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I โฆ can't believe this just happened . My dear friend @kuurosakiis just drew my wrathful Lady Momo in her Hueco Mundo AU ;_;
@agonisdei look at this , LOOK AT HER
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ... ? ย ย โโ ย ย to the PHOENIX , each day blended into the next , like an endless spiral of doom . IT WAS THE JAILER , NOW , THAT HELD HER FATE IN HIS HANDS .
SILBERN โฆ is what the Quincy called this place . Many a Ritter passed by her cell , as though she were a mere attraction , a source of continuous entertainment and amusement .ย
Mustering up every ounce of strength , face tilted upward , eyes awash with BLOOD facing the one that bore the letter "J" .ย
โ Though โฆ he did not order it so โฆ my Lord โฆ would want me to REMAIN SILENT . โ uttered Momo quietly , emphasising the last two words with a BITE to them . โ He โฆ cannot โฆ shall not โฆ fall into your hands โฆ nor the hands of your King โฆ nor the hands โฆ of โฆ โ
A cough tore through her lungs , searing her throat with the pain of a thousand cuts . Eyes fluttered open and closed .
โ โฆ for I know โฆ that Lord Aizen โฆ would NEVER condone โฆ the evils you bring โฆ upon our lands . โ
There were faint whispers the Captains Kyoraku and Ukitake were planning something ----- a rescue of Kuchiki surely. Ukitake in particular was a kind spirit and there was no way he'd let her be sentenced to death. However, his pleas fell upon deaf ears ----- went unheard by everyone.
โThe only reason Rukia was being executed is because AIzen ordered it so. Aizen wanted to KILL her to obtain the Sokyoku. Why do you not point your blade at your master? Or have you lost your reasoning and become his thoughtless lap dog, Hinamori? โ
His inner world is fields of ice. As far as his eyes could see ----- ice stretched out endlessly. The bright blue sky vast. It felt as if that very sky, and those fields of ice might swallow his soul whole and envelop hm. Hyorinmaru's voice echoed, reverberates throughout his entire being. His voice, his decision to lend Toshiro strength stands. Toshiro was the mast of that world Afterall ---- a winterscape, unnatural, just like his silver - white hair and blue-green eyes.
His breath appearing like soft whisps of air before him. The cold caressing his very being like an old friend. However, he didn't want to answer her question or draw his blade against his elder sister.
The sting of her question cutting deep, momentarily shaking his resolve. His reitsu wavers but regains its strength.
โYou'd never commit a crime. We both know you'd never do anything to get yourself executed -----โ He paused. โ--------Not until now. You realize you will be put to death if you go through with this. โ
His hand falls from Hyorinmaru. Lands at his side. โYou don't have to leave to change things. I'm a captain now. I can change things for us both right here. Besides, this mess would've never happened if AIzen never slaughtered all of Central 46 and issued orders in their place. He's the reason Kuchiki was sentenced to death and even you must acknowledge how messed up that is all to obtain that Hogyoku. โ
Still, even he must admit she's right. No one questioned it and that is why AIzen got away with it for so long. His hands ball into fists as he considered the ugly truth of the matter. Still . . .
He was a captain. If he turned a blind eye to Momo, he'd be considered an accomplice as well, wouldn't he? He has to stop her here but drawing a blade against her meant breaking their promise to protect each other.
The blood of his sibling trumped that of his station.
A look of uncertainty settled upon the younger sibling's face. For all his prodigy, for his captaincy . . . he was a child. He eventually gazed up towards her just like he'd done all those years ago when she used to ruffle his hair and call him โShiro-chan.โ
โDo you understand the position you've put me in? I'm duty bound to capture or kill you and my promise to protect you goes against that very order. โ
โ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ . โ ย ย โโ ย ย affirmed the Lieutenant resolutely , her eyes shining with zeal and determination , fists curling and shaking . ย โ I always knew something was OFF here , from the start . The plot itself , was โฆ insidious , yes โฆ but Lord Aizen didn't make it difficult to figure out โฆ for those of us with EYES TO SEE . โ
The cold , harsh TRUTH remained , thus : everyone that went along with the faulty decree , was guilty of A FAR GREATER BETRAYAL .
