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200805 0301120113092025 ([personal profile] 0301120113092025) wrote in [community profile] melodiesoflife2015-05-27 03:27 pm

Event || In Your Worst Memory

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?
tozanarkand: (TIDUS :()

[personal profile] tozanarkand 2015-06-01 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
Tidus rushed forward, blinded by the rush of emotions, paying no attention to the fiend that took shape behind the party, and instead brandished his fists. He approached Valefor in a hazy state, punching at her stomach pointlessly as he cried.

"And I've been telling Yuna... 'Let's go to Zanaraknd together!' I told her all the things... we could-- we could..." he pulled at his hair, "And all along! The whole time, I didn't know anything!" And down to the ground he crumpled. "But Yuna, she'd... just smile..." he hunched low to the ground, as the aeon wrapped her wings around him, almost as though Valefor was trying to comfort him.
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[personal profile] grandsummon 2015-06-01 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
That was it. She couldn't hold it back any longer. From her place in the shadows, mercifully overlooked so far, Yuna's shoulders shook with sobs that she bit back, teeth pressing harshly into her lip. She wrapped her arms around herself, squeezing her own body tight, her eyes shut -- though the tears still trailed silently down her cheeks.
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[personal profile] tozanarkand 2015-06-02 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
"Yuna...are you hurt?"
Small wonder that Lulu spotted Yuna first, and moved briskly to her side as the others were engulfed in the battle of the arriving wendigo. Effortlessly calling a spell to aid a fellow guardian in her peripheral vision, and be rid of a bothersome fiend in her path.

The black mage stands before her summoner, hand slightly out in case she needs to ready a spell as more fiends form from the errant pyreflies. Crimson eyes glance half down, worriedly - though her focus remains ahead. Torn, the mage cannot comfort and protection both at once. Her black skirts help block the fallen summoner from view for a few moments more.
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[personal profile] victorix 2015-06-02 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
Rikku was dashing towards the back of the Sanctuary as soon as she was able, well aware of where Yuna was most likely to be. It was easy enough to go unnoticed - with the Aeons and and so many guardians, they were fighting strong. Less so and less so, as the fiends grew denser - but still, they would be fine a moment without the thief.

Rikku met Lulu's half gaze with her own, noticing the black haired woman glancing down beside her...had she? Rikku's heart was in her throat...why was, why was Lulu looking on the ground?! Distracted, the pugilist barley manages to dash out of the dive of a Bomb fiend, made aware only by the grace of Lulu calling out in warning. The Al Bhed dances lithely back, stealthily moving away from the sights of the enemy - she left these ones for the big hitters.

Normally. Rikku reverses course, rushing back at the fire elemental as it changes its sights, from her to Pacce. A true child of Spira, the boy is as unphased by the fiend charging him as he is the bodies that lay around him - or perhaps simply unaware. Not bothering to assess the dangers Rikku darts in front of the child, punching with her pugilist arms with all the force she can muster. The creature jolts sideways, allowing her to yank the child guardian out of harms way just as it begins to expand. The act is quelled in an angry clash of magic, as Shiva - called by Isaaru, unleashes her vengeance on the creature.

"You ok?" She still holds his arm while he stares up at her, wide eyed.
tozanarkand: (AURON ?)

[personal profile] tozanarkand 2015-06-02 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
The seasoned guardian's reaction is a "Hmph." Though to what, exactly, is anyone's guess.

There were too many fighters, it was creating chaos. He spares the child a glance with his good eye.

"Summoners, carry on. We will take care of the fiends. Rikku. Tell them where to go."

If there was going to be a protest or question of authority from the youngest of Yuna's guardian's, it was quickly quelled when Pacce begins to cough at the toxic air. She runs over to Dona and Isaaru, talking out directions with her hands.

tozanarkand: (WAKKA :()

[personal profile] tozanarkand 2015-06-03 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
It was Wakka who moved alongside Rikku, helping to usher out the living that remained inside the sanctum. He looked uncomfortable, and awkward, as though he was trying to sink back into himself amongst the senseless violence. With his ball in hand, he was ready in battle stance, wiping away at his chin, a nervous gesture at best.

Helping one of the guardians to their feet, he cleared his throat. "This way, ya? Rikku will show you..."
Edited 2015-06-03 03:24 (UTC)
grandsummon: (:'()

[personal profile] grandsummon 2015-06-03 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
It was no use. The tears just wouldn't stop coming. She didn't need to look up in order to know who's voice that was. "Lulu..." Yuna sobbed, her hands fists, grinding her eyes as though that would somehow stop the flow. They all knew -- what it meant to becoming a summoner... the topic that they all side-stepped over the years, aside from that day. they'd tried to stop her from completing the trials...

