This isn't my fault

[nightgoddess]

[Nyx hmphs softly, looking around with a somewhat strained look on her normally expressionless face. she's not exactly certain of where her not-quite-so-dear mun is, but just to be certain she'll glare at just about everything (or everyone) around her before she flatly adds:]

I refuse. It is utterly beneath my dignity... both your ideas are. Do not allow yourself to be talked into foolishness. Must I remind you of what I am?

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[burningmydread]

[His condition is worsening rapidly in response to Nyx's will. He spasms violently, jerking and twitching as the thing locked inside him works to take over. Veins of black slowly snake up his neck.

His eyes are open, but he doesn't look like he's seeing anything. Nothing real anyway - maybe he's looking into some other world, full of horrors and nightmares. He's trying to hold on, trying to retain his humanity, but his situation is grim.]

[nightgoddess]

It is not my goal so much as humanity's. Why do you seek to prevent them from achieving what they are so desperately begging for, Thanatos? It is time.

[now that it has begun, Nyx is finding she doesn't really need to expend that much effort or energy to ease Minato down the path of being the Appriser... and soon enough, her Avatar on Earth, there to bring the Fall that humanity has asked for through their feeding of Erebus. what has begun... likely can not be stopped now]

[notsogrimreaper]

It is not time! Not everyone wishes what you think they do! They just don't understand yet that there's a way to solve problems without forcing the world to start from scratch. If you'd wait a while, good people would find a way to get the people who are wishing for this to stop.

[He rubs Minato's back, forcing back tears as he tries to hold his friend's body steady. If he can just get Nyx away, maybe they can ride this out...

No. He's wasted enough time on the sidelines. He lifts Minato off of the ground, gives Nyx one last glare, and starts to run.]

[burningmydread]

[He's heavier than a normal human should be. Much heavier...

His hands are starting to twist into claws by the time he's lifted. He's worsening rapidly - it's not stopping - and he's clearly still struggling against it. As much pain as he's in, Minato is trying to hold on, fighting this with everything he's got.

...He's probably suffering worse for his will to live.]

[nightgoddess]

[she doesn't pursue the pair. even if such a thing wasn't beneath her dignity as a proud goddess, there's just simply no need to. it has begun, and there is not a corner of the earth far away enough from her now. there's not a force strong enough to stop what has been put into motion. after all, every beginning is only a beginning because there is an ending. just as night wouldn't exist without fair day, life wouldn't exist without death. it is the cycle of existence, it is destiny...

and it has begun.

and so, Nyx softly smiles. and waits]

[notsogrimreaper]

[He's noticing he's heavier than usual. He doesn't want to transform, though, in case that will badly effect Minato, or speed up the process. There has to be a way to stop this...]

H-Hey... Minato, just keep fighting... I'll think of something. I can find a way to fix this, I promise.