melodiesoflife | Event || Doppelgangers

Event || Doppelgangers

Characters: All characters who signed-up for the event.
Where: Dreams.
When: Overnight from April 16th to April 17th.
Summary: The Heroes of Light have a shared dream— They find themselves in the body of a Hero of Light from two thousand years ago, both witnessing events and reenacting things that happened back then. But these Heroes of Light aren't just anybody; they are people from their homeworlds... And sometimes themselves. Please refer to the second OOC Post for details and plotting.
Warning: Battles, death, tragedies, bad things overall.

Common Dream || Mingle

Group A || The Dissensions
Group B || The Hacking
Group C || The Betrayal
Group D || The Enemy Within
Group E || The Plan
Group F || The Other Way
Group G || The End

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A crystal...

[Story of his life, everything keeps coming back to crystals.

No kidding... ]

Well, I wish you luck finding it.

The attacks came suddenly. Especially the back attack from the feather-helmed knight, and since his hit connected, so too did the subsequent blows. The daggers and shuriken all carved paths in her bare skin -- legs and an arm -- which took her down to a knee. But there was no reaction, other than the blank look she used to look upwards as the eletricity of the thunder attack coarsed through her body.

Did these heroes truly have so much strength left?

Yunalesca crouched there for a moment, then suddenly shot up from the ground, a mass of hair coming up from beneath the earth as she ascended. With the long strands came large-snake like appendages for her to perch upon as she readied her next spell. Turning, she cast an arm outwards, trying to catch the Onion Knight with Curse to prevent him from using his limit break again. She quickly flicked her gaze back towards the group, her other arm reaching upwards to cast Silence trying to head off another magical onslaught.

everyone.. going to... their best...

Cloud's expression tightened. It didn't look like that was the answer he was hoping for. "Maybe...have you ever felt like this before? Back home maybe?"

He didn't want to be the only crazy one here. On the other hand he didn't want everyone else going crazy either.

If you insist. Try not to get too lost in your own thoughts? Said the pot to the kettle, in this case.

[Ban gave a light shrug. He was very good at acting rather unconcerned about all of this.]

Wise words. Well, I can give it a shot, but he is incredibly stubborn. I'd say that's just like a demon, but I think he got that from his mother, actually.

Gwen nods her head in a respectful gesture as Hylia drifts off. The thoughts in her heart? She looks up again to where Jack and the Doctor are standing. Jack seems to have finally noticed her looking at him, and looks back curiously.

Gwen, I-

Don't you bloody dare, Jack Harkness. Because it's not true. The longer they stay here, the more Gwen wonders if that sentence is going to pop up again. But, he should know better. She's made her choice. And if it came down to a choice between Anwyn or Jack, even Rhys and Jack, she knows what she would choose.

Maybe I didn't doom you, after all.

Thank you. I will wish you luck in whatever mission you'll be doing.

[He just hoped that things will go well.]

Well usually people get traits from both parents, so who knows who got what in this case. But if you are certain you are probably right.

[She laughed softly.]

If anyone can find a way through this, it would be you. You have a knack for turning things around at the last moment.

I will miss it, too.

[It's a strange feeling, realizing that she has lived in this world longer than she did in Keterburg. She has found -- and lost -- more and more important people as time went on. Soon, it will all end.]

People can find homes in the unlikeliest places.

It won't be much longer now. Just a little more, and the fighting will be over.

[She kneels in front of Nanami to better maintain eye contact.]

Just remember that regardless of what happens, you won't have to face it alone. Your friends and comrades will be by your side to the very end. Have faith in them.

Over the years, an observant eye might have noticed something wasn't quite right -- that sometimes, when she wasn't thinking about it, her movements were closer to the efficiency of a soldier than a mere school teacher that she claimed to be. Right now, however, she appeared perfectly relaxed.

"I'm glad. You've been pushing yourself so hard for our sake. No wounds or ailments I could heal for you, then?"

Although he was more well-spoken and responsible, Sephiroth reminded Nebilim a little of Jade sometimes. Perhaps it was the tendency to withdraw from crowds -- her student was always more interested in books and cutting up monsters than making friends. If they all made it through this, the swordsman might make a good role model for the boy.

'Role model...? Please tell me that was a joke, Professor.'

I wouldn't put it like that.

[He moves his hand and rubs the back of his head slightly.]

We'll all find a way through it. So long as we work together. We just all got to believe in our own strengths

Nebilim sighed. She hadn't wanted the last Heroes left to be at odds like this, but how could she convince them to cast aside their convictions when she understood them all too well? We Heroes are a stubborn lot, she thought to herself.

"Even if we weaken the Calamity, can you say for certain it will stay weakened? It has an intelligence of a sort. It could quite easily wait to regain its strength before continuing its mission. We, at least, knew about the existence of the Calamity from the beginning. Other worlds will have no warning -- they'll be at an even worse disadvantage than us."