This was something neither Tลshirล , nor any Captain , could refute . And for Momo , it was the LAST STRAW . She wanted to barf , she wanted to rant about it , now that her brother was finally , FINALLY beginning to see reason .ย
โ Lord Aizen may have given the order โฆ but he had no power to make nearly everyone else go along with it . They did that entirely on their own .ย ย [ โฆ ]ย ย ย They chose to throw away a comrade , put one of their prized nobles on the chopping block for a crime that wasn't even worthy of death โฆ no , ANNIHILATION . โ
Though she could not see it , Momo knew that Aizen must be SMILING behind her , now , for she had figured it out .
In hindsight , the whole plot was LAUGHABLE ; the fact that Kuchiki Rukia had faced a life-or-death situation , should ALONE have moved the Central 46 to leniency . Pleading her case , as Momo was certain that Captain Ukitake of the Thirteenth had done , shouldn't have been necessary . The surrounding factors , ones that CAPTAIN AIZEN himself had voiced before his โdeathโ , should , thus , have given everyone PAUSE . The esteemed Captains of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads were many things โฆ yet STUPIDITY was not among those traits .ย
So that only left two answers : misguided comformity โฆ or MALICE .
โ You're missing the point , Tลshirล . This isn't about whether or not I'd commit a crime โฆ but about who would stop the sages from killing innocent people . Miss Kuchiki had her Captain on her side . I'm asking you โฆ if it was me instead โฆ who would advocate for me โฆ ? And if it was you โฆ who would move to stop them โฆ ? โ
Momo already knew the answer to that latter question . SHE WOULD RAISE HELL TO SAVE HER BROTHER . She didn't know how , but she would . Somehow . She HAD to .
The way he looked at her โฆ the pain in his eyes , the uncertainty , the hesitation , the way he was grappling between his duty to her [ the way he assured her that he of all people could change the Soul Society , all by himself โฆ FUTILE , and naive ] and his duty to the Court Guards โฆย
โฆ Tลshirล was already SLIPPING AWAY FROM THEM .ย
Momo gulped . He looked to her for GUIDANCE . And as his sister โฆ guidance is what he'll receive from her .
โ You can't serve two masters , brother , as can't I . If you raise your blade against me โฆ then you're saying that the promise we made to each other means NOTHING to you , anymore . ย [ โฆ ] ย And if I raise my blade against you โฆ then I have FAILED , as an elder sister . โ
This was the coup-de-grace . Gaze softened , voice quieted down to a whisper , for she could not be indignant as Tลshirล was looking to her for SAFETY . A child like him โฆ never should have had to join the Court Guards .ย
๐ฟ๐พ๐พ๐, ๐ป๐ธ๐๐๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ธ๐๐ณ ๐๐ธ๐๐ท ๐ฒ๐ป๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ด๐ณ ๐๐ธ๐ฝ๐ถ๐. She stands before the spider, no longer as a comrade but as a traitor. It made Shutara rather perplexed as to why she chose the side of such a ... Vile creature. Her red lips mock her partially with how they curve into a grin like the talons of a hawk.
โ Such a pretty face, yet so easy to fall into something like that. โ Referring to Aizen as a thing, as an embodiment of evil instead of a person.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ . ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ . ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ . ย โโ ย ย The woman before her was known by many names , many titles . And yet โฆ to stand here โฆ SENT CHILLS DOWN THE PHOENIX'S SPINE .ย
Hinamori Momo could not speak , could not RETORT , even as the divine spider openly MOCKED the phoenix's dearly most beloved โฆ AIZEN SลSUKE โฆ stripping him of any dignity or personhood . Were the Divine General someone lesser , Momo would have long reduced her to CINDERS , for such an unforgivable affront . Yet โฆ that was the farthest thing on the former Lieutenant's mind .ย
FOR WITHOUT HER WINGS ; SHE WOULD BE EASY PREY FOR THE SPIDER . The heights that she'd reached since her Lord's defection from the accursed Soul Society not mattering one bit .ย
โ โฆ Lady Shutara . โ she addressed the Royal Guard with faux respect , curling the silky material of her pristine white dress with lithe fingers , โ โฆ you've got the wrong idea , I'm afraid . I ... did not FALL into my Lord's hands โฆ he needed not beguile me , for me to follow him . โ
One , two , three hitched breaths .
