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Father Bill
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Sootopolis
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Bill Anderson
WHITE ROUTE CONCLUSION [DE]
POSTED ON Feb 28, 2022 15:00:03 GMT
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White Route

The forest presses in with icy, iron thorns and shadowed eyes.
Will you run, or light the final lantern?
SEANCE

Oppressive frost presses in from the gaps between the stacks, as if the books themselves are blocks of ice in a vast freezer.

Orange and purple lights cast strange, swimming shadows within the wards, yet no light falls outside the circle. Instead it is pure darkness, filled with the creaking of trees, and the sounds of distant movement. 

"The Altar is lit. The creature cannot pass through the wards. It is sealed outside, but it will come when called." Pangur uncoils from his spot on the floor, revealing the ninth lantern, set within the stone at the center of the living forest.

"But first, we must arm ourselves properly."

Pangur pads over to Kaida, and nudges the Pokeball holding her fainted Houndoom. The ball clicks open, and the Pokemon appears on the ground, where it devolves due to the shock of its contact with the beast. "No rest yet, little one. There is still one more fight." 

Light flows into Houndour, and the Pokemon stands back up, now gleaming with contained Radiance. "Your fangs need not fear the beast any longer."

's Radiant Houndour is fully healed, and is immune to the Beast's devolution effect.
As Pangur approaches, the shard of Absol horn held by glows hot and bright. "Absol are prophets. They have the power to read the future, though lacked the power to change the present. Until now." 

The horn stretches into a Glorious Bone Quill. Silver ink beads on the tip. 

has the power to shape the world with the words they write, creating or changing things around them.
The cat approaches . "This belonged to my previous master," Pangur says, and a weighty, cylindrical object falls into Hideo's arms. It feels metallic, and carries the scent of sunlight and black powder. 

has acquired the Radiant Blunderbuss. It is a +3 Magical Weapon, which rolls advantage against aberrations and undead. On hit, it deals 6d12 Radiant Damage and coats the target in brilliant silvery light, giving attacks against the same target advantage until the user's next turn.

On the side it says: ⠃⠑ ⠞⠓⠑ ⠇⠊⠛⠓⠞ ⠞⠓⠁⠞ ⠓⠑⠇⠏⠎ ⠕⠞⠓⠑⠗⠎ ⠎⠑⠑
Pangur looks to , who is busy hauling the unconscious body of onto Cobalion's back. "You are leaving," he said. It was not a question. "People pray for Justice just as often as they fear its coming." 

A silver sheen spreads across Cobalion. "Both sides of the scales call for your help, steel-singer. Go with my blessing, and pray that you find the wisdom to tip the world towards light."

Melody climbs onto Cobalion's back, and the legendary leaps through the shimmering flames and out into the darkness, bounding away as a streak of light. 

and have safely left the raid.
Last, Pangur approaches . Under his gaze, the wavering letters on her throat slide back into focus. "You must hold steady now. Your voice is the Key, the Bell, and the Sword."

Luka's Augur Voice has fully manifested. Her control over her singing, and her portals, is increased. She can throw her voice to create portals at locations away from her, and can link portals together to send objects from one location to another.
Pangur looks around at the remaining four. "It is time. Call the creature with your song, and let us begin."

When steeled, sing your Holy Verse to summon the Beast.

BOONS AND CONSEQUENCES

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POSTED ON Feb 28, 2022 17:44:42 GMT
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[attr="class","woo2"]Hold on, what's the rush


