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Night 52: Sun Room

Oct 15, 2010 13:23

[from here]

Last time he'd been in the Sun Room at night, there'd been some crazy guy with a gun and Neku really wasn't looking to have another bullet in him, so he was cautious as he pushed the door open, his flashlight darting from place to place. He might not have all his old psychs on him, but he still had a few of Mr. H's pins and those would ( Read more... )

anise, soma, ilia, porky, sora, mello, neku, matt

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composers_proxy October 18 2010, 03:20:06 UTC

The change was immediate and more than enough to put Neku on his guard. Robo kids and now a giant mecha in the shape of a monster was about to descend on them. It was like something out of those zentai-suited live-action kids shows. Only real. And about to confirm everyone's suspicions that the Sun Room was a very bad idea at night.

He didn't have a way to equip all the pins at once, but the three he had on hand should be enough to help out. Radio Waves had worked well last night, and he didn't like to be without some kind of healing spells, so Run for the Clinic! was kept close at hand too. Last was Scalpels and Swords and he hadn't had a chance to break in either of the last two. So trying them out for the first time on a giant hulking metal monster spraying some kind of gas at them? Not ideal ( ... )

scintillatingly November 9 2010, 09:23:05 UTC

While Sora didn't want to take his eyes off of his own shadow, he was forced to when it turned out that Neku's was doing the same thing. He became even more ready for another battle (even though they weren't really in the best shape for it), because as far as he knew, shadows were never good. And while his Keyblade should have been reacting if these were Heartless, he couldn't really trust his Keyblade to act the way it should in this place ( ... )

madeinthehrl November 10 2010, 07:13:35 UTC

Soma slowly lowered her gun, but she left the safety off for the moment. Neku's shadow had begun to move as well, and she couldn't help but turn her attention to her own shadow. For a moment, she almost thought it, too, moved--but that was only the movement of her own hands. A trick of the light. She frowned, her gaze flickering from her shadow to those of her teammates. What was going on? Why wasn't hers doing anything? Was there a pattern she was missing? Something they'd done that she hadn't?

But if the shadows were only growing twisted and warped, there were worse things that had happened at night. And Sora had a point; they had essentially neutralized the threat in this room. It was time to move on.

"We aren't in any shape to try another Special Counseling patient." Probably any other patient would said it with a touch of humor, however dry. Soma was not any other patient. "And I doubt these shadows are going to lead us anywhere. Has too much time passed to explore any other part of the building?"

composers_proxy November 15 2010, 03:32:26 UTC

"We could try to keep going toward the basement," he shrugged, "the girl who gave me a copy of the map seemed to think it was worth checking out."

They might not have a clue, but at least they'd cleared the room, he supposed. Oh right, except for the shadows. His own was currently trying to pull itself up from the ground and even if this wasn't the UG, he still knew it was probably not the best thing to have happening right after they'd gotten kicked around by a giant spider mech.

He took a step back, but it didn't keep the shadow from growing, taking on a life of its own. Probably not a good thing.

"Or not," he frowned, reaching out a hand toward the shadow, not sure if he should be surprised or just freaked out when it didn't copy the same movements. "What's this about?"

scintillatingly November 15 2010, 04:35:43 UTC

It was more or less a given that any more big fights were out of the question for them, but Sora didn't think that he needed to confirm that. While he had also considered the basement, Neku bringing it up gave the idea more value. Though on the other hand, did they really have the energy to travel that far? There was a good chance they could make it all the way down there unhindered, but there was no telling what would happen once they actually reached it. The basement was known for being dangerous, so ( ... )

madeinthehrl November 15 2010, 19:03:24 UTC

Soma offered a small nod, keeping her own eyes fixed on the shadow creatures in front of her. Nothing from her own shadow, whose only movements matched her own.

"I'm willing to try the basement. I haven't been down there yet." But that plan seemed to be on hold as Neku's shadow began to rise out of the ground. The gun came up again, automatically, but she found herself frozen in shock after that, unable to pull the trigger. How was that even possible? What was it?

Our own darkness. What did that even mean? What darkness did Sora and Neku have that she didn't? They'd seemed like relatively normal teenage boys, combat experience aside. It was ridiculous, but she would have felt cheated if she weren't in mute shock, watching the shadows pull themselves out of the floor.

"But they're just shadows," she said aloud. This shouldn't even be possible. "How can they attack us? Is there any way we can fight back?"

composers_proxy November 17 2010, 03:48:50 UTC

All plans for heading to the basement were put on hold once the shadows decided to stop acting like good little shadows and started trying to stare him down like this was some kinda turf war. Sora said he'd seen them before; those were the things from his world he'd mentioned, right?

Well... the Noise weren't exactly normal, but Sora hadn't shrugged it off when he'd tried to explain and even experienced that, so if Sora said he knew what he was talking about, Neku could trust him at his word too. But if this was supposed to be his own darkness... he had to agree with Soma. Just how did he fight something like that?

"Our own darkness, huh," he repeated under his breath, glaring right back at the annoyed shadow of himself.

As if to prove Sora's point, the shadow smirked back at him, dressed up in his JotM brand clothes, all the usual pins, but oddly enough, a pair of reaper-like wings unfolded at the shadow's back. What. Me? A Reaper? You've got to be kidding. That's not me-"Like a bolt from the blue," the shadow ( ... )

scintillatingly November 17 2010, 05:16:10 UTC

While Sora would have liked to answer Soma's questions in all the detail that they deserved (the Heartless were difficult to explain, much less understand), there clearly wasn't the time for that. He didn't know if fighting back would be an option now, but he was still prepared for it. He'd fought his Anti-Form and won before, so he could do it again ( ... )

madeinthehrl November 20 2010, 06:03:47 UTC

[Sorry about the wait! I'm up for backthreading if you are.]

Soma could only look helplessly from one shadow to other. The words that were coming out of their mouths--she didn't entirely understand any of them, but the effect on their casters was obvious. And it seemed there was nothing she could do about any of it.

Her jaw tightened and her grip on the gun tightened. If there was one thing she hated, it was feeling useless. And as she seemed to be the only one unaffected by whatever was causing this, there wasn't much she could do but stand there and wait. The shadows didn't seem to be doing anything but taunting Sora and Neku, and Soma--well, she didn't do well with emotions. She never had. It hadn't been in the training.

"Leave them alone," she said at last. Almost immediately, she berated herself for how stupid it sounded. But they were shadows--you couldn't hurt shadows. So what else was there to do?

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