Eira looked up at Catch as he spoke, protectively vowing to never let the Abyss hurt her, and encouraging her about standing her ground and continuing to live life. It especially touched her heart due to a recent conversation of theirs where Catch began to trust in her and her ability to be strong, and here he was already proving his growth in heart. She smiled at him, grateful and touched. "Catch..." She reached out to take his hand, giving it a faint squeeze. "You're right. We're in this together, no matter where we failed before or were afraid. We know we'll win this, we'll free ourselves of corruption, everything that holds us down. Nothing will come between us," she murmured, giving him a softly determined gaze.
The nurse was watching them, not speaking up again yet, writing notes on her clipboard and observing them like a scientist observes a creature in the wild.
Catch Return Eira determined gaze as she spoke and nodded his head, he was proud of her and together he believed that they could face what lay ahead " we will get though this " the shapeshifter Squeezed his wife hand back
"Hm? Ah, sure thing." Boreas replied, completely casual, even as he picked up his pace to walk beside Eater. He still stayed a bit of a distance away from him. After a brief moment, he spoke up again. "...So, where do you get hot chocolate here? Fairly certain the only places I've been to are... Your room, the infirmary, and a room that was temporarily Fiona's."
"I had some things of hot chocolate on me before, but I used them all," Eater replies, holding his head slightly down as he stares at his hooves and slowly resumes walking, "There's a kitchen here though, they've got hot chocolate there... I didn't think I'd need so much hot chocolate, otherwise I would've gotten more from ho--" Dreameater growls a bit as he quickly lifts his head back up and corrects himself: "NO! We--I--Weaver's house, when I was at Weaver's house, that's not 'home,' my den is here..."
Then he hesitates a moment at the doors to the basement. He can sense two auras coming in this general direction, but he doesn't recognize them, so, very carefully, he takes one of his shackled chains, opens the door, and pokes his head out of it to see who it might be.
Aaliyah had resumed walking, casting Theo an unamused glare as he was snickering and snorting, "I don't get what's so funny" she turned her head away and looked ahead of them.
Just in time to see Eater poke his head out from the basement, she let out a near blood curdling scream, "A Nightmare!" she had jumped back, into Theo as she screamed, and the two fell to the ground. Aaliyah laying on top of Theo.
A 'whoosh' had been heard from Theo as the impact had driven the air from his lungs, "It's...probably Dreameater" he wheezes out, trying and failing to fill his lungs with air again. Especially since Aaliyah was still on top of him.
Mal knew if he faces Alexandreas that he try to kill her, but there was still hope, Boreas had saved her from him and the captain didn't try to kill him, that was a good thing right? And though his thoughts on most of the other key hunters were not high, they did make it this far and most seem to Tolerate him despite everything he done maybe they could help in some way? he didn't know how they could but they were his best shot... one thing Malice did know was if he died then Dreamwaker would be queen and as queen she would have the power to do as she wished and he had no doubt that Waker would murder Alex...
With that Malice turned his eyes Towards the Ancient frost, his eyes were not Solid black for his Motives were not of pure evil, he had a reason to live belong himself now... from the darkness shot Several Blades.
With the Only warning of the kings glare, Waker had a Split second to React, she jumped back from the king and in the process the Frost ancient used her magic ice, it Jettisoned around her with Chilling speed however it wasn't enough, the sounds of Blades Impacting the ice that was still forming raing out with different tones, Clinking and Shrieking as they Scraped or broke though the ice or her chains. Several of the black Blades had hit their target, they cut though the thick hid of the Frost ancient, Waker hoofs Barely hit the ground before she kicked off again, time was something you could not waste with Malice if you wanted to survive...
Ice Spread across Area with greatspeed, it form wildly, Twisting and Turning forming claws and spines, Waker took cover behind her ice and a Cement pylon, she knew this wouldn't stop Malice but maybe slow him down " Im actually surprised you place traps, maybe there still a bit of a king left?!" The Ancient taunted, Waker Took her remaining chains and began to rip out the blades, the blades were 6" Wide and 16" long, these nasty thing were Sinking into her hide, Once they impel their victime the Shaft would begin to heat up and melt, Releasing a heated toxins into his prey
"I guess we could s-start by just trying to act normal around him...?" Terra suggests, writing more things down in his notebook, "Not be overly friendly to try and get Weaver out, b-but not being on edge around him, maybe... Make sure we're not coming across as too obviously trying to help W-Weaver... Maybe try to keep his m-mind off of that idea too, distract him..."
(Ah nice, hope you can get that done quickly and well!
I'm doing alright! Planning to do lots of art today, at least as much as I can fit in X'D I'm doing a comic page commission for the first time ever, which has required a lot of time and patience. But I have the drive to do it because I wanna get to drawing my Renashin kids X'DD
Good idea!" Fiona nodded, writing down a few things in her notes as well. She let out a bit of a sigh at her next thought, "We're probably gonna have to start off slow after what happened today, but... It'll be worth it!! We're gonna help Weaver out!" The Elemental stated confidently. Then she paused, thinking for a minute or so... "His appearance changed in a dream... Dreams are weird, but that makes sense... ...Oh, hey! Speaking of Purity's dream again... How was she?"
(Also I was looking back at the Quirani map and it's honestly really blown me away! You did a great job on it, from the shape of the land to the details and colors! It makes me happy to see X3)
( i hope so to, but family needs help, I don't think we be to much longer though. Ooo! A comic page sounds fun! You always been good at poses and ley outs x3 you do great! It be a fun month of kitten xD )
(Im doing alright, having a bit of art block do from stress but if it get to bad it tends to put me in an art Frenzy, but right now I'm doing alright. )
(So I've got my main account working on my phone again! But there's no way for me to get into my side account anymore, unless I miraculously guess the correct password x'D)
There's a lingering worry in Terra's mind if something goes wrong and things get worse for Weaver, but he glances over and can't help but smile faintly at Fiona's optimism. "... Y-yeah..." he mumbles, then goes quiet again until she asks her other question. "Uh, well, she seemed like she was doing alright, for someone who was attacked just a while earlier... I went in to see Weaver sitting and holding her, she told me h-he had been gentle with her and helped keep her warm, y-you know, he did things to help her... A-and then, I didn't really see any signs of the corruption affecting her too much..."
Boreas listened to and watched Eater as they walked. If he knew any better, he'd say the Nightmare looked depressed, staring down like that, but he knew it had to be something else... "Mmhm." Was all he said in response to Eater 'arguing with himself' yet again.
He paused when the Nightmare poked his head out the door. The Elemental had his own thoughts about that, but it didn't take long for his questions to be answered by a shriek on the other side. //Yup. Visitors.// He eyed Eater now, readying his magic just in case. "Keep a hold of yourself." He muttered, knowing how long it had been since the Nightmare had eaten... He had no idea how he'd react.
Dreameater tenses up a little when Aaliyah lets out her scream, indeed, it's been a little while since he's heard someone scream like that, and it's also been a while since he's gone hunting... Luckily with Boreas there, the Nightmare only stares wide-eyed at the female Vaseterm for a moment before slowly walking out the door the rest of the way. "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine... I'm fine," he pins his ears back and mumbles back to Boreas, letting go of the door with his chain. Eater then hesitates a moment before shape-shifting back to his human form, suppressing his darkness as much as possible. "... Is that better?" he asks, glancing between Aaliyah, Theo, and occasionally Boreas.
What the human girl said surprise Ethan even more, that she had Concern for the Nightmare, this showed with how his ears twitched and he tipped his head slightly, the wolf boy was Curious if she knew Dreameater former self, he had also picked up on that Crystal wouldn't be able to help Eater if he get hurt// Scarlet Perfect a Nightmare from healing?... that would be really bad for any Nightmare but why couldn't she heal him?... dose Scarlet Pervent any form of healing? // his thoughts was put on hold with what was going on next and stay quiet for the time being.
After rubbing his head Jason gave the human girl a thumb up " see! She gets it! I bet that blood sucker be jelly that C man dropped her for lady C "
Now Jasmine was getting in on it but for a different reason, this was now starting to sound like her Soaps and dramas she liked to watch on TV " its like Tom did with Leena for Isabel! In Cycles of are lies!"
