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A Very Bad Dream

Tonight, even if you are not asleep, you dream.

This is the first of these dreams in which you are yourself. Any thoughts and feelings are your own. The sickness takes no toll on you here as you survey your surroundings.

The world is dying before your eyes, grass dying and rotting and earth eventually becoming dusty rock. The devastation is spreading out from a single point in the distance, a colossal four-legged machine. It’s favouring one side - were it not a machine, you could swear that it almost looks injured. Even from this distance, the way its metal feet tear into the ground is clear, as is the fact that it’s slowly recovering. Whatever’s happening to the world around you, it’s repairing the great machine.

Above you, something begins to encroach on the sun. Pointed silhouettes close upon it and it’s only when its light is extinguished from the sky in a single bite and the world goes dark that you realize that those were teeth. Illuminated by the sunlight shining from its mouth, a great dragon appears. Its scales are crystalline, trapping the sunlight within them and making it glow brightly in the sunless sky. Glorious as it appears, it’s clearly as injured as the machine is. Its scales have broken away in places leaving it to bleed a glowing silver-blue substance, almost like mist, but the sunlight shines through the injuries, reforming scales and healing its wounds.

The earth groans and creaks violently, tearing itself up in places as the machine rips its feet up from the ground. It dashes closer with speed that nothing its size should possess., continuing to rip through the ground below it as it does. The dragon treats the world no more delicately, spitting the sunlight down into it in its attempts to strike the machine. In a matter of minutes, the world has gone from verdant and lush to a dead, burning landscape.

You realize that these two entities, each mighty as a god, are fighting each other. And that you are unfortunate enough to be in the way. The earth itself is as dangerous as either of them, tossing and rearranging itself as if it were a sea in a storm when the machine moves or the dragon’s tail slams against it and throwing anyone unfortunate enough to be stood on it when it does. Flame rains from the skies, meaning they’re no safer. The machine seems to care little for anything in its path, but the dragon occasionally snatches people up into its hands, absorbing something from them before tossing them aside.

It’s now that you realize you’re not alone...

[OOC! Okay, this is going to work differently from the previous dreams, in that it’s a mass log post. Characters are now having kind of a bad dream, as you might have guessed. Important points are-

1) Any injuries recieved, short of those that would cause death, will remain upon waking. Death is possible in the dream, but won’t stick when waking (though a healer will be needed pretty urgently).
2) Characters are unhampered by the illness, since they’re dreaming. They’re as well-armed as they would generally be on an average day, so those currently stuck on bed-rest will be as covered in metal as they’d be were they healthy and fightan things. Much as I’m sure we all want Kain to be forced to fight giant dragons in his favourite baby dragon-printed pajamas.
3) Shinryu can use character’s memories to heal himself. These memories won’t be gone upon waking, though they’ll be inaccessible for the rest of the dream and characters may be a little fuzzy on the details of whatever was forgotten for a few hours.
4) Dissidia folks will probably recognize the place. Shinryu may be familiar to them, but not recognizable unless they’ve survived a cycle long enough to see him. (...so Percy and team Canon Fodder).
5) People who’ve seen either Shinryu or Omega as a superboss will recognize them if they look the same (the robotic Omega, rather than the beasty one). But they’ll know immediately that the one they fought was far, far weaker.
6) If there’s anything else you need to know, tell me! And I’ll edit it in here.]


The injuries remain when you wake, the dragon’s roars and the sound of metal moving still ringing in your ears.

As before, the linkshells transmit emotions for a few hours after the dream is over.

[personal profile] mistlegacy 2012-02-14 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
I'm -ugh- fine, just wishing I had a Float spell handy.

[She darts a glance at those beings, just after Yuna does.]

Neither have I, ever. But whatever they are, they're far more powerful than any Eidolon I could summon here....
grandsummon: (>:)

[personal profile] grandsummon 2012-02-14 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
( well... she'd ask what exactly a float was, but now's not the time ) We should try to find a way back to the others...
bound_skyward: (cross the heavens!)

[personal profile] bound_skyward 2012-02-14 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
Terra!!!

[Kain leaps in to try and make some kind of stand and help her. But getting between the beings, trying to evade fire, it's all more than even he can manage at this point. Even as fast as he's moving, he eventually finds himself right in the midst of a nasty attack... and down he goes.]

[personal profile] mistlegacy 2012-02-14 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
[She nods firmly to that, then glances around.]

Well, you know more about this than I do. Whatever direction you think we should pick, I'll go with.

[personal profile] proofofthebond 2012-02-14 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Terra reverts as she stirs, groaning. Well, that didn't last nearly as long as she had wanted. She wobbles, getting to her feet just in time to see Kain go down.]

No!

