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Melodies of Life Moderators ([personal profile] melodiesmods) wrote in [community profile] melodiesoflife2015-08-12 11:47 am

Event || Genesis (Conclusion)

Characters: Everyone!
Where: Aqures Tosf.
When: Night of August 03rd, twenty-eight years in the past.
Summary: As the Heroes of Light were transported to the past, it is now the conclusion of their time travel adventure. It is the final night of the Festival of Light and the city is filled with visitors-- As such, it is estimated there are currently at least a few million people on the Island. Can they be saved?
Warning: Terrible things.

Princess Sarah
The End of Aqures Tosf
The Temple of Fire
The Crystal of Fire
tacticallyminded: (Perturbed)

[personal profile] tacticallyminded 2015-08-13 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
Hold on! Shouldn't we think this through!? Before--before we--

[Too late. Jack's run through by Logen, the knife sticking out of Jack. She stares down at him, then up at Logen. She sputters.]

[She doesn't quite believe it came to that.]

That--you--
bloodynine: (Death)

[personal profile] bloodynine 2015-08-13 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Figure there's some reason men like me got brought here. To do the killing that others won't.

[ He stares down at robin, his deep-set blue eyes cold, like the winter north of the Union. ]

Figured it'd best be someone who already killed all his friends, least those that didn't try to kill him.

[ He turns his back on the slumped Jack. ]

neverfirstclass: (What did you just say?)

[personal profile] neverfirstclass 2015-08-13 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
Wait...you can't be serious. This can't be...

[Like Robin, Cloud's protests come too slowly. He turns to Logen, gaping in shock.]

Why would you do that?

[Thanks to the visions he's had of his future, Cloud knows well the cost and value of sacrifice. But there's something wrong about this one. It all went too quick. Too easily. And all without knowing if it would actually help anything.

He looks at Jack's fallen body and keeps focused on Logen
]

How can you kill someone so easily? An ally!
red_planet_blues: (talk shit get hit)

[personal profile] red_planet_blues 2015-08-13 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
[A hand grabs Logen's shoulder and spins him around. Sparks might be toothpick thin and not particularly tall, but he sure carries himself like someone much bigger with how he is right there in Logen's face.]

I guess everyone here is outta their dang mind. How do you have any proof at all that you didn't just kill him for absolutely no reason?

[He turns to the others now as well.]

So let's think this through before we start panickin' and murderin' all our allies, ya got it?
bloodynine: (Ninefingers)

[personal profile] bloodynine 2015-08-13 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
I don't see anyone else here asking for death. So I don't reckon I need to kill anyone else. Right now.

[ He stares Sparks down, his eyes almost empty of emotion. ]

I kill easily because he asked to die. I reckon most of the allies I killed tried harder not to be killed by me. That I can remember, at least.

[ he shrugs. ] I figure a man like that knew what he was doing, and what he was asking for, in a place like this. Death is cheap for us.

makingfriends: (Never can quite reach you)

[personal profile] makingfriends 2015-08-13 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Ventus isn't looking his best, either, but he's here and (mostly) functioning, and agitated that this puzzle is the focal point of all this when there are still people getting attacked outside. As antsy as he is, he nonetheless forces himself to stay and listen--

--and, like the rest, he's still mentally reeling from what Kalki says when that awful exchange occurs -- and it's shocking enough that he's voiceless for a long moment.]


But that...!

[His fists clench, but he bites back his objection. Didn't he do the exact same thing once? Asking his friends to kill him for a greater cause -- he doesn't like this, not at all, but he can respect the decision that was made, at least. So he lets the others speak up instead, forcing his attention back to the bigger problem at hand, like he knows he needs to do.]

Then what about the crystal?

[Did it do anything, after all?]
sizedoesntmatter: (140)

[personal profile] sizedoesntmatter 2015-08-13 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Yugi had been watching it all unfold before his eyes and he just kept to himself. Arms closed in as he slowly starts to shiver. That crystal was powered by death and possibly ones soul if he thought about it correctly. Is that where they go? And all this just to summon them? Why? Things seemed okay before all this happened by the looks of it and he was sure that it would have still been fine if they had just left it alone.

