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Viktor looked at Dolly with wide, fearful eyes at her outburst. He had to remind himself that Jasmine's influence was making her say these things. Viktor understood that if she had been uninfluenced she'd likely still be upset about his refusal, but she'd at least understand why and let him separate them. Covering his ears at the pain and taking a deep breath, willing himself not to say any hasty words or take any sudden actions, he thought hard about what he should do next, hands stil near both pistols. This situation was very delicate. "Dolly... you can surely feel the darkness in her Aura.... focus on that for a moment... please, for me." He decided to make no more attempts to get her to see reason, it seems Jasmine had influenced her too much for that. Viktor has broken free from mind affecting magics before. All it usually took was focusing on the feeling of dread that your controller's aura gives you. It's difficult under a spell, especially if you're a fledgling Hunter like Dolly, but Viktor had faith that she understood him deep down, and had the strength to break free if she heeded his attempted guidance.
Eyeing Jasmine for a moment, he caught a flash of her grin. Another sign that she was the one causing Dolly's current behavior, at least to an extent. He glared back at her knowingly, before listening to Francis' words with a frown on his face. Admittedly, he made quite the point. However, there was a very good reason he was so adamant against this. "You don't think I know all of that? I don't have a choice, Francis. If I defect, they're going to chase us both down, along with the Doctor and old enemies of mine. I'm staying loyal to the guild to protect her."
Moments later, Nassana, Fifer, and a few guards burst in, rushing towadrs the scene. "Do as instructed. Keep on eye on Francis as well," Nassana ordered, causing the guards to rush towards Jasmine's cell and attempt to tranquilize her. Fifer stood there frozen for a moment, looking upon the sorry state Francis was in with shock. Gathering herself, oblivious to her surroundings at the moment, she realized why Viktor had requested her here. He must have thought she could help Francis somehow, and she'd certainly try. Carefully moving in front of Francis' cell, she looked upon him with sad, sympathetic eyes. "Francis... please, listen to me. I know I've hurt you, but I deeply care for you. Jasmine is killing you, Francis. fight her, you know deep down that this isn't what you truly want. Don't do it for me, or anyone here... do it for Giselle... you might not see her again if you let Jasmine keep feeding off of you." Her tone full of sympathy, gentleness and affection, she desperately hoped she'd gotten through to him, no matter what else was going on right now. Catching part of Fifer's heartfelt words, Nassana felt pain in her heart. Fifer really cared for him... if he got out of this alive, and was able to patch things up with Fifer, there was a great chance of losing her to him. While this pained her, it's not as if Fifer was the only one whose heart is torn between two people. Once Odette came back, and Nassana knew deep in her heart that she would, she could very well end up replacing Fifer anyway. If that happened, maybe her ending up with Francis wasn't so bad an idea if it made Fifer happy. But, Francis had to forgive her first, and even if he was safely released from Jasmine's spell it seemed unlikely that he'd forgive Fifer. Only time could tell what would happen with those two.
Pushing these thoughts aside as best she could, Nassana braced herself for something to go wrong in this intense situation, Viktor doing the same while looking to see if his words got through to Dolly at all. If they hadn't, he might have to tranquilize her to stop her from compromising the situation. If it came to that, he'd be deeply sorry but he wouldn't hesitate.
@Ally (it's quite alright. More than enough content for me to go off of )
Eyeing Jasmine for a moment, he caught a flash of her grin. Another sign that she was the one causing Dolly's current behavior, at least to an extent. He glared back at her knowingly, before listening to Francis' words with a frown on his face. Admittedly, he made quite the point. However, there was a very good reason he was so adamant against this. "You don't think I know all of that? I don't have a choice, Francis. If I defect, they're going to chase us both down, along with the Doctor and old enemies of mine. I'm staying loyal to the guild to protect her."
Moments later, Nassana, Fifer, and a few guards burst in, rushing towadrs the scene. "Do as instructed. Keep on eye on Francis as well," Nassana ordered, causing the guards to rush towards Jasmine's cell and attempt to tranquilize her. Fifer stood there frozen for a moment, looking upon the sorry state Francis was in with shock. Gathering herself, oblivious to her surroundings at the moment, she realized why Viktor had requested her here. He must have thought she could help Francis somehow, and she'd certainly try. Carefully moving in front of Francis' cell, she looked upon him with sad, sympathetic eyes. "Francis... please, listen to me. I know I've hurt you, but I deeply care for you. Jasmine is killing you, Francis. fight her, you know deep down that this isn't what you truly want. Don't do it for me, or anyone here... do it for Giselle... you might not see her again if you let Jasmine keep feeding off of you." Her tone full of sympathy, gentleness and affection, she desperately hoped she'd gotten through to him, no matter what else was going on right now. Catching part of Fifer's heartfelt words, Nassana felt pain in her heart. Fifer really cared for him... if he got out of this alive, and was able to patch things up with Fifer, there was a great chance of losing her to him. While this pained her, it's not as if Fifer was the only one whose heart is torn between two people. Once Odette came back, and Nassana knew deep in her heart that she would, she could very well end up replacing Fifer anyway. If that happened, maybe her ending up with Francis wasn't so bad an idea if it made Fifer happy. But, Francis had to forgive her first, and even if he was safely released from Jasmine's spell it seemed unlikely that he'd forgive Fifer. Only time could tell what would happen with those two.
Pushing these thoughts aside as best she could, Nassana braced herself for something to go wrong in this intense situation, Viktor doing the same while looking to see if his words got through to Dolly at all. If they hadn't, he might have to tranquilize her to stop her from compromising the situation. If it came to that, he'd be deeply sorry but he wouldn't hesitate.
@Ally (it's quite alright. More than enough content for me to go off of )