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Event || Once Upon A Dream

Who: All characters who signed-up!
When: May 31st - June 04th
Where: The Dream Width (+ Curti Center & Airships)
What: Event log for the Once Upon A Dream Event! Should your character have their own memory, start your own top-level with said memory. If not, then tag around in other characters's memories! Furthermore, feel free to use the Mingle threads at the Curti Center and in the Airships for non-memory related CR. Please refer to the OOC Post for details and plotting. Plot Memories and the second Airship Mingle will be unlocked on May 25th.
Warnings/Notes: Memories with specific warnings will be marked as such by their players.

Please use the following form for your memory's title line:
CHARACTER'S NAME | MEMORY TITLE | WARNINGS (IF ANY)
We will add links to your memories here as the event progresses!


Mingle: Curti Center | Airships #1 | Airships #2
Plot Memories: The Dream | The Nightmare | The Premonition
Holographic Messages

Adrien Agreste | Then and Now
Aqua | Thorny Pathway | cw: spoiler for kh 0.2
Castor | Lord of the Inferno | cw: fire, mind control
Ena | Zera Hamlet, Reprise | cw: mutilated corpses
Futaba Sakura | Early Days | cw: references to verbal abuse/neglect and auditory hallucinations
Ignis Scientia | For The Life of the Chosen | cw: spoilers, violence, death
Irhya Pendhula | The Parting Glass | cw: violence, amputation
Johnny D'Amico | United Earth Prisoner
Kanji Tatsumi | You're a BOY, you know! | cw: bullying, mild homophobia
Lelouch vi Britannia | Julius Kingsley
Monika | Just Monika | cw: spoilers, possible horror, possible deletion
Nanamo Ul Namo | A Good Memory
Noctis Lucis Caelum | Light of the Crystal | cw: chapter 13 spoilers
Okuyasu Nijimura | Lending a Hand | cw: blood/injuries
Prompto Argentum | I'm not one of your experiments! | cw: episode prompto spoilers
Selphie | The Answer | cw: gore/death
Takashi 'Shiro' Shirogane | The end of the beginning | cw: end of season 2 spoilers
Tidus | A Broken Dream | cw: death, bullying

Elhaym Van Houten | The Haves and Have-Nots | cw: blood, implied cannibalism, potential self-harm

[personal profile] worldmother 2018-05-22 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ At first, it hardly seems any different here. The rhythmic whir of machinery echoing off of strangely sterile steel walls; the gentle, distant gurgle of fluid forced through piles. Perhaps that bit of turbulence has finally passed, and all has managed to right itself. It's only as the world begins to fully will itself into existence, as voices begin to rise in cacophonous, bellowing anguish and confusion that you get any indication that this might not be the airship they were once on.

Then comes the smell, the almost overwhelming stench of bodies falling apart. Standing there, moaning and crying out for salvation, those still with their sanity in-tact have taken to forming lines; and those too far gone, listless, ambling mobs. Acrid and nauseating, and made infinitely worse by the heat of what now appears to be a factory filled with "people," those not covered by bloodied and dirtied bandages and rags clutch each other, shrinking away from the fallen body of a large, vaguely humanoid mass.

Standing nearby, a rod-like weapon held in her hand, is Elly. Shoulders rising and falling as she catches her breath, her weapon retracts and is quickly sheathed at her side. Amidst the terrified and pained groans around them, her expression is surprisingly placid, even as she turns toward this person who has somehow found their way to her side. Her gaze locked, she offers her hand out to you, a look of unwavering conviction on her face. ]


Please, lend me your weapon.

[ Strange, when did that blade show up on your belt? ]
gglosers: (determined)

[personal profile] gglosers 2018-05-22 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Just when she thought maybe she was out of the madness, the realm she finds herself in now tells her that it's only beginning. Just like the others, this one also made little sense. Dark and unwelcoming along with a putrid stench. A hand rose immediately to cover her mouth and nose. The sounds of the strange creatures not near as eerie as their appearance. This was a nightmare, a terrible one.

