melodiesoflife | Event || The Answer

Event || The Answer

Characters: All characters who signed-up for the event.
Where: South Continent of Balance (Imperial Territories)
When: April 20th to April 30th.
Summary: The Heroes of Light have lost consciousness and now find themselves in the middle of nowhere, without their Moogles and away from everything they know. They will have to get back home, but what awaits them on the path? For more information, please check the First OOC Post and Second OOC Post.
Warning: Bad things.

Group 01: Team Hijinks House
Group 02: Team Brigands
Group 03: Team Discovery Channel
Group 04: Sephiroth's (In)Sanity Squad
Group 05: Team (Bad) Shipping Advice
Group 06: Team Blue-Haired Lords on Fire
Group 07: Team Mom and Late Sleepers
Group 08: Nothing Bad Will Happen
Group 09: The Hellhounds
Group 10: Loftwings, A Working Title
Group 11: Team Oni
Group 12: Team F.N.T.I²
Group 13: Team Name-In-Progress
Group 14: Team The-Mods-Couldn’t-Brain-A-Name
Group 15: Seraphim Shenanigans

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[The sound of sandals slapping against the ground ceases to echo across the vast plain of the ocean floor as Luffy stops dead in his tracks. A single hand is raised as his saw begins to hang off a hinge, lowered and ajar without uttering a single sound.

When his eyes focus on the familiar artwork adorning the torn and hold-ridden sail, the pirate can only stare in disbelief and shock. He's only seen one ship carry such a mark before, only one vessel in the entire known world charted across the five seas with the yellow, white, and red standing proud and full attached to the center mast of the Thousand Sunny.

A lump in his throat; it catches and sinks to the pit of his empty stomach like the curse which would have him sinking to the ground he now walks upon. When his voice finally catches up to him, his eyes have gone completely white save for the small, anger filled dots of coal-black that stay locked upon the wreckage.]

WHAT.. WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!

[He shouts with a lack of concern, more so in a manner that seems fit to seek the person or creature that was to blame for the sight before him. He finally spins around, looking every direction save for the group that is with him, now ignoring the voice which had been drawing him closer.]

JUST WHAT THE HELL IS THIS BULLSHIT?! SHOW YOURSELF ALREADY!

[ No creature showed, nor did anyone answer. He would be able to recognize some of the corpses-- Or at the very least, their clothings. Indeed, there wasn't enough flesh left to recognize their facial feature. As a matter of fact, the voice went silent, for Luffy at least.

For Sayaka's not so much. The voice called her once more, and grew more familiar with each call: as if it were someone she knew, but their voice was so distorted they couldn't be recognized. The voice resounded within her mind, but she would be able to tell it originated from the horizon. ]

[Well....

That escalated quickly.]

Um.... are you okay?

[Bartz approaches Luffy carefully, glancing around in anticipation of some incoming threat. Either something is about to attack them, or Luffy is having some kind of breakdown. Or both. Either way, better be on guard]

What's wrong?

( quite the reaction, indeed. sayaka was pretty uncomfortable with the whole graveyard of ships... and now bodies, but when she looked up to offer bartz a small smile of thanks for his reassurance, that voice caught her attention again.

turning her head quickly in the direction it came from, just over the horizon, her blue eyes widened. ) That's—!

( no way, it couldn't be... ) Wh... wait! Wait! ( she cried, breaking into a run, leaving the group behind — ) I'm coming!

( and off she sprinted, completely engrossed in that unmistakable voice that called to her... )

[Kyoko is watching Luffy with open distaste as he screams out an open invitation for every enemy in the vicinity to find them.]

Goddamn idiot! Why did everyone want to wake this one so bad?

[There's a sharp turn towards Sayaka as the blue haired girl starts calling out -- thinking at first it's for her only...Where the hell is that moron rookie looking?] Oy -- What are you.

Hey!

[Kyoko's quick to barrel ahead after the careless magical girl -- bounding over heaps of rotting lumber and bones.]

Stop -- Sayakaaa!

[Minako had little to no clue what was going on, but she was already sure that people were going insane and needed to be yelled at and chased after as one seems to be needing. Moving to follow, she ran after the blue haired woman.]

Don't run off on your own like that! Who knows what might happen?

[While she ran she was going to stay on guard just in case.]

Man, you guys are hard to keep up with.

[But it is better to stay together, so he runs after Minako even as she's running after them. He yells ahead to the girls in the lead.]

So what are we running toward? Are we looking for something? Or someone?

[Sayaka certainly seems to have some kind of goal here.]

