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Duke Pantarei ([personal profile] radiantwingedone) wrote in [community profile] paradisalogs2012-10-05 02:40 pm

18 - Rye

Who: Duke and any other sleepers~
What: Welcome to Duke's nightmares
When: During Nightmare plot
Where: Random forest clearing - or dream-like odd shifting. It's a blind guy's dream, who knows.
Rating: pg 13 for blood and deaths.

Its a bit murky, the forest and trees of an area remembered but not seen in a long time. Unsurprising, to those who knew Duke, who is currently sitting along the side of...

Calling it a monster would be accurate, given its size, and meld of parts. Large with fur, feathers, scales in white and yellow, multiple pairs of wings tucked against its side. The creature is the only thing, aside from Duke, who is clear about the dream. Duke looks a bit like a doll in size to the creature, and both seem to be injured, but healing, by the brown splotches to the fur and bandages to Duke. It was almost peaceful, a forest and small birds..

That all take flight as faceless warriors swarm in, causing both human and creature to lurch to feet, try to get clear. Surely a creature of that size, injured or not, wouldn't be troubled by a score and half of men and women with swords, spears, crossbows, and magic. Should have been able to get one swordmage and one large monster out.

It wasn't. Duke staggers away, then struggles to remain from going down as the creature roars-screams, and Duke freezes half down as blood splatters over him.

There are other faceless fighters, other people knocked apart and hurt. Maybe they aren't familiar to Duke, but they might be familiar to someone.

(OOC: The other "fighters" can be any sort of officials, or soldiers, or military for the added characters. The person getting targeted is anyone close to the added character. Duke's own 'friends' will get oddly described from when he's in Para, so o/ ... and he probably won't remember more than vague details of any other dreamers.)
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[personal profile] ninjainviolet 2012-10-06 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
This was wrong.

The words came unbidden to Sheena as she stepped through the trees. These weren't the familiar vibrant, verdant green of Gaoracchia Forest; they were of a darker, sinister hue, and the young ninja had no idea how she came to be in such a place.

Taking a step forward to explore, she stopped and turned suddenly as the sounds of screams came through the gloom towards her. Abandoning all thought of exploration, she whipped out her Lightning Cards and bolted towards the heart-rending commotion.

Coming upon the clearing, everything suddenly came into sharp focus as she saw everyone she knew and cared about being slaughtered where they stood before her very eyes. No more would she hear the bubbly laugh of Colette, or talk to Lloyd about anything, or share views with Raine, or smack Zelos in the head. They were her friends, and they were gone forever. But as important as they were to her, there was one person she would always care about more, and seeing him cut down finally brought her out of her shocked stupor with a growl of pure outrage as she ran towards them.

"GRANDPA! YOU BASTARDS! I JUST GOT HIM BACK!"
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[personal profile] ninjainviolet 2012-10-06 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
She barely hears him as she continues, her heart pounding almost as loud as her feet as she tries to get to Grandpa and the others. There's no way they can be dead--not from something like this, and she begins yelling as she slashes through the soldiers, trying to convince herself of this.

"Get up! Get up! Get up! You guys are stronger than that! If Volt couldn't beat you, then these idiots can't! GET UP!"
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[personal profile] ninjainviolet 2012-10-08 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
They aren't moving.

As much as Sheena hates to admit it, her friends are gone; there's nothing more she can do for them. Her grief at losing even more who are precious to her is replaced by an almost uncontrollable rage, but before she can do something she may regret, she hears the scream from the other side and turns just in time to see the man captured.

She doesn't think, she merely reacts, running towards the duo, sending Lightning Bolts into the crowd of those who seek to hurt them.

She had failed her friends; she'd be damned if she failed these two.
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[personal profile] ninjainviolet 2012-10-09 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
"Dammit!" She had been too late to save the creature. She didn't know what kind of animal it was, but it had looked to her that it had been trying to protect and save the man.

A job she was more than happy to finish so he could do what he needed to.