( interlude ; noble petals meet the sea of flames ) | kuchiki byakuya โ @noblereason
๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ย ย โโ ย ย the Captain , hell-bent on EXECUTING HIS OWN SISTER . Lady Hinamori's gaze grew dark , eyes narrowing to slits , lips pressed tightly together , lithe fingers curling into a fist on the arm of the throne .ย
STILL ; SHE KNEW THAT ENGAGING THE NOBLEMAN IN DIRECT COMBAT WAS MOST UNWISE .
โ KUCHIKI BYAKUYA , โ voice echoed , forgoing the formalities entirely [ for the man in front of her was not , and would NEVER be worth of such ] , โ how brave of you , to intrude in here โฆ UNINVITED , might I add . โ
Momo drawled out each word with measured , careful diction , so as to not betray the seething anger welling deep within her soul . Her manner of speaking seemed entirely foreign ; there was a SAGELY quality to it , unheard of from someone that once originated from the Rukon .ย
โ I highly doubt you came here to join LORD AIZEN'S great cause ; you and your fellow nobles stand to lose the most , should he succeed โฆ โ she continued and threw one gaze out of the large window , onto the largest tower , where her LORD was quartered , and back to the Captain of the Sixth . โ โฆ and , you're here ALONE . Surely , Elder Yamamoto hasn't grown ARROGANT enough to think you can defeat us all alone โฆ did he ? โ
Like the PHOENIX she was , the former Lieutenant was going to dance around the Kuchiki . Perhaps she couldn't face someone like him in direct combat just yet โฆ still , a battle of WITS was a different story . THE WAR WAS NOT YET ON ; the preparations , still , remain incomplete [ incorporating THE HลGYOKU would take a bit , after all ] .ย
Until then โฆ perhaps she could lower his morale .ย
The way her words seem to bite into him ----- into his very soul. The sting of her calling him โCaptain Hitsugaya โ burrows into his very bones. Her tone reminiscent of when she led the family. The way she would talk to him when he was upset at her leaving when he was younger ----- a brat in fact. Eventually he'd grown accustomed to her leaving for periods of time. That's why, he was not surprised when she left to become a shinigami. She'd come back to him ------- she always did.
His hand still rested 'pon Hyorinmaru He felt his reitsu, felt Hyorinmaru's will. He knew his zanpakuto was willing to fight, to put it all on the line ------ even against the phoenix despite the fact that both of them worked to keep balance upon the heavens. As long as Toshiro's will was firm, their powers could not fail.
โI am a captain, and it is my duty to stop any threat to the Soul Society. โ He challenged her reasoning with his own. Finding it appalling that she'd throw away the career she worked so hard for for Aizen's delusions. Toshiro still believed that she was being lured in or tricked in some fashion by the man standing there, smiling behind her with that deceptive smile of his.
A thin layer of ice began to crystalize over the surface of everything in the chamber. He still held out hope that he would not need to draw his blade against his elder sister. However, the fury, the bite of winter was still in the air in response to his emotions. Further proof that he was [ blessed ] cursed by Hyorinmaru.
โIf you continue down this path, I may be unable to beg for your pardon from the Head Captain. โ But at this point, was that what she even wanted? Momo seemed committed to die for this cause.
โIf you do not see reason, we will have to cross swords, and I cannot guarantee your safety. โ Despite being a captain, there was a reason he always warned his subordinates to stay back. Even if he was a prodigy, he still had yet to fully learn to control his own powers. โI am giving you one last chance to come back to me, Hinamori. โ
โ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ... ? โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ . ย โโ ย ย ย โ You mean the one that just โฆ bent over BACKWARDS to fulfil the decree , regardless of the fact that it went against EVERY practice in the Court Guards โฆ? โย
A crystalised layer of ice began to spread throughout the chamber , chill biting at Hinamori Momo's skin , burning the cells with Hyลrinmaru's bitter cold . IT HURT . It hurt so much . The tremor in her legs was proof that Tลshirล's [ or rather , Hyลrinmaru's ] affront could no longer be ignored .
