Catch tip his head in a halfway shrugs as he walks " it was a dream... I guess it's like the visions I have had were somethings end up becoming reality as others things don't... but with the visions I have had I'm glad a lot of those things haven't happened and maybe it be like the dream and won't, not in the way it shown at least...." " I haven't lost hope, though more then a few times it felt like it be easier to just give up " The Dreamer prince admitted, but getting it off his chest did seem to help, and not doing it in his dark form ether. " it's just got me thinking about things... just what does it all mean? Why do I have /that/ dream, is it a warning or something? But you already became a Nightmare and..." he paused with the next thought and " He wondered out loud" what about the others? What happened to the others Dreamers and there stars? If you're alive are they out there to? "
//Yeah, I'm sure it was...// Weaver thinks in response to Catch's confession, and silently gives him a pat on the shoulder as he walks. "I think it's safe to assume that they're not just gone," he then says with a slight grimace, "It'd be nice if their stars could simply be returned to the sky where they belong, up with the Silver Moons, but just from the fact that I'm here... It's not going to be that simple. That's where I'm concerned... I know Eater saw countless Dreamer faces in Void's heart, I just don't know where they've gone after it exploded and the palace collapsed. If they also went back to their Nightmare bodies... Moons help them, they have it so much worse than I do..."
The Dreamer goes quiet after that, thinking about just how bad it would be, being trapped in your own body, but having no magic seal put on you to mess up your Nightmare, no reason for the Nightmare in control of you to spare your friends and family... Feeling the sick and twisted pleasures that the Nightmare would experience, that the Nightmare would force you to experience, when they kill or torture people... That kind of existence would be a truly hopeless one that could break even the strongest Dreamers, if they were forced to live like that too long... His missing heart can't ache for those people, but he feels rather anxious about it. //Moons... Please, if that's the case, please help them in some way... If I could, I would do whatever I could to help them...// he silently prays.
But, going back to the vision dream... There's still something off. "... Hey... You know, it's weird that you're even still having this dream, like you said, I'm already a Nightmare... So if it's a vision, it can't be something of the future, unless... It's not about that at all? Could it be something else? Something else that wants to devour Dreamers like that?" Weaver asks, though he does think to himself: //I dunno though, this is starting to sound kind of crazy... What else could it possibly be?//
"Whoa! C-areful! Y-our going to give yourself a headache sitting up to quickly! " Death the Bellezzas said, he was sitting on his hindquarters with his paws up in and calming motion, his long neck was bent so he could look down at the Elemental. So Death was practically looming over Fiona, but he did his best to calm her down. Thankfully there was others in the room, doctors and nurses checking charts " Ah, good, your a wake " a doctor said coming over, he was a older looking man " you weren't doing so well for a hot minute, but your awake so we must have done something right, you know it's not even day that we get Elementals here "
Fiona heard a voice. And the voice was right--she definitely had a headache, which prompted her to bring her hand to her forehead. "Wha..." ...Along with this, though, she finally noticed where the voice was coming from: the dragon body and paws moving in a calming motion beside her bed. The Elemental's wide eyes followed this, up to his neck, which then led to her craning her own neck to see Death's face looming over her. Leaning to look up so high made her flop back onto the hospital bed pillow with a fluffy 'thump.' "Whoa...! Uh... Hi... D-Death?" Her voice was still a bit tense. It wasn't easy for her to get that name out, especially since she wasn't even sure if it was right (or what it even was.)
However, then there were other people in the room, too. Fiona rolled her head to the side to look at the doctor as he spoke. "Huh? Oh, right! I... Wasn't doing so great when we got here... Wait--wait! What about the others who were with me? Are they okay?!" She rushed to that question, still needing a /little/ more time to recollect herself.
As the humans got to work treating Crimson's wounds, it was quickly discovered that the barbs Glory can see are invisible to them. This being an opportunity for her to help more, Glory swiftly helps the humans with this problem, getting different things like cloths and wrapping them around the barbs to make them visible.
Once that's done, and Crimson's in a more stable condition, no longer bleeding out or anything, and when things are calmer, Glory tries to contact Rihanna to update her on the situation. Unfortunately, this is around the time when the boys and Anna are near the black hole, so she can't reach them...
So, for a while now, the little Fairfin has been curled up next to Crimson's neck and shoulder, much like a cat would. She tries to get some rest herself, but not sleep, as her worried mind is all over the place. Why can't she reach Rihanna now? What's happening to Catch and her partner? What about everyone else? Fiona, Eira, Rahab, Terra... They're around here too, surely they're getting help? But there's still others out there... And what about Crimson? The person in control of his body said he believes Crimson is still alive, just sleeping... Will he wake up soon? Or, when Crimson's body wakes up, will this stranger still be in control? ... What a horrifying thought, to share your body with someone you don't know, even if this new person is equally disturbed by it...
The Vanguard went over to her comrade to discuss the current events and investigate the matter, just the previous times ( that weren't always mentioned but we're in time skips or hinted) that they were in fact keeping informed with the other groups of Vanguard who were also dealing with the attack on this District, they were informed on other hidden traps that had been discovered by other groups, a long with the last know location of the different members of the key Hunters, there was also talk about how no one was able to get in contact with the Palace at the moment but a team was sent to investigate... on their end, the group with Boreas and Crystal let the others know were they location was as often as possible, they also informed any traps and the place they found Scarlett, this place to was added to the list of places that needed deep investigation.
Edgar looked up when Crystal came over, he made some beeping noises at her as if he was trying to start up a conversation, it was likely on what they were looking at. There was one claw marks that was shaped in a form of a hand, and then later others Cashes in gashes in the asphalt, likely feet and knees digging in to be slowed down. On closer closer investigation there was a few spots were it looked like shiny red fragments were on the ground, they looked as polish and pure as fine cut Ruby and Garnet gems, parts of Crimsons armor that had been broken off by the Seeker projectiles.
However the little drone attention shifted when Boreas addressed him and Crystal, Edgar then went on to try and explain the findings even though he wasn't sure ether, he beeped and boop as he bobbed back and forth, it was clearly a interesting tale, it was to bad no one that was awake unstood the little drone, or they might have known this ' there stuff and more stuff, that following by more stuff that probably led to that stuff but didn't because other stuff happened to case other stuff that led to this stuff that happened here, whatever that stuff was '
As the two Vanguard discussed the events and reports, the third one with Scarlett continued to stand at attention--not wanting to delve into the heart of the scene with the evil they had already apprehended.
...However, overhearing Edgar's beeps and boops, she cast a sideglance to Jason on her teammate's back...
Turning to face him, the Vaseterm lifted one hoof and pawed at the boy's leg. "...Master Jason?"
Crystal did her absolute best to try and once again at least partly understand what Edgar was saying with his beeping and booping noises, but it wasn’t going well.. She stared at the evidence of the struggle that happened earlier, suddenly coming to a realization, “Was.. Was someone being dragged..?” She questioned aloud. The girl then caught sight of a couple of the strange shiny fragments and slowly crouched down and picked one up to look at it closer. She had no idea what it went to, but it stood out compared to everything else.. Something about it felt important..
When Boreas called out to her and Edgar, Crystal turned to look back at him and shook her head a bit, though she waited to say anything until the little drone was done speaking. When Edgar had finished the girl then said “No, I have no idea who’s blood this is..” as she stood back up and faced the Elemental. “Edgar’s been making his noises but I’m pretty sure the only one who can understand him is currently unconscious..” Crystal glanced over towards Jason and the Mare who was seemingly checking on him, her eyebrows knitting worriedly before she turned back. “We did find this though,” Crystal showed the fragment she was holding onto, “it was down in those..” she nodded to the marks and scrapes.