The shivering wouldn't stop as he watched someone be killed in front of him, his eyes slowly welling up with tears. he was at his limit. He didn't know what else he could do He was angry and upset and he wasn't sure if he could keep it in much longer, so he didn't.]


Why did all this even need to happen?

[He gripped his nails into the palms of his hand, tears flowing down his cheeks and the shivering didn't seem like it would die down any time soon.]

Why were we necessary when before all of this things seemed to be fine? [He felt like if they hadn't been here in the first place would what have been happening before they were sent here had happened at all. It was really making him start to think as he looked on over to the hole once more, trying his best to stop crying, wiping his tears with the sleeve of his outfit.]

Instead of just focusing on just the crystal we should probably also focus as well on the possible thing down the hole that might or might not exist and might or might not attack if it gets out.
jadethenecromancer: (well this is just depressing)

[personal profile] jadethenecromancer 2015-08-13 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Jade didn't try to interfere with Jack's death. If there was any chance it would work, sacrificing one person to save millions was something he couldn't disagree with.

That said, he couldn't bring himself to be optimistic. If it had worked, they would already know it because Aqures Tosf wouldn't have been destroyed in their present at all.]


Without us, there would be no one to fight the Calamity. That's probably why Palitutu is doing this. [His words were directed towards Yugi.] But...

[But according to the future Kalki, they were the Calamity, or at least a part of it. The crystallization of the planet hadn't started until Kalki had brought them all to the Heran Research Center. So then... Would anything have gone wrong without them here?

They were still missing something. Jade, too, turned back to the crystal. If Jack's plan didn't work, they were back to square one.]
pastnpcs: (Kalki)

[personal profile] pastnpcs 2015-08-13 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Kalki has been on the verge to reply to Yuffie when Jack went ahead and asked for someone to kill him. Her eyes widened and quite obviously she didn't seem this was an idea any sane person should go along with. Are these people really Heroes of Light?]

What are you doing?

[She screamed when Logan seemed more than pleased to comply and kill his partner and rushed to Jack's side. As it is, nothing changed for the crystal. Things didn't get better as the Heroes started arguing amongst them. More than hatred now, there was also fear in her eyes, as if the Heroes were crazy and dangerous people.

And really-- They were.]


You're insane...! You are no Heroes, you're just as foolish as she is...

[She took a few steps back away from them with the intent to go to another console, but in the confusion of the moment she forgot about the crystal's position and stumbled as her steps took her to the hole beneath the crystal, nearly falling within it--

Thankfully she managed to grab the ledge with a hand, but that was all that prevented her from falling into that seemingly never-ending pit.]


Ah! H-Help...!
they_call_me_sonic: (Sonic - Skidding)

[personal profile] they_call_me_sonic 2015-08-13 09:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Sonic was caught sputtering and shocked at what had happened between Jack and Logen. What was the entire POINT of that?! Killing them wouldn't help, it was going to make things worse!

It was, then, he heard Kalki's scream for help. Pushing everyone aside, him and his Clone duplicate raced over, the real Sonic extending his hand towards Kalki while the other grabbed hold of him to hold him up.]


Grab my hand and don't argue with me! I'm not like the others - I'm not nuts!

[And the duplicate turned to the others]

Hey, little help here? And put your hatred for her aside or things are going to get REALLY worse!
sizedoesntmatter: (133)

[personal profile] sizedoesntmatter 2015-08-13 10:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Yugi snapped out of it long enough to run on over. He felt somewhat insulted at being called insane when he hadn't done anything wrong.]

I'll help, it's the least I could do.

[He went over to the clone to help in whatever way he was needed in helping her out.]

I assume you want us to line up so we can pull her out, right?
unyieldingspirit: (bury me where I was born)

[personal profile] unyieldingspirit 2015-08-13 10:55 am (UTC)(link)
[…she's inclined to agree. She's seen a lot, but this- What was anyone thinking?

She shoves it aside. She doesn't want to know. Whatever they're here for- she can't tell.

For what reason were we born…?]


All right.

