Persona: Fractured Dreams

Jon sighed. Typical. He hoped he wasn't right. He followed the rest of the group, once more positioning himself in the rear.

"Just prove your worth, mystery boy..."

Reiki — The Dream, Beach

"Something tells me to walk in that direction." mumbled Reiki so that only Blake could hear her. He had the Wild Card ability, so maybe he had the same weird vibes that she did? "Wait, did you say you passed a spot on the way over here?" the green-haired girl turned toward the albindo. "That was probably just a large collection of Shadows." she sighed, placing a hand on the back of her head to steady herself. "They're pretty common, and dangerous... but I also know that the Shadows will try and protect the Dreamer as long as they can. Perhaps our lead is there."

Only one thing to do now...

"Blake, lead the way. We'll take care of the Shadows while you give us... well, what does your Persona do?" Reiki said as she eyed the fox that loomed right beside her.

"Ah! Well, now that you ask... Hmm, let's see..." Blake paused and began ticking abilities off on his fingers. It was clear he'd never explained any of this to another person before.

"You already know he's good at scouting; the range of my ability to sense things in the Dream-world is much greater than when I have any other Persona out. He can drain a small amount of life or energy from an enemy, and I can use him to instantly leave the Dream if I need to. He only has one attack, unfortunately, more of a special attack that's cast through my "hitpoints", you could say. It causes a bit of damage to enemies and makes them... age or wither, for lack of a better word. Oh! And I can use him to immediately know an enemy's strengths, weaknesses, attacks, health, and so on. He's really useful!" Blake took a breath and grinned briefly at the fox.

"Yip!"

"My other Personas have some recovery abilities and are more use in combat; you know, elemental and light and dark attacks, that sort of thing. Still not nearly powerful enough to take on that swarm back there, though. By the way," he continued, tilting his head in confusion at the horizon, "you're right: there's definitely something over there, but I don't know, it's just kind of..."

Christopher Kingston

Finally the group was on the move. Supposedly Blake had sensed and worked his way around group of shadows. A lead was perfect. Shadows flocked to a dreamer like metal to a potent magnet. He drew his blade as he continued walking with Reiki who seemed to have some idea where they were going. "Persona" Chris spoke as he brought Raphael back. The angel walked passively at his side with his golden wings outsreatched.

"No need to worry about support Blake. I excel at making everyone else better" he said with a grin.

edited 20th Sep '12 12:58:26 PM by AuraofMildChaos

Reiki, The Beach — The Dream

The young leader walked through the idle sands of the yellow beach. Over a dune, over another. The beach had slowly turned into an expansive desert. Violent winds blew and soon they clouded her vision. "Can't... really breath."

The winds grew stronger.

"W-was it like this when you walked through BLAKE!?" Reiki's voiced had almost been drowned out by the torrent of deadly wind.

Oh boy. This really wasn't getting any easier.

"No!" the albino in question answered just as loudly, trying to shield his mouth and eyes with his coat, "Should we head back?"

Christopher Kingston

"There's no heading back at this point, if we defeat the shadows holding the person here the Dream should calm down. I think" Chris yelled over the winds and he pulled up his collar and tried to shield himself from the brunt of the sandy gusts. The sand was obnoxious but he strained his eyes to see if he could pinpoint the shadows in the distance.

"Once we see them I'll supercharge everyone with Heat Riser" Chris yelled once more.

The Beach

The torrent of wind grew stronger as time went by. Reiki's footing had been lost, and she had been pushed back a few feet. "G-gh.. I-I can't breath! Agh." the girl stressed her discomfort with words.

Keep going, I can't let anyone else down! Not now, NOT EVER!, with newfound resolve the girl stepped head first into the center of the storm, blowing through with nothing but her legs and will power. Given a moment she had made it through the majority of the storm. Now in the clear, Reiki moved forward and motioned to her comrades. "Over here!" she said as Reiki hoped they could hear her.

In the center of the sand storm was a small lake with one or two trees. In the center was a young woman, around the age of eighteen, slumped down in the sand as if she had been crying.

Christopher Kingston

Chris followed Reiki's lead and entered what could just as well be called the eye of the storm. And there she was. The comatose girl, or at least his assumption was that this was her, was just in front of them. Chris sheathed his blade and made Raphael disappear again. He looked at the rest of the group before he slowly walked forward. It was wonderful to find this oasis in the desert but he had to remember that this girl was the main goal.

"Hey" he called out to her "are you OK?"

Trailing Chris and their de facto leader, Blake stumbled into the smallish clearing, Blake coughed thickly and wiped his tongue with a hand. "Eurgh. I hate sand!" I sure hope this goes away once we get out of here.

Shaking himself, he finally noticed just what the other two were reacting to. "So... this is the victim, right?" Had she been the source of that odd feeling earlier? His brow furrowed with concern. Abandoning his usual cautious approach, the albino dashed toward the young woman in the sand, hoping to discern what was wrong with her.

edited 26th Sep '12 7:55:08 PM by darksidevoid

"Etelvina, be ready" The witch behind Alice takes a prepared stance, as she clutches her staff tightly

The Beach

"I dunno." the girl said with a lifeless voice. Her eyes were out of focus. Tears cascaded down her face. The arches under her eyes had been dyed a deep, blood red. "I don't know. I just... want to be alone, I want to die. The voice said I could... I could stay here." the girl clenched her knees together. "I want to leave."

A strange aura had appeared around the girl. It stretched outward and rose into the air.