[She runs/stumbles/wobbles over, to get in range for another round of Cura.]
grandsummon: (>|)

[personal profile] grandsummon 2012-02-14 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
( she nods firmly; finding a new source of courage ) This way! ( and she takes off running in the opposite direction of their gracious hosts )
bound_skyward: (merciless)

[personal profile] bound_skyward 2012-02-14 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
[This time, the wounds are pretty bad, and he grimaces as he stirs. That's... unpleasantly painful.]

...Pathetic. I must be stronger than this...

[personal profile] proofofthebond 2012-02-14 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[More Cura, then, whatever it takes to help Kain. And herself, though her thoughts are mostly on the dragoon.]

It's too much. They're too powerful....

[personal profile] mistlegacy 2012-02-14 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rydia follows, as quickly as she can along the trembling earth. It's not easy, but she'd rather take her chances than remain near such powerful beings.]
dualcast: (Determination - Calm)

[personal profile] dualcast 2012-02-14 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
It's worth a shot. I'll follow you. Just... let's stay away from those two.

[personal profile] proofofthebond 2012-02-14 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[Terra nods and begins to glide away from them. She's not sure how far they can get away, but she's willing to try...and all the while looking around for any sign of others.]

If Kain or the rest are here, and they're still sick....

[Well. It would be even worse for them.]
mostlineface: (fighting lineface)

[personal profile] mostlineface 2012-02-15 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Hearing the hiss- hearing that he has managed to at least affect the huge creature-is pleasing, but only for a moment in the situation. With the dragon's claws wrapped around him, he is both trapped and prevented from making any further attack, but he still struggles to move his sword enough to make it possible for him to give Shinryu another injury.]
mostlineface: (to face a task)

[personal profile] mostlineface 2012-02-15 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
... Yes.

[Terra may not notice in the middle of healing, but the look he's giving her is blank, and the slightest bit surprised, with no sign of recognition of who exactly it is that's healing him. His body language reflects that, his hand automatically moving as if to draw his sword, as she draws near.]
mostlineface: (Look back)

[personal profile] mostlineface 2012-02-15 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
...

[He doesn't say anything, but his stance changes, and he lowers his hands from where they were reaching for his sword and shield.]

[personal profile] proofofthebond 2012-02-15 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
[She doesn't notice the look while in the midst of healing, but does see that hand of his move, and glances around quickly afterward. No other threat is nearby, but....]

...what's wrong?
dualcast: (Magic - Sprite bred)

[personal profile] dualcast 2012-02-15 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Curaja will at least keep any wounds from becoming too dangerous.]

What happened? How do you feel?
transcendthestars: (Spellcaster)

[personal profile] transcendthestars 2012-02-15 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
[He turns at the sound of his name, and although he does not gape, his stare does intensify. What is Rydia doing here, in this place for Chaos warriors? After a moment, though, he casts the questions aside. If there is an answer, it is not likely to be found now. What is more curious is that although she stumbles when the earth heaves, she does not seem affected by the sickness that had earlier confined her to her bed.]

Rydia. Are you all right?

[personal profile] mistlegacy 2012-02-15 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
[She nods, just as puzzled at it, by her expression.]

I seem to be...though I'm not sure how long that will be true, with those beings at war. If we stay, we'll get flattened!

[As if to drive the point home, the earth trembles anew and Rydia narrowly avoids faceplanting into the ground, though she does stagger.]

Ugh....
dualcast: (Sad - To test our hearts)

[personal profile] dualcast 2012-02-15 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
They wouldn't-! That's-

[But relying on the mercy and humanity of whatever would imprison them in this hell is possibly not wise, and she realizes this after a second.]

We need to find them now more than ever. How long can you maintain that form?
transcendthestars: (the magic of my father)

[personal profile] transcendthestars 2012-02-15 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Golbez pauses for a moment, allowing Rydia time to cast her spell before he sends his own at the machine. Rather than Flare, he begins this battle with Meteor- the more damage they are able to get on Omega before it can counterattack, the better.]
rosesandhorns: (Indebted)

[personal profile] rosesandhorns 2012-02-15 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Only scratches. I am fine.

[Her hands sting, but that's easy enough to ignore.]

This place... truly, it must be closer to Hell than even the Underworld.

[personal profile] proofofthebond 2012-02-15 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Terra hesitates.]

A little longer. Then I won't be able to for a bit, so I want to make it count for all I can. Let's find them as soon as possible.
dualcast: (Other - Thought)

[personal profile] dualcast 2012-02-15 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
...I have an idea, but I'm not sure how well it'll work. Would you be able to help me?
dies: (Fight - Let's see how you bleed)

[personal profile] dies 2012-02-15 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
[His eyes catch the scrapes on her hands. He says nothing, but offers his arm to her to hold to keep steady.]

We need to get away from these beings, whatever has happened. This devastation can't spread forever.

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