Ethan and Jason both look at the dragon shapeshifter with Rather confused then Disturbed facial features " no, this isn't nothing like one of your Soaps! ... if anything it more like " Jason then put a hand to his chin try to think of a story close to what was going on " hmmm, this is more like batman and Batgirl against Poison ivy "
Ethan knew if he didn't get things back on track Jason and Jasmine would both end up getting in a war about TV shows " I think we should stay on track... but that just me " he looked to Crystal, if one of the Kings believed the blood sword would hate Crystal it likely would be true " if you use yourself as bait that could be dangerous... we don't know that much about Soledormir Cursed weapons... but I have no doubt she try to kill you... you are one of the key hunters "
Crystal watched and listened, but as Jasmine and Jason started talking about things she didn’t understand, she couldn’t help the really confused face she started to make while she thought, ‘What are Soaps? ...Maybe it’s books or stories of some kind..?’ as her brows knitted together slightly, ‘Bat people? I guess that wouldn’t be the weirdest thing I’ve seen..’
She wasn’t sure what this had to do with their conversation, how it related to her, Crimson, or Scarlet, and didn’t know what to say about any of it either.. She looked over at Ethen when he spoke up, pleasantly surprised, and thankful, that he was going back to what they had been talking about before. Crystal chewed at her lip while hearing what the wolf boy said. She didn’t know much either, she only knew what little she had been told by Crimson and her Key, and it definitely wasn’t enough to form anything close to a foolproof plan that made sure no one got hurt in the process.
Soon she let out a little breath and shrugged a bit, “I know this could be dangerous, but.. what else do we have to go on that doesn’t involve getting Crimson or a Nightmare in harms way right now? I’m sure she wants to kill me too, like you said, I’m one of the Key Hunters, and add on top of that I’m close with the person she’s bound to... If I was her, I think I’d want to get rid of me too..” She paused for a moment, “I know I probably have no idea what situation I’m really putting myself into, but I know she’s extremely dangerous and needs to be locked up again, for Crimson’s and everyones safety. So if you guys want to go through with this.. I am willing to do it.”
Truly, part of her couldn’t believe what she was saying.. They hadn’t even agreed to the idea of using her as bait yet, but she could already feel the fear creeping up inside. She didn’t know what would happen in doing something like this, all she did know was anything Scarlet would and could do wouldn’t be good, that she needed to be found and trapped again, and if she was going to be their best bet, Crystal was going to help, especially if it would also help Crimson in the process.
(Thamks everyone! I tried to reset the password for my side, but I can't get into the old email I used for the account, so I can't change the account password. X'D I don't think there's anything I can do unless I figure out the correct email pass.
Sure thing Lilly! I'll share it on one of the Discord channels when it's done.)
Fiona smiled a little at what Terra told her. She was glad to know that Purity had been doing alright. "That's great! That means we've got a good chance at helping her get fixed up too, right?" She paused for a moment. It saddened her to think that Weaver had tried to be there for Purity, but Eater was making everything hard for him. "...We're gonna help both of them." She muttered, her voice full of determination. Then she looked to Terra again, "And hey! You did great going in there and checking things out! I bet they were both happy to see you."
"Y-yeah, I think so," Terra replies, "We just need her to wake up from her coma, th-though I guess we should try and keep an eye on her, to make s-sure the corruption doesn't... do anything to her or anything... Just in case..." Then he gives Fiona a goofy grin, even in his true form, and tries to rub the back of his head with one of his ribbons. "A-ah, well... I-I was just doing what I had to... They were, kinda, m-maybe..." he says, then adds, "Y-you... You were great, too, m-making sure Eater didn't leave or do anything before I got Nevaeh...""
Theo gave a thumbs up to Eater when the Nightmare looked less Nightmare. His eyes watered as Aaliyah still sat on him, she took a moment to collect herself, then hastily stood up. "I knew that, I knew he was here"
Aaliyah fixes herself, to look less startled, trying to appear calm and even. "What were you doing? Lurking around in your Nightmare form like that?" she questions, "Not the wisest decision, you could spook the foals"
Eira smiled back at Catch, eyes glimmering in hope. "Yeah... We'll make it through."
The nurse spoke up again, walking towards the couple and ending their moment. "It certainly appears you have a drive to survive, and that is oftentimes the first step to freeing oneself from harm. We will look into your condition further, but for now we must continue to support the Dreamer and apply to her what has helped you. After her wound has closed, we will keep her blood pressure low to reduce the corruption spread, and discourage shifting and extrenuous activities. We will keep a close eye on her condition and see whetehr she gets better or worse."
Boreas gave Eater an 'ok' with one hand when he glanced to him, then he eventually stepped out from the door to the basement and closed it behind him. "...Boy, this makes for an introduction." He mumbled, turning his attention to Aaliyah, "...At the very least, he's only been hanging around his 'room' for the majority of the time. And hello. I don't believe we've met."
...Then his attention was brought to Theo, who was still on the floor at the time. A hint of concern showed up on his face. "...Either of you. I haven't met either of you."
Dreameater scrunches his face up a bit at Aaliyah's questions, and he looses crosses his arms. "I just came out of my room, like he said," he refers to Boreas and continues, "I was only in my true form for a while, and I don't like being in it. I probably would've shifted back before too long, anyway." The Nightmare waits for a reply after that, but as he does so, it dawns on him: //Wait a moment... They don't know I'm possessed...!// and then Eater relaxes a bit, holding his head up slightly with a faint smirk.
Aaliyah gawked for a moment at Boreas when he showed himself, //He's a boy version of Fiona!// she thought that cool, //He's not cloudy though// she studied his beard, //icy?//
Theo was slowly standing up, "I can breathe now" he wheezes out dramatically. Looking to the Elemental, "My name is Theodore, but you can call me Theo, this is Aaliyah" he takes her hand in his, "My mate"
His partner, however, was casting a dirty look at Eater, //I don't like Nightmares, I don't like the way he's smirking, no matter how small it is// she was tempted to make the gesture 'I have my eyes on you'
Fiona gave a grateful grin, "I had to do my best when I saw you and Catch get so excited about Weaver! Eater thought you guys were crazy, but I knew you had to be on the right track!” She thought over the events of earlier, "Sparky was awesome too--he helped out a lot!" The Elemental briefly glanced to the ghostly Fairfin, "And Anna and Serenity kept an eye on Purity... And Catch! He could tell Weaver was in there because he could sense his will in there with Eater's... I didn't even know he could /do/ that!"
"Air is very important--I would know, as an Air Elemental." Boreas joked, "It's a pleasure to meet you both. My name's Boreas, and I'm Fiona's uncle--if you know her, that is."
His gaze briefly shifted to Eater and Aaliyah. He thought he might have a pretty good idea as to why the Nightmare was smirking... And on the other hand, he was nearly positive he knew why Aaliyah was giving the Nightmare a nasty look.
Dreameater stays quiet as introductions are given, but his smirk fades a little bit when Theo makes a certain point. "... Your 'mate?'" he asks, raising an eyebrow at him.
"Nice to meet you Boreas" Aaliyah and Theo spoke in unison, Theo being the one to snicker after.
"Uhh" Theo gave Eater a puzzled look, while Aaliyah kept giving the Nightmare a dirty look, //Right other species call their mates something else// he thought quickly, "She's my girlfriend!" Theo nods, "Would us kissing make us married though? We are eternally bound to each other, like someone marrying another" Theo shrugs, "Girlfriend, Wife, she's like that to me"
Sparky turns his head when he hears mention of himself, and squints as he gives a huge grin and a thumbs-up to Fiona and Terra, and then goes back to his tablet.
Terra quietly nods his head, keeping his big, happy smile as Fiona lists off other things, and when Sparky gives his little thumbs-up too. Though, there is one little thing that Fiona mentions that gets Terra's curiousity going again, and he asks, "H-how /did/ Catch do that, b-by the way...? I know Nightmares can sense and feed off of negative emotions, but... It sounds different then what Catch did, r-right...?"
Boreas just stood there, glancing between the group and taking internal notes. //...I suppose that's how they refer to that here? Ah, cultural differences... Glad I never ran into this back when I was trying to get a girl. Boy, that would've been awkward.// He wasn't one to question anything like this, so for the moment, he just stayed quiet.