She could not , would not , relent to her brother , here . Not because he was clearly the stronger of them โฆ but because the path she was determined to follow , was THE RIGHT ONE .
AND INSIDE HER VERY BLADE , TOBIUME WEPT .
Momo could hear it โฆ the weeping , gnashing of teeth of Tobiume , drowning out everything else in this room . How her inner world became one of FLAMES , ashes raining down from blood orange skies , burning down the lush flower fields the spirit in the likeness of the Goddess Benzaiten had cultivated . And at this rate โฆ EVERYTHING would be gone . Flames spread , and burn , and DESTROY , even the bonds between SIBLINGS โฆ
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย โฆ bonds that HITSUGAYA MOMO held most dear .
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย โฆ How was she supposed to face Granny , at this rate โฆ ?
โ You cling so much to your position , to the Soul Societyย ย ย [ โฆ ]ย ย ย but would you be saying these same things โฆ if I was the one being executed โฆ ? โย
Lashes downcast , she still refused to draw Tobiume , still opting to , rather , ENDURE Tลshirล's bitter cold .
Momo never wanted to have to ask Tลshirล this question ; because from the way he talked โฆ she wouldn't know his answer . Of whether he would side with the Soul Society , over HIS OWN SISTER . Of whether he would allow his sister to be executed by the Sokyoku ; his sister , who had even LESS standing than a Kuchiki , one of the Four Great Noble Houses .ย
โ Everyone went along with executing a Kuchiki , under the pretext of UPHOLDING THE LAW โฆ but what they really did โฆ was throw away a comrade , knowing her soul will be destroyed . โย
he knows what gin has done as soon as he hears hinamori momo's soft voice echoing faintly throughout immense, empty rooms. former and current lieutenant, one leading other like a lamb to the slaughter.
hands clench in tight fists for a moment, the only expression of frustration he will allow himself. plan laid out carefully, meticulously, has been interrupted โ and for what? what are you doing, ichimaru gin?
hitsugaya and hinamori were supposed to finish each other off. simple, efficient, and one of the few bits of pure selfishness he'd allowed himself while formulating his plan. and yet at the same time, an act of mercy; would it not be kind for him to allow her to die without knowing the truth of his betrayal?
donning captain aizen's mask is easy; gentle kindness settles over him like a second skin. anger at gin is buried for now, to emerge only in stern looks. he enters the room momo and gin are in, footsteps echoing. god approaches sacrificial lamb.
he hides any surprise at seeing momo, for behind her is gin, watching through narrowed eyes. in this game they play, he will come out victorious. still, there is nothing satisfying in the way she reacts, no vicious joy to be had.
" how have you been, momo? "
ignoring gin as though the man isn't there. he'll deal with his former lieutenant later.
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ; ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ .ย โโ ย ย And for a moment , time stood still . For a single moment , death has not besmirched these quarters ; the SNAKE stood not behind them , slithering in the grass , watching , waiting to STRIKE CAPTAIN AND LIEUTENANT DOWN .ย ย ย [ โฆ ] ย ย Or , at least , that's what one would expect the meek Lieutenant to assume , in this moment .
Hinamori Momo rushed towards her Captain , almost desperate to distance herself from Ichimaru . Small , lithe fingers tugged at Captain Aizen's HAORI , crumpling the soft material , squeezing it tight . One could easily mistake this as the coping mechanism of a mourning young woman that had just been reunited with the man she valued most โฆ
... yet when she finally tilted her head upward , to meet her superior's gaze , he would see something else entirely .
THERE WAS SOMETHING OMINOUS , IN THE WAY SHE REGARDED HIM .
โ CAPTAIN AIZEN , โ ย she addressed him at last , โ it's been โฆ rather hard on me , all this โฆ Miss Kuchiki's execution ; your death ; the Ryoka invasion โฆ all of it . โ
No smile , no jubilation , no tears of joy ย โฆ in short , none of the ways one would EXPECT her to react . Voice was quiet , soft , gentle , audible only to the man before her . Tonally out of place with the SHARPNESS in her gaze ; one , of a woman that was NO FOOL .
