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[tasted_the_sky]

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I hate it here.

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[tasted_the_sky]

I need it... It's been such a long time since I.. Had a taste...!

[ He reaches his hands up toward Sanzo. ]

[heardyoucall]

You don't need this.

You don't need this at all.

[He crushes the cigarette.]

I won't encourage you to hurt yourself.

[tasted_the_sky]

[ As soon as Sanzo crushes it, Cheshire loses control of himself and immediately lunges for him. ]

Hhyeeaaaaaaaaaah!!

[heardyoucall]

[Sanzo fires his gun a few times, aiming to graze Cheshire so as not to kill him.]

[tasted_the_sky]

[ The shots do graze him, but he's already going at a high momentum-- the pain he feels is almost second-nature to him. Cheshire swings his right hand, aiming to slap that gun out of Sanzo's hand. ]

[heardyoucall]

[Sanzo manages to evade only by a hair, leaping back. Even so, he knows Cheshire is much faster.]

Wake up, dammit!

[tasted_the_sky]

[ Cheshire skids to a halt, fingers digging into the earth as he does so before he turns around, snarling. ]

You ruined it.....!

[heardyoucall]

Wake up you damned rat. You told me before you didn't like that you killed your friends. Aren't you even going to try?

[He keeps the gun aimed.]

[tasted_the_sky]

[ Lets out a shriek this time, taking out his stage light wait ]

Shut up!!!

[heardyoucall]

[Sanzo grits his teeth, waiting.]

CHESHIRE, I WON'T LET YOU DO WHAT YOU TOLD ME YOU HATE, DAMMIT!

1/2

[tasted_the_sky]

[ Cheshire stops, momentarily looking confused. ]

2/2

[tasted_the_sky]

[ But it quickly fades, and he grips his head, snarling. ]

Shut up... Shut up shut up shut up shut up...!

[heardyoucall]

I won't.

Now come back.

[tasted_the_sky]

There's too much going on in this head! [ He's shaking now, casting aside his stagelight. ] I want it to end! I can't take it all at once...!

Please!

[heardyoucall]

[Sanzo begins to chant, his sutra fluttering.]

[tasted_the_sky]

[ To Cheshire, it's just more noise. He staggers and picks up the stagelight, now beginning to laugh. ]

So much noise... Just shut up...! [ He lunges again, swinging the light back. ]

Hhhaaaaahahahaha!!

[heardyoucall]

MAKAI... TENJO!!

[The sutra springs from his shoulders, stretching, multiplying and racing toward the other. He aimed to use it not to hurt Cheshire, but to restrain him... and hopefully to dispel the darkness in his mind for only a short while.]

[tasted_the_sky]

[ This was certainly new-- he'd never been restrained by a sutra before. It was the first restraint he'd not been able to break through in quite some time, and feeling it encircle him, parts wrapping about his arms and legs, forcing him to drop his weapon. His eyes widened and his smile faded, his expression now one of fear and confusion. ]

Nnngh---Aaaah!

[ Make it go away. Not this again. Don't hold him down, don't inject him, don't-- ]

Stop... stop...! I'm sorry... I'm sorry.. I won't do it again, please let me go, I won't do it again!!

[heardyoucall]

[The light is brighter than ever as the energies of the sutra burn. Sanzo grits his teeth. Not yet. Not yet. He would hold it just a bit longer.]

[tasted_the_sky]

[ Cheshire can't deal with the amount of pain he's in-- usually when he's attacked, he's too distracted to think about any scars or shots he endures, the pain not being enough to make him acknowledge it. But this... This was worse than anything..

No, this was almost excruciating as when he first became Cheshire. ]

I--- I don't want to be Cheshire anymore...!!

[heardyoucall]

THEN WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE?

[He strains, holding the sutra where it is.]

ANSWER!

[tasted_the_sky]

[ Cheshire lets out a shrill cry before going limp in the sutra's hold, his strength being sapped without much resistance. ]

[heardyoucall]

[The sutra's glow fades as it slowly lowers Cheshire to the ground, retracting back to Sanzo's shoulders as he will the movement to end.]

...

[tasted_the_sky]

[ Once he's lowered to the ground, the crazed hedgehog slowly curls into a fetal position, hugging his knees to his chest and shaking violently. ]

[heardyoucall]

[Sanzo approaches him slowly, cautiously.]

Oi.