Raven watched impassively, unmoved by his pleas. She heard joyous cries as golden lights rose out of her Soul-Self and soared upward. Different voices, all female, came from them.
You knew! Your soul knew! Your soul resisted him, resisted as we could not. He is more machine than man.
Your Soul-Self burns him...it frees us. And without a human soul, he can no longer be human. He has failed. And we are free!
Eric's humanity was destroyed when he interfaced with his computers. He was losing his humanness even as he was becoming a machine. He knew to regain his own lost humanity, he needed to feed on pure souls. He found women...took their souls in love-making and in the process destroyed them.
Then he met you, Raven. He sensed the power of your Soul-Self, the well of so many Azarathean lives. He knew by stealing your soul, utterly destroying you, he could once more become human.
The lights vanished as the souls of Eric's victims all escaped. Raven sank down to her knees, recalling her Soul-Self. It left behind what remained of Eric, more metal than flesh now, twitching on the carpet, sparks flying from his body. "Save me, Raven. Save me," he repeated, over and over before falling completely still.
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Date: 2013-02-23 10:31 pm (UTC)You knew! Your soul knew! Your soul resisted him, resisted as we could not. He is more machine than man.
Your Soul-Self burns him...it frees us. And without a human soul, he can no longer be human. He has failed. And we are free!
Eric's humanity was destroyed when he interfaced with his computers. He was losing his humanness even as he was becoming a machine. He knew to regain his own lost humanity, he needed to feed on pure souls. He found women...took their souls in love-making and in the process destroyed them.
Then he met you, Raven. He sensed the power of your Soul-Self, the well of so many Azarathean lives. He knew by stealing your soul, utterly destroying you, he could once more become human.
The lights vanished as the souls of Eric's victims all escaped. Raven sank down to her knees, recalling her Soul-Self. It left behind what remained of Eric, more metal than flesh now, twitching on the carpet, sparks flying from his body. "Save me, Raven. Save me," he repeated, over and over before falling completely still.