lionhearted

theodora jane rumley. eurynome. thirty. mutant. a member of the omegas.

[heroicals]

children of the moon; may we grow, may we bloom.

{jessica henwick, twenty-nine, cis woman, she/her} || theodora jane rumley is a mutant with the ability of life-force manipulation who has been in new york all her life where they spend most of their time as a museum researcher and an omega. when i think of them, i think of freshly-cut flowers, a green wool sweater, the faint sound of giggling from across the hallway, slight hand tremors from exhaustion, a veneered weatherworn disposition, and the smell of dry juniper berry, patchouli, green leaves, ambroxan, and musk. they are affiliated with the omegas and the xavier institute.

click here (or the source link) for her dossier + hmu on dcord @ tin#0007 for plots 🥀

cc: @c23intros

[hcneybunnny]

“Here is what they do not tell you about Death: when Death says ‚You are born for this’ , she clearly means ‘You will die for this’.”

— r.m | Excerpts #22 (via lilys)

[heroicals]

theodora could feel it.

all of the pain. atticus, louis, and stevie. all the living beings who were trapped underground with her. the pain was so intense that she could barely think straight, let alone move. it's everywhere, in every cell of her body. she could feel it in the air and on her skin, in every breath she took, yet she was still alive.

though not for much longer.

she knows what she has to do: save them all.

theodora has always known this would be difficult, perhaps a part of her had always embraced it the second she got the call, but if there was one thing she believes in more than anything else, it's the strength of others. she believes in them all—the innocent people trapped with her and everyone else above ground trying their best to fight back and waiting for their loved ones to return home.

theodora inhales deeply and braces herself for what is to come. her nebula of white light slowly dances away from her body as she closes her eyes and spreads her palms. all the people she needs to save are covered in waves upon waves of life matter that radiate from her glowing body, giving them the vitality and strength they need to survive this.

it's one thing to go out in a blaze of glory, but she's never been one to put out fires with fire. they need their enemies to see that they cannot be intimidated into submission more than they necessitate the deaths of other mutants to justify the means of their cause.

with each tendril of light that wraps around these vulnerable mutants in a warm, protective embrace before joining their bodies, theodora heals them one by one and enhances their powers.

she reaches out to those around her—especially her dear friends—her last flickers of insurmountable power used as a lifeline, tapping gently into their thoughts so she can say—

i believe in you all.

death is an unstoppable thing, and theodora knows better than to fear it. instead, she observes the crowd with a soft smile as she slowly falls to the ground, the last glint of light fading from her eyes as she takes her final breath.

and just like that, she's gone.

⇢ @atticus-bellefield, @surelouisb, and @doctor-crowe​

[daichxato]

heroicals​:

“…i’m doing this for our people, too.” is all there’s left to say, except— “goodbye, daichi.”

“Goodbye, Theo.” Forever.

[heroicals]

DAICHI KATO​

How wrong she was because Daichi thought all of it through. From him joining the Brotherhood to assassinating the mayor to meeting and dating Theodora– he thought it all through. Everything he did had a purpose, even him pushing to fight against Theodora despite his life force being pulled from him. He was more stubborn than he was intelligent, his pride wouldn’t let him die without pushing to take her down. His first love or not, she was still his opponent and he was going to treat her like a proper one. “End me then, do it, Theodora. Save everyone and kill me.” She was their hero, it was the only way to save all of the hostages and finally defeat a Brotherhood higher up. She needed to do it, it was written in the stars. Good always triumphs bad, bah! His eight ice spears were down to one and a half, the others had crumbled completely, leaving nothing but ice shards on the ground. One of the half spears had made it half way before crumbling as well, leaving only one that was only inches away from Theodora. Though, just like the others, it was crumbling as well, Daichi putting all his focus into keeping that one up and going. 

Though, it stopped, her words piercing him deeper than whatever she sent at him. “I did what needed to be done.” He let out weakly, it was becoming harder to even speak. “Everything I did, I did for our people. I did it so we can live peacefully without the others mistreating us. You might not agree with our ways but at least we’re making immediate change.” Then there was a beat, a moment taken for him to gather his last bit of energy to say, “I’m sorry for making you love me. And I’m sorry for loving you in return.” 

