[Log] You Never Had the Head For All That Bigger Picture Stuff

[wilder]

Who: Colette Brunel, Genis Sage, Lloyd Irving, Martel Yggdrasil, Raine Sage, Sheena Fujibayashi, Yuan Ka-Fai, Zelos Wilder AND YOU
What: Joint Nightmare since for some reason they all share the same fear of zombie angels and crazy godmod teenagers
When: This Weekend
Where: Dream Land
Rating: PG-13 to R

[When arriving in this dream, you'll find yourself in various parts of Paradisa whether it be the castle or the grounds. And boy, do things sure look different. The town is nothing more but rubble, with the farmlands surrounding it razed and salted. There is no sign of any towns person still being alive. The castle still stands, but it seems to lack the life it once had.]

[As for the residents? Well, they got a worst fate than the townspeople. If you come across most residents, there's a good amount of changes. First noticeable thing is they now have wings (some like fairies while most have typical white bird angel wings). They all seem to have a red crystal embedded on them. But worst of all? They are completely devoid of any personality or free thought. Their eyes seem dead and they only seem to respond to the wishes of the one who caused this]

[If you're lucky, you might come across someone who hasn't succumb to this fate - they seem to have taken to hiding in the forest or the mountains. If not? Well...good luck.]

[OOC: TLDR TIME YAY! A joint dream where essentially Mithos Yggdrasil showed up in paradisa and took things over! Pretty much meaning he destroyed the town and turned every resident into zombie-angels. The Symphonian cast (including Mithos cough) will be all over this, but anyone is free to participate in this dream too! If you wish to do so, we got a number of options if you want to more!

OPTION A - Returning Resident/ just wandered into this room.
You just wandered into this or have no idea what's going on. Try not to get killed by angels.

OPTION B - Survivor.
You remember this and don't know it's just a dream. You remember when Mithos Yggdrasil started turning residents into angels, razing the town and claiming himself god. You were among one of the few lucky ones who escaped, who are currently in hiding and either want to find a way to take down Mithos- or find a way out into the Dead Zone where his hand has not reached yet. Maybe you're hiding in the rubble of the city, or the mountains or the forest. Try not to get killed by angels.

OPTION C - Former Angel.
You remember this and don't know it's just a dream. You remember when Mithos Yggdrasil started turning residents into angels, razing the town and claiming himself god. But you were unlucky, and were among the residents who got turned into the mindless drones. You remember how you were forced to kill all the townspeople, help in turning fellow residents into mindless drones like you. But you got lucky in the way that someone saved you, put a keycrest (fancy piece of metal) on your crystal so you regained your mind. You're still an angel- you still don't eat, sleep and maybe even your sense of touch is diminished or gone- but at least you have a mind and soul again. Plus the enhanced senses, strength and reflexes are really nice too. Try not to get caught again.

OPTION D - Angel
You remember this and don't know it's just a dream. You remember when Mithos Yggdrasil started turning residents into angels, when he razed the town, when he claimed himself God of a now lifeless land. But you were unlucky, and were among the residents who got turned into the mindless drones. You have enhanced senses, strength, reflexes and wings. On the flipside, you don't eat, sleep, feel and talking is optional too (since many angels have no voices). You feel nothing. All you desire to do is follow Mithos and his great plan. Have fun.

COLETTE | GENIS | LLOYD | MARTEL | RAINE | SHEENA | YUAN | ZELOS | LA RESISTANCE | OR YOUR OWN THREADS YAY

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Colette | Angel

[selfless]

[Even though she wasn't needed in Mithos's new world, she was still one of the first who was changed into an angel. Maybe it was because it was easy, maybe it was punishment (punishment for being a failed vessel, punishment for Martel's loss, who knew) but it was absolute.

And so Colette's fear was realized. Without her key crest she was trapped again... trapped somewhere deep within that crystal. Only this time she knew no one was coming to save her. This time there was no going back.

So as you pass through the halls of ruined Paradisa, you might see a soft pink glow of wings from around the corner. Then, you'll see a quiet and emotionless girl. She's doesn't seem to be as hostile like some other angels. Instead it looks like she's just..... staring at you from the end of the hallway. Approach?]

/BREAKS YOUR HEART

[heal_theworld]

[Martel sees that pink glow from where she's chained, and though she can't get up to go see if it is who she thinks it is, she calls softly.] Colette...? Colette, if you can hear me, please come here... [Her voice breaks on the 'here'.]

[selfless]

[for a moment she doesn't move, it seems like she didn't hear her. But then Colette walks forward, slowly and methodically. Then, once she's appropriately close (about seven feet. She doesn't walk farther than is strictly necessary) she stops and continues to stare.

No kneeling down to be more accessible, no head tilting as if waiting to hear something, just staring]

[heal_theworld]

[Martel gets as close as she can with her chain, which is only a foot closer.] Colette...I'm so sorry it ended like this. This is all my fault. I should have fought harder, done something...

[selfless]

[It's not your fault, please don't blame yourself.

But a cold silence is Colette's only reply. For a moment she just stares at Martel, face blank as always. She then turns her head, looking in another direction as if she heard something. Faraway footsteps... It was likely nothing, but self preservation dictated that she assess this faraway noise and see if it was some kind of threat.

She looks back at Martel for a moment before she turns to the right. In the process she kicks something, a piece of wire? It wasn't intentional, but she had walked close enough to Martel so that she was standing right next to it. She pauses in the middle of her turn, and turns her head to view the piece of wire as it skitters towards Martel.

And she stays frozen in place, except for her gaze which turns to Martel. It's as if she's waiting to see what Martel will do.]

