[ Riku's gaze pierces through his blindfold towards Arden. He's trying... he's trying so hard not to let anything slip through his fingers, to not let these emotions claim him and cause physical reactions to happen. The black thorny vines or the shadowy hands that tore themselves from the ground the last couple of times that he couldn't seem to reel these emotions back in... how they somehow seemed to manifest from the darkness within him... he doesn't want that to happen now, to happen here, which is why he's trying to leave.
But here's Arden, blocking his way and it's only further agitating Riku as he stands there gripping at the railing. For a moment, it looks as though he's about to summon Soul Eater within his hand with the way he draws it away from the railing, but... he doesn't and instead, he clutches at his chest again, this time tighter than before.
It hurts inside. It hurts so much and it feels as though something wants to come out, something that he's been swallowing down over and over again whenever he feels it starting to rise up within him but this time, this time it feels as though he can't swallow it back down and he wants to blame Arden for this.
Coming to drop down to a knee on one of the steps, Riku coughs. Over and over again until finally, he coughs up the shards of ice that had been lodged within his chest, pushing their way through him like glass. He shivers, a puff of cold air spilling from his lips as more ice is coughed up on the stairs, a manifestation of his own numbness, the very cold that he's been swallowing down within him. ]
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But here's Arden, blocking his way and it's only further agitating Riku as he stands there gripping at the railing. For a moment, it looks as though he's about to summon Soul Eater within his hand with the way he draws it away from the railing, but... he doesn't and instead, he clutches at his chest again, this time tighter than before.
It hurts inside. It hurts so much and it feels as though something wants to come out, something that he's been swallowing down over and over again whenever he feels it starting to rise up within him but this time, this time it feels as though he can't swallow it back down and he wants to blame Arden for this.
Coming to drop down to a knee on one of the steps, Riku coughs. Over and over again until finally, he coughs up the shards of ice that had been lodged within his chest, pushing their way through him like glass. He shivers, a puff of cold air spilling from his lips as more ice is coughed up on the stairs, a manifestation of his own numbness, the very cold that he's been swallowing down within him. ]