Deepwoken: Penumbra

War: Dedication

Seth's mind was rather calm. He remembered something that happened not too long ago.
On a small island, no one really visited, he stood under a tree before Cyrus.
"See? No guards. I keep my promises. I just wanted to know if... If you're fine." Cyrus said.
Seth nodded. "Of course I am... I finally have friends... And I perfected my Killer Combo..."
Cyrus narrowed his eyes, looking at the long bandages on Seth's arms. "So those are a result of that... ...Please don't use it unless you have to."
Seth scoffed. "You were always like this! This is why I ran--"
"But if you DO have to.... Don't be afraid to. Look... Even if I wasn't the best dad... If you ever need anything, tell me." Cyrus interrupted him.
Seth's eyes softened. "Alright... Alright..."
"Listen... I've gotta go now... But I just want you to know... Looking at James... Heh, I'm proud of you." Cyrus said before getting back on his boat.

In present day, Seth stumbled up, his side still bleeding just as Osric sheathed his katana.
Seth's bandages became unravelled, hanging off his arms. "Sorry, dad... I've gotta do it..."
Osric narrowed his eyes, planning to have his burning servants take care of Seth since he was already wounded, until he heard an extremely loud bang. After hearing it, Osric immediately started to turn around, during which he started to hear something flying at high enough speed to cut through the air, so he preemptively drew his katana to defend - right before it hit him, he blocked ankle weights - heavy enough to crack his katana's blade as they hit it. "What?!... Ankle weights...?" Oscir's eyes darted around. "Where the hell did he go..?!"

Suddenly, from behind him, Seth kicked out at him, his leg encased in the Song. Osric spun around, blocking the kick with his katana, yet being sent flying back from the sheer force of it anyway. "His leg-- It's encased in... Something white... Could it be the Song itself..?!"
Seth darted in a zig-zag past him with lightning speed.
Osric glared at Seth as he stopped, making a dust cloud from the sudden stop of momentum, his arm now also becoming encased in the Song as he punched towards the Etrean, who just barely dodged it, being pressure blasted back the way he came from the power in the punch.
Osric tried to stop himself, stabbing his katana into the ground. "H-He's fast...! If I get hit with one of those... I'm done for...!" As he slowed down he noticed - Seth wasn't going for him.
Out of the dust cloud flew one of his ankle weights.
Osric leaned back, just about dodging it. "You mean to tell me... He's been wearing those before this point the entire time?!" He quickly took his katana out of the ground, slicing towards the dust cloud to clear it, while simultaneously replacing it with flames for a split second, forcing Seth to dodge to the side - This gave an opportunity for Osric to look at him properly.
"It's not just the weights... It's not his leg or arm that's encased in the Song... ... it's his entire body!" He yelled out as he sheathed his katana before drawing it again, dashing through Seth.

Osric turned around, sweating. From the corner of his eye, he could already see Seth's bandages. "I got him...! I could feel it!..." As he turned around however, all that he sliced up was Seth's bandages.
Seth managed to get behind him, having outspeeded him.
Osric heard Seth move behind him, whipping around and seeing Seth draw his hand back, thus going for the block - only to see him lean his body back, starting to spin around. "H-HE FEINTED?!-"
Seth did a spin to get even more power into himself before landing his signature kick right into Osric's jaw.
"Killer Combo - First stage, Jawbreaker!"
Osric flew up into the air for a moment. "B-but it's not over yet!" He yelled back as he reached for his katana.
"Killer Combo - Second Stage, Falling Lotus!" Seth yelled out as he jumped up, kicking him in the back, before jumping off a tree towards the exact opposite side of Osric, punching him before he had the chance to be sent away from the impact - And then again, and again, as they fell, Seth kept bombarding him with kicks and punches before spinning around sideways twice, then extending his leg on the third spin to send a powerful downward kick into Oscir. "All connected!"
Oscir hit the ground, knocking up a massive cloud of dust.

Just a second later, the Song disappeared off of Seth's body as he hit the ground, immediately collapsing.
Osric glared at him. "It... It was too much for him... Even his own bones are broken... But I can't move an inch..." He thought to himself as his vision blackened.