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⠀⠀⠀the witch soon reveals herself for what she truly is ， leaning back just so he can get a view of how she properly speaks . . a method so horrifically specific and recognizable but without any of the love the original put into hers .

[ ' ' recognize this face ， 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐚 ～ ？ ' ' ]

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⠀⠀⠀* " Hmhmhm ～ I don't suppose you'll find my true appearance pleasant considering who you've decided to trust all this time ！ "

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⠀⠀⠀however ， the cadence it uses lies similar to the version of him who hails from Ithaca . she chooses the voice of the better ， less pathetic version of him . mockery at best . the amalgamated keyblade deforms as she continues to surround him ， lifting herself off the ground .
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⠀⠀⠀the dastardly harbinger of death ， no ？ for it has wanted to face her in combat all this time ， and surely the nudge it gave her angered her enough to take revenge and give it what it wants .

why then is she indifferent to its presence ？ why does she almost seem eager to know it approaches ？

[ @crimsonexecution.bsky.social ]
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⠀⠀⠀alone sits the goddess on a ledge . a particular energy surrounds her ； it tastes of a calm and warm feeling with a bitter and malicious aftertaste ，unusual for the woman of her class . however ， that must be because of her bitterness towards ++

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⠀⠀⠀she continues to use kairi's voice for mockery towards the hopeful boy . . she soon creates an amalgamation also pretending to be a keyblade — made of flesh ， bone and teeth .

* " It was enough to get you close to me ， and I didn't have to put much effort either ～ ！ "

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⠀⠀⠀see right through her . . she expected this as much as she knew just when he'd let go of her and step into a row of jagged teeth . not enough to bite off his foot ， of course ， but the amount of pain throbs horrendously .

* " . . Convincing form ， isn't it ？ "
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⠀⠀⠀once the transfer completes itself in full ， she pulls away with her arms cross and a grin still wide in nothing but malicious intent .

* " I sure am looking forward to this ， Orochimaru . "

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⠀⠀⠀the true nature of this devious power ， much like the mark of heaven ， seeps deep within the sanin's bones . she was telling the truth — even taking in this power sacrifices the body of the user to it — hence why she said she'd step in while he got used to embodying it .
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⠀⠀⠀molecule that makes up the sanin's cells . it twists and turns within his nervous system ， flowing into any crevice it can find that it has not already infected . it swirls within his muscles ， forcing them to contract and release not at his own will .
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⠀⠀⠀her grin widens to its max capacity as she quickly takes his hand with her's that held the ball of pure nebula . once their hands meet ， the nebula travels from her hand to his and within his body .

the new power feels agonizing as if the nebula devours every
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⠀⠀⠀* " As that faulty ， selfish being and I are one and the same ， I'm an original holder as well . Lucky you ， hm ～ ？ "

she eyes kabuto ，and it feels like she rolls her eyes at him .

* " Seems your cohort doesn't want you to have anything to do with it ， though . "

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⠀⠀⠀* " To obtain it ， you must be given it by an original holder . "

she creates a ball of pure nebula energy ， twisting stars and matter into itself . it glows a corrupt ， purple hue ， and it begins to draw tiny pieces of matter into itself as if it were a black hole .
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⠀⠀⠀* " You ， on the other hand ， will have to build resistance to it . It hails more capabilities than that silly emerald which energy you took directly into your body ， and it is sure to give you a fighting chance .

I'll keep anyone I need to busy while you get used to it . "

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⠀⠀⠀* " The magic she possesses that / is / obtainable by a mortal I ， and she ， named Nebula Magic . It hails from the cosmos itself . Reality and space bends to the user's will . . . at the price of their own body ， of course . Since she has nothing to lose ， she uses it freely . "
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