Music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W_U-Es_uW8]這い寄る悪夢[/url] [hider=Dream of the Suffering Wolf] [img]https://i.imgur.com/S1iSTZf.jpg[/img] Rayla saw herself at Unitia's Grasslands. A place very dear to her childhood. She used to hang out with her friends under the lone tree, it was their special spot. Rayla went there and saw two tombstones. It was the memorials of Hugh Maxy Black and Mei Marie White, her childhood friends. [img]https://i.imgur.com/jdUIwsC.png[/img] Rayla: Hugh...Marie...I'll get to the bottom of this...I promise... Voice: That's ridiculous...what do you think you can do by yourself? [img]https://i.imgur.com/LeC1iGW.png[/img] Rayla: Mom? [img]https://i.imgur.com/AzxZSSs.png[/img] Samantha: You should stick to just helping those around you instead of the whole city. This is too big of a task for you to handle. [img]https://i.imgur.com/0reib3A.png[/img] Rayla: I'm not alone... [img]https://i.imgur.com/NuK1vGn.png[/img] Samantha: It's not the matter of being alone...You saw how your father died despite being considered the strongets. Him...His friends...Me...all perished to this unknown influence...You should just keep yourself safe...and wait for the end. [img]https://i.imgur.com/WUQ0b9G.png[/img] Rayla: If there's an ending coming...I won't just sit by and accept it. [img]https://i.imgur.com/1Fyhdc3.png[/img] Samantha: How can you say that? You'll just suffer more once you find out that it's impossible. [img]https://i.imgur.com/i1OYpVn.png[/img] Rayla: Why do you think this is really impossible? [img]https://i.imgur.com/9Kx385n.png[/img] Samantha: Everything is against you...the truth is hidden in a deadly darkness...If you go in, you won't survive. [img]https://i.imgur.com/ChuxIxk.png[/img] Rayla: Mom... [img]https://i.imgur.com/TRkgUHG.png[/img] Samantha: Please...just live your last days with happy memories...I don't want you to suffer any longer...They don't either. [img]https://i.imgur.com/SHWhFAA.png[/img] Rayla: What? Suddenly, she felt the embrace of what looked like to be the images of her father, Hugh and Marie, just as how she remembered them. However, said embraces had a weight to it, not letting her move. [img]https://i.imgur.com/FNs4OmM.png[/img] Rayla: W-What is this? [img]https://i.imgur.com/XbLsJ6u.png[/img] Samantha: It's our true wish...To see you happy. [img]https://i.imgur.com/CkzRUy2.png[/img] Rayla: Wrong...They would encourage me to do right thing...I know that you would support me as well... [img]https://i.imgur.com/OZdDjPv.png[/img] Samantha: That was before we passed away...We know that what you're about to do is beyond impossible...Now, you too shall see it our way...You understand people after all, so you'll understand our feelings. [img]https://i.imgur.com/uxgkPaP.png[/img] Rayla: No...I...I... "I refuse this reality..." But her scream was of no avail, as soon as her mother embraced Rayla, her dream self hugged back, returning the "feelings" of her family and friends. [/hider] [hider=Dream of the Lone Girl] Tatianna walked around what looked like a deserted Unitia. Nobody was to be see, no familiar faces, nothing. The girl ran around in a panic, praying that she at least saw someone, anyone, even a bad person. All she could hear was the sound of her own footsteps. Suddenly, she saw herself looking at the Glory Star Orphanage. The place looked deserted as well, but that didn't stop her to enter the place, the feeling of despair overcoming her mind. Her hearbeats felt like it was going to break Tatianna apart. But all that was gone when she saw a lone Amara sitting in a rocking chair. [img]https://i.imgur.com/RjIjnxq.png[/img] Tiane: GRANNY!!! Without thinking twice, she hugged Amara, crying in joy now that she finally found someone. [img]https://i.imgur.com/JuIsSeV.png[/img] Amara: So you're finally back. [img]https://i.imgur.com/MNfvQK9.png[/img] Tiane: I was afraid I would be alone... [img]https://i.imgur.com/Kg2KhiF.png[/img] Amara: Well...that's a given since this place turned into a warzone. Everybody left, afraid that they might get caught in this violent war. The children were all adopted when you were out. [img]https://i.imgur.com/RjIjnxq.png[/img] Tiane: Eh? [img]https://i.imgur.com/FGQZL0p.png[/img] Amara: And about Rayla...well...She doesn't need you anymore. [img]https://i.imgur.com/S245VxS.png[/img] Tiane: That's...not true... [img]https://i.imgur.com/Kg2KhiF.png[/img] Amara: But didn't you leave exactly because it was too dangerous? [img]https://i.imgur.com/WsFFClW.png[/img] Tiane: What? Then, a thought passed through Tatianna's mind. [img]https://i.imgur.com/All66TF.png[/img] Tiane: Wait...if this place is dangerous...why are you here? [img]https://i.imgur.com/JuIsSeV.png[/img] Amara: I'm too attached to this place to leave...besides...My time is almost up anyway so it wouldn't matter as much if I stayed or not. [img]https://i.imgur.com/WsFFClW.png[/img] Tiane: Your...time... [img]https://i.imgur.com/fZglABh.png[/img] Amara: Tatianna...Please...Be good when I'm gone. [img]https://i.imgur.com/S245VxS.png[/img] Tiane: No... Amara died of old age at Tatianna's arms. The last person that she held dear was gone. Rayla, the one she considered a partner threw her away. Tiane was all alone now. Tiane: [b]AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!![/b] [/hider] [hider=Dream of the Ruined Mountain] Ted was in front of the ruins of his old home. A sight all too familiar to him. [img]https://i.imgur.com/VXwyd1A.png[/img] Ted: Why am I here again? Voice: Are you willing to cause this amount of destruction? [img]https://i.imgur.com/OvIyIyv.png[/img] Ted: Who's there? When he turned around, he saw a bunch of ghostly figures. He couldn't tell what they were, only that they were talking to him. Voice: Are you willing to ruin many lives in order to keep yours safe. [img]https://i.imgur.com/jppfUO8.png[/img] Ted: I'll do nothing of the sort... Voice: Admit it, Ancestor Mages like you can only cause destruction. No matter what you do, You'll always commit a sin. [