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celty sturluson

( VIDEO | canon move part one. )

[ celty is standing on a rooftop with her motorbike beside her. you can't see what's happening beyond that - she's wearing her helmet, and facing the other way. suddenly, she turns, jumps on her motorbike - her horse, that shrieks and whinnies as always - materialises her enormous scythe out of shadows, and starts riding her bike down the side of the building at full speed.

anyone watching feels something strange, and then suddenly hears a young woman's voice. it might take a moment to realise that it's not audio - it's coming telepathically. it's not harmful apart from a mild headache, but with the raw emotion, volume and suddenness of it, it's almost intrusive.

it's celty's real voice. and she's pissed. ]

SCREW IT! [ the people on the ground hear her too, and start shouting in confusion. celty picks up speed. ] That's right, I have no head! I'm a monster! I have no mouth to speak my thoughts, or eyes to convey my emotions!

[ the confusion is getting louder on the ground. celty's scythe drags along the side of the building with a metallic shriek and a shower of sparks. ]

But so what! Who gives a damn! I DON'T CARE ANYMORE!

[ she reaches the end of the building, launches forwards with a few spins and lands on the ground, coming to a stop on squealing tires. she gets off her bike, scythe still in-hand. ]

I am here. And I am real. [ some men in suits lunge to attack her, and celty fights them off, slices through them with her scythe - but strangely, it appears to do them no damage. they just collapse, unconscious. ] If you say I have no eyes, then watch my actions very closely! Listen to the cries of those around you! The ones who've angered this monster!

[ a man comes at her with a knife, and knocks off her helmet. the crowd falls silent. everyone stares in horror at her and someone speaks: "it's... it's the headless rider."

and every single person starts to run away. ]

That's right, I'm here. Right in front of you. Take a look! Do you hear me screaming?! This is my moment! This is my time to be born! I am injecting my very existence into the veins of this city!

[ by this point, the telepathic voice is screaming. in the background, two boys are fighting, and the bigger one lunges at the smaller one with a knife - but celty jumps in the way and takes the stab to where her lung would be. the larger boy who stabbed her starts to talk. ]

I have to thank you for what you've done. If it weren't for you, I'm pretty sure my sister would have just locked her in that cramped research lab again. [ he removes the knife and celty collapses, shaking and clutching the wound. the smaller boy goes down with her: "you okay?" ] I want you to give Celty back. She and I have to get out of here before the cops arrive.

[ celty snatches up her helmet and uses it to try and smack the knife from the boy's hand. it doesn't work, and she stands a moment later. ] It'll take more than that to stop our love! [ he lunges, and celty continues to swing her helmet at him, clobbering him with it. ] It's no use! Pain means nothing to me! There will be no pain in the life I'll have with Celty! Beat me all you want, I don't care. I won't feel it!

[ calmly, celty puts her helmet back on and her huge scythe materialises again. she raises it and prepares to swing it down hard, right at the boy's torso - ]

No, NO! [ the girl with the scarred neck from another of celty's video posts runs into the fray; the girl with celty's head. she stands in front of the tall boy. ] Please don't hurt him! Just listen. I know Seiji is harsh and violent at times, but he's not a bad person! And there's someone in this world... he truly loves.

[ celty and the smaller boy seem to be... shocked by something. absolutely thrown. it's the boy who speaks first. ]

Mika... Harima? [ the girl starts to cry and looks away suddenly. ] You're her, aren't you? The girl that Seiji supposedly killed. You're Mika Harima!

[ seiji... doesn't seem pleased by this. ] It can't be... Tell me he's wrong...

[ mika turns to him. ] I'm so sorry! I'm sorry... I'm sorry I didn't die! But then, your sister... And that's when this doctor showed up. He said that with a little plastic surgery and some make-up, I could look just like the head that you were in love with. He told me my name would be Celty, because that's what the head is called. I tried... I tried hard to be Celty for your sake, but your sister said...

[ mika and seiji can no longer be heard. celty's telepathic voice comes through again, with a bit of static, a little quieter now that the rage storm of earlier is over, but now there is something tense and betrayed in that voice - ]

A doctor who knows my name... and that I'm a Dullahan. [ celty is shaking violently. her scythe disappears in an angry swirl of smoke and shadows. ] There's only one person like that in this whole city—!

[ she storms off furiously, with a purpose and a determination in her stride, leaving the fight and the young boy behind. ]

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Celty--Celty, what's going on? Are you alright?!

SHINRA! It's all been Shinra, all this time! That girl never had my head; she was just made to look that way by Shinra...! He knows how badly I want my head, so why the hell would he do this to me?!

Celty. I would advise you to breathe but I will be completely honest and say that I haven't the slightest clue if that would work. Instead I'll tell you to simply take a second or two to try to relax and calmly explain to me just what on earth is going on.

Are you actually telling me the girl with your head was just made to look that way? And more importantly at the moment, are you injured?

[ the pause before she responds again at least shows that she took a moment to think. she's still furious, but it's smouldering and suppressed for the time being. ]

It's - Shinra's a doctor, and he specialises in plastic surgery. He can make a person look like anything. Somehow, he was in a room with my head... and he turned that poor girl into a decoy so that I wouldn't find it. He lied to me.

... I'm not injured. I've taken worse hits than a knife, believe me. My body can't actually be injured at all, it just hurt for a second.

...I don't understand. Why would anyone go to such trouble just to conceal your head from you?