She's ill-prepared for this scene as the massive creature that laid before them. It wasn't the size that had her alarmed, yet its appearance that made her a little unsure as to whether or not she should be here at all. And to think she believed her world had its horrors. There were some that clearly lived in them. ]


Oooh... this could be really bad.

[ Yet concern switches to determination as she rushes over to join the woman's side, eager to assist despite not knowing what was going on. And then came the call for assistance which drew her attention. ]

Weapon? Sorry lady, I don't have any weapon on—

[ A sentence she never finishes as her eyes catch sight of the blade at her hip. When DID that show up, she wonders. ]

... Uh. Are you sure?
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worldmother: (pic#8251182)

[personal profile] worldmother 2018-05-23 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It doesn't seem to register in her expression that Elly doesn't recognize this girl, and it's almost as if she seems someone other than Hana standing there beside her. Even as she addresses her as 'lady,' which seems to get a brief glimmer of a response (hesitance? why would she..?), it's quickly tucked away as her hand remains outstretched.

They don't have time for second guessing, and if something isn't done, then Elly might lose her chance. Might lose her nerve.

There's a brief pause before Elly finally nods, swallowing down any fear or reluctance before it has a chance to bubble to the surface. She has to do something. ]


It's all right.

[ Is she saying that to Hana, or to herself? ]
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gglosers: (frowny face)

[personal profile] gglosers 2018-05-28 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hana just stares in disbelief that any of this was even real. Nevermind that she's still trying to ignore the putrid smell, but now there was this scenario unfolding. Not one to keep a weapon that wasn't hers for too long, she removes it from her hip and hands it out. There is a bit of doubt, however, if this was even the right answer. ]

Hey, uh. You're not ... going to ... [ Does she even want to finish that sentence? ]
worldmother: (pic#8327695)

[personal profile] worldmother 2018-06-08 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Elly takes the weapon with a moment of hesitation. She knows what she has to do, but the way that Hana pauses, it makes her pause as well. This creature was hurting, and there was so little that she could do to help him. It would be a mercy to end that now, wouldn't it?

But she can't do that, not like this. Turning her back to Hana, she draws her lips together, taking a centering breath. ]


I can't stand by and watch him suffer like this. If my blood will help ease his pain, then...

[ She crouches down, taking another deep breath. ]

Then I will do whatever I can to make sure his final moments are peaceful.
shinra_dog: (WTF?)

[personal profile] shinra_dog 2018-05-23 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
[How...? Who...? Where was he? Reno looked around, confused and disgusted. What was that stench?]

[The blade wasn't the most concerning part. It was what this woman intended to do with it. Reno looked at her suspiciously.]


... Why?
worldmother: (029)

[personal profile] worldmother 2018-05-23 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Reno might not know who she is, but from the look on her face, it seems she recognizes him. Strange, have they met? While her expression doesn't quite harden, determination sets in, drawn in a fine line on her lips. ]

We need to do something. I can't let it suffer like this.

[ Her hand still held out to him, she gives Reno a brief nod. ]

Please.
shinra_dog: (grimace)

[personal profile] shinra_dog 2018-05-24 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[He only hesitated a moment more before grimacing. If it truly was suffering, perhaps she was doing it a mercy. He had no real way to know she wouldn't use the weapon on innocent others and he didn't want to be responsible for allowing it. But he didn't see much other choice here.]

[He handed it over tensely, still not happy about it.]

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spaceforged: (full stop)

[personal profile] spaceforged 2018-05-23 09:13 am (UTC)(link)
[For a second he's worried he's stumbled into one of his own memories. Sterile walls. Whirring machines. His mind latches onto these details but the comparison thankfully fails when there's no rhythmic thudding of metal boots and the lighting is different. The voices start as if on some silent queue.

Shiro only has time to glance around before the stench forces him to cover his mouth and nose. He swallows back a gag. If he gets sick he'll miss- His mind blanks as the scene unfolds. He doesn't know how long he's stood rooted to the spot in horror and unable to move.

He's seen and been in terrible situations before. None of them compare. What...happened here?

Please, lend me your weapon.

