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"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?

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!"

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. ))

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.

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.

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.

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.

[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.

(( 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

"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 ))

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?

The treasoner duo's efforts to calm down Jonathan paid off as the man collapsed. Ren immediately grabbed Jonathan and attempted to lift him, to which Azumi responded by using a spell to lift Jonathan up mid-air.

"Something tells me that I'll never find out what just happened", Ren commented

"Oh hush now dear, what matters is that we retreat-", Azumi stopped as she saw a groaning Jalie and ran over to her out of concern.

Meanwhile Ren spotted Camry in the distance and extended an arm.

"I take the sandman threw you into this mess, huh?", Ren smiled, "Call me Ren. For now, just follow us to safety. We got to find a new hiding place"

As dawn broke, the sandman left the party alone moaning in sadness. Or was it a taunt of some sort? That is one thing neither the fox spirit nor the hooded man could ever find out.

Ren seemed like a nice guy, or at least trustworthy for now. He nodded towards hm, “Just let me know if you need me to do something.” He held out two of his healing elixirs. “I don’t know if this can help them but you can give them these.” He said nodding towards Jalie and Jonathan.

Jonathan was still lost in despair for several seconds when both Ren and Azumi picked him up, ending up not pay attention to what they were saying at first...until he then realizes what's going on, and was very surprised...

"Huh? Ah! Uhh...why am I marginally floating like this...? This is Azumi doing this, right? Can you please put me down then?" said Jonathan as he then notices the ruined bookstore beside him "Whoa, what happened to the bookstore? ......Wait...I think I can vaguely remember...I think I went on a rampage... Is everyone alright? No one isn't hurt or anything, right? I'm really sorry for everything I've caused...I can explain it all later..."

Then Jonathan notices that he still has his magic armor on as he was able to dispel it, returning back to his normal clothes.

"I can't believe I was able to access and use my magic armor despite not having Aurora around...but now I've remembered everything..." said Jonathan as he grabs and opens up his locket to see the picture inside...surprisingly he was able to hold on to it despite the chaos he caused... "I've caused both her and everyone else so much trouble...to carry on so much pain that I couldn't have turned the page to continue on living without her before coming here..."

Though it took a while, Jonathan then notices the new arrival, Camry, as he gives him a healing elixir.

"Another one?! Dammit!! Just how many more the sandman is going to take and trap in this accursed world here?! ...Sorry...anyway, thanks for this... Is it a potion...?" said Jonathan as he very boldly took a sip of the healing elixir without even knowing what it was since Camry didn't explain it...but at least it didn't take long for Jonathan to notice the effects of the healing elixir helping him recover faster... "This is really good. Thanks. I can definitely feel my mana recovering...after pretty much burning all of it off by going on that rampage..."

Then Jonathan notices Turuilla, knocked out on the debris of where the bookstore used to stand in, but thankfully despite all that happened she was not injured badly at all.

"Ah, Turuilla!" cried Jonathan as he went on over to see how she was doing "Oh, good, she's okay...just unconscious... Well, with me destroying the bookstore, we'll definitely have to look for someplace else to camp out...in fact I'm sure we wouldn't be able to use the bookstore for much longer, especially since if we got more people coming... At least it's now morning, and appears that the sandman has stopped trying to attack us...likely for now... This is definitely the perfect time to get as much done as we can before the next night...which we have no idea how long or quick that's going to be..."

Jonathan would then carry the unconscious Turuilla on his back as he then looks around to see what other buildings they could use to camp out and make a new base. The hospital that Ashley came out of did sound like a good spot, assuming it also had any medical supplies inside...of course since the first couple of people that arrived first didn't explore that much of the city during their first day, they didn't know where everything is located yet...

Camry followed Jonathan as he approached the hospital. “This could be a good spot but we’d need to stay on the lower floors so we can’t get trapped on the upper levels. You want me to scout the place before the others come?” He asks.

