"Oh, uh.. my fear..." My adoptive parents.. no. Feeling trapped. Jalie thinks. I'm afraid of them though.. right? So it should count? She tried to convince herself even though she knew it wasn't the right answer. "It's uh... my adoptive parents.." Jalie says this as if she's convincing herself.
"Jesus... this place is utter chaos.." She mutters while watching Jonathan. Jalie glances at the others to see if they know what's wrong, although she figured they wouldn't.
Jalie gracefully dodges his attacks. She sighs, I didn't want to have to do this.. but it looks like I have to. Jalie takes a deep breath before entering Jonathan's mind.
"Jonathan, you need to calm down. You're gonna hurt someone. Face your fears, I know you have it in you." She speaks to him in his mind. She keeps her voice soothing as the words float through his mind. While she does this she stays just aware enough of her surroundings to stay out of the way. "You're safe, but we need your help."
"Jesus... this place is utter chaos.." She mutters while watching Jonathan. Jalie glances at the others to see if they know what's wrong, although she figured they wouldn't.
Jalie gracefully dodges his attacks. She sighs, I didn't want to have to do this.. but it looks like I have to. Jalie takes a deep breath before entering Jonathan's mind.
"Jonathan, you need to calm down. You're gonna hurt someone. Face your fears, I know you have it in you." She speaks to him in his mind. She keeps her voice soothing as the words float through his mind. While she does this she stays just aware enough of her surroundings to stay out of the way. "You're safe, but we need your help."
((Hope I don't ruin anything with a new character.))
Camry woke up and was immediately alarmed. He was on a concrete road when he was just....wait where was he?! He didnt remember anything but this place, not even the guns he had on his hips. He stood up keeping both hands on his six-shooters and looked around...or as much as he could with all the fog. He spotted a bookstore and looked in the window and watched as a group of people seemed to be yelling at an attacking boy. Confused, he continued watching as the girl he was attacking easily escaped his blows. "These people... are they friends or hostiles?" He ducked under the window and leaned against the wall to avoid being seen. "Where am I?" 'Wasn't I doing something?" He thought. Confusion filled him as he leaned back against the wall.
Camry woke up and was immediately alarmed. He was on a concrete road when he was just....wait where was he?! He didnt remember anything but this place, not even the guns he had on his hips. He stood up keeping both hands on his six-shooters and looked around...or as much as he could with all the fog. He spotted a bookstore and looked in the window and watched as a group of people seemed to be yelling at an attacking boy. Confused, he continued watching as the girl he was attacking easily escaped his blows. "These people... are they friends or hostiles?" He ducked under the window and leaned against the wall to avoid being seen. "Where am I?" 'Wasn't I doing something?" He thought. Confusion filled him as he leaned back against the wall.
She was watching Jonathan fight everyone, and she stepped back behind a bookshelf to dodge his attacks. Suddenly, a feeling of utter fear washed over her, along with nausea. Callisto felt weak and yet full of...power.
She stumbled over to Jalie and tapped her shoulder, "Jalie...I don't...I don't feel so good. I think something's happening to me..."
Suddenly Callisto fell, barely catching herself on the bookshelf behind her.
She stumbled over to Jalie and tapped her shoulder, "Jalie...I don't...I don't feel so good. I think something's happening to me..."
Suddenly Callisto fell, barely catching herself on the bookshelf behind her.
Jalie's attention turns toward Callisto and she helps catch her. "Oh god.. um okay.." She tries to think of what to do. She scoops up Callisto in her arms and carries her to a somewhat quieter, calmer area. Jalie sets her down and looks at her face for signs of... anything really. "I know you said you don't feel good but how do you feel? Like, what do you feel like?" Jalie looks at her with concern.
Jalie can sense Camry's presence. Despite her morals she enters his mind to warn him. "I'm Jalie, the one with the bunny ears. It's probably best not to hide right now, his attacks are sporadic and not very well thought out. Be careful, oh and don't hurt him, we're working on getting him to calm down. Also, sorry for entering your mind... I just wanted to warn you."
Jalie can sense Camry's presence. Despite her morals she enters his mind to warn him. "I'm Jalie, the one with the bunny ears. It's probably best not to hide right now, his attacks are sporadic and not very well thought out. Be careful, oh and don't hurt him, we're working on getting him to calm down. Also, sorry for entering your mind... I just wanted to warn you."
Camry nearly jumped out of his skin after hearing the voice in his head. He knew it may be dumb but he desperately thought in his head, "What can I do to help" in hopes of communicating with this jalie person.
(( I suppose I can write at least some response to Jalie's attempt at peering through Jonathan's mind as I wait for two particular people to respond. I hope she's prepared on what she's going to be seeing though... 
