Odin's Advent [Bendytimed to after the announcement about the Melting Clock]

[darknight-ren.livejournal.com]

There was something wrong with Ren. It was becoming more and more clear to him. He didn't know just what it was, but the more he thought about it, the more he realized things just seemed...off. Like collapsing the week before. There was no reason he should have fallen or why his heart should have stopped. Sure, he'd had an intense training simulation not long before it, but he'd fought much harder than that back home, during the battle. He must have.

In one hand, he was clutching Eri's ring, desperately clinging to it though he knew she was gone...though something in his memory didn't seem to add up, and he couldn't figure out why he'd gone out during Shore Leave and bought a new chain for the ring if he knew everything was beyond hope.

In his other hand was an Advent Card deck. But it wasn't his Knight deck--the one he'd given to Phillip just after he'd collapsed, agreeing to take it easy until they could figure out what was wrong with him. This deck was golden, emblazoned with a phoenix.

It was the strongest deck in the Rider War, the greatest power of any Rider: Kamen Rider Odin.

And it was Ren's.

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[leapoffayth.livejournal.com]

"Ren!" Before the dust could be allowed to settle, Yuna was on her feet, taking hesitant steps toward their defeated opponent. She wouldn't get him right back up on his feet to start the attack all over again, of course, but it was inhumane to allow him to continue to suffer. When a check and a small spell confirmed that he'd live, she turned to the others.

"Is everyone all right? Do you need healing?" That was her specialty, after all. Someone who knew Ren better than she did would know how to handle him.

[levelheadedone.livejournal.com]

Gwen, by this time, had pulled herself up onto her feet and taking hesitant -if not slow- steps herself toward Ren.

"...I think so, but he needs help!" Gwen was putting aside the fact that, like Ren, she might need medical attention. But that was Gwen's style, after all - putting other people's needs before her own.