Record of the 10309th Child

[twibeast]

Your name is Orthrus.


OOC: These are the memories of Orthrus' life that one will see upon holding his crystal core (which previously appeared to be just an earring). The closer to his death the more you see, but as days go on it will become harder, until eventually only the moment of death can be see from an outsider.
These memories are more feeling than visual. Only a few visual details really show themselves, and only a few names stand out based on most importance. More details are locked within and not for outsiders to see. Characters may see the image of people they care about in the place of the people in Orthrus' memories, their own friends, family and lovers. The crystal will contain a little bit of warmth at first, like the last embers of a fireplace, but will eventually become stone cold.

These are split into comments/segments for easier reading. The last memory is the one most relevant to evidence. The later half explains what happened to Orthrus between Ars Arcana and We Could Be and the reason for his coughing fits and tar. Everything else is flavor/for fun. Again only the people who touch it directly will see everything ICly.

Please be warned that all of the warnings from Orthrus opt out post apply to this. Primarily these are abuse with some mentions of events involving child death and attempted genocide. Orthrus also suffered a traumatic event involving non-consensual mindfuckery, the aftermath of which left him depressed and dealing with intrusive thoughts and suicide ideation. This specific event will have individual warnings in the comment header.

A direct link to the murder memory for quick access.

Comment where Orthrus' time between Ars Arcana and WCB begins

Comments

[twibeast]

Fire.

Fire everywhere. Your beloved home is up in flames. You run deep into the woods heedless of the destruction around you. You have to get there, you have to help. No one should have been able to get through your defenses even when you're away, so how--?

...Ah. It was meant to only let those with traces of your mana through. Like your sister.

Your fire Elemental friend is the only one able to make it through and pull you back out. You manage to save the flowers Patroclus made for you but that's it. Everything else is gone.

Save for a message left by your sister:

Did you have fun with your toys? Did you have a laugh making me do this?
This is no one's fault but your own, baby brother.

You wail in rage and agony as you realize what happened. Even Orpheus confirming with her powers that many of the Beastials successfully evacuated isn't enough to soothe you. Your sister hurt them in order to hurt you, and now everything you love is gone.

You make the hard decision then that you won't seek out the survivors. Chimera found them because of you. If you go to them then she'll just follow the trail and this'll happen all over again. You can't do that to them.

As your screams turn into sobs you feel Odysseus' arms around you.

"I'm... I'm still here for you. I won't leave you, Orthrus..."