Cutscene: TSAB Nightmares (TW: Violence) (Chrono Harlaown)
| Cutscene: TSAB Nightmares (TW: Violence) (Chrono Harlaown) | |
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| Date of Cutscene: | 11 November 2023 |
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| Synopsis: | Chrono's recent encounter with Nocturne's poison has some... troubling side effects. |
| Cast of Characters: | Chrono Harlaown |
Chrono flew through the air, his hand clasped in Rashmi’s. It was… a lax patrol. They could have spent more focus on it, but honestly? They weren’t very likely to find anything. They’d been searching the city for months now. What were the chances tonight he’d find them?
But it was a good chance to help develop her skills, to practice together. To learn about each other. And there was a comfort in having her near. In having her--
Hannah’s scream tore through the air like lightning. He looked down to see her fallen, victim to La Crima and Nocturne’s blade. A moment later he was at his side, kneeling and holding her up. “Steiner, hold on, don’t--”
Then she was his mother. She stared up at him in that soft, gentle, affectionate way she always did. The smile that told him that, no matter what, he would always be her baby boy. The smile he used to hate and he would have given anything to see again.
Then she collapsed, the life gone from her pale face, melting away in his hands. He clutched desperately in an attempt to hold onto something, anything. He--
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Chrono’s eyes opened with a startled jerk. He didn’t move. He just stared at the ceiling in the darkness. He could hear his roommate, sound asleep. He was drenched, though. A cold sweat. A nightmare. That was all it was. A nightmare. Not a threat, not a warning, not a sign that something was right or wrong. A nightmare. A nightmare.
He tried to shove it aside and go back to sleep. He had more training with Rashmi tomorrow, not to mention others who required his guidance. He still had so much to do. So much to…
…
Was he comfortable here? Did he… truly like it here? Had he given up? Why was he spending so much time focused on silly things like learning a song about a boy and a princess on a magic carpet? Time that could be spent finding them? How long did any of them have if he failed?
Slowly he crawled out of his bed and made his way to the restroom. Not to shower or anything like that… but to get to work. He’d wasted too much time already. A henshin later, he stepped out from the bathroom and left through the window.
They were waiting for him. He wouldn’t allow a lax attitude to cost him the life of the only family he had left.