She mulled over Igor's words. To merely bear witness to this destruction... No, she couldn't accept that.

"I don't know if Crystallis was meant to be saved. If there is destiny, we have no way of knowing what our part in it is. We can only choose our own path and believe in our choices."

Her eyes closed briefly before she turned to watch the Crystal of Fire as well, her face grim.

"Somewhere out there, there are worlds where our friends are still alive." Where my students are still alive. "If Crystallis is all that stands between them and the Calamity... then I will do anything to protect it."

Edited 2015-04-30 11:25 (UTC)

Mmm. You're right, of course. Between all of us, we are quite a force to be reckoned with.

[She gives a good-humored grin.]

Your skills in strategy certainly won't hurt, though!

We will. And we'll make sure future generations will have the chance to choose theirs, too.

[Nebilim can't completely shake of the nagging doubt, the pragmatic side that served her as an Oracle Knight, that keeps pointing out just how bad their odds are. Still, what can they do but try? She certainly isn't about to lie down and wait for death.

The worry doesn't show on her face. She has long ago learned to smile when things are at their worst.]

[Preparing oneself for battle, to Sephiroth, was the type of act that demanded kind a privacy all on it's own. As such, he followed Yugi only with his eyes while he went over to the armory and then looked away and waited for the young man to approach again. Promising at least that he didn't rush to equip himself.

Sephiroth also swept his gaze once-over Yugi's equipment as he came closer. A final, precise eye becoming satisfied with it all as he finally attached his sword to the (he often thought) cumbersome armor that came with the Dark Knight job. There were reasons why Sephiroth had become something of an expert in custom jobs-

{Custom....Jobs?...}

With a grunt, Sephiroth nodded and made to step around Yugi.]

We should head for one of the training rooms, really. It wouldn't do to have anyone else injured before the battle ahead.

[He doesn't wait either, as usual, already coolly striding back towards the corridor.]

[Nebilim was in the middle of checking the Heroes for last minute healing when she spotted Cloud by the wall. Immediately concerned, she made her way over to him.]

Cloud? Are you alright?

[She was already peering at him closely before he could answer, trying to gauge the cause of that wince. He wasn't injured, was he?]

Soldier or school teacher, it didn't matter very much to Sephiroth other than the former which was forever bitter to him as a result of a past that he didn't quite remember as much of as he should. Teachers were important, and he placed a high value on education though; even if, again, Sephiroth himself couldn't even remember his life from that far back. His previous inundations to the Lifestream aside, it could also be that his age was starting to creep up on him.

{...there is nothing there, as if it didn't ever happen but it must have...}

How stupid. Sephiroth couldn't help but to curl his upper lip up slightly at the small thoughts that didn't make much sense to him. Relinquishing everything of his past self had been a necessary sacrifice, and he knew that, so why have the thought chase him now?

"It has been a while since I've the need." He answered, banishing the near-scowl to a light smile in an instant. "Ever since I finished working on my new Job."

Indeed, that new Job which contained much of Sephiroth's own regenerative properties. Most injuries or even status ailments were shockingly short-lived these days.

"That is rather unlike what we've been used to. You didn't notice anything that would've sparked it off, I take it?"

He shakes his head. "A few impressions of something, but I fear I can't quite put my finger on it."

[Hylia's smile softens.]

I believe in you.

[She will leave it at that for now. She doesn't know what thoughts might be fluttering within her mind and it isn't her play to intrude. She wants to be there for the heroes that she holds so dear to her heart.

I feel that way too]

[Hylia nods, her smile matching the talented woman's. It's true that their odds were low but the goddess isn't one to give up without giving everything that she has. Since her time here she has finally regained her gifts and powers that she has been given as a goddess.

She knows with that she can stop the darkness.]

We will met again then.

[Souls can meet again and again through time.]

[So this is what it comes down to. Thancred watches the skies for a few moments, then turns away. He goes to speak to a few people, including a few of those working for the Heores of Light, trying to help distribute some cheer around the place.

The map, though, is a reminder of what they're up against- how difficult things are likely to be. He doesn't look at it more than one or twice- he's aware enough of what they're up against. No use in worrying anyone further with what they can't prevent.

He pauses once before the Crystal of Water, going down on one knee to pray briefly. Here, it has no true effect, but it gives him a moment in which to focus and draw strength.]

I suppose you're right.

[She brushes her hair to the side, letting out a large sigh as her cheeks recess from the drawn in air being expunged from pressed lips.]

I've got nothing to lose.

As well as I could ever hope to be, my lady.

[He holds a hand to his breast, feeling the anxiety practically leaping out of his chest as his words betray his real disposition. So much of him was uncertain, even in the presence of the benevolent Goddess. She had been an assurance, and while there was no reason for the Knight to doubt, the odds seemed so disproportionate that he cannot help but feel uneasy.

But certainly, a Goddess would be able to read him like an unrolled scroll with how apparent his behavior is.]

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