Boreas made his way over to Crystal and Edgar as the robot attempted to converse with them. Something must've been different about this that made the little robot respond this way. "...He has a lot to say... We'll need carrot-top to translate when he wakes up." He agreed with Crystal. The icy Elemental took another, closer look at the gouged markings in the street, then his attention was brought to the fragments Crystal had.
The captain narrowed his eyes at it, "Red shards, huh..." They reminded him of one thing and one thing only, but this possibility made him frown, "...They seem awfully familiar, but we can't say that for certain yet..." He muttered, turning his attention back to the gashes, "It would take a lot of force to dig into the street like this... Suppose full crystals could cut it--but the shape is more organic."
Dreamcatcher let out a deep worrisome sigh at that. He to had a great concern about the other Dreamers, there was so much unknown and it felt like more questions pop up with every answer they found "... I'm not even sure if I want to know the answer but it's one I just been wondering about, why was this even done? Why hold people souls and take there hearts? " he thinks out loud. As the Dreamer prince continue to walk down the dark subway his mind didn't like the thoughts he was wondering, Catch was also thinking about what happened to Weaver and if that was happening to all the Dreamers who became Nightmares, it was an unthinkable form of torture and yet it was real // if Soledormir made the Nightmares just for that he is beyond sick and evil // Catch was snapped out of this thoughts with Weaver question " huh? Oh, hmmm, that's a good point " he started and thought more on his dream " it was a lot more clear this time around... or more I knew what some things were, like you were the one star... but your right, why am I still having this dream vision thing? If vision are a message then what is it that it's trying to tell me? " he then did a mental pause thinking about his friends last comment, was that it? " you mean something other then Light Eaters?.... " it was a frightening thought, that something else wanted to eat the Dreamers
Edgar made some rumbling noise when he realized no one could understand him, he tossed up his little arms and turned to go do more investigation again but He didn't get far, he stop to pick up a shared like what Crystal had, he opened up one of his drawer and pulled out one of the crystals he had picked up alone the way.
The little drone held the two shards up to look at them together, the one that had been found earlier was also red but it's color was dull and lack any form of life to it, unlike the pice he just picked up, it was vibrant in colors, he thought it was odd, and was these connected? He didn't know just by looking at them. That wasn't a part of his program. However those who were there when Crimson bracelet came off would have seen something similar, when Crimson corruption had taken over and his crystal spread across the palace they were bright vibrant red that glowed with a Sinister light and the more they consumed the more that Sinister energy grew but it was as soon as Crimson bracelet was put back on the crystal stop growing and their colors faded, just like some one had flip a on and off twitch. The crystal Edgar first picked up earlier was just like this, Dull.
As for the new one, it was colorful.
Edgar held up his findings so the order could see them to
The sleeping Jason scratched his face when the Mare Paw him and mumbled " uhhhmmm.... you know.... I think take out sounds good tonight.... pizza, yeahhhhh, pizza is good...mmmmmm...." The Vanguard continued her investigation and checking for traps. She stayed on the radio keeping the others informed on what she found and also keeping informed on what was going on else were.
After getting some information she turned to her comrades " I just got word that all the key hunters are not accounted for...we need to be on the lookout for the other key hunters "
"Maybe? I dunno..." Weaver replies, "I guess the only thing I could think of off the top of my head would be Soledormir himself? Since he's the cause of everything. If it's not Nightmare Syndrome, is that vision portraying more what it would be like if we failed? If we couldn't stop Soledormir...?"
He goes quiet after that. //That might explain why Catch felt such crushing hopelessness... If everyone was turned into a Nightmare, and there was nothing that anyone could do... That would destroy everyone...// he thinks to himself, frowning deeply. //I don't like how depressing this is sounding, though, I know Catch just saw this vision, but there's got to be something we can do! We just don't have enough information at the moment, we really need to just sit down and make some plans...//
Getting more frustrated as he wants to fight back against this hopeless feeling, but also feeling a surge of determination, Weaver huffs and pats Catch's shoulder again. "We're going to figure this out. Like I said, after we're in a better place and maybe when we're all together, we really need to sit down and talk about everything. We're going to stop Soledormir, though, I'll fight to the bitter end to make sure of that."
The mare carrying Scarlett let out a huff of disapproval at Jason's mumbling--at least she was fairly certain she could wake him up now... She just preferred to not use greater measures to do so. The mare whinnied and pawed at him again, harder this time. "Master Jason, please. We need you to be conscious."
Meanwhile, the mare speaking with the Vanguard in her human form ignored what their other comrade was doing--she trusted her to get the job done, and frankly, wasn't about to get involved in more shenanigans with Jason herself. She instead opted to add onto the report, "Members unaccounted for in the field are Lady Eira, Master Catch, Fiona, Terra, the nightmare, Crimson, Alex, and Hiiro. Those at the Palace are also unaccounted for due to the abnormality in communications."
" now hold on they're little missy, you're messed up friends are getting treated as well" the doctor said putting a hand on Fiona shoulder as if to calm her but also to make sure she doesn't get up " we take care of all kinds of Critters here " he then looks up at the tall Bellezza and grins "though most the time it's the Stray Cats Raven here brings in, you and your friend are in good hands paws, claws and ribbons, but I question if anyone try to use their toes" he teased.
Death gave a sheepish smile to the blue woman, with what the doctor said, he had a good guess she was uncomfortable with his name, it was something he was use to " u-hmm you can j-ust call me that or D i-f that better for you... I don't mind ether way..." he said shyly as he tapped his pointer finger together.
Upon being told that her friends were being taken care of, Fiona started calming down. "...Okay." She fought the urge to sit up again. //...What did he call me...!?// That stuck out in her mind, but was absolutely not the most urgent thing right then. She just listened to the doctor, blinking with big eyes at his tease, like silently asking, "Wait, really?!"
Then she looked up at Death again, "Uh... Okay, Raven." After how much he'd helped, she preferred to call him by his actual name... But she needed a little more time first. The Elemental let out a sigh, "Whew... Thank you both for helping us out. We /really/ needed it." She started with what she considered to be the most important thing to say.
He could see that, even with the little Catch knew about Soledormir he could see that if he won then all hope would be lost...and it wasn't a pleasant though at all. " yeah... with those others dark visions I had back in Howaito... and then Blue had a chain of ones to yesterday morning were Soledormir wins....hopeless is the only word for it... " he didn't want to think about it, but it was something the group needed to talk about, Catch didn't even know what everyone else knew but he did believe that they were all brought together for a reason " Catch nodded his head " your right, well figured this out, we already have found out things that no one else has "
The underground railway seem like it was going to go on forever but as they were going down the path something stood out, there was a spot where a maintenance door used to be, however now it had been covered up and sealed with cement but it was clear that it was old by the wear on it, it was cracked and had broken in places, there appeared to be a hole that was big enough for a person to crawl though
Dreamweaver and Dreamcatcher continue on until they reach this point, at which Weaver stops and gestures to the blocked-off door. "Hey," he says, "I feel we're really close to Malice at this point... I'm pretty sure he's through here. Sure looks like a good place to hide, too, but..." he looks over at the door, then back up at Catch with a concerned look on his face. "Only one of us will be able to squeeze through there at a time, and you're not going to fit that in your true form... How're we going to go about this?"
