[Rin knows that if they turn their back and make a break for the exit that Sakura will skewer them. Whether the illusion is capable of making such things fatal, she doesn't know. However she believes Amos. He has no reason to want to trick her. They've been through a tight mission before, and she trusts him.
Which is all the more reason why, even if it means ripping her own heart out, Rin wants to deal with this. She raises a hand to squeeze Amos'. To reassure him that his words have given her the strength she needs to continue. And so...
Breaking from Amos, Rin charges Sakura. The younger sister is laughing maniacally until Rin's goal becomes clear. All of Sakura's vocalizations are cut short when Rin pulls her into a squeezing hug. The illusion is shocked, and Rin cannot help but wonder if something similar might have happened if she embraced her sister in the cave rather than confronting her with an all powerful dagger.
It hurts. It hurts so much knowing what she has to do, and yet Rin perseveres. The tip of her finger begins drawing something on Sakura's back. A symbol? A rune?]
I've been a selfish sister, but maybe in the end you can forgive me.
[The rune is finished. The symbol for "ansuz" alights on Sakura's back briefly before she pushes Rin away and bursts into flame along with the room. Tohsaka stumbles backwards into Amos — clutching him for stability. She stares shocked at what she did, and immediately tears begin to well at the corners of her eyes.
Ah. Truly, without her faith in Amos' statement, she wouldn't have been able to do this.]
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[Rin knows that if they turn their back and make a break for the exit that Sakura will skewer them. Whether the illusion is capable of making such things fatal, she doesn't know. However she believes Amos. He has no reason to want to trick her. They've been through a tight mission before, and she trusts him.
Which is all the more reason why, even if it means ripping her own heart out, Rin wants to deal with this. She raises a hand to squeeze Amos'. To reassure him that his words have given her the strength she needs to continue. And so...
Breaking from Amos, Rin charges Sakura. The younger sister is laughing maniacally until Rin's goal becomes clear. All of Sakura's vocalizations are cut short when Rin pulls her into a squeezing hug. The illusion is shocked, and Rin cannot help but wonder if something similar might have happened if she embraced her sister in the cave rather than confronting her with an all powerful dagger.
It hurts. It hurts so much knowing what she has to do, and yet Rin perseveres. The tip of her finger begins drawing something on Sakura's back. A symbol? A rune?]
I've been a selfish sister, but maybe in the end you can forgive me.
[The rune is finished. The symbol for "ansuz" alights on Sakura's back briefly before she pushes Rin away and bursts into flame along with the room. Tohsaka stumbles backwards into Amos — clutching him for stability. She stares shocked at what she did, and immediately tears begin to well at the corners of her eyes.
Ah. Truly, without her faith in Amos' statement, she wouldn't have been able to do this.]