[heal_theworld]

[Martel freezes, and slides down to try to grab the wire. It's just out of reach. Just an inch out of reach. An inch closer, and-] Colette, I'm going to get you out of here, I swear. Someday. [When she can reach that wire. And she will. Even if she has to keep trying every single waking moment when her brother's not here.] We'll leave this place, and I'll get you a key crest.

[selfless]

[out of reach, good. Once she watches Martel struggle for a bit in an attempt to grab it, she turns around. It would probably be smartest to take the wire all together, but she leaves it there... just out of reach.

I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm-

But it doesn't matter, she's only saying it in her head. Her body walks slowly away from Martel, continuing her search for who knows what]

[gentleidealist]

[Unafraid of her blank, emotionless eyes or quiet demeanor, Lloyd stops as he passes her in the hall. He isn't quite a robot-- Seraph do better when they're given a certain amount of freedom-- and so he refuses to go further until he spends some time with her. They are, after all, living in an ideal world.]

Colette. [He smiles and reaches out to take her hand.] There you are.

[selfless]

[Normally if someone attempted to touch her, they would loose that hand. But then again, Lloyd had always been an exception in every way.

She doesn't look at him, but she doesn't pull her hand away either. Other than that, she makes no other reaction to his presence.]

[gentleidealist]

[His smile softens into something bittersweet. He's long-buried his feelings on the matter, but it still stings a little bit. He's not sure how to describe it, but it's the same feeling he gets when he hears Martel crying to herself in the castle at night. That's one reason he doesn't come by often.]

Let's take a walk.

[Inside, he's screaming. Every nerve in his body is shrieking at him to help her, to give her the Key Crest she needs to come back. Other attempts to control himself in this nightmare have failed.

And this one, so far, is no exception.

He can only watch himself be terrible and heartless and nonchalant about everything.]

[selfless]

[And in turn, Colette follows him, although as always her face shows no sign that she heard him speak. Back when they were in Tethe'alla, she liked to think that following Lloyd, allowing him to be near, maybe it was a small sign that she still had some control, some measure of free will in this crystal prison.

But this was different.

Here- here it pained her to be near Lloyd. Sometimes when everything was too terrible to watch she would just curl up inside her own body and ignore it all, but Lloyd... To see Lloyd with eyes that were so dead, to see him doing this... It hurt more than anything.]

[gentleidealist]

[Lloyd leads her through the abandoned dark halls, once lively and full of color.]

Even perfect worlds have their problems, [he admits quietly, after some time.] I thought that helping Mithos would make Genis and the others happy, but instead they keep running away.

This... isn't how I imagined it.

[selfless]

[her grip on his hand tightens a little bit. There's so much she wants to say. Please Lloyd, this isn't what you wanted. Please run away, please stop this...

But of course she can do nothing but silently follow him]

[gentleidealist]

[He lets out a soft breath. It has the edge of a self-deprecating laugh.]

I wish I was the kind of guy who could leave everything behind without regrets.

[He leads her out a side door into the winding garden. Once tended with love, it has become overgrown, the flowers as sick and pale as Martel inside the throne room. Using his free hand, Lloyd moves aside a vine-choked branch.]

It looks so easy from here. We could walk out the gate... and keep walking. But you and I both know that would just be running away.

We can't run away from this forever. We can't run away from what we've done. [He lets go of the branch and turns back to Colette. As blank as her expression is, he still finds himself searching her eyes for a trace of-- of anything, really. It's a force of habit. That's right. He can't run away from what he's done-- what he's become. What he made Colette into.]

M-- Maybe they have some fruit salad in the castle kitchens. That would be nice, right? Let's go.

Re: Colette | Angel

[ofhope]

[ Of course he's going to investigate, because none of this makes much sense to him, even knowing what little he does about Colette's world. He should have asked more, should have seemed more interested, because now the lack of knowledge makes him feel somewhat defenseless.

He would never say so.

When he sees Colette, sees her face even from this distance, it brings little relief. She should never carry such an emotionless expression. ]

Colette?

[ He calls out, slowly walking closer. ]

[selfless]

[There is a moment where she doesn't respond, and it might seem like she's going to continue walking. But, after that moment passes, she turns to look at him with a blank stare.

However, she doesn't approach him, or make any effort to walk towards him as he is towards her. She just stares, and waits.]

[ofhope]

[ When he reaches her, he just stares back for a long moment before resting his hands in his pocket, rocking back onto his heels in disappointment. ]

Colette. You gave up?

[ He doesn't expect an answer. ]

[selfless]

[inside her own mind, those words fill her with shame. Yes, there should be something she could do. But in a place like this it's easy to fall back into old ways of thinking.

Nothing but a failed Chosen.

Colette doesn't move for a second after he finishes his question, as if wondering if he'll say more. But when he doesn't she begin to walk forward. Her intention is simply to walk past him and continue down the hall]

[ofhope]

[ He holds out an arm to block her, moving his other hand beneath her chin to tip her face in his direction. To see if she is really in there somewhere; anywhere. ]

Colette... Do you remember when we played hide-and-seek that time, and we covered almost half the city?

[selfless]

[she stops walking before she bumps into his arm. However, she's only still for a moment before she reaches forward to grab his arm. Ideally, she aims to toss him to the side although, even though her battle instincts are much better in this state, she's not much faster than she normally is]

[ofhope]

[ Stupid brute strength! It's very annoying just to be brushed aside like that, and he catches himself on the wall, letting her pass. A flicker of irritation touches across his features, but it's soon gone, and he just shrugs it off before turning away. ]

Suit yourself. Perhaps you've found your own silence.