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it feels as though he's been laying there for an ETERNITY. ( the flow of time gone syrupy and indecipherable. ) the table is cold against his back; his body produces so little heat, it's unlikely to warm at any point soon. there are restraints placed at strategic locations around his body — over his wrists, at the bend of his arms and legs. conventional anesthetics aren't strong enough to work on such an ABNORMAL specimen; it's more efficient to simply keep him from moving. that's fine, the puppet thinks. pain is only a temporary feeling — he's strong. strong enough that something so fleeting won't be able to faze him. that ( unsympathetic, clinical, terrifying ) familiar voice tells him they're going to be testing the limits of his regeneration today. that's fine too. he's determined to prove he's more than the unwanted child his mother so callously threw away. he isn't fragile. he isn't useless. if this is what he needs to do to become PERFECT ... so be it.
that human makes the first incision.
it hurts. it hurts. it hurts. skin peels, muscle tears. his ribcage is cracked to expose the delicate vitals underneath — and the puppet can feel the snap of every bone as they go, one by one by one sending shudders through his entire frame. teeth sink into his tongue, deeper and deeper until thin rivulets of blood spill from the corners of his mouth. it hurts. his body jerks against the restraints. there are black spots gathering at the edges of his vision and he would pray for unconsciousness if he knew any DEITY would listen. ( they never do. ) eyes roll back and he can see through blurry gaze the faces peering down at him from the upper levels of the operating theater. people from his past. people who betrayed him. their lips move without making a sound. you wanted this. you wanted this. you wanted this. you wanted to be stronger.
his mother stares dispassionately from the very back, wreathed in an ethereal lavender glow. she alone does not speak — she merely observes, waiting for the moment her creation sheds those SHAMEFUL TEARS and brands himself a failure once more. he won't. he's not going to. he's not going to cry ...
but he already is, even if he doesn't realize it — because the visceral images flashing through his mind are but a dream. ( a hallucination. a nightmare. a memory, albeit warped and particularly vile. ) the wanderer doesn't make it a habit to SLEEP — and frankly, he would avoid it altogether if given the option. yet kazuha's presence has a tendency to make him feel dangerously relaxed, as though a bit of the ronin's natural tranquility somehow infects him by proxy. occasionally, he even feels relaxed enough to fall asleep. ren always cries; it seems to be a flaw that's HAUNTED him from the moment of his creation. those pitiful tears that sealed his fate. this is ... different.
full body sobs wrack the wanderer's frame. he's clinging to kazuha's clothes with everything he has — desperately, like a lifeline. ❝ it hurts. ❞ the mantra from his dream ( from a time before he grew numb ) bleeds into reality. ❝ i can't ... no more, please ... ❞
@momijiba everything hurts ic AND ooc ...
#momijiba#blood tw#body horror tw#torture tw#( it's pretty bad that i had an entirely different dream about him being set ablaze and drowning in ash planned out first --#and then i realized he's too used to being set on fire for it to really shake him to that extent. )#( .............. tags you will only ever find on erabundus dot tumblr dot com )
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