We Are Our Avatars V (Closed)

[TilMorrow]

OOC: @Fur: I guess you can say the thing is... *sunglasses* getting on Val's nerves! YYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHH!
Well let's say they walked into the dome surrounding the docks without knowing it and they can feel a strange sensation pulling them in further whilst forcing them to forget about leaving and as they get closer to the quays, the mist gets thicker until the visions begin.

"A muse... Where would you place yourself in the movements of existence?" The quiet voice calmly asked Nem again.

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The delusions were all well and good for those experiencing them but as they carried on, things started to seem to get a little darker. Almost as if the world they were if was fading away. As Rex was making his way through the mist, it would appear to start darkening before him as if he was entering a tunnel whichever direction he took through the thickness.

 

[Furioso]

OoC: @Nile, so are my characters in happy land yet?

 

[TilMorrow]

OOC: @Fur: Just edited my previous post saying yes... practically.

 

[Outisakanobody]

"Oh, I do my best to stay out of the way. Have as little effect on things as possible. Less to worry about that way. Worry lines are the worst you know." Nem said just as casually, even as she continued to frown at the slaughter around her.

Echo was still enjoying herself, though she noticed the place she was performing in growing darker, like the lights were going out one by one. The crowd also seemed to grow slightly quieter.

 

[DotSlash]

As Yukino kept running after the silhouette, the forest around her seemed to begin to get darker, the crowd's cheers becoming more and more distant from her as if they had stopped at some point. Yukino looked back and saw that some of the people were beginning to fade away into the blackness. She growls to herself as she begins to walk into the darkness, her eyes starting to brim with hate of her dream being taken from her.

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As the mist darkens, Rex just lies down on his belly, stopping for the moment.
[color=008888] "Damn it... It'll be a miracle if I manage to even find a wall in here..." [/color]

 

[Furioso]

Valvatorez was suddenly in a sunny meadow, filled with lush grass and a pleasant breeze. He looked down at his hand, which was whole again. Looking back up he saw an army in the distance, one that appeared to be from the 1600's. Off to the side was a medical tent, from within Valvatorez could make out a woman with pink hair. "Wha? Could it? Artina!" He rushed towards the location

Fenrich awoke to blackness. As his eyes adjusted he could make out a throne looming before him

 

[Drakmorg]

As Rozalin finally opened her eyes, having had them closed the entire time she was hugging her "parents", she noticed things getting darker and seeming to fade. As it began to feel like she was no longer holding onto something, she began to outright panic. "No...no no no no no!" She yelled, repeating the word over and over again with greater intensity.
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Yukimaru continued to look around, though she seemed worried as things started to darken. [color=01B7FF]"Huh? What's going on, zam?"[/color] She pondered as her brother's hand seemed to lose corporeality for her, causing her own to pass right through it. She simply stood where it had left her, in the middle of her village, as things grew darker and darker.

 

[TilMorrow]

OOC: @Fur: Let's just say the following part is a little delayed for Valvatorez and Fenrich in order to let them enjoy their dreams a bit.

"So you do not take responsibility?" the Disciple asked as the Warhammer loomed in front of her clear as day through all the mist and she saw those in the group still enthralled by what their minds gave them as well one that was trying to fight it but failing.

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Soon the delusions led to the members of the group only seeing pitch blackness as if their eyes were closed as they could hear only the sound of their breathing. Then when they opened their eyes they would see, hear and feel again the truth of life as they awoke at the time of their worse moment/memory in their entire existence and re-experienced it all.

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As Eve awoke, she looked around the large chamber she was in as terror slowly dawned on her face. "No..." She got up and ran to a window and as she stared outside with total horror. "NO! This never happened! This never happened!" she screamed as she looked out at the events taking place outside before a thumping sound could be heard nearby.

 

[Outisakanobody]

"I take responsibility for what I do and cause. Nothing more, nothing less." Nem said pointedly, her annoyance showing through a bit.

As Echo's dream collapsed, she started to panic. Then she saw...She saw she was with her sister. She was out with Anna, in their favorite flower field. They often played her together, though their parents usually scolded them for getting their cloths dirty and ruined. On this day storm clouds seemed to roll in from nowhere. Suddenly rain was coming down in thick, stinging sheets. Echo and Anna tried to run home. The reached the bridge that led back to their house, but the small wooden construct was having a difficult time dealing with the new flood waters. Echo and Anna tried to cross, but the bridge gave way and the were cast down into the raging river.

 

[DotSlash]

OoC: Fair warning: I'd consider these a bit graphic...

