Rest Easy, Heroes? [OPEN]

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It had only been a short while since the revelation that the worlds that everyone had came from was gone. For Shadow, that didn't mean much. He knew that those who were part of his world were here, though the revelation that the Sonic that had appeared with him was from another world altogether was a bit surprising, to say the least.

If there was anything that unnerved him about that revelation? It was that he had failed on his promise to Maria. The people on this ship were hurting and he, who had made a promise to give everyone a chance to be happy, couldn't do a damn thing about it.

Not yet, at least.

For the time, though, he hid himself away in one of the sensoriums, needing the time to relax. When he arrived, he initially set the place to be like the ARK, the space station he was created. But, he got tired of that quickly and changed it to something more... relaxing.

The Green Hill Zone. His Sonic's first romping grounds.

With the grassy areas swaying in the breeze, the various waterfalls flowing and the sights of loop-de-loops all over the place, Shadow felt a bit more at home... or tried to, at least. At the moment, though, Shadow opted to stay under the shade of a palm tree...

...and briefly wondered if he turned off the option for attacking Badniks.

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Shadow felt the tree move slightly as Kazuya leaned on it. Looking over, he noticed who was there - the one who had pretty much challenged him after everyone had regrouped.

"...nice place, isn't it?" Shadow said, waiting for anything he might do.

[demonicgene.livejournal.com]

Kazuya smirked, shifting his weight slightly. "Reminds me of my father's private estates... sans the superfluous... loops..." He waved a dismissive hand at one of those loops.

For now, though, Kazuya was content to goad the animal into attacking him first. Not so much as a need to claim moral high ground, as a strategic move to attempt to push the mental limits of Shadow's temper.

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Shadow let out a grunt as he went to stand up. "I was created in space. A... weapon of sorts, so I never really got the chance to really enjoy this sort of thing, before everything went to hell."

Yeah, despite the fact that he promised himself never to think that far back? He did. And well, it cheesed him off slightly.

[demonicgene.livejournal.com]

Kazuya didn't respond right away. All he knew was a world consumed by war, run by his father. It sounded like he and Shadow had some common ground after all.

"Hell is all I know."

[is-the-ultimate.livejournal.com]

"Yeah... for awhile, that's all I had. Now... I have a promise. A promise I've failed to keep..." Shadow said. He ignored Kazuya as he continued. "...all that I can do... and I couldn't even...!"

[demonicgene.livejournal.com]

"Get over it." Kazuya didn't sound confrontational when he spoke. If anything, he merely spoke from experience.

"Dwelling on past failures produces nothing but stagnation. Focus on what is before you. That is all that matters."

[is-the-ultimate.livejournal.com]

Shadow turned, angry. "Another time, another place, I would have! Things are different now, if you haven't noticed! Everything I've done, everything I've tried to accomplish means NOTHING now!"

[demonicgene.livejournal.com]

Kazuya met that anger with a cold experienced glare.

"If it means nothing, then why dwell on it? It is precisely because it means nothing that it should be discarded. Put in the past never to be looked upon again. Face what is before you, lest it stab you in the back."

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"There are some things that are never meant to be forgotten...!" Shadow said, glaring back. Like he would forget something like Maria. "There here and now? Memories are all we have left! If we shove them aside, then what do we have left? If you think other wise, then prove it!"

[demonicgene.livejournal.com]

Memories of his own surfaced slightly. Memories of his one lover, the one person that made a normal life look appealing, the one person that he would've died for. The one person he cared for that was taken from him.

"And what good does dwelling on the past do? How does that change anything?"

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"We learn from our mistakes... and we don't forget who we lost!" Shadow said.

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"The past is best left in the past. Improve and move on. Looking back only dishonors the sacrifices others have made."

Kazuya was starting to attempt to convince himself of this more than anything. To tell himself that this was his only path. That this was the only way.