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As soon as Michael heard the call to stop the monstrous phoenix from getting through he reached into his pocket, pulling out the charge pack he'd been saving in case of emergency. This definitely counted as emergency. Quickly filling Nuucha he got ready to summon his lightning when two voices went through his head;

<<Try not to fry yourself so much this time>>

You know if he actually cared about you frying yourself he wouldn’t have such as destructive charge

The lightning hit the baton and thrown by the second cynical voice Michael hesitated just one second in sweeping the baton down to redirect. In that second the lightning chose its own path, backlashing fully into Michael and sending him flat on his back in a scream of pain as thousands of volts went through him.

<<Jacking s**t you idiot what did I just say! Get up!>>

Oh so its your fault his lightning fried you?

(( OOC:
Character Name: Michael
HP: 24/40
Target: Phoenix
Damage: Miss!
Effect: Insanity for FOUR IC days
Charge: Using Charge Packet! Using Charge! 1/2

))

The phoenix was trying to get through to Amity!? Oh Hell No. Mandy may feel sorry for it but Amity was her home and nothing good could come from exposing it to the insanity tainted being.

Running between it and the portal Mandy joined in the effort to push the phoenix back, feeling rather futile in the face of its size and strength.

Maria, Maria, Maria. What have I said?

Mandy paled, making a choking sound as her efforts faltered.

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(( OOC:
Character Name: Mandy
HP: 40/40
Target: Phoenix
Damage: 2
Effect: Insanity effect for FOUR IC days
Number of People Currently Attacking Me: /3 ))

Moments later, Sherry found herself closer to the portals, and in a position to help the other Hunters push it away. The bird was large, and Sherry was afraid. Surely, there was little she could do it...



Sherry simply nodded, and using her weapon, did her best to help push the bird away for the portal to her new home. She hit it, but with something that large, surely she could not have done much to change it's mind.



Again, Sherry nodded. She could try....

Whispers continued in Sherry's mind.


(( OOC:
Character Name: Sherry
HP: 40/40
Target: Phoenix
Damage: 3
Effect: 4 IC Days of Insanity

))

Victoria looked around for the source of the voice that she just heard but not finding it she continued to listen to the story her Ceri was telling her about how Ceri’s parents farmed in Ireland. To the little girl those were the best stories.



Hearing the voice even louder this time that Victoria got up from where she was sitting to find the voice. But the farther she walked away from Ceri and her stories that the memory started to break apart.



Victoria turned back to try and go back to that warmth as she cried ever longing to go back to Ceri the person she care for that she had losses, the person that took part of her heart when taking from her. No longer a girl but a grown woman still crying still wanting to stay at home forever.



Sniffing to regain herself as the lasts of them memory faded away, no longer Victoria but Tori. Thanks, Lin. I have for so long locked that memory away, too painful to remember.



That we do. Tori replied to her weapon as she tried to push that memory back to lock it back up to forget for at least now.

No wait this wasn't right, was it? Adiyan started to pull away from his memory as he realized that his mother was gone and the true home was different that the one he really wanted to be true. But once his mother had said a dream home is just that and one must live on to make a home a true home. That is what he had been trying to do all along and watched as the memory started to fade and break apart.

What is in the past should just stay there. Adiyan started to growl louder as he shook his mane of his natural form. Not liking how this gray bird had done such a thing as he did like to see his mother but that was one way he didn't want to and he wanted to do it himself not forced to remember. He was a Guardian that he protected those he loved and sworn to and he also protected his own good memories and wouldn't let anyone in his clan to tell him different and it was going to be the same with this gray bird.

The whispers Mitsu started to hear were hardly troubling. In fact, they were somewhat soothing, reassuring. She didn't want to leave them or this shroud of comfort. Maybe the both of them could stay here in this timeless dance. Stay with the whispers and the promise of home.

She started to make another attempt to go but as soon as she did she realized something didn't feel right. All of a sudden she felt heavy, not light like she did before. The nudge at her side had her eyes blinking wildly, the phoenix finally pulling away then.

A shiver ran down her spine, her ears folding back to muffle the whispers only to realize they were within her own mind. There was a small whimper as her hand gripped Shun's a little firmer, those crimson eyes darting about almost frantically. It was in this frantic searching that she finally saw the phoenix heading toward the portals. She could hear voices yelling at them. The insanity bird could not make it back to Amity.

They wouldn't. Of course they wouldn't.

They would. Of course they would.

<My dove. Sasha? Your Nona is here. Focus on this voice.>

Nona. Her voice was so pure, a golden ray of sunlight bursting through the thick, dark clouds that made it hard to think. Sasha's bonded began a sweet, soothing song. Gentle and lilting; Sasha grasped at the melody. It turned thready and for a brief moment felt far away.

"No," Sasha gasped, more to herself than in answer to Jerry's question. Please no, please come back. She could hear it deep in the recesses of her subconscious. The song was tinny before strengthening in volume. Sasha gave a trembling sigh of relief.

"They won't. They won't leave us behind." Hopefully it sounded reassuring. Sasha still wasn't entirely convinced herself, but Nona's voice made it easier to believe.

She hadn't ever lied to him before; there was no reason for her to start now.

Except she is. She obviously doesn't care about you.

"Stop it," he whispered, and his fingers trembled, his body starting to shake. For the first time in a very long time he felt horribly, awfully, utterly pathetic, his own uselessness sweeping through him like a black wave, and Gale clung to Candace, not wanting to let go and not caring who saw him.

You should care. They're all going to think you're a baby. Didn't you want to be considered an adult? And now look at you. Holding onto this girl like a little kid. You really are too young to be here. It's why Ben died, after all. And Leslie's not here - she chose not to wake up, rather than be with you -

"STOP IT!"

The shriek ripped from Gale's throat, and his legs gave away beneath him, dropping to his knees on the ground. His hands lifted, clutching the sides of his head, trying to drive out the voices that were there, trying to focus on where he was and who he was with.

Candace. Jinhai.

Jinhai.

<< Gale. Gale. I am here. Hear my voice - don't listen to the others - >>

He could feel some of the desperation slipping away, a hot flush of shame crossing his cheeks as Gale lifted his hands away from his head and gripped both of Candace's arms tightly. He did not like how this was affecting him - whatever it was - and he felt terribly exposed and young.

"Candace," he whispered, and grit his teeth.

"I hate this."




[ HP: 50/50
Target: Phoenix
Damage: 5
Charge: 3/3 0/2
Items: Runic chains x1, modified pendant ]