@Camry: You can jump in fine, but just be forewarned about the big battle taking place. @Kotomi: No problem, this is more or less within my control thanks to the big battle taking place. ))
As Jalie tries to communicate through Jonathan's mind by peering inside...she got way more than she'd bargained for hoping to free him from his confusion and rage... Inside Jonathan's mind, Jalie can see nothing but bright red all around, followed by his yells and screams as the battle rages on. Periodically, Jalie would be able to see instant flash snippets of Jonathan's memories of his past...but it only lasts for just a second as it was all but pandemonium with Jonathan's mind right now... As much as Jalie tries to calm Jonathan down through this method, it'll unfortunately prove to be ineffective, especially with Jonathan's current mana swelling strongly out of control...nor he'll be able to listen to anyone as he was too blinded by rage and fear to listen to anyone either inside or outside... The only way to stop him is to fight him back with everything they can...because Jonathan won't give no quarter in return thanks to his current situation...
@Camry: You can jump in fine, but just be forewarned about the big battle taking place. @Kotomi: No problem, this is more or less within my control thanks to the big battle taking place. ))As Jalie tries to communicate through Jonathan's mind by peering inside...she got way more than she'd bargained for hoping to free him from his confusion and rage... Inside Jonathan's mind, Jalie can see nothing but bright red all around, followed by his yells and screams as the battle rages on. Periodically, Jalie would be able to see instant flash snippets of Jonathan's memories of his past...but it only lasts for just a second as it was all but pandemonium with Jonathan's mind right now... As much as Jalie tries to calm Jonathan down through this method, it'll unfortunately prove to be ineffective, especially with Jonathan's current mana swelling strongly out of control...nor he'll be able to listen to anyone as he was too blinded by rage and fear to listen to anyone either inside or outside... The only way to stop him is to fight him back with everything they can...because Jonathan won't give no quarter in return thanks to his current situation...
((Mind if I drop in?))
After a rather intense nightmare that eventually had her tossing, turning and even groaning in her sleep, though that groaning did escalate into crying and screaming, Paramedic and Expectant Mother would awaken, breathing heavily as she sat up, her cheeks stained with tears. But...she wasn't in her room...But rather, she was in a hospital room. Which was empty. There was no ambient noises of keyboards clicking or nurses and doctors walking about. Or even hospital beds being pushed around. And all the electronics that were situated in the room...were all deactivated, shut off. Except for some of the flickering and dim lights. The windows...open. Blinds up. Just a bunch of...fog.
Ashley took a moment to let the reality of whatever was going on sink in. Slowly, she got out of the hospital bed, onto her feet. Then looked at herself in the nearby mirror. Turning to the side, she frowned as she remembered how pregnant she was. Thirty-nine weeks...a week shy of her due date. Longer if the baby in her belly decides to be stubborn. Sighing, she straightened out her dress before proceeding to leave the hospital room, only accompanied by the silence and flickering lights. To her dismay, the elevator wasn't even working. Reluctantly, she took the stairs and continued until she made it to the ground floor, at which point she was out of breath due to the fact that she was very pregnant. Stopping for a moment to catch her breath, she did hear quite a bit of commotion now going on outside. Quite a bit of shouting too. She definitely wasn't in Boston anymore though.
Slowly, she made her way outside, towards the sound of the commotion and the shouting.
After a rather intense nightmare that eventually had her tossing, turning and even groaning in her sleep, though that groaning did escalate into crying and screaming, Paramedic and Expectant Mother would awaken, breathing heavily as she sat up, her cheeks stained with tears. But...she wasn't in her room...But rather, she was in a hospital room. Which was empty. There was no ambient noises of keyboards clicking or nurses and doctors walking about. Or even hospital beds being pushed around. And all the electronics that were situated in the room...were all deactivated, shut off. Except for some of the flickering and dim lights. The windows...open. Blinds up. Just a bunch of...fog.
Ashley took a moment to let the reality of whatever was going on sink in. Slowly, she got out of the hospital bed, onto her feet. Then looked at herself in the nearby mirror. Turning to the side, she frowned as she remembered how pregnant she was. Thirty-nine weeks...a week shy of her due date. Longer if the baby in her belly decides to be stubborn. Sighing, she straightened out her dress before proceeding to leave the hospital room, only accompanied by the silence and flickering lights. To her dismay, the elevator wasn't even working. Reluctantly, she took the stairs and continued until she made it to the ground floor, at which point she was out of breath due to the fact that she was very pregnant. Stopping for a moment to catch her breath, she did hear quite a bit of commotion now going on outside. Quite a bit of shouting too. She definitely wasn't in Boston anymore though.
Slowly, she made her way outside, towards the sound of the commotion and the shouting.
"I...I don't know. Something's happening inside me. Almost as if the sandman has some sort of control over me," Callisto replied weakly.
Suddenly, her eyes went white. Her body went rigid, and her hands felt frozen. Callisto stood up and ran to Jonathan, throwing something sparkly at him. If one were to look closely, they would see it was Moon dust. Callisto was unable to face her fear, and began giving into the sandman. While there was time to save her, would she be able to face her fear? The fear of being loved?
Suddenly, her eyes went white. Her body went rigid, and her hands felt frozen. Callisto stood up and ran to Jonathan, throwing something sparkly at him. If one were to look closely, they would see it was Moon dust. Callisto was unable to face her fear, and began giving into the sandman. While there was time to save her, would she be able to face her fear? The fear of being loved?