[…there's enough death and dying already. She goes to Yugi and Sonic, with only a brief glance at the crystal, ready to lend her strength.]
thegreatninja: (confused)

[personal profile] thegreatninja 2015-08-13 11:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Yuffie wants to scream and shout at these idiots but more than that she just wants to cry. This isn't like her adventure before. These people can't work together. The heroes of light are just to different.

She backs up some, feeling to close to the hole in the ground. This is going all wrong.

Yuffie bites her bottom lip. She doesn't care anymore. This is all so stupid. This can't be the reason they were brought here. She wants to help, to do something but she's frozen in place.]
shinrasfinest: (Shocked)

[personal profile] shinrasfinest 2015-08-13 12:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[He knew it. To charge a Crystal which was an integral part of the way that life energy on this World functioned could mean only one thing - a vast amount of energy had to be collected by it...or passed through it. It would have to be a large surge, all at once as well. An explosion such as what was intended, killing all life within such a large radius would create a surge of life energy...

Which meant that the Crystal was a something of a gateway between life and death where the energy passed into and out from the Planet...but to summon them from their respective worlds? Sephiroth's thoughts reeled in the wake of the information given in Kalki's information though really he'd a big enough hunch. It resonated with something else just half-remembered...

The flurry of activity, raised voices, clipped statements drew Sephiroth's attention back as the sound of a dagger being slipped into someone was heard. He tensed as if to pounce on the murderer, having not paid much attention to the others til then, but Sparks was already in Logen's face by then. As law enforcement - he'd expect no less.

Kalki's scream as she slipped snapped his head back towards the arrangement nearer to the crystal and, without thinking, Sephiroth finds himself moving towards where Sonic and the others were. They are all much smaller than he is-]


Can you reach-? [He asks of Sonic before drawing closer, and if the distance calls for it has every intention of reaching over himself. Sometimes, being so much taller has it's advantages.]
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[personal profile] neverfirstclass 2015-08-13 12:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cloud wasn't about to let another death go by so easily and pointlessly. He was already moving as soon as Kalki called for help and as he arrives at the edge he grabs onto Sonic's hand without any questions. Planting his feet and digging his heels in he held his own arm back for anyone else to grab.]

Yugi. K'pandolu, one of you grab onto him. The other try to get ahold of the lower one.

[A long chain wouldn't help as much as 'fanning' out the effort might.]

Sephiroth! Take my hand!
they_call_me_sonic: (Default)

[personal profile] they_call_me_sonic 2015-08-13 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[At least some people still had sense! Hearing everyone gather around and help out, Sonic called back to them.]

Good, good - someone also try to get her other hand! If I can't grab her free one, the other'll be safe to grab, too!
pastnpcs: (Kalki)

[personal profile] pastnpcs 2015-08-13 01:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kalki did her best to grab on to Sonic's hand and for a second, she looked reassured upon seeing all these people willing to help her-- Yugi, K'Pandolu, Sephiroth, Cloud...]

Thank you...

[And just as it looked as though they would manage to save her, something else happened. Someone from the shadows of the observation floor above the Crystal of Fire shot a spell-- And this spell headed straight for Kalki's and Sonic's hands. The pain would be much too important for either Sonic or Kalki to manage holding on, and the ensuing flash of light was too bright for anyone else to have the opportunity to do anything.

And so Kalki had no choice but to let go both of Sonic's hand and the ledge. As the flash of light faded away, the Heroes of Light could hear her scream as she fell into the seemingly never-ending hole, until her voice got too distant for them to hear it any more.

Whoever had shot the spell though, they were coming. Footsteps could be heard from the stairs on the right side of the room.]
unyieldingspirit: (that was a thing I did)

[personal profile] unyieldingspirit 2015-08-13 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[she's making for her position when that light blazes out, and she dives, making a last-effort grasp, to no avail.]

No!

[you cannot change the events you see, Minfilia's voice whispers, and K'pandolu clenches her hand, still staring down, eyes beginning to prickle. The city, these events… What good was it? What good are they?

She pushes herself to her feet again, a tremble in her shoulders, and looks for the source of the spell.]
makingfriends: (but you can call me -- nvm screw you)

[personal profile] makingfriends 2015-08-13 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[While he would normally have been one of the first to try and help, Ven is still severely outpaced thanks to his injury -- so as the others run forward, he does his best to hurry to a midway point, tensed and watching the surrounding edge of that pit and the crystal hanging over it instead. There's still an uneasy vibe to both of them...

