OOC: I'm still catching up, and I don't feel like going through the
entire archives again, so bear with me if I mess some stuff up.
-==IC: InAki==-
InAki stood atop the headquarters in Terakou, silently standing vigil over the city. Hikari's death had sent ripples through the universe, as if all of reality had suddenly shifted. Aki had fallen sharply silent, and had not spoken even within his mind for the past two months. This would normally have been something of a relief, but InAki found that, without his true self's constant pressuring to issue forth, he had no motivation, no will to act.
Aki was not the only one not speaking to him. Skye was avoiding InAki for some reason as well, something that no doubt did not encourage Aki to come out. In fact, many of the people of Terakou had ceased contact with InAki, and with each other. It was as if Hikari had been their true self, and without him the team could not function.
But now InAki knew that could not be the case. Marik's return had marked a turning point, InAki had felt the shift in reality. It was subtle, no doubt, but he somehow sensed the time for him to reconnect with the others had come.
InAki activated his armor, a refined form that looked and
felt heavier than before, and stepped backwards over the edge of the building. Barely adjusting his position enough to land right-side-up, he hit the ground in front of Marik and Kai with a tremendous
thud. He deactivates the armor again.
"I'm coming with you."
OOC: InAki's been standing on that roof without shelter for the past two months straight, even training up there. He's barely eaten, and he literally hasn't spoken since then, either. He does not look--or sound--his best right now.
