adon narrows his eyes. This is very much not what he expected. He walks behind, likley unable to catch up due to his inability to actually run after her, at least for a while- after a few moments, a second shadow of an armored man manifests next to him, and his free arm starts to form a hazy black aura. Forgetting about the pain in his gut at the sight of combat, he darts foreward, trying to go around sadie's ball at first- and if not possible, he will attempt to touch it with disjunction.adon keeps walking after the noise, changing direction if it happens to be different frm the way he was going. Unable to run properly due to the gaping hole, he uses his not so busy hands to tie his clothes so they cover the hole visibly.Following the noise, Adon comes to another hallway where there is fighting going on. Sadie has turned her forcefield shield into a personal sized hamster ball and is currently bowling down the hall, running over the guards in her way while they can't get at her.
The bubble disappeared at this touch and Sadie tumbled forward.
She stumbled a little but managed to avoid getting sliced by any guards on her way past, bouncing up and pulling up a small shield as she used her rapier to disarm one of the guards in her way, running ahead as fast as she could manage.
"I'm gonna go to the infirmary then. It's always nice when there's someone waiting for you when you get done getting patched up. Anyone wanna come with?"Vis nods.
"I figure I might as well. Just in case I'm needed..."
"Great! Come on, then, we should hurry. They patch people up super quick!" she said, grabbing Vis's hand and pulling gently.
::"Honestly? I have no idea if it will make things worse or not. If you have any suggestions on what to do, that puts as few people at risk as possible and has the highest chance of successfully stopping this monster, I'm willing to listen"::
Vickory slides over for a better look at what Mel drafts up for the detector, taking notes on side, and keeping a running update of the design on the other (in case the SIM program collapses. She is used to a far less advanced version after all). Occasionally she points out some part or piece that could be done faster using parts already made for the drones project, the point of which seems to be moot now.
::"Honestly? I have no idea if it will make things worse or not. If you have any suggestions on what to do, that puts as few people at risk as possible and has the highest chance of successfully stopping this monster, I'm willing to listen"::
Tami and Tyrrin share a look. ::No,:: Tami says reluctantly. ::I don't have any better ideas.::
Keme uses an illusion trick to create an ephemeral note that he hands to Alys. It says, "Ace is about to do something so stupid it just might work. You and I are on guard duty at the door." The note vanishes as soon as it's been read.
Ace is easily able to cast all of the spells from the scrolls Tyrrin provided
He then places a hand on Ginni's head, and attempts to establish a psychic link with her.
Keme uses an illusion trick to create an ephemeral note that he hands to Alys. It says, "Ace is about to do something so stupid it just might work. You and I are on guard duty at the door." The note vanishes as soon as it's been read.
Alys points at the door to the room they are currently in with a questioning look to Keme.
"Come in," she calls out in a brisk tone. She is sitting at her desk, still wearing her lab coat when he enters the room.
"Oh, hello Phaezeriel. I was just reviewing my patients records, making sure that everything from this week was entered in the system correctly. Is there something I can help you with?" she asked, her tone considerably warmer now.
Phaezeriel steps inside and closes the door behind him, smiling up at Nala, ::Not really, but perhaps there is that one thing I might be able to help you with? I have let too many things distract me, and for that I apologize. But if you have time, I am ready.::
"Great! Come on, then, we should hurry. They patch people up super quick!" she said, grabbing Vis's hand and pulling gently."I'm gonna go to the infirmary then. It's always nice when there's someone waiting for you when you get done getting patched up. Anyone wanna come with?"Vis nods.
"I figure I might as well. Just in case I'm needed..."
Vis is "drug" along, following after chara.
Vis is "drug" along, following after chara."Great! Come on, then, we should hurry. They patch people up super quick!" she said, grabbing Vis's hand and pulling gently."I'm gonna go to the infirmary then. It's always nice when there's someone waiting for you when you get done getting patched up. Anyone wanna come with?"Vis nods.
"I figure I might as well. Just in case I'm needed..."
Her grip is loose at best and will let go at the slightest sign of resistance because of her breakable nature, but she keeps up a steady stream of chatter as she leads Vis through the after-hours entrance to the infirmary from the elementary school...the one that goes past but not into Miss Zamarosok's office.