Spoiler: Rex

As Rex tries to shake off the darkness, he opens his eyes to see a kitchen knife in his hands, bloodied. In front of him are the corpses of his parents. His father's head bashed open and practically gushing. The remains of numerous shattered bottle of vodka and whiskey scattered all around him. His mother laid there with numerous stab wounds and a belt in her hands. As Rex looks down at his now childlike body, he lifts up his shirt, shaking all the while. All the scars from the abuse he had taken were still there, the new ones that sent him over the edge still there and bleeding. He drops to his knees for a moment and starts crying, letting the tears stream down his face.

[color=008888] "....Was I right to do this? Am I justified as a person...? Sure... they weren't the most perfect parents... but... did they deserve this.... by my hands, no less...? ....Do I.... even deserve to... [small]live......?[/small]" [/color] Rex starts choking on his tears, the frantic screams from Erica to snap him out of it failing to reach him for the moment, with all the darkest moments starting after this event starting to play in his head.

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Spoiler: Yukino

As Yukino reopens her eyes, she's holding her sword again. However, the smiling faces that had greeted her were all not burning bodies on the floor. The entire village was in flames and screams of terror and pain echoed everywhere. Yukino looked down at the now 14 year old hand and saw her beloved katana completely drenched with blood. She moves it out of her sight, only to see the body of her beloved Haruka on the floor, the pale gray eyes of the old healer still staring straight at the foxgirl, seemingly into her soul. The healer just gives Yukino a calm smile before reaching out and touching her face. [color=bb66bb] "I know you didn't do this... but I still.... hate you..." [/color] The hand slowly dropped as Haruka died. Yukino couldn't even see through her tears as she feels her body jerk backward. As she looks at her arm, a single white thread with a bit of blood on it pulled her away from the burning village, the cries of her clan still ringing in her ears...

 

[Furioso]

OoC: @Nile to keep up I'll combine 2 posts

Spoiler: Valvatorez happy vision

Valvatorez ran up to the pink haired girl "Artina! I've come back in time, you must listen, follow me!"
"Umm... ok Mr Weirdo Vampire..." she said as she was led away from the war camp.

Later, on a hill, Valvatorez and Artina looked as military officers searched the medical tent. "They were going to kill you you know. Just for saving the life of an enemy soldier..."

"What? They would never do that, I know them!"

"...I suppose it doesn't matter whether or not you believe me... but now that I'm here, I need to fulfill our promise before anything happens..." Valvatorez's hands began to glow black.

Artina giggled "Sure thing Mr. Weirdo, give me your best shot!" As soon as she said this, Valvatorez turned to her, and the two of them were swallowed into a black hole. A minute later, the two emerged. Artina was white faced and shaking, obviously terrified beyond belief.

"Well? Have I completed the terms of our promise?"

"Y-y-yes, y-you have. G-g-go on..." Valvatorez turned to her, and leaned in close before sinking his fangs into her neck.

Spoiler: Fenrich happy vision

Fenrich looked towards the throne. Before him sat Valvatorez, complete and absolute ruler of the entire universe. Feared by all, and all whom opposed him utterly destroyed.

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Spoiler: Valvatorez bad vision

Valvatorez opened his eyes to see Artina gone. Looking around from the same hill, he looked back into the camp. There he saw Artina, tied to a post in the middle of the camp. Before he could react, or even call out, the soldiers gathered there simultaneously fired at Artina.

Spoiler: Fenrich bad vision

"...and here you shall toil for the rest of your days, former Tyrant Lord Valvatorez!" was what Fenrich heard as he groggilly looked around, having suddenly blacked out after being in the throne room. Fenrich discovered that he was no longer in the throne room of his Lord. Instead, he was in Hades, prison of the Netherworld. Beside him was Valvatorez, who said "Ah, you're awake Fenrich! I've taken the liberty of volunteering myself for the job of a Prinny Instructor! Now, I know what you're thinking, I bet you're thinking of how I'm going to do that when my health deteriorates every day? I have the answer! I've been researching this funny little fish called a "sardine," you should hear about these things, it's marvelous! I'll have my power back in no time!" Fenrich let out an anguished cry that reverberated through Hades.

 

[Drakmorg]

Rozalin shut her eyes and cried as it felt like happiness itself was being forcibly torn out of her. She fell to her knees and sobbed for several moments.
In reality, the Four-Leaf Clover Mark appeared in the air in front of Rozalin. The mist seemed to have some sort of effect on it, causing visible cracks to appear in the light that made up and arcane glyphs and symbols of the mark. Anyone who could sense magical power would feel the immense strength of the magic making up the mark seem to deplete slightly as the cracks formed and grew.