I'm glad you're not hurt, at least.

I don't know either, but I'm going to find out. Shinra had better be prepared to explain himself.

Thanks. I just... [ sitting on her motorbike, alone in the street and doubled over... she just wishes she had a face to cover her hands with. ] Ha ha. I'm having a really bad night.

...Do you need some company? I wouldn't mind finding a worldhop if you would want me around.

I should probably head home and find him... but I wouldn't mind sitting around with someone just for a little while. I think I might be kind of shaken up.

I can find my way over there, or you're just as welcome here. It's your decision.

Here is fine. Normally I'd be wary about being out in public, but that spectacle seems to have cleared everyone out already.

I've learned by now not to draw much attention to myself, at least. I'll be right there.

Thanks a lot, Diarmuid. I really mean it.

It's nothing, you do not need to thank me.

[Which he didn't--after the short amount of time it took to find a worldhop, Lancer let his ridiculous agility handle the rest. It was far easier to travel invisible spirit form so no one could actually see someone jumping from streetlights and rooftops. Humans would look at that a little strangely, he assumed.]

[All in all, it didn't take him long. Diarmuid materialized in midair, landing beside her without a sound; dressed in human clothes and glasses, he was at least serious about not drawing much attention.]

Have I kept you waiting long?

[ with no one around following that incident, celty's not bothering with her helmet; she feels restricted. the shadows pouring from her neck had been tightly coiled, tense, and when he speaks they suddenly disperse, like a sigh. she sits down on a railing beside her bike - one hand resting on its handle for comfort for a moment, petting it. her horse has always been good company.

her phone comes out of her sleeve and she types. ]

No, you haven't. Thank you for coming. And welcome to Ikebukuro, I suppose.

...Would it be easier for you to talk rather than write? If it's just some form of telepathy, I doubt it would hurt someone like me.

[He sat down on the railing beside her, balancing on it easily. Diarmuid gave her a curious look as he spoke--not because he found her appearance startling, but because he wasn't entirely sure why she continued to type out her words rather than speak. Then again, he didn't know if that headache had been normal or what her voice could be able to do to a human.]

[ she hesitates, drawing back for a moment. ]

... To be honest, I don't even know how I did that. I was just so angry, and I wanted everyone to be able to hear me so badly... I'm not sure I could do it now even if I wanted to.

I'm sorry. [Diarmuid smiled, a little awkwardly.] I didn't mean to upset you, I just wasn't certain if you would be more comfortable like that.

Oh - no, it's alright! I'm not upset at all, so there's really nothing to apologise for. I think I was just as startled as anyone.

I must admit I was a little surprised myself.

[Lancer paused, adjusting his glasses as he tried to think of what would be the right thing to say here.]

...Are you certain that you're alright?

[ celty doesn't respond right away. she thinks for a moment, runs a hand over her motorbike and listens to the whicker-like sounds of its engine. finally, she starts to type. ]

I don't know. I don't think I will know until I've confronted Shinra and gotten an explanation for all of this. I'll be sure to tell you when I've decided what I'm feeling.

...I understand.

[He placed a light hand on her shoulder, trying to give a reassuring smile. With how miserable he'd been lately, it didn't work all that well.]

[ there's another sigh that can be seen in the movements of the smoke, like breath. celty picks up her helmet and puts it back on, looking a little reluctant to stand. ]

I suppose I should go and talk to him now.

[The recording is here, and Zel almost starts to speak once or twice, but finally he just shuts the thing off again and lets it post. It's not like he knows anything to say that would make things any better. She'll know he's seen it, at least, whenever she sees the comment.]

Hello, Zel.

[He rubs his forehead a little. That telepathy kind of hurt, if only because of the intensity.]

Are you all right? That knife...

It hurt a little, but my body can't actually be injured. So it's fine.

Mm. Good.

... I wish I knew what to tell you. [He doesn't even know who Shinra is.]

I wish I knew what to say. I know I haven't actually heard anyone else out yet, but I just feel so betrayed.

... [Zel would like to say he knows what that's like. But because he does, he seriously doubts she would believe it.]

Listening to them would be good. Though you certainly have a right to be skeptical about someone who's already lied to you.

...It seems you have been sorely misled by this doctor,
Celty Sturluson.

Yeah. I don't know what to think. I just... I need to know why he would do that to me.

But you trust him stilldo you not?

... I've known him for twenty years. He took me in, even when he didn't have to, and before now, he's never given me a reason not to trust him. And aside from that, I...

I think I love him.

[ holy. shit. ]

... Is this a bad time?

[ because when faced with crazy situations and mind-boggling revelations that he isn't a part of, underplaying how freaked out he is is the Lyle Dylandy way. ]

Not really. I'm taking a moment to breathe before I confront Shinra about... everything.

So it was him all along, was it.

Damn it... I'm sorry, Celty. I know you had him down as a friend.

There's no way I could say that he's not, yet. It's been twenty years, and all of a sudden this... I need to hear his explanation first.

Yeah, of course. Well, I hope you get the sorts of answers you're after.

...your name is Celty?

That's right. Celty Sturluson.

Your life is quite complicated.

Ha ha. Yeah. I suppose that's what happens when a dullahan gets mixed up in the affairs of humans.

Why did you become involved?

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( VIDEO | canon move part one. )

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Permavid; also did you know these two have the same seiyuu? XD

fffffhaha va twins

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handwritten always

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