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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[Cloud peered out at Daphne through his fingers. He recognized her, though the two generally kept in different circles. They'd worked together now and then but he wouldn't call her a close friend.]

No. It's just nerves probably. [He sighed, thinking about the two swords he had back in his room. He'd have to suit up soon.]

We've lose so much. So many people. We need to be able to turn all of this around. We can't let their deaths mean nothing.

[She nodded slightly, it did hit her hard at the mention of losing so many people and that they shouldn't let theirs deaths be in vain. She knew this as she gripped her hands lightly.]

We can't... They would want us to help... To save this world and ours. We can't let our sadness get the better of us. [She was mostly saying this to herself. She wanted to make sure she said it to herself over and over so she knew she could do it.]

Did you lose someone close, yourself?

A few people...and more than once. [The losses weighed heavy on his heart. Too heavy to make him cry. He could just feel the emptiness where they had been.] It's bad enough when a friend dies, but even then they still watched out for me back home. But them we were reunited here...

[He doesn't elaborate. Aerith and Zack's deaths in this realm weren't ones that went unnoticed. They were both so outgoing that they left many holes in their passing.]

{Wait...Zack dies? Aerith too? His girlfriend? That was her statue. Is that why everyone was mad at Sephiroth?}

It's not sadness anymore. I got past that after the first time I lost them. I even managed to stop blaming myself. But here.... [He glanced across the room where Sephiroth was mingling with the others and ground his teeth behind closed lips.]

It can't be for nothing.

[She listened to his words, she could tell that what he said was true and that they effected him and she wasn't sure what to say or do right away. So instead she kept quiet and waited for him to finish. When he had she then spoke.]

It won't be for nothing, that much I believe in. We will do our best and let peoples sacrifices not be in vain.

[Cloud nodded, but his tight frown wasn't going anywhere. He wasn't going to give up, but it was getting more and more difficult to hold on to hope. Mostly he was fighting out of sheer stubbornness.]

How do you hold on with all of this? What is it you have that keeps you going? My goals...my dreams...I'm not sure what's left anymore.

{You want to be a hero, don't you? Like Zack?}

Being a hero isn't so easy.

How do I hold on? [It was a question she asked herself at least once.] That's not an easy question to answer, but... my sister had her goals and dreams here. She wanted to help, to do something... To save this world.

[With each word she spoke, her voice cracked, it was obvious it was still fresh in her mind. Her sisters death. It was horrible.]

Those passed onto me and hat is what keeps me going. That... is how I hold on. I want to make her proud.

[Cloud gives a somber nod.] My best friend was pretty much the same. He dreamed of being a hero, we both did, but he had the clearer path. I was behind him, but he had no problem holding out a hand to help me follow.

He gave his life to let me live. His last words were that I was his living legacy. It kept me going back home but here...His name was Zack Fair. You might have met him. [Cloud still held on to the sword that the Zack of this world used. He wore it on his back into battle, even if he was now using his own to fight.]

[Daphne had heard of that name before and if she remembered, might have been on at least one mission with them. She was quiet as she thought about it.]

I do believe I recall someone with that name. So he was a friend of yours? But... I guess that isn't the case now... I'm sorry.

[She felt genuine in saying that, it was never nice to lose someone you cared about. It never got any better either.]

It could be worse. At least I remember him this time. [An odd choice of words, but the knowledge of Zack bolstered him. Just not in the same way his presence would.]

I'm sorry. I don't want to burden anyone with my problems. But...thank you for your advice. I'll think about what Zack would do if he was still here. I don't know if he'd have the best answer, but he'd have the one he most believed in.

[She did think that was an odd choice of words to say the least. After all it made it seem like they had forgotten before.]

I'm sorry, but you said remember him this time? Did you forget them or something before?

[She gave a small smile however, giving a bow.]

I'm glad to actually be of help this time. After the last few months I've been pretty much useless. So I'm glad that you find what I said to be useful.

[Cloud sighed and looked away.]

When he died back home it was a shock. He died defending me and asked me to carry on for him. I was...not well at that point, and somehow my memories of him got muddled with my own past. I forgot he existed for a while. I thought I was him, basically.

And then I came here and he was alive again but...

[He didn't need to finish that statement. Everyone had suffered loss here.]

[She knew he probably didn't want to say more, so she was trying her hardest to think of something else to say. It was rather hard really.]

I understand, but well... What is you mission for when we all start?

I'll be going with Sephiroth's group. I...made a promise to Tifa when we were kids to be there if she's ever in trouble. It seems as good a time as any to be prepared to follow through on that promise.

[Not entirely his reasons of course, but close enough to the truth.]

That's good. I hope that you will keep your promise no matter what.

[She didn't want to say more than that since what she wanted to say wasn't exactly the most positive.]

I would say I'll keep any promises I have, but I don't have any. But I'll be helping the best I could.

It won't be easy, but I have to try. We're Heroes, we have to be able to protect the things that matter to us after all.

[He looked at her and smiled a little, his expression softer than usual]

What about promising to come back alive?

[That was something Daphne wasn't sure about. Did she really want to come back alive? There was nothing left for her after all.]

I... I will try, but this might be a tough fight ahead of us.

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