and tearing as her claws rake through them. Luz better take those precious minutes to get away, or she'll be hunted down.
man, i take psychic damage each time I'm mean to luz. ;A;
Head bowed, Ochako stays silent well after Luz has spoken, breathing hard and shaking. It almost sounds like she might even be crying a little bit, with how she gasps and pants, how her voice croaks and breaks when she responds back.
"You have...no idea," she exhales, then inhales deeply again. "No idea...what it's like." Squeezing her eyes shut, Ochako's fingers curl into tight fists and she forces her voice to remain calm and steady, but it's easy to tell she's still burning with rage under it all.
"No one asks if you're really together with your partner, do they? No one turns their heads to stare in confusion when you walk down the street, right? No one questions it. No one asks you why? You have NO IDEA!!" Claws start to grow and extend on Ochako's fingers, like a cat's and her teeth get longer and sharper, a low growl in her throat. "EVERYONE JUDGES HIM THE MOMENT THEY SEE HIM, AND JUDGES ME FOR BEING TOGETHER!! 'Oh, that poor girl...' this, and 'they can't possibly last' that - I'm sick out the accusations!! I'm sick of everyone butting into my lovelife!!"
Her head snaps up, and there are red trails of blood streaming from Ochako's large, yellow-white eyes, and she straight up hisses at Luz, looking less human and more and more monstrous. "YOU WANTED TO JUST LORD THAT OVER ME, DIDN'T YOU?! HOW PERFECT AND HAPPY YOU BOTH ARE, RIGHT?! I HATE YOU BOTH!! I HOPE ONE OF YOU CHOKES!" And now, with renewed strength, and a fury behind it, Ochako fights anew, but the Corruption is setting in much faster, and those vines are straining, parts snapping and tearing as her claws rake through them. Luz better take those precious minutes to get away, or she'll be hunted down.