[Paying no attention to those behind him, Luffy remains locked on the ship before him. Legs take off into a run, using the best of his speed to encroach closer to the wreckage he called "home". It was impossible, beyond all thought and reason, that the ship he was seeing was real. The bones of his family, his crew, had to be nothing but mere illusion. His eyes were playing tricks on him, or so he convinces himself, as he can see his nakama spread about the railings as if left to dry under the heat of the Sun above.

He skids to a halt, the voices of the heroes now out of his ears and beyond his current rationale. Beady, black dots rapidly move from corpse to corpse, his mouth hanging open in disbelief as the remaining cloth that clings in shredded fibers gives away the identity of each body.

Fists clench, nails digging into his skin to the point where it punctures the thin layers that keep his boiled blood inside of him. Teeth finally gnash, grinding so hard that his jaw almost dislocates from the anger which swells within him.]

... WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS BULLSHIT?! THIS ISN'T MY SHIP! AND THAT SURE AS HELL ISN'T MY CREW!!

[There's no thought for the consequences. To him, the ship is a trick, a ploy, a means to agitate him to the point of violence. Even with thinking this, the pirate is more than happy to oblige. His blood-trickling fist rears back as he speeds back up into a run, landing into the hull of the ship with everything his momentum, torque, and strength can conjure.]

DON'T THINK THAT MY NAKAMA ARE THAT WEAK!! I'LL NEVER FORGIVE WHOEVER DID THIS!!

[ Most unfortunately for Luffy, it seems there is no one onto whom he can put the blame regarding this, as nobody answers his accusations and he is left with his ship and (former) crew. At least, he's not drawing any enemies to them.

In the meantime, should Sayaka continue running toward the voice, she would eventually see something alike to a hole-- Something alike to a siphon in which all the water is being absorbed. There is also someone standing next to it, back turned to the group as they look down into the hole. It looks like someone familiar to Sayaka, though in the darkness, once again it is unclear who it is. ]

( sayaka glanced back over her shoulder, pausing just slightly, hearing what luffy was yelling about. his ship? his crew? but all those corpses...

it made her run faster, fearing for the voice that called out to her. as she skidded to a stop finally, just a short distance from the figure, her shoulders heaved with breath... wasn't that...? )

Hey! Are you— really... ( the swirling whirlpool was concerning too as her eyes fell on that next. so that explained what was happening ot the sea... )

Just what is going on here?!

[Minako had little to no idea what exactly was causing such reactions. I mean sure, this place is creepy and well corpses were not a good thing, but they needed to focus and keep walking. So as she followed Sayaka she was going to see if she could get them back on track.]

hey! What are you following anyway?

[ As she approached, Sayaka would be able to get a better idea of who the person was-- Even though their back was turned to her, there was no doubt this was Kyousuke. However, something was wrong. He neither moved nor seemed to breath, yet he was standing, staring down at the whirlpool. It was a bit too dark to see his face yet. ]

Goddamnit! [When had Sayaka gotten so fast?

What was moving her would be friend faster than Kyoko's magic? Her boots pounded the ground so hard the splashes were not heard

--At the sight of the churning whirlpool, there was the horrifying sensation that it wanted to yank her down with it. In the back of her mind the lancer tried to recall what she knew about swimming...there was kicking involved.

Her weapon grew in length as she pushed herself to try and close the distance. Gut clenching at the sight of her fellow magical girl approaching the figure - obtuse as ever, the blue headed do-gooder did not even seem to be on guard!

Who the hell was that? She could not make them out yet, but was not about to trust someone they found at the bottom of the sea.]

Sayaka! You idiot! Get away from them!

[Bartz does his best to close the distance between himself and Sayaka. At the very least he wants to make sure she can hear him when he calls out to her.]

Hey, what's going on? Do you know that guy?

( sayaka was frozen. dead in her tracks. kyosuke was somewhere recovering in the hospital, finally getting his strength back to be able to live his dreams! there was no way that he could be... ) That... that's—

( the warning was lost on her, he was all she could focus on now. yes, she knew him, knew him better than anyone! closing the final bit of distance with a leaping bound, she reached for his shoulder as she tugged on it to turn him— ) Kyousuke!

[Minako couldn't help but be a little on guard. So when she spotted the other running towards the figure, she was quick to at least yell. She was going to keep her distance.]

Get away! For all we know this could be a trap!

[ When she tugged on his shoulder for him to turn, the person was looking down, albeit his eyes were still closed. His expression was grave, serious-- Maybe even angry? It was hard to tell in the darkness.

He did however speak after a moment, in an unnaturally sad and distant voice. ]

Is this your answer...?

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