Spoiler: Rozalin's Nightmare

As Rozalin opened her eyes, things seemed...off. She was being held in the arms of a woman, the same woman from before, her mother. Though she was dressed quite differently. Rozalin noticed that the woman was significantly larger than her. Putting two and two together, Rozalin realized it was a memory from when she was a baby, probably no older than two or three years of age.

For a moment, Rozalin thought this may have just been another pleasant image, but that very quickly changed. In the next moment, things started to get hectic. Rozalin could barely tell what was going on as her mother held her tightly. She could make out a few things though, heat from fires everywhere contrasting with the cold of the snow around her, screams of pain coming from nearly every direction, the cackling of a sadist.

In an instant, everything changed again. Rozalin found herself lying on the cold snow, large patches of it looking like it has been painted red...
Her mother is laying motionless on the ground behind her. Then someone else does come into view. The man she saw as her father from before. Though Rozalin feels only terror when she sees him.

"And out of the chaos, I claim my prize." He says as he picks Rozalin up. She continues to feel nothing but fright. The man begins to cackle madly as he holds Rozalin, and Rozalin finds herself too terrified to even cry.

Spoiler: Here's a little something

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Yukimaru continues to simply stand in the middle of her village, confused as to what was going on. She shut her eyes for a few moments, and breathed deeply.

Spoiler: Yukimaru's Nightmare

Yukimaru opens her eyes to find herself back in Snow Melody once again. Only, things seemed much bigger than they did only moments ago. Yukimaru was confused by this for only a moment, the moment before things became chaotic. The air smelt of smoke and burning wood as she began to hear people screaming.

She felt terrified as a blond man came into view, setting fire to the buildings and slaughtering Snow Melody folk left and right. She feels someone grab her hand and turns to find her brother Fubuki, though her looks much younger, and yet still larger than her.
"Come on! We have to leave, now!" He shouts at Yukimaru and begins leading her by the hand once again. This time away from the village.
[color=01B7FF]"Whuh...What's going on?"[/color] Yukimaru asked, the panic in her voice obvious.
"...Just keep running." Fubuki solemnly replied.
As they began to ran, the blond man blew up a house in front of them, though he seemed unaware of their presence and proximity to it. As the house is destroyed, Fubuki finds himself unfortunate enough to receive wounds to his eyes as debris flies into his face. His boyish screams of pain fill Yukimaru with even more dread as she feels like doing nothing but breaking down and crying. Fubuki finds himself utterly helpless, falling to his knees in the face of the pain.

Yukimaru manages to fight off the urge to do nothing but cry, and instead takes action. She takes her brother's hand and runs, leading him along in his helpless state of injury. She ducks into a nearby cave a short distance from the village, bringing her brother along with her. Once she is sure that her and her brother are safe, then she allows herself to break down and cry. The two of them spent the rest of the night, crying, the two of them hugging each other as it was the only remaining comfort they had left.

 

[Outisakanobody]

OOC: I got to sleep.

Echo will just pass out and Nemesis will leave.

 

[TilMorrow]

"Is that so. Since you do nothing now I believe you feel no responsibility for what happens here and thus have no reason to help you. But ensure you do not come to harm... Please forgive me..." The voice said as alien glyphs suddenly surrounded Nem's person and she was entrapped in a large purple crystal in which shadows began dancing round her body, binding and restricting her magic as the Disciple entered the Warhammer and approached the only one unaffected by the visions. Her mouth moves for the first time as the voice speaks the next sentence "You remember don't you?" The Prisoner simply glares at the Disciple without making any movements.

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On the river bank stood a girl in a purple hood watching as Echo and Anna were swept away.

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In the darkened corner of the room in which Rex killed his parents stood a girl in a purple hood.

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In the shadows between the burning buildings stood a girl in a purple hood watching as Yukino was yanked by the thread.

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At the base of the hill that Valvatorez watched his 'friend' killed from stood a girl in a purple hood watching.

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Standing amongst the shadows of the Prison in Hades stood a girl in a purple hood watching as Fenrich yelled with anguish.

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As Rozalin is picked up and held in her 'father's' arms, a girl in a purple hood stands some distance away in the snow watching.

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As Yukimaru and her brother cling together whilst crying, at the entrance to the cave stands a girl in a purple hood watching.

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As Eve is cast to the ground and a voice of pure insanity and girlish glee resounds around the chambers as the figure above her leers down whilst gripping the handle of her blade smashed in the ground, a girl in a purple hood stands watching. She then notices something. Her mouth opens slightly at what she sees before a loud and wet *shluck* resounds around the room.