...He did keep an eye on Eater though, figuring that he wouldn't like hearing about this one bit.
Fiona brought her hand to her chin at Terra's question, "Yeah, I think it was kinda different? Catch told me he started feeling what others do after he started having visions... He can connect to people's emotions! He sat down in a chair in front of Eater and focused /really/ hard--and, uh... I had to try to not freak out and distract him..." The Elemental hesitantly admitted that last part in a mutter, "He told me /all kinds/ of weird things Eater was feeling... Well, Eater and Weaver. He could even feel when Eater was calm, though, so... I think it's different!"
Catch Squeezed Eira Gently as the Nurse talk about the plan for the Dreamer, he nodded his head " she might not look it but Purity has a Fighting spirit " he then looked to his wife " like you " he smiled Warmly.
The Dreamer prince then Directed his attention back to the Nurse " if they anythings I can do please let me know "
Eater only briefly glances at Aaliyah, as he isn't really worried about her, and he really wrinkles his face in disgust when Theo brings up kissing. "Kissing doesn't make you married," he snaps, "You sound like you don't even know what you're talking about..."
Theo throws up his arms, "And what do you know about the Vaseterm!? Not every species slaps a silly ring on the finger to call someone theirs! Vaseterm form a life bond with a kiss!" his wings ruffle. "That is no different than marriage! I pledged my life to Aaliyah! It's the same thing with minor differences!"
"Theo" Aaliyah finally pipes up, "Stop arguing with one of Soledormir's dark creatures, these things don't understand love or loyalty" her gaze never left Eater, "You're wasting your breath" she spoke softly to her partner.
Ethan found himself staring at the floor as the human girl was actually Considering doing this "... we don't know what will happen... we don't even know what Scarlet is capable of...we shouldn't take one of Soledormir Curse weapons lightly "
Jason stopped at this " I know that..." he signed, the blood sword Excaped under their watch " she gave us the slip already, and it was pretty Obvious we were her goals, the question is what is?"
" Oh come on!" Jasmine Threw up her arms " we got this! We took on Killy before, we can take on this Hunk of metal! Nothing to worry about! The Dragon shapeshifter then wave a hand " I think we should go!"
Ethan had his Doubts but wasn't gonna speak them out loud.
Jason tape his chin in thought, he was on the fence " I think we can but we need to get ready first, the better Prepared we are, the better we be ready for whatever " he took one hand Embolden into a fist and brought it into his other making a loud clap sound " We should Ready ourselves, get Supplies and even see if others could help " he then looked to Crystal " what you say lady C? "
"Hmm," Terra mumbles in return to Fiona's answers, thinking on it a bit more. "So... It's not a Nightmare thing with Catch, th-then... M-maybe... Do you think it's because he's a Prince?"
Boreas was actually a bit surprised by Eater's response--though, he figured it wasn't really /Eater's/ response... Well, maybe the expression was. Either way, he looked to the two Vaseterm, then to the Nightmare, "Ya know, I think we should all just drop this subject. I came out here with this guy looking for some hot chocolate. The sooner we get that, the sooner he can get back to his room."
"I dunno... His visions are kinda connected to that... Sort of? And that's when it started..." Fiona muttered, narrowing her eyes now as she thought about it, "There's... Something else with that, though--the whole 'connecting to emotions' thing... It reminds me of something from that night when... /I flew into the chocolate fountain./" She described it with that, because that was the most glaring event sticking out in her mind right then, "...We found Malice after that because he was /in despair,/ right? I remember... I think... Wasn't it Purity who felt that...? I remember wanting to SMASH whatever was making her feel like that."
"A /silly/ ring?!" The Nightmare snaps again, unfolding his arms and balling his fists at his sides as he glares at Theodore, "Is it?! Is it the same?! Then why do you call her your 'mate,' like you're an animal?!"
He looks even more livid when Aaliyah makes her comments to Theo, and he would've absolutely lost it, if Boreas hadn't spoken up. "I am NOT one of Soledormir's minions," he growls darkly, stepping forward and pointing at Aaliyah, "And I /do/ understand love and loyalty both, I even named my sword /Loyalty,/ so don't think I don't know what I'm talking about."
Theo gasped, "I'm not an animal, we're not animals, we're civil. Proof being you're still alive.." he muttered the last part inaudibly to himself. Then thinking on it, "I mean, we have equine based forms, so in a way, we're kind of animals?" he shrugs.
Aaliyah had started fuming at Eater's words, she wasn't as calm as Theo was, and she immediately dismissed what Boreas said about hot chocolate. "You take that back! We are not animals because we refer to our partners as mates!" she snaps, her eyes blazed with rage, she wanted to wring the Nightmare's neck.
"What a load of- YOU'RE A LIAR! A DECEIVER!" Aaliyah yells, "That's all you are! I'd believe what you said, if you were a Dreamer! But you're NOT! You're a lying, bloodthirsty, puppet of the devil himself! You are NOTHING but a walking mockery of a Dreamer!" she points at the Nightmare aggressively, "You of everyone have no right to call us animals!" she bared her fangs in her rage, barely refraining from grinding her teeth, "All you are is what I've said you are! Nightmares are nothing more and nothing less!"
Crystal was thinking while the others spoke, her head beginning to form many scenarios of bad outcomes.. But she also thought of a couple good ones too, and despite her uneasiness about this, it helped a little to keep her from chickening-out.
The girl’s hands started fidgeting a bit with the watch she was still holding, and until then, she had forgotten she was holding onto it.
She turned her gaze to Jason when he looked her way and spoke, “I.. Well, I think we should do it as well,” she replied. “But Ethen’s right, we can’t take this lightly. And I agree with you, we definitely should prepare.. however it is we prepare for taking on an evil sword that is."
Terradream goes quiet with that, and unintentionally sticks his pencil through his bottom jaw, trying to tap it against his ghostly chin. "... That's right, i-isn't it...? It /was/ Purity who f-found him, and she felt his despair... So how does she have that, too...?" he thinks out loud, a rather intense thoughtful look on his face, "She... She can't be a princess, can she? But she doesn't have silver blood, and I don't think we're related to Catch i-in any way..."
Boreas just went quiet at that point, looking to Eater as he growled darkly, then to Aaliyah as she roared back. //...Welp. There's nothing much I can say about this.// He debated with himself momentarily, let out a muffled sigh... Then just started walking.
He started walking, took hold of Eater's arm with his right hand, and started trying to drag him through the halls with him. No, he didn't know where the kitchen was, he was making an educated guess--but at that point, that wasn't his main goal.
Eira smiled at what Catch said, nodding in agreement and giving him a smile in return. "We're confident that dhe'll make it, no matter what."
"I appreciate your willingness to help," responded the nurse, turning to sift through tools and objects on the table. "There is not much else to be done now but to watch the Dreamer's condition. I will call you back in for more questioning later if need be," she told them.
Eira dipped her head in gratitude. "Thank you for your help, ma'am." She then glanced to Serenity, giving her a soft smile. "How are you doing?"
At first, Eater resists Boreas and tries to stay put where he is while he takes in all of what Aaliyah says. He bares his fangs as he listens, his temperature rises, and finally he snaps, roaring back at her, "I'M NOT A LIAR OR A DECEIVER, I /AM/ A DREAMER!!"
... Then, he goes quiet, and some of the aggression leaves his face as he thinks about what he just said. "... Wait a minute, you're right!! I AM a Nightmare! I AM EVIL!!" he exclaims, starting to let Boreas drag him away and walking backwards, "I HATE LOVE! IT'S GROSS! IT'S DISGUSTING! YOU'RE BOTH DISGUSTING!! YOU'RE STUPID!" His face twists into an absolutely mad grin as he continues, "You know what I'm going to do?! I'm going to steal ALL OF YOUR HOT CHOCOLATE!! HahaHAHAHAHA!!"
And with that, the young Nightmare turns around and bolts, running down the hallway while still laughing like he just escaped an insane asylum...
The ice was Spreading quickly, Seeping into cracks In the concrete, the Walls Moaned as the Ice shifted Forcing more cracks Along the surface...
