[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

Comments

[pocketmage]

... Well then, what do you suggest? We can't just do nothing.

[ Never mind the fact that he does indeed feel a bit lightheaded- he hasn't eaten or drank much other than the occasional rodent he could find, and water from the rivers. ]

[wilder]

Not in the long term, no. But if we rush into this before we're ready, we'll end up dead. Or worse.

So for now? Let's find a safe spot for you to rest and get some food. We can figure things out after that.

[pocketmage]

... [ He furrows his brow. ]

I... I guess.

[ he resigns, pushing his hair out of his face again. ]

We'll have to make sure we're ready...

[wilder]

Yep. It's important.

[And honestly? Even if he doesn't need sleep, between Tsuna, Arya and Genis he's mentally exhausted. He keeps walking]

C'mon. I think I know a good spot about twenty minutes from here.

[pocketmage]

[ He follows Zelos, admittedly tired. ]

Hey, that isn't so far.

[ he says in a pleasant sigh, pushing his hair back again as they go. Admittedly, despite being upset that they couldn't act now, he was happy to rest safely. ]

[wilder]

[he simply nods and falls into silence for a long time. It'll be a good five minutes before he finally speaks up]

...I'm sorry, for what it's worth.

[pocketmage]

[ When Zelos speaks up, Genis looks to him, hesitating, before looking down at the ground... it would be another minute before he moved a hand to gently pat his arm. ]

You couldn't do anything about it.

...

It would be stupid to be mad at you.

[wilder]

[Part of Zelos disagrees. He feels like there's so much more he could have done, even if there's little reality to those feelings. Done something more to make sure Mithos didn't get his hands on him, done something to resist getting his keycrest taken, found some way to stop himself from attacking his friends- from doing all those atrocities Mithos had him perform]

[Sometimes, he wondered if it was some sort of universal poetic justice. Before Lloyd, Zelos would always flippantly say he sided with the strongest, that he picked the winning side - he'd meant it too. And well, look what happened. He ended up on the front lines of this winning side the one time he didn't want to be]

Stupid or not, I still am. And I won't blame you if you are mad.

[Just...to make it clear.]

[pocketmage]

[ Genis simply balls up his hand in a fist and punches Zelos' forearm- he's not really strong, so it doesn't do much damage, but it probably gets the point across. ]

You're not the one who decided to do this. [ he grumbled. ] It was Mithos.

[ He feels a bit of a childish anger towards Zelos, maybe- but these past weeks and such have really been pushing him into a more adult way of thinking. He couldn't afford to be a child now. At least, not consciously.

If he did, he might never be able to save the others. ]

[wilder]

-- Hey!

[Well, at least some things haven't changed...even if everything else has. Sheesh brat. ]

Okay okay! Just making it clear!

[pocketmage]

And I'm just making it clear that it's not your fault.

[ He raises an eyebrow at him, and can't help but crack a smile after a good moment of quiet, chuckling a little. ]

Hehe.

[ It's kind of liberating to have company that he knows, even if it isn't one of his best friends. ]

[wilder]

Did you really have to do it violently?

[He looks at the smile and giggle and snorts. What a weird kid]

[pocketmage]

[ He tries to hold in his smile. ]

Well, it wouldn't work otherwise...

[ He feels a bit peaceful, for once, since this has all happened... ]

[wilder]

I'm not that slow to need force.

[Okay sometimes he is but shhh]

[pocketmage]

[ He can't help but grin a bit at that. ]

Sometimes, you can be pretty dense...

[wilder]

What? No way. I'm definitely smarter than you.

[pocketmage]

Suuure. [ he teases, before letting it drop. ]

So what's this place you're talking about like?

[wilder]

It's a cave by a lake. It's nothing fancy, if that's what you're hoping.

[pocketmage]

[ He shrugs- that sounds pretty amazing to him. ]

That sounds fancy compared to the ground and in the rubble.

[wilder]

-- You'd try to stay in the city?

[pocketmage]

I hid under some debris for awhile, since I got stuck there when there was an angel patrolling. So I wound up sleeping there.

It waasn't really comfortable.

[ He stretches a little- all of this talk about relaxing and sleeping is making him pretty tired. ]

[wilder]

I'd imagine not.

[He has little to say all about that. He knew all too well what was the condition of the city...]

[But since Genis doesn't want to hear apologies, he bites back that urge and instead think about how he was gonna make Mithos pay.]

[pocketmage]

...

[ There's a little quiet, for awhile. After all, these two have never been the closest of friends, so Genis isn't as comfortable initiating conversation. ]

Is there anything to eat, over there?

[ he eventually pipes up. ]

[wilder]

Uhhhh...

[he has to think about this. You don't look for food sources too much when you well, don't eat]

I think I saw some rabbits near there last time...

[pocketmage]

[ Okay, this place he's getting taken to gets better and better. He never would have thought that one day, he would think a cave by a river with rabbits for food would be luxury, but now it is... ]

I can't wait to get there... are we almost there yet?