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Post by flightlessicarus on Mar 8, 2016 19:56:17 GMT -8
"...you, don't remember me?" Thoren seems disappointed, at the troll, but at the same time, feels his past days living on the meteor are best left forgotten.
Alpha Seth appears nearby, prone on the floor, wearing a red shirt and black pants. There appears to be blood on his hands. He rolls over and opens his eyes, glimmering black irises still visible.
"What... what happened?" He puts his hand over his chest, his heart is still working hard. He's alive.
Thoren looks over towards Seth's direction from the bed thing.
"Everything's gone to shit... Micha's dead, the kats have taken off their masks, morale is lower than ever... and the bitch that caused it all... he's not even done yet. He's a null user, and he doesn't fuck around..."
Seth tries to sit up. He succeeds. He notices the blood on his hands, but frankly he's more concerned about the current news.
"...Micha? She's... dead? What happened?!"
"Shot point blank in the heart with a pistol. Courtesy of aforementioned asshole null user."
Seth's eyes begin watering. But then, he remembers something.
"...wait. did anyone find out where her soul went?"
"Wherever it is, it didn't land around here. Maybe she got transferred to her own bubble or some shit, I don't know..."
Seth tries to think for a moment. It's difficult with such strong emotions clouding his judgement, but he has to figure this out.
He just wants to say goodbye.
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Post by powerkitten on Mar 9, 2016 7:17:20 GMT -8
"If Rein has the only key to weakening Zwei, we have to take her. Right? But, first, tell me more about this Inkstained thing."
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Post by lunarLunatic on Mar 9, 2016 12:04:31 GMT -8
"Raine has the Clockwork Mace, which is....was our key. It'll only weaken Zwei if it's collected enough positive energy, but right now it's almost overflowing with negative emotion.
Bringing that with us will only make her stronger. Not to mention...Raine is..."
"Inkstained. We honestly have no idea how she's managed to be afflicted with this...Any and all traces of it should have been gone from the bubble, aside from Zwei...But now that she is...We don't know what to do. In all my research, I have not found any way to be rid of it...even what we thought were cures only helped temporarily..."
Antheia sits back down.
"It's a horrible sickness. A Despair Plague, if anything. It thrives on negative emotions, and causes the infected to go mad. Most of us, excluding those from the first session, have had this before...Multiple results. All leading to our inevitable demise. Anger, Jealousy, Hopelessness. These flourish within those who are Inkstained. Raine won't last long, especially with what's happened."
"...While every ghost here doesn't have it anymore, Zwei somehow does...I remember you saying that her's somehow mutated into something more advanced, Antheia."
"Looking through the records, and what I've seen before she went berserk...Her's had somehow evolved in a way that makes her unable to feel positive emotion at all. I believe the turning point was-"
The ground shakes. It seems that Raine had struck the ground with her mace, causing a small quake.
"I've been patient for long enough!!! TAKE ME TO WHERE THE MURDERER IS!!!"
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Post by powerkitten on Mar 9, 2016 12:12:40 GMT -8
"Alright, so, those of us who can fight should head towards the Abyss... but at least one of us should stay behind, to prevent Raine from committing suicide via Omega. No point rescuing her body if her soul kills itself."
The Heir of Hope spoke with the weariness of a kid forced to grow up much to soon. He'd adapted to the dangerous and real situation, but he'd definitely lost his innocence.
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Post by SJmun on Mar 9, 2016 12:27:48 GMT -8
Niki pulls out her Gamebirb persona card and just looks at it. Can she really be of use here?
Everything seems to be happening all at once, she's not used to having to keep up with it all.
Raine's shouting startles her, causing her to drop the card onto the ground. She scrambles to pick it back up, and places it back into her pocket.
She stays quiet.
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Post by metreu on Mar 9, 2016 18:19:57 GMT -8
The card's words and picture is faded. It looks old and worn and somehow ancient... There is no feeling when holding it, it is empty.
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Post by lunarLunatic on Mar 10, 2016 15:05:30 GMT -8
Raine starts to walk off into the forest in a huff.
If nobody was going to take her there, she was going to have to go there herself.
She brandishes her mace in an aggressive manner to try to get people to back off and let her through.
Ophelia reaches her hand out to her, but stops.
She feels as if she's done enough damage already and stays put.
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Post by flightlessicarus on Mar 10, 2016 18:03:37 GMT -8
"...wait, was that Raine?" Seth finally regains his senses.
Thoren sits up, covering his chest cavity with his hand. "Who the fuck else would it be, Marilyn Manson? Of course it's Raine."
"We need to go after her." Seth stands up, looking out the tent doorway.
"Do you really think I'm in the position to be doing that?" Thoren gestures to his wounds from the null attacks.
Seth closes his eyes and clenches his fists "Look: I've already lost one friend today. I'm not losing another!" He then notices an odd timeflow with his horns. Something must be happening where he left his body.
"...wait, I forgot, I got knocked out in the middle of something! I might be in danger if I don't wake up soon! Thoren, I'm gonna try to heal you. I'm not sure if that ability works anymore, but you really fucking need to get back on your feet again, if you're gonna be able to handle this shit here."
Seth holds out his hands against Thoren and tries to focus his energy. The symbolic bloodstains are clearly visible, but Seth seems to be ignoring them.
A healing pulse is shot at Thoren. His recent injuries are mostly healed, and he appears to have more energy.
Thoren immediately puts his shirt back on. "Thank you."
"Make sure Raine is safe, it's all I ask."
