highkey forgot that sideblogs can't send in asks so i'll be on anon lmao but it's knightofreaders!!! and I actually would really love like an angsty hc of a continuation of the last ask during the schwann situation!!! thanks in advance mod mae <3 <3
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ALSO— this contains spoilers for Tales of Vesperia!! The game is 10 years old I know but with the somewhat recent rerelease this is to just make sure.
I also can’t put a ‘read more’ thing here since I’m on mobile so uh sorry—
“Go on without me, I’ll catch up once I’ve got this wound under control.” You looked up at Yuri Lowell, a concerned expression on his face. During one battle with a knight, you had gotten wounded on your side. The group was running low on healing supplies, so you insisted that you would stop the bleeding yourself. Everyone was hesitant to leave you behind. Especially now.
“(Y/N), we don’t want to leave you here.” You blinked a bit and looked over at Judith as she spoke. “But,” she looked over at the others, “we have faith that you’ll make it back to us in one piece. Right?”
Everyone else was quiet for a long tense moment before Karol nodded slightly. “Y-yeah! I trust you m— (Y/N).” he forced a small grin onto his face.
You knew what he was about to call you, and as he almost called you ‘mom’ for the second time… well, your gaze softened. You smiled softly at him. “Thanks, Karol.” (E/C) eyes traveled over to Yuri, Rita, Patty, and Flynn. Patty gave you a small nod, while the other three seemed more hesitant. “Guys. I’ll be okay. I’ll catch up before you’ll even notice I’m gone.”
After yet another long silence, Yuri sighed, shaking his head slightly before looking away from you. “Alright.“
“Just avoid fighting until you come back, okay?” Rita cut in, folding her arms over her chest as she looked down at you. “Oh, and, uh, here.” she pulled one of her extremely old weapons from her bag and handed it to you. A scarf. She avoided making eye contact as you took it from her.
“Thanks.” Rita nodded curtly in response and stepped away from you, the others taking her lead. Flynn being the most hesitant one to do so.
“I’ll make sure to kick that bastard’s ass twice as hard if you can’t make it in time.” Yuri grinned slightly and you couldn’t help but laugh.
“Good. Now go, hurry. Estelle’s in even more danger for every second you spend with me.” You waved the group off, and they began to walk away without question. When they exited the room, you began work on your wound.
You hissed softly as you slowly stood up, using the wall as a crutch. The bandaging you had done to your wound with Rita’s old scarf, well… it sucked. But you had to get going nonetheless. After all, you had promised to meet up with the others.
You slowly began to hobble through the door you knew you had seen them exit through. They couldn’t be too far off.
As you stepped into the next room, your prior somewhat relaxed mood was replaced with dread as you heard a scream. And not just any scream, it was Estelle.
If you weren’t trying to be quick before, you were definitely trying now. If that scream said anything, it was that the others were in danger in some way. You had to hurry.
For every panicked step you took, the voices of your comrades and the twisted commandant got louder and louder.
“… now shut up… Estelle go!”
“… Certain… what the princess wants?”
You could just barely make out the words from the echoes they made across the halls, but alas you couldn’t hear all of it.
You let out a quiet grunt, reaching the entrance to where everyone was and holding tightly onto the door for support. Your eyes were drawn upward, their attention caught by the strange ball that held Estelle captive.
“As long as I’m with you all, I’ll only cause you harm… But… I want to be with you! I just don’t know what I should do!” You shook your head and took a small step forward, your voice catching the attention of everyone in the room.
“E-Estelle—! That isn’t true! You have to pull yourself together, we— we’ll find a way to fix this!” You tried to take another step forward, but fell to your knees, shaking.
“(Y/N)!” Estelle called out for you as Karol and Judith both rushed over to help support you.
“Estelle! Pull yourself together!” Patty shouted, looking at the girl with a small frown.
“Forget about that, Estelle! Get over here!” Yuri glanced briefly over to you. “(Y/N)’s right, If there’s something you’re unsure about, we’ll work it out together!”
Yuri and the others began to make a run toward Estelle, only for a bright red light to knock everyone back before they could even get close.
This included you, as you were blaster back a short distance, hitting a nearby pillar with a grunt.
Your vision danced between clouded and clear, and you could barely hear Alexei speak over the ringing in your ears.
You pushed yourself up as your vision cleared and you could hear once again, the first thing you registered being the familiar-looking knight that stood before the group. For a brief moment, you made eye contact with him before he looked away quickly.
Recede barked at him, and you glanced over to the dog in confusion, only to go rigid.
“I suppose there’s no fooling the nose of a dog.” Your heart stopped. You recognized that voice.
Your (E/C) eyes moved quickly to look up at this ‘Captain Schwann’, and sure enough, it was the man you knew as Raven.
“R… Raven? What’s going on? Why are you wearing…” you knew the answer already, and it made your heart twist painfully.
You stood up, stumbling forward. You had to get close to him, to see that this wasn’t some sort of cruel trick. However, a hand wrapping around your arm pulled you back to the others. You looked over, making eye contact with Flynn.
“… This doesn’t look like a joke.” Judith commented, as if reading your intentions like a book.
Everyone else remained eerily silent, a few glances spared over to you as you stared at Schwann Oltorain in disbelief. This couldn’t be real. It had to be some sort of nightmare.
“Wait—! But what about the Don, Raven—?!” Karol exclaimed. Schwann gave him a brief once-over before moving his gaze to the wall behind you. He seemed so broken. So different. It scared you to think about how he ever got like this.
“Conversing with you is not one of my duties.”
You hated the way his voice sounded. It was so different, so cold. It hurt. This hurt so much to see, to watch, to hear… you could barely help the tears welling up in your eyes.
“Raven…!” You and Karol seemed to speak at the same time, each of you with an equally heartbroken tone to your voices.
Yuri soon enough got over the shock and shook his head as he got into a defensive position. “We’re in a bit of a hurry, so let us through.” A moment passed, and Yuri’s eyes widened. “Wait… you’re not thinking of trying to stop us, are you?”
You tensed up as Schwann reached over and unsheathed the blade at his side, eyes narrowed at the group.
“N-no… Raven— Schwann—” you had no idea what to call him at this point. “Please— p-please don’t do this!”
He didn’t listen to you, though. His gaze didn’t even travel over to look at you. Perhaps he didn’t care, or perhaps he couldn’t bring himself to look at you. Either way, you could feel a tear rolling down your cheek as you tried to suppress a quiet sob.
“… Schwann Oltorain. First Captain of the Imperial Knights. Ready to do battle.”
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