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 Posted: Sun May 15, 2016 10:12 am
[Takes place 6 days after Parley, during Lucians Programming] As she sat outside, five days after Parley, leaning against a tree as the sun was high in the sky and the temperature a little warmer than she wanted, Moira had her eyes closed as she enjoyed the general weather. Breathing even and slow, it didn't take long for her to slide into a gentle sleeping state, lulled to sleep by the soft breeze and the comfortable temperature she had managed to find. Sliding back against the tree more, her head now propped up by it, it would be hard to tell that the large woman was actually asleep.
Easing into a dream-like state, Moira found herself in a reminiscent sun dappled forest, a familiar mansion off in a direction but was blocked off and slightly muted in colors while the nature around her was bright and vibrant. Looking around, she called out. "Hello? Is anyone there?" She asked, unaware that she was twisting her third eye ability in a way she wasn't aware could be used.
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2016 11:47 am
Lucian slowly opened his eyes, the sun shining brightly upon his face as he motioned a hand up to block the view a bit. His eyes adjusted, looking out toward a mansion that seemed so familiar. It gave him a sense of longing as the faint memories of a place he once called home. He hadn't seen this place since he was only a child. He softened his expression as he tried to understand why he was here. Was he dead? Did they kill him for the stunt he pulled. He sighed, it was doubtful. Maybe he was dreaming. He heard a voice, one he was beginning to know well. Lucian turned around to see his sister, Moira. His face pained as he clenched his teeth, "..momo.." he called back softly, almost like he was only a child again seeing his favorite sister again. He resisted with everything just to run after her and hug her with all his might as he began to walk towards her. "momo I... I'm sorry..."
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Broken_Illumination Captain
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2016 11:55 am
Hearing her nickname being called out, she quickly turned around and saw the brother she had recently only saw again. "Lucian!" She shouted, quickly running over her, though she slowed to a walk as they got closer. "What are you sorry for?" Moira asked, tilting her head, brows furrowing as she put her right hand on his shoulder, worried now. The touch felt as real as it could in a dream - physical but lacking any actual warmth to it. Though, she ignored that as they were clearly in a dream, but if this was a dream, her dream, why is he saying sorry? She was usually the one saying sorry, not him.
Unless...
"Wait - how...how are you here?" she asked quietly, as if worried that the question would break what was going on.
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2016 12:11 pm
Lucian saw her begin to run as he quickly picked up pace as well, bridging the gap quickly. He slowed to a walk as well then stopped in front of her. She questioned why he sorry and he frowned, a defeated look on his face. "I failed my mission... I messed it up and now... I'm not in a good place.. Wherever it is I was taken..." he explained trying to recall anything that would help. He wasn't even sure that she was real, even when she put her hand on his shoulder. This could just be a way to cope with what was happening to him. He couldn't be sure. But if it helped him work through this situation, then he would take it. Anything to get his mind off of what had happened and what probably would happen. She asked him how he was there and he looked at her with slight confusion, "...I figured I was dreaming... Because of what's happening to me... Or I'm dead, it's hard to tell. I did some stupid stuff and over extended my powers to pull Melody into my cell... Honestly... I hope they killed me.., what they were doing..." his voice cracked slightly as he held back the urge to break down crying. "..I'm not as strong as you....I... I don't think I can do it..."
Alice blinked for a moment, realizing she had been standing there for a while without realizing it, somewhere in a forest she didn't know. Where was this? It looked so familiar. She couldn't place the memory so she began to walk around to try to figure out where she was. Coming to a bit of clearing, she noticed two people talking. Oh, maybe she could ask them what was going on. She couldn't remember what she had been doing before this nor much else. Approaching them, they didn't seem to notice her. "Excuse me...... Hello?.." they couldn't hear or see her. Her heart sank at the lonely feeling in her stomach. She looked at them both and her face scrunched into a curious look as she felt like she knew these people. Who were they?
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Broken_Illumination Captain
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2016 7:07 pm
Listening to her brother talk on about how he messed up the mission, Moira realized that it couldn't be a dream, or at least not a normal one like she tended to have at times. Though as he went on to talk about how he hoped that they killed him and he wished he was dead - and even that he wasn't as strong as her - she gripped his shoulder tighter. "Lucian. Listen to me - you may think that I'm strong, but you were strong enough to save me. I needed more than just raw power to get out and that's pretty much all I'm good at, that and throwing rocks. I'm not as smart or intuitive as you or a lot of the others here, I just punch things and scream and things to try and get things done, but it never works." Moira smiled sadly, slowly realizing what could possibly be going on as she spoke. It was likely another form of her third eye as it had been fluctuating as of late.