Azumi continues to sing the song of tomorrow, her voice rung loudly, causing the walls and ground to vibrate only slightly.
She sang on,
"From those who've fallen to those who arise
A prayer to keep us ever by your side
An undying promise that we just might
Carry on in a song
Pray don't forget us, your bygone kin
With one world's end does a new begin
And should our soul scatter onto the wind
Still we shall live on
Stand tall my friend
May all of the dark deep inside you find light again
This time, tumbling, turning we make amends
Eternal winds from the land ascend
Here to lift us that we won't end"
Ren dispersed his body into shadows using the mist raven's spell in an effort to dodge the incoming attacks Jonathan had executed. After reforming into himself, he then realized something, sedatives. He switched to a newly materialized pistol. This one used tranquilizer darts, the strongest there are without being even a touch so lethal. He did not expect to remember his arsenal, but he was nonetheless glad he could.
"I'm not Genesis, snap out of it!", He said as he shot several darts.
He turned his attention to the rest of the party
"Guys! We gotta run after jonathan's been knocked out! We can't fight the sandman like this!"
She sang on,
"From those who've fallen to those who arise
A prayer to keep us ever by your side
An undying promise that we just might
Carry on in a song
Pray don't forget us, your bygone kin
With one world's end does a new begin
And should our soul scatter onto the wind
Still we shall live on
Stand tall my friend
May all of the dark deep inside you find light again
This time, tumbling, turning we make amends
Eternal winds from the land ascend
Here to lift us that we won't end"
Ren dispersed his body into shadows using the mist raven's spell in an effort to dodge the incoming attacks Jonathan had executed. After reforming into himself, he then realized something, sedatives. He switched to a newly materialized pistol. This one used tranquilizer darts, the strongest there are without being even a touch so lethal. He did not expect to remember his arsenal, but he was nonetheless glad he could.
"I'm not Genesis, snap out of it!", He said as he shot several darts.
He turned his attention to the rest of the party
"Guys! We gotta run after jonathan's been knocked out! We can't fight the sandman like this!"
Jonathan didn't expect Ren to disappear like that, and even more fortuitous for him that not only Azumi's song is marginally slowing down his reaction time, but also Callisto throwing moon dust at him made him even more irritable, as Jonathan took several seconds focusing on Callisto that he didn't notice Ren fired several more shots into him. While a few darts likely plinked against his armor, most did hit it's target as it started to make Jonathan...actually calm down...for about several seconds... A massive attack was about to happen, with a very loud roaring battle cry, Jonathan would've summoned magic circles on everyone's feet near the battlefield...they better move quickly as then a large ice quartz would've formed, freezing them in place... But then as Jonathan used this attack, it also had a cost as the attack itself...also damages Jonathan to the point that he spirts out some blood as the ice crystals also impale him in a few places from the ground as well... With another painful scream, Jonathan would've been stunned and slumped over again...and once again the dark gassy shadowy figure appeared again, but this time it took more of a humanoid shape... Suddenly, for those who are likely magically adapted, could hear a random voice coming out from somewhere.
"He...lp..." a voice echoed through a mysterious magical force
To Jalie, who is probably still in Jonathan's mind, would've heard the cry of help very clearly; it sounds quite feminine. The creepy shadowy figure would've once again vanished...and then once again, Jonathan would be active again... Like a wounded beast on a rampage, even the blood loss and damage sustained wouldn't have slow him down all that much, he can still use powerful attacks...but they're coming out a bit more slower than before now... Depending on who he was able to freeze with his last attack, Jonathan would've then prioritize the frozen targets in hopes to kill them in one fell swoop...if not Jonathan would've used a different attack, spreading out a heavy vicious cloud of cold diamond dust before spinning around fast like a top firing slash waves of energy all over the place...
(( Edited as I forgot that Callisto did a thing. ))
"He...lp..." a voice echoed through a mysterious magical force
To Jalie, who is probably still in Jonathan's mind, would've heard the cry of help very clearly; it sounds quite feminine. The creepy shadowy figure would've once again vanished...and then once again, Jonathan would be active again... Like a wounded beast on a rampage, even the blood loss and damage sustained wouldn't have slow him down all that much, he can still use powerful attacks...but they're coming out a bit more slower than before now... Depending on who he was able to freeze with his last attack, Jonathan would've then prioritize the frozen targets in hopes to kill them in one fell swoop...if not Jonathan would've used a different attack, spreading out a heavy vicious cloud of cold diamond dust before spinning around fast like a top firing slash waves of energy all over the place...
(( Edited as I forgot that Callisto did a thing. ))
Sirius appeared standing. His dress shirt with a deep purple vest seemed torn in various places. His black dress pants showed the same wear, along with the riding boots. Wounds of varying decree decorated his body.
The haze was all he could remember. Sirius stumbled forward. His feathered hand reached up and landed on his forehead.
“I should not exist,” he whispered
harshly.
He blinked and shook his head, gaining bearings. He squinted, his vision still off. “Earth? No, something feels off. The glow isn’t normal. This fog?”
“I need to return to hell. I don’t need to be caught here, after the events that unfolded.”
