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Post by flightlessicarus on Feb 27, 2016 0:56:56 GMT -8
Mac and Jasper jump back at the sudden nearby flying sword. Thoren seems to still be unable to do much in his exhausted state.
"What... who the fuck threw that?!" Jasper complains.
Mac points at the far off lady in red, who seems to exude an air of fear. Thankfully it doesn't seem to be too strong from a long range.
The two of them look back down at the other two on the ground.
"Mac, we can't just leave them here, especially after he helped me with my own bullshit. Let's load them in."
Mac nods and hops off the piano seat to pick one of them up. He goes to lift up the girl. She seems... different from expected. Regardless, he manages to carry her to the seat and tries to sit her down on it. She's a little heavier than expected, but at least she's still liftable at the moment.
"Just great, leave me with the tallest, most sin-weighted of the pair why don't you! Do you really think I can lift this bitch? Help me out for fuck's sake, Mac!"
"Alright alright, Jasper. I'll help you." Mac sighs and walks over to assist. They barely manage to pick him up together.
"How the fuck does he even stand? He almost weighs more than your piano!"
They eventually get Thoren onto the seat. They sit down next to them and put the piano into low gear. It slowly crawls forwards with the tiny wheels on its legs.
"So, how are we gonna get these losers back into action exactly?"
"The only way I know how, with music." Mac takes a moment to think of what to play. What's a song that would calm and heal both the doll-like girl and the badass roughened but probably broken man? It's a tough call it seems. While trying to think, he defaults to playing that vaporwave song at a slower tempo. The four of them ride the piano along the same path the others up ahead seem to be taking.
Meanwhile, the messenger in the crater has already reached donetier. His worldly appearance has faded, leaving his spirit without any sort of protection or identification, aside from the color red. He just sorta floats in place at the bottom of the crater as a dim ball of light.
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Post by metreu on Feb 27, 2016 17:04:32 GMT -8
Another shot rings out, this one contained in a canister from a different direction. When it gets close to the girl in red, it explodes into 12 homing bullets that fire out of the canister and lock onto her.
The shots were coming from very far away, after the cluster shot, more shots fly in from different directions.
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Post by lunarLunatic on Feb 27, 2016 18:55:35 GMT -8
This time, she wasn't as lucky. Each hit causes her to shout harsh, garbled nonsense. The area around her flickers and warps, leaving artifacts all around until what is seen is simply just a ball of glitchy nonsense. The sound of static is harsher than ever.
Meanwhile, Rien starts to stir from her puppet-like trance.
"...Nnh...What....where...?"
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Post by flightlessicarus on Feb 27, 2016 23:29:44 GMT -8
"She's waking up!" Jasper looks over at Rien.
Mac glances at her while still playing the piano. He doesn't even have to look at the keys to continue as usual.
"Tho-ren, over there just saved you.~" Mac melodically weaves his words into the song. He has a surprisingly mellow tenor singing voice.
"Don't forget about us! We helped too!" Jasper just speaks as usual.
"Yeah Jasp, we helped, but he did, the real work running!~iii-iiinn-inn-innn-nnn-nnn-nnn!"
Jasper sighs. Why does Mac always try to sing when he plays this song? It's so fucking annoying.
Thoren is still slumped forwards in his seat, long oily hair obscuring his face.
"We're on our way back to the others. We should be there soon." Jasper explains as Mac continues playing that cursed song.
Why does he even have such a fixation on it? It's not like the chest Jasper had, back when he was Chestnut.
Songs aren't material items. They're something else entirely, made of instructions, player's intent, and sound waves. With everything assembled together, a well-built and well-performed song can affect the soul quite profoundly, if it's potency level is still intact.
But how could a vaporwave song, of all things, drive and inspire Mac so much? Maybe he'll never know.
The rolling piano seems to be gaining on the tail end of the group. A couple of the stragglers notice the odd party making their way forwards.
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Post by lunarLunatic on Feb 28, 2016 9:47:34 GMT -8
"H-he...saved..."
Rien looks around and notices Thoren, noticing that he's incapacitated. Her expression tenses up into something resembling dismay. Why did he risk himself for her sake? Sure, he is kind of already dead, but...Something about this just didn't sit well with her.
"Why...He could have just..."
She hated this. Surely now everything's starting to fall apart from the seams. The leader of the army visiting this dream is worn out, probalby unfit for what might be lurking ahead...And it's all because she was lagging behind.
She wasn't sure how or why she managed to somehow end up back there, but this was a bad omen for what was to come, she thought.
She was deadweight, a burden.
