[ If he could move, he wouldn't. He kneels there on the ground, one hand pressed against his injured face, and meets Topaz's eyes with a steady gaze. He's no stranger to death. How many times has he chased after it in the past? You're tired, comes the familiar, whispered voice in his head. You deserve to rest.
This is for the best. There's only so many bodies he can add to his list before it starts collapsing in on itself from the weight. Topaz didn't deserve this. She didn't need to be another victim of his awful curse. Besides, there's only so many times that his luck can pull through, and these days, it's been thinning out more and more. As the barrel of the gun points between his eyes, he knows that this was always going to be the inevitability.
Still, it would have been nice to say goodbye, though he's briefly distracted by Cloud firing his spirit gun in this direction. Before the sphere can fully close around him, Aventurine sends him a small smile. A quiet thanks for the attempt, a silent apology for all the trouble he's caused since that very first week they'd met.
And then the bullet is sent, the force of it causing him to fall back to hit the arena floor.
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This is for the best. There's only so many bodies he can add to his list before it starts collapsing in on itself from the weight. Topaz didn't deserve this. She didn't need to be another victim of his awful curse. Besides, there's only so many times that his luck can pull through, and these days, it's been thinning out more and more. As the barrel of the gun points between his eyes, he knows that this was always going to be the inevitability.
Still, it would have been nice to say goodbye, though he's briefly distracted by Cloud firing his spirit gun in this direction. Before the sphere can fully close around him, Aventurine sends him a small smile. A quiet thanks for the attempt, a silent apology for all the trouble he's caused since that very first week they'd met.
And then the bullet is sent, the force of it causing him to fall back to hit the arena floor.
Aventurine is dead. ]