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Soon enough, the group was reunited, though much smaller than before now, it seemed. Cardamom's breath caught in his throat as he saw Ruby unconscious, breathing a sigh of relief as he saw that she was still breathing. He murmured a prayer for safe travels as Melody took hold of her, the two escaping on Cobalion's back. But now...it was up to the rest of them to face this monster. He held out a hand to Nash, the Absol gently using a claw to scrape away the black ice from both their wounds as Pangur spoke. Cardamom gasped as he felt the piece of horn grow in his hand, extending into a gleaming quill.[break][break]
"Thank you," he said, bowing to Pangur. "I'll use it well." Nash gazed up at the quill, growling softly but affectionately. He was proud, that broken as it was his blade could be put to better use. He still had his teeth, and his claws, and he would put them to whatever use he could.[break][break]
He blinked a little when Hideo received...a gun? Well, if Pangur thought the boy could handle it, who was he to argue? And he could see everyone else being blessed as well. He gripped the pen. Pangur had mentioned that it could alter the present...he wondered if that meant he couldn't guarantee everyone's safety by writing that they would all live. In that case, he'd just have to keep his eyes out and be careful.[break][break]
Cardamom felt his other two Pokemon hovering closer, nodding at both of them before he clasped his hands together. Almost unbidden, a tune and words came to him, and the boy opened his mouth to sing:[break][break]
Turning and turning in the widening gyre[break]
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;[break]
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;[break]
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.[break]
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,[break]
Slouches towards Cerulean to be born?
[break][break]
As he sang, he felt the red strings being drawn closer to him, wrapping around his arms and legs. He stood still, not wanting himself to get tangled more, but could already feel something pulling at him, pulling him close even as they summoned it to this place. Next to him, Edward let out a panicked cry. Cardamom's eyes flew open, and he saw the Dusclops twist and flail before shrinking back into a Duskull, his red eye rolling around his skull in panic.[break][break]
And he knew it was only the beginning of what the beast could do. Gripping the pen, despite the ropes tangling him, he wrote down his first sentence with the pen: The beast hesitates to attack.
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tl;dr: Cardamom prays for Melody and Ruby's safe travels before taking the pen. Nash scrapes the black ice off himself and Cardamom's wounds. Cardamom sings a "holy verse" that is basically a shortened and slightly edited version of Yeats' The Second Coming, getting tangled in the red string and drawn towards the beast. He uses the pen to hopefully make it pause before attacking.[break][break]
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Hideo
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October 18th
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POSTED ON Feb 28, 2022 23:41:46 GMT
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Moments ago, they were trying to run from the Beast. Now that they were finally, truly safe from it…they were going to summon it.

If it was the only way to deal with this thing, then that's what they were gonna have to do. But Hideo was notably fidgety about the idea, and his Meowstic was still catching its breath after that narrow escape from the monster. "Well, I guess we already got this far," Hideo half-muttered, more to reassure himself than anyone else.

He could hear Pangur go to , then to . But he hadn't expected Pangur to approach him next. At the mention of something belonging to his previous master, Hideo extended his hands - and felt something weight dropped in his arms.

The first thing that hit him was that scent. He didn't recognize it at all, but it was oddly familiar - along with a different smell that made his nose twitch. The gift felt metallic and long, and Hideo quickly noticed the bumps on it weren't just random; it was braille.

'"Be the light that helps others see," Hideo said as he ran his finger along it. "...guess you got a sense of humor, huh?"

It's only after running his fingers against the braille that he found one of the most important parts. He'd played around with enough toys to realize when he'd found a trigger.

…

"Oh shit this is a real gun!" He'd held toy guns before - he even had some good luck with a shooting booth back at the Vital festival - but those were just toys or BBs. This one was real!

His Pokemon glanced at him, then the gun, then each other. They were really going to let their blind trainer use a gun, weren't they? None brought up an objection.

Hideo held the gun close, fumbling around as he tried to find a comfortable way to hold it. He completely missed what Pangur said to . "W-well, I guess this'll help with that monster. So we just have to sing to summon it, right?" Was that really all it would take to bring it here? "I guess I'm ready to sing whenever you guys are…but, uh, what do we do when it gets here?"

It couldn't be as simple as just shooting it, could it?

Once he heard Cardamom sing, he knew it was time to join in. His reluctance dissipated almost instantly - he wasn't aware that the desire to sing was out of his control, nor did he know the song he sang: he simply sung it.