Malice glace up, he knew the Frost was trying to bring the tunnel down on him, it what he expected and he Growled " I'm Injured not stupid, Waker " The Tunnel was growing more and more with ice, it Frozen spears twisting Extending like claws Stretching out towards the king. " oh really now?" Waker Stepped out from behind the ice, her finger like wings Where curled around a Giant wicked looking crossbow with an black Bolt cocked back.
The king of Nightmares maw Curled into a smirk " Waker. Now who being Predictable?" He turned his head away from the Figure across from him, his dark eyes Settled on a different Dreamwaker.
// his Senses must still be able to track...// the ancient Frost didn't Wait any longer, she let loose the bolt and let it fly... the Shaft twisted through the air and then the black bolt Shattered into pieces, Connecting each shard was a dark magical force that Created Spiraling blades followed by Horizontal twister.
Malice didn't move, he held his smirked as the Sparling twister rip a path though the ice Right toward him...Sparks Ignited from the Nightmare king, his mane lite up with green flames once more, and with that the tunnel EXPLODED * KABOOM *
Aaliyah watches Eater with an absolute look of pure disgust. Her face was even scrunched up, but then shifted to one of absolute horror as the crazy Nightmare went off like a madman. She twisted around and booked it after the Nightmare, //What if that's code for something!? What if hot chocolate means the FOALS!?// she tore after the crazy Nightmare now. Pumping her long arms and legs hard.
She wasn't even thinking about Boreas and how he had mentioned hot chocolate a moment ago, she was focused solely on the Nightmare.
"Oh boy" Theo starts off into a jog, "Here we go again" he had his wings folded tightly, to go a little bit quicker.
Jasmine Snapped her fingers " I say we need weapons and magic Items"
Jason nodded his head and did a Fist pump "Yeah! I know what to bring to!" And with that the Orange hair Orange hair guy took off out of the room.
Ethan flinched and Raised his hand and had his month Partially open like he was about to call out to his friend but he was already out the door. He stood there for a moment "... we didn't even discuss a plan..." and with that the wolf boy sighed.
Jasmine Laughed, walking over to the wolf boy and shaping her hand on top of gis head " Relax Ethan. We got this, besides one of the key hunters will be with us " she then smirked at the human girl " lady Crystal, what is it that you can do? It got to be some power magic or something to be Chosen as a hero"
Fiona was busy with her own thoughts, but was distracted when Terra poked his pencil through his chin. She eyed the pencil momentarily... ...Then after she'd deemed it harmless, and actually smiled a little, she went back to making her own, very intense, squinty-eyed thinking face as she listened to what Terra had to say. "That'd be cool if you guys were, but... I dunno if it's a silver blood thing... We haven't heard about emotion-stuff with the Vase-turm, just visions... The only things that have something like that are Nightmares--but Purity doesn't have one in her anymore, either!"
(I could've sworn I made a post somewhere about Serenity flying over to Purity and being beside her, but I'mma just go ahead and say that's where she is right now, by Purity's head.)
"I'm doing well," Serenity cheerfully replies with a smile, and lightly reaches over to pat her sleeping partner's shoulder. "I'm just glad Purity will be taken care of so well, and I'll be sure to do my best to look after her, too. I can always give you guys updates if anything new happens, or if you're needed over here."
//Yup. Too late.// Was all that went through Boreas' mind as Eater suddenly jerked away from him and went running down the hall, laughing like a maniacal lunatic. Then Aaliyah went zooming past him after the Nightmare.
He picked up his pace after them too, glancing to Theo, "Tell me about it. Gettin' a /real strong/ sense of deja-vu. ...I really hoped he'd keep his cool, but what was I expecting?"
"That's right... She did tell me she threw up a bug..." Terra mumbles, writing some more information down in his notebook, "Could it be... something that's happening to her after g-getting that out of her? ... We don't know what a Dreamer is like without a Light Eater lurking inside, h-huh...?"
The Dreamer prince was hoping he could do more, he wish he knew how but with an Internal sigh, Catch put his hopes on the Nurse and Doctors for his friends life, he gave a Polite bow to the Nurse " yes, thank you, we Appreciate all that you've done "
" im glad she been well look after to" Catch reply, he moved closer to the sleeping Dreamer// she looks Peaceful right now// he let go of Eira to take one of Purity hands " just hang in there ok, we know Weaver alive so you got to hold on to "
Sending out his chains ahead of him to open the doors as he gets there, Dreameater bursts into the kitchen, no longer laughing like a mad man. He pays no attention at all to whoever else might be here, instead speeding over to the cupboards and searching for the hot chocolate.
Aaliyah was just a split second behind Eater, bursting in after the Nightmare, she had her mouth open to hollar, when she noticed he was actually going through the cupboards. "What's your game?" she had a summoned weapon in her hand, a sword, the blade angled slightly towards Eater.
Theo sighed, "At least you tried, but when Aaliyah gets set off, tempers usually rise" he gives a half smile, "I'm sure everything will be fine"
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02 Aug, 2020, 5:39 pm
I'm at least still logged in on my tablet, so I can roleplay from here until my phone's issue is fixed X'D
02 Aug, 2020, 5:49 pm
Hopefully you're cellphone get fix soon! At least you can still do strong you're tablet :)
I'm still helping family clean out the old little house, it sounds like we're almost done
02 Aug, 2020, 5:50 pm
Were taken a break so I can copy and paste
02 Aug, 2020, 5:51 pm
how are you doing besides your phone problems?
02 Aug, 2020, 5:52 pm
Eira looked up at Catch as he spoke, protectively vowing to never let the Abyss hurt her, and encouraging her about standing her ground and continuing to live life. It especially touched her heart due to a recent conversation of theirs where Catch began to trust in her and her ability to be strong, and here he was already proving his growth in heart. She smiled at him, grateful and touched. "Catch..." She reached out to take his hand, giving it a faint squeeze. "You're right. We're in this together, no matter where we failed before or were afraid. We know we'll win this, we'll free ourselves of corruption, everything that holds us down. Nothing will come between us," she murmured, giving him a softly determined gaze.
The nurse was watching them, not speaking up again yet, writing notes on her clipboard and observing them like a scientist observes a creature in the wild.
02 Aug, 2020, 5:52 pm
Catch Return Eira determined gaze as she spoke and nodded his head, he was proud of her and together he believed that they could face what lay ahead " we will get though this " the shapeshifter Squeezed his wife hand back
02 Aug, 2020, 5:53 pm
"Hm? Ah, sure thing." Boreas replied, completely casual, even as he picked up his pace to walk beside Eater. He still stayed a bit of a distance away from him. After a brief moment, he spoke up again. "...So, where do you get hot chocolate here? Fairly certain the only places I've been to are... Your room, the infirmary, and a room that was temporarily Fiona's."
02 Aug, 2020, 5:54 pm
"I had some things of hot chocolate on me before, but I used them all," Eater replies, holding his head slightly down as he stares at his hooves and slowly resumes walking, "There's a kitchen here though, they've got hot chocolate there... I didn't think I'd need so much hot chocolate, otherwise I would've gotten more from ho--" Dreameater growls a bit as he quickly lifts his head back up and corrects himself: "NO! We--I--Weaver's house, when I was at Weaver's house, that's not 'home,' my den is here..."
Then he hesitates a moment at the doors to the basement. He can sense two auras coming in this general direction, but he doesn't recognize them, so, very carefully, he takes one of his shackled chains, opens the door, and pokes his head out of it to see who it might be.
02 Aug, 2020, 5:54 pm
Aaliyah had resumed walking, casting Theo an unamused glare as he was snickering and snorting, "I don't get what's so funny" she turned her head away and looked ahead of them.
Just in time to see Eater poke his head out from the basement, she let out a near blood curdling scream, "A Nightmare!" she had jumped back, into Theo as she screamed, and the two fell to the ground. Aaliyah laying on top of Theo.
A 'whoosh' had been heard from Theo as the impact had driven the air from his lungs, "It's...probably Dreameater" he wheezes out, trying and failing to fill his lungs with air again. Especially since Aaliyah was still on top of him.
