nazdom:
@atepride
“no, no, no, no, no.” a symphony of sobs cascade from her lips, hands resting on her knees. her throat is becoming raw from the screams and sobs, specks of blood covering her knuckles from smashing them against the concrete moments prior. her armor is heavy but her heart is heavier, tugging her chest down towards the ground. her gaze can’t lift — there’s a part of her that wants to look up at ikora, just for her to see the tears threatening to slip from her eyes. but she doesn’t. this isn’t her fault. this isn’t anyone’s fault; that’s part of being a guardian, right? resurrection. (fucking ulden sov.) he was like a cockroach; a bullet to the head wasn’t enough to keep him buried. no, it would never be enough.
when she feels a hand linger on her shoulder, she finally tilts her head upwards, eyes landing on the warlock. she tries to catch her breath before speaking. “cayde — i,” cresora pauses before fingers wipe the scorching tears underneath her eyes. her lips tremble, mouth searching for the words she wants to speak into existence. her vision is red and blurry, a hybrid of the anger boiling inside her. vengeance already consumed her once; does she dare let it consume her again? only time will tell.
“i will fucking kill him again. the crow or not, he’s still ulden sov.” ire buries itself inside her eyes. “you … encouraged me to go after him for fucks sake, ikora!”
uldren sov, the man who killed cayde. whenever ikora thinks of her friend, butterflies bounce inside her stomach — there’s not a day she doesn’t miss cayde. she misses the banter, his horrible jokes, and the way he was always there for her. when cresora came rushing towards her, cerulean hues glossy, ikora could only assume the worse. this was, in fact, the worse. uldren sov had risen from the grave and had aimed a gun at the awoken; the crow was flying. there’s a guilt resonating inside her, though; you encouraged me, ikora. she encouraged the end of uldren sov inside a prison cell, not a gunshot to the head.
cayde wouldn’t have wanted that.
“i’m aware, cresora.” she breathes, her hand moving to the blonde’s back. circular movements are made, an attempt to bring some comfort to her anger. “we both know that resurrection works in weird ways, though.” if uldren had known who she was, he would’ve squeezed the trigger. ikora knows that and even if cresora doesn’t want to see it, she will. the woman drops her hand to her side and takes a few steps forward, placing herself in front of the other. hands rest in front of herself, a deep breath being inhaled through her nose. it was hard seeing her like this. ikora understood her anger — there was some boiling inside herself, as well. she was right, though. resurrection worked in mysterious ways; you don’t always recognize who you are. you don’t always remember the actions you once did.
“when you were resurrected, you didn’t remember anything. if uldren knew who you were, he would’ve destroyed your ghost. he would’ve killed you. you know this.”













