melodiesoflife | Event || In Your Worst Memory

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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Zelda watched the mage as he moved. Once the soldier she had been facing was distracted she moved to get a line of sight with the elusive caster. She was quicker than the soldiers having no armor to hinder her movements.

Once the man was in view she called upon her gifts as the goddess. There was a faint glow in her palm that shifted and formed into a bow made of a pale golden light. She pulled the string back, an arrow forming in her sights, before releasing the arrow at the mage. He would feel the pierce of her arrow and then the light magic that coursed through her shot.

She was able to hit except that now she was left open should a soldier see fit to attack her.

Olivier is good with a sword, and she makes quick work of spotting the weaknesses in the armor the soldier is wearing and when the opportunity presents itself she slides her sword into one of these weaknesses and rather than checking to see if he stays down, she heads back to Ashelia, that thud and gasp didn't bode well.

When she sees her on the ground, Olivier directs a yell at the soldier and charges with her sword intent on distracting him, "You have to go through us to get her."

The claws of K'pandolu's baghnakhs are not, in fact, meant as such, and so she relies on blunt strength, slamming into the weak points of the soldier on her as hard as she can. However he goes down doesn't matter as long as he goes; she's still concerned about the mage, and she will move to pursue him once she's unoccupied. If that flare goes off, they're sure to be in more trouble.

Edited 2015-07-03 16:12 (UTC)

With two soldiers on him, Jade abandoned his casting and summoned his spear, deflecting a sword swipe and side-stepping another. Though he was primarily a caster, that didn't mean he couldn't hold his own in a melee fight, and his favored weapon had the advantage of longer reach.

"Thunder Lance!" A lightning strike accompanied the thrust, hitting one of the soldiers regardless of whether or not they tried to block the attack. Unfortunately, Jade had no chance to assist the others without leaving himself open.

Zelda's arrow of light rips through the mage savagely. He grunts as he hits the floor, his spell interrupted...but he begins casting again, labored as his breathing sounds beneath his helmet. It seems he's unable to get up.

The soldier Olivier fought before switching targets gasped in pain as her sword ripped through the padded space under his sword arm. As Olivier moves on, he stumbles backward, downing a potion.

The soldier standing above the princess has no choice but to turn his attention towards Olivier, sidestepping her charge deftly and holding his sword up in a defensive stance. "If you resist, you'll only make it harder on her!"

For her part, Ashe backs up, dragging her sword along the ground. Her eyes dart from her assailants to her protectors.

One of the soldiers attacking Jade crumples to the ground under the effects of the Thunder Lance, his armour smoking in the cool desert air. The other soldier doubles his efforts, charging forward in an attempt to get under the lance and strike the bespectacled mage.

Edited 2015-07-09 03:13 (UTC)

Zelda wasn't sure if the mage was dead or not and so she moved closer trusting the others to take care of the remaining soldiers. She saw his lips moving and carefully strung back her bow again.

Light gathered as she released the arrow hoping to end whatever horrors the mage had sought to bring upon them.

Olivier doesn't miss a beat in turning to face the soldier when he dodges her charge. "Why do you want her? Go ahead, try and talk me out of knocking you on your ass," she says as she swings at him with her sword.

Since Zelda appeared to be taking care of the mage, K'pandolu redoubled her efforts on the soldier closer to her, hitting him hard enough to make a terrible crunching sound, before turning to charge the second opposing Jade. Perhaps they could try to take one prisoner- but she thought all might become clear in time, all the same.

K'pandolu's charge came at the right time, as the soldier's attention was briefly split between two assailants. Jade spun his spear above his head and stabbed it down into the ground, calling forth a gust of wind to knock the enemy upwards.

With a gurgle, the mage's head falls backwards and sideways. He is certainly dead.

The soldier facing Olivier parries her blow, but barely - he seems surprised by her strength. "Why do we want her?" He shakes his head briefly as he takes another step back, sizing up his opponent. "That is the Princess Ashe, the last of her House, and the last descendent of the Dynast-King." He lunged towards Olivier, bringing his sword through in a downward slash. "With her cooperation, we can avoid this war!"

The crunching sound coming from the soldier attacking K'pandolu is indeed the sound of his ribs breaking. He collapses to the ground, shouting in pain as each breath rakes hot fire across his mid-section. He grunts as he prepares a technick - what it could be is a mystery.

The soldier now facing both Jade and K'pandolu is swept backwards and up by Jade's spell, his arms wheeling as he tries to keep his equilibrium.

Zelda looked back at the group keeping her bow at her side. "War?" From the looks of it war already happened and there was no way it would possibly be avoided now. They would protect Ashelia no matter the opponent.

"Let's keep moving." The soldiers looked like they were down for now.

"Then why kill the household? Wouldn't she be in a better place to negotiate with people around her she trusts, not people who have slaughtered those she trusts?" Olivier demands as she meets his blow and gives a heavy push back.

She's not certain if Ahselia can see or hear them yet, but their enemies can. As she puts moe power into her push, she raises her voice.

"Go with them, we will protect you, Lady Ashelia."

K'pandolu twitched one ear towards Olivier- she could think of one reason to put new people in place, certainly- but her attention remained on the soldier. It wouldn't be over until they were all down, in her experience, and she meant to try to ready herself for their next movement.

Jade gave his target no time to regain his balance, instead lunging forward to finish him off. He knew from experience how to deal with armored enemies with a spear and expected no further difficulty from this one.

He stopped to gauge the situation, intent on covering Zelda and Ashelia's escape -- only to realize the soldier lying on the ground with broken ribs was still moving.

"Look out!"

Ashelia gasps, her breaths coming heavy as she witnesses the battle. She crawls away from Olivier and towards Zelda, stumbling to her feet when she gets to a safe distance from the brawl. "Th-thank you!" she exclaims as she reaches the other blonde, one hand going to her chest. "O-over there, the great hall." She points in front of her, to where the sounds of battle waft into the courtyard. "If there's fighting...loyalists...!"

The soldier facing Olivier stumbles backward, but keeps his feet. "Negotiate? She's lucky Lord Vayne has spared her life at all - if she knows what's good for her, she'll choose life as a puppet over the end of her line!" He takes a deep breath and then lunges forward again, aiming to skewer the woman and end their exchange.

The soldier laying on the floor extends a hand toward K'pandolus, grunting with the effort. "B-balance!" he gasps, his hand going limp afterwards - not dead, but certainly spent. A moment later, K'pandolu will feel the effects of the technick, as the damage the soldier has sustained is wrought upon her.

Jade's attack is indeed fatal, the soldier lifeless by the time he hits the floor.

Zelda gently reached out towards the young princess as she came close. She looked over at the ground feeling her thoughts tremble.

"There must be a way we can get you to safety." She looked at Ashelia with a determined gaze. "As long as you live, you escape, there is hope." As long as Ashe kept fighting then her kingdom can be restored.

Olivier quickly side steps away from the weapon and lunges in close to get her blade into a gap in his armor. "If there is no negotiating, then we don't need you," she hisses.

K'pandolu swivelled back, ears up in alarm- hadn't that been enough!? The technick caught her completely by surprise and she buckled, hissing as she went to her knees, gasping as the pain struck. Still, she forced herself up after a moment, with the power of Second Wind, and moved to take the soldier out completely, this time.

Olivier seemed to have the other soldier under control. Jade hurried to assist K'pandolu, covering her while she was down. Between the two of them, the injured soldier lying on the ground stood no chance, whatever his abilities.

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