Crystals expression turned slightly thoughtful when Boreas said the shards looked familiar, then she glanced over at Edgar as he held up a second fragment in a duller color next to the brighter one found here. The girl was tired and wasn’t piecing it together as quickly as she normally would have, but thinking about it, back to what they were seeing around them, what they had seen in the city already, the day as a whole so far.. It finally clicked..
Crystals eyes widened for a moment with the realization and she looked back to the fragment in her hand, then down at the smeared blood on the street once more.. Now she knew why Boreas said they couldn’t be certain, but as far as she knew, only one person could make red crystals, and with that her chest felt a little tighter, suddenly this scene becoming much more frightening.. Overhearing the Mares mention the members unaccounted for, Crystal chewed at her lip worriedly and mumbled, “We need to find them..”
Thankfully red king slept though the operation, the doctors had did their best in patch him up. The red king had been dressed in an hospital gown, he had IV's and a breathing tub.
The doctors were focused on treating Crimson, it wasn't until he was stable that they started to chat with Glory, they mainly wanted to know who everyone was and what they had been doing to end up in this shape but they didn't press the topic to much for now, even Glory needed rest and help, which they had offered her Medication.
Boreas glanced up when Edgar showed them the crystal he'd collected earlier in comparison to what they were seeing now. The Captain knew it was far too likely who had been here... The mares were exchanging their reports and Crystal's worry only added to it.
"We do... I'm sure you're already thinking what I'm thinking about this scene..." The Elemental muttered, "Have you heard anything from Glory since we fought Scarlett?"
" no p-roblem " Death smile back at the blue woman. He then sat there and listened to the woman and the doctor. " that you all did, you could really say some of you were on deaths doorstep, and not this Deaths ether " the doctor took a thumb over his shoulder towards the tall Dragon sitting behind him " I am glad that you and you're marry gang made it here, and just in the nick of time to!"
The doctor then clap before putting his hands down " now that, that, how about we introduce ourselves? Hmm? You know Raven already, so I will be next, I am Dr. Kwanzo " he wave a hand as he said this, Dr. Kwanzo then leaned and tipped his head as he asked "and who might you be? "
I'm okay, fighting with another headache, but good nonetheles. Especially because we finally have backsplash for our kitchen and got it put in today~ XD)
Rihanna had been listening and letting the to brothers, she had been taking notes on what they were talking about but had been quite, letting the bros work things over.
That was until they had stopped at a suspicious hole in the wall, she flew down to peek inside " that a hole alright " she then went further in to investigate to see if the whole actually went all the way through.
" that Is a problem..." Dreamcatcher Mumble, he lowered his head to look though the hole, Anna made it though the other side// that good it go's all the way though but it's still a problem// " yeah, your right, I need to shift..." he started, shifting wasn't the problem, it was holding onto Weaver though all this " I won't have my ribbons in my other form and I know I won't be able to hold onto you with just my hand going though that" he took his free ribbon and rub his Fluffy red Mane "... I don't know... the only thing that's coming to my mind right now is that you still got chains in his form... maybe you could hold onto me with them instead?"
"Hah, you could say that again--I'm glad too..." Fiona agreed with the doctor's first comment, a faint, somewhat awkward smile on her face.
Then she nodded, "Great to meet you. My name's Fiona. I'm an Elemental--but you already know that... ...Wait a minute." She paused briefly, remembering why that was weird... She'd had a disguise on. The Elemental looked down at her arms, realizing she was definitely very blue. "Oh! My disguise is gone--and my armor...!" She was also now noticing she was dressed in a hospital gown. Her attention was drawn to the IV stuck in her arm, too. She'd never had one of those before...
"Well... It would've been pretty tough to work on me with all that stuff, huh?" She commented, now poking at her nose, where she remembered she was bitten by the spider shade.
Edgar looked at the crystals in his little arms, he never seen Crimson but these two crystals were very similar to each other, so much that they had to have come from the same thing.
With what Crystal and Boreas said put a more urgency to their Quest, the little drone put the shards back inside himself for later and begin to investigate some more.
By the claw marks he could tell that this person was drag quite a bit down, so he followed them until they stopped. From there the little drone rub under were his face probably was like a person rubbing his chin, he wondered, if he was a hurt person we're would he be before being dragged... he looked around and at first there didn't seem to be anything overwhelmingly obvious but his sensors did pick up a new unknown Anomaly.
He stopped in front of an alleyway, he was picking up some dark energy coming from down there... he turned on his light and shine it down the alley, it had just the normal alleyway things, dumpsters and trash cans, and even a pet bowl but his light stopped on something bright red and next to it was a black spot on the ground...( which would be Crimson helmet and the nasty stuff he throw up )
Edgar made some beeping and whistling noises to get the others attention
Weaver's eyes widen when Catch reminds him he has chains in his current form, and he makes a slight grimace. //... Wow, I already forgot... Even though I've been a Nightmare for a while, it's easier to think of myself as a Dreamer still, at least while I'm in this form. Don't really feel as much like a monster while I'm human...// he thinks to himself, then nods his head to Catch. "Yeah... Yeah, that'll work. You can hold on to my chain then, too," the Nightmare replies, slowly extending one chain out of his back, one of his shackled chains, and he carefully makes the shackle grip on to Dreamcatcher's left foreleg.
The Vanguard was troubled by some of the reports she was getting, not only was a large portion of the key hunters were missing, they couldn't reach the Silver spear Palace, what was going on there she wondered but she couldn't do anything about that right now, she had a job to do and that was looking after the key hunter she was following.
Jason moaned again, this time he try to roll but couldn't since he was tide up and was on the Mare back securely " Jasmine cooking again! quick! Save the pizza!" He Shouted as he woke up " dude! What's up?" He asked in a half sleepy way.
The Vanguard rolled her eyes at Jason but counted on her mission, whatever Scarlett did to him must of had a pretty strong enough for him, even though he seem to be back to himself by what she could tell, the Vanguard wanted to be sure that Jason was fully back to normal when he woke up
The mare with Jason on her back continued to monitor what was going on over the radio, faintly narrowing her eyes as Jason shouted about pizza...
The mare with Scarlett, however, had been expecting such a reaction from the orange haired boy. "Good morning." She said rather plainly, "We are investigating the remains of a battle... We could use your assistance with Edgar. How do you feel?" The comments on Jasmine's cooking would be enough to convince anyone he was back to normal... But there was no harm in double checking.
Dreamcatcher grimaced to, it was one thing thinking about Eater using chains but seeing Weaver and hearing his tone remains the brother just how freaky this has to be for Weaver, for /him/ to use them.
The Dreamer prince didn't move as his brother shackle grip his arm, his heart hurt for him but hope flicker, Weaver wasn't going to be like this forever he told himself. Catch then shifted back to his human form, he then took his free hand and patted Weaver shoulder " I guess, with each step for closer to figuring things out and setting things right again " he then looked over to the hole " now the big question, who go's in first?" " I already have! " Anna called back from the other side. " Annnaaa!" Catch wind getting a little frustrated with his Fairfin, " we don't know what over there Anna! Get back here before something try to eat you or something!" He scolds his partner
In just a moment the tiger Fairfin flew back over, she landed and had her hands on her hips and making a pouty face
Crystal shook her head a bit in response to Boreas’ question, “No.. Not that I can remember anyway..” she said quietly, “Should we try to talk to her?”
Soon noticing the drone moving away, Crystal simply observed at first, fidgeting nervously with the shard still in her hands, but when Edgar started making his noises again, the girl briefly glanced back to Boreas before making her way over to the little machine.
“Is everything okay?” She asked once close enough, eyeing the alleyway, thinking back to what the last one had led to..