"We're going to try and get you out, I promise you, brother. We will get you out.. we just need to find where you are.." She said quietly before pulling Lucian into a one-armed hug, wanting to hold him close, even if it was just a dream-like state. It was the best she could do right now, and maybe it would help him continue to survive. He just needed to make sure he survived long enough to be rescued.
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2016 9:04 pm
As Moira said his name, he blinked at her in surprise, choking back something as she spoke of her own strength. And how he had his own strength. He had always envied Moira's physical prowess, but here she was commending his intellect and instinct. They both had their own strengths, and even though he had never been confident in his own abilities, her inspiring words made him feel something deep in his heart. A will to keep fighting. He had to see her again. He wanted to for what was left of his family.
As she promised that they would find him, tears began to fill his eyes, "I... wish I knew where.... No,... Kae was there. Well, at first. She was with SIU. I think they took me... but I never knew them to-.... I'm worried they may have handed me over to someone else. That was days ago that I saw her. Since then, there was a fire alarm.. and darkness.. and-..." he paused, collecting his thoughts. "Whoever has me now, they are hurting me. They are hurting Melody. And I think Leukos too. SIU never hurt kids, that's what Zaku had said, but... Moira, I'm scared we are all at a Haven facility... I think... they are conditioning us... I don't know what for." he sighed, unable to come up with anything, looking away for a moment. "Are you... okay?" he asked, shifting his eyes to look at her again.
Alice had temporarily given up on trying to talk to them, knowing they would probably never hear her. She just listened, as they spoke. However, the name... Lucian. She knew that name. The girl spoke of punching and rocks and... brother. She narrowed her eyes in thought, trying to piece together what she was seeing. It seemed Lucian was trapped somewhere and the girl was promising they'd find him. It was a peculiar conversation for two people standing right in front of each other. Then he said her name... Moira. That name.. something pulled hard at her heart. She repeated the name in her head as tears billowed up in her eyes and she didn't understand why. Until she really looked at her face. "...moira..." she whispered. She looked over to Lucian who was crying and her heart sank, "..lucian.." the memories tugging hard at her mind as it began to surface vaguely through the fog of her thoughts. He spoke of Kae, and the memories pulled harder. This... this was her family. But ... why couldn't they hear or see her. "No..." the slight realization of her predicament. She moved toward them but was stopped, like an invisible wall separating her from them. She hit her fist against it. "Moira! Lucian!" she called out as loud as she could, hitting the invisible barrier hard as she watched them hug, tears streaming down her face. "Moira!!"
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Broken_Illumination Captain
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2016 9:27 pm
Continuing to listen to her brother, Moira tried to keep the names of the two children fresh in her head, so she could go and let Zaku know that something was going on with Lucian and two children. Though, as he mentioned that he was scared that they were at Haven because they were hurting him, Moira could feel her fury build in her stomach. Taking in a deep breath and holding it for a moment so she could try and calm herself, she nodded when he asked if she was okay. As she let out her breath, she thought on what she had just been told. "I don't... I don't think that Haven has you..they never did any sort of conditioning on me. They just asked questions about our family and what I knew and did experiments. So, I'm pretty sure you're not there, which is good..I don't want to end up finding out that you became a strange creature in a basement." Moira tried to joke, but it was quite clear that the lack of knowing out any information on her brother had worn her down, even with so many people around her. She was scared that she would lose what she had just found, and wasn't sure how she'd be able to take that.
Though, something caught her attention as she finished her own theory on where Lucian couldn't be. A familiar figure - which was strange of her thought about what this place was was actually correct - one that couldn't be here. It definitely wasn't one that was from her own dreams, as her memory of that figure had only been a blur - but everything looked right. "M-mom..?" Moira whispered softly, her eyes going wide as she looked past her brother to the figure that was on the outside of an invisible barrier. Feeling too many emotions rushing through her, she struggled to keep herself in the dream state so she could continued to talk to Lucian, but the shock of seeing her dead mother was making it quite difficult.
