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writetomyheart2019-03-10 09:41 am
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[team three] restart
Back after a four-year writing break because of...adulting, and my interests never change, huh. Awesome. Been into Japanese stages / musicals again in the last year or two, so have something from The Messiah Project, one of my favorite productions.
‘Here is where I die today,’ Ariga had distantly mused, surrounded by way more enemies than the rounds in his gun. It would have been fine—within expectations, even, that he would die while fighting, except suddenly the biggest surprise in his life so far decides to show up. Ruthlessness and grace combined, the flurry of bullets and movement in black and gold takes down the enemies one by one.
Ariga had not expected the reply that came from his “who are you,” asked in the middle of a frozen wasteland with the smell of blood clinging to the snow and air. Had not expected Itsuki here, alive, with his memory of Ariga intact. His messiah, saving him again.
His voice shakes with emotion as he repeats the name, an answered prayer, the recognition of salvation. There will be time later, though probably not much. He can let the tension bleed out of him then, can get as carried away as he wants. For now, the pressing weight in Ariga’s heart lightens by half, and a warm and strong presence confidently watches his back. In this moment, his clock restarts, and all is right in the world.
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notes:
1. Here is a walkthrough for the Messiah Project.
2. Ariga and Kagami.
3. if anyone hopefully gets baited into this very...emotionally exhausting world, hit me up!
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‘Here is where I die today,’ Ariga had distantly mused, surrounded by way more enemies than the rounds in his gun. It would have been fine—within expectations, even, that he would die while fighting, except suddenly the biggest surprise in his life so far decides to show up. Ruthlessness and grace combined, the flurry of bullets and movement in black and gold takes down the enemies one by one.
Ariga had not expected the reply that came from his “who are you,” asked in the middle of a frozen wasteland with the smell of blood clinging to the snow and air. Had not expected Itsuki here, alive, with his memory of Ariga intact. His messiah, saving him again.
His voice shakes with emotion as he repeats the name, an answered prayer, the recognition of salvation. There will be time later, though probably not much. He can let the tension bleed out of him then, can get as carried away as he wants. For now, the pressing weight in Ariga’s heart lightens by half, and a warm and strong presence confidently watches his back. In this moment, his clock restarts, and all is right in the world.
—-
notes:
1. Here is a walkthrough for the Messiah Project.
2. Ariga and Kagami.
3. if anyone hopefully gets baited into this very...emotionally exhausting world, hit me up!
faded_lace, it’s all yours.
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also lol is that my archive I see linked in the footnotes
HELLO.
ahem.
no I am not weird, I promise.
also man, I remember this stage. it was emotionally exhausting.
just like basically every other Messiah stage lol
I love how you described that final scene :3
and would absolutely be thrilled to read more Messiah fic from you!
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i dug around the net for days, but nothing as detailed/compiled ever came close to yours. i feel like a lot of people went with Shuusuke when he graduated. or with. well. Mamiya.
Messiah is always a "watch it on a long weekend" kind of affair for me. gotta give the heart a chance to heal before we function as semi-humans again.
yes, definitely looking forward to writing more content :D :D this world is an absolute thrill to explore. add to that the fact that established characters don't get re-cast once they've gone on stage, so fans get attached both to the actors and their roles.
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yeah all my Messiah writer friends have left me T_T but not until more recently... with Mamoru and Kaito and well I guess now Ariga and Itsuki. but omg I love the new generation and cannot believe the next stage is going to be another graduation one... T-T (Hinamori/Kogure ajsdjalksjdasldjasdlasdjlaksdj)
lol yeah talk to me about it. my friends and I are always broken people when we come out of the venues. Twilight was no exception yargh
I just love Messiah ToT
(btw have you been reading the manga?)
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I haven't read the manga yet, BUT SOON! :D :D :D Palcy keeps crashing on my phone, and my physical copies arrive next month. I saw some previews from volume two and. the shots were CUTE. pretty sure there'll be a lot of OUCH in there, too.