"I'm sorry -- " It was all she could say. It was all she could ever think to say. All this senselessness, all these lives lost, more death, more suffering... Wasn't being on a pilgrimage supposed to stop all of those things?! But here they all were... drowning in a sea of everything she had wanted to end. "I'm so sorry..."
tozanarkand: (LULU ... :|)

[personal profile] tozanarkand 2015-06-06 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
The sharp crackling of ice resounds as the mage summons blizzaga, the normal rush of frosty air that accompanies the high level spell is not felt, it's no match for the suffocating heat of the sanctum.

"You've done nothing wrong. I wish, you had not seen that."

Lulu steals the briefest moment to place a hand to Yuna's shoulder, a gentle reassuring squeeze before she pulls away. Thundaga sounds an instant later, and with it a guardian's familiar yelp.
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[personal profile] victorix 2015-06-06 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
After sending the remaining Summoners and Guardians to the airship - Rikku had to explain the way three times because she was frazzled and talked way too fast, she found herself looking up at Wakka. What did...he think of her now, of her people? He often said such cruel things. It was hard, having an Al Bhed hater in the group, yet she knew he was a good man just, misguided. What was it he had just said, right before she'd found Home in ruins? When she mentioned Yevon had done really bad things in the past...he said they must have deserved it...it hurt, now more than ever.

Rikku turned on her heels away from the orange haired blitzer, dashing to make her way through the chaos over towards Lulu. It seemed like Auron knew where Yuna was, for he was fighting to keep the fiends from heading that direction now.

The moment Rikku spots her cousin, the blonde throws herself to her hands and knees beside her. Caution be damned - the young guardian will deal with fiends when they get here. "Yuna..." The horror of it all, the lost comrades, so many deaths, the fall of Home - at least, she could still protect her family. "You're...you're here." Her voice is heavy, shaking with sorrow as she moves to try and pull the half Al Bhed into a tight embrace.
tozanarkand: (WAKKA :()

[personal profile] tozanarkand 2015-06-23 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
As the Al Bhed whizzed by, Wakka shuffled awkwardly in front of her, a hand rubbing at the back of his head as he frequently cast looks her way.
grandsummon: (>:)

[personal profile] grandsummon 2015-06-23 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
The brief contact from Lulu was enough to quell her sobs, as she quieted herself while the black mage effortlessly kept them safe. Her shoulders shook just once or twice more as she bit down on the edge the knuckle of her finger. For all of their sakes... she had to be strong.

When a flurry of orange and blonde came clamouring her way again, returning the familiar squeeze helped to stop a new wave of tears. Rikku... she couldn't imagine what the young guardian was feeling, seeing, experiencing all of this... She knew that the storm of guado at Home would be disastrous but this... this was a whole new level.

"Rikku..." she sniffed -- what could she even say?
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[personal profile] tozanarkand 2015-06-23 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
By the time Rikku had had returned, enough time had passed for even Tidus to notice the slight gathering in the corner. From his place on the ground still, a break in their legs revealed a glimpse of the summoner. "Y-Yuna!"
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[personal profile] victorix 2015-06-24 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
The hug is almost painfully tight, when guardian and summoner pull back - Rikku's hands move to Yuna's forearm's. "Are you hurt?" She tries to keep her gaze focused on her cousin - and just a little upwards. Afraid to look at the bodies on either side of them, recognize anymore faces. She gives a reassuring squeeze. "You need to, get up...if you can Yunie. Please." They needed to get her to safety, "Can you do that?"

Turning back to see where Kimahri is - sure he can carry the healer if need be, what the Al Bhed sees instead brings her to her feet like a tidal wave. A dingo managed to break through the guardians, skirt Lulu's Blizzaga attack with its speed and is launching itself straight for the mage. Rikku intercepts, catching it with a left hook in the side of its head mid leap. The fiend plummets to the ground, hardening to stone.

Edited 2015-06-24 03:34 (UTC)
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[personal profile] tozanarkand 2015-06-24 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
Rushing forwards, Auron pulls his sword down in a final blow on a Dual Horn. Taking a step back as the fiend begins to fade. His head turns to the side to find his next target, only to pause. Instead of floating away, the pyreflies the fiend dissolved into are staying in place as if held by some supernatural force.

The automatic doors to the sanctum opens, drowned out by the sounds of battle - though the incoming footsteps of the many Guado footsoldiers that fill the room are more than audible. The first row raise their gnarled hands - and those pyrflies that seemed free to wisp away suddenly condense. Still others appear and dance into hideous shapes. Where before it seemed manageable the sanctum is in mere moments, completely filled with fiends.

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[personal profile] grandsummon 2015-06-30 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Of course..." she wiped her tears away, putting her brave face back on again. If she had to be strong for anyone right now, it was Rikku. The bodies are all around them, the alarms were still ringing unforgiving in their ears. The tragedy of what had happened here... Yuna had never expected the guado to have been so cruel. "I'm fine. I'll be okay..." which was more than could be said for the brave Al Bhed, who now littered the sanctum all around them.

But when she heard his voice, that same voice she hadn't heard in so long, calling her name, after he had said all those things... Yuna stiffened, trying her best to void her face of any expression... which never worked when it came to Yuna, of course.

"Everyone's here..."