"I think we should. Can see if they're alright and ask if they were here..." Boreas nodded.
His attention was also drawn to Edgar when the robot beeped and whooped at them. The captain followed after Crystal.
The Elemental looked into the alleyway Edgar was shining his light into. Right away, the red helmet caught his attention, but he was also checking for any traps as best as he could. Then, he tried his magic sense. "...There's what appears to be a helmet... And something very dark in there. Seems like someone was in here, too."
Weaver looks rather blankly at Catch when he comes over and pats him on the shoulder, but he does take a breath and calms himself with his brother's words. "Yeah," he agrees with a slight, forced smirk, then turning his head to look at the opening. When Anna calls and then comes back, his smirk gets a bit bigger, and he teases, saying, "The big brave Fairfin comes back safely from her quest into the Nightmare's den?" Then he glances back to Catch and says in a more serious tone, "I think I should go first, despite whatever happened when Eater went on a frenzy, I think I'm in the best shape, physically. That way, I can get an idea of the situation and make sure it'll be safe for you to come through. Alright?" He holds out his fist for a brotherly fist bump of agreement.
That got a laugh out of the doctor when Fiona noticed she wasn't in her disguise anymore " exactly, it took a bit to figure out what kind of spell it was but we managed " Dr. Kwanzo tapped his chin in thought " never would have thought it be something of the War maiden of Texas, you must be someone special miss Fiona" the Doctor then pointed over towards Death " your belongings are over there"
Death scooted to the side and lifted his wings up to look under then and sure enough, a table and on top was the Elementals belongings neatly stacked. The Bellezzas looks surprised that this and looked back to the Elemental and gave her a sheepish smile again
" when you're ready you can put them back on /but / your far from ready right now, I know you kid adventurous types , you run yourself rugged trying to save the world but you do no one any good when you work yourself to death, you need to rest and recover, and that's doctor's orders " Dr. Kwanzo said the last part firmly but he meant well by it.
After giving his lecture Dr. Kwanzo went on to inform the Elemental about her condition " we are in the process of treating the Venom in your system however we've been having problems with it, we're still not sure if it's a good or bad thing, or maybe your weird or your feathered friend is, we're still running tests "
" I-I... well, never mind " Death stared to say but second-guessed himself and stay quiet for now, he went back to looking down at his paws and taping his claws together again, he clearly wanted to say something but didn't at the same time
Morning Glory told what she could to the doctors as far as her knowledge goes, then thanked them when they brought her medication too. Having rested now for a little while, she carefully sits up on Crimson's pillow and looks over at one of the doctors. "... Excuse me? Do you have anything light to eat?" (Easy on the stomach, she means. She's no Light Eater <.<) After her request, Glory frowns slightly, and adds, "Come to think of it, that's probably something else you'll discover with everyone's condition here, I don't think anyone's been eating properly for a while..."
The Nurse said that she could, and it wasn't long before she brought her a bowl of soup and crackers along with some water. She also took note on the info Glory told her about the others in her group and left to go take care of that.
In the meantime as this was all happening the red king was slowly coming to, He heard noises but couldn't make out the words, he wasn't even sure if he knew the voices or if they were even voices in the first place, he cracked his eye open, everything was a burr but he followed a form that went off to the side of him... for there he just stared at the little light he seen, he didn't even bother to watch the tall burr to were it went, there was something about the tiny light but what was it?
Edgar didn’t have much to defend himself if there was a monster hidden somewhere in the darkness, he left his stick behind but now thought it would have been better to have it, ether way, he was going in...
The little drone took the lead on going into the alleyway, he made a few nervous sound as he first checked around to see if anything was going to jump out at him, much to his relief nothing did. Edgar stopped to look at the black goo first, he made a disapproving sound at it, this was what was given off the dark energy, the drone whistle to the others, as far as he could tell the cost was clear.
"You know about the War Maiden of Texas!" Fiona blurted upon hearing the name... Also finding that she now had a band-aid on her nose. Granted, she didn't know much about the War Maiden, either, but hearing that again caught her off guard.
She turned her head to see her belongings, as Death shuffled out of the way and lifted his wing. She hadn't been /too/ worried about that, as she felt pretty safe being with these people. Still, there was always a certain relief to knowing where her stuff was. The Elemental also made sure to give a friendly smile back to Death.
Then she listened intently to Dr. Kwanzo's instruction, looking a little awkward at first, but still responding with a dutiful, "Yes, sir." However, as he filled her in on her condition, Fiona raised an eyebrow. "There's something weird? I know we both got it from those ugly shadow monsters..."
The Elemental shifted her attention up to Death again as he second guessed himself, "Huh...?" She couldn't help but wonder what it was he'd wanted to say, especially with how he looked.
Having thanked the nurse again for the food and the water both, Glory got herself situated better on Crimson's pillow, and put her paws together for a moment in her thankfulness for the Silver Moons. //It's so nice to be able to get some good food...// she thinks to herself, briefly thinking back to the previous day, when her Nightmare partner tried to carefully feed her chicken. //That... That was definitely Weaver, I'm so glad he's still alive... But, Silver Moons, please help and watch over him, watch over all of us, we're struggling, trying to fight monsters without turning into monsters ourselves...//
She then takes the child-sized spoon and cautiously gets a spoonful of soup from the small bowl, this whole time, not noticing the Red King waking up. As she eats some of her soup, she can't help but even think about her own condition, too. After going so long as a sick Forgotten... A delusional Fairfin who was emotional and depressed every moment of her miserable existence... It's both strange, but also very refreshing to be in the state she is now. She's got her colors back, her glow... Admittedly, she's still rather scrawny looking and a little sickly, but compared to before, she looks so much better. She can feel it, too. //I hope I don't get that sick again when we leave and I'm still connected to Weaver... I wasn't of any help to anyone like that, really,// she thinks, having some more of her soup.
Jason keep blinking and making faces as he try to wake up" morning? " he Mumble and try to lift his head but set it back down again and moans " dude...I feel like I was sat on by a whale but other then that " he makes a face as he focuses on just how does he feel? He definitely sore but he didn't think anything was broken, but how was he mentally? His head was a little fuzzy but it didn't seem to bad, really what seem to bother him more was that he was hungry all the sudden " I could eat something "
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14 Nov, 2021, 5:49 pm
Catch tip his head in a halfway shrugs as he walks " it was a dream... I guess it's like the visions I have had were somethings end up becoming reality as others things don't... but with the visions I have had I'm glad a lot of those things haven't happened and maybe it be like the dream and won't, not in the way it shown at least...."
" I haven't lost hope, though more then a few times it felt like it be easier to just give up " The Dreamer prince admitted, but getting it off his chest did seem to help, and not doing it in his dark form ether. " it's just got me thinking about things... just what does it all mean? Why do I have /that/ dream, is it a warning or something? But you already became a Nightmare and..." he paused with the next thought and " He wondered out loud" what about the others? What happened to the others Dreamers and there stars? If you're alive are they out there to? "
14 Nov, 2021, 5:49 pm
//Yeah, I'm sure it was...// Weaver thinks in response to Catch's confession, and silently gives him a pat on the shoulder as he walks. "I think it's safe to assume that they're not just gone," he then says with a slight grimace, "It'd be nice if their stars could simply be returned to the sky where they belong, up with the Silver Moons, but just from the fact that I'm here... It's not going to be that simple. That's where I'm concerned... I know Eater saw countless Dreamer faces in Void's heart, I just don't know where they've gone after it exploded and the palace collapsed. If they also went back to their Nightmare bodies... Moons help them, they have it so much worse than I do..."