"Yeah, this looks perfect, especially if we get more people. Of course, there's the matter about the many glass windows, but we'll be able to deal with that when the time comes. So, this is a hospital judging by the sign... Hmm... I'm familiar with hospitals, but something tells me this one is going to be a bit more different from what I'm used to. Either way, this would be a good time to rest, but I should head out to some places to gather some supplies...specially making certain things through my alchemy craft of cauldron synthesis... Oh, and as far as staying on the lower floors where it's safer...I don't think that'll be super necessary... I will agree to exercise more caution about it, just in case. It all depends on what we'll find in there." said Jonathan

Jonathan would then head inside the hospital where Ashley was summoned into as he takes a look around. With it being a more modern hospital than he was used to back in his own world, he was fascinated by the new things that he has never seen before, like monitors, computers, and gadgets of all kinds.

Camry smiled as he saw Jonathan looking around. "Not what you're used to huh?" He thought about what the man said about supplies, and felt like he could help somehow...like he did with the elixirs but wasn't sure how yet. "I'll go with you when you look if you don't mind, you know, backup." He said.

Sirius listened closely. “ It seems the fighting stopped.” He glanced around at the desolate streets. Vehicle's, houses, and shops all appeared to be in varying states. “How worrisome…”

He stoped walking for a moment. One of his hands reached up and slid through his feathery hair. His hair appeared human esk sporting a shade of black.

“This reminds me of when I was alive, summoned to another reality. The people used a camouflage to appear invisible, or was that a planet? Sometimes these things run to-gather. Either way,” Sirius winced.

“That situation was very messy. Come to think of it, I should probably examine my situation closely. The problem is the situation is undetermined. There is obviously a problem. The trick is what brought me here?” As Sirius thought his body turned around. He moved back and then he flipped around moving forward. He repeated the actions while mumbling to himself.

"Yeah, most of the things here looks different from what I've seen back in my world." said Jonathan as he looks at the black blank TV screens that has no power running through it "What's this black rectangle thing? Hmm...judging by the feel of the surface it's not some sort of chalkboard...is it...?"

Jonathan then looks at the receptionist counter to see a computer.

"And what's that weird square thing? Hmm...I feel like Futaba knows this stuff, her powers really says it all on what she's capable of... I wonder if this place needs electricity in order for it to run? Futaba did request if it's possible if I could make something that could produce electricity, and I can make something like that. I saw it in an alchemy recipe book, in fact I managed to get several books in my carrying bag...before I ended up destroying the place... I will need three specifically semi-specialized ingredients in order to make this electric producing tool, but I can make each ingredient from a set of stuff if I can't find the specific stuff on hand. It's like a triangle scheme, using like nine things on average to make the three ingredients, and then combine the three into the final product of what we need. That's the beauty of alchemy...and thanks to everyone, I was able to regain all of my alchemy knowledge and skill, so creating certain items will be no problem to me... *Sigh*...Though I did had Aurora's help in making a lot of the items while she was alive..." said Jonathan

Jonathan then enters one of the many bedrooms to see more unfamiliar things, but the most important are several beds that he can use to lay Turuilla down for her to rest and recover.

"Glad this place has plenty of beds for us to rest in...if the sandman would even allow such a luxury given that it tries to attack us while we either dream and/or sleep... I could try and think up something to defend ourselves from it's attacks, similar to how both Ren and Azumi created that barrier. Speaking of which, now that I've regain my knowledge, I wonder if I can help Azumi out in some way. Her strong magical powers will be very instrumental along with Futaba's new power, and also Ren's knowledge will definitely help too...I think I remember him mentioning that he is an alchemist too...or at least he has the ability to create stuff through alchemy, like I can... We definitely need food, water, and other things in order for us to survive in, so I appreciate if you want to come along in order to look for stuff with me." said Jonathan

Jonathan would then take the time to look around, and help others when needed, while also meeting up with other new people that showed up.

"In addition to grabbing the nine ingredients to make the three ingredients in order to make the electric device, I will also need fertilizer, water, and powder, all magic-infused, in order to make alchemic solution that is needed to do the synthesis in the first place as it magically combines the items together. The three ingredients in question are as follows: a sheet of metal, a heat-resistant pipe, and an electric rod in order to make the device that Futaba needs. I don't know what we can ultimately find here, but if we can find food and a source of water, at least we have some sustainability for the time being while we go out to get more stuff." said Jonathan