 

[Furioso]

OoC: As much as I don't want to... I really need to head to bed, do what you want with my characters. You could even put them in stasis if you want, I won't mind

 

[DotSlash]

Rex continues to sob for a few moments longer, then wipes his tears away for the moment. [color=008888] I'm still alive... I guess.... Should make this life count for something... rather than just waste it in despair. [/color] With his initial brooding over with, Rex finally hears Erica's voice. [color=bb1100] "Sparky... We're not alone in here...." [/color] Rex starts to look around the room, rubbing his eyes a bit.

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Yukino can barely see through her tears as she's dragged. However, the silhouette from before follows the foxgirl as she's dragged through the forests away from the village.

 

[Drakmorg]

OOC: Once again, sorry for the wait.

As the mist continued to affect Rozalin and her mark, the mark began to visibly shudder in the air. The cracks along it began to grow and grow until there were four large ones, each reaching towards the center. Once the cracks in the mark all reached the center and touched each other, the mark shattered, creating an audible sound similar to glass breaking. With the mark destroyed, Rozalin began to scream out in reality. She began to give off an incredible amount of power as she clutched her head. Bolts of purple lightning began to rain down from the air within the dome, striking down all around the Warhammer.

Spoiler: Rozalin's Nightmare, Round 2

The purple hooded figure would find themselves now overlooking a battle-field. At one end, stood a single entity, a person holding two swords out to their side. At the other end, an entire army of blood-thirsty demons stood, baying like hounds for the blood of the only person standing opposite them.

Spoiler: The single Entity

Then the demons charged, and the singular Entity simply stood its ground. Once the demons were within striking distance, the battle began.
And just as quickly as it had started, it was over. The lone Entity stood alone once again, surrounded by the bodies of its adversaries. It stood completely unperturbed, blood dripping off its blades as several bodies lay at its feet, with the rest scattered around the battlefield. The lone Entity stood alone once more.

Spoiler: After

Then, the scene played out once again for the purple hooded figure, though there were enough difference to tell it was a completely different battle, a different setting, different foes, yet the results were exactly the same. The solitary Entity always stood solitary at the end.

The scene plays out once again, though this time, the Entity isn't alone. One person stands at their side, seeming ready to help. The battle plays out, and once it is over, the second being strikes out at the first. The first Entity slays the second just as it did the hundreds of other beings that had attacked it.

The scene plays out dozens of times, then hundreds, then thousands, each one varied enough to be obviously recognizable as a different battle. If the purple hooded figure were keeping track, the scenes would count well into the hundreds of thousands, possibly even the millions.

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Yukimaru continues to hug her wounded brother. She was unaware of anything else in the world, not caring or capable of doing anything but crying.

 

[TilMorrow]

The voice continues to speak to the Prisoner as the Disciples mouth moves. "I could make you forget. Release you from your torment and bring you an everlasting peace that this existence will not permit."

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The girl does not move as Rex looks around the room and continues to watch him from beneath her hood, her face obscured by shadows.

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The Disciple watches the many battles replay over and over in the multiple locations and can't help but have the niggling feeling at the back of her mind. One that suggests too many for the subject of the living nightmarish truth whilst the other contradicts and suggests she is a kindred.

 

[DotSlash]

As Rex finishes drying his face off, he spots the girl in the corner and cracks his knuckles. [color=008888] "...Who are you?" [/color]

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Yukino finally stops getting dragged as she ends up in a clearing quite a bit away. As she continues crying and shivering in that spot, the silhouette picks her up and begins carrying her back toward the village and the girl.

 

[Drakmorg]

As the bolts of lightning continued to strike around the Warhammer, massive amounts of dark energy began to cascade out of Rozalin's body. Then, a lightning bolt formed within the cabin of the Warhammer and struck Rozalin in the head. With a massive flash of light, Rozalin's body seemed to vanish.

The last battle plays out for the purple hooded figure to see. A fight between over a thousand powerful demons, hundreds of which were strong enough to destroy entire planets, and the singular Entity. The battle plays out much the same, but this time, two figures are left. One stands on its knees before the singular Entity.
"Dammit!...Why am I still alive? Why haven't you killed me yet?"
"You aren't even worth the effort."
"I raised an army against you!"
"And your army proved useless. Now begone, before I change my mind and find that mouth of yours capable of boring me to death."
The kneeling and wounded figure limps off, muttering curses under its breath. As a final insult the lone Entity turned its back on the injured one.