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?

Comments

[headfons]

If only that were the reason Luke was speaking up...

Something felt so incredibly off. For a good reason, too, seeing as the words out of Sephiroth's mouth... didn't match the words Luke heard. It sounded like the other young man was oh-so-casually pointing out a certain something -- that the replica was responsible for more deaths in the future.

"Wh-... I was only trying to help! What are you... what are you saying...?"

A somewhat defensive look entered his eyes, suddenly. While gritting his teeth, he shook his head. He was sounding way too much like the him they just watched in that memory... With a steadying breath, he spoke much more calmly, "I know... that people are in danger right now, but... we're going to stop it. Right...?"

[shinrasfinest]

Huh?

Sephiroth's expression startled a little and immediately his eyes narrowed and his brow came down while he looked over Luke. Why so defensive all of a sudden? He knew that sometimes he might come across as over-strict but, only thinking once again over what he had said, it was obvious to him at least that he'd asked in the most plain way possible --lacking any accusatory tone that Luke otherwise seemed to have heard.

Just as if Sephiroth's thoughts were contagious in some way, the defensive look followed in Luke and just like that the tension in Sephiroth's body language threatened to spike. He stood up taller, minutely pulled his shoulders back as the words from Luke just kept falling out.

"What are you talking about? I'm not accusing you."

[headfons]

It was the shifting in Sephiroth's stance that possibly added to the... illusion(?) that Luke was seeing; he couldn't be certain what was going on, honestly. What he was hearing didn't quite fit the conversation earlier. It didn't make any sense that there was a sudden change, but...well...

...That was how it had felt with Van, right?

Luke's expression only managed to tense more. The way he was looking at the silver-haired man might imply that he couldn't believe what he was hearing. He couldn't, though. Why was that guy being so adamant in his suggesting that Luke was to blame -- he wasn't the only one who'd gone, to top it off. It wasn't like with Akzeriuth, where he could look back and acknowledge that he had the biggest hand in that.

Besides, shouldn't they be focusing on the Calamity, rather than pointing fingers, anyway?! Why was... he saying all those things? Luke was gradually losing his ability to keep calm. His next words came out with quite a bit of anger.

"Where the hell is all this coming from...? What's your problem, huh?! First you're acting all nice, and then you're pointing fingers at me! Are you trying to mess with my head??"

[shinrasfinest]

What was going on? This wasn't right.

The edges of Sephiroth's pointed nose flared up noticeably when the space between his eyes couldn't be drawn down anymore, as Luke continued to react to the words that he'd simply not said. There had to be something that Sephiroth were doing that was causing it, triggering some sort of delusion in Luke's perception, perhaps.

A few of the other memories he'd been in so far had strange effects where onlookers became part of the scenes literally...not so much in other examples. Was this the 'quirk' with Luke's memory? If so, Sephiroth needed to change tack, and quickly...

Anger spikes Sephiroth's quick-temper and there is an obvious flare-up to his mako-d eyes in reaction, but no sooner did it happen than the silver SOLDIER fought to push the creeping rush of annoyance from spilling over into outright contempt. He smoothly, slowly unfolded his arms and raised his hands, palms forward in a small gesture of surrender.

"Calm down." It was difficult to force his tone to remain neutral in the face of Luke's own rising temper, but it wasn't all that hard to detach himself as he carried on. Looking at Luke's face but no longer looking as if he might see right through the young man into the core of being. "I'm not your enemy here."