02 Aug, 2020, 5:55 pm
Mal knew if he faces Alexandreas that he try to kill her, but there was still hope, Boreas had saved her from him and the captain didn't try to kill him, that was a good thing right? And though his thoughts on most of the other key hunters were not high, they did make it this far and most seem to Tolerate him despite everything he done maybe they could help in some way? he didn't know how they could but they were his best shot... one thing Malice did know was if he died then Dreamwaker would be queen and as queen she would have the power to do as she wished and he had no doubt that Waker would murder Alex...
With that Malice turned his eyes Towards the Ancient frost, his eyes were not Solid black for his Motives were not of pure evil, he had a reason to live belong himself now... from the darkness shot Several Blades.
With the Only warning of the kings glare, Waker had a Split second to React, she jumped back from the king and in the process the Frost ancient used her magic ice, it Jettisoned around her with Chilling speed however it wasn't enough, the sounds of Blades Impacting the ice that was still forming raing out with different tones, Clinking and Shrieking as they Scraped or broke though the ice or her chains.
Several of the black Blades had hit their target, they cut though the thick hid of the Frost ancient, Waker hoofs Barely hit the ground before she kicked off again, time was something you could not waste with Malice if you wanted to survive...
Ice Spread across Area with greatspeed, it form wildly, Twisting and Turning forming claws and spines, Waker took cover behind her ice and a Cement pylon, she knew this wouldn't stop Malice but maybe slow him down " Im actually surprised you place traps, maybe there still a bit of a king left?!" The Ancient taunted, Waker Took her remaining chains and began to rip out the blades, the blades were 6" Wide and 16" long, these nasty thing were Sinking into her hide, Once they impel their victime the Shaft would begin to heat up and melt, Releasing a heated toxins into his prey
02 Aug, 2020, 5:55 pm
"I guess we could s-start by just trying to act normal around him...?" Terra suggests, writing more things down in his notebook, "Not be overly friendly to try and get Weaver out, b-but not being on edge around him, maybe... Make sure we're not coming across as too obviously trying to help W-Weaver... Maybe try to keep his m-mind off of that idea too, distract him..."
02 Aug, 2020, 5:56 pm
(Ah nice, hope you can get that done quickly and well!
I'm doing alright! Planning to do lots of art today, at least as much as I can fit in X'D I'm doing a comic page commission for the first time ever, which has required a lot of time and patience. But I have the drive to do it because I wanna get to drawing my Renashin kids X'DD
02 Aug, 2020, 5:56 pm
Good idea!" Fiona nodded, writing down a few things in her notes as well. She let out a bit of a sigh at her next thought, "We're probably gonna have to start off slow after what happened today, but... It'll be worth it!! We're gonna help Weaver out!" The Elemental stated confidently.
Then she paused, thinking for a minute or so...
"His appearance changed in a dream... Dreams are weird, but that makes sense...
...Oh, hey! Speaking of Purity's dream again... How was she?"
02 Aug, 2020, 5:56 pm
(Also I was looking back at the Quirani map and it's honestly really blown me away! You did a great job on it, from the shape of the land to the details and colors! It makes me happy to see X3)
02 Aug, 2020, 5:57 pm
(Aside from cleaning, how have you been?)
02 Aug, 2020, 5:59 pm
(Helloooo!
I hope that weird issue with you phone can be easily fixed too, Fade! Glad you can at least RP with your tablet. :>
And I hope things go well with cleaning the old house, Shadow!)
02 Aug, 2020, 5:59 pm
( i hope so to, but family needs help, I don't think we be to much longer though.
Ooo! A comic page sounds fun! You always been good at poses and ley outs x3 you do great!
It be a fun month of kitten xD )
02 Aug, 2020, 6:01 pm
(Im doing alright, having a bit of art block do from stress but if it get to bad it tends to put me in an art Frenzy, but right now I'm doing alright. )
02 Aug, 2020, 6:02 pm
( HI FLUFFY!! HOW ARE YOU DOING?
AND THANK YOU!)
02 Aug, 2020, 6:03 pm
( ah! Break over got to help move boxes)
02 Aug, 2020, 6:06 pm
(I'M DOING ALRIGHT!
Seeing all the Renashin has been really cool so far! X3
Sorry to hear you've got a bit of an art block though, Shadow.
Also, good luck with that comic page, Fade! I bet it'll look awesome!)
02 Aug, 2020, 6:11 pm
(Hello there Fluffy! Thanks so much! x3
Aww, I understand that Shadow. I hope the stress can calm down, that's no fun at all. :'/ Hang in there! Good luck moving stuff!
Yee thanks Fluffy! I'll try to share it with you all once it's finished x')
And after that is Reeeeeeeenashiiiiiiiiin)
02 Aug, 2020, 6:33 pm
(So I've got my main account working on my phone again! But there's no way for me to get into my side account anymore, unless I miraculously guess the correct password x'D)
02 Aug, 2020, 6:36 pm
(Ahh, that's great!
...Well, that your main account is working now. I hope there's a way for you to get into your side account again. ;w;
Can you reset the password?)
02 Aug, 2020, 6:37 pm
There's a lingering worry in Terra's mind if something goes wrong and things get worse for Weaver, but he glances over and can't help but smile faintly at Fiona's optimism. "... Y-yeah..." he mumbles, then goes quiet again until she asks her other question. "Uh, well, she seemed like she was doing alright, for someone who was attacked just a while earlier... I went in to see Weaver sitting and holding her, she told me h-he had been gentle with her and helped keep her warm, y-you know, he did things to help her... A-and then, I didn't really see any signs of the corruption affecting her too much..."
02 Aug, 2020, 6:40 pm
(That comic sounds really cool Fade, would you mind if I see it too when it's done? :3
I hope you get out of your art block soon, Shadow~
Glad to see you're doing alright, Fluffy!
Church is starting up the 5 o'clock evening service on Sundays again, so I'll have to head out for an hour later today)
02 Aug, 2020, 6:43 pm
(Hey Lilly! Alrighty!
How're you doing, by the way?)
02 Aug, 2020, 6:50 pm
(I'm alright XP )
02 Aug, 2020, 6:50 pm
Boreas listened to and watched Eater as they walked. If he knew any better, he'd say the Nightmare looked depressed, staring down like that, but he knew it had to be something else...
"Mmhm." Was all he said in response to Eater 'arguing with himself' yet again.
He paused when the Nightmare poked his head out the door. The Elemental had his own thoughts about that, but it didn't take long for his questions to be answered by a shriek on the other side. //Yup. Visitors.// He eyed Eater now, readying his magic just in case. "Keep a hold of yourself." He muttered, knowing how long it had been since the Nightmare had eaten... He had no idea how he'd react.
02 Aug, 2020, 7:05 pm
Dreameater tenses up a little when Aaliyah lets out her scream, indeed, it's been a little while since he's heard someone scream like that, and it's also been a while since he's gone hunting... Luckily with Boreas there, the Nightmare only stares wide-eyed at the female Vaseterm for a moment before slowly walking out the door the rest of the way. "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine... I'm fine," he pins his ears back and mumbles back to Boreas, letting go of the door with his chain. Eater then hesitates a moment before shape-shifting back to his human form, suppressing his darkness as much as possible. "... Is that better?" he asks, glancing between Aaliyah, Theo, and occasionally Boreas.
02 Aug, 2020, 7:06 pm
What the human girl said surprise Ethan even more, that she had Concern for the Nightmare, this showed with how his ears twitched and he tipped his head slightly, the wolf boy was Curious if she knew Dreameater former self, he had also picked up on that Crystal wouldn't be able to help Eater if he get hurt// Scarlet Perfect a Nightmare from healing?... that would be really bad for any Nightmare but why couldn't she heal him?... dose Scarlet Pervent any form of healing? // his thoughts was put on hold with what was going on next and stay quiet for the time being.
After rubbing his head Jason gave the human girl a thumb up " see! She gets it! I bet that blood sucker be jelly that C man dropped her for lady C "
Now Jasmine was getting in on it but for a different reason, this was now starting to sound like her Soaps and dramas she liked to watch on TV " its like Tom did with Leena for Isabel! In Cycles of are lies!"