The Dreamer goes quiet after that, thinking about just how bad it would be, being trapped in your own body, but having no magic seal put on you to mess up your Nightmare, no reason for the Nightmare in control of you to spare your friends and family... Feeling the sick and twisted pleasures that the Nightmare would experience, that the Nightmare would force you to experience, when they kill or torture people... That kind of existence would be a truly hopeless one that could break even the strongest Dreamers, if they were forced to live like that too long... His missing heart can't ache for those people, but he feels rather anxious about it. //Moons... Please, if that's the case, please help them in some way... If I could, I would do whatever I could to help them...// he silently prays.
But, going back to the vision dream... There's still something off. "... Hey... You know, it's weird that you're even still having this dream, like you said, I'm already a Nightmare... So if it's a vision, it can't be something of the future, unless... It's not about that at all? Could it be something else? Something else that wants to devour Dreamers like that?" Weaver asks, though he does think to himself: //I dunno though, this is starting to sound kind of crazy... What else could it possibly be?//
14 Nov, 2021, 5:50 pm
"Whoa! C-areful! Y-our going to give yourself a headache sitting up to quickly! " Death the Bellezzas said, he was sitting on his hindquarters with his paws up in and calming motion, his long neck was bent so he could look down at the Elemental. So Death was practically looming over Fiona, but he did his best to calm her down.
Thankfully there was others in the room, doctors and nurses checking charts " Ah, good, your a wake " a doctor said coming over, he was a older looking man " you weren't doing so well for a hot minute, but your awake so we must have done something right, you know it's not even day that we get Elementals here "
14 Nov, 2021, 5:50 pm
Fiona heard a voice. And the voice was right--she definitely had a headache, which prompted her to bring her hand to her forehead. "Wha..."
...Along with this, though, she finally noticed where the voice was coming from: the dragon body and paws moving in a calming motion beside her bed.
The Elemental's wide eyes followed this, up to his neck, which then led to her craning her own neck to see Death's face looming over her. Leaning to look up so high made her flop back onto the hospital bed pillow with a fluffy 'thump.' "Whoa...! Uh... Hi... D-Death?" Her voice was still a bit tense. It wasn't easy for her to get that name out, especially since she wasn't even sure if it was right (or what it even was.)
However, then there were other people in the room, too. Fiona rolled her head to the side to look at the doctor as he spoke. "Huh? Oh, right! I... Wasn't doing so great when we got here... Wait--wait! What about the others who were with me? Are they okay?!" She rushed to that question, still needing a /little/ more time to recollect herself.
14 Nov, 2021, 5:50 pm
As the humans got to work treating Crimson's wounds, it was quickly discovered that the barbs Glory can see are invisible to them. This being an opportunity for her to help more, Glory swiftly helps the humans with this problem, getting different things like cloths and wrapping them around the barbs to make them visible.
Once that's done, and Crimson's in a more stable condition, no longer bleeding out or anything, and when things are calmer, Glory tries to contact Rihanna to update her on the situation. Unfortunately, this is around the time when the boys and Anna are near the black hole, so she can't reach them...
So, for a while now, the little Fairfin has been curled up next to Crimson's neck and shoulder, much like a cat would. She tries to get some rest herself, but not sleep, as her worried mind is all over the place. Why can't she reach Rihanna now? What's happening to Catch and her partner? What about everyone else? Fiona, Eira, Rahab, Terra... They're around here too, surely they're getting help? But there's still others out there... And what about Crimson? The person in control of his body said he believes Crimson is still alive, just sleeping... Will he wake up soon? Or, when Crimson's body wakes up, will this stranger still be in control? ... What a horrifying thought, to share your body with someone you don't know, even if this new person is equally disturbed by it...
14 Nov, 2021, 5:51 pm
The Vanguard went over to her comrade to discuss the current events and investigate the matter, just the previous times ( that weren't always mentioned but we're in time skips or hinted) that they were in fact keeping informed with the other groups of Vanguard who were also dealing with the attack on this District, they were informed on other hidden traps that had been discovered by other groups, a long with the last know location of the different members of the key Hunters, there was also talk about how no one was able to get in contact with the Palace at the moment but a team was sent to investigate... on their end, the group with Boreas and Crystal let the others know were they location was as often as possible, they also informed any traps and the place they found Scarlett, this place to was added to the list of places that needed deep investigation.
Edgar looked up when Crystal came over, he made some beeping noises at her as if he was trying to start up a conversation, it was likely on what they were looking at.
There was one claw marks that was shaped in a form of a hand, and then later others Cashes in gashes in the asphalt, likely feet and knees digging in to be slowed down. On closer closer investigation there was a few spots were it looked like shiny red fragments were on the ground, they looked as polish and pure as fine cut Ruby and Garnet gems, parts of Crimsons armor that had been broken off by the Seeker projectiles.
However the little drone attention shifted when Boreas addressed him and Crystal, Edgar then went on to try and explain the findings even though he wasn't sure ether, he beeped and boop as he bobbed back and forth, it was clearly a interesting tale, it was to bad no one that was awake unstood the little drone, or they might have known this ' there stuff and more stuff, that following by more stuff that probably led to that stuff but didn't because other stuff happened to case other stuff that led to this stuff that happened here, whatever that stuff was '
14 Nov, 2021, 5:51 pm
As the two Vanguard discussed the events and reports, the third one with Scarlett continued to stand at attention--not wanting to delve into the heart of the scene with the evil they had already apprehended.
...However, overhearing Edgar's beeps and boops, she cast a sideglance to Jason on her teammate's back...
Turning to face him, the Vaseterm lifted one hoof and pawed at the boy's leg. "...Master Jason?"
14 Nov, 2021, 5:51 pm
Crystal did her absolute best to try and once again at least partly understand what Edgar was saying with his beeping and booping noises, but it wasn’t going well.. She stared at the evidence of the struggle that happened earlier, suddenly coming to a realization, “Was.. Was someone being dragged..?” She questioned aloud. The girl then caught sight of a couple of the strange shiny fragments and slowly crouched down and picked one up to look at it closer. She had no idea what it went to, but it stood out compared to everything else.. Something about it felt important..
When Boreas called out to her and Edgar, Crystal turned to look back at him and shook her head a bit, though she waited to say anything until the little drone was done speaking. When Edgar had finished the girl then said “No, I have no idea who’s blood this is..” as she stood back up and faced the Elemental. “Edgar’s been making his noises but I’m pretty sure the only one who can understand him is currently unconscious..” Crystal glanced over towards Jason and the Mare who was seemingly checking on him, her eyebrows knitting worriedly before she turned back. “We did find this though,” Crystal showed the fragment she was holding onto, “it was down in those..” she nodded to the marks and scrapes.
14 Nov, 2021, 5:51 pm
Boreas made his way over to Crystal and Edgar as the robot attempted to converse with them. Something must've been different about this that made the little robot respond this way. "...He has a lot to say... We'll need carrot-top to translate when he wakes up." He agreed with Crystal.
The icy Elemental took another, closer look at the gouged markings in the street, then his attention was brought to the fragments Crystal had.
The captain narrowed his eyes at it, "Red shards, huh..." They reminded him of one thing and one thing only, but this possibility made him frown, "...They seem awfully familiar, but we can't say that for certain yet..." He muttered, turning his attention back to the gashes, "It would take a lot of force to dig into the street like this... Suppose full crystals could cut it--but the shape is more organic."
