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 Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 4:55 pm
 Company: Nico
Thought: Is this really necessary?
Mood: Nervous, and Confused
Attire: Casual #2 ≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎ ==== ✹ ==== ≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎
Feeling something on her back, she squinted her eyes as for some reason she was expecting pain. When it was done she did see there was no pain so her body did not tense up as much. So even magic cannot heal her back....well she wasn't expecting much to happen. She did sit there as even the man himself did not know what the ritual was...or he was hiding it from her. "Well....I.....Is there anything else needed from me?.....Can I go?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 1:41 pm
Story Mode
Nico smiled. "Yes, you may go. I shall be meeting you shortly for the ritual to begin." He held the door open for her and sat down at his desk after she left, waiting on the time now.
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 1:45 pm
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An excruciating four hours had finally passed. Serah had dragged Dylan all over the place exploring the monastery to see what was inside. They ended up being two hours early, so she decided it would be time wasted just standing around. But once it got near time, she quickly ran back to the courtyard. Most of the others were there now, but she still had yet to see Shilga. "Hey Dylan, you think she is ok?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 8:11 pm
 Ɖylan ₩inchester ▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄Dylan managed to finally relax a bit after the fours hours of exploring the monastery. Luckily, they did manage to get back to the courtyard before any of the training had began. "Yeah. I think she is fine. She will turn up shortly."
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 10:49 pm
Company: Alone
Thought:I am sort of tired
Mood: Nervous, and Confused
Attire: Casual #2 ≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎ ==== ✹ ==== ≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎
Shilga had decided to wander around, seeing if she could find her friends while she explored the place. She did find her way back to the courtyard to see that her friends were there so she snuck back to them before getting behind Dylan and yelling "BOO!" She yelled loudly so that her voice was heard. "Hey....I am back...anything happened while I was gone?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 7:45 pm
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Serah jumped at being startled by Shilga, grumbling to herself about how her friend could treat them this way. She quickly got over it though. She stood with a lean to her right and her hands folded across her chest. "Nothing yet. We just got here not too long ourselves. We still have about 30 minutes before he is supposed to arrive. So....what did he even do?" Serah was curious on whether or not he was able to actually do anything about her back not. If he was, she knew she would be far more comfortable around other people being completely clean again, not having to worry about some grotesque marks for everyone to stare at. She knew her friend was self conscious enough as it is.
She also pondered on the thoughts about Dylan from what Nico had said earlier in the day. Serah knew what his words to her meant. It dug deep into her being and she planned on keeping it there, just like everything else. But what could he have meant about a coldness from Dylan?
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 7:48 pm
Ɖylan ₩inchester ▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄When Shilga came behind him and yelled, he shut his eyes tightly and tensed up. Dylan then turned and looked at Shilga and gave a sigh, "You just scared the crap out of me. How'd it go?" He finally relaxed. He nodded as Serah told Shilga about their arrival. "This thirty minutes is starting to feel like a long time.."
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:53 pm
Company: Dylan & Serah
Thought: I am sort of tired
Mood: Nervous, and Confused
Attire: Casual #2 ≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎ ==== ✹ ==== ≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎
She stood there, chuckling at their reactions as it was nice to be able to do this with someone. It seemed like they had waited here for a bit for...whatever to start it. "What did he do?" She then had a pained face. "Nothing useful, nothing changed." She had a small smile on despite that. "Believing he could fix me...ha! I got nothing that needs to be fixed." She then had a salute on, keeping the small smile on. When Dylan asked how it go, she did nod. "It went fine....although it doesn't make sense why he thinks me being disabled will be hard? I mean yeah...I get stressed out easily and need more time to learn than others, but I can still overcome stuff....if I put.........my mind into it." She was hesitant now as she remembered what he had said to her:
As for your disease, it's more or so to help you focus, concentrate, and be more aware and confident of who you are. I know Asperger disease can be rough on anyone.
You know nothing! She thought to herself, flashbacks of her being in middle school and the source of her burns played in her head like a broken aide garde film; broken and trying to be forgotten. "Thirty minutes is not that long, it always passes for me. Might be because I like to zone out and think of things..." She shrugged as she then tapped her feet. "But sorry, I couldn't resist! I always wanted the thrill of scaring someone....even though that's gonna bite me in the assets in the future is it?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 4:46 pm
Story Mode
Nico appeared in the middle of the room and everyone fell silent. He waved them them with a smile. "I'm glad you all are here. Now we truly begin in earnest. What I am about to show you is how I earned my magic. It's a bit harsh, and some of you may back out, I would not blame you for changing your mind." he stepped on a tile and it sunk into the ground with an audible click. A giant area in front of them began to peel back. An 8x8 area opened up to reveal a rising platform with a large device on it. It looked like a giant tesla coil. He stepped up top it when it finished raising and put his hand on the lever. "It's simple and hard at the same time. I cannot guarantee what will happen. This device is what I call a Magi Converter. It opens up the mana pathways in your system allowing you to use magic. From my experience, the more powerful you, the more mana you have, the more painful the experience. I haven't had anyone die yet...but I cannot say it won't happen." He looked all around and noticed the concern on everyone's faces. "Now, if you are brave enough, step forward."