โ โฆ A series of events , that have left everyone SCRAMBLING about like headless chickens .ย [ โฆ ]ย ย Yet here you are , ALIVE โฆ and the SAGES , โ she spoke of the distinguished Central 46 with absolutely NO EMOTION whatsoever , โ long dead . โ
The Lieutenant threw one tentative gaze at Ichimaru , to make sure he was still behind them , and shifted her attention back to the Captain .ย
โ โฆ If you ask me โฆ โ voice turned DARK at the end ,ย
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ . ย ย โโ ย ย There was no light in her eyes , similarly to the man that sat across her . Words that would have stung , back then , now felt empty and numb . It was a similar feeling โฆ to back when HE had faked his death , staked through the heart atop the Fifth's barracks . Not a day went by โฆ when Hinamori Momo didn't think of him .ย
โ Devotion โฆ is not for the faint of heart . โ answered the former Lady of Las Noches , each word spoken laced with pain and gravity . Lashes downcast , she briefly gazed at her own reflection in the honey-coloured liquid before taking a sip to wash down the contraction in her chest . โ It is an admission โฆ that you're prepared to one day be DEVASTATED . โ
โ To fall in love โฆ takes great strength . ย [ โฆ ] ย ย And to fall in love with HIM โฆ to stand by HIS SIDE โฆ takes ย ย all that you are . โย
โYoung lady, young ladyโฆ.you've gotten it all wrong.
ย ย ย I'm merely a shop keeper, I'm sorry to disappoint.
ย ย ย I was curious, you see, when I'd heard an old friend had left the same place I had, way back when~โ
Kisuke tapped his closed fan against his lip gently, before smiling.
โHowever, your traps and safety measures seemed quite tricky!
ย ย ย Supremely impressive, I might add.
ย ย ย I just happen to be a bit slippery~โ
He conceded, tilting his head, smile changing to almost a baring of teeth. Such hate for Soul Society from such a young soul! Could she have come from the slums, and never snipped away that part of her?
Some noble families could be overheard calling Rukongai shinigami โRukon ratsโ, and some of those shinigami also called themselves as suchโฆ.He'd never heard of a Hinamori family, so she must be from the slums, or have changed her name. Many did, and he couldn't blame them. To inform one of your name was to give them power over you. Nobles wanted to escape their noble chains sometimes, as well.
โOh, ambitions?
ย ย ย Would you be willing to tell an old man what those are?โ
โ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐ ๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ... ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ? โ came the swift retort , eyes narrow , tone soft and airy , carrying no THREAT in it whatsoever . The hatted man was clearly taunting her , toying with her as a cat would with a mouse . Yet , the PHOENIX was no mouse , nor was the intruder a cat . Even so ... in the absence of her LORD โฆ she knew she needed to tread carefully .ย
โ NO ONE would willingly come to Hueco Mundo โฆ unless they have a death wish . And you โฆ โ the Lady lifted her hand , pointing her finger at him , โ โฆ don't strike me as someone COURTING DEATH . โ
โ You'll have to FORGIVE me , then , โ she drawled out with measured diction , โ for not taking you at your word , โ mere shop-keep โ . โ
he cannot bring himself to gloat, easy though it would be: look at how much more intelligent i was hangs on the tip of his tongue, but the words remain unspoken.
" i did. "
confirmation is quiet, but the words seem to echo throughout the room that is his cell. butterfly, stabbed through the heart and pinned against corkboard, labeled as lepidoptera proditor. he hates it here.
" do you think me so heartless, that i was unbothered by the losses of my subordinates? "
genuine, rather than chastising. gin's death in particular had truly been regrettable, if inevitable; for all that he had tried to turn the tables, lieutenant once more betraying captain, aizen's fingers had been brushing against godhood.
she finishes, and ah, he thinks he understands. kaname's tale of woe must have been nothing if not a convincing example of the horrors of soul society's oligarchy. injustice, woven into the very fabric of the nobility, a creeping rot deep within the marrow of the place he had once called home.