"Hello," she said, flagging down a nurse as soon as they were there. "Our friend just accidentally blew himself up so we're here to fetch him back once he's all better."The nurse chuckled in spite of herself. "Of course, Chara. And what is your friend's name?"
"Ummm.....Gareth...I think. He's a new friend. We were only just introduced."
The nurse gave Chara a severe look. "You didn't talk him into doing anything dangerous, did you?"
"No....ummmm......maybe? Just a little bit...."
Phaezeriel steps inside and closes the door behind him, smiling up at Nala, ::Not really, but perhaps there is that one thing I might be able to help you with? I have let too many things distract me, and for that I apologize. But if you have time, I am ready.::"Come in," she calls out in a brisk tone. She is sitting at her desk, still wearing her lab coat when he enters the room.
"Oh, hello Phaezeriel. I was just reviewing my patients records, making sure that everything from this week was entered in the system correctly. Is there something I can help you with?" she asked, her tone considerably warmer now.
"Oh," she said, surprised. "Yes, of course. For that I can make time," she added, smiling. "I'm willing to try whatever is necessary to get those memories to fade," she added with a slight grimace.
Keme uses an illusion trick to create an ephemeral note that he hands to Alys. It says, "Ace is about to do something so stupid it just might work. You and I are on guard duty at the door." The note vanishes as soon as it's been read.Alys points at the door to the room they are currently in with a questioning look to Keme.
He nodded.
Ace is easily able to cast all of the spells from the scrolls Tyrrin provided
He then places a hand on Ginni's head, and attempts to establish a psychic link with her.
Ace finds himself in a strange landscape.There are four pillars in this landscape that reach high into the sky. One of the pillars is broken and crumbling. There is a small area of blackness surrounding that pillar, but it is walled off and contained. A second pillar is surrounded by a glowing red miasma that is creeping slowly out from the pillar into the surrounding landscape. The third pillar is the strongest. It seems to be glowing and the landscape around it is the healthiest. He can't get a proper look at the fourth pillar. He just knows that it is at his back and if he looks up he can see it stretching away into the sky. If he stares up at it too long he starts to feel as if he is floating up, back into himself, but once he brings his gaze downwards he sinks back to the ground.
And that's when he spots Ginni. She's pressed against the trunk of the third pillar, keeping the pillar between herself and the creeping red fog coming from the second pillar. "What are you doing here?" she shouts. Her voice sounds distorted, as if he were hearing it through water. "I told you not to come! I'm losing control of myself. It's dangerous!"
Rakki takes a dive into the wave pool, surfacing soon after and bobbing with the waves.
"Hah! This is awesome. Maybe some time we could go to the ocean in my... well, nevermind. I guess I don't have a skimmer any more... But we could... well no that's gone too..."
He pauses for a moment, looking into the rising and falling water around him.
"This... this is good too. I uh... I'm glad I met you guys."
adon narrows his eyes. This is very much not what he expected. He walks behind, likley unable to catch up due to his inability to actually run after her, at least for a while- afterglow a few moments, a second shadow of an armored man manifests next to him, and his free arm starts to form a hazy black aura. Forgetting about the pain in his gut at the sight of combat, he darts foreward, trying to go around sadie's ball at first- and if not possible, he will attempt to touch it with disjunction.adon keeps walking after the noise, changing direction if it happens to be different frm the way he was going. Unable to run properly due to the gaping hole, he uses his not so busy hands to tie his clothes so they cover the hole visibly.Following the noise, Adon comes to another hallway where there is fighting going on. Sadie has turned her forcefield shield into a personal sized hamster ball and is currently bowling down the hall, running over the guards in her way while they can't get at her.The bubble disappeared at this touch and Sadie tumbled forward.
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She stumbled a little but managed to avoid getting sliced v any guards on her way past, bouncing up and pulling up a small shield as she used her rapier to disarm one of the guards in her way, running ahead as fast as she could manage.
adon chuckles, the dark haze growing only deeper, as the destroyed msgic and combat Gives him a rush, darting after saide as fast as he can leaving a trail of both his own blood and thst of guards foolish enough to attack him.
Ace stands in awe of his girlfriend's mindscape for several moments. He wasn't sure what to expect, so it takes him a bit to adjust. After battling a quick, weird case of vertigo looking at the pillar behind him, he spots Ginni and walks toward her.
