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Post by Nicola Next on May 23, 2004 17:08:41 GMT -5
The last thing I remembered was Maya knocking me unconcious and now I was somehow wandering the deserted streets of LA.
Well I say deserted, apart from the bodies that littered the dark streets. They were charred as hell and made the city smell like a bonfire as I gingerly stepped over them.
Looking up I saw the brightness of the moon, it's blue sheen glaring down as I marvelled at it's not yet fullness. Why I was here I still didn't understand but I called out to my friends, willing them to be here, but my mouth wouldn't work and no sound passed my lips
[Mai?] Nothing [Maya! Help me out here... Joshua? Doc? TPot? Anyone?]
It was then I noticed what was next to the bodies. Weapons, fragments of clothing, of jewellry. A soul saber, a jade necklace, broken glasses. These objects and more had blood spattered on them as I felt my stomach flip and my head swim.
I sat heavily on the cold ground and flinched as a breeze washed over me, a shadow appearing before me. I looked up at the dark figure looming over me, bright eyed and ready to grab me as I fell backwards and smacked my head on the floor.
In the Spot my eyes snapped open and I screamed.
((I love making things more complicated *grin*. Tell me off if it's too much and I'll delete it))
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Post by Joshua on May 24, 2004 0:34:45 GMT -5
Despite not being in my astral form, I felt something pass me by, even as I felt the warm tingling feeling of Mai's magic embracing me and the others. I smirked at the feel and evidence of the shield and traded nods with Doc as we quickly headed to the only place we knew where this sort of thing could be done.
However, I couldn't keep out of my head the feeling of that . . . something that was probably on the astral plane. But without stopping and going to the astral plane myself, there was no way to find out more or time to figure it out. So, we all just ran as fast as we could, and I hoped for the best.
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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on May 24, 2004 2:22:01 GMT -5
Alright, light on the moon, causes apocalypse, shut it off. Not too difficult.
Yeah, right.
As we ran through the streets, I turned to Joshua.
"This is probably a stupid question, but has anyone ever tried creating a telelpathic link with a werewolf so they can at least partially control it in wolf form?" I asked. "I mean, I'm no fan of mental manipulation, nor am I not appreciating the magic shield, but we coudl probably use the extra fire power."
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Post by Joshua on May 24, 2004 5:54:37 GMT -5
"If anyone did think of it and try it, undoubtably it would have been someone quite evil first. And..." suddenly I stopped moving, causing the others to stop.
"I've got to get back to Mai and Nicki! Go on and stop whatever the hell this is! We'll catch up when we can." I ran back to the Spot, hoping I wasn't too late.
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Post by Nicola Next on May 24, 2004 6:41:53 GMT -5
I backed up into the corner of the booth and hugged my knees to my chest as Maya ran over concerned
'Nicki? Nick what's wrong?'
'I... I can't' I squeezed my eyes shut 'Protect them. It's coming'
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Post by Maya on May 24, 2004 10:29:15 GMT -5
((just a note- its a jade bracelet, not necklace))
"Nicki? Nicki, cool it!" I reached out to her, trying to calm Nicki as she babbled incoherently. I shook my head in despair, and did the only other thing i could think of- i reach out with my mind.
[Nicki] I said, delving into her mind [Nicki, can you hear me?]
[Yes.] Said a small voice. I had managed to grab Nicki's physical hand, and all of a sudden... something very wierd happened. I felt a sort of tug, and ... i think i was in Nicki's mind. My physical body lost consciousness.
[Nicki?] I asked, looking around what appeared to be a street, then a graveyard, then a house... flashing images i couldn't begin to understand. [Nicki!] I cried again. Then she was there, just like that, standing before me with tear stained cheeks. [what happened?] I asked her. She shook her head,
[Tell me.] I said.
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Post by Nicola Next on May 24, 2004 11:23:31 GMT -5
[You're dead]
Maya stared at me as I reached forwards and slowly turned her around
[You're all dead]
I pointed to the bodies, to the carnage and shook my head. The moon froze my back as I fell to my knees, the footsteps were coming and I had to get Maya away
[Get out. Get out now. Please]
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Post by Maya on May 24, 2004 11:37:52 GMT -5
((oops, my bad about the necklace- this is before battle royale, right?Thanks jess.))