"Huh? Wait, snap out of it! Come on we have to—" Reiki had been cut short. The blue fire rushed down into an arc. The leader spread her sword vertically into the air to block the incoming strike. It caused her to fly back ten feet then roll into the sand. "Agh!" that hurt quite a bit.

"Idon'twanttogoanywherejustleaveIdon'tneedyouherejustdieJUSTLEAVE!!!!" the girl stood up. The aura crashed into the sand around her.

"N-no." Reiki stood up as she shook her head from side to side. "Come on, listen to me, this isn't what you want!"

"SHUTUPANDDIE!" the flames that surrounded the girl quickly lash forward, straight at Christopher.

Christopher Kingston

"Son of a..." was all he got to say before the flames hit. He hadn't been alert and he paid for that with some lovely burns. Chris cringed at the pain. He resummoned Raphael and used Heat Riser on Reiki and the others. He thought breifly of healing himself but he figured he could handle the pain. Best to save the healing for someone else if the need arose. Besides, all of these healing and Heat Risers had rapidly drained Raphael of his power. He was still standing and, in fact, was still progressing toward her with his blade not drawn. His left hand was now holding his right since his right arm had taken the brunt of the flames. Chris spoke again, raising his voice not in irritation but instead full of conviction and compassion.

"We are here to help. We won't leave you here to die. No person deserves to die, much less alone. I can't pretend to know what would drive you to the point where suicide is the answer but I'll be damned if I let one more person die in front me."

edited 27th Sep '12 9:33:11 AM by AuraofMildChaos

Etelvina moved swiftly in front of Alice, absorbing some of the fire, and being hurt by a sliver of it. She felt it burn as it had hit her. Seeing Chris hurt she spoke up "Dia!" He would feel as if stitches of soothing thread spread throughout his arm, healing it.

It was never easy, was it?

"Pendragon!"

I know.

The mighty titan walked forward, once more becoming a shield for his comrades. Jon winced as the flames hit his Persona over and over again.

"Someone get her!"

"Hurk!" Blake desperately tried to change direction and avoid the oncoming strikes of azure fire, and just barely succeeded as he skidded in the sand and fell flat on his back, a gout of flame whizzing over his head in a near-miss. Quickly picking himself up, he sprinted back toward the others, even as he brought a hand up to his temple.

"Kitsune! Full Analysis!"

The vulpine Persona, which had been jumping about and avoiding the blaze, suddenly stilled. Its eyes and the orbs on its tails flickered with an iridescent, rainbow-like hue as it attempted to determine the enemy's statistics, strengths, and weaknesses.

edited 29th Sep '12 7:08:26 PM by darksidevoid

Christopher Kingston

Chris heard the word and felt the healing magic take effect. It was not quite as potent as his own healing but the soothing feeling as his burn went from agonizing to real bad sunburn was quite nice. He picked up his pace and now avoid further flames as he approched the girl who was at the center of all of this. He hoped his words were getting through to this girl. He was totally honest. He refused to let someone get lost to the shadows and the coma while he still drew breath no matter the cost.

Chris continued his walk and hopefully he would reach the girl soon if the flames didn't keep getting in the way.

The Dream

Reiki felt a sudden burst of energy thanks to Christopher's Heat Riser. Her mobility and strength increased more than two fold. "Thanks, Chris." Reiki said as she stood up. The girl gripped the hilt of her sword. She steeled her resolve.

I'm not going to give up, not now!

"Let's do this! JACK FROST!" Reiki clenched her ring-hand, causing Jack Frost to appear overhead. "MABUFU!"

''Hee hooo!", the small Persona performed a back flip, laughing heartily. A rush of terribly cold wind rushed forth, consuming the ground as it went along. The ground froze over, however only temporarily. "It didn't do anything...?" Reiki said as she stepped back.

Get your composure.. command them. That's how you're supposed to do it. Damn, I'm reckless.

"LEAVEMEALONE!" the girl cried. The fire formed a large tornado that surrounded the young girl. It stretched outward, slowly consuming everything in its path.

edited 3rd Oct '12 5:35:28 AM by RagnaTheSaviour

"She's weak to physical attacks, but she'll absorb fire and ice!" Blake shouted, hoping his voice would reach the others over the roar of the oncoming blaze. Reaching deep into his coat, he pulled out a small hourglass◊. Shutting his eyes briefly, he flipped it once and allowed the sand to flow in the opposite direction. "Berith!"

As the timepiece began to glow an unearthly green, Kitsune vanished in a flash of light, replaced immediately by a soldier in fearsome-looking armor astride a crimson horse. With a mighty bellow, the Duke of Hell galloped fearlessly toward the fore of the party in an effort to shield them from the wall of flames. "Is it really okay to attack her, though? I thought we were trying to save her?"

"maybe... Etelvina, Dorminar!" A few puffs dense purple smoke come out of the witch's mouth and speed towards the girl

edited 4th Nov '12 6:22:08 PM by Sanojutsu

Christopher Kingston

A tower of flame impeded his path. The heat rolling away aggrivated his burns. "Hmph, this won't stop me" he muttered. Raphael, let's take to the sky he told his Persona mentally. Rapheal took hold of Chris and spread his six wings. Then they were flying up and, eventually, over the flames. If I can just get close to her I'm sure I can snap her out of it Chris thought. He was still slightly afraid of being dropped but that fear passed quickly as they reached the top of the tornado.

As soon as he cleared the tornado and got sight of the girl he was going to have Raph dive and get him as close as possible.