"I know Ginni and I'm sorry, but that's part of the reason I came here, to help you regain control. Phaez and Taminia said your demonic side is trying to overpower you. Perhaps the two us together can beat it back into submission." He says, keeping a safe distance from her, just in case. "However, I'm also hoping to use your connection to the monster who murdered you and Kitty to track him down and end him once and for all. We were getting nowhere with other methods and he keeps killing. He's moved passed Avalon and out into the refugee camp and even Kuros. It's bad Ginni and we are all at a loss as to how to stop him. Coming here was the best of bad choices, but I think you're our only hope."
Her grip is loose at best and will let go at the slightest sign of resistance because of her breakable nature, but she keeps up a steady stream of chatter as she leads Vis through the after-hours entrance to the infirmary from the elementary school...the one that goes past but not into Miss Zamarosok's office.
"Hello," she said, flagging down a nurse as soon as they were there. "Our friend just accidentally blew himself up so we're here to fetch him back once he's all better."
The nurse chuckled in spite of herself. "Of course, Chara. And what is your friend's name?"
"Ummm.....Gareth...I think. He's a new friend. We were only just introduced."
The nurse gave Chara a severe look. "You didn't talk him into doing anything dangerous, did you?"
"No....ummmm......maybe? Just a little bit...."
"Wen you think about it, not really."
Vis shifts his wieght from food to foot."The main definition of "Dangrous" is that the action is likely to have adverse consequences, but.. Well, from what I know of this place, that wasn't really the case. After all, if this infermary fixes everything up before it gets too bad to have true consequences, then things that this place can fix aren't truly "dangerous", are they?"
Vis pauses in his rant.
"But, uh. I suppose that's just being overly picky about what the word actuslly means."
Ace stands in awe of his girlfriend's mindscape for several moments. He wasn't sure what to expect, so it takes him a bit to adjust. After battling a quick, weird case of vertigo looking at the pillar behind him, he spots Ginni and walks toward her.
"I know Ginni and I'm sorry, but that's part of the reason I came here, to help you regain control. Phaez and Taminia said your demonic side is trying to overpower you. Perhaps the two us together can beat it back into submission." He says, keeping a safe distance from her, just in case. "However, I'm also hoping to use your connection to the monster who murdered you and Kitty to track him down and end him once and for all. We were getting nowhere with other methods and he keeps killing. He's moved passed Avalon and out into the refugee camp and even Kuros. It's bad Ginni and we are all at a loss as to how to stop him. Coming here was the best of bad choices, but I think you're our only hope."
"It's my fault," she said in that watery indistinct voice. The whole landscape wavered for a moment, like a reflection that's been disturbed. "I hate him! He hurt me! And I can't get him out! I just want him to leave! I don't want him in my head!" If Ace is watching the slow advancement of the red fog speeds up for a moment before Ginni takes a breath and gets a hold of herself, slowing it again. "It's not just a one-way connection. Because I hate him, it concentrates all of my demonic energy there. Energy that's specifically intended to corrupt people. It's getting into him, pushing him to kill more and more and more. He'll never stop. He used to only kill three times before moving on, but now that's not enough...It's my fault," she added with a sob.
Her grip is loose at best and will let go at the slightest sign of resistance because of her breakable nature, but she keeps up a steady stream of chatter as she leads Vis through the after-hours entrance to the infirmary from the elementary school...the one that goes past but not into Miss Zamarosok's office.
"Hello," she said, flagging down a nurse as soon as they were there. "Our friend just accidentally blew himself up so we're here to fetch him back once he's all better."
The nurse chuckled in spite of herself. "Of course, Chara. And what is your friend's name?"
"Ummm.....Gareth...I think. He's a new friend. We were only just introduced."
The nurse gave Chara a severe look. "You didn't talk him into doing anything dangerous, did you?"
"No....ummmm......maybe? Just a little bit....""Wen you think about it, not really."
Vis shifts his wieght from food to foot.
"The main definition of "Dangrous" is that the action is likely to have adverse consequences, but.. Well, from what I know of this place, that wasn't really the case. After all, if this infermary fixes everything up before it gets too bad to have true consequences, then things that this place can fix aren't truly "dangerous", are they?"
Vis pauses in his rant.
