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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] proofofthebond 2012-02-15 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Terra would flail about this more, were there not a lot of other things to worry about ahead in line. Priorities.]

Well...we are. Are you still hurt anywhere? I can add more healing.

[personal profile] mistlegacy 2012-02-15 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
...great. I thought that war was over.

[Regardless, there seemed to be another one at work. Rydia backs up and frowns as she braces herself against more trembling, but it's not easy to remain upright.]

Why were we summoned, then, if we're not needed? They're doing well enough on their own!
dualcast: (Magic - Sprite bred)

[personal profile] dualcast 2012-02-15 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[She casts float on Terra, then reaches for her earring. It's her old one, not the white linkpearl she's started wearing in that ear.]

...the linkpearls are gone. If we separate, we don't have a way to communicate. I'll stay with you until we get to him, then continue to search for the wounded.

[personal profile] proofofthebond 2012-02-15 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[Terra nods, grateful for the assistance and the float spell.]

At least now, I know right where to go.

[She then turns and begins heading in that direction, ready to find Kain. However, she's not so single-minded that she'll neglect to protect Porom. If those things get too close, she'll try to see what a Teleport in a very limited space will get them.]
bound_skyward: (cross the heavens!)

[personal profile] bound_skyward 2012-02-16 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Kain tries to avoid it too, rushing to get out of the way along with her- but he's a little too late. The tail slams violently into him as the ground shakes more, and more fire rains down...]

[personal profile] proofofthebond 2012-02-16 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Thanks to the group trembling so violently, Terra isn't able to get to him right away. She has to wait until it subsides enough for her to dare move over to him, and when she does it's all about Cura. In fact, she's so busy with that, she fails to realize just how close the machine-creature is....]
bound_skyward: (merciless)

[personal profile] bound_skyward 2012-02-16 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[TOO CLOSE. This time, it's going right for Terra- or at least it's running in line to stomp over her in its path to the dragon. Kain freaks out.]

No! Terra! Out of the way!

[He rushes in to try and push her aside... but as he does that, Omega's charge still continues. The massive robot tramples over Kain, tearing into him as it goes, leaving him in the worst shape he's been in yet in this whole thing. He can no longer get up, the wounds are too deep. Deep, dark blood stains the ground around him.]
grandsummon: (DX)

[personal profile] grandsummon 2012-02-17 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
( the push catches her off guard, and yuna finds herself on the ground. turning around just in time to watch as rydia falls into the opened earth... ) Rydia!! ( she screams; scrambling to the ledge with an outstretched arm -- hoping, praying she wasn't too late to catch the girl's arm -- )

[personal profile] mistlegacy 2012-02-17 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rydia tries to reach out, but she doesn't quite make it in time. Instead, she plummets below. What follows next is a thud and then...silence.]
mostlineface: (Fighting until the end)

[personal profile] mostlineface 2012-02-17 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[The warrior resists as a matter of principle when the fire from Shinryu's breath surrounds him. He does not intend to let the dragon hurt him so easily, after all. When he realizes what it is that's being seared away by Shinryu's attack, however, he struggles even more fiercely. Of everything he could lose, this is the one thing he would refuse to if he could, especially since he has only a few to be lost, now.

But of course there isn't much that struggling can do, except to worsen his injuries, and by the time the dragon has released him, that is exactly what happens. As shaken as he is, he has no time to react when Shinryu discards him, so he falls to the ground hard. He can feel that something is wrong, something having to do with the dragon, but without even his memories of the cycle, he cannot remember why- and with the injuries he's gained in struggling against the creature, fighting against it has only one logical conclusion. So he does not attack again.]
mostlineface: (knightly lineface)

[personal profile] mostlineface 2012-02-17 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I do not need further healing.

[He probably could use more healing, but that doesn't mean he'll ask for it, from someone he doesn't remember that he knows.]
mostlineface: (turned away lineface)

[personal profile] mostlineface 2012-02-17 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
My chest has several wounds.

