Event || In Your Worst Memory

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Characters: All Heroes of Light. Only those who signed-up can start a memory.
Where: Interdimensional Rift
When: May 27th - May 30th
Summary: The Heroes of Light relive some of their worst memories, with a twist. All characters participating in this will be physically missing from Crystallis for the duration of the event.
Warning: It depends on the memory.

Where you were or what you were doing— It does not really matter. Not any more. Everything around you freezes, nearly as if time itself stopped, as if the world was frozen in time. And before you have a chance to understand what is happening, you can hear a voice right behind you.

"Kali Shashidhwaja."

Should you turn around, you may see a child who seems to be the only one aside from you unaffected by what is happening. And as she stares right at you, it makes no doubt these strange words are aimed at you. But before you can reply to her, the world around you collapses. Reality twists and shatters... Or maybe you are the one who is collapsing and shattering away from reality as you know it. No matter what the answer is, it will only take a few seconds for you to find yourself sinking into a void, Crystallis vanishing into the distance. There is nothing but darkness as far as the eye can see.

And once again you feel different: all the powers from your Jobs are fading. Not only that, but you might find that your Crystal is gone and your clothes back to what they were before you woke up in Crystallis. It is silent, cold and before long it feels as though life itself is slipping out of you... And yet, slowly the world reforms around you. The darkness fades away and a new world appears, yet at the same time this is not a world.

This is a memory. The question is, is it yours or that of someone else?

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Nanami's Memory: Adoration (passive)

[nomorecowbell]

Part 1
[OOC: scene starts at 5 minutes]

You are in the courtyard of a building. A greenhouse shaped like a birdcage is in view. A red-haired young man, about 17, in what looks like a fancy pseudo-military uniform in white is entering the greenhouse. A teenage girl in a female school uniform embraces him. Nanami (in her yellow duelist's uniform) can be seen lurking out of sight of the couple. A second Nanami, in the normal school uniform is standing apart, staring at her other self. "This must be a nightmare!"

You hear the girl and boy speak. "What is it?" "Oh, don't worry. It's nothing."...

Part 2
[OOC: scene starts at 12 minutes]

It's after dark. The young man sits in an armchair in front of a giant picture window. There is a lamp, but otherwise the large room is empty. Nanami in her school uniform is sitting in the corner looking sick as her past self (in the yellow) enters. "Ah, Nanami," the young man says. "Welcome home."

"Look, there's something I want to ask you. Do you know who End of the World is?"

[OOC: Feel free to skip ahead to other parts of the scene, or talk to the present Nanami. The memories are on repeat.]

Nanami's Memory: Adoration (passive) - Towards the end before repeating

[goddessofthesky]

Zelda didn't know what she was watching as the scene plays out before her eyes. She knew that Nanami had demons that she was running from but she didn't know what form they took. This young man made Zelda shiver as if she could sense the darkness within his heart.

Zelda walked up to the girl who watched the dream. Her voice was soft speaking her name so that she would know that she wasn't alone.

"Nanami."

Re: Nanami's Memory: Adoration (passive) - Towards the end before repeating

[nomorecowbell]

Nanami looked up. "What are you doing here?" she asked. She didn't know why she was seeing things from her past, or and seeing them like she was someone else, but Zelda made this whole thing even odder.

Nanami's Memory: Adoration (passive) - Towards the end before repeating

[goddessofthesky]

"I don't know." She glanced around before letting her gaze rest on Nanami. No matter how she looked at it she didn't know this place.

"This is the second memory I've been in." She felt a shiver run through her at the thought of visiting other memories. She had seen things that she shouldn't have and she wasn't sure what it meant for Nanami.

"I'm sorry all this happened to you."

Re: Nanami's Memory: Adoration (passive) - Towards the end before repeating

[nomorecowbell]

"Why are you apologizing," Nanami said bitterly. "You weren't even there."

Nanami's Memory: Adoration (passive) - Towards the end before repeating

[goddessofthesky]

"No one should have to go through that." Zelda glanced over at Nanami. It was obvious how these events had affected the pour girl.

