melodiesoflife | 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?

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[Levy didn't expect her spell to work, but she's at the point where she's trying everything she can. This scene reminds her far too much of the overwhelming odds faced by the guild when they were under attack by Phantom Lord. But Fairy Tail survived that, so she's sure Luffy can survive this.]

That's it...! You can still fight back! You've never lost - not as long as there's still life in you!

[She grits her teeth, squinting her eyes shut hard as she tilts her head toward the skies.]

You're still alive!

[Every word that echoes in his head begs him closer towards the strength deep within his soul. As if a fire had begun to boil the temperature of his blood, as if he'd been stoked in the flames of will, all of it was flooding into his heart as he fought desperately to try and pick himself up off the ground.

He growls like a wild beast, his jaw snapping open and closed as he struggles against the arrows still embedded in him. Wooden splinters shatter in every direction as the wooden ammunition is broken against the pull of his appendages. Still marked, still skewered by the fledglings, Luffy stands before the Baron with his shoulders rising and falling at an exhausting rate.]

Death it shall be then, boy! I warned you!

[The Baron fires a shot, aiming straight down the hillside towards the direction of Luffy's stomach. Despite the speed at which it flies at him, despite the fatigue already stacked upon his body, the pirate moves with deft speed to step aside and catch the arrow as it moves past him. The impact of his grasp is enough for the arrow to explore, the smoke pillowing up into the air as a result of the massive eruption.]

I warned you.. But death was the only outcome to this, anyways.

[Levy gasps as the arrow explodes, her hands coming up to cover her mouth as she tries to peer through the smoke. She's not sure what happened, but she can't believe a villain like this could ever be allowed to win.]

Luffy! Keep fighting! You can still win!

[She looks out over the battlefield, trying to find something to latch onto that can restore the young pirate's vigor and hope. And then she sees the Baron's flower, and it hits her.]

If you don't save your friends now, who will? Get up! Hit him back! Your friends are all waiting for you!

[The smoke encircles around him as his body begins to rush with a charge, injured legs moving as if they'd some how regained their full strength with a spell or a sudden surge of energy. Luffy is less of a man than he is a charging freight train, the coals of his anger keeping the engine of his heart at full heat while he plows ahead to erase the distance between he and the man who so selfishly tries to belittle his friends.

In his haste, the Baron readies a series of arrows on his bow. Simultaneously, he fires the barrage of six fledglings, sending them down the course of the hillside so that they litter Luffy's body with perforations. The speed at which the pirate moves is little compared to the deft flight of the arrows, his appendages torso now look more like a living pincushion as they're punctured by the ammunition. The series of explosions that result from the attack give the Baron momentary pause, his guard dropping so that he can laugh at the sight of stupidity.]

And there you have it! What good are dreams and friends if you cannot keep them, eh?! Gyah ha ha ha!! What a sorry excu-.. ?!

[Through the smoke, through the dense cloud of grey and mist, come the fresh embers that flake off of Luffy's body as if a second skin were being shed. Still running, despite the many holes that appear along his frame, the pirate's eyes are now burning with a ferocity unlike any he'd ever shown before. His mouth is tightly sealed, his nose flaring as gasps of air keep his heart boiling to help his feet move along the tracks of fate leading toward the Baron.

A single arm is raised as Luffy finally meet his target. There is no need to extend the hand to the powerful length that his Devil's Fruit allows. There is no need to hit the man with any more power than he holds in the momentum of his hips or upper torso. No, the weight behind Luffy's punch, the burden of adoration and compassion, the care he holds for those he's met during his time in Aquares Ixen and the many fights they've faced together, it's a world of weight more than either muscles of gifted powers can ever hope to unleash.

The world becomes white, time almost slowing to a standstill as the knuckles of Luffy's fist leave the sort of impression into the Baron's skull that would rival even the greatest hand of a sculptor to clay. The imprint of his fist sinks deep, replacing bone and teeth with a vacant cavity that forms from the shattering impact of his resolve. The punch recoils, sending the Baron flying upwards across the mountainside. Yards, meters, at least a mile now exists between where Luffy lands and the Baron now rests, the pirate left to look across the vast void between them as the sound of dripping blood now rattles in his ears.]

Their dreams.. Their treasure.. NOTHING IS GOING TO STOP ME FROM PROTECTING THEM, YOU HEAR ME, ASSHOLE?!

[Levy is concerned for a moment when she loses sight of Luffy in the smoke, but once she sees him come rushing out in a blur, she pumps her fist in the air and cheers loudly.]

Yeah! That's it!

[The young wizard is utterly in awe as she watches Luffy defending his friends and their dreams. It seems her initial estimation of him was entirely correct - he's like a pirate version of Natsu from another world. Just watching him in action reminds her of home, and of the burning spirit of her guildmates back in Fairy Tail.]

That was incredible, Luffy! Now go save your friends!

[With the first step he takes in the direction of the gigantic "paper clip" on the mountain top, the world instantly pulls apart around them as if threads were being pulled from a ball of yarn. The elaborate memory is unraveled, dismantled in a matter of seconds to see that the pair is now standing in the familiar realm of Aquares Ixen.

His second step ends with his entire body going rigid. The tank of energy that had been running off of high-octane fumes was finally spent, causing the pirate to fall forward and skid across the ground like a pebble barely skipping upon the water's surface.

One last breath of air leaves him, his back rising before all of it is expelled from his lungs as his face pushes against the dirt.]

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