14 Nov, 2021, 7:22 pm
Dreamcatcher let out a deep worrisome sigh at that. He to had a great concern about the other Dreamers, there was so much unknown and it felt like more questions pop up with every answer they found "... I'm not even sure if I want to know the answer but it's one I just been wondering about, why was this even done? Why hold people souls and take there hearts? " he thinks out loud.
As the Dreamer prince continue to walk down the dark subway his mind didn't like the thoughts he was wondering, Catch was also thinking about what happened to Weaver and if that was happening to all the Dreamers who became Nightmares, it was an unthinkable form of torture and yet it was real // if Soledormir made the Nightmares just for that he is beyond sick and evil //
Catch was snapped out of this thoughts with Weaver question " huh? Oh, hmmm, that's a good point " he started and thought more on his dream " it was a lot more clear this time around... or more I knew what some things were, like you were the one star... but your right, why am I still having this dream vision thing? If vision are a message then what is it that it's trying to tell me? " he then did a mental pause thinking about his friends last comment, was that it? " you mean something other then Light Eaters?.... " it was a frightening thought, that something else wanted to eat the Dreamers
14 Nov, 2021, 7:24 pm
Edgar made some rumbling noise when he realized no one could understand him, he tossed up his little arms and turned to go do more investigation again but He didn't get far, he stop to pick up a shared like what Crystal had, he opened up one of his drawer and pulled out one of the crystals he had picked up alone the way.
The little drone held the two shards up to look at them together, the one that had been found earlier was also red but it's color was dull and lack any form of life to it, unlike the pice he just picked up, it was vibrant in colors, he thought it was odd, and was these connected? He didn't know just by looking at them. That wasn't a part of his program.
However those who were there when Crimson bracelet came off would have seen something similar, when Crimson corruption had taken over and his crystal spread across the palace they were bright vibrant red that glowed with a Sinister light and the more they consumed the more that Sinister energy grew but it was as soon as Crimson bracelet was put back on the crystal stop growing and their colors faded, just like some one had flip a on and off twitch. The crystal Edgar first picked up earlier was just like this, Dull.
As for the new one, it was colorful.
Edgar held up his findings so the order could see them to
14 Nov, 2021, 8:03 pm
The sleeping Jason scratched his face when the Mare Paw him and mumbled " uhhhmmm.... you know.... I think take out sounds good tonight.... pizza, yeahhhhh, pizza is good...mmmmmm...."
The Vanguard continued her investigation and checking for traps. She stayed on the radio keeping the others informed on what she found and also keeping informed on what was going on else were.
After getting some information she turned to her comrades " I just got word that all the key hunters are not accounted for...we need to be on the lookout for the other key hunters "
14 Nov, 2021, 8:03 pm
"Maybe? I dunno..." Weaver replies, "I guess the only thing I could think of off the top of my head would be Soledormir himself? Since he's the cause of everything. If it's not Nightmare Syndrome, is that vision portraying more what it would be like if we failed? If we couldn't stop Soledormir...?"
He goes quiet after that. //That might explain why Catch felt such crushing hopelessness... If everyone was turned into a Nightmare, and there was nothing that anyone could do... That would destroy everyone...// he thinks to himself, frowning deeply. //I don't like how depressing this is sounding, though, I know Catch just saw this vision, but there's got to be something we can do! We just don't have enough information at the moment, we really need to just sit down and make some plans...//
Getting more frustrated as he wants to fight back against this hopeless feeling, but also feeling a surge of determination, Weaver huffs and pats Catch's shoulder again. "We're going to figure this out. Like I said, after we're in a better place and maybe when we're all together, we really need to sit down and talk about everything. We're going to stop Soledormir, though, I'll fight to the bitter end to make sure of that."
14 Nov, 2021, 8:24 pm
The mare carrying Scarlett let out a huff of disapproval at Jason's mumbling--at least she was fairly certain she could wake him up now... She just preferred to not use greater measures to do so. The mare whinnied and pawed at him again, harder this time. "Master Jason, please. We need you to be conscious."
Meanwhile, the mare speaking with the Vanguard in her human form ignored what their other comrade was doing--she trusted her to get the job done, and frankly, wasn't about to get involved in more shenanigans with Jason herself.
She instead opted to add onto the report,
"Members unaccounted for in the field are Lady Eira, Master Catch, Fiona, Terra, the nightmare, Crimson, Alex, and Hiiro.
Those at the Palace are also unaccounted for due to the abnormality in communications."
14 Nov, 2021, 8:43 pm
" now hold on they're little missy, you're messed up friends are getting treated as well" the doctor said putting a hand on Fiona shoulder as if to calm her but also to make sure she doesn't get up " we take care of all kinds of Critters here " he then looks up at the tall Bellezza and grins "though most the time it's the Stray Cats Raven here brings in, you and your friend are in good hands paws, claws and ribbons, but I question if anyone try to use their toes" he teased.
Death gave a sheepish smile to the blue woman, with what the doctor said, he had a good guess she was uncomfortable with his name, it was something he was use to " u-hmm you can j-ust call me that or D i-f that better for you... I don't mind ether way..." he said shyly as he tapped his pointer finger together.
14 Nov, 2021, 9:55 pm
Upon being told that her friends were being taken care of, Fiona started calming down. "...Okay." She fought the urge to sit up again.
//...What did he call me...!?// That stuck out in her mind, but was absolutely not the most urgent thing right then. She just listened to the doctor, blinking with big eyes at his tease, like silently asking, "Wait, really?!"
Then she looked up at Death again, "Uh... Okay, Raven." After how much he'd helped, she preferred to call him by his actual name... But she needed a little more time first.
The Elemental let out a sigh, "Whew... Thank you both for helping us out. We /really/ needed it." She started with what she considered to be the most important thing to say.
14 Nov, 2021, 9:58 pm
He could see that, even with the little Catch knew about Soledormir he could see that if he won then all hope would be lost...and it wasn't a pleasant though at all. " yeah... with those others dark visions I had back in Howaito... and then Blue had a chain of ones to yesterday morning were Soledormir wins....hopeless is the only word for it... " he didn't want to think about it, but it was something the group needed to talk about, Catch didn't even know what everyone else knew but he did believe that they were all brought together for a reason " Catch nodded his head " your right, well figured this out, we already have found out things that no one else has "
The underground railway seem like it was going to go on forever but as they were going down the path something stood out, there was a spot where a maintenance door used to be, however now it had been covered up and sealed with cement but it was clear that it was old by the wear on it, it was cracked and had broken in places, there appeared to be a hole that was big enough for a person to crawl though
14 Nov, 2021, 10:36 pm
Dreamweaver and Dreamcatcher continue on until they reach this point, at which Weaver stops and gestures to the blocked-off door. "Hey," he says, "I feel we're really close to Malice at this point... I'm pretty sure he's through here. Sure looks like a good place to hide, too, but..." he looks over at the door, then back up at Catch with a concerned look on his face. "Only one of us will be able to squeeze through there at a time, and you're not going to fit that in your true form... How're we going to go about this?"
14 Nov, 2021, 10:57 pm
Crystals expression turned slightly thoughtful when Boreas said the shards looked familiar, then she glanced over at Edgar as he held up a second fragment in a duller color next to the brighter one found here. The girl was tired and wasn’t piecing it together as quickly as she normally would have, but thinking about it, back to what they were seeing around them, what they had seen in the city already, the day as a whole so far.. It finally clicked..
Crystals eyes widened for a moment with the realization and she looked back to the fragment in her hand, then down at the smeared blood on the street once more.. Now she knew why Boreas said they couldn’t be certain, but as far as she knew, only one person could make red crystals, and with that her chest felt a little tighter, suddenly this scene becoming much more frightening..