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 4:55 pm
━━━━━━━━━━[│║║█║▌]S E R A H │H E A R T S T R I N G [│║║█║▌]Ａ Ｐ Ｐ Ｒ Ｅ Ｎ Ｔ Ｉ Ｃ Ｅ[│║║█║▌] ╔══════════════╗
Serah shook her head at Shilga. "I guess we deserved that for everything we've done to you," she said with a small chuckle. In the back of her mind, she knew Shilga was lying. But she refused to bring it up. If that was how it was, Serah would drop it as well. Secrets were meant to be secret for a reason. It was then Nico appeared again. After expaining everything Serah stepped forward without hesitation. Nico raised an eyebrow at her. "There is no going back from this Serah. If you continue forward, this machine will activate and you will affected by it until the mana in your body is awakened. Are you prepared?" Serah scoffed and stepped into position. If Nico had truly looked into her, he could've seen she lost most feeling a long time ago. "If I was not prepared, I would not have stepped forward."
Nico shrugged and nodded to her, which she responded in kind. He pulled the lever. He took a few paces back and put his hands in his robe sleeves. Watching with curioisty at the events that were about to unfold. The machine's clear ball began to glow a bright blue. Static began building until it became a raging thunderstorm inside. It crackled out along the floor until it struck Serah. At first her body began to glow the same color, she felt nothing. Than it all hit her at once. She let out no scream, but she instantly dropped to her knees. The pain was beyond anything she had ever felt. It felt as every inch of her skin was being skinned off, her muscles were in a roiling fire, her every fiber rejecting life. She wanted to do nothing else but lay down and die because of this pain. Nico watched with a worried expression. She could no longer hold it in. Flung onto her back, she began screaming in agony in such a way it was inhuman. Her eyes wide open and her throat letting out a screech of pain, terror, and madness. Nico stepped forward, not expecting this type of reaction. But he had no idea what to do. It was over.
Serah lay on the ground. Barely breathing, not moving. Even breathing in itself felt like being stabbed from the inside out with a million burning needles. Every bone ached, every muscle felt tore. She dragged in ragged breaths. Her very body seemed to radiate eneergy now though.
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 9:28 pm
Ɖylan ₩inchester ▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄Dylan went silent as Nico appeared. Not only did he want to still make a good impression, but now he was certain if he didn't pay attention, then there was hell to pay. He watched the arena appear with the coil. He then quirked a brow. Die yet? Oh yeah that was reassuring. No one was going to die today. Including Serah and Shilga. That was out of the question. The Magi Converter got his attention even more. The more powerful you are, the more pain. Pain he thought he could handle. He twisted his ankle once and kept going, but that was probably no where near the pain of the converter, if Dylan was in fact strong.
He watched Serah step up. She was normally always first. Dylan crossed his arms over his chest and waited. His eyes narrowed just a bit when Serah fell to her knees, but he was sure she had it. His glances went between Serah and Nico, seeing a worried look on his face. Just in case Serah's heart were to stop he hopped CPR would get her back. He stared at Nico, but Serah's scream made him darted his eyes toward her and the screech almost made his skin crawl. He made a quick glance at Shilga to see how she was, but Serah's screams just echoed. He then swallowed and looked between Nico and Serah again. She's alright. She's alright..
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 10:09 pm
Company: Dylan & Serah
Thought: I am NOT going in that thing!
Mood: Horrified!
Attire: Casual #2 ≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎ ==== ✹ ==== ≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎
Shilga's face was wide and pale as she witnessed Serah's pain in the ritual. Was this what Nico was talking about when she was at his office? How painful it was, and how some people could not survive it?! Once she knew Serah was done, she was dashing off from Dylan and it was so quick, one would not be surprised if they were siblings, as she slid down and was leaning on Serah. "HEY! HEY! WAKE UP!" Shilga did not shake her, for fear she might cause more damage so she patted her face harshly to get her to wake up. After putting her finger against the nostrils, she realized air was barely going in. Shilga was not experienced in CPR or if Mouth to Mouth was even going to help she what she could only do is what little she remember by bringing her hands together and pushing on Sera's chest repeatedly to see if anything happened.