"But, uh. I suppose that's just being overly picky about what the word actuslly means."
The nurse rolled her eyes. "Well, I can see you're fitting in just fine. No wonder you're friends with this little troublemaker," she said with an exasperated smile for Chara. "I'll go and see what room your other friend is in. Just wait right there and no funny business," she warned.
"We'll be good, Miss Trurow," Chara chirped.
"I'll believe that when I see it," the nurse muttered to herself as she walked away.
The nurse rolled her eyes. "Well, I can see you're fitting in just fine. No wonder you're friends with this little troublemaker," she said with an exasperated smile for Chara. "I'll go and see what room your other friend is in. Just wait right there and no funny business," she warned."We'll be good, Miss Trurow," Chara chirped.
"I'll believe that when I see it," the nurse muttered to herself as she walked away.
".... Friends? But I just... Met her. I didn't think I was making trouble. Just... Explaining that... Oh, whatever. So, uh. Correct me if I'm wrong, but... You said you break easy, right? I might be able to help, just a little."
Ace moves to hug her, and if she'll let him, he'll hold her close. "Shh, it's alright. We'll find a way to stop him, together. There's no way some crazed killer or your demonic heritage is stronger than the both of us."
He'll look around at the various pillars a bit more intently. "I'm guessing the pillar we're at is the real, core you? And the red evil looking one is your demon side? What's the black one? Our killer? And the forth is my connection to you and thus the real world as well?"
The nurse rolled her eyes. "Well, I can see you're fitting in just fine. No wonder you're friends with this little troublemaker," she said with an exasperated smile for Chara. "I'll go and see what room your other friend is in. Just wait right there and no funny business," she warned."We'll be good, Miss Trurow," Chara chirped.
"I'll believe that when I see it," the nurse muttered to herself as she walked away.
".... Friends? But I just... Met her. I didn't think I was making trouble. Just... Explaining that... Oh, whatever. So, uh. Correct me if I'm wrong, but... You said you break easy, right? I might be able to help, just a little."
"Yeah, my bones are super fragile. And I'll take whatever help I can get," she added with a cheerful grin. "It's not easy being a breakable daredevil," she added with a mournful sigh.
Phaezeriel steps inside and closes the door behind him, smiling up at Nala, ::Not really, but perhaps there is that one thing I might be able to help you with? I have let too many things distract me, and for that I apologize. But if you have time, I am ready.::"Oh," she said, surprised. "Yes, of course. For that I can make time," she added, smiling. "I'm willing to try whatever is necessary to get those memories to fade," she added with a slight grimace.
Phaezeriel smiles gently, or at least as gently as a demon can, ::It will perhaps be best if you lie down. It may be that this will cause you physical or emotional pain, though I will do my best to minimize any pain.:: He pauses for a moment before continuing delicately, ::I will also need to touch you. I have noticed that you seem able to bear the contact of small furry creatures more readily than that of others. I can assume the form of such a creature if it will make this less traumatic for you.::
Ace moves to hug her, and if she'll let him, he'll hold her close. "Shh, it's alright. We'll find a way to stop him, together. There's no way some crazed killer or your demonic heritage is stronger than the both of us."
He'll look around at the various pillars a bit more intently. "I'm guessing the pillar we're at is the real, core you? And the red evil looking one is your demon side? What's the black one? Our killer? And the forth is my connection to you and thus the real world as well?"
She doesn't pull away from him. She seems happy to be comforted. He notices that as he moves the pillar at his back moves with him, always right at his back. She lifted her head and shook it when he made his guesses about what was what. "No, that's wrong. The pillars aren't me. That's Kai," she said, pointing at the broken pillar. "He died. That's why the connection is broken. The red fog is my demon side. That's why it's all around him," she said wrinkling her nose in distaste as she pointed to the pillar that represented the connection to her killer. "This pillar is Melody. She's been the only nice thing in here with me. So I stayed close," she said, patting the glowing pillar behind her. "Everything else here is me. But if you go over there, into the fog...you can't trust me there, Ace. It won't be the me that you know."
He nodded.Keme uses an illusion trick to create an ephemeral note that he hands to Alys. It says, "Ace is about to do something so stupid it just might work. You and I are on guard duty at the door." The note vanishes as soon as it's been read.Alys points at the door to the room they are currently in with a questioning look to Keme.
