lunarLunatic
DEATH EGG
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Post by lunarLunatic on Sept 24, 2016 11:46:21 GMT -8
'I...I don't know...'
She looks down, worried and afraid.
'I...I know that she must hate herself and her circumstances to want to disappear. I don't know what she's gone through, but from what we're hearing...She must think that existing would only hurt the people she cares for.
Thinking that when she disappears, even if they still will be hurt at first, they'll forget her eventually. They'll move on, and with her gone they'll have one less person that will hurt them.'
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Post by flightlessicarus on Sept 24, 2016 15:01:10 GMT -8
Thoren is concerned. This is a serious situation. He thinks about what Raine just told him.
And then he remembers something.
A TV at the other end of the room displays the content of a memory.
It wasn't too long ago, only just hours ago.
The dream dome's stage had just had it's first transformation, as the ballroom of the timespace castle.
Alpha Seth was talking to Raine about something, holding a particularly familiar bag of candy in his hand...
'If I know those like you well enough, I know she has the makings of a great person. It's not my place to judge her past actions, but I have a hunch that she's not as harmful as she thinks she is, and her being lost would be the worst thing she could do. She won't be forgotten so easily.'
Thoren focuses on the memory on screen, as it pans towards alpha Seth masquerading as thanatos during his speech.
'The loss of someone close can leave scars that may never fully heal...'
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Post by lunarLunatic on Oct 6, 2016 9:34:25 GMT -8
Despite the fact that the current ordeal has passed, Raine still can't help but feel worried.
'I'm glad they managed to settle down...But I'm still a little uneasy. She might not actually be okay...'
The room is bathed in orange, as if it were sunset.
'It'll probably be a lot of work...Trying to keep her from feeling like that. I...I would know. I...'
She glances at Thoren before turning back to the television.
'I'm a little afraid to admit it, but I still feel like this moment, with you...and everyone...I'm still afraid that this might all be a dream. And I'll wake up back in this house, back on Earth...Or...'
The television fills with static as the scene within changes to what seems to be the Incipisphere, with a strange lack of planets...Well, whole planets at least.
It's from a point of view of someone clearly angry...and afraid.
"Where are you!? S-show yourself! I know you're t-there...!"
It was Raine's voice.
She turns and turns around as she looks for something, sobbing quietly... Until the screen turns glitchy as something black suddenly grabs hold of their arm.
What came after is barely even recognizable, but there was clearly blood involved.
The distorted sound of her pleading for her life fill the room before it cuts short as the television turns itself off.
Raine's expression tightens.
'Sometimes I...I start to wonder if I died in that moment...and everything that came after is just some strange dream I'm having in the afterlife...I know it sounds silly...and it is...But I can't help but feel that way...I can't help but feel as if this path we're paving towards a happy ending...Isn't actually real. That I'm just imagining things that wouldn't really happen.'
'...That I could never actually feel this happy to be alive.'
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Post by flightlessicarus on Oct 6, 2016 12:29:02 GMT -8
There's a clear sense of shock from Thoren after watching that clip.
He knows that arm.
He knows that static.
He knows that kind of scream.
The TV turns back on and shows a scene from atop an apartment building on a land that may be familiar to many that went on a specific raid back in the session.
There's writing being done in a diary, on an oddly pristine later page.
And then...
Something dark and corrupted reaches forwards and...
Absolute pain...
The eyes of the demon stare back at him as the decent begins...
So empty...
So weak...
Images fading... echoed insane laughter... almost as if...
And then the TV turns off.
Thoren knows he died on that day.
But if Raine met her end, possibly judged either way, how did their connection work? How did she get a new body?
Are either of them here who they feel they are?
Thoren doesn't want to slide down that path again, he'd rather hold onto the illusion that he is Thoren, the ex-mass murderer who must attone for his past sins.
He doesn't want to lose his identity, even if it is an objectively shitty one.
But then, what about Raine? Are her doubts founded? He'd like to think so, if only to make sense of things.
There's gotta be a piece of the puzzle that hasn't been revealed...
'I can't say for certain how much of this is real or not, considering I've already... reached my physical conclusion. But, for what it's worth, we can at least try to enjoy what we have together while it's still here.'
A sense of doubt, in conflict with a delicate sense of comfort.
'Even if this does all evaporate, even if we do fail, even if the light at the end of the tunnel is merely an end... at least we have eachother. '
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lunarLunatic
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Post by lunarLunatic on Oct 7, 2016 20:43:51 GMT -8
The memory of her partner's death stirred a reaction not unlike the episodes she had when she had first made contact with the former shelter that was the meteor hideout.
While she herself had gotten over, or at least had become numb to, her own memory...There was something about his that had partly reawakened her fears. But there was something else she couldn't quite put together...
Whatever it was, it's not too important to ask now.
Her hand tightens on...Thoren's hand, apparently. She must have reached for something subconsciously, and that just so happens to be the nearest thing.
Real or not...It's always reassuring to have something or someone to talk to...
"Th...Thank you...W-Well...Let's focus on the battle coming up...Maybe it'll help a little more..."
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Post by flightlessicarus on Oct 7, 2016 23:49:23 GMT -8
Thoren holds her hand tightly. He almost wants to cry... but he tries to hold any tears back.
When was the last time he ever let himself cry?
'...yeah.'
Thoren puts forth a suggestion to look upwards.
'Well, it looks like it's gonna be an aerial battle. it might be a good idea to figure out what kind of attacks we should be using.'