Ethan and Jason both look at the dragon shapeshifter with Rather confused then Disturbed facial features " no, this isn't nothing like one of your Soaps! ... if anything it more like " Jason then put a hand to his chin try to think of a story close to what was going on " hmmm, this is more like batman and Batgirl against Poison ivy "
Ethan knew if he didn't get things back on track Jason and Jasmine would both end up getting in a war about TV shows " I think we should stay on track... but that just me " he looked to Crystal, if one of the Kings believed the blood sword would hate Crystal it likely would be true " if you use yourself as bait that could be dangerous... we don't know that much about Soledormir Cursed weapons... but I have no doubt she try to kill you... you are one of the key hunters "
02 Aug, 2020, 7:06 pm
Crystal watched and listened, but as Jasmine and Jason started talking about things she didn’t understand, she couldn’t help the really confused face she started to make while she thought, ‘What are Soaps? ...Maybe it’s books or stories of some kind..?’ as her brows knitted together slightly, ‘Bat people? I guess that wouldn’t be the weirdest thing I’ve seen..’
She wasn’t sure what this had to do with their conversation, how it related to her, Crimson, or Scarlet, and didn’t know what to say about any of it either.. She looked over at Ethen when he spoke up, pleasantly surprised, and thankful, that he was going back to what they had been talking about before.
Crystal chewed at her lip while hearing what the wolf boy said. She didn’t know much either, she only knew what little she had been told by Crimson and her Key, and it definitely wasn’t enough to form anything close to a foolproof plan that made sure no one got hurt in the process.
Soon she let out a little breath and shrugged a bit, “I know this could be dangerous, but.. what else do we have to go on that doesn’t involve getting Crimson or a Nightmare in harms way right now? I’m sure she wants to kill me too, like you said, I’m one of the Key Hunters, and add on top of that I’m close with the person she’s bound to... If I was her, I think I’d want to get rid of me too..” She paused for a moment, “I know I probably have no idea what situation I’m really putting myself into, but I know she’s extremely dangerous and needs to be locked up again, for Crimson’s and everyones safety. So if you guys want to go through with this.. I am willing to do it.”
Truly, part of her couldn’t believe what she was saying.. They hadn’t even agreed to the idea of using her as bait yet, but she could already feel the fear creeping up inside. She didn’t know what would happen in doing something like this, all she did know was anything Scarlet would and could do wouldn’t be good, that she needed to be found and trapped again, and if she was going to be their best bet, Crystal was going to help, especially if it would also help Crimson in the process.
02 Aug, 2020, 7:29 pm
(Thamks everyone! I tried to reset the password for my side, but I can't get into the old email I used for the account, so I can't change the account password. X'D I don't think there's anything I can do unless I figure out the correct email pass.
Sure thing Lilly! I'll share it on one of the Discord channels when it's done.)
02 Aug, 2020, 8:01 pm
Fiona smiled a little at what Terra told her. She was glad to know that Purity had been doing alright. "That's great! That means we've got a good chance at helping her get fixed up too, right?" She paused for a moment. It saddened her to think that Weaver had tried to be there for Purity, but Eater was making everything hard for him. "...We're gonna help both of them." She muttered, her voice full of determination.
Then she looked to Terra again, "And hey! You did great going in there and checking things out! I bet they were both happy to see you."
02 Aug, 2020, 8:02 pm
(Good luck Fade! And I'll be looking forward to seeing that~ X3)
02 Aug, 2020, 8:22 pm
"Y-yeah, I think so," Terra replies, "We just need her to wake up from her coma, th-though I guess we should try and keep an eye on her, to make s-sure the corruption doesn't... do anything to her or anything... Just in case..." Then he gives Fiona a goofy grin, even in his true form, and tries to rub the back of his head with one of his ribbons. "A-ah, well... I-I was just doing what I had to... They were, kinda, m-maybe..." he says, then adds, "Y-you... You were great, too, m-making sure Eater didn't leave or do anything before I got Nevaeh...""
02 Aug, 2020, 8:36 pm
(I'm here!)
02 Aug, 2020, 8:38 pm
(Hello! How're you?)
02 Aug, 2020, 8:40 pm
Theo gave a thumbs up to Eater when the Nightmare looked less Nightmare. His eyes watered as Aaliyah still sat on him, she took a moment to collect herself, then hastily stood up. "I knew that, I knew he was here"
Aaliyah fixes herself, to look less startled, trying to appear calm and even. "What were you doing? Lurking around in your Nightmare form like that?" she questions, "Not the wisest decision, you could spook the foals"
02 Aug, 2020, 8:42 pm
(Hey Blood!)
02 Aug, 2020, 8:43 pm
(I'm good, a little tired, but good!
How are you guys?)
02 Aug, 2020, 8:45 pm
Eira smiled back at Catch, eyes glimmering in hope. "Yeah... We'll make it through."
The nurse spoke up again, walking towards the couple and ending their moment. "It certainly appears you have a drive to survive, and that is oftentimes the first step to freeing oneself from harm. We will look into your condition further, but for now we must continue to support the Dreamer and apply to her what has helped you. After her wound has closed, we will keep her blood pressure low to reduce the corruption spread, and discourage shifting and extrenuous activities. We will keep a close eye on her condition and see whetehr she gets better or worse."
02 Aug, 2020, 8:47 pm
(Helloo Blood!)
02 Aug, 2020, 8:48 pm
(That's good that you're good~ I'm good too, I've been sleepy all day, I need to stop going to bed at 1 XP )
02 Aug, 2020, 8:51 pm
(I need to do the same, except I've been staying up til 5-7 am... It's reaally bad. We need to sleep at normal times xD)
02 Aug, 2020, 8:51 pm
(HI FADE!)
02 Aug, 2020, 8:57 pm
(We do X'D )
02 Aug, 2020, 9:16 pm
Boreas gave Eater an 'ok' with one hand when he glanced to him, then he eventually stepped out from the door to the basement and closed it behind him. "...Boy, this makes for an introduction." He mumbled, turning his attention to Aaliyah, "...At the very least, he's only been hanging around his 'room' for the majority of the time.
And hello. I don't believe we've met."
...Then his attention was brought to Theo, who was still on the floor at the time. A hint of concern showed up on his face. "...Either of you. I haven't met either of you."
02 Aug, 2020, 9:16 pm
(You guys need more sleep. ;w;)
02 Aug, 2020, 9:25 pm
Dreameater scrunches his face up a bit at Aaliyah's questions, and he looses crosses his arms. "I just came out of my room, like he said," he refers to Boreas and continues, "I was only in my true form for a while, and I don't like being in it. I probably would've shifted back before too long, anyway."
The Nightmare waits for a reply after that, but as he does so, it dawns on him: //Wait a moment... They don't know I'm possessed...!// and then Eater relaxes a bit, holding his head up slightly with a faint smirk.
02 Aug, 2020, 9:32 pm
Aaliyah gawked for a moment at Boreas when he showed himself, //He's a boy version of Fiona!// she thought that cool, //He's not cloudy though// she studied his beard, //icy?//
Theo was slowly standing up, "I can breathe now" he wheezes out dramatically. Looking to the Elemental, "My name is Theodore, but you can call me Theo, this is Aaliyah" he takes her hand in his, "My mate"
His partner, however, was casting a dirty look at Eater, //I don't like Nightmares, I don't like the way he's smirking, no matter how small it is// she was tempted to make the gesture 'I have my eyes on you'
02 Aug, 2020, 10:17 pm
Fiona gave a grateful grin, "I had to do my best when I saw you and Catch get so excited about Weaver! Eater thought you guys were crazy, but I knew you had to be on the right track!” She thought over the events of earlier, "Sparky was awesome too--he helped out a lot!" The Elemental briefly glanced to the ghostly Fairfin,
"And Anna and Serenity kept an eye on Purity... And Catch! He could tell Weaver was in there because he could sense his will in there with Eater's... I didn't even know he could /do/ that!"
02 Aug, 2020, 10:33 pm
(Yeah yall needa sleep more)
02 Aug, 2020, 11:08 pm
( ok, I just got home, sorry I been gone most the day )
02 Aug, 2020, 11:32 pm
*(Welcome home!)