Alys turns to the door, her right hand settling on the hilt of her katana as she herself settles into a ready stance. Her demeanor is very different from just a moment ago, it seems almost as if she is the katana and that the katana is extraneous.
She beings to speak short phrases one after another as reality shivers around her.
If anyone in the room can see the flows and auras of magic, layer upon layer of magic settles over her as she speaks. Her speaking does not sound like spellcasting and she makes none of the associated gestures, nor uses any of the customary materials; she simply speaks and magic happens. After nearly a full minute, she stops and simply waits.
Phaezeriel smiles gently, or at least as gently as a demon can, ::It will perhaps be best if you lie down. It may be that this will cause you physical or emotional pain, though I will do my best to minimize any pain.:: He pauses for a moment before continuing delicately, ::I will also need to touch you. I have noticed that you seem able to bear the contact of small furry creatures more readily than that of others. I can assume the form of such a creature if it will make this less traumatic for you.::Phaezeriel steps inside and closes the door behind him, smiling up at Nala, ::Not really, but perhaps there is that one thing I might be able to help you with? I have let too many things distract me, and for that I apologize. But if you have time, I am ready.::"Oh," she said, surprised. "Yes, of course. For that I can make time," she added, smiling. "I'm willing to try whatever is necessary to get those memories to fade," she added with a slight grimace.
"I've been working on that, actually. I think I have something else that will work just as well," she said, walking around the desk before transforming into a polar bear and laying down on the floor, resting her head on her front paws. ::I also feel safe in this form. Not much is going to attack a polar bear,:: she said, with just a touch of amusement. She took a deep breath. ::I'm ready whenever you are.::
"Yeah, my bones are super fragile. And I'll take whatever help I can get," she added with a cheerful grin. "It's not easy being a breakable daredevil," she added with a mournful sigh.
".... Friends? But I just... Met her. I didn't think I was making trouble. Just... Explaining that... Oh, whatever. So, uh. Correct me if I'm wrong, but... You said you break easy, right? I might be able to help, just a little."
Vis beams at the chance to help someone, quickly taking out a paper and pen, along with a small peice of wood, and covers the page with elaborate symbols in mere seconds, before picking up the wood, and changing into firebird form and carving similar symbols into the wood with his talons. Naturally, this is taking significantly longer.
"Hmm, interesting" He says as Ginni explains the pillars "Ok, what do you suggest? This is your world, any guesses as to how to beat your demonic side back into submission? I think doing that first makes the most sense."
He pauses thinking "Do you know the identity of the killer? That would be most helpful. Also, you said this pillar here is Melody? I wonder if we can somehow contact her to assist us as well?"
Gareth, meanwhile, lies in the bed and frowns. Everything hurt and pre growing a few teeth didn't make it any better. At least he only looked like half of a giant bruise now though. It was an improvement.
"I've been working on that, actually. I think I have something else that will work just as well," she said, walking around the desk before transforming into a polar bear and laying down on the floor, resting her head on her front paws. ::I also feel safe in this form. Not much is going to attack a polar bear,:: she said, with just a touch of amusement. She took a deep breath. ::I'm ready whenever you are.::
Phaezeriel grins as Nala turns into a massive bear, ::I can see your point. Let us get started then.:: He settles to the ground near Nala's now-massive head and places his palms on either temple. It does take a moment for him to find where a polar bear's temples are.
Phaezeriel splits his mind, leaving one half behind to watch over he and Nala, and the other settles into Nala's mind. With barely any disturbance his mental persona is standing beside Nala's in the landscape of her mind, ::Hello, Miss Zamarosok, let us have a look at these memories that cause you so much pain, shall we?::
Rakki takes a dive into the wave pool, surfacing soon after and bobbing with the waves.
"Hah! This is awesome. Maybe some time we could go to the ocean in my... well, nevermind. I guess I don't have a skimmer any more... But we could... well no that's gone too..."
He pauses for a moment, looking into the rising and falling water around him.
"This... this is good too. I uh... I'm glad I met you guys."
"Same here. This is way more fun than back at home where everyone is always so stiff and formal around me all the time. Not easy to find playmates that way, you know? This is a good place to be for starting over," she said breezily, totally ruining the effect by choking on a mouthful of pool water. "See? Not dignified at all," she sputtered.