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 10:01 am
━━━━━━━━━━[│║║█║▌]S E R A H │H E A R T S T R I N G [│║║█║▌]Ａ Ｐ Ｐ Ｒ Ｅ Ｎ Ｔ Ｉ Ｃ Ｅ[│║║█║▌] ╔══════════════╗
Deep within her mind Serah lay. Excruciating pain was all that she could feel at the moment. Her entire body felt as if it might shatter and crumble into millions of pieces with even the slightest of movements. She heard a distant screaming from someone, but she could not pinpoint who. It was than she felt a burning pain onto her chest, pressing it down. Causing her entire body to shudder. It was with a gasp she suddenly sat up, holding her throat, sucking in copious amounts of air to fill her dried out lungs. After a few moments respite she looked around. Her eyes had turned a stormy grey color, energy seemed to crackle inside of them. She looked to her body, she seemed to be in one piece. She felt...different. Something had definitely changed her. The pain seemed to have dissipated. SHe never wanted to go through anything like that ever again.
She turned to Shilga and gave her a weak smile. "Well.....that was fun," she said with a slight pause. Nico carefully walked over to her, kneeling down by her side placing a hand on her forehead and closing his eyes. He nodded looking to her with a smile on his face. "I have to say, that was the most mana in someone I have seen since starting this venture. I have no doubt the pain you have just gone through. From what I can tell of your friends, there experiences may be just the same as yours. I suggest taking it easy for a bit as to not upset your mana flow and accidentally set off a bomb." He helped her to stand, she thanked him. She took Shilga's arm and walked back over to Dylan and sat back down cross legged on the floor.
"That was...intense. I've never felt something so dire before....I hope you guys can handle that." She didn't want to admit it, but she had wanted to die, several times during that ordeal, even it had only lasted a few moments. The faces surrounding the room looked queasy and unsure now. No one else wanted to step forward. "Dylan...I think you should go next. I believe in you guys. We can do this, together."
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 10:14 pm
Ɖylan ₩inchester ▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄Dylan watched as Shilga ran over to Serah with no effort to stop her. In his mind, she was going to be okay. Nico wouldn't let anyone die during this training session. He did transport the people who didn't make it back safe and sound. Well he wanted to believe that. His eyes shut and his swallowed hard, remembering that scream. There she was, finally awake. He then jogged over to help Shilga with Serah and sat her down. "Had me there. You good now?" Okay that may have been a dumb question.
Dylan nodded at the statement and walked toward the platform. It as best to go ahead and get it over with now. Who knows maybe he could take it. Either way time to figure it out. He then took a deep breath, looked over at the girls then Nico ready. Once the lever was pulled and the same thing happened. He watched the static on the platform chase after him. Dylan felt a jolt in his knees, but he wasn't going to let it take him down. The converter's power was getting stronger. He balled his hand into a fist to keep him mind off the pain, but it got to be too much for him. At that point, if he gritted his teeth too much they would just turn to sand.
And there it went, he screamed. Every ounce of him was trying to keep himself up, but he only managed to hold himself with one hand on the floor and the other over his stomach. He felt like it was being burned from the inside out. Finally he fell completely on the platform with a thud, going in and out. He thought he didn't do good enough, but half of him thought he did. Nico did say the more pain the more powerful.
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 10:22 pm
Company: Dylan & Serah
Thought: I am NOT going in that thing!
Mood: Horrified!
Attire: Casual #2 ≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎ ==== ✹ ==== ≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎
Of course, when Dylan fell down, Shilga was there to help him get back up. She was not hesitating with these people especially since they were the only ones who really gave her the reason to 'try again'. She bent over to Dylan as she picked him up so that his arm could be around her shoulders as she stood up. "Let me carry you...like you did for me." She then had an arm around his waist as she dragged him back to where Serah was. He had him sit down as she then could only stare at the two as her heart pounded so hard it wasn't funny, her face was super pale, hands shaking to the point she could not even control it, her legs wobbling back and forth to the point it made it hard to stand up when she decided to do so. Serah and Dylan did it....now it would be Shilga's turn...but unlike Dylan and Serah, she was a coward when it came to pain. Shilga was the girl who would scream and cry bloody murder when she had to get updated vaccine shots from the doctor..of course, nothing would be compared to the boilg water that had soaked her back and legs that made her scream in agony, her face on the cold floor thinking she would die right there as her clothes melted and skin was cooked. She did not want it to happen again. "Dylan....you'll be ok." She gave him a pat on the shoulder, trying to be a supportive friend at the least...but right now, she was scared sh*tless.
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