There was no way they could be able to beat their enemy with her around. She could potentially mess things up, one way or another.
Tears couldn't help but fall as she looked down.
"He shouldn't have risked himself for me...! All I've done is cause trouble..."
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Post by flightlessicarus on Feb 28, 2016 15:48:53 GMT -8
"Hey, don't say that. Do you wanna know why we chose to fight for you all here? Because we all share at least one memory of kindness from a kat during our lifetime." Jasper tries to cheer Rien up a little.
"It's hard to find kind souls out here... Most of us seths are complete assholes."
Mac adds in, not singing this time. He gazes wistfully at the scenery slowly moving past them. Jasper just sorta glares and pouts at him.
"It's sad but true. The army left you and Thoren in the dirt to push daisies." Mac continues. At this point he's started playing a different song on the piano. It seems familiar but it is difficult to pin down where it's been heard before. It seems to be at a slightly slower tempo than usual.
"But, you know, when someone is actually nice and takes the time to show some sort of care, that's a whole 'nother story." Jasper retorts calmly, looking down at his own outfit. "Maybe we are a bunch of selfish shitheads, but at least we can still return kindness shown towards us." He looks over at Thoren, still looking dead as ever. "Even the worst of us has a hint of goodness somewhere it seems..." Jasper smiles bittersweetly.
A spark flares up from within Thoren. Something has rekindled. There is a slight warmth.
He opens his eyes slowly and looks up from his slump. His eyes are blank, but they have a light to them. Thoren blinks and looks around. He's sitting on the seat of a... rolling piano? What the fuck?
He looks over at the others. They seem familiar. Two seths and... Rien!
But, she's crying. Thoren usually isn't one for crying, but he knows there must be something troubling her.
"...Rien, why are you crying?" His voice cracks slightly.
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Post by lunarLunatic on Feb 28, 2016 20:09:02 GMT -8
She keeps looking down. She never knew just how deep this rabbit hole was. Only recently did she remember that Seth was someone she held in very high regard...And she felt that being a burden to any of them would be something similar to a fate worse than death.
But to think that the reason they were even here to help...Was because of the kindness of her apparent other selves. She felt so confused.
But something else popped up in her head. What good has she done?
But before she could continue that thought, she notices Thoren waking up. Immediately she breaks down into tears, spontaneously clinging to him.
"I'm sorry...I'm so s-sorry...." she continues to sob.
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Post by metreu on Feb 28, 2016 22:28:16 GMT -8
Another shot rang out, a ball of light soaring across the sky and arcing down towards the girl in red. Bursting forth from the ball of light was Micha and Eclipse wielding a giant sword and shield. She brings the sword down and yells with her attack. There was a certain rage in her eyes...
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Post by lunarLunatic on Feb 28, 2016 22:56:10 GMT -8
As Micha flies down into the ball of glitch with her sword, she feels as if she were slowing down.
Sort of like if you drop something into some really thick syrup and it slowly sinks down.
Slowly, the lady in red slinks out of the ball of glitchiness, looking directly at her attacker.
Her mouth moves, the garbled nonsense slowly becoming more and more whole. More...Understandable, in a way.
"͞͏͚̕Ỳ͖͖̭͕Θ͈̙̘͚̦̦͙̫ͅú̵̹̮̥̟.̸̬̫͔͖̩̻͓̯͡.̡͖̼̙̲̘́.̧͉̟̺̻͚̥͖̫͜͝ͅw̴̢̡͖͔̺͔̬̣̻̟h̵̩̩̱̗͉͍̲̹Θ̤̦͇̜̗ ̲͜▲̧̥̭̗̖̻̙͝r͇̳͕̯͢ͅe̷̵͉̩̻̗̘͎̭̝ ̩̘̤̳͔͔͕̀ỵ̵̸͕͇̹Θ̸̡̲̠̳̞u̶̵͔̥̰̲̠͖̦̤.͚͔̬̠͙́̕͠ͅ.͚̼͈̤̲̙͟.̛͙̻̣̥͙̝͉̬?̛͕̟͚͙ ̶̸̲̘̹̭Ý͏̞̰̱̖̩̗Θ͟͞͏͙͚u̳͍͟'͈̫̤̬̼͕͈̥͘͡r͓͔̜͓̠̩ḛ̱͜ ͇̮͎n̻͕͈͘Θ͏͏͈̗͍̳̖̙t̸̯̱̣̗̱ ̲͈̘͜ͅΘ̢̭̬̗͍̝̯ͅn̢̛̺̭̖͎̟̣͔ͅȩ̷̬̮̖͔̰ ̶̦̤͜Θ̖̩͚̟͞f̴̴͙̠ ̬̼͇̦̩̺̖̤͡͝h̞͙̭̙͓͍̀͟͝e͘͏̥ŕ̛̞̼͜ ̧̹̜͖̯̩͇̪̪͝ͅf̸̛̛̜̯̙̲̫̰͔r̷̡̯̦̯i̴̡̛͎͖͍̥̜͖̟ͅe͏̝̠̺̣͟n̞̲̙͡d̡͙̯̪̹͈s̢̮.̵̖̤̣͢ͅ.̝͖̝̩̜.̸̝̖̙̰̳̰̪▲̶̖̮̪͓͟͡r̤̹͢ȩ̹̭̦̱̜̗́ ͙̮̠̮͍̱͟͜͡y̧͚̝̟̟̖͜Θ̙̤̝͍͉̤̥ṳ̻̝̝̮͖̻͡͝?͔͉̤"̠͕̺͓͇͔̻́͘
Her smile widens.