" and here you are, returned to me. surely your new captain would consider this to be a betrayal. are you...ah, how did you put it? unbothered by such a thing? "
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ . ย ย โโ ย ย ย It was no secret to them both that his BETRAYAL had weighed heavily upon her ; most of her comrades attributed that to the fact that the man she loved had played her like a fiddle . His โdeathโ , the insinuation that her BROTHER was behind the conspiracy ย [ โฆ ]ย ย and finally , stabbing her โฆ it had all been so INSIDIOUS , that , in fact , most simply pitied her as simply another of Aizen's long list of victims .ย
And yet โฆ Momo faulted herself for that incident . For not having had the COURAGE to let her Captain Aizen in on her doubts . [ Would it have made a difference , though ? Would he have taken her with him , back then , in that case ? ]ย
โ โฆ I โฆ thought many things , back then . โ ย she answered at last , choosing her words carefully to get her point across exactly how she intends . ย โ I even tried to convince Tลshirล and Elder Yamamoto that Ichimaru had either blackmailed or manipulated you . โ
โ Truth is โฆ my heart was DIVIDED . Between believing that you were simply a heartless man gunning for absolute power [ โฆ ] and believing that there is โฆ HAS TO BE โฆ a deeper reason behind your actions โฆ a reason that , until now , completely eluded me . โย
IT WAS NEVER THAT SIMPLE ; that , she knew even back then . She spoke her words with utmost sincerity ; no point in pretending that her FAITH in the man she still affectionately called CAPTAIN was founded on any sort of logic or foresight . Nor would she speak her treacherous words to her comrades ; for even sympathising with a criminal was treason .
โ ย I believed someone as powerful as you โฆ wouldn't be too bothered by the losses . Your absolute confidence made me think that . ย โ Momo continued , voice faltering more and more with each passing syllable , bracing herself for what she was about to say next , โ But when I saw you again , during the Quincy invasion โฆ when I heard how โฆ empty โฆ and hollow you sounded โฆ โ
She paused , taking a moment to swallow the lump in her throat , not wanting to appear like a complete wet blanket in front of Aizen . It was pointless , she knew ; already admitted that she'd returned TO HIS SIDE , her decision already made long before she ever stepped foot , into the encroaching darkness of Muken . Behind everyone's backs .
โ The ILLUSION โฆ once more , shattered before my eyes . ย ย [ โฆ ] ย ย That's why I'm here . Captain Hirako can yell and scream and gnash all he wants โฆ but I'm not letting you FALL APART here , anymore . โย
Oh , how FREEING it felt to finally say this . How freeing it felt to LET THE MASK SLIP .
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย character inspiration moodboard for ย ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ ! ย i'll admit , this one was rather hard to pin down as momo is such a nuanced & multifaceted character , but here's my ( tentative ) list . i'll list below as to what about these characters inspires my interpretation of her !
LEFT ย ย firefly ( honkai star rail ) : momo & her share the inner rage motif , their no-mercy disposition towards enemies , the fire motif (obvs) , but also their kind , gentle & empathetic nature . ย ย | ย ย ย raiden mei ( honkai impact 3rd ) : the way momo would give EVERYTHING for her loved ones , even if it meant completely changing who she used to be . again , kindness & gentleness intertwined with unwavering determination .ย | ย ย ย mikasa ackerman ( attack on titan ) : momo's unwavering devotion towards the man she loves ( aizen ) , & also her strength of will & the power she wields .ย
RIGHT ย ย zen'in maki ( jujutsu kaisen ) : going SCORCHED EARTH against those that have wronged them . momo is unkind to those that hurt her loved ones . ย ย |ย ย ย ย seele vollerei ( honkai impact 3rd ) : sweet girl with a hidden side ; that describes momo & basically her entire life , from her childhood as a mercenary , to keeping her head down as a shinigami , & finally , following aizen's path ย ( which is what she always wanted ) . ย ย | ย ย sparkle / hanabi ( honkai star rail ) : momo's sadism when she dons the hollow mask . nuff said . also , being BLUNT & getting under peoples' skins .ย
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