And then that spell, a blinding flash -- and he cries out even as he has to throw an arm over his eyes, that scream telling him what undoubtedly occurred.]


No!

[His eyes need a second to adjust, but the sound of footsteps and the trajectory of that spell were enough of an indication. He's already pivoting towards the stairs with Keyblade raised.]

To the right!
gomu_ningen: (It's This Room)

[personal profile] gomu_ningen 2015-08-13 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Things had happened so suddenly, at the pace of a lightning strike that even he could not process everything after all was said and done. The woman they'd long been searching for was now gone, and the world that kept them prevented Luffy from being able to stretch his arms to help.

What little he can do in this instance is see to it that whoever fired the spell be held accountable for their actions. It's the least he can do, and the conjured fires of anger that swell inside of him would be a fitting release to whomever it was approaching from their wing.

He turns at the sound of footsteps, hearing the other young man's shout to the direction in which the attacker emerges. He was more or less the sort to leap before looking, and this time was no different. A solid planting of his left foot pushes him off the ground as the pirate takes to a dash in the direction which Ventus decrees, moving as fast as he can so that his body is like a battering ram. He yells wildly as he charges, arms tight against his body as he puts the full weight of his attack into his right shoulder.]
sizedoesntmatter: (184)

[personal profile] sizedoesntmatter 2015-08-13 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yugi was about to move to help when the spell occurred and everything happened before his eyes. His eyes widened as once more he could feel the tears welling up. They couldn't do a god damn thing. As much as people tried they seemed unable to do anything. He slowly found himself sinking to the ground, not caring who it was that was coming down the stairs, at least for the moment. Instead he punches the ground, flinching slightly as he did. It hurt, but he just wanted to understand it all but just didn't seem able to.

At Ventus yelling, he looked up slightly, turning his head to the right to see who or what was coming down the stairs. Whoever it was he wasn't going to forgive them.]
thegreatninja: (Hair cut)

[personal profile] thegreatninja 2015-08-13 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yuffie snaps out of it and runs to Yugi's side. She gently pulls him away from the hole trying to get him to stand.]

Hey, come on. We already know she survives. That's probably how she manages too.

[She doesn't really want him to blame himself for this.]
bloodypast: (Travel Through Darkness)

[personal profile] bloodypast 2015-08-13 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Everything had spiraled out of control fast, and Vincent couldn't say he was surprised. He had some answers now, but not enough. Filed away in his brain, as he like other shifted his attention with the sound of the footsteps. Drawing his gun, ready, but not firing yet. Taking note of who was turning with him to face this possible new threat.]
pastnpcs: (Palitutu)

[personal profile] pastnpcs 2015-08-13 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[When Luffy charged to attack, something happened. Before he could strike at whoever was coming, his right arm crystallized-- And the crystallization process spread slowly throughout his entire body. It would take at least a minute to be complete, but by the end, Luffy would be in Crystal Stasis.

And then, a familiar voice came from the shadows.]


You can't change the future. This is why Crystallis won't allow you to harm me.

[The person who stepped down from the stairs couldn't be mistaken-- She looked exactly the same, and for a good reason since Tarutarus didn't physically age the way humans did. Only her clothes were different, but it made no doubt it was Jessie.

Behind her, a Moogle was following her, holding a now emptied Mognet bag. He looked pretty scared and uncertain, but even though his fur was not dyed, some may recognized him as a younger Artemicion.]
not_most_days: (I'll unman you)

[personal profile] not_most_days 2015-08-13 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kidd bit back a curse. Her instinct was the same as Luffy's but the younger pirate had been quicker and she got a very good view of what happened to the lad. As the tarutaru came down the stairs the anger on her face only grew more palpable. This was the woman at the center of it all, and one that they had been helping up to this point.]

Some of us damn well might try. I don't know if you noticed but we don't seem to be the most sane lot.

[She flexed her wrist, readying her blade once more...but she didn't move. The odds were too highly stacked.]

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