He blinks. Awareness floods back in and the world stops being a film he had only a passing part in.]


Wha-

[It's been a while since he carried one into battle but the weight of a sword is unmistakable. He reaches down and draws it from the sheathe and flips it in his hand to offer it hilt first.]

Wait. What...happened here? How can I help? [Will his arm work here? Will the bayard? He'll only know if he tries to activate either one.]
worldmother: (pic#8251182)

you knew what you were getting into, you have no one to blame but yourself. also [1/2]

[personal profile] worldmother 2018-05-24 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ It might have been a moment, or it might have been an eternity, but amidst the mounting chaos, at least there's a familiar face here. And it looks like she recognizes him as well, but where she might normally looked relieved, there's a flash of mild confusion in her eyes. Like, for a split second, she sees something she doesn't expect, before that realization is soundly tucked away.

(His face... She knows it, of course, but it isn't quite what she expects to see. Like something familiar, but vaguely out of place. What..?)

Elly is quick to react, smiling at him in a way that doesn't quite reach her eyes. It's a wordless thank you before she takes the hilt with her still-gloved left hand ]


Try to keep them calm.

[ Truthfully, she isn't sure what will happen next, and as she looks at the sword she now holds as she raised her other, ungloved hand, Elly takes a breath— ]
worldmother: (pic#8251168)

[2/2]

[personal profile] worldmother 2018-05-24 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
...

[ And carefully, delicately draws the blade across her palm, eyes closing tightly in anticipation. Shoulders stiffening, she bows her head, sucking in a deep breath through thinly pursed lips.

Thin, pursed lips that, even as they tremble, still managed to hold a smile.

It hurts. It hurts terribly, but it's nothing compared to the pain these people had to endure. And if her blood could act as some kind of balm to ease that suffering... ]
spaceforged: (Concerned for everyone else? You bet.)

[personal profile] spaceforged 2018-05-25 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
[His mind rejects the sight before him and what she intends to do. Or seems like she will. He doesn't yell or shout, he simply steps closer to wrap his metal fingers around the edge of the sword and his other hand for her wrist.]

This isn't the way to help. [He pitches his voice the same way he always did when calling out orders.]

What you need to do is remember and wake up. [He isn't stupid enough to focus solely on her. Memories are dangerous places to be. This one...this one he might need to try to fight in. By Bayard or his arm.]

Think about it. Haven't you done this once before? You should know what comes next.

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chefbayardee: (BLORF)

:')

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-05-23 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ And Hunk's perception shifted again, thrown haphazardly into another memory. For but half a moment, his body and mind felt at ease, because things reminded him of the airship they'd left on. Is it over, or-

That smell.

He'd been in Ena's dream earlier, with the destroyed town, the dead bodies, the zombies. And it was disgusting, but he was able to keep it together. Now he knew that smell better than he'd like to admit. So to be here, with those things? Those bandages? The heat? The groaning? His eyes went wide as Elly turned and asked for his weapon, and all he could muster was to hold up one hand, as if to say one moment, please...

Before turning and vomiting behind them. One hand, the one that signaled the pause, began to fumble at his side, looking for some kind of weapon in between horks and blorfs and gasps. Did he have a gunblade? Knife? Bayard?

Nope. A sword. O-kay then. After another few moments of evacuating his stomach, he just sighs, letting out a little whimper before turning to face the memory's owner. The hand's on the hilt, and while he looks to hesitate for a moment, seeing those shambling mounds of rags was a pretty strong motivator.

So he holds out the hilt for her. ]


Tell me you're gonna fix this with magi- [ Nope. Wrong universe. Also here's a hiccup. ] With ether? [ He's still a man on a mission to see magical explosions, but he knows the smell of fiery death wouldn't do his stomach any favors. So this is gonna get worse before it gets better. ]
worldmother: (pic#8327695)

oh my god I'm so sorry this turned out really extra

[personal profile] worldmother 2018-05-24 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ Well congratulations, Hunk, you managed to make a bad situation even worse! At least he missed her boots, so he's got that going for him. Small victories? Sometimes, it's best to take what you can get.