“…i’m doing this for our people, too.” is all there’s left to say, except— “goodbye, daichi.”

[heroicals]

ATTICUS BELLEFIELD​

“Theo?” Atticus chews on his bottom lip as the words filter through his mind, flickering in and out as if on a cellphone in that’s just out of range. “Are you ok?” It’s a dumb question, but he doesn’t know what else to ask. It’s not like he can go up there and try to help her, especially not in the state he’s in. “What do you mean you’re having trouble, what’s-” When the link goes dead, Atticus feels his nails dig into his arms, a sense of dread washing over his body. The moments before the connection is re-started feel far too long, but once Theo’s voice comes filtering through, he lets himself relax every so slightly. “Uh, yeah there’s some injuries, some violence is starting to break out” He pauses, as if taking a moment before having to enter in this conversation. “I’m hurt too. I’ll be ok though, don’t worry about me” 

he’s hurt. and he’s not the only one. theodora can hear them, even feel them—and it makes her heart ache. all the screams, cries, and groans. fellow mutants inflicting harm on innocent human beings. and to think, she’d thought she made a difference becoming an omega. theodora knew this wasn’t going to be easy, but she’s losing more people than she’s saving, and she can feel them all running out of time. she knows what she has to do. “atty… i’m going to put a stop to this, okay? once and for all. just—just give me a second. i know what i have to do. don’t worry. it’ll all be okay.”

[heroicals]

DAICHI KATO​

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He was focusing in on her, hand raised in the air, ready to signal the ice shards to pierce through her body. He dropped his hand, ice shards zipping through the air and heading straight for Theodora, just as she sent her own move at him. But he was too slow, by five seconds exactly, he counted because he was that type of person. 

His whole body felt off, as if he was losing energy, as if Theodora was taking away his energy. You’ve gotta be kidding me, he thought to himself, Daichi frowning deeply, struggling to keep himself standing and his ice shards up. They hadn’t even made it to her completely, the shards all stop in mid-air. Some were even slowly beginning to crumble. But they were still up and that was enough, so, with shaking fingers, he gestured for the shards to keep moving. 

“i wish that you had thought this through.” theodora’s voice echoes lowly. there isn’t any anger or bitterness in her voice—just disconsolate and defeated. the vortex soon dissipates, now only waves of fluorescent life matter surrounding her. she’s a nebula of a living being, teeming with light and life all around her, yet she doesn’t stop drawing in daichi’s life force with her closed fist—her fist that’s glowing brighter and brighter—his very life force turning into nothing but a luminescent ball of matter. evil shouldn’t exist in the world. daichi is a vessel of it. of cruelty, violence, and hopelessness. she has the power to stop it. it’s that simple. it should be that simple. a strangled breath escapes her as her gleaming, white eyes flicker, and she slowly draws out, “this only ends one way.” —to end evil for good, theodora knows this, and she’s suffered a great deal of pain for it because she loathes the solution. not death. it can’t be death. especially for daichi. her voice tunes into a soft, sullen, lilting melody, “how does it feel knowing you’ve risked everything, ruined everything… for it to end this way? you made me love you.” but despite her words, she wrenches her fist tighter, pulling and pulling and pulling at every breath he takes. it’s excruciating, but it’s a tale as old as time: the hero must defeat the villain.

[heroicals]

DAICHI KATO​

[omg daichi without his mask and looking sad/very much in love.gif]

She kicked him and he went down, though he was already back onto his feet. He couldn’t waste a single second while going against her, not with the other Brotherhood members nearby. Katana up and ready, he prepared himself for whatever she was going to do. But in that moment of preparing, he found his chest tightening at the sight of her. Despite how angry and determine she was to defeat him, Daichi found her absolutely beautiful. 