She didn't get a chance before she felt the beginnings of a powerful spell--but she did take advantage of it to charge the ones holding him and send them into the spell's destructive path.
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[personal profile] ninjainviolet 2012-10-09 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
Sheena's standing next to Duke by this time, her mana steadily decreasing the more she uses her cards. She has no gels to replenish her power, so a Summon is out of the question.

Yet, she's determined not to let her friends down--or their deaths be in vain. Spurred on by the cry from the creature, she grabs Duke by the arm and shakes him slightly.

"Don't give up! By the gods of Mizuho, don't you dare give up!"
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[personal profile] ninjainviolet 2012-10-09 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"Listen to me!" she snaps at him, forcing him to face her. She knows the anguish he's feeling, the guilt that is more than likely accompanying it, but she's learned that giving up is not the answer. Hopefully, she can make him realize it, too.

"For those who tried to save you and protect you, do not let what they did be for nothing! Never let a person's sacrifice be in vain!"
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[personal profile] ninjainviolet 2012-10-11 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Like hell!" Sheena retorted. "You can refuse to give up! These creatures died for you!" Words that were spoken to her in a time that seemed forever ago came to her. "Don't insult them by not facing the ones who did this. Don't let your fear win, or it will haunt you forever!"
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[personal profile] ninjainviolet 2012-10-12 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
It's the fear of failure, of being unable to protect those who count on him that Sheena's referring to--that same uselessness he's feeling as he demonstrates how ineffective whatever he tries actually is.

"I don't know, either!" Sheena responds, her eyes growing wide as she sees her friends fall again before her eyes. Once more, she takes off, but instead of going for those who hurt her friends, she plants herself in front of the creature. She really doesn't understand what's happening, but it's irrelevant. These two needed protection, and that's what she'll give them.

"Get out of here!" she demanded.
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[personal profile] ninjainviolet 2012-10-14 08:54 am (UTC)(link)
Too bad, Duke. What's done is done--that's how Sheena is, and the young woman is not about to budge as she defends him and the creature from those attacking them.

Sensing his movement behind her, she turns and ignoring the blood streaming down her face, glares at him. "Stop! I told you to get out of here! Now GO!"

Perhaps she can help right the wrongs these two have suffered already.
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[personal profile] ninjainviolet 2012-10-16 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Sheena returns his gesture with a nod, and goes back to what she had set out to do: cover them while they escape. Luckily, she still had plenty of seals with her, so she'll be able to keep them busy for a while.

She hopes.

Those hopes are shattered when she realizes the newcomers across the field were the two she had just sent off to safety.

"What the hell is going on?"
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[personal profile] ninjainviolet 2012-10-19 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Sheena watches in horror as he keeps disappearing and reappearing into the woods and clearing at different spots. It's one thing to be in a place with similar rooms that confuse a person, but this--this is much worse.

Because she can't think of any way to stop it.
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[personal profile] ninjainviolet 2012-10-23 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Her movements automatic as she continues battling her opponents, Sheena's horror only deepens as she takes in Duke's predicament. An idea forms, and she begins to back away from her attackers just slow enough to keep them with her long enough to increase the distance between them and the pair she's protecting. Suddenly, she darts into the trees and isn't disappointed to find herself on the opposite side, close to Duke.

"I'll help." She switches out her Cards for Fire and adds their power to his. Maybe together they can burn those trees down.
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[personal profile] ninjainviolet 2012-10-25 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
"You're welcome." Right now, Sheena has enough hope for both of them. Hope and determination. While he's using whatever spells he can--no matter how weak or strange they appear--Sheena adds her Fire Cards to the mix, the flames erupting from them growing smaller and smaller as her mana begins to run out.

"This isn't good," she mutters, reaching a hand out to steady him. What had Yuan done before? Gave part of his mana to Kratos? She's not sure how to do it, but still, she tries, willing what she can to the man to help him with his magic, not knowing if it'll work or not.

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