̴͕"҉̹̮̗͔̟▲͕͈̘̺̘̪r͎̗E͏̺͍̙͕̟̪̱ ͖̭̫͖͚̩̤́y͈̣̦̜̰͓̕o̤͉̜̬͎U̫ ̸̩͖̱h̪̜͇̭͕̺̺E̯̻̺R̞̮̰̭̼̗͟e ̨͎̼f̲̫̰͟Θ͖̟͇̳R̡̟̫͍̫̘̝ ̭̺̹͔͖▲̡͇̪ ̨̬̱c̬͎͍̻͈̬͚͜u͖̝͉̪̯̪P̸ ̩̪̘͓Θ҉͈̼̤̪̠͇f͕ ͎̝̟̱̫t̞̰̳̞̳e̙̗▲̬̟͕͔̗̣͘?̳̦̬̗ͅ ̖̼͖̗̙̫̼w̠͔̜E̙͍͖'R͙͕̯̟̦͡e̩̮̞̜ ̳h▲̧̫V̯̖̼̯I͔n̷G̻͓ ́a͎͠ ̡͙̥t͘ͅÉ̲̗̘͖▲͍͙̙̖͕ P̻̞͙̕▲̡Ŕ̫͚͉̟̫͇͉T҉y̜̲̲͙ͅ ̀ś̜̮̫͖͚̮̘Θ̜̤̖̖̗̻ͅΘ͇̖̜͇͞N̝̦̙͎.̰͡.̰.͎̰͈W̺̦̯̘͎͈̩Θ̫̭͠U͇͞L̻͈͘D͈͚̺̮̻̭̜ ͎̩̞͉͠y͎͘Θ̥͔̱̪͖̹́U ̦̟͠ļ̻I̺͚̞̞̭̫K̶͇̯̹̬E̺̹ t͉̫͙̱͇̝Θ̗́ ̙̜P̢̟̯̠̙͓͇̦▲̬̦̥R̺̘̞̭̣͓t̫̱̠i̡̻C͖̮̫̠i̷p͏͇̞A͕̤͎͈̭̥̹͞t̖̭̺̣̟E͍?̲̙͈̗͍"̡̲̲
She raises both her arms a little....The earth shakes as a tree starts to become uprooted by an unseen force.
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Post by metreu on Feb 28, 2016 23:03:54 GMT -8
Eclipse vanishes and Micha loses Eclipses sword and shield. Her blue eye glows and shines as she stretches out her hand, a pale blue fire erupting from her right arm.
"Yeah, I'm one of her friends. Let's Dance B!tch." She smiles and clenches her hand into a fist.
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Post by lunarLunatic on Feb 28, 2016 23:13:32 GMT -8
She giggles as her eyes narrow. The tree moves behind the girl in red as she aims for her target.