Sirius opened a portal for a few seconds before it snapped shut. He blinked multiple times and tried again.
“It’s not working, maybe I did die…. A dead man dying twice. That’s what I get for saving the world as a demon!”
Sirius paced back and forth his tail spreading open as his agitation built. The greyish purple hues mingled with light green designs. A few of the feathers seemed worse for wear. Sirius caught sight of his tail. His glowing red eyes fell slightly. “My tail, it’s ruined. I need to preen it,” he finished softly.
Sirius sat down and began going through his tail, at least the parts he could reach.
Before he came here, there was a battle against something. No one knew what it was, or why it came. A hero reached out to him down in hell. The hero was an old friend who asked for a deal. They sparked a deal and the end of the world didn’t suite his needs anyway. The fight…
Sirius blinked. The fight seemed to be a blank. He remembered getting hit. A sleepiness. A vivid nightmare of everything collapsing in the universe.
Sirius continued going through his tail.
The haze was all he could remember. Sirius stumbled forward. His feathered hand reached up and landed on his forehead.
“I should not exist,” he whispered
harshly.
He blinked and shook his head, gaining bearings. He squinted, his vision still off. “Earth? No, something feels off. The glow isn’t normal. This fog?”
“I need to return to hell. I don’t need to be caught here, after the events that unfolded.”
Sirius opened a portal for a few seconds before it snapped shut. He blinked multiple times and tried again.
“It’s not working, maybe I did die…. A dead man dying twice. That’s what I get for saving the world as a demon!”
Sirius paced back and forth his tail spreading open as his agitation built. The greyish purple hues mingled with light green designs. A few of the feathers seemed worse for wear. Sirius caught sight of his tail. His glowing red eyes fell slightly. “My tail, it’s ruined. I need to preen it,” he finished softly.
Sirius sat down and began going through his tail, at least the parts he could reach.
Before he came here, there was a battle against something. No one knew what it was, or why it came. A hero reached out to him down in hell. The hero was an old friend who asked for a deal. They sparked a deal and the end of the world didn’t suite his needs anyway. The fight…
Sirius blinked. The fight seemed to be a blank. He remembered getting hit. A sleepiness. A vivid nightmare of everything collapsing in the universe.
Sirius continued going through his tail.
Oh great, two more... More people is just what we need right now, what with Jonathan acting like this, something being wrong with Callisto... Jalie thinks to herself when she senses Ashley's and Sirius's presence.
"I really don't know. Just be careful and stay safe for now." Jalie responds to Camry.
Jalie looks stunned as she watches Callisto jump up and run to Jonathan. What just happened? What is she doing? "Callisto! What are you doing?"
She doesn't stay in one place for too long. She avoids Jonathan's attack barely. I need to pay more attention. Jalie looks at Jonathan, still in his mind. Maybe... She thinks for a moment before she starts to shift through his memories. She pulls happier memories forward and starts to block off the ones that seem to be causing his outburst, burying them and making him forget them. Jalie watches him as she does this. She works slowly in order to block out only what's needed.
"I really don't know. Just be careful and stay safe for now." Jalie responds to Camry.
Jalie looks stunned as she watches Callisto jump up and run to Jonathan. What just happened? What is she doing? "Callisto! What are you doing?"
She doesn't stay in one place for too long. She avoids Jonathan's attack barely. I need to pay more attention. Jalie looks at Jonathan, still in his mind. Maybe... She thinks for a moment before she starts to shift through his memories. She pulls happier memories forward and starts to block off the ones that seem to be causing his outburst, burying them and making him forget them. Jalie watches him as she does this. She works slowly in order to block out only what's needed.
Upon exiting the building, what greeted the expectant mother would leave her a little terrified. There was a battle raging on! That was the source of the commotion and the shouting! Unfortunately, there was very little she could do in that aspect. Sure, she may have pulled people from wrecked cars and treated some of the worst wounds, but never in the heat of battle. She wasn't trained to treat injuries in the face of danger, nor has she done that before. All she really could do was hide somewhere and observe the ongoing conflict from a hopefully safe distance...
Checking her surroundings, Ashley proceeded to wander closer to the conflict at hand and hid behind abandoned cars that were in terrible condition. If things could de-escalate soon, she could render aid, but if she tried anything now, she'd surely get seriously hurt if not worse, something happening to the baby. 'What do I do, where do I go if I have to get away from here?' She wandered.
Checking her surroundings, Ashley proceeded to wander closer to the conflict at hand and hid behind abandoned cars that were in terrible condition. If things could de-escalate soon, she could render aid, but if she tried anything now, she'd surely get seriously hurt if not worse, something happening to the baby. 'What do I do, where do I go if I have to get away from here?' She wandered.
Sirius frowned. He really was not getting any where with his tail. He shifted his gaze and stood. “ I lost my self for a second. This place seems empty.”
The distinct sounds of fight caught his attention. “Oh, my, I suppose, I should check it out.”
Sirius with flare took on a human disguise. His tattered clothes remained. He appeared pale skinned, black slicked back hair, uninviting, red eyes.
Slowly, he started in the direction of the chaos.
