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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Jan 14, 2020 19:41:35 GMT -5
"It's an alien, of course it can." He said angrily. As voices ran through your head.
'Join me'
'weild me.'
'you'll never be a victem again.'
'Join me, and we can kill him too.'
'he ruined your guild... I can help you make him pay.'
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Post by Manah on Jan 14, 2020 20:09:54 GMT -5
Erza
The redhead recoiled again, staring at the entity behind the crystal, gritting her teeth.
"D... Dammit, shut the hell up!" she let out, glaring at the black goo. "Get out of my mind, you bastard!" 7 in Intelligence to at least try to resist it, because... hey.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Jan 15, 2020 17:22:37 GMT -5
"Dammit!" He said holding a finger to his head as you hear the voices drowned out. "I'm putting up a psychic shield in your mind... It's worse than I thought." He said angrily. "The barrier must be failing if he can reach into your woken mind from this distance." He said.
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Post by Manah on Jan 15, 2020 17:26:05 GMT -5
Erza
"...T-Thanks!" the redhead let out with relief. "...But... then what do we do? ...What can we do? Is there any way to strengthen the barrier?"
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Jan 16, 2020 18:24:17 GMT -5
"That's just it. I don't know." He said. "I have a plan, but it's only a temporary solution at best." He admitted. "I'm going to cancel the barrier... Then put up a mental shield in your mind strong enough to prevent the sword from influencing you while you bond with it... Esentially the sword's desires will be a prisoner in your mind.
He sighed. "However there is a downside... The psychic strain will... Burn out my body entirely."
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Post by Manah on Jan 16, 2020 18:56:50 GMT -5
Erza
The redhead stared at him in shock. As if the world being at risk of being potentially damned with an evil arguably as bad, if not worse, than Acnologia itself wasn't bad enough... their only response was to have her become a living prison for the abomination... a temporary solution, at best... and one that would result in Travis' death at that?
"Burn... it out entirely?" she repeated. "But then... you'll die? And... it's temporary only? ...And... and yet, we... we have no other choice? ...You're... you're absolutely sure there's nothing else we can do?"
She gritted her teeth, biting her lower lip bitterly. "...If that's all we've got, then... okay. Go ahead... do it. I... I swear I will keep looking for some way to trap it permanently. I will make for damn sure that you didn't sacrifice yourself for nothing."
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Jan 17, 2020 18:07:52 GMT -5
He nodded. "Okay... I'm going for it." He said placing his hands on the barrier... as he starts to sweat, and scream, and age rapidly... Before finally dissolving into dust.
*CRACK!!!* As the dome shatters along with the crystal on the former queen leaving the symbiote to jump on, and bond with you!
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Post by Manah on Jan 17, 2020 18:37:36 GMT -5
Erza
Although Travis' scream died with him, the room didn't go silent, for as the crystal and the dome shattered, as the being of primordial darkness and alien matter threw itself so aggressively at the redheaded woman, she let out a scream as well as it invaded her body, slipping inside her through her every pore, merging with her and spreading its foul presence everywhere within, leaving her in shock on the floor despite the powerful mental shield the new guildmaster had sacrificed himself to provide her with.
As she gasped for air, sitting up with difficulty, she reached into the dust that was the young man a moment ago, gritting her teeth as it slipped through her fingers.
"...D... D-Damn it... damn it!" she let out in anguish. "...It... it wasn't supposed to end like this. What am I supposed to say to Wendy?!" she let out, unable to keep herself from tearing up from everything that had just happened.
(OOC: Mind if I roleplay All-Black's voice in her mind in general, although you can, of course, make him speak as well if you need him to?)
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Jan 17, 2020 18:41:30 GMT -5
(Sure go for it.)
"Oh quit your bellyaching. You're not the one naked in a freezing cold cave." A woman's voice coughed beside you as Jade got up somehow back in her flesh and blood body.
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Post by Manah on Jan 17, 2020 19:02:44 GMT -5
(OOC: Thanks. Also, I called this one, for once. XD)
Erza
Erza stared at the suddenly animated late queen with complete astonishment.
"...Wait, what? ...You can't be..." she began, only for her to freeze in disbelief. "...T... T-Travis?!"
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Jan 17, 2020 19:05:46 GMT -5
"Well you're not as dumb as I thought if you figured that out right away." She said. "I was hoping that when the barrier shattered, Jade's flesh and blood body would return to normal, and that I could project my mind, and soul into it." She said. "I didn't want to get everyone's hopes up." The naked greenette said shivering heavily.
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Post by Manah on Jan 17, 2020 19:24:04 GMT -5
Erza
'What a touching reunion... one that neither of you will be able to-', the inhuman voice in her mind said, as it attempted to force her to say those very words... but failing. '...W-What?! ...Impossible! How could that insufferable worm hold sufficient power to-'
"...Shut up, All-Black", the redhead spat out angrily. "I am not your puppet. He made sure of that", she said, getting up on her knees, and holding her hand out towards the green-haired 'woman'. "Requip."
...manifesting a white tank top, green turtleneck sweater, black pants and matching flats onto the naked girl's body.
"...I... have to say... It's... very good to have you back", she said honestly, despite their past differences. 5 (Ef) in Requip to provide her with clothes.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Jan 18, 2020 18:11:21 GMT -5
"Thanks." She said. "I must report this to the magic council." She said fishing some items from the dust pile that was her body. "Can you make it back to Magnolia on your own?" She asked.
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Post by Manah on Jan 18, 2020 19:10:36 GMT -5
Erza
'Obviously she can, you worthless human! Have you already forgotten the powers of the one you've trapped in her?!' the alien voice let out in her mind.
"He can't hear you if I don't let you speak", she pointed out. "But... yeah. I can make it back for sure. The... Council, huh. That's... certainly something to look forward to", she ironized half-jokingly, raising her hand as black tendrils crawled up along her arm's length, sending shivers down her spine as she observed the alien matter. "If merely knowing about All-Black is possible death penalty bad, how are they going to react when you tell them it's now trapped in my body?" she asked with concern.
'If you hold my powers, what do you fear? You could kill anyone who dares oppose you', All-Black said dismissively in her mind, as she retracted the black tendrils back inside her arm.
"And I am not killing just about anyone simply because we do not agree on something", Erza said coldly to the voice in her head.
'What a shame. I can't wait for that ridiculous shield to fail so I can remedy to your reluctance', the symbiote responded.
Erza sighed, rubbing her temples with her fingers. "...Do... you have an idea of how long we have? How much time we have, before... before it takes over?" she asked Travis.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Jan 19, 2020 22:09:02 GMT -5
"Not sure... Thankfully with me around still I should be able to restore the shields to full strength as needed." She said leaving the cave, and getting on her horse.
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