Overhearing the Mares mention the members unaccounted for, Crystal chewed at her lip worriedly and mumbled, “We need to find them..”
14 Nov, 2021, 10:58 pm
Thankfully red king slept though the operation, the doctors had did their best in patch him up. The red king had been dressed in an hospital gown, he had IV's and a breathing tub.
The doctors were focused on treating Crimson, it wasn't until he was stable that they started to chat with Glory, they mainly wanted to know who everyone was and what they had been doing to end up in this shape but they didn't press the topic to much for now, even Glory needed rest and help, which they had offered her Medication.
14 Nov, 2021, 11:30 pm
Boreas glanced up when Edgar showed them the crystal he'd collected earlier in comparison to what they were seeing now. The Captain knew it was far too likely who had been here...
The mares were exchanging their reports and Crystal's worry only added to it.
"We do... I'm sure you're already thinking what I'm thinking about this scene..." The Elemental muttered, "Have you heard anything from Glory since we fought Scarlett?"
14 Nov, 2021, 11:43 pm
(Also--
Hi Galaxy! How're you? :>)
14 Nov, 2021, 11:50 pm
" no p-roblem " Death smile back at the blue woman. He then sat there and listened to the woman and the doctor.
" that you all did, you could really say some of you were on deaths doorstep, and not this Deaths ether " the doctor took a thumb over his shoulder towards the tall Dragon sitting behind him " I am glad that you and you're marry gang made it here, and just in the nick of time to!"
The doctor then clap before putting his hands down " now that, that, how about we introduce ourselves? Hmm? You know Raven already, so I will be next, I am Dr. Kwanzo " he wave a hand as he said this, Dr. Kwanzo then leaned and tipped his head as he asked
"and who might you be? "
14 Nov, 2021, 11:52 pm
( HI Galaxy!
I ditto Fluffy! How you doing?)
15 Nov, 2021, 12:11 am
(I double ditto Shadow XD )
15 Nov, 2021, 12:45 am
(Ah, very late but hi guys!
I'm okay, fighting with another headache, but good nonetheles. Especially because we finally have backsplash for our kitchen and got it put in today~ XD)
15 Nov, 2021, 1:05 am
(It's good that you're good Galaxy! Except that headache--you show it who's boss!!
It's awesome too that you got the backsplash for the kitchen in, too! X3 )
15 Nov, 2021, 1:08 am
Rihanna had been listening and letting the to brothers, she had been taking notes on what they were talking about but had been quite, letting the bros work things over.
That was until they had stopped at a suspicious hole in the wall, she flew down to peek inside " that a hole alright " she then went further in to investigate to see if the whole actually went all the way through.
" that Is a problem..." Dreamcatcher Mumble, he lowered his head to look though the hole, Anna made it though the other side// that good it go's all the way though but it's still a problem// " yeah, your right, I need to shift..." he started, shifting wasn't the problem, it was holding onto Weaver though all this " I won't have my ribbons in my other form and I know I won't be able to hold onto you with just my hand going though that" he took his free ribbon and rub his Fluffy red Mane "... I don't know... the only thing that's coming to my mind right now is that you still got chains in his form... maybe you could hold onto me with them instead?"
15 Nov, 2021, 1:08 am
"Hah, you could say that again--I'm glad too..." Fiona agreed with the doctor's first comment, a faint, somewhat awkward smile on her face.
Then she nodded, "Great to meet you. My name's Fiona. I'm an Elemental--but you already know that...
...Wait a minute." She paused briefly, remembering why that was weird... She'd had a disguise on. The Elemental looked down at her arms, realizing she was definitely very blue. "Oh! My disguise is gone--and my armor...!" She was also now noticing she was dressed in a hospital gown. Her attention was drawn to the IV stuck in her arm, too. She'd never had one of those before...
"Well... It would've been pretty tough to work on me with all that stuff, huh?" She commented, now poking at her nose, where she remembered she was bitten by the spider shade.
15 Nov, 2021, 1:16 am
(Glad that you're doing good other than that headache, Galaxy! Sounds like you got a lot of good work done! ^-^
I hope your headache goes away soon--like Lilly said, show it who's boss!)
15 Nov, 2021, 1:49 am
Edgar looked at the crystals in his little arms, he never seen Crimson but these two crystals were very similar to each other, so much that they had to have come from the same thing.
With what Crystal and Boreas said put a more urgency to their Quest, the little drone put the shards back inside himself for later and begin to investigate some more.
By the claw marks he could tell that this person was drag quite a bit down, so he followed them until they stopped. From there the little drone rub under were his face probably was like a person rubbing his chin, he wondered, if he was a hurt person we're would he be before being dragged... he looked around and at first there didn't seem to be anything overwhelmingly obvious but his sensors did pick up a new unknown Anomaly.
He stopped in front of an alleyway, he was picking up some dark energy coming from down there... he turned on his light and shine it down the alley, it had just the normal alleyway things, dumpsters and trash cans, and even a pet bowl but his light stopped on something bright red and next to it was a black spot on the ground...( which would be Crimson helmet and the nasty stuff he throw up )
Edgar made some beeping and whistling noises to get the others attention
15 Nov, 2021, 1:51 am
( that good Galaxy! Other then the headache:/
I hope you feel better soon *hug*
That great! You're kitchen projects really coming along! )
15 Nov, 2021, 2:10 am
Weaver's eyes widen when Catch reminds him he has chains in his current form, and he makes a slight grimace. //... Wow, I already forgot... Even though I've been a Nightmare for a while, it's easier to think of myself as a Dreamer still, at least while I'm in this form. Don't really feel as much like a monster while I'm human...// he thinks to himself, then nods his head to Catch. "Yeah... Yeah, that'll work. You can hold on to my chain then, too," the Nightmare replies, slowly extending one chain out of his back, one of his shackled chains, and he carefully makes the shackle grip on to Dreamcatcher's left foreleg.
15 Nov, 2021, 3:03 am
The Vanguard was troubled by some of the reports she was getting, not only was a large portion of the key hunters were missing, they couldn't reach the Silver spear Palace, what was going on there she wondered but she couldn't do anything about that right now, she had a job to do and that was looking after the key hunter she was following.
Jason moaned again, this time he try to roll but couldn't since he was tide up and was on the Mare back securely " Jasmine cooking again! quick! Save the pizza!" He Shouted as he woke up " dude! What's up?" He asked in a half sleepy way.
The Vanguard rolled her eyes at Jason but counted on her mission, whatever Scarlett did to him must of had a pretty strong enough for him, even though he seem to be back to himself by what she could tell, the Vanguard wanted to be sure that Jason was fully back to normal when he woke up
15 Nov, 2021, 3:22 am
The mare with Jason on her back continued to monitor what was going on over the radio, faintly narrowing her eyes as Jason shouted about pizza...
The mare with Scarlett, however, had been expecting such a reaction from the orange haired boy. "Good morning." She said rather plainly, "We are investigating the remains of a battle... We could use your assistance with Edgar. How do you feel?"
The comments on Jasmine's cooking would be enough to convince anyone he was back to normal... But there was no harm in double checking.
15 Nov, 2021, 3:28 am
Dreamcatcher grimaced to, it was one thing thinking about Eater using chains but seeing Weaver and hearing his tone remains the brother just how freaky this has to be for Weaver, for /him/ to use them.
The Dreamer prince didn't move as his brother shackle grip his arm, his heart hurt for him but hope flicker, Weaver wasn't going to be like this forever he told himself. Catch then shifted back to his human form, he then took his free hand and patted Weaver shoulder " I guess, with each step for closer to figuring things out and setting things right again " he then looked over to the hole " now the big question, who go's in first?"