"May the road rise up to meet you
May the wind always be at your back
May the sun shine upon your warm face:
The rains fall soft upon your world
And once we meet again
May the Creator hold you in the palm of Their hand"


He could feel something start to pull at him again - but he held his ground.

Hideo's Meowstic is pretty tired after running from the monster and for no other reason
Hideo's got a gun everyone should ruuuuuuun
Hideo is compelled to sing a modified irish baptism hymn
Something is pulling on Hideo, but he holds his ground


@ooh demon summoning ritual


Boons/Consequences:

Devolve Meowstic
Freeze Krookodile
Nightmares Manifest
Compelled to Sing ✓
Attracted to Monster ~

Espurr immune to monster
Radiant Shotgun YEE HAW


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November 6
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Elite Ranger
You thought I'd forget,
but it's always in my head
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392 height
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POSTED ON Mar 6, 2022 3:15:13 GMT
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Kaida leaned upon Kjoll strongly, but still attempted to lower her head in a bow as Pangur drew near, wincing as the movement was protested by her body. When Ulf was revived, albeit in a smaller form, the new pup yapped at Kaida, clearly shocked at the speed her trainer ruined herself. "I still live," She whispered, "Quiet. The beast is coming, you need to fight one last time." Hopefully not their last battle, but who knew?

The lantern, which should have been warm, was nothing but cold light...a cold only she and her old Onix could feel as she hugged close. It seemed they wouldn't be too much use, nearly frozen with frost as they were.

And yet a song came forth, formality thrown out the window, it was a dog's song, a nobody's:

As if there could be a world
Of complete innocence
In which we forgot ourselves

...

For nothing
For absolutely nothing but joy


Ack. Joy was a far away thing, and one she hoped for even her most distant of Pokemon.

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TLDR: Kaida is here. She is relieved that her Houndour is ok, and tells her Pokemon to be ok. Her Onix and her start to freeze while near the lanterns, and Onix wraps around her to try and protect her as she Sings the Verse. (Poem about dogs...appropriate)

Kjoll
Odinsdottir (Shiny!)
Ulf (Shiny!) (Now a Houndour!)

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sleeping beauty
she/her
25
July 15
lumiose city, kalos
bisexual
public relations
rising star
do you think
we could have been happy
446 height
446 height
she looks like, if you bit her, honey and milk would flow from her
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luka chêne
WHITE ROUTE CONCLUSION [DE]
POSTED ON Mar 8, 2022 5:41:53 GMT
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Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata.[break][break]

Give. Be sympathetic. Control.[break][break]

She can feel it; power surging so close, hot and sparking and somehow familiar. It skitters into her throat and condenses there, driven by the will of Pangur Ban. She bundles it up, compresses it, and it grows hotter still— almost burning. Some of the marks that blacken her tongue begin to fade, overpowered by the light.[break][break]

Luka doesn't yet trust herself to speak, but nods at the creature in a mutual understanding.[break][break] You must hold steady now. She grows roots.[break][break]

Trembling in anticipation, Luka glances around at the group. Two children...how sad it is for them to face such monsters. She resolves in that moment to make protecting them her priority and the power within her chitters, as though in agreement.[break][break]

"It's time," she affirms shakily. , , ...at the first sign of true danger, she's ready to throw them into one of her portals and out of harm. "B-brace yourselves. If anything goes wrong, please come to me."[break][break]

Words come as easily as breathing, poised on the tip of her tongue. Once again they belong not to her, calling out to forces unseen.[break][break]

The eyes are not here[break]
There are no eyes here[break]
In this valley of dying stars[break]
In this hollow valley[break]
This broken jaw of our lost kingdoms
[break][break]

A divine ring opens above their group, wreathed in light. Through it, naught but inky darkness can be seen.[break][break]

In this last of meeting places[break]
We grope together[break]
And avoid speech[break]
Gathered on this beach of the tumid river
[break][break]

Another, this time opening right behind Luka. It casts her body in an ethereal glow.[break][break]

Sightless, unless[break]
The eyes reappear[break]
As the perpetual star[break]
Multifoliate rose[break]
Of death's twilight kingdom[break]
The hope only[break]
Of empty men.
[break][break]

Her final verse completes their call. Albedo, purification. The eyes approach.[break][break]

Luka keeps hers wide and staring, and waits.


