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 Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:57 pm
"Calm yourself, young one." Medea raised her hand towards Calder, circling her own flames. "There are many paths still to choose, crossing does not always mean in the most physical of senses. The sacrifice is a spiritual one only: that you have accepted the burden of a warrior. That your Fear will save others, at the price of many battles to come, of which you must fight. You have seen in Trance others fall, have you not? It is a possibility, if you do not step forward, to you, to everyone around you. This is not a choice everyone can make: be true to yourself first and foremost. The greatest fight in in your spirit and your will, to stand to your opponents and be stronger than they could imagine."
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:57 pm
It was a shaky decision. A very shaky, very difficult one. One he came to because, after all, he had absolutely nothing to contribute. Nothing at all. Just another body.
Hel's words struck hard, the pit of his stomach wrenching tightly. Sometimes, Hel could say the most amazing and meaningful things. It made him feel good, and worse. He wished so badly he could be of use. He wanted so desperately to aid his friends. But the only thing he'd be able to do there is be just another body. His spirit was weak.
Mot nodded slowly, a pained expression painted on his pale features. A list? Of things he was good at?
He had a feeling it would be a very very small list.
He nodded again. He knew where the other key was, and had no issue taking care of her mini pet.
He'd stay behind.
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:59 pm
For a majority of the conversations he had been sticking to the back of the room. When Roch asked him the question, he merely shrugged. When Tybalt came though, he gave the boil a curious glance. The cup they found in his box was doing weird things?
Maybe this whole place was going up inflame... though before he could make any sort of suggestion, or snide remark, a woman appeared. Someone that, even if her words were not indication enough, he would have been wary of. Who the heck was she? Others seemed to part with her approach. Clearly she was someone of importance.
"Ill go." Remi piped in, late to the party as usual but better late than never! There were two people missing that he needed to make sure were safe. One he had known for ages, another he had just met. Both of them did not deserve to be there, if he knew where they were.
The place with white walls and disinfectant smell. He remembered the place through the Trance and Takerus memories.
Even against the odds, he would fight to get them out of there.
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:07 pm
Calder had been taking the choice a bit more literally, and deflated from being so riled up at having to leave his boilfriend. "Of course I want to fight! I want to protect Amrita! To Protect Everyone!" He had always meant to do that. He had seen plenty of trances and been there for plenty of times to witness the times the Hunters came to attack them.
He still wondered about many things. Things that didn't set right with him, but he knew he wanted a way to save those who were taken. He couldn't sit around for the worst to happen.
Despite all he didn't know, he knew he had to keep pressing forward. He couldn't stand back and wait. Waiting meant horrible things.
"I'm going!" He called out. He had to save Amrita. He'd save her. He moved to the flames.
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:27 pm
Xiu rushed into the locker room at all the noise, her ears perked up and eyes wide and alert. What was going on? What was--...Medea?
The baku allowed her tense shoulders to relax slightly, but there was still a slight wariness that lingered in her eyes as she listened to the priestess' speech. A choice...honestly, you didn't even need to ask Xiu what her choice was. Just as she had told Alex, she was going to fight. Her friends were missing--there was just no way that she would be content to sit back and watch things unfold. That wasn't why she had rushed back to Amity.
Without a word, the small ghoul squared her shoulders and marched right through the flames.
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:11 pm
Alex had finally made his way into the locker rooms, surrounded by close friends, almost reassured by their presence that everything would work out in the end. However, he knew not to get his hopes up, that things might not go as well as planned, but still it was there, that hope that just would not extinguish until the fight was done. When Medea made her appearance, he heard her words, and he nodded. The ring of fire...if it was the fire that was like the one she had stuck his hand in earlier, then he really had nothing to fear. "A can't sit idly by when one of the most important things in my unlife sits in a hunters cage." He murmured, quietly, almost as though talking to himself. Yin would probably be quite angry at him for this, but... "You know where I stand. You know I will go." His voice was louder now, directed at the head priestess. She had marked him, after all. He had already agreed to this the moment he had joined his hand with hers. His resolved hardened, his nerves steeled, he pushed forward, ready to fight. Alex's Posse Sorry just wanted to get my post in!
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:15 pm
The world was a haze as Christof had received several urgent text messages, the first from a second year he had to assume he had met once and was going down her phonebook with a forward message he had almost dismissed. Thoughts of Amrita's chilling absence was not far from his mind, though. He had been in her room, still, thinking, debating when Calder's text finally reached him. Something was happening. He had let his own worry get in the way. He was an Igor. He got Things Done. If this was a lead... anything to shed some dim light on their conundrum, well... By the time the hunchback had made his way into the office Calder had spoken of, people were already following the sound of a voice, a voice that made his reanimated organs clench. He'd bring her back. For Miss Lizzy. For DC. For himself. And whoever had taken her from them... they were Spare Parts. Stiffly, he listened to the tail end of the Horsewoman's speech before lumbering forward. There was no question what he needed to do. The flames licked at his undead flesh, but he barely flinched as he followed silently after his Kelpie friend.
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:47 pm
"Well...!" Bea was at a loss for words when she tried to defend herself, "bah!"A strong presence suddenly made Bea's barnacle harden. She had a feeling there was something had been going on since her absence but this... This was confusing. First the dream, then this? It had to mean something very important. Bea was curious as to what was happening and didn't want to stand idly by as the other students made their way into the ring of fire. She wanted to play her part too. To help others. Bea quickly followed Danny into the ring of fire.