" I already have! " Anna called back from the other side.
" Annnaaa!" Catch wind getting a little frustrated with his Fairfin, " we don't know what over there Anna! Get back here before something try to eat you or something!" He scolds his partner
In just a moment the tiger Fairfin flew back over, she landed and had her hands on her hips and making a pouty face
15 Nov, 2021, 3:39 am
Crystal shook her head a bit in response to Boreas’ question, “No.. Not that I can remember anyway..” she said quietly, “Should we try to talk to her?”
Soon noticing the drone moving away, Crystal simply observed at first, fidgeting nervously with the shard still in her hands, but when Edgar started making his noises again, the girl briefly glanced back to Boreas before making her way over to the little machine.
“Is everything okay?” She asked once close enough, eyeing the alleyway, thinking back to what the last one had led to..
15 Nov, 2021, 4:33 am
"I think we should. Can see if they're alright and ask if they were here..." Boreas nodded.
His attention was also drawn to Edgar when the robot beeped and whooped at them. The captain followed after Crystal.
The Elemental looked into the alleyway Edgar was shining his light into. Right away, the red helmet caught his attention, but he was also checking for any traps as best as he could. Then, he tried his magic sense. "...There's what appears to be a helmet... And something very dark in there. Seems like someone was in here, too."
15 Nov, 2021, 4:56 am
Weaver looks rather blankly at Catch when he comes over and pats him on the shoulder, but he does take a breath and calms himself with his brother's words. "Yeah," he agrees with a slight, forced smirk, then turning his head to look at the opening. When Anna calls and then comes back, his smirk gets a bit bigger, and he teases, saying, "The big brave Fairfin comes back safely from her quest into the Nightmare's den?" Then he glances back to Catch and says in a more serious tone, "I think I should go first, despite whatever happened when Eater went on a frenzy, I think I'm in the best shape, physically. That way, I can get an idea of the situation and make sure it'll be safe for you to come through. Alright?" He holds out his fist for a brotherly fist bump of agreement.
15 Nov, 2021, 5:10 am
That got a laugh out of the doctor when Fiona noticed she wasn't in her disguise anymore " exactly, it took a bit to figure out what kind of spell it was but we managed " Dr. Kwanzo tapped his chin in thought " never would have thought it be something of the War maiden of Texas, you must be someone special miss Fiona" the Doctor then pointed over towards Death " your belongings are over there"
Death scooted to the side and lifted his wings up to look under then and sure enough, a table and on top was the Elementals belongings neatly stacked. The Bellezzas looks surprised that this and looked back to the Elemental and gave her a sheepish smile again
" when you're ready you can put them back on /but / your far from ready right now, I know you kid adventurous types , you run yourself rugged trying to save the world but you do no one any good when you work yourself to death, you need to rest and recover, and that's doctor's orders " Dr. Kwanzo said the last part firmly but he meant well by it.
After giving his lecture Dr. Kwanzo went on to inform the Elemental about her condition " we are in the process of treating the Venom in your system however we've been having problems with it, we're still not sure if it's a good or bad thing, or maybe your weird or your feathered friend is, we're still running tests "
" I-I... well, never mind " Death stared to say but second-guessed himself and stay quiet for now, he went back to looking down at his paws and taping his claws together again, he clearly wanted to say something but didn't at the same time
15 Nov, 2021, 5:39 am
Morning Glory told what she could to the doctors as far as her knowledge goes, then thanked them when they brought her medication too. Having rested now for a little while, she carefully sits up on Crimson's pillow and looks over at one of the doctors. "... Excuse me? Do you have anything light to eat?" (Easy on the stomach, she means. She's no Light Eater <.<) After her request, Glory frowns slightly, and adds, "Come to think of it, that's probably something else you'll discover with everyone's condition here, I don't think anyone's been eating properly for a while..."
15 Nov, 2021, 5:42 am
The Nurse said that she could, and it wasn't long before she brought her a bowl of soup and crackers along with some water. She also took note on the info Glory told her about the others in her group and left to go take care of that.
In the meantime as this was all happening the red king was slowly coming to, He heard noises but couldn't make out the words, he wasn't even sure if he knew the voices or if they were even voices in the first place, he cracked his eye open, everything was a burr but he followed a form that went off to the side of him... for there he just stared at the little light he seen, he didn't even bother to watch the tall burr to were it went, there was something about the tiny light but what was it?
15 Nov, 2021, 6:03 am
Edgar didn’t have much to defend himself if there was a monster hidden somewhere in the darkness, he left his stick behind but now thought it would have been better to have it, ether way, he was going in...
The little drone took the lead on going into the alleyway, he made a few nervous sound as he first checked around to see if anything was going to jump out at him, much to his relief nothing did.
Edgar stopped to look at the black goo first, he made a disapproving sound at it, this was what was given off the dark energy, the drone whistle to the others, as far as he could tell the cost was clear.
15 Nov, 2021, 6:19 am
"You know about the War Maiden of Texas!" Fiona blurted upon hearing the name... Also finding that she now had a band-aid on her nose.
Granted, she didn't know much about the War Maiden, either, but hearing that again caught her off guard.
She turned her head to see her belongings, as Death shuffled out of the way and lifted his wing. She hadn't been /too/ worried about that, as she felt pretty safe being with these people. Still, there was always a certain relief to knowing where her stuff was.
The Elemental also made sure to give a friendly smile back to Death.
Then she listened intently to Dr. Kwanzo's instruction, looking a little awkward at first, but still responding with a dutiful, "Yes, sir."
However, as he filled her in on her condition, Fiona raised an eyebrow. "There's something weird? I know we both got it from those ugly shadow monsters..."
The Elemental shifted her attention up to Death again as he second guessed himself, "Huh...?" She couldn't help but wonder what it was he'd wanted to say, especially with how he looked.
15 Nov, 2021, 6:28 am
Having thanked the nurse again for the food and the water both, Glory got herself situated better on Crimson's pillow, and put her paws together for a moment in her thankfulness for the Silver Moons. //It's so nice to be able to get some good food...// she thinks to herself, briefly thinking back to the previous day, when her Nightmare partner tried to carefully feed her chicken. //That... That was definitely Weaver, I'm so glad he's still alive... But, Silver Moons, please help and watch over him, watch over all of us, we're struggling, trying to fight monsters without turning into monsters ourselves...//
She then takes the child-sized spoon and cautiously gets a spoonful of soup from the small bowl, this whole time, not noticing the Red King waking up. As she eats some of her soup, she can't help but even think about her own condition, too. After going so long as a sick Forgotten... A delusional Fairfin who was emotional and depressed every moment of her miserable existence... It's both strange, but also very refreshing to be in the state she is now. She's got her colors back, her glow... Admittedly, she's still rather scrawny looking and a little sickly, but compared to before, she looks so much better. She can feel it, too. //I hope I don't get that sick again when we leave and I'm still connected to Weaver... I wasn't of any help to anyone like that, really,// she thinks, having some more of her soup.
15 Nov, 2021, 6:33 am
the Vanguard lady doing Vanguard stuff.
Jason keep blinking and making faces as he try to wake up" morning? " he Mumble and try to lift his head but set it back down again and moans " dude...I feel like I was sat on by a whale but other then that " he makes a face as he focuses on just how does he feel? He definitely sore but he didn't think anything was broken, but how was he mentally? His head was a little fuzzy but it didn't seem to bad, really what seem to bother him more was that he was hungry all the sudden " I could eat something "