He does a little bit of thinking, boosted by the extra electronic enhancements in his horns.
'Since we're together here, we should be able to pull off the Unity Slash technique effortlessly, though its strength seems to be dependent upon physical health. So we should use that while we're still unscathed. I can use fire magic and maybe even lasers if we need to. I'm not sure if direct hits with our preferred weapons would be tactically viable, considering your mace is fairly close-range and my scythe is somewhat mid-range. Then again since you're a rage player a lot of that strategy bullshit can go straight out the window if you're taking the wheel.'
Another moment of pause, and then something else.
'But most important of all, we need to follow Raz's orders. He knows the Scourge better than anyone.'
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Post by flightlessicarus on Oct 24, 2016 23:13:59 GMT -8
With the greatest outer conflict compelling them, he's able to push his inner conflicts aside.
Thoren puts them into doubletime overdrive, activating his time powers and using the techno-horns's access to the short-term prediction program to assist in dodging any and all things in their way. He seems to be leaving most of the actual maneuvering and such to Raine. He can somehow tell just by being with her that she's had some sort of experience in this sort of situation. There's something lighting up somewhere.
Upon seeing the flaming X, he calls upon their weapon, which has gained duality as both a scythe and a mace, thanks to their unity.
The force of a full-power unity slash should be enough to cancel it out, probably.
'This should turn out beautifully.'
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Post by flightlessicarus on Nov 10, 2016 23:54:54 GMT -8
With the recent strangeness in the fabric of space-time, Thoren has spent much of the severely slowed down time chatting on the recently re-opened memo, using his technohorns to connect to it via pesterchum.
Various topics came up, but the chat with the mortal Charles particularly struck a chord with him.
It reminded him of his own yearning for immortality, and later his mostly irrational fear of losing it.
Conflicted thoughts surround him, though he tries to clear them away for Raine's sake. She doesn't need to be weighed down by his insecurities, especially when they're in the middle of the most important battle ever.
He tries to distract himself with advanced time mechanics, but it proves to be too much for him to handle all at once, so he quits while he's still ahead.
...sorry about that, Raine. We should get back to focusing on what's important.
A sigh escapes, and resolve tightens ever so slightly.
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Post by flightlessicarus on Nov 18, 2016 23:26:14 GMT -8
Seeing that ...thing's eye stare back... it's as if it could see the two of them here.
Maybe it can.
Whatever it is now no longer seems to resemble a man, at least how Thoren is trying to parse their opponent's wretched appearance.
This isn't the time to show fear however.
Doesn't mean Thoren isn't disturbed by that final boss looking bitch though. He stays close to Raine and holds her hand tight for support.
'...What the fuck do we do? It's looking straight at us!'
He waits for Raine's answer, hoping she has one.
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Post by flightlessicarus on Mar 15, 2017 18:52:40 GMT -8
OCCUPANT FOUND
STARTUP SEQUENCE INITIATE
UNIT NAME: OCCUPIED UNIT THORENBOT 2.1
OCCUPANT IDENTITY: SETH "THOREN" [REDACTED]
"HEART CONTAINER" FOUND
NETWORK LIST:
-KAT "RAINE" [DATA EXPUNGED]
-SETH "ALPHA" [REDACTED]
-KAT "MEDI" [DATA EXPUNGED]
-PATRICK CAREON
HULL INTEGRITY: 80%
REPAIRS BEING PERFORMED BY NANITE FLEET "SCARF"...
OCCUPANT STATE: REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS...
PLEASE WAIT...
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Post by flightlessicarus on Apr 8, 2017 5:33:41 GMT -8
OCCUPANT NOT FOUND
NETWORK CONNECTIONS INTERRUPTED
ENTERING STANDBY MODE...
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Post by flightlessicarus on Apr 8, 2017 21:17:35 GMT -8
Thoren slams into the driver's seat and makes himself at home.
The diagnostics flash messages to him, and the connections he had before are apparent once more. Thankfully his condition is much more stable than it was before.
It doesn't take too long for everything to get back into working order.
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Post by flightlessicarus on Apr 20, 2017 10:01:40 GMT -8
Another 24 hour period has passed, and yet the scene outside has yet to progress. It is a blessing and a curse to be connected to the heir of time's heart, it seems.
At least internet still works here.
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Post by flightlessicarus on May 15, 2017 18:36:33 GMT -8
After nearly a month of being away, Thoren uses the waypoint to leap back here. He has some things he has to do regarding the Network.
It has come to his attention that one of his network members partakes in recreational activities best not broadcasted to the other members.
How is he gonna make this work?
Thoren begins using the console. It's been a while since he's made use of it, but it seems intuitive enough for him to make sense of it.
-Heart Container Network manager-
♥♥♥♥♡
Network members: FI, AS, RN, TW, TM
♡
Network admin: EF
> Network Settings
> Mute settings
> New rule: Mute all lust and infatuation overflow unless direct connection
> New rule: In case of direct connection, only send aforementioned flagged emotions to directly involved members
Please Wait. . .
Connection Settings changed successfully!
While he's at it, he temporarily mutes Samm's connection and sets it on a timer for about 24 hours.
Thoren takes a moment to look out from the viewpoint.
It's the same still scene as it was a month ago. Everyone's still in the same place they've been since then, frozen in time.
Maybe on another day the outside will finally move.
Maybe one day he will be able to spend time with his beloved; so close, yet so far away.
With his network rulechanging duties done, Thoren uses the waypoint to Seth to escape once more. If time begins here properly one day, he will be able to know almost immediately.
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