"Understood." Thoren nods.
Seth notices the timeflow is back to normal again. The seconds are going by much faster now.
"If you excuse me, I gotta wake back up. I'll be back later."
He attempts to wake up and thankfully, it happens with relatively little trouble, and Seth disappears in a white light.
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Post by lunarLunatic on Mar 11, 2016 22:25:10 GMT -8
Walking alone on the forest path with her weapon was...almost nostalgic. Yet she didn't know why.
Raine holds her mace delicately. It felt like a friend. It felt like her only friend now. She smiles.
"Haha...You'll tell me where to go, right? You'll never lead me astray..."
She and her friend are going to kill a son of a bitch.
It will be fun.
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Post by flightlessicarus on Mar 11, 2016 23:38:26 GMT -8
Thoren stands up and begins to walk out the door of the tent.
"Tell the others I'm following Raine" He says to the group inside.
Just ten steps out of the tent though, a terrible splitting headache strikes him down.
"aaaaAAAAAΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔΔAAAAAGGGHHH!!!!"
His scream can be heard from quite a distance.
Thoren clutches his head as if there was a gash on one side, but there isn't. It doesn't stop the pain though.
And to think he thought he was done being stuck in the medic tent.
Remembering what happened last time they left him hanging, a couple of generic seths walk over and try to assist, as well as Schrodinger.
"What the fuck happened this time?" Schrodinger stands nearby and sighs in exasperation.
"I... I don't know...." Thoren tries to call out for Seth internally to get answers.
Seth seems to be feeling the same exact pain as he is, though seems much more stressed.
"...He has it too... fuck. Why can't he just heal himself or some shit.."
"You mean Alpha? Has he ever used that recovery move on anything that wasn't already lacking a body?" Though Schrodinger can no longer perform it, due to lacking the necessary life energy, he remembers when he was able to use it while alive.
"How the fuck would I know that? I've only seen him use it a couple times." Thoren rubs one of his mostly healed stab wounds.
"I'm pretty sure it only heals spiritual shit. And considering Alpha's awake right now, whatever the fuck he got into is probably physical. I know him well enough to be certain."
"...You're saying I'm fucked over until he gets his shit checked out?"
"Probably."
Thoren sits up on the ground and attempts to float. It seems to be working. It's funny, he seems to have forgotten about that ability, despite the fact that it's common for ghosts and god tiers, which he happens to overlap with both.
"Well, I don't fucking care. I have a fucking obligation to uphold."
And with that, Thoren flies off down the path, hoping the pain wears off eventually, and that he'll be able to catch up to Raine.
Schrodinger decides to join Thoren on his trip, running after on foot, leaving the rest of the army behind them.
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Post by lunarLunatic on Mar 12, 2016 0:00:01 GMT -8
The scream causes a lot of the Kats to cringe. Even Raine, who is a bit farther away, can't help but shudder.
Antheia notices the pair of Seths heading towards the forest, and decides that this may be a good time to go.
Ophelia reluctantly follows her, her guilt weighing her down and pulling her forward at the same time.
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Post by powerkitten on Mar 12, 2016 5:56:25 GMT -8
...Well, no time like the present I suppose. The Heir of Hope shudders as he concedes control back to The Spirit of The Hunt. SH raises his Scepter high and marches off towards Raine, Logan and the rest of the figment army joining him.
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Post by SJmun on Mar 12, 2016 6:58:44 GMT -8
Niki gets up and goes to follow Patrick.
"Hey, wait for me! Don't just leave me here!" She runs after him and then continues following.
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Post by flightlessicarus on Mar 12, 2016 7:13:50 GMT -8
The crowd of seths seem to be confused with the others leaving.
"what the fuck is happening?"
"where's Thoren?"
"that bitch ran away screaming, remember?"
"ha."
Raphael however, gets straight to work.
"Hey bitches, we're moving out now! Let's get going!" He leads them onto the path the others have taken.
Meanwhile, Thoren and Schrodinger continue pursuing far ahead. Thankfully, the terrible headache has numbed down for the most part so Thoren is able to resume walking on foot instead of flying, despite the faster speed.
He doesn't really like to fly unless he has to. It brings up too many memories of his trip across the Furthest Ring, which had nearly cost him his sanity. There were absolutely no landmarks in the blackness of the void. The silence was deafening, so he had to have his headphones turned up at all times. Needless to day, he's memorized the words to every song in his CD collection.
He still hopes that one day he will be able to kill at least one horrorterror for ruining his life.
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Post by lunarLunatic on Mar 12, 2016 11:24:30 GMT -8
The other kats seem to stay put, not wanting to continue. Noelle notices this and speaks to the army.
"...I don't think we can come with you to fight. So this is goodbye for now. I'll stay here to at least try to build morale back up, but..."
She holds on to the plush doll. formerly known as Shade, very tightly.
"...I'm sure all of you will do fine. Good luck...And please tell the ghost of the one who died trying to save the session...that I'm sorry."
Her last sentence was barely a whisper, and is most likely not picked up.
The forest seems...different from usual. Emptier. There's some sort of lack of something but it's unknown why that is.
Raine is still going forward, but she's having doubts on if she's even going the right way. She pauses...trying to think.
Meanwhile, Antheia seems to be calculating something on her head.
"...This place could be enough of a weak spot to open up the shortcut to the entrance to the Abyss. But Raine is our top priority here...We can't let her do something that she will regret forever."
Ophelia keeps quiet.
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