The bracelet struck the floor with a crystalline clink that echoed throughout the hall like something entirely unfit for the place it found itself in.
In the silence that followed, Takuma stopped any of his attacks. His body was locked in place as though some unseen force had pinned it to the floor, something more powerful than any conduits feeding into him. Immediately after that, the lines on his back started to pulse more unevenly, like breaking their pattern. The system was no longer functioning as it should have.
Ren noticed it right away. Something inside Takuma was fighting to reach the surface. He steadied himself and prepared to react, but made no immediate move just yet. Instead, he waited to see which way the balance would tip. Would he stop the attacks altogether? Or will he succumb to Reiji's control once again?
Reiji's voice echoed throughout the hall, harsher than before. "You fool, you're letting them interfere!"
