Fated Leviathan Battle and Aftermath - Player Plot

[terriblepurpose]

Who: Open; please reach out to me if interested in jumping in if you haven't had a chance yet, but want to be
What: Fated Leviathan Player Plot Conclusion
When: Forward dated to February 25th
Where: The Farther Shores

Content Warnings: Body horror, thalassophobia, violence, gore, death, prophecy



Welcome to the battle and aftermath log post for the Fated Leviathan player plot. This is the conclusion of the plot.

For the battle finale planning comment specifically, go here.

If you'd like to catch up on or reference the base camp post, head here.

For the in character group chat on DeerNet, head this way.


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Comments

cw: character death, getting eaten by a shark

[vibing]

[ Yuri's about to turn around to gloat at Flynn, to say something pithy about how many more monsters he's taken out, but by the time he does, Flynn is hit. He's hit once, then twice, and he's falling and Yuri doesn't even think about it, he doesn't even think before he's popping out of existence and then back into it just in time to kick Flynn out of the way, both feet connecting with his armor (stupid armor, it's so heavy). Pain sears up his legs, but he manages to send Flynn into another innocuous jellyfish to catch his fall. The momentum sends Yuri straight into the jaw of the shark. There's a moment of relief, that Flynn is safe, that he got there, got Flynn out of the way, before the panic sets in.

He doesn't have time to teleport to save himself, doesn't have time for anything except to stare at Flynn, meeting his eyes for a brief moment, his own wide, mouth parted in what would be a cry of Flynn's name if he had the time. Fear and a strange sort of acceptance roll through him. Yes, he's afraid, afraid of the pain, afraid of death, but it's worth it. It's worth it for Flynn to survive, for Flynn to fight another way.

The jaws snap shut around him. Teeth pierce through his body, and the pain is instant and brief, fear spiking for one awful moment before it's gone. The shark shakes him, Yuri's body lolling like a ragdoll, before tossing his body so he falls back into its mouth, swallowing him whole. His sword gets caught in its teeth and it shakes its head hard, the sword flying and piercing the Leviathan in the side. ]

[thinkfirst]

[ It is nothing like Yuri's fall from Zaude, in the end.

Flynn lived in the teeth of those warnings for weeks, trying everything he could reasonably think of short of banning Yuri from this fight (which wouldn't have worked anyway, because Yuri is Yuri, and he can never leave well enough alone) to make sure that the salt-soaked terror of those dreams didn't come true. Death doesn't count here, but Flynn has been through that, has felt himself fade from the world, and he wouldn't wish it on Yuri for anything. Yuri needs to live, and that is that. Non-negotiable, a point of truth so strong that Flynn orients himself around it.

Except.

Maybe they'd gotten cocky. Maybe there was a part of him sure that Yuri escaped certain death so many times over that it couldn't touch him now, maybe he'd thought that by grabbing Yuri's hand just a few minutes earlier, all those predictions were null and void, that they'd managed to do what Yuri always does best and kick fate right in the face, choose something else.

Or maybe Flynn's dreams were just dreams, and this is another fate entirely. He slams into the jellyfish with a force that knocks the wind from him, twists with a wild kind of fear that isn't entirely his, watches Yuri fall and yells his name but it happens so fast. In that way, it is just like Zaude: pain runs lightning-hot along Flynn's skin from a tentacle he doesn't see, and his limbs seize up, his voice freezes in his throat, and he watches helpless and mute as Yuri is there and then a moment later is gone. He meets Yuri's eyes, and then teeth close around him and blood explodes glittering and Flynn yells with a voice not his own, stuck to the jellyfish and full of terror.

He should be stuck there. The venom is a paralyzing one, meant to stun fish and hold them there for a slow death, but Flynn is a force of nature on a good day: this is a very, very bad day, and so he wrenches himself free through sheer force of will and dives for the shark just as Yuri's sword goes flying. He can't feel anything, he can't feel Yuri, but Flynn smashes his sword into the shark's nose anyway, surrounded by an unholy aura driving him on harder and faster than he could ever be on his own. His sword connects, and the air around him lights up, and magic and sword slam into the creature at once, battering it until its jaws open and its head is severed, but—

but Yuri is gone. ]