"I've been working on that, actually. I think I have something else that will work just as well," she said, walking around the desk before transforming into a polar bear and laying down on the floor, resting her head on her front paws. ::I also feel safe in this form. Not much is going to attack a polar bear,:: she said, with just a touch of amusement. She took a deep breath. ::I'm ready whenever you are.::Phaezeriel grins as Nala turns into a massive bear, ::I can see your point. Let us get started then.:: He settles to the ground near Nala's now-massive head and places his palms on either temple. It does take a moment for him to find where a polar bear's temples are.
Phaezeriel splits his mind, leaving one half behind to watch over he and Nala, and the other settles into Nala's mind. With barely any disturbance his mental persona is standing beside Nala's in the landscape of her mind, ::Hello, Miss Zamarosok, let us have a look at these memories that cause you so much pain, shall we?::
::This way,:: she said, and at the thought they zip across the snowy landscape towards a wall of ice. Memories flash across the wall, replaying over and over and over again. They were not pleasant memories, each one depicting a much-too-young version of Nala being violated by various monstrous beings. ::This is where you can see the memories, but they actually exist inside this wall. I can't make them stop. The wall is useless. But I tried.::
She steps towards the wall and a doorway opens up in it. Through the door is an icy cavern with icicles hanging from the ceiling, each one depicting one of the scenes shown on the wall outside. ::These are the real memories.:: Her voice has become completely monotone as she finds it necessary to shut down her emotions in order to be here in close proximity to the horrors of her past.
"Hmm, interesting" He says as Ginni explains the pillars "Ok, what do you suggest? This is your world, any guesses as to how to beat your demonic side back into submission? I think doing that first makes the most sense."
He pauses thinking "Do you know the identity of the killer? That would be most helpful. Also, you said this pillar here is Melody? I wonder if we can somehow contact her to assist us as well?"
"Melody is far away. Too far to talk to. I've tried and tried. She was in trouble, but she's alright now I think. Just so far away." She looked fearfully around the pillar that was Melody towards the one surrounded by the red mists. "He pretended to be my friend, but it was a lie. It was all lies. Even his name is a lie. So many names, but they're not his. He steals names from his victims. I can't even tell if the name he told us was even ever his own or if that was stolen too. Repparyn." She sobbed and the red mist advanced forward again. Ginni was trying to breathe slowly, but not succeeding. "Calm. I need to calm down. I have to stay calm," she repeated over and over.
"Yeah, my bones are super fragile. And I'll take whatever help I can get," she added with a cheerful grin. "It's not easy being a breakable daredevil," she added with a mournful sigh.
".... Friends? But I just... Met her. I didn't think I was making trouble. Just... Explaining that... Oh, whatever. So, uh. Correct me if I'm wrong, but... You said you break easy, right? I might be able to help, just a little."
Vis beams at the chance to help someone, quickly taking out a paper and pen, along with a small peice of wood, and covers the page with elaborate symbols in mere seconds, before picking up the wood, and changing into firebird form and carving similar symbols into the wood with his talons. Naturally, this is taking significantly longer.
Chara watches, being really, really quiet. Or as close an approximation as she can manage. She might be humming a little. But that doesn't really count. It's not like it's actually loud. She was a little jealous when he changed into a bird. She'd always wanted to do that, but her bones couldn't handle the transformation.
"They can come in!" He says, perking up noticeably. He couldn't remember getting any visitors here before!
adon chuckles, the dark haze growing only deeper, as the destroyed msgic and combat Gives him a rush, darting after saide as fast as he can leaving a trail of both his own blood and thst of guards foolish enough to attack him.adon narrows his eyes. This is very much not what he expected. He walks behind, likley unable to catch up due to his inability to actually run after her, at least for a while- afterglow a few moments, a second shadow of an armored man manifests next to him, and his free arm starts to form a hazy black aura. Forgetting about the pain in his gut at the sight of combat, he darts foreward, trying to go around sadie's ball at first- and if not possible, he will attempt to touch it with disjunction.adon keeps walking after the noise, changing direction if it happens to be different frm the way he was going. Unable to run properly due to the gaping hole, he uses his not so busy hands to tie his clothes so they cover the hole visibly.Following the noise, Adon comes to another hallway where there is fighting going on. Sadie has turned her forcefield shield into a personal sized hamster ball and is currently bowling down the hall, running over the guards in her way while they can't get at her.The bubble disappeared at this touch and Sadie tumbled forward.