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2016 10:17 pm
Lucian tried to keep his composure about it all, he had been afraid to mention Haven to Moira after everything she had been through, but if it would help, then he had to. Yet, she explained what they did to her and a bit of reassurance that he probably wasn't with Haven. A relief swept through his as he exhaled heavily. "So I may still be with SIU." he offered, then catching her comment about the creature in the basement. "The creature..." he thought for a moment. "It called itself Shiori... That's Zaku's last name..." he commented but then shook his head. "Nevermind, that's not important right now... I guess I'll.... I'll just keep holding on the best I can..." he frowned, looking down as he tried to think of anything else to say. He opened his mouth to say something as he looked up to her and paused, noticing her face. M-mom..? A puzzled and alarmed look hit his face suddenly as he turned sharply to look behind him, backing up in shock, almost running into Moira. His eyes went wide as the image of their long lost mother was standing before them hitting against some invisible force field. He could see her yelling and crying. Her distress made his stomach churn as fleeting memories of her dead body in his arms when he was only a teenager flickered across his mind. His heart was pounding fast as he could not begin to process what he was seeing. "...m-mom.."
Alice was hitting against the barrier, a fracture making it's way across it as she backed up a bit and ran at the barrier, shifting her shoulder forward as she shattered through it toward them, outstretching her arms. "Moira! Lucian!!" she screamed out, her face full of longing and anguish as she flew towards them to hug them, her body never holding form as she phased right through them both and disappeared.
Lucian inhaled sharply as his mother suddenly phased through them and disappeared, startling him farther than he could have imagined as she he woke up in his cell with a jolt. "Mother!" he called out, but no one was there... only him. Alone in a room.
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Broken_Illumination Captain
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 4:29 am
Moving to run towards the mother she had once hated and now wanted to re-connect to but never could once she had found out that the said mother was dead, Moira looked like she was about to scoop her up in a one-armed hug. "Mom!" she cried out, tears streaming down her face as she tried, tried so very hard to even just feel some sort of embrace, but was only met with nothing as the figure phased and disappeared.
Snapping awake, crying out "Mom!" as she lunged forward from her sleeping position, Moira slowly sunk forward, bringing her hand up and covering her face as she just let herself be consumed by the utter sadness that had enveloped her. Body completely shaking as she let out sobs that wracked her whole body, she cried.
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 5:23 pm
Delilah had been laying on the roof, just trying to stay out of the house for a while as Michael slept. She hasn't been able to sleep, her thoughts weighing heavy on her mind as she stared up at the night sky, mapping out the constellations in her mind on this,rather a quiet night. She blinked slowly, her face slightly unamused but mostly solemn as she tried to decide her course of actions in everything that was happening so fast. A sudden cry out for one's mother caused her to flinch and blink as she heard the sons of another girl. She say up and moved to the edge of the roof, looking down at her. She was about to speak out to her But hesitated, scared of being judged for her speech impediment again. By the time she even had half the courage to talk, she saw figure walking up to her. Delilah say back down and listened, maybe it was better that way. At least until she felt she might need to interject.
Zaku walked up to Moira calmly, hands in his pockets. He say down beside her and just stared at the ground for a moment. "....someone once told me that nightmares.. are just memories you try really hard to forget..." he looked at her. "Don't know where thats the case here... But sometimes you just need someone to talk to...... Want to talk about it? I'll understand if the answer is no. I am kind of a stranger, after all."
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Broken_Illumination Captain
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 5:34 pm
Sniffling a little, rubbing her eyes, trying to calm herself a bit more, she looked over to Zaku then quickly looked away, knowing that she looked like a complete mess and not like the strong warrior everyone thought she was. Taking a moment, she took in a shaky breath and let it out, "I-I think I should talk. You..you may be a stranger to me, but my brother trusts you..and still does." she looked back over to him and managed a smile, her eyes bloodshot and her face still wet from tears. Sniffling again, she looked back down and at her shaking hand.
"It..it wasn't a Nightmare, I know what nightmares are. This...this was more like what happens when my one power sees past events, but it wasn't a past event. This was something new I - I got to talk to my brother." She stopped to look back to Zaku, her tears now having stopped for now, but she was still sniffling every so often. "and I know it wasn't a dream because he was talking about things I don't know about, like SIU and where he was being held. He thought he was being held in Haven but what he told me they were doing to him - it's not Haven, it's really not. Not with what they're doing to him, it's nothing like what they did..and what they are doing, but he think's he's still at SIU.." Moira paused again, brows furrowing a bit as she tried to remember what else was said.
"He said....he said they had two kids with him... Leukos and Melody, I think were the names.. he was going to tell me more, but..then a figment..or a fragment...something that looked like my Mother showed up..she tried to hug me a-and.." She couldn't keep talking, soon breaking down again, but this time much quieter.