[He indicates a place on his side as an example, but there are several dents in his armor that probably indicate other injuries.]
transcendthestars: (resting in the hold of the moon)

[personal profile] transcendthestars 2012-02-17 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
It was. Those beings are not the ones that fought in the war.

[Not directly. And even if they were involved... certainly never like this.]

[personal profile] mistlegacy 2012-02-18 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
[She glances over at them again, frowning.]

...then what are they doing here?

[personal profile] proofofthebond 2012-02-18 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Terra's a bit skeptical, but she's not going to push it as long as there isn't immediate need.]

Alright, but--

[The ground trembles again, more violently this time. She yelps and stumbles forward--into the warrior.]
dualcast: (Grumpy - not sure if want)

[personal profile] dualcast 2012-02-18 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
[She frowns in concern at the damaged armour, drawing in breath as she examines places where the damage to it is severe enough that it'll interfere with healing. She can't heal wounds if there's metal where they should be healing into.

The first thing she does is cast float, because this is not really an ideal place to be working and eliminating the problem of the thrashing ground will at least help with that. Then, after only a moment's pause, she attempts to figure out the fastenings of the armour. If she's allowed to, she'll attempt to remove the chest armour without doing any more damage to him.]


I need to be able to heal them-
kingleer: (Default)

[personal profile] kingleer 2012-02-18 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Edgar himself is nearby, remaining as calm as he can possibly manage given the situation as he quickly surveys the area for any familiar faces. He can't be the only one here.

Terra's transformation catches his eye even from a distance, that bright flash of color unmistakable, and he begins to run towards her, cape trailing behind as he attempts to remain out of the path of the dragon as well as the machine.]


Terra!

[He stumbles, fighting against the earth beneath him for balance.]

[personal profile] proofofthebond 2012-02-18 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hearing that voice, Terra turns around and glides over in his direction.]

Edgar! Are you alright?!?
kingleer: (Calm.)

[personal profile] kingleer 2012-02-18 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[He nods even as he struggles to close the distance between them, the uneven ground hindering his efforts to some degree, though he finally manages to reach her.]

I'm fine, for now. Are you?

[Silly question, it seems. Terra was always among the most capable of them.]

[personal profile] proofofthebond 2012-02-18 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Confused; I wasn't expecting to be here again. This is where we fought Chaos!

[Except Chaos isn't here and replaced warring beings of some kind. She glances at them warily.]

I don't know what they're doing here, other than fighting each other. I never saw them before.
mostlineface: (wondering lineface)

[personal profile] mostlineface 2012-02-18 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[He stumbles himself, because of the earthquake, but when Terra trips into him, he staggers and almost falls, having to support both of their weights on the shifting ground, making a small sound of pain as he does.

Once the tremor is over, he helps her regain her feet.]


Are you hurt?
mostlineface: (ex mode lineface)

[personal profile] mostlineface 2012-02-18 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[He is extremely hesitant about that. Taking off his armor isn't something he does often in the first place, and doing so here seems even more wrong. So he shakes his head and pulls her hands away from where she reaches for the fastenings.]

This place is not safe.
dualcast: (Determination - Calm)

[personal profile] dualcast 2012-02-18 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[She frowns, but doesn't resist when he moves her hands away.]

It's damaged, I can't heal you completely-

[But she tries anyway once her hands are released, healing what she can and trying to guess where injuries are by the damage to the armour. The only wounds she leaves are the ones that the armour won't allow her to heal.]

[personal profile] proofofthebond 2012-02-18 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Terra winces, as she accepts the help.]

No. I'm sorry, did I hurt you?
dualcast: (Determination - Calm)

[personal profile] dualcast 2012-02-18 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
...it didn't look like there was anywhere safe in the immediate area. But once you find him, move away from both of those. This destruction can't spread forever, there has to be somewhere left where we can hide.

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