Her expression was calm but Zelda didn't smile. "You are very strong to be able to keep going."

[theendiswherewestartfrom]

In a way, this is far more tame than the other memories that Jack has seen so far, and more heart-breaking at the same time. There doesn't need to be massive war or death for a young girl to get her heart shattered. He watches in silence, for the first repetition. When it loops, he is somehow not surprised. He reaches out a hand towards the Nanami that is reacting, the one that seem trapped on the outside with him.

"Nanami?" He can't remember, for a moment, if they've met in person yet. "It's Jack. What- what is this?"

[nomorecowbell]

Nanami remembered Jack. Remembered she'd asked him about some of the weird stuff she'd seen at Ohtori. Having someone else here made her feel exposed. "What does it look like?"

[theendiswherewestartfrom]

Anger is...good, actually, Jack can work with that. "It looks like we're getting messed with." If he can get her to focus on the situation, instead of what this effect is trying to show her?

"Something nobody else could possibly know about," he nods towards the scene, taking a guess.

[nomorecowbell]

"Except my brother. And the Chairman. And probably Himemiya," Nanami said.

[theendiswherewestartfrom]

"Somebody's messing with us," Jack insists, "but the memory, it's coming from inside of us. Gotta be."

He briefly looks away, shoots a cold glare at her memory of her brother. "Who is he?" Other than someone who clearly has no consideration of Nanami's feelings.

Nanami's Memory: Adoration (passive)

[flowershrine]

Anthy watched the scene play out, sighing at its simplicity. She'd borne witness to Nanami's ferocity in the duels and watched as she became the only one aside from the Intended to know the truth of her relationship with Akio. And for what? The truth chilled her to her bones, as she remembered opening the door to a small cabin.

"You really loved him, didn't you?"

Re: Nanami's Memory: Adoration (passive)

[nomorecowbell]

Oh, Anthy was probably the third-last person Nanami wanted to see.

"Of course I did! He was my big brother!" Nanami snapped. She wasn't even sure about the past tense. A part of her still wanted the attention and care, even if it wasn't enough to override her revulsion at Touga's suggestion. That and she knew how her brother treated those girls: a baby sister had been different than a girlfriend, since you couldn't throw a sister away.

Except he did. So Nanami had to reject him in response. She didn't want some crummy consolation prize.

[flowershrine]

For a long time she'd suspected that Nanami was more similar to her than the Kaoru girl and seeing confirmation unnerved her. That was a lie; Nanami had far more self-preservation than she ever did. Anthy did not flinch at her temper, instead looking back over to the memory playing out.

"Is your brother."

The correction was gentle as she looked back towards the blonde. Having been directly subservient to Akio seemed to have its benefit here, as she mulled over the most gentle way that she could inform Nanami of the truth.

"I know the truth, if you would like to know." mercifully, Anthy understood that she might not. Some moved on from the past brilliantly without any closure.

[nomorecowbell]

"What truth?" Nanami said. She didn't trust Himemiya. Perhaps less than she trusted the Chairman. Maybe because Himemiya had never stopped pretending: she'd seen what Touga and the Chairman were like when they gave her that car ride. Himemiya had always acted like the innocent sister and friend.

Of course, she'd never really seen Himemiya alone. She was usually shadowing Tenjou, or with the Chairman. "The truth is, my brother doesn't care for me, and probably never did. I was just another interchangeable girl to him, and didn't realize it because he was being my brother."

She hated that. Even now, even when she wanted someone who she could count on to care about her, she wanted them to care about her. Even Touga hadn't known what she actually wanted from him.

[flowershrine]

Anthy turned back to Nanami, figuring it was the lease she could do to look her in the eye. Ohtori had done a number on them both, she realized. The blonde's pain was easy to forget - she was still a child, already free of the terrible game and Anthy felt her cheeks flush with embarrassment.

"Touga was cruel in his pursuit of his ends and as such, but he became ...strange towards the end. I think he was more honest with you than the rest of us," Her eyebrows knitted at that. "He did not lie about your adoption."

