[He tries to call after her, but there's no stopping and he just swears under his breath. He considers chasing after her, but this duck thing has a firm hold on him and is surprisingly strong, pulling him away. By now he's lost sight of her and he can only grit his teeth and plan to find her later.
Unfortunately, due to various...encounters, that is significantly delayed until after landing in Eltrut. And he couldn't help but be a little anxious. Of all the people to also show up, Barnabas had to be one of them. He couldn't even feel satisfied that the bastard was dead for good—not with him now here. Then there was Joshua with an echo of Ultima still inside him... If this wasn't hell, then it was really turning out to be.
At the very least, it seemed that neither Barnabas nor Benedikta ran into each other the ship, there was one small mercy. But as he works to "borrow" some new clothes off other unsuspecting Corsairs until he get his own, he knows it would be a matter of time.
...And he knows who Benedikta will choose.
It's frustrating, really, knowing that she will still choose to run to that bastard because of her stubborn loyalty. And with things between them still as they are, she still won't listen to him—even after how she saw how things ended for her. It's enough to make him wonder why he should keep bloody trying, but he already knows the answer to that. He saw that answer lying on that burning ground. Saw it when he opened that door.
Maybe he should just force her to join him—but that would make him no different than the man he's still fighting against even after death.
Fuck, he needs a real retirement.
For now, he'll search through the streets, looking for any sign of Benedikta. And fortunately, mutters of a particularly "loud bitch" who was "screeching like a banshee" at the tattoo shop give him all the clues he needed. And it won't take long until he sees her...and apparently she also decided to make a change in wardrobe for now.]
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[He tries to call after her, but there's no stopping and he just swears under his breath. He considers chasing after her, but this duck thing has a firm hold on him and is surprisingly strong, pulling him away. By now he's lost sight of her and he can only grit his teeth and plan to find her later.
Unfortunately, due to various...encounters, that is significantly delayed until after landing in Eltrut. And he couldn't help but be a little anxious. Of all the people to also show up, Barnabas had to be one of them. He couldn't even feel satisfied that the bastard was dead for good—not with him now here. Then there was Joshua with an echo of Ultima still inside him... If this wasn't hell, then it was really turning out to be.
At the very least, it seemed that neither Barnabas nor Benedikta ran into each other the ship, there was one small mercy. But as he works to "borrow" some new clothes off other unsuspecting Corsairs until he get his own, he knows it would be a matter of time.
...And he knows who Benedikta will choose.
It's frustrating, really, knowing that she will still choose to run to that bastard because of her stubborn loyalty. And with things between them still as they are, she still won't listen to him—even after how she saw how things ended for her. It's enough to make him wonder why he should keep bloody trying, but he already knows the answer to that. He saw that answer lying on that burning ground. Saw it when he opened that door.
Maybe he should just force her to join him—but that would make him no different than the man he's still fighting against even after death.
Fuck, he needs a real retirement.
For now, he'll search through the streets, looking for any sign of Benedikta. And fortunately, mutters of a particularly "loud bitch" who was "screeching like a banshee" at the tattoo shop give him all the clues he needed. And it won't take long until he sees her...and apparently she also decided to make a change in wardrobe for now.]