The distinct sounds of fight caught his attention. “Oh, my, I suppose, I should check it out.”
Sirius with flare took on a human disguise. His tattered clothes remained. He appeared pale skinned, black slicked back hair, uninviting, red eyes.
Slowly, he started in the direction of the chaos.
[OOC: I'm kind of confused on where should I belong now since more people hopped in. I hope I could catch up on everyone's post and didn't miss any actions. Forgive me if I skipped your name on my reply since I tried to make Futaba grasp her territory. 
NB: I suppose Ashley and Sirius were still out of the library, right? or where were we supposed to be again now?]
After Futaba cast protection for everybody, she would drew herself back. Azumi and Ren were also tried to hypnotize Jonathan with their illusion's symphony. Futaba felt like she ever experienced this. Just for anyone who dwell deep on their nightmare, it would be hard for them to be advice at. It was their own self who awakened their destruction. They could only help their selves. Jonathan's berserk has summoned magic circle around their feet.
"Oh no... This won't do." Futaba looked at Jonathan in horror when the man went on rampage. His attack of ice gave a scratch on her cheek, leaving a blood fallen down her cheeks. It would left a wound on her face but this time, she wouldn't even care about that. Even Callisto already dwell to the nightmare and giving in. She also became the next rampage with the transformation she had to chose on the sandman's side either.
"Guys! We gotta run after jonathan's been knocked out! We can't fight the sandman like this!" Ren had shouted to them. Futaba worked on her brain in a drastic speed. She has to think fast. With two people on their rampage mode, it would be too hard for them to defeat the sandman without giving any utter crash to their human body. But we can't leave them! Think Futaba... Think!
But Futaba had to do what she had to do. She called out on Azumi. "Ms. Azumi! Can you help Jalie on Jonathan's memory?!" Futaba shrieked, almost in despair.
"Jalie, keep doing whatever you are doing now! I will protect you while you do so!" Futaba cast more of protection toward Jalie when she shift Jonathan's memories. "Callisto! Wake up! You have us! You are not alone! Jonathan! We are on your side, We love both of you!!!" Futaba screamed toward them in hope that they could recognize her voice and regain their consciousness back.
NB: I suppose Ashley and Sirius were still out of the library, right? or where were we supposed to be again now?]After Futaba cast protection for everybody, she would drew herself back. Azumi and Ren were also tried to hypnotize Jonathan with their illusion's symphony. Futaba felt like she ever experienced this. Just for anyone who dwell deep on their nightmare, it would be hard for them to be advice at. It was their own self who awakened their destruction. They could only help their selves. Jonathan's berserk has summoned magic circle around their feet.
"Oh no... This won't do." Futaba looked at Jonathan in horror when the man went on rampage. His attack of ice gave a scratch on her cheek, leaving a blood fallen down her cheeks. It would left a wound on her face but this time, she wouldn't even care about that. Even Callisto already dwell to the nightmare and giving in. She also became the next rampage with the transformation she had to chose on the sandman's side either.
"Guys! We gotta run after jonathan's been knocked out! We can't fight the sandman like this!" Ren had shouted to them. Futaba worked on her brain in a drastic speed. She has to think fast. With two people on their rampage mode, it would be too hard for them to defeat the sandman without giving any utter crash to their human body. But we can't leave them! Think Futaba... Think!
But Futaba had to do what she had to do. She called out on Azumi. "Ms. Azumi! Can you help Jalie on Jonathan's memory?!" Futaba shrieked, almost in despair.
"Jalie, keep doing whatever you are doing now! I will protect you while you do so!" Futaba cast more of protection toward Jalie when she shift Jonathan's memories. "Callisto! Wake up! You have us! You are not alone! Jonathan! We are on your side, We love both of you!!!" Futaba screamed toward them in hope that they could recognize her voice and regain their consciousness back.
(( You're perfectly fine where you're at, Futaba. And I do agree as more people start to jump in, and with me more or less directing how the story is going with my big battle, it'll probably be best to cut it much shorter than I would've wanted the battle to go in order to help determine the pace and next act in our story. Especially to those that are more eager to interact with others without tripping up other people's plans, I figure this would be necessary. But in any case, I'll reply at this point in time to set the stage to wrap this fight up. ))
Jalie's manipulation of changing Jonathan's memories, while not very effective at first, did make the intensity of his attacks a lot less as it was making him more confused and bewildered. Adding Futaba's attempt in the mix, and both ladies would've actually affected Jonathan to the point where his emotions shift crazily from confusion to rage like a light switch flicking back and forth...under these conditions it's hard to believe if Jonathan would be the same again under this much intense pressure from all sides... As Futaba said the words "we love both of you", Jonathan somehow surprisingly reacted to that with an instant pause, stopping his attack completely. He then slowly turns to Futaba that said those words as he looked at her with both surprise and confusion...while also having tears streaming down from his eyes...
"...Aurora...?" said Jonathan rather quietly
Much like how Jonathan mistaken Ren as the Genesis, now he's confusing Futaba with Aurora, and it's making him behave rather docile...for at least a couple of seconds before once again Jonathan goes into a frenzy rage again, but this time his behavior isn't aiming at those around him, but more to himself as he clutches his head and shakes his head around like crazy...likely he's suffering from a massive breakdown...
"Auroraaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!" cried Jonathan loudly again
Once again Jonathan uses his most recent attack which created summoning circles at people's feet in order to attempt to instantly freeze them...but this time the attack came out unexpectedly different from what people were expecting to see what happened... As the summoning magic circles were formed, suddenly they shifted and moved away from everyone within the battlefield, and triggered the ice quartz traps where no one else was even there...Jonathan completely misses everyone... Similar how it happened last time, once again Jonathan gets hurt by his own attack...it's almost rather inhuman how he can take such ridiculous punishment, and is still standing and attacking with such ferocity...but even he has his own limits, and that's fast approaching... The shadowy figure appeared once again, but this time the mysterious voice was calling out a bit clearer this time.
"...Help...me... Save...him..." echoed the mysterious voice
With both Jalie and Futaba still within Jonathan's mind, the voice they can hear definitely more clearer than what people could hear outside. And in fact, this time they can see memory flashes of Aurora within splitting seconds, but it's more than enough in order to try and get the point across on how to stop Jonathan's rampage.
"You must help me... Please set me free in order to save him...time is running out... He won't be able to last much longer...please... Shoot something powerful at me before I fade--" said Aurora to both Jalie and Futaba before getting cut off
Jalie's manipulation of changing Jonathan's memories, while not very effective at first, did make the intensity of his attacks a lot less as it was making him more confused and bewildered. Adding Futaba's attempt in the mix, and both ladies would've actually affected Jonathan to the point where his emotions shift crazily from confusion to rage like a light switch flicking back and forth...under these conditions it's hard to believe if Jonathan would be the same again under this much intense pressure from all sides... As Futaba said the words "we love both of you", Jonathan somehow surprisingly reacted to that with an instant pause, stopping his attack completely. He then slowly turns to Futaba that said those words as he looked at her with both surprise and confusion...while also having tears streaming down from his eyes...
"...Aurora...?" said Jonathan rather quietly
Much like how Jonathan mistaken Ren as the Genesis, now he's confusing Futaba with Aurora, and it's making him behave rather docile...for at least a couple of seconds before once again Jonathan goes into a frenzy rage again, but this time his behavior isn't aiming at those around him, but more to himself as he clutches his head and shakes his head around like crazy...likely he's suffering from a massive breakdown...
"Auroraaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!" cried Jonathan loudly again
Once again Jonathan uses his most recent attack which created summoning circles at people's feet in order to attempt to instantly freeze them...but this time the attack came out unexpectedly different from what people were expecting to see what happened... As the summoning magic circles were formed, suddenly they shifted and moved away from everyone within the battlefield, and triggered the ice quartz traps where no one else was even there...Jonathan completely misses everyone... Similar how it happened last time, once again Jonathan gets hurt by his own attack...it's almost rather inhuman how he can take such ridiculous punishment, and is still standing and attacking with such ferocity...but even he has his own limits, and that's fast approaching... The shadowy figure appeared once again, but this time the mysterious voice was calling out a bit clearer this time.
"...Help...me... Save...him..." echoed the mysterious voice
With both Jalie and Futaba still within Jonathan's mind, the voice they can hear definitely more clearer than what people could hear outside. And in fact, this time they can see memory flashes of Aurora within splitting seconds, but it's more than enough in order to try and get the point across on how to stop Jonathan's rampage.
"You must help me... Please set me free in order to save him...time is running out... He won't be able to last much longer...please... Shoot something powerful at me before I fade--" said Aurora to both Jalie and Futaba before getting cut off
"Shoot something powerful at me before I fade", The feminine voice cried out. Ren immediately thought of something, Azido. Azido was one of the deadliest spells a spellslinger could ever learn. He knew about it's reputation for being difficult to control in terms of power, being an artillery spell that could blast craters in only a matter of seconds. He would end up killing them all if he was not careful.
But he was not about to let everyone down, let alone Azumi, his own mother. He controlled his breathing and silently mouthed, "Azido".
A hot bright light appeared where Aurora's voice had been heard and detonated itself into a bright flash that was rapidly enroaching towards them. Azumi saw this and sung the song of hope to protect everyone from Ren's Azido spell. Her body started to fade and become wispy once again as both Ren's mana reserves and Azumi's own mana were all but spent.
Ren, surprisingly, was determined to ensure the spell only hit Aurora as she requested and it worked! As Azido hit Aurora, the spell could be successful in dealing with Jonathan's frenzied despair.
((I hope you guys don't mind if I drop in an idea. I was thinking the party retreating from the sandman and moving to another safe area after this fight with Jonathan so the other new characters can have a bit of development in the story. That way it won't end the story as fast because this wouldn't be the final confrontation
))
But he was not about to let everyone down, let alone Azumi, his own mother. He controlled his breathing and silently mouthed, "Azido".