02 Aug, 2020, 11:37 pm
"Air is very important--I would know, as an Air Elemental." Boreas joked, "It's a pleasure to meet you both. My name's Boreas, and I'm Fiona's uncle--if you know her, that is."
His gaze briefly shifted to Eater and Aaliyah. He thought he might have a pretty good idea as to why the Nightmare was smirking... And on the other hand, he was nearly positive he knew why Aaliyah was giving the Nightmare a nasty look.
02 Aug, 2020, 11:53 pm
(Welcome home Shadow! Give yourself some time to settle down and relax now!)
03 Aug, 2020, 12:17 am
Dreameater stays quiet as introductions are given, but his smirk fades a little bit when Theo makes a certain point. "... Your 'mate?'" he asks, raising an eyebrow at him.
03 Aug, 2020, 12:22 am
"Nice to meet you Boreas" Aaliyah and Theo spoke in unison, Theo being the one to snicker after.
"Uhh" Theo gave Eater a puzzled look, while Aaliyah kept giving the Nightmare a dirty look, //Right other species call their mates something else// he thought quickly, "She's my girlfriend!" Theo nods, "Would us kissing make us married though? We are eternally bound to each other, like someone marrying another" Theo shrugs, "Girlfriend, Wife, she's like that to me"
03 Aug, 2020, 12:50 am
Sparky turns his head when he hears mention of himself, and squints as he gives a huge grin and a thumbs-up to Fiona and Terra, and then goes back to his tablet.
Terra quietly nods his head, keeping his big, happy smile as Fiona lists off other things, and when Sparky gives his little thumbs-up too. Though, there is one little thing that Fiona mentions that gets Terra's curiousity going again, and he asks, "H-how /did/ Catch do that, b-by the way...? I know Nightmares can sense and feed off of negative emotions, but... It sounds different then what Catch did, r-right...?"
03 Aug, 2020, 12:59 am
Boreas just stood there, glancing between the group and taking internal notes. //...I suppose that's how they refer to that here?
Ah, cultural differences... Glad I never ran into this back when I was trying to get a girl. Boy, that would've been awkward.// He wasn't one to question anything like this, so for the moment, he just stayed quiet.
...He did keep an eye on Eater though, figuring that he wouldn't like hearing about this one bit.
03 Aug, 2020, 1:22 am
Fiona brought her hand to her chin at Terra's question, "Yeah, I think it was kinda different? Catch told me he started feeling what others do after he started having visions... He can connect to people's emotions!
He sat down in a chair in front of Eater and focused /really/ hard--and, uh... I had to try to not freak out and distract him..." The Elemental hesitantly admitted that last part in a mutter, "He told me /all kinds/ of weird things Eater was feeling... Well, Eater and Weaver. He could even feel when Eater was calm, though, so... I think it's different!"
03 Aug, 2020, 1:28 am
Catch Squeezed Eira Gently as the Nurse talk about the plan for the Dreamer, he nodded his head " she might not look it but Purity has a Fighting spirit " he then looked to his wife " like you " he smiled Warmly.
The Dreamer prince then Directed his attention back to the Nurse " if they anythings I can do please let me know "
03 Aug, 2020, 1:35 am
Eater only briefly glances at Aaliyah, as he isn't really worried about her, and he really wrinkles his face in disgust when Theo brings up kissing. "Kissing doesn't make you married," he snaps, "You sound like you don't even know what you're talking about..."
03 Aug, 2020, 1:46 am
Theo throws up his arms, "And what do you know about the Vaseterm!? Not every species slaps a silly ring on the finger to call someone theirs! Vaseterm form a life bond with a kiss!" his wings ruffle. "That is no different than marriage! I pledged my life to Aaliyah! It's the same thing with minor differences!"
"Theo" Aaliyah finally pipes up, "Stop arguing with one of Soledormir's dark creatures, these things don't understand love or loyalty" her gaze never left Eater, "You're wasting your breath" she spoke softly to her partner.
03 Aug, 2020, 2:03 am
Ethan found himself staring at the floor as the human girl was actually Considering doing this "... we don't know what will happen... we don't even know what Scarlet is capable of...we shouldn't take one of Soledormir Curse weapons lightly "
Jason stopped at this " I know that..." he signed, the blood sword Excaped under their watch " she gave us the slip already, and it was pretty Obvious we were her goals, the question is what is?"
" Oh come on!" Jasmine Threw up her arms " we got this! We took on Killy before, we can take on this Hunk of metal! Nothing to worry about! The Dragon shapeshifter then wave a hand " I think we should go!"
Ethan had his Doubts but wasn't gonna speak them out loud.
Jason tape his chin in thought, he was on the fence " I think we can but we need to get ready first, the better Prepared we are, the better we be ready for whatever " he took one hand Embolden into a fist and brought it into his other making a loud clap sound " We should Ready ourselves, get Supplies and even see if others could help " he then looked to Crystal " what you say lady C? "
03 Aug, 2020, 2:12 am
"Hmm," Terra mumbles in return to Fiona's answers, thinking on it a bit more. "So... It's not a Nightmare thing with Catch, th-then... M-maybe... Do you think it's because he's a Prince?"
03 Aug, 2020, 2:32 am
Boreas was actually a bit surprised by Eater's response--though, he figured it wasn't really /Eater's/ response... Well, maybe the expression was. Either way, he looked to the two Vaseterm, then to the Nightmare, "Ya know, I think we should all just drop this subject. I came out here with this guy looking for some hot chocolate. The sooner we get that, the sooner he can get back to his room."
03 Aug, 2020, 2:43 am
"I dunno... His visions are kinda connected to that... Sort of? And that's when it started..." Fiona muttered, narrowing her eyes now as she thought about it, "There's... Something else with that, though--the whole 'connecting to emotions' thing... It reminds me of something from that night when... /I flew into the chocolate fountain./" She described it with that, because that was the most glaring event sticking out in her mind right then, "...We found Malice after that because he was /in despair,/ right? I remember... I think... Wasn't it Purity who felt that...? I remember wanting to SMASH whatever was making her feel like that."
03 Aug, 2020, 3:11 am
"A /silly/ ring?!" The Nightmare snaps again, unfolding his arms and balling his fists at his sides as he glares at Theodore, "Is it?! Is it the same?! Then why do you call her your 'mate,' like you're an animal?!"
He looks even more livid when Aaliyah makes her comments to Theo, and he would've absolutely lost it, if Boreas hadn't spoken up. "I am NOT one of Soledormir's minions," he growls darkly, stepping forward and pointing at Aaliyah, "And I /do/ understand love and loyalty both, I even named my sword /Loyalty,/ so don't think I don't know what I'm talking about."
03 Aug, 2020, 3:18 am
Theo gasped, "I'm not an animal, we're not animals, we're civil. Proof being you're still alive.." he muttered the last part inaudibly to himself. Then thinking on it, "I mean, we have equine based forms, so in a way, we're kind of animals?" he shrugs.
Aaliyah had started fuming at Eater's words, she wasn't as calm as Theo was, and she immediately dismissed what Boreas said about hot chocolate. "You take that back! We are not animals because we refer to our partners as mates!" she snaps, her eyes blazed with rage, she wanted to wring the Nightmare's neck.
"What a load of- YOU'RE A LIAR! A DECEIVER!" Aaliyah yells, "That's all you are! I'd believe what you said, if you were a Dreamer! But you're NOT! You're a lying, bloodthirsty, puppet of the devil himself! You are NOTHING but a walking mockery of a Dreamer!" she points at the Nightmare aggressively, "You of everyone have no right to call us animals!" she bared her fangs in her rage, barely refraining from grinding her teeth, "All you are is what I've said you are! Nightmares are nothing more and nothing less!"
03 Aug, 2020, 3:24 am
Crystal was thinking while the others spoke, her head beginning to form many scenarios of bad outcomes.. But she also thought of a couple good ones too, and despite her uneasiness about this, it helped a little to keep her from chickening-out.
The girl’s hands started fidgeting a bit with the watch she was still holding, and until then, she had forgotten she was holding onto it.
She turned her gaze to Jason when he looked her way and spoke, “I.. Well, I think we should do it as well,” she replied. “But Ethen’s right, we can’t take this lightly. And I agree with you, we definitely should prepare.. however it is we prepare for taking on an evil sword that is."