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- I'm really feeling T.S. Eliot tonight [break]
- Luka experiments with her portals [break]
- Completes her final verse to call the monster
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But the sight of the stars makes me dream


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Father Bill
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November 24
Sootopolis
Bisexual
Daddy
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78 height
78 height
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Bill Anderson
WHITE ROUTE CONCLUSION [DE]
POSTED ON Mar 10, 2022 14:27:18 GMT
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White Route

The forest presses in with icy, iron thorns and shadowed eyes.
Will you run, or light the final lantern?
SUMMONS

begins, and as his voice carries among the candles, the assembled can feel the presence of the beast outside the circle. His words pull it closer. Circling. Orbiting. A dark planet around the sun of the altar.

adds his voice, and the air is filled with phantom sounds. Footsteps, the dashing of rain against thick grasses, wind at your back, and sunlight so loud you can hear it sizzle.

Pangur lights the final lantern, and the orbiting beast quickens.

sings of joy. Of careless freedom and the love of open spaces. To run, and play. To be free.

The orbit becomes frantic, less like a planet and more like a whirlpool, sucking the beast towards its core.

You can hear the ending now. You can hear the crossroads.

adds her voice, building a celestial harmony. An alloy of verse and light. A shining portal opens above the central lantern.

A vast emptiness forms between those who remain, and the torn shape of the Remnant is born again in the middle of their ceremony.

The perpetual star rises,
And the sky is filled with eyes.




Psychic fangs and gleaming, milky eyes manifest around what remains of White Route. Claws draw back, and mouths open wide.

's quill glows, burning with radiance as the present bends to his will.

The beast hesitates to attack.
Around the edges of the circle, in the shifting dark between the shadows, shapes form. Nightmares, pulled from the darkness in the corners of your minds. From the crevices between your lobes and folds.

Your nightmares arise, as solid as they are at midnight.

Face your nightmares, and learn something about yourself and the beast.


Tasks for this round

Everyone
Face your nightmares and learn something about the beast
Be pulled strongly towards the beast
Attack the beast (optional)



The beast's eyes remind you of someone you love


Meowstic devolves
Krookodile is frozen 


You and Onix are frozen
The beast's eyes remind you of someone you love


Hatterene devolves
You are burned
The beast's eyes remind you of someone you love

BOONS AND CONSEQUENCES

Below are the chosen consequences and boons from the signup, collapsed for brevity.

The Boons have been awarded.

Feel free to narrate the Consequences. What you write will be incorporated into the mod post. 

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Consequences

Boons

These rounds are expected to be faster than those in the main thread, and the posts can be shorter. 

Please continue to roll with each post. Bonuses and prompts from the main YMCA thread are no longer available. For this round, there is only one hidden bonus to add to your roll. 

Deadline is Wednesday 16th of March 8pm PT, but a mod post will come sooner if everyone posts before then. 


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Blue Star

Hideo
he/him
14
October 18th
slateport
undecided
Gym Leader
Ace Trainer
smol height
smol height
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Hideo Kino
WHITE ROUTE CONCLUSION [DE]
POSTED ON Mar 13, 2022 2:08:07 GMT
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While Hideo couldn’t see the Beast, he could hear it as it circled around, unable to get inside. It was a small comfort, though it still served as a reminder of what they’d be dealing with.

Yet as Hideo and the others sang, their hymns drew the Beast in: Hideo could feel that pulling sensation focused on the center of their circle. Though his whole body was being pulled towards the beast, his Oranguru was there to keep him grounded, serving as a physical barrier so he wouldn’t fly straight into the Beast.