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She stumbled a little but managed to avoid getting sliced v any guards on her way past, bouncing up and pulling up a small shield as she used her rapier to disarm one of the guards in her way, running ahead as fast as she could manage.
Sadie looked behind her and then looked back ahead. There was a set of double doors in front of her and a large window high overhead. There were several guards in front of the doors, so chances were that this was the entrance to the throne room. She bit her lip. Oh, hell. If Michael could figure this out while copying her powers, then she could too.
Sadie pulls the force shield off of her arm and tosses it into the air in front of air, jumping on it just as it gets going. For the first time she was able to put all the pieces together and she pushed the disk forward and into the air, riding it up across the hall and crashing through the window.
"Thank you!" This was going to be pretty fun. Well, more fun than just sitting here alone and bored. They kept taking the books he hid in here back to the library.
::This way,:: she said, and at the thought they zip across the snowy landscape towards a wall of ice. Memories flash across the wall, replaying over and over and over again. They were not pleasant memories, each one depicting a much-too-young version of Nala being violated by various monstrous beings. ::This is where you can see the memories, but they actually exist inside this wall. I can't make them stop. The wall is useless. But I tried.::
She steps towards the wall and a doorway opens up in it. Through the door is an icy cavern with icicles hanging from the ceiling, each one depicting one of the scenes shown on the wall outside. ::These are the real memories.:: Her voice has become completely monotone as she finds it necessary to shut down her emotions in order to be here in close proximity to the horrors of her past.
Phaezeriel looks up at the icicles, and with a little effort of his will, begins to float up toward them, ::Normally a memory fades because we change as time goes by and its link to who we are becomes more tenuous. This is why the most defining moments of our lives remain the strongest memories. But these have managed to keep the link to you strong, so they remain fresh and vivid. I am going to examine them to find how this is happening.::
He drifts closer to one, careful not to touch it, and ascends toward the base of the icicle.
Chara watches, being really, really quiet. Or as close an approximation as she can manage. She might be humming a little. But that doesn't really count. It's not like it's actually loud. She was a little jealous when he changed into a bird. She'd always wanted to do that, but her bones couldn't handle the transformation."Yeah, my bones are super fragile. And I'll take whatever help I can get," she added with a cheerful grin. "It's not easy being a breakable daredevil," she added with a mournful sigh.
".... Friends? But I just... Met her. I didn't think I was making trouble. Just... Explaining that... Oh, whatever. So, uh. Correct me if I'm wrong, but... You said you break easy, right? I might be able to help, just a little."
Vis beams at the chance to help someone, quickly taking out a paper and pen, along with a small peice of wood, and covers the page with elaborate symbols in mere seconds, before picking up the wood, and changing into firebird form and carving similar symbols into the wood with his talons. Naturally, this is taking significantly longer.
Vis finishes carving, before turning humanoid again, and wrapping the wood in the prayer scroll, and wrapping the whole thing in a bit of cloth he tears off from his robe, before taking a string and tying the cloth off- offering the cloth amulet to chara.
"It's an omamori of my paper armor spell. Keep it on you, and it should help protect you from harm... Though, it might get you few odd looks. I hope it helps things from hurting as bad, at least."
Sadie looked behind her and then looked back ahead. There was a set of double doors in front of her and a large window high overhead. There were several guards in front of the doors, so chances were that this was the entrance to the throne room. She bit her...
adon grimaces, before laughing. He resigns to his loss, at this point, and walks up to the guards, leaving himself "open" before waiting for the guards to try and hit him, inevitably getting themselves parried, and executing them, one by one.
::This way,:: she said, and at the thought they zip across the snowy landscape towards a wall of ice. Memories flash across the wall, replaying over and over and over again. They were not pleasant memories, each one depicting a much-too-young version of Nala being violated by various monstrous beings. ::This is where you can see the memories, but they actually exist inside this wall. I can't make them stop. The wall is useless. But I tried.::
She steps towards the wall and a doorway opens up in it. Through the door is an icy cavern with icicles hanging from the ceiling, each one depicting one of the scenes shown on the wall outside. ::These are the real memories.:: Her voice has become completely monotone as she finds it necessary to shut down her emotions in order to be here in close proximity to the horrors of her past.