03 Aug, 2020, 4:04 am
Terradream goes quiet with that, and unintentionally sticks his pencil through his bottom jaw, trying to tap it against his ghostly chin. "... That's right, i-isn't it...? It /was/ Purity who f-found him, and she felt his despair... So how does she have that, too...?" he thinks out loud, a rather intense thoughtful look on his face, "She... She can't be a princess, can she? But she doesn't have silver blood, and I don't think we're related to Catch i-in any way..."
03 Aug, 2020, 4:37 am
Boreas just went quiet at that point, looking to Eater as he growled darkly, then to Aaliyah as she roared back. //...Welp. There's nothing much I can say about this.// He debated with himself momentarily, let out a muffled sigh... Then just started walking.
He started walking, took hold of Eater's arm with his right hand, and started trying to drag him through the halls with him. No, he didn't know where the kitchen was, he was making an educated guess--but at that point, that wasn't his main goal.
03 Aug, 2020, 5:03 am
Eira smiled at what Catch said, nodding in agreement and giving him a smile in return. "We're confident that dhe'll make it, no matter what."
"I appreciate your willingness to help," responded the nurse, turning to sift through tools and objects on the table. "There is not much else to be done now but to watch the Dreamer's condition. I will call you back in for more questioning later if need be," she told them.
Eira dipped her head in gratitude. "Thank you for your help, ma'am." She then glanced to Serenity, giving her a soft smile. "How are you doing?"
03 Aug, 2020, 5:17 am
At first, Eater resists Boreas and tries to stay put where he is while he takes in all of what Aaliyah says. He bares his fangs as he listens, his temperature rises, and finally he snaps, roaring back at her, "I'M NOT A LIAR OR A DECEIVER, I /AM/ A DREAMER!!"
... Then, he goes quiet, and some of the aggression leaves his face as he thinks about what he just said. "... Wait a minute, you're right!! I AM a Nightmare! I AM EVIL!!" he exclaims, starting to let Boreas drag him away and walking backwards, "I HATE LOVE! IT'S GROSS! IT'S DISGUSTING! YOU'RE BOTH DISGUSTING!! YOU'RE STUPID!" His face twists into an absolutely mad grin as he continues, "You know what I'm going to do?! I'm going to steal ALL OF YOUR HOT CHOCOLATE!! HahaHAHAHAHA!!"
And with that, the young Nightmare turns around and bolts, running down the hallway while still laughing like he just escaped an insane asylum...
03 Aug, 2020, 5:17 am
The ice was Spreading quickly, Seeping into cracks In the concrete, the Walls Moaned as the Ice shifted Forcing more cracks Along the surface...
Malice glace up, he knew the Frost was trying to bring the tunnel down on him, it what he expected and he Growled " I'm Injured not stupid, Waker "
The Tunnel was growing more and more with ice, it Frozen spears twisting Extending like claws Stretching out towards the king. " oh really now?" Waker Stepped out from behind the ice, her finger like wings Where curled around a Giant wicked looking crossbow with an black Bolt cocked back.
The king of Nightmares maw Curled into a smirk " Waker. Now who being Predictable?" He turned his head away from the Figure across from him, his dark eyes Settled on a different Dreamwaker.
// his Senses must still be able to track...// the ancient Frost didn't Wait any longer, she let loose the bolt and let it fly... the Shaft twisted through the air and then the black bolt Shattered into pieces, Connecting each shard was a dark magical force that Created Spiraling blades followed by Horizontal twister.
Malice didn't move, he held his smirked as the Sparling twister rip a path though the ice Right toward him...Sparks Ignited from the Nightmare king, his mane lite up with green flames once more, and with that the tunnel EXPLODED * KABOOM *
03 Aug, 2020, 5:23 am
Aaliyah watches Eater with an absolute look of pure disgust. Her face was even scrunched up, but then shifted to one of absolute horror as the crazy Nightmare went off like a madman. She twisted around and booked it after the Nightmare, //What if that's code for something!? What if hot chocolate means the FOALS!?// she tore after the crazy Nightmare now. Pumping her long arms and legs hard.
She wasn't even thinking about Boreas and how he had mentioned hot chocolate a moment ago, she was focused solely on the Nightmare.
"Oh boy" Theo starts off into a jog, "Here we go again" he had his wings folded tightly, to go a little bit quicker.
03 Aug, 2020, 5:42 am
Jasmine Snapped her fingers " I say we need weapons and magic Items"
Jason nodded his head and did a Fist pump "Yeah! I know what to bring to!" And with that the Orange hair Orange hair guy took off out of the room.
Ethan flinched and Raised his hand and had his month Partially open like he was about to call out to his friend but he was already out the door. He stood there for a moment "... we didn't even discuss a plan..." and with that the wolf boy sighed.
Jasmine Laughed, walking over to the wolf boy and shaping her hand on top of gis head " Relax Ethan. We got this, besides one of the key hunters will be with us " she then smirked at the human girl " lady Crystal, what is it that you can do? It got to be some power magic or something to be Chosen as a hero"
03 Aug, 2020, 5:43 am
Fiona was busy with her own thoughts, but was distracted when Terra poked his pencil through his chin. She eyed the pencil momentarily...
...Then after she'd deemed it harmless, and actually smiled a little, she went back to making her own, very intense, squinty-eyed thinking face as she listened to what Terra had to say.
"That'd be cool if you guys were, but... I dunno if it's a silver blood thing... We haven't heard about emotion-stuff with the Vase-turm, just visions... The only things that have something like that are Nightmares--but Purity doesn't have one in her anymore, either!"
03 Aug, 2020, 5:44 am
(I could've sworn I made a post somewhere about Serenity flying over to Purity and being beside her, but I'mma just go ahead and say that's where she is right now, by Purity's head.)
"I'm doing well," Serenity cheerfully replies with a smile, and lightly reaches over to pat her sleeping partner's shoulder. "I'm just glad Purity will be taken care of so well, and I'll be sure to do my best to look after her, too. I can always give you guys updates if anything new happens, or if you're needed over here."
03 Aug, 2020, 5:56 am
//Yup. Too late.// Was all that went through Boreas' mind as Eater suddenly jerked away from him and went running down the hall, laughing like a maniacal lunatic. Then Aaliyah went zooming past him after the Nightmare.
He picked up his pace after them too, glancing to Theo, "Tell me about it. Gettin' a /real strong/ sense of deja-vu.
...I really hoped he'd keep his cool, but what was I expecting?"
03 Aug, 2020, 6:03 am
"That's right... She did tell me she threw up a bug..." Terra mumbles, writing some more information down in his notebook, "Could it be... something that's happening to her after g-getting that out of her? ... We don't know what a Dreamer is like without a Light Eater lurking inside, h-huh...?"
03 Aug, 2020, 6:06 am
The Dreamer prince was hoping he could do more, he wish he knew how but with an Internal sigh, Catch put his hopes on the Nurse and Doctors for his friends life, he gave a Polite bow to the Nurse " yes, thank you, we Appreciate all that you've done "
" im glad she been well look after to" Catch reply, he moved closer to the sleeping Dreamer// she looks Peaceful right now// he let go of Eira to take one of Purity hands " just hang in there ok, we know Weaver alive so you got to hold on to "
03 Aug, 2020, 6:18 am
( i might pass ouy soon)
03 Aug, 2020, 6:38 am
Sending out his chains ahead of him to open the doors as he gets there, Dreameater bursts into the kitchen, no longer laughing like a mad man. He pays no attention at all to whoever else might be here, instead speeding over to the cupboards and searching for the hot chocolate.
03 Aug, 2020, 6:42 am
Aaliyah was just a split second behind Eater, bursting in after the Nightmare, she had her mouth open to hollar, when she noticed he was actually going through the cupboards. "What's your game?" she had a summoned weapon in her hand, a sword, the blade angled slightly towards Eater.
Theo sighed, "At least you tried, but when Aaliyah gets set off, tempers usually rise" he gives a half smile, "I'm sure everything will be fine"
03 Aug, 2020, 6:46 am
(And now it's bedtime X'D )