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:19 am
Gene had rushed to the office the second she received a very worried text from Danny, and not a moment after she crossed the threshold did she hear a very, very loud noise. Worry, curiosity, and a lurking lust of getting to smash something bad in the face welled up inside the Doppelganger, and she soon found herself at the source; Medea. She'd heard a bit about the Head Priestess, and had been under her spell - but now she was seeing the woman in a whole new light.
The chance to fight? Yes, please. Maybe they would finally get these Hunters off their backs. Maybe, just maybe, they could have normal unlives that would allow them to just be students trying to deal with the craziness of growing up. Maybe future generations could have that chance.
She would fight.
She would follow.
And she would conquer.
Oh look, the Ditzies! Glad to have her companions joining the fray, Gene rushed out and called to both of them.
"Let's knock 'em dead, Ditzies!"
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:24 am
Night didn't really care about what was going on besides that he needed to get Yin and Mei back. His tail flicked as he entered the ring of fire and grinned.
"Thought you'd leave me out of it Tybalt?" Night pulled the dogs ear and then snickered. "I want to get Mei and Yin back...."
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:43 am
"I dunno. That's where we're going to go?" Mitzi replied to the Jiang Shi. It did look like the trap door was going to be the way forward... And then Medea arrived, removing any doubt. She frowned as she listened to the head priestess's speech - she was entirely prepared to risk her own safety, and perhaps life, to help and protect her friends, and had already had the realization that such was on the line earlier. She had also seen some disturbing images when she visited the horseman islands, in the room beneath the isle of War, and her last worries were put to rest by Medea's further comments. She may not be willing to fully trust the Horsemen, but she had no problem being a "warrior" if that's what it took to protect her friends. Nor was she surprised to see Roch and Alex proceed her through the fire. She glanced over at Imryn quickly - "I think this is what we're here for," - and then followed the zomboil forward. She closed her eyes as she passed through the fire, letting out a bit of a sigh of relief on the other side. She stood next to Alex and squeezed his shoulder again, then turned back to see if Mei and Imryn followed as well.
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:48 am
"Don't think too hard on your decision now." Vaith remarked dryly, stumbling after her. So much trouble, all of it. The fact he was going through it was also troublesome.
Very.
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:31 am
The head priestess' speak was a little silly to her. While all in the good nature of warning them, they all were already here. Already ready to go. If you were here and having doubts already about doing what they all knew they must do well then....what was the point of you coming along? The Jiang Shi didn't have any serious stake in all this. But her friend did and as she had told Alex they were all there for him. They would bring Yin and all the others back come hell or high water. And she meant to do it. Or at least help in the process. Mei eyed the fire warily for a second as she watched everyone one by one step through. She knew it probably wouldn't burn her but that Undead weariness would bubble up every now and again. "Well. This is what we all came for. No guts no glory!!" She grinned widely before stepping through the flames. Following everyone else to Jack knows where.
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:10 am
Junko had been late, but she had arrived in time to hear most of Medea's speech. She looked hesitant, looking all around at the students in the immediate area. So many faces she didn't know, but many that she did. She bit down on her lip and looked down at the phone in her hand. She should let Seiji know...but he was tired of fighting, wasn't he? A glance was given to Shun, to Christof. Junko wasn't a fighter. She was usually terrible at it, it wasn't her strong point, but she couldn't just...sit around waiting for them to come back. Mitsu, Amrita...Amphi..Mei and Israfel. The others she didn't know so well but she knew they too had students who cared for them; friends, families, loved ones. These were not weak students, right? They were strong. They wouldn't let anything happen to themselves or each other while they were in the hunters' care. There was no way... Beejoux Text to Seiji:Medea is leading a group to rescue the captured students. I want to go. There's still time if you want to help. She couldn't not help. Junko wasn't a fighter but she was capable. "I'll go." Medea was right, they weren't all fighters but they had been forced to fight before. Perhaps Junko would provide some other kind of assistance, something not...violent. She looked human except for her eyes, right? Her presence...maybe it could throw them off if only for a second. She stepped forward, hesitating only long enough to check her phone for a response from Seiji. Junko couldn't run away. She wanted everyone safe, she wanted their safe home back. Nervously, the futakuchi-onna stepped into the ring of fire.
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:58 am
Word eventually reached the tikbalang's ears about the missing students. Though he didn't know the exact details and the identities of those who had been taken, the knowledge that they were gone because of Hunters had the horse monster on full alert. Eventually his own investigation led him to the Locker Rooms just as Medea began to speak.
He did not trust the Horsemen. But he preferred them over the Hunters. The lesser evil of the pair, so to speak. It was no question, no contest of any sort whether or not the horse boil would enter the circle of fire. He would. Because there were students who needed help and he would help. Whether he knew them personally or begrudged them of anything, he would help.
That was just the way Petro was and he knew if he failed and his FEAR core was destroyed as a result, well, he would just have to deal with it.
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Maritess had discovered some of the identities of the missing individuals if only through her lurking involvement (or lack thereof) in SEEDS. And while it was a point of concern for many of those in the secret group as well as the student body in general, Tess took one look at the ring of fire and froze.
It took a few moments for her to regain her calm and composure, though she noted her throat was exceptionally dry even for an undead. No. No she was not going through the fire. Call her a coward, call her selfish, call her a multitude of names she will not risk herself over people she did not know or give a scragg's a** about. Had it been Lizzy, or Sheridan, she would have shot through the ring like a bat from hell. But as the only missing person she remotely knew (and in passing at that) was Amrita? No. Just. No.
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