A hot bright light appeared where Aurora's voice had been heard and detonated itself into a bright flash that was rapidly enroaching towards them. Azumi saw this and sung the song of hope to protect everyone from Ren's Azido spell. Her body started to fade and become wispy once again as both Ren's mana reserves and Azumi's own mana were all but spent.
Ren, surprisingly, was determined to ensure the spell only hit Aurora as she requested and it worked! As Azido hit Aurora, the spell could be successful in dealing with Jonathan's frenzied despair.
((I hope you guys don't mind if I drop in an idea. I was thinking the party retreating from the sandman and moving to another safe area after this fight with Jonathan so the other new characters can have a bit of development in the story. That way it won't end the story as fast because this wouldn't be the final confrontation
))
(( Yeah, that's the plan. From what I marginally understand about how this story works is I'm sure the sandman is designed to only attack at night...or at least it's stronger and more dangerous at night... So I was planning on making my fight last long enough to switch it to a day cycle where everyone can group up, find a new hideout, gather resources, and plan their next move before the next night cycle...of which we can freely implement since I figured Kotomi would've probably allowed us to have more freedom with it... Either way she's allowing us to develop the story on our own, so... ))
With Ren's Azido spell hitting the black shadowy figured above Jonathan, his attack immediately stops and fades away instantly as Jonathan looks up to see the black shadowy figure falling and fading away slowly. From everyone's point of view, they can only see the black shadowy figure; but in Jonathan's eyes, it was naturally playing tricks on him to make it believe that it was actually Aurora...which is definitely not far from the truth as it was the root cause of his rampage, and it's now the ultimate end to this long and vicious fight... Seeing the black shadowy figure falling, Jonathan reached out to grab it while crying out Aurora's name...only to stop and freeze like a statue, his mind is once again being teleported into someplace else, and this time both Jalie and Futaba won't be able to see what's going on in Jonathan's mind and are immediately forced out safely... Jonathan finds himself in a completely white space around him, alone at first but then a familiar face magically soon appeared before him...
"Aurora..." said Jonathan
"Jonathan..." said Aurora
"Aurora...I...I..." muttering Jonathan as he was starting to cry again
"It's okay...it's okay... It's not your fault for anything that happened...after my pasting..." said Aurora
"B-But, Aurora...why...? Why did you had to sacrifice yourself to teleport the Genesis within the void...? Why...did you have to leave me...all alone...?" said Jonathan as he then falls on his knees and starts to really cry
Aurora then floats on over and hugs Jonathan in order to try and comfort him.
"You're never truly alone, not now and definitely not ever in the future. You have so many people who worried about you back at home...and now you have wonderful friends here that can help you through your fears..." said Aurora
"But without you being there with me...do you know how much your death made me suffer...? The last two weeks before this happened...I...felt like I couldn't go on living anymore... I even tried committing suicide a few times...but I ultimately didn't go through with it... I ran away from all my friends...I couldn't bear to see them... My heart was truly broken...even wandering the world in solitude was painful..." said Jonathan
"But Jonathan...even if I'm dead, I'll never be truly gone... Even in death, as long as you hold to me deep within your heart in remembrance, I'll always still be their with you...just only in spirit..." said Aurora
"But that's not enough, Aurora!! I need you here with me!! Talking to me!! Touching me!! And even...kissing me..." said Jonathan, angrily at first, but then got quiet and was crying again
Then suddenly Aurora manages to kiss Jonathan square in the lips, which majorly shocked him. The kiss was long as both really got into it.
"But...but how...?" cried Jonathan
"As I said before, as long as you hold me strongly within your heart, I'll always be there with you. You understand that clearly...even from the very beginning, right...?" said Aurora
"......I sort of had a feeling... Despite you being physically gone that you were somehow there watching me...in spirit... You were...suffering just as much as I was...all because of my actions...right...?" said Jonathan
"I know how tough it was to remain strong, and yourself, after leaving you alone all this time...especially since we were lovers... But even you know that not everything lasts forever...nor that we can make them to be..." said Aurora
".......I know..." said Jonathan
"And just like now since I'm gone that there's now a big void within your heart, you now have others to help you fill that void instead. You're truly kind and helpful...the life I spent with you as your mana was truly the happiest in my whole life..." said Aurora
"...Aurora...I'm so sorry... I've lost my way...crying in despair...angry with everyone, including my friends...wandering the world all alone in pain and suffering... How can you really forgive me...?" said Jonathan
"Of course, I'll forgive you...because I know you... You'll be strong and get through both this and when you get back together..." said Aurora as she then gives Jonathan one last kiss goodbye "And I'll be always there with you...watching... Until the end of your days when eventually we'll meet again..."
The black shadowy figure falling in front of Jonathan soon turned into white beautiful magic sparkles as then Jonathan falls on both knees planted on the ground, looking at the ground all slumped over, tears streaming down his face again.
"......I was weak... Too weak to face my fear..." said Jonathan
Jonathan's armor soon turned from red back to blue along with his magical aura doing the same as it then turned quiet. And with it the morning sun was raising after the long battle, the sandman's attack would've stopped at this point as morning coming around, only becoming strong and active during the night.
