[Video] Nightmare time!

[skyboundknight]

[There's what looks like the aftermath of an earthquake, rocks and debris strewn around. Kain kneels on the ground, clutching his head.]

What- what is that? Who's there?

'You will obey my commands.'

[The voice of Zemus is deep and evil, but to Kain it's also compelling. The figure of Golbez comes striding into view, towering and tall as ever.

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[thedragonsblood]

[ The video Dany sees frightens her. She's seen the others, but her first thought when she sees Kain struggling against an unseen evil with a large man in dark armor standing over him is that the Darkness is attempting to take control of him again. Immediately, she's up with Drogon on her shoulder and she is running up the mountaintop as fast as she can move.

When she finds Kain in his usual brooding spot, she sees no one else there. ]

Ser Kain! Ser Kain!

[ She drops to her knees beside him and pulls off his helm. On her shoulder, Drogon screams too, though without words, of course. ]

Kain, please.

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[skyboundknight]

[The Darkness and Golbez all seem very real to Kain and he struggles, loathing this feeling more than anything. He- he can't lose himself now! The Darkness sinks in just a bit further, invading his mind, tearing into his deepest, most hidden thoughts. It stirs up all the hatred and desire, all the things he wants to keep repressed...]

[...but something, for some reason he doesn't know, gives him a sudden burst of strength. He must fight this. He must.]

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[thedragonsblood]

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[skyboundknight]

[He's not alone. Kain is so wrapped up in the struggle and the fear of what's inevitably coming. Darkness. Loss of control. He'd sooner die than face that fate. He groans under his breath, leaning into Dany as she pulls him close, and...]

[The imposing figure of Golbez begins to waver as Drogon starts attacking the duck, and with that, the darkness eases, already dissipating...]

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[rebornaninsect]

[This is not what he needs to see so soon after coming out of his own nightmare. Yet another reminder of the things he's done, the way he was controlled... at least this time, Zemus's words don't truly control him.

And perhaps there is something he can do here, as much as he dislikes it.]

Fight, Kain. Resist this control.

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[skyboundknight]

[Gripping his head, crying out as the foreign presence sinks into his head, Kain barely notices the other person's voice at first. But when it finally comes through, he becomes... confused. This too is a voice he must obey. Which one should he listen to?]

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[rebornaninsect]

If you have any pride in the dragoons left in you, you will fight.

[Kain is supposed to obey his voice- has been trained to obey his voice. He knows it's one of the reasons Kain avoids him if at all possible, but if he can use that and Kain's pride to make him work against this nightmare, then it doesn't matter.]

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[skyboundknight]

[Some part of Kain will always want to obey Golbez, a fact which disturbs him greatly. He cries out in pain as he's getting quite the headache between the two strong forces competing for control.]

...the dragoons...

[That's something better to latch onto at least.]

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[mrsbrisby]

Don’t listen to that voice!

[A moment of boldness as she tries to help the best that she knows how to do. ]

You don’t have to! All you have to do is find the duck!

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[skyboundknight]

[The Darkness creeping in is impossible to ignore, nor the voice that belongs to it. But there's something else that he hears beyond that, he only just notices...]

Find- Find what?

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[mrsbrisby]

There should be a duck around some where. I… I don’t know why but for some reason when you touch a duck it gives people these horrible nightmares!

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[skyboundknight]

Nightmares...?

[This isn't real? It certainly feels real...]

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[bittyrydia]

[She stares, wide-eyed. While Rydia's not sure that she likes Kain very much, she also doesn't want to see this fate happen to anyone.]

Don't listen, Kain! Fight back! You have to! You promised you'd be good!

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[skyboundknight]

[But that invading Darkness is so strong, so much more than he'll ever be... it's going to break him, he just knows it. He'll lose himself and then... and then...]

What?! Who's there?

[It sounds... sort of like the girl...]

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[bittyrydia]

That's not important! Focus! You can't let him take over!

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[skyboundknight]

...I'm... trying...

[The struggle so far isn't going very well. Kain groans as the darkness gains a little more ground.]

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[futurefab]

Kain... [Seeing these nightmares is difficult; as much as she wishes to help her friends, there's so little can do.]

You are stronger than this. I know you have it within you to fight. You must fight.

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[skyboundknight]

[It's disturbing, that darkness flooding into his head, into places no outside forces should ever go. He struggles, but he doesn't think it's going to be enough. And... he can't tell if he's imagining another person or not. He continues to grip his head.]

...I... can't...

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[futurefab]

You can fight. You're a strong and proud dragoon--one of the best there is. Just like your father was, remember? You can overcome this.

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[skyboundknight]

My... my father...

[He would not be pleased if he knew about the Darkness beating Kain, repeatedly. Kain struggles, trying to fight, feeling himself again losing a little more...]