Event || In Your Worst Memory

[0301120113092025]

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?

Comments

[tacticallyminded]

All right! Here they come!

[And indeed, here come the Risen. There's a wave of them -- Chrom slashes through another, before he's parrying the axe swing of a second. Robin blasts down one Risen with a well-placed spell. A fourth, though, is charging right for Robin and Levy.]

[scriptrix]

[Levy doesn't even miss a beat, gesturing with her hands briefly before calling out the name of her attack.]

Solid Script: Fire!

[The word 'FIRE' appears floating in midair in front of them, composed of blue fire, before it shoots forward and engulfs the Risen in flames.]

[tacticallyminded]

Th...that was very... literary.

[There's a brief break in the Risen, but another two are coming. Robin draws her sword this time; she swings the steel blade into the side of one, beating it back. The other pushes its comrade out of the way, and comes at them from the side.]

[It swings its axe in a chop at Levy's side, before Robin can get in to help parry it.]

[scriptrix]

That's Solid Script!

[Levy winks back at Robin, clearly happy to have her magic back even temporarily. But the sudden assault of the Risen takes her by surprise, and she falls to her knees with a cry as the axe cuts into her.]

[tacticallyminded]

Levy!

[The Risen doesn't last long; Robin spears the thing through with her sword, then twists to the side -- and cleaves out the side of it. It shatters into dust around them, before Robin looks down at her new friend.]

A-Are you...?

[scriptrix]

I'm fine...

[Levy's a bit squishier than most of her friends back home, but she manages to stand.]

It takes more than that to finish a Fairy Tail wizard.

[tacticallyminded]

[She fishes in her robe, before she pulls out a vulnerary; some herbs in a pouch.]

Take this and chew on them. It'll heal your wounds.

[scriptrix]

Thanks.

[Levy takes the proffered herbs, doing just so. Within moments, her wound begins to heal, and she stands more steady.]

Wow... that really worked fast.

[tacticallyminded]

It's handy, but I only have a few. Ready to get back to it?

[scriptrix]

I'm ready. How many more are there?

[Levy glances back to the battlefield, taking stock of their situation.]

[tacticallyminded]

It looks like about four--not counting those two.

[Chrom's handling those two. One and a half, really; he just took one's arm off.]

Let's do this!

[scriptrix]

Right!

[Wasting no time at all, Levy gestures again, aiming a spell at two Risen that are standing close together.]

Solid Script: Hole!

[This time, the word 'HOLE' flies out toward the two, imprinting itself on the ground just in front of them. As the Risen proceed forward, they fall through the ground just as if there were really a pit trap in front of them.]

[tacticallyminded]

[THUNK. Down go the Risen! They fall into the hole -- and the fall's bad enough that they're not climbing out. Robin hurls another lightning blast out -- this one smashes into an unfortunate Risen, blowing it back.]

[As the last one comes in, Robin swings her sword out instead; she chops into it at the shoulder, and it explodes into a burst of smoke.]

There! That leaves him!

[And Validar is indeed turning to look at them.]

[scriptrix]

I'm ready.

[Levy will wait for Robin to make the first move, since this is her memory. But she's standing by with a spell at the ready.]

[tacticallyminded]

[And Robin goes running, sword gripped tight in hand. She trusts Levy to back her up here from range. Validar turns; she bolts over the first shot of darkness that he hurls. Robin's in, after that -- her sword swings hard for his side, trying to find purchase.]

[He ducks back, reading another spell -- but his flank is exposed to Levy!]

[scriptrix]

[Levy is all for that. She fights much better at range anyway. Watching Robin, she moves in from the other side so that she can cut off his advance. And once his flank is exposed...]

Solid Script: Bullet!

[This time, the word dissolves into a spray of metal shots, colliding rapid fire with Validar.]

[tacticallyminded]

[The spray of metal shots slams into Validar, throwing him back. He doesn't crumple, but he stumbles, and throws his hand out at Levy. "Die!"]

[A wave of black energy hurtles towards Levy. Then, he is shot in the side by a blast of lightning, courtesy of Robin -- but he doesn't fall yet.]

[scriptrix]

Solid Script: Guard!

[Levy is ready for it, tossing up a defensive spell. The black energy impacts the word and disperses harmlessly.]

We've almost got him! One more, Robin!

[tacticallyminded]

Right! Here's how it's done!

[The tactician spins -- and then looses a final spell. The beam of electricity goes flying, and slams into Validar. He shoots a blast back at the same time. His burst of dark energy hits Robin in the shoulder, throwing her to her back.]

[But the blast hits Validar. The lightning hurls him to the ground and he convulses, before he collapses in a heap. He isn't getting back up.]

[scriptrix]

[Levy rushes over to Robin to check on her.]

Did... did we do it? Is that it?

[tacticallyminded]

[Robin nods, dimly.]

I... I think so.