(( I'm sure everyone doesn't mind for the story to develop in such a way that the sandman can only be active and attack people during nights, so they're safe during the day. ))
With Ren's Azido spell hitting the black shadowy figured above Jonathan, his attack immediately stops and fades away instantly as Jonathan looks up to see the black shadowy figure falling and fading away slowly. From everyone's point of view, they can only see the black shadowy figure; but in Jonathan's eyes, it was naturally playing tricks on him to make it believe that it was actually Aurora...which is definitely not far from the truth as it was the root cause of his rampage, and it's now the ultimate end to this long and vicious fight... Seeing the black shadowy figure falling, Jonathan reached out to grab it while crying out Aurora's name...only to stop and freeze like a statue, his mind is once again being teleported into someplace else, and this time both Jalie and Futaba won't be able to see what's going on in Jonathan's mind and are immediately forced out safely... Jonathan finds himself in a completely white space around him, alone at first but then a familiar face magically soon appeared before him...
"Aurora..." said Jonathan
"Jonathan..." said Aurora
"Aurora...I...I..." muttering Jonathan as he was starting to cry again
"It's okay...it's okay... It's not your fault for anything that happened...after my pasting..." said Aurora
"B-But, Aurora...why...? Why did you had to sacrifice yourself to teleport the Genesis within the void...? Why...did you have to leave me...all alone...?" said Jonathan as he then falls on his knees and starts to really cry
Aurora then floats on over and hugs Jonathan in order to try and comfort him.
"You're never truly alone, not now and definitely not ever in the future. You have so many people who worried about you back at home...and now you have wonderful friends here that can help you through your fears..." said Aurora
"But without you being there with me...do you know how much your death made me suffer...? The last two weeks before this happened...I...felt like I couldn't go on living anymore... I even tried committing suicide a few times...but I ultimately didn't go through with it... I ran away from all my friends...I couldn't bear to see them... My heart was truly broken...even wandering the world in solitude was painful..." said Jonathan
"But Jonathan...even if I'm dead, I'll never be truly gone... Even in death, as long as you hold to me deep within your heart in remembrance, I'll always still be their with you...just only in spirit..." said Aurora
"But that's not enough, Aurora!! I need you here with me!! Talking to me!! Touching me!! And even...kissing me..." said Jonathan, angrily at first, but then got quiet and was crying again
Then suddenly Aurora manages to kiss Jonathan square in the lips, which majorly shocked him. The kiss was long as both really got into it.
"But...but how...?" cried Jonathan
"As I said before, as long as you hold me strongly within your heart, I'll always be there with you. You understand that clearly...even from the very beginning, right...?" said Aurora
"......I sort of had a feeling... Despite you being physically gone that you were somehow there watching me...in spirit... You were...suffering just as much as I was...all because of my actions...right...?" said Jonathan
"I know how tough it was to remain strong, and yourself, after leaving you alone all this time...especially since we were lovers... But even you know that not everything lasts forever...nor that we can make them to be..." said Aurora
".......I know..." said Jonathan
"And just like now since I'm gone that there's now a big void within your heart, you now have others to help you fill that void instead. You're truly kind and helpful...the life I spent with you as your mana was truly the happiest in my whole life..." said Aurora
"...Aurora...I'm so sorry... I've lost my way...crying in despair...angry with everyone, including my friends...wandering the world all alone in pain and suffering... How can you really forgive me...?" said Jonathan
"Of course, I'll forgive you...because I know you... You'll be strong and get through both this and when you get back together..." said Aurora as she then gives Jonathan one last kiss goodbye "And I'll be always there with you...watching... Until the end of your days when eventually we'll meet again..."
The black shadowy figure falling in front of Jonathan soon turned into white beautiful magic sparkles as then Jonathan falls on both knees planted on the ground, looking at the ground all slumped over, tears streaming down his face again.
"......I was weak... Too weak to face my fear..." said Jonathan
Jonathan's armor soon turned from red back to blue along with his magical aura doing the same as it then turned quiet. And with it the morning sun was raising after the long battle, the sandman's attack would've stopped at this point as morning coming around, only becoming strong and active during the night.
(( I'm sure everyone doesn't mind for the story to develop in such a way that the sandman can only be active and attack people during nights, so they're safe during the day. ))
Camry was amazed at the events that just occurred. The raw power the guy had was somewhat familiar... but he didn't have enough information to make any guesses. He felt quite weird just standing there watchin and was keenly aware he was the youngest. Not being a people-person he just stood there, hoping someone else would say something first.
Jalie nods at Futaba. I don't have anything 'powerful' to shoot.. As she thinks this, she watches Ren hit the shadow with something bright. She's not sure what it is, but it seems to work.
Shortly after, she is pushed out of Jonathan's mind. Being forced out of Jonathan's mind stuns Jalie and gives her a headache. She falls to her knees, holding her head and her ears lay flat against her head. Jalie lets out a quiet groan. What just happened?
Shortly after, she is pushed out of Jonathan's mind. Being forced out of Jonathan's mind stuns Jalie and gives her a headache. She falls to her knees, holding her head and her ears lay flat against her head. Jalie lets out a quiet groan. What just happened?
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