Hopefully she won't remember this (she's definitely going to remember this).

But his brief gastrointestinal fopaux does get a response from her, as she pauses to reach out with that same hand for him, a concerned and somewhat confused look on her face. Not just because he's managed to lose his, erm, composure here, but because of a strange feeling of déjà vu. Like she's seeing something familiar, but somehow out of place. There's something wrong here, but it's just out of reach.

Elly quickly pushes that feeling aside, however, lowering her hand slightly as Hunk gains his composure again. Brows knitting, she draws her lips together, letting her gaze fall to the humanoid mass. ]


Ether won't fix this. It could never... These people... Even this one here...

[ Trailing off, she gently bites her lip, her left hand clenching at her side. Why. Why did it have to be like this? ]

They're still human, just like all of us. The only "salvation" that they're offered is something like this; to be used and thrown away as weapons. I can't... Like this, I can't.

[ She steps forward then, taking the hilt of his sword with her left hand, she cradles the flat of the blade with an ungloved right. ]

I want to help him. This is the only way that I know how.

[ And with that, her wrist begins to twist slightly, the sharp end of the blade beginning to press against bare skin. Not quite cutting yet, but... ]
chefbayardee: (yelling)

[personal profile] chefbayardee 2018-05-25 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Elly! [ He shouts as soon as he sees her bring the blade to her wrist. There's so much death and decay here, there's no way that's sanitary. Or smart. Or healthy. ] What are you doing?!

[ These things might've been human, might've been weapons in her reality. But this isn't her reality. It's a memory, and he knows it. She seems intent on doing this, which means it's probably supposed to happen. And that's where he'll focus his attention. ]

How is this the only way you can help them? There has to be another way!

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promiselisting: (my brand!!!!!)

[personal profile] promiselisting 2018-05-23 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Okay this is... kind of disturbing? Pretty disturbing. Probably not as much as the Qliphoth World will ultimately be when she gets there, but that's still a month or so off for her back home. That being said, she still takes a lot of what she sees... relatively in stride? The sea of the human soul was fucking weird like that.

Finding herself next to Elly though? A bit of a surprise. That request? Even moreso. Because she's not offense, she's support, and she's about to say as much when she feels that weight on her hip. ]


Just so we're clear, that's not mine.

[ She doesn't know whose it is but. Not hers. Definitely not. ]
worldmother: (009)

Futaba's being travel sized works in her favor for once!

[personal profile] worldmother 2018-05-24 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's a brief pause as Elly looks down slightly toward Futaba. Because that isn't something that she expects to hear, and for a moment there's a strange feeling in the pit of her stomach. Like something isn't right here (it isn't, but not because of this), and that she should be paying attention.

While she feels her mind try to dispel that feeling, the older woman forces it back to the forefront of her mind. ]


...It isn't yours?

[ Somehow, that doesn't make sense. ]
promiselisting: (Default)

[personal profile] promiselisting 2018-05-24 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
I dunno where it came from. It just sorta... appeared.

[ Said with a very befuddled shrug???? She's just... trying to roll with what's happening here until she can find a good point to try to break the suspension of disbelief. ]

I'm not really a big offensive fighter normally anyway.

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[personal profile] littlemhigan 2018-05-23 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Castor stares at the blade at her hip, wondering at it. She's terrible with blades - why would she have one now...?

The low, baleful sounds from the creature before her spurs Castor's mind back into action and she glances between it and Elly's face. She knows suffering when she hears it.

With a last glance over, Castor draws the weapon, then holds the hilt out to the woman who asked for it. ]


Do what you have to.

worldmother: (008)

all of my Sophia-era icons are too happy for this :(

[personal profile] worldmother 2018-05-24 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ Because punching things is Fei's job, that's why.

There should be a look of relief on Elly's face, as Castor offers her the blade without a second thought. But for a moment, her expression looks clouded, even as she raises the weapon slightly to balance it. She lets her other, ungloved hand rest on the flat of the blade before taking a breath.