"͏̳͉̖̙̲̼̙i̙̺̭̞ ̗͔͈͕͙d̯̼̠͍̟́O̬͈̻̘̳N͚̩̙͎̬̠'͝t ̶̪̹̳͙r̳̤E͎͢M̦͉̖̬Ḙ͍̬̗͈̦M̤͙̟̣̞͓ͅb̛͕̳eR̸̞̪̠̪̻̩̟ a̶̹̟̬ṉ̢̫Y̦̱̜̖͘ǫ̝̫̖̺n̺͕E̕ ̬̮͓̦̰͜t̪͓̜̗͜h͍̀A̮̟͎̕T̨͎ l͏̝͍̞̗o̗͖͙̝͠o͖͍̺̣K̪̟̫̫̺͜E̻̭̬͖̘D ̖̠l͝I̩̯͖͎̦ͅk̼̯̖̟̠̘e̗̭͍̝ ̝͙͝y̟̱̦̤ͅỌ̙̗u̮̫.̹͖͉.͎.́aR̸E͔̰͜ ̞͉yO̴̭̗̠̝͎U̷̪͖̲ ̺̘̀t͕̜͍E͙L͏̦͎L̮͔̟͈̭̩͙Ì̱̝̺͍n̺̭̪̝G̻̲̲͙̝͜ ͙͉̦T͔̦̗́h͉̱͈ͅE̟̲̲ ̞̕T̲̗̹̪͓͞R͓̭̥͎͜U̡̹T͈̤̥̭͍H̤͟?̭̝̺̲͇"̧̱̳̣̥̟
More trees start to pop up from behind her, about twenty at the most. The scenery around her seems like it's in a glitchy haze...As if the space around her is being warped.
͉͔͇̬̰͔"̹̞̺̩̝s̟͉͍̠̞͚a͕̲̺̰̻̭̭Y̦̜̤͙̜͠ ͢i̬͈̬̻͕̗̪t̙͙̠̼̤͙̺ ̖͓̙́a͞g͝A̼ͅI̡̼͎̰N̯̮̣ ̮̗̮Í̘̫̯n̟̮̲̱ ͕̘͎̣͞r̦͉E͖͇̮̦̥̪̕D̰̻̰̝̰͞.̳̦̣"͙͔
Every single tree starts to shoot towards Micha.
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Post by metreu on Feb 28, 2016 23:24:12 GMT -8
Micha looks to the encroaching trees and her amber eye glows. There is a moment the trees hit her, and then they are slashed to fire wood. Eclipse has appeared again and is covering Micha. She extends her sword again and taunts her opponent.
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Post by flightlessicarus on Feb 28, 2016 23:27:02 GMT -8
Thoren flinches for a moment before realizing he's not under attack. Is she really... hugging him? Has he really deserved it? What is she even sorry for? Sorry for running off? Wow, this actually feels kind of... nice? Maybe if she wasn't so sad.
You know what, maybe trying to make her feel better somehow might work? He's probably not the best at this sort of thing.
How does Seth deal with shit like this? Thoren takes a guess and attempts to awkwardly return the favor.
Thoren's hands are cold as a bundle of popsicles, and his grip... well let's say he has more practice handling dead bodies than living ones. He decides trying to hug her would be a hazard to her health.
He settles for just trying to softly pat her on the back instead. Thoren uses his palm like he's trying to only just barely crush a fragile styrofoam ball by pressure alone. He hopes he's not using too much for her.
"...There there. It's... okay?" He really needs a lot more practice with this sort of thing.
But even despite the awkwardness of his consoling, he seems to feel... something from his chest cavity. It's difficult to tell what it is, but it at least makes the heart-shaped patch covering it up glow slightly. Probably barely noticeable due to the sheer weakness of the light output though. At least it doesn't feel horrible.
Meanwhile, Jasper and Mac just sorta smirk and watch from the side as Thoren tries to be "nice".
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Post by lunarLunatic on Feb 29, 2016 8:08:29 GMT -8
Twenty trees become thirty, then one hundred. Soon enough they stop looking like trees and turn into weird glitchy artifacts.
The lady in red merely floats there as this happens, watching.
Rien shudders. Sort of an expected reaction to embracing a ghost. Really cold. Sort of awkward. That sort of thing.
She pulls away, trying to wipe her face, which probably looks like a complete mess.
"S-sorry...I...I didn't know what came over me...I just...You got hurt trying to get me back and I just..." She can't help but sob, she goes on ahead and covers her face in shame.
Meanwhile, the army eventually ends up out of the forest into what looks like somebody's garden. Looking up, there's a swarm of those cubes in the sky,
looking like they're bumping into an invisible wall trying to get here. What's even more odd is some larger figure, trying to strike down said invisible wall.
All that can be seen is the bright purple strikes coming from the weapon they wield.
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Post by metreu on Feb 29, 2016 16:26:33 GMT -8
Micha is suspended in the air, surrounded by the hundred trees. She looks to them as Eclipse fades away and she pulls back her black coat. Inside was her whole arsenal of guns in the various pockets. Time slows around Micha as she uses 'SPEED OF LIGHT' to quicken her actions. She pulls each gun out one at a time and takes shots at each tree, one for each combination of guns she could manage. In standard time, all that appears to happen is a shower of different elemental bullets launch out from around Micha and a hundred different floating guns.
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