“Bring it on, Theodora.” And she did exactly that. Daichi stood strong and tall for a few seconds, using his katana to block some of the energy, though his unbreakable ice began to crack before shattering completely. He was sent back once again by her, God. She even cracked his kitsune mask, damnit, he actually liked that thing. Taking the mask completely off, he dug his fingers into the ground, the look in his eyes hard and heavy. Behind him, eight large ice shards pointed in her direction. Because if she was seriously going to hurt, maybe even kill him, he could do the same. At her words, he gave her a dry laugh. “I’m a liar? What, because I didn’t tell you what I did for a living?” That he was apart of the Brotherhood, that he was a mutant, you know. The small details. He was standing now, though he was deeply wounded from their battle. His head was throbbing, his chest was still tight, and his ice creation was slowly becoming difficult for him to do. But he be damned if he gave up, he was not the type to give up. Not against no one, Theodora included. “Sorry for leaving that out, didn’t think it was necessary for me to tell you that.” 

[theodora going even more super saiyan.gif]

she’s not going to fall for his distractions. not this time, or ever. theodora, and the every single human being around her, are in a pressure cooker, with every second passing a sign of death looming closer.

she knows what she has to do.

theodora flows slow and steady, here sphere of bright, white light of energy shrinking the closer she gets to him. this time, there are no words. she has nothing left to say to him. all she needs is to brace herself for what’s to come.

lifting her palm, she summons the long tendrils of energy surrounding her, swimming across her fingertips, and aims between daichi’s eyes. her own are glowing even brighter, almost blinding as her mind penetrates into his body—very life force—at scanning and grasping every living cell that flows inside of him. 

and in one fluid motion, she wrenches her fist closed.

[heroicals]

DAICHI KATO​

yadda yadda hiroomi fighting someone.gif idk i gotta leave now cries 

He was already creating a new katana, this one entirely of ice, after slamming her to the ground. He was glad that he was still wearing his mask, at least then he could hide his frown at her words and the sight of glowing white eyes. “Go on and try to hurt me.” The same way he’ll try to do the same to her, if he can bring himself to do so. Katana finished, he gave it a twirl before swinging it down to hit her. 

[theodora going super saiyan.gif]

daichi bellows and rushes at her, bringing his katana down once more. she deftly ducks out of the way of the blow, then kicks him in the chest, sending him sprawling. no more defense. no more buffers. no more decorative weapons to soften the blow. theodora stands with her fists balled and her fiery, opalescent eyes staring straight ahead. as she raises her hands, tendrils of light emanate from the nearby trees and soil, and, by sheer exertion of will, she draws the vitality from the plants around her.

theodora's voice reverberates through the streets, guttural and echoing in a voice that is almost not her own, as she says, "you made me do this," before unleashing a blast of energy at him to shatter his katana and send him flying back once again, this time making sure she pushes the adrenaline off his body. as she charges forward, her feet lift off the ground, creating a vortex of energy that grows larger and larger as she gets closer to him. "i'm not going to let anything stop me from punishing a murder, a terrorist—a liar."

[heroicals]

DAICHI KATO​

Any and all feelings that he had towards her were pushed to the side, Daichi leaning into the adrenaline and the fact that they had an audience to do or say anything else. She blocked his strike with ease, their two differing abilities clashing as if they were long time enemies. As Theodora grabbed his wrist, yanking his katana from his grip, Daichi took the chance to grab hold of her arm and flip Theodora onto her back. 

theodora knows this can’t go on for long. she can’t keep on playing defense. not when daichi needs her still and defeated. not when there are people in need of rescue. when she’s slammed to the ground with a loud thud, theodora hides her wince and grits her teeth, then just as quickly, her eyes glow white in rage, “…don’t make me hurt you,” she finally says, shedding any and all omega-passable pretense.

[heroicals]

ATTICUS BELLEFIELD​

“There’s a few. I saw Milla-or, I mean, Milo. But they’ve changed into Milla because someone from Essex is down here, which is a whole other thing and she’s scared. Then there’s some mutants that I know from the streets. But I don’t think there are a ton of like…power houses” Atticus stuck his hand in his pocket, going to fiddle with his knife, momentarily forgetting that he had given it to Milla. “Yeah, they aren’t playing around here. But will do. I’m planning to try and limit the use of my ability, since I don’t know how long we’ll be down here. Or whats gonna happen.”