This was going to end poorly, she knew but Nanami deserved better than this. Let her hate Touga, purge him from her heart - it would let Nanami stand strong where she had failed with Akio. Let her be ill with grief and disgust now and grow from this.

"What he did not tell you is that he was adopted with you. You are siblings."

[kobatonotdobato]

Kobato had felt it rude to be in others memories. It felt so very wrong in her mind, but never the less she wasn't sure how one could get out at all. Instead she did her best to not pay that much attention, closing her eyes and trying to find a way out.

That was the best way to avoid it altogether, to not seem as rude, but it wasn't when she tripped over her own feet, sending her falling to the floor and opening her eyes once more, she could see the blonde.

"I-Is this your memory? If so, I-I'm sorry."

[nomorecowbell]

"Are you pitying me?" Nanami asked. Which was an answer to both questions. Because she didn't want people to feel sorry for her. At least, she didn't think she did. She didn't want to be seen as weak or something someone had tossed away.

[kobatonotdobato]

"N-No, I mean I'm sorry that I'm here. I didn't mean to be here." She didn't full understand what pity was and even if she did she knew that she wouldn't. It was sad from what she could see and she could tell it might be a good memory for the one in front of her.

"But it seems like this memory makes you sad."

[nomorecowbell]

"That was my brother. I mean, I just found out he was adopted, so I guess he wasn't really my brother, but..."

But sibling relationships are built more on shared genes.

[kobatonotdobato]

"Does it matter if he was adopted or not?" She tilted her head slightly, she just didn't get it no matter how much she thought on it.

"I'm sure you would of cared even if you knew that the whole time."

1)

[not_most_days]

Mary wasn't sure what brought her to this place, but under any other circumstances she might have found calm and peace in this place. But clearly something was taking place here that that was at the core of Nanami's heart. She remembered the young woman from a brief encounter months ago. She caught her falling off of a roof then. Would she have to catch her again now?

The pirate woman held back but spoke up, "This place...is this where you come from?"

Re: 1)

[nomorecowbell]

"It's the school I attended," Nanami said. She shifted attention to herself, rather than watch the couple in the greenhouse. Despite the distance, the conversation carried well enough:

"Was someone spying on us?" the other girl asked, concerned.

"There's no one," the boy said confidently. But his head had moved towards where the past Nanami was hiding. "Besides, we're not doing anything to be ashamed of."

"Well, if your sister spotted us together, she'd kill me."

"I have no sister."

The girl was surprised by this. "Huh? But..."

"We're not related by blood."

"I'm surprised," the girl said. "You always seemed like the perfect big brother."

"That was just an act. My father ordered me to do it."

The Nanami from the memory winced, doubling over as if in physical pain, then sat up, gasping in shock. The current Nanami looked at Kidd, as if trying to read her companion's reaction to seeing this.

"'Love her like a real sister', he said," the boy was still talking. "I mean, why else would I associate with a little girl like that? A common, boring girl, like her."

Re: 1)

[not_most_days]

Mary's eyebrow went up as she listened to the conversation. She wasn't so scandalized by the illicit meeting but she was sure she could safely guess they were talking about the blonde girl standing near her.

"Your brother sounds like a real charmer." Mary looked more disappointed than disgusted or shocked. She'd met her fair share of folk who were scum like this. The fact that the red haired young man didn't need a bottle of rum in him to get this far made it all the worse.

She looked at Nanami with an eyebrow quirked, "That girl was one of your mates?"

Re: 1)

[nomorecowbell]

There is a reflexive flinch: Nanami still loves her brother, even if she agrees with Mary's assessment. He was charming, and, while before, Nanami assumed that girls took things the wrong way and threw themselves at someone who was genuinely a personable person, she could see that it was deliberate now.

"Keiko hung around me a lot," Nanami said. "But really, she just wanted to get close to my brother. She kept asking me about him." So had Yuuko and Aiko. It was hard being friends with them, because Nanami suspected they had been loyal to Touga's little sister, the rich and popular girl, not Nanami Kiryuu. Juri-sempai and Miki had been safer, even if she hadn't hung around them as much, since neither cared too much what Touga thought.