Finale

[lil_tanuki]

It's reached critical... I don't think it will last much longer...

The book has reached critical.

[Hayate turns her head, looking sickly and pale. Her breathing is ragged and shallow and her family is there, trying not to show more emotion.]

I'm sorry I don't think I can hold on everyone... It'll be all right. The device needs magic but if we make sure it won't absorb magic then...

But if we get the book as far away as possible... [She coughed, collapsing onto her back.] I suppose I should send these gifts out.

It's the 23rd. Sorry everyone.

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The clock is counting down the minutes to the eve of the 24th. Further and further it's going. Hayate is pale, her breathing shallow as the book hovers there, glowing and sucking as much of her power away. It's time... for massive derailment.

Comments

[lil_tanuki]

"Chrono...?" Oh what's that voice? It was him wasn't it. Why... she felt so sleepy all of a sudden as she struggled to remain aware.

"I'll... try..."

[coolblueiceman]

"It'll be all right. We're coming, Hayate."

He slams a fist into the bridge's wall in frustration; raising his voice and muting the feed, he keeps shouting orders. It's hard, knowing someone he considers a friend is literally slipping away from him, and no matter how fast he pushes his crew, that fact won't change. The most he could do was hope that they'd make it in time.

[lil_tanuki]

Hayate is doing her best to hang on, coughing and trying to keep it together. There's little she can do right now and her head was pounding, as she tried to listen to everyone who was calling her name.