~ * ~ wiggly woogity minor time skip ~ * ~

“—atty!” she’s a bit rusty with simultaneous intense combat and telepathic communication, and with every class-hiss-clang of daichi’s katana against hers, theodora’s link to atticus fuzzes like static. “—a̴̦͂t̶̯̆ẗ̵̰́y̸̰̑, i’m having trouble with dispatching d̵̩͘ȃ̵̧i̴̧͛c̴̿͜h̵̘̋ḯ̷͔—” her thoughts are a mish-mash amid a powered swordfight, and as she blasts daichi away to create distance, her link momentarily turns into a dead line. theodora shuts her eyes, revving her mind to search for her friend once more. “…ȧ̵͍t̴̨͒ţ̴͘ỳ̷̮?̵͓̓ ̷̠̐a̴̯͐ṫ̶͇t̵̲͘ỉ̸̟c̶̳͛ṵ̷̇ş̵̕?̴͉̔ atticus? is anyone hurt?” she quickly asks, panicked as she swiftly stands, palms gripping her katana for another round.

[heroicals]

ATTICUS BELLEFIELD​

“Ok. I’m glad you have some back-up” Atticus glances around “Things are ok in here right now, theres still a lot of tension in the air but nothings ignited anything yet. It’s still early though, and things could get bad quick so..the faster you get down here the better”

“are there any other mutants down there? anyone from the institute?” by the looks of it, theodora reckons she’ll be occupied with daichi—and a few other brotherhood lackeys—before she’ll get the chance to get underground. “i’m looking at a few people here who’ll no doubt give us a hard time getting through… you might have to stall for a while before yaz and i can find a way to get you out of there.”

[heroicals]

DAICHI KATO​

“As if they will. I should be saying that to you about your teammates.” He didn’t attack right away, seconds were taken to focus in on this match between the two of them. The chaos that surrounds, the sounds of humans screaming, of fists connecting to skin, of whatever abilities being thrown at each other, it all became white noise. All he cared to worry and think about was the woman before him. During the fifth second, he sprinted forward and then jumped high, a pillar of ice was created to help push him upwards as he swung the katana downwards.

theodora would be lying if she said she was ready for this—but she’s a superhero. she should be. seeing daichi raise his katana, she knows he’s about to rain ice on her. but she’s not afraid—she has her own powers, and they’re more powerful than any he could ever conjure up. he just doesn’t know it yet. when the attack comes, theodora doesn’t flinch. she just raises her katana into the air and conjures an energy shield, blocking his icy blast. a smattering of ice and waves of white light scatter from where they stand, and theodora quickly grabs at his wrist and spins, yanking his grip away from his katana.

[heroicals]

ATTICUS BELLEFIELD​​

The sound of Theo’s voice makes Atticus jerk his head out of the quiet conversation he had been having with another person. It takes a moment for him to realize that it wasn’t something that had caught his ear, and he offers an apology and a quick smile to the stranger before turning and walking away. “Theo? Where are you?”

“i’m right above you. i have some things to take care of, but i’ll be there soon—i have yaz with me. how’re things looking down there? how bad is it?”

[heroicals]

DAICHI KATO​

“A little too late for that.” Some of their hostages had pissed him off so of course he had to set them straight. Katana hilt in hand, Daichi connected the palm of his left hand to the top of it. Within seconds, he had created an ice blade, just as sharp and sturdy as a real blade. “It’s not too late to go back to your little compound, Eurynome. I’m sure your plants need you more than these humans.” 

“…and it’s not too late for you to surrender, so your little teammates don’t have to see you humiliated,” she lightly retorts. right then, her katana glows even brighter—but theodora’s not going to give him even just a millimeter of leeway. all she needs is for him to charge at her. “make your move, kato.”

[heroicals]

a deep pressure rises and rumbles in her ears as she attempts to connect with someone underground. “…atty?” ⇢ @atticus-bellefield​

[heroicals]

DAICHI KATO​

LOCATION && WITH WHOM : : BERGEN STREET W / @heroicals​

“Well isn’t this cute,” he said. “You came down here to visit me. Did you miss me that much?” 

“you’re not laying a single finger on these civilians.” theodora draws her katana, glowing bright and white-hot as she plants her feet on the ground. “let’s get this over with. i have people to save.”