Phaezeriel looks up at the icicles, and with a little effort of his will, begins to float up toward them, ::Normally a memory fades because we change as time goes by and its link to who we are becomes more tenuous. This is why the most defining moments of our lives remain the strongest memories. But these have managed to keep the link to you strong, so they remain fresh and vivid. I am going to examine them to find how this is happening.::
He drifts closer to one, careful not to touch it, and ascends toward the base of the icicle.
::This is fey magic,:: Nala says, continuing to speak in monotone. The 'icicles' that house the memories are incredibly sharp and clear and crystalline. ::Ritual magic tapping into the source of creation itself, meant to protect. It was never supposed to be used this way.::
Chara watches, being really, really quiet. Or as close an approximation as she can manage. She might be humming a little. But that doesn't really count. It's not like it's actually loud. She was a little jealous when he changed into a bird. She'd always wanted to do that, but her bones couldn't handle the transformation."Yeah, my bones are super fragile. And I'll take whatever help I can get," she added with a cheerful grin. "It's not easy being a breakable daredevil," she added with a mournful sigh.
".... Friends? But I just... Met her. I didn't think I was making trouble. Just... Explaining that... Oh, whatever. So, uh. Correct me if I'm wrong, but... You said you break easy, right? I might be able to help, just a little."
Vis beams at the chance to help someone, quickly taking out a paper and pen, along with a small peice of wood, and covers the page with elaborate symbols in mere seconds, before picking up the wood, and changing into firebird form and carving similar symbols into the wood with his talons. Naturally, this is taking significantly longer.
Vis finishes carving, before turning humanoid again, and wrapping the wood in the prayer scroll, and wrapping the whole thing in a bit of cloth he tears off from his robe, before taking a string and tying the cloth off- offering the cloth amulet to chara.
"It's an omamori of my paper armor spell. Keep it on you, and it should help protect you from harm... Though, it might get you few odd looks. I hope it helps things from hurting as bad, at least."
"Ooh, neat! It's a dolly!" she said, examining it happily.
Just then Nurse Trurow came back. "Gareth said that he would be happy to have you two come to his room and wait with him while he finishes healing."
"I bet he's bored," Chara said solemnly, all too familiar with the pain of waiting for healing magic.
"Yes, well, let's not be so entertaining that he gets hurt again, alright?"
"Of course we won't," Chara said indignantly, before trotting off after Nurse Trurow, trusting that Vis will follow. "Hi, Gareth," she chirped once they got to his room.
"Ooh, neat! It's a dolly!" she said, examining it happily.
Just then Nurse Trurow came...
Vis fidgets a bit following after, falling quiet.
adon grimaces, before laughing. He resigns to his loss, at this point, and walks up to the guards, leaving himself "open" before waiting for the guards to try and hit him, inevitably getting themselves parried, and executing them, one by one.
Sadie looked behind her and then looked back ahead. There was a set of double doors in front of her and a large window high overhead. There were several guards in front of the doors, so chances were that this was the entrance to the throne room. She bit her...
The scene abruptly fades as a red SIM OVER sign flashes in front of them.
"Ohmigosh, did you see that?" Sadie asks, so excited she temporarily forgot about Adon's scary anti-magic self-harming deal. "I did it! I finally figured out the flying disk trick! I've been working on that for months!"
adon blinks a few times. He opens his mouth to say something, but ends up not saying it, instead saying
"... Months?"
Gareth waved happily and smiled broadly despite how it hurt him.
"I didn't think you'd come! Thanks!"
While the techie types started to work on their building, Andromeda stepped back. It wasn't that she couldn't help exactly. She could, but she wasn't as good at it as any of these guys, so might as well let the experts handle it. She figured she was mostly here to make sure that that Arthur kid didn't get distracted and blow up the planet accidentally. She pulled a datapad out of her pocket. Thank goodness for cargo pants. With extradimensional pockets, of course. She typed up a quick message and hit send.
That done she sat and watched for an hour or so as they worked and Tryko'Sam went back and forth, bringing in batches of parts as they finished being grown in the nanite tanks.