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 7:56 pm
Zaku nodded as she agreed to talking with him, listening to her words intently as she spoke. She mentioned that her dream wasn't even really a dream but a a branch off of her ability to see into the past. But this was different. She was able to talk to Lucian. Maybe part of his new powers he had been developing lately. She mentioned that he spoke of SIU and where he was being held. Held. That word allow set a sinking feeling in his stomach. So, it was true that he had been captured. He was about ask if she knew by who when she spoke of Haven and it's unlikeliness that he was there. That was a slight relief, but not enough to put his mind at ease. Ultimately, it was decided he was probably still with SIU. "At least that's a place to start looking... We know where the base in Aldas is... but I know there are other bases... like their headquarters is in Norcrest. So, it's going to take time to try to find which one he's at."
He paused as she then mentioned children. Leukos and Melody. "That has to be SIU.... Melody... she was with them, I know that... but Leukos too?... s**t.." he narrowed his eyes as he looked out into the field in front of them. He hoped with everything he could, that Lucian was still with SIU, and that they weren't hurting Melody because of all this. He hadn't even realized that tears were building up in his eyes as she then began to speak of a figment of her mother. "...mother?..." he thought for a moment, "..Alice?" he questioned, but then paused as Moira broke down crying. He couldn't help but come to a kneel and hug her. He was reminded of all the times he comforted Lucian from nightmares about his mother's death. Lucian hadn't spoken much about his sisters, but from he had gathered, Moira had disliked him and their mother, but he could see now that was far from the truth. Then again, time changes people and the experiences they have can give quite a bit of perspective. He sighed, his own tears choked back as he just tried to comfort her. "...We'll find him... We will find all of them.. and bring them back home where they belong." he reassured in a low voice, his own heart wrenched at the thought of if he couldn't make good on that promise, but he shoved the feelings of doubt aside in liue of determination for his best friend and his kid... and for his own daughter. "I figured... I should tell you.... Melody.. she.. " he took a deep breath, trying to stop the tears from forcing their way through. "She's my daughter. SIU took her from me a while back.. Lucian tried his best to get her back... but they failed. Almost cost him his life if it weren't for Michael pulling him out when he did.... I just... I just hope they are all okay."
Delilah listened closely, they were talking of people but not any names came up at first. Then Zaku questioned about the girl's mother. Alice. She titled her head curiously. Was this one of Lucian's sisters? As Zaku began to talk of Lucian, she frowned and came to a stand. She shifted her eyes downward trying to think of what to say. Was it really her place to say anything at all? It was such a touching moment, for her to just ruin it with her own interjections. It's not like anyone wanted to hear her speak. She sighed quietly and just stared at them with solemn eyes, watching from behind them.
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Broken_Illumination Captain
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 8:50 pm
Leaning into the hug that she was given, Moira closed her eyes as she listened to the other talk. Finding out more about Melody, she nodded. Family was important, and it was only recently that she found out that she needed to try and protect what was left of her family. The renegades was slowly becoming part of her new family, which was nice, but now she wanted to protect every single one of them. "We need to find them - I need to find him - I don't want Lucian to go through any more of what he's going through.." she sniffled, "I want to be able to save him..."
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 4:34 am
He nodded as she spoke, "We will." he spoke softly as he tightened his hug. "We all want him back, and we will all fight to get him back safely. He... You both are part of this family. We won't stand by and let them-..." he paused, letting it sink in what they could be doing to Lucian, his mind raced and he began to worry what they could have up their sleeve this time. At least Kylar was preoccupied with Andy that it was unlikely they'd erase his memories too... yet, there were always other ways, and far more things they could do to him. He took in a deep breath and released it shakily.
She frowned and felt guilt welling up within her. She wanted to help but she'd only be a liability in the end, her powers too far out of control to be of any use. She wanted to talk to them, but there's was too much she always to keep within herself. She sat down on the roof and swung her feet off the side and continued to watch.
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Broken_Illumination Captain
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 7:40 am
"I won't stand for it," Moira stated, her mood quickly shifting from sad to a furious one, "I won't let them even attempt to do to him what that place did to me. They may be separate places, but he's still there, still being hurt. I will go there myself and save him, even if it costs me my life. It's the least I could do in the memory of my mother. He was the favorite, after all." As she spoke, she moved to stand, her body aching from how she had nodded of in. "I'll save the other two as well, just show me where they are. No one's family deserves to be as broken as mine ended up."
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