His Meowstic was quick, using Imprison as the Beast to keep it down - but the act seemed to trigger something in the Pokemon; a bright light enveloped it, as if it were evolving - yet it shrank, its body reforming until the light disappeared, and an Espurr took its place.

The now-small Pokemon looked over itself, letting out a small, “...purr?” as a look of shock took over its smaller face.

Hideo completely missed his Pokemon devolving, holding the blunderbuss up. “S-so now what? Do we just fight it?” Fight something that not even their entire group could beat. Then again, they didn’t have a +3 Radiant Blunderbuss, or Pangur Ban’s help - and it didn’t sound like the beast was attacking them yet.

“Why not just give the gun to someone else? They’ll be a better shot than you, and you could just sit on the side while everyone else does the hard work.”

That voice stole Hideo’s attention: it was his own. Not coming from himself - from the side. It’d be obvious to everyone else this wasn’t Hideo; While it did bear his shape and size, it was nothing more than a mass of darkness just sitting on the side. What point was there to the physical characteristics of a nightmare when the subject was blind?

Hideo groaned. It wasn’t the first time something used his voice, trying to mock him and degrade him. He didn’t want to deal with this shit again. “Is this that Soiree dream zone stuff again? Sharpe, could you get rid of that thing?”

His Krookodile glanced at the Hideo-shaped mass, taking a moment before following her order, approaching it and swiping at it with a claw.

And right before it reached the mass, she stopped. Or rather, she froze: her entire body froze in place, a white tint appearing over her body. She was quite literally frozen in place.

“Is the sea of greed in your heart so great? That you’d attack someone telling you the truth? Oh, I mean your Pokemon attacking someone. It’s not as if you could do anything.”

Hideo’s grip on the blunderbuss tightened. “That’s…that’s wrong. Of course I can help!”

“Is that true? Could you help Eris when that monster impaled her? Could you help Melody when she had her breakdown? You couldn’t even help your Meowstic evade the Beast. You should just go home and let everyone else deal with this. It’ll be easy.”

“I’m not going back!” Hideo turned to face the voice. “I’m not going back until I’m done with the gyms, and I fight the Elite Four and the Champion!”

“Is that really going to impress Mom and Dad? Useless bits of metal aren’t gonna make them treat you more than an invalid. It’s not even your own path; so many other people have done it already. How will you impress them with junk like that? Will it make you think-”

“SHUT UP!” Hideo swung the blunderbuss towards the voice, aiming it right where he heard it - his arms trembling as he tried to keep it aimed against the Beast’s attraction. “I'm not an invalid, and they're not useless metal! And what do you know anyways? You’re just some bullshit stuff this Beast is making!”

The voice let out a sigh.

“Just give up and go home: it’s easier that way for everyone. At least that way, you won’t hurt anyone.”

Hideo is pulled by the Beast, but his Oranguru is keeping him in place
Hideo's Meowstic uses Imprison on the Beast
However, said Meowstic devolves to an Espurr afterwards. Loses access to Imprison as Espurr cannot learn it in any way
And then the Nightmare appears, taking Hideo's shape and voice, but otherwise very clearly a nightmare
It attacks Hideo's sense of accomplishment and worth. Hideo is not happy about this.
Hideo's Krookodile attacks the Nightmare, but gets frozen.
Nightmare reveals Hideo's middling self-worth, and encourages him to just give up and accept it.
Hideo is pointing the blunderbuss at the Nightmare.


@ooh nightmare time



A0IYEanB + ???

Boons/Consequences:

Devolve Meowstic ✓
Freeze Krookodile ✓
Nightmares Manifest ✓
Compelled to Sing ✓
Attracted to Monster ~

Espurr immune to monster
Radiant Shotgun YEE HAW

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Bestial
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Slateport (Technically)
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You thought I'd forget,
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Kaida Adachi
WHITE ROUTE CONCLUSION [DE]
POSTED ON Mar 15, 2022 4:46:17 GMT
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Kaida felt her vision waver as the unmistakable horror appeared before them...and it didn't come alone.