(If this could help ease his suffering, then—)

It probably doesn't take a genius to figure out what she's about to do, especially with the way she closes her eyes, hesitating in that instant. ]
mech_and_mutt: (BUH)

[personal profile] mech_and_mutt 2018-05-24 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
[There was a lot he had heard about humans- about their technology, their journey to their own ruin, their abuse of their technology. About how their prosperity led to their downfall, playing with forces they could never hope to fully understand.

But this? This was far, far worse than anything he could have imagined. Were these people even human? Or-- were they once? And as if the sights weren't enough to leave him reeling, there was that smell twisting his gut into knots.]


Oh my D--

[But the one beside him pulls his attention away. Didn't he see her somewhere before, around Vaikuntha?... No, this was no time to consider it.]

Hold on-- you're gonna FIGHT that... thing? By yourself?!

[Like he was just going to stand around for it! He reached for the gunblade at his belt... but found his fingers wrapped around a less familiar hilt. Hold on a minute, where did this other-- Oh, whatever! He hurriedly pushed it into her hands and reached back for his own weapon, but only served to yank the scabbard clear off of his belt. Doggone it-- well, that's fine, he'll just...]

Hnf-- Why's it stuck like this?!
worldmother: (pic#8327691)

[personal profile] worldmother 2018-05-27 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The way he pushes the weapon into her hands startles her more than Red's sudden outburst. She fumbles with the blade, nearly dropping it before quickly recovering and gripping the hilt tightly in one hand. Okay that... isn't quite what she meant, but it still works?

But it's strange, as soon as he hands off his weapon, he seems to fade back into the scenery, as Elly takes a step past the hound struggling with his own weapon, a placid look on her face. One foot placed in front of the other, almost as if she were sleepwalking, she moves to crouch near the monster lying there.

She hesitates then, shifting the sword and taking the hilt with her left hand. Bringing her right up to rest against the flat of the blade, she takes a deep breath before closing her eyes tightly. Well, this doesn't look like a mercy kill. What is she doing? ]
mech_and_mutt: (NOM D'UN CHIEN)

[personal profile] mech_and_mutt 2018-05-29 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[It was a strange feeling, too-- as someone always so quick to leap to the spotlight and take center stage, suddenly feeling an almost tangible irrelevance upon him captured his attention almost as much as Elly's approach to the misshapen form lying on the ground before her. Red had first thought she'd be steeling herself for a fight, but this...?

This was no battle in the making. Everything about her approach was too sober. Too pitiful. A fine, worrisome line between peaceful and hesitant. And maybe it was the scenery that surrounded it, but it just looked... wrong.

Yet not half as much as her technique. After all, Red used a sword himself; and her motions didn't align with any sort of attack he could think of... or even a coup de grâce. With that grip, she'd just send the blade right into--

Hold on. Was she doing this on purpose?! Red wrenched himself free from whatever complacent spectator seat this memory was stuffing him into, taking a step forward behind her.]


-W-wait!! What do you think you're DOING?! Don't tell me you're gonna use that on yourself!

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[personal profile] how_do_i_shot_dog 2018-06-01 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Rinoa's no stranger to jumping into other people's memories. What she is a stranger to is looking down and realizing that she is herself, and not reliving one through someone else's eyes. She's just adjusting to that when the cries begin, immediately followed by the smell. She can't help but cover her mouth and nose when it hits her. She looks around, lost, not understanding what's happening. Her eyes widen in horror when she spots the large being, and she freezes in place.

She's aware of someone there, someone speaking to her, but her mind hasn't caught up with everything just yet.]


Wh... What is that thing?
worldmother: (021)

sorry, business trip happened

[personal profile] worldmother 2018-06-08 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Elly pauses for a moment when Rinoa doesn't immediately acquiesce to her request. Something about that seems odd, like she doesn't quite expect to receive any kind of resistance but isn't sure why. Frowning gently, she lets her gaze slip to the creature laying before them. ]

A weapon, created by the Solaris Ministry for the purpose of subjugation. He was a human once, but now...

[ She pauses then, turning away slightly from the other woman. A hand clenches tightly at her side. ]