I gaped at the dead bodies, and the blood stained items.
[oh god...]
I was suddenly back in my own body, very much conscious, and i could feel, like Nicki could, what ever it was that was coming for us. And it wasnt very far away.
Summoning all the strength i could, i Threw up more powerful shields around myself and the others, and watched as Nicki folded further into the corner.
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Post by Joshua on May 24, 2004 14:22:08 GMT -5
I felt Maya throw up her defenses, big time. Just as I reached the outer edge of the one she had thrown up around the Spot, I stopped and then looked for a place where I could lay down for a while without anyone disturbing me. I quickly just broke a window in a car and lay down in the back seat. Then I closed my eyes . . .
. . . and just like that I was in my astral form, which I sighed dejectedly as I saw that it was still a female 'me', but I got past that and turned to the Spot, and with too much ease for my own comfort, I bypassed Maya's shields, which I think triggered some kind of alarm as I did so, but it didn't matter, because the . . . the shadow that I had felt and had caused me to come back was already in the Spot, and was hovering over, around, and slowly pooling more and more of itself into Nicki.
"Aw shit," I cursed, which immediately brought Maya's attention to my spot. As the last time, just after the enjoining thing, she could see my astral form, but no one else could.
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Post by Maya on May 24, 2004 15:37:16 GMT -5
"Joshua!?" I gasped- i would have laughed in any other situation. "You dumbass- you tripped my wards- i nearly fried you, even in your astral form."
"Theres something here... its getting into Nicki."
"I know." I replied. "I feel it." I felt a little dizzy, and tried to shake my head clear, "It's... It's powerful."
"Maya?"
"Yup? What?" I shook my head again. "Powerful..."
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Post by Joshua on May 24, 2004 23:51:02 GMT -5
"You wanna maybe lighten up on the protections enough to let me through, so I can go inside and help Nicki?" I asked her.
"Oh, right, sure," she said distractedly and I felt the strain of the invisible bonds holding me back from the darkness, and Nicki, release me and without hesitation, I leaped in, swimming through the darkness into the recesses of Nicki's mind and soul.
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Post by Maya on May 25, 2004 5:05:30 GMT -5
"Maybe... maybe that wasn't the best idea i've ever had..." I said vaguely. Some part of me was saying that it was a damn good thing that Joshua was only entering Nicki's mind in astral form, not soul to soul the way i had... because something wasn't feeling right... I looked around at the bar, which was becoming lots of pretty colours... a bit like running paint... "Oh Sh*t." I murmured, before blacking out.
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Post by Nicola Next on May 25, 2004 11:55:05 GMT -5
I continued to wander down the streets, occasionally bending down to inspect bodies in case I knew them. I had yet to find myself and I was beginning to feel extremely uneasy at having been left alive.
Something blew past me and I closed my eyes, not wanting it to be...
[H-hello?]
[Nicki]
I whirled around, upset that someone else was here. I had only just gotten Maya away before it happened, not wanting to live the chaos
[What do you want?]
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Post by Joshua on May 25, 2004 22:43:30 GMT -5
"To help, duh!" I remarked, stepping over a bloody and half blown up dream version of my true body. In my female Slayer astral form, I doubted Nicki either recognized me or realized I was not a part of this vision of madness.
"How could anyone help me? Everyone I know is dead," she wailed, pulling more and more into herself, trying to shrink away into nothing.
Thankfully this dream was based on reality, not dream-reality so that did not happen.
"Well, for starters not everyone you know is dead," I told her, drawing her disbelieving stare.
"I'm not dead," I told her with a smile as I took another step closer to her.
"I don't know you," she stated. "Who are you?"
I had been dreading this to a degree, but I had an answer ready that wouldn't sound crazy at least. "You can call me Jay. And believe it or not Nik, I am here to help you. But in order for me to do that, you need to do two things."
"What's that?" she asked, distrusting.
"First of all . . . accept my help," I took the last step so I was right in front of her. "And secondly," I said when she didn't back away from me, "help me kill whatever is trying to kill or corrupt you. I can't do it on my own. I need your help, just like you need mine."
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Post by Nicola Next on May 26, 2004 10:29:40 GMT -5
I looked meekly at Jay and gave a small nod
'But what is it?' I hesistated 'And what do I need to do?'
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