Nightmarish imagery appeared all about the group, and Kaida gasped as a white tree springed up, dripping poison from its roots. Despite having no face, it sneered at her. The monster too, it's eyes were of one that cared...of a Pokemon, she could have sworn she was looking her leader, Lars, in the face...and a face that looked so unmistakably disappointed with the beast in front of it. A lowly beast, one covered in scars and wounds before the other's even took a blow. The reason for the polluted tree before her.

A root slithered closer. Poison dripped, and yet it radiated heat, and her sides throbbed in a pain remembered from death. Her Onix clung closer as a wavering yelp escaped her lips, but the frost clinging to their bodies prevented them from moving...a good thing, perhaps, because despite her fear, she wanted to throw herself on this beast's claws. She couldn't even be sure if the thoughts were her own, or some blood deprived hallucination, but she shrieked for her Pokemon nonetheless, "Ulf! Odinsdottir! Help!"

The tree sneered more.

Somewhere beside her, Odinsdottir Howled, the Shinx boiling her blood with the gallant sound. If only she could be such a creature, she'd never fear death, or of causing death. Upon the beast's eyes, she thought she could see something like a Pokemon, something thinking. Certainly not something like her.

Another movement. The newly radiant Ulf charged forward, realizing too late her short tail was no longer sufficient to whip with, and changing strategies to stab at the beast with her Iron Tail.

All the while, the tree sneered, and Kjoll defended her with a hurried Ancientpower. Their frozen bodies didn't have much strength left in them, not anymore.

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TLDR: Kaida is here. She and her Onix are frozen fearfully as her nightmares, white roots covered in poison, come to burn her. She sees Lars in the beast's eyes. Her Houndour races in furiously and uses Iron Tail as a makeshift dagger to stab the beast. Shinx let's out a radiant Howl to pump up the party. Onix uses Ancientpower to protect Kaida from her nightmares.

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POSTED ON Mar 16, 2022 21:35:06 GMT
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As the group's songs mingled and merged together, Cardamom felt the beast being drawn towards them, even as it pulled them towards it. As the eyes appeared, burning bright in the sky, he felt himself take one step, then another, unbidden, reaching up towards them. Nash growled by his side, his own eyes glowing as he Leered back at the beast. The milky eyes gleamed in the darkness, shining bright, and as he looked into them he thought of-of his brother, Luke, the way his eyes shone with excitement whenever the two were making a plan together.[break][break]
"Luke..." he whispered softly.[break][break]
"Cardamom...?" came a voice from behind him. The boy spun around, to see the person he'd just named standing behind him, eyes wide with worry. "How did you end up here? You told me you were going to be safe-" Before he could say any more, a sharp talon impaled the boy through, blood spilling down his chest and from his mouth as he coughed in shock.[break][break]
"Luke!" screamed Cardamom, spinning to run towards his brother. Nash lunged, grabbing Cardamom's sleeve in his teeth and pulling back. Even as he did so, more claws came into view, each bearing the body of someone he loved-the last three ones bearing the bodies of Melody, Ruby, and Cobalion. And underneath it all, a deep laughter rumbling through everything around him.[break][break]
"No! Let me go, Nash! I-I have to help! Please!" he begged, sobbing as he saw the bodies of those who should have been safe. "I have to do something to help!" Edward grabbed onto the boy's other arm with his now nubby hands, desperately tugging as well. Even Hum did their best, hooking one of their points onto Cardamom's sleeve and tugging him back as well. One of his other points glowed, firing off a Power Gem at one of the claws, which was followed up by a creeping Night Shade from Edward. Cardamom watched as the blood flowed, running towards him and collecting at his feet. He slowly collapsed to his knees, sobbing as if overcome by all the world's sorrow, even as the Pokemon desperately tried to fire off more attacks to dispel the illusion.
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tl;dr: Cardamom is drawn towards the monster, which reminds him of his brother. As he calls Luke's name, he sees a vision of his brother, who is then stabbed through the chest by the beast's claws, along with many more people he knows and loves. His Pokemon manage to hold him back, until he collapses, sobbing. The Pokemon fire off their attacks to try and dispel the illusion. Also fulfilled the prompt.[break][break]
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luka chêne DOLLARS
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POSTED ON Mar 17, 2022 2:50:00 GMT
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Their song is finished, and the beast emerges.[break][break]

For a moment, Luka has half a mind to use her portals to force the children out of the archive. But she makes the mistake of looking up first.[break][break]

Her voice freezes in her glowing throat, and her tongue feels heavy and thick.[break][break]

The eyes that stare above them lidless and clouded, veins spiderwebbed across sclera the color of sour milk. Luka is drawn into their gaze, searching desperately for some kind of clues, an answer. Albedo, purification, banishment...what is it that they're meant to do, really?[break][break]

There are no easy solutions. Luka continues to stare.[break][break]

One pair of eyes is different. They are her eyes, but not quite. They are verdant irises and a tired kindness. Wrinkles at the corners, the same that are etched into the corners of a smiling mouth. Sometimes, while pouring over casework at night, they're obscured by a pair of reading glasses.[break][break]

Luka lurches forwards unconsciously, drawn towards the impossible figure. She recognizes more eyes as well: soft and kind, friends and family and a multitude of fleeting loves. The rest dissolve into starlight, the same that shines within sweet dreams and paints the sky in sprawling constellations.[break][break]

She knows that this isn't real, and that perhaps is cruelest of all. And yet she stumbles forwards regardless, grasping onto hands that feel ice cold and stiff with death. White lilies gather around her feet, and for a moment all is still. Her nightmare starts so quietly, based on memory alone. There is nothing more horrific than the truth.[break][break]

"I tried," Luka chokes out. Grief eats at her until there's nothing but bones left. "Please, you have to know that I tried—"[break][break]

She addresses them all, every silent watcher. Their teeth flash back in mouths that still smile at her sweetly. They gleam a little too brightly under the lantern light. "Look what your love has done to us," they whisper, words she's heard before under the thrall of painful sleep. Corrupting, twisting, ruining- those she loves shifting, contorting, melting into each other. Too many limbs, reaching, clawing. Too many eyes, always staring.[break][break]

The thing that had never been her father laughs cruelly as the lilies around her feet wilt, filling the air with the sweet scent of rotting petals. "You were never enough," it hisses. "You let your love rot inside you. And when you fail here, you'll take all of them with you."[break][break]

Luka takes a shuddering breath and stumbles blindly backwards. Her foot hooks around one of the lanterns, glowing with an otherworldly flame— it burns but does not go out, and the pain is no match for her terror. It rings like a bell in the steeple of her heart.[break][break]

The burning at her heels is familiar, however. It matches the burning in her throat. As Luka's visions lunge at her, multitudinous hands reaching and clawing, they never go for the throat. If only she could think long enough to understand the implications, if only she could just put everything together and not be struck useless by the fear that threatens to devour her—[break][break]

Her Hatterene rushes to her defense first, a clawed appendage readying a brutal swing. But the moment she makes contact, the fairy's body ripples, and shrinks as she devolves into a Hatenna.[break][break]

But Luka's Musharna takes a less direct approach. Hovering above her trainer's head, she settles upon it and employs the same practice she's used to protect Luka's dreams for years. [break][break]

Pink mist swirls around the quartet, tendrils undulating towards the nightmares and illusions that plague them. Plum's dream mist is not as powerful as that of the interdream zone, but it's just as hungry. The drowsing Pokemon's dream eater attempts a feast, using her psychic abilities to devour each nightmare and level the playing field.[break][break]

The mist that pours from her head begins to turn dark at the edges.

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- Luka is drawn towards the monster[break]
- The beast reminds her of someone she loves[break]
- Has visions of her father[break]
- Is burned by a lantern[break]
- Hatterene charges the beast and devolves[break]
- Luka's Musharna uses dream eater to consume the nightmares
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