Originally Posted by
grampagen
This is good...
Now to see whether their spirits are truly united as one required him to channel this intention, and where his own aptitude for such a task would be lacking compared to his brother, it was in no small part his own belief in Sarada that might make this possible.
He had only in part emulated the conditions; Zaofan's knighthood made him a rallying point on Reshlan, he had their trust from the start in full sincerity. In this task, Ochazuke served as a conduit for the hopes of the Saiyan Empire to realize their dreams of a better tomorrow.
A thirst for glories, to bear witness to personal battles... Couched within a mental state entirely removed of ego, the emotional tension was palpable beneath the surface. There was trepidation, certainly, and a certain shame for a lack of presence there, yet he remained resolute in finding what he sought among them ...to prove your own power, none of that matters. They believe that you must live.
So often, the lofty airs of faith are rendered fodder to the more cynical edge of reason. Indeed, Ochazuke had witnessed such a thing rendered once before.
But through the Saiyan Empire that believed in her, unified in a vision of what she had meant for them, perhaps it could be used to restore what was lost. Ochazuke leaned forward through the suspension field and spoke directly into Sarada's ear.
"I know you can hear me. Though your body may be broken, your limbs lost, your heart remains. If there would be any time to let down the walls of your Saiyan Pride that guard it, it would be now."
He set the Forger's Hammer nearby, channeling the Heka Flow towards Sarada.
"You called yourself a Super Saiyan God. Now listen well, do you hear your people calling for you? Believe in them now as they believe in you."
Drawing back, he raised the Hammer and drew the energies over her.
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Elsewhere, should Parsley be conscious, perhaps she might witness in part this manifestation of Heka; in part, an illumination gathered to a single purpose, but that in itself would not be sufficient.
For to change the universe would require a power beyond the control of gods; to find it required a selflessness enough to hear the will of others and find the strength beyond one's self to answer their belief.
In some manner, should she receive them, he Saiyan Empire's belief in this moment was hers to grasp as well.**
(OOC: Cleric, please vet the effects of Heka.)
The smile, for a change, did not unfurl from the corner of his mouth as Ochazuke heard Jinzi.
So she'd awakened... Long had he thrown himself into these efforts to prepare himself and others for this moment. For nearly two years since before the first voyage to Reshlan began, his quest to find the truth of his martial lineage had turned from a fixation on righting history to a near obsessive vigil once he had discovered the sordid means by whuch the Guardians were brought low. With the proximity that Grinthorn had to these matters, there was little choice but to meet the matter head on.
Hearing Karis' name, for just a moment, allowed Ochazuke to remember the hell that Wilhelm had crawled out of. Through Auroc's Gate through the Way Between Worlds, their resettlement on Earth was, but for their circumstances, he had held with the utmost regard; in some small manner to himself, that there would be something beyond this fight.
"Cheh. Who the hell do you think I am?"
As the United Front dissolved, his Meditation Field brushed against the space where the EDF cruiser had been, where Jinzi and Kenshiko had gone with them as far as they could go. Now the space where she once stood fell empty once more.
Ochazuke grumbled, his thoughts stilled as he lift his right hand to his heart.
He had attempted to appeal to her reason, plot ahead in an attempt to outmaneuver the plots that had been written since the start of what felt like eternity. In the end, he sighed, for the point was ultimately moot.
"Let let us see it done."
No sooner had this brief respite between Guardian and Denizen passed that something began to stir. Immediately he cast the message across the communication band, where it might reach those in the thick of the fighting with the last of Cancer's fortress.
"Sakin prepares his next move. We will move to intercept."
Through the Heka Flow he felt the sentiment of the Known Universe at his back, a pillar of support that gave him the strength to see the Gotengo climb to the proper position. The data feed, too, was carried to any eye that would bear witness among countless allies that stood with them in spirit as the bow drill turned.
So while time was still left to them, from where they stood watching, even as Ochazuke's voice echoed across the expanse of the Universal Leylines, he dared to request one last thing of these peoples and their distant worlds.
"All of you now, from across the edges of the cosmos, through paths of this reality to the next, from this life to the world beyond...Grant me your energy!"
The hearts of the universe were not backward now, but the moments were fleeting. Through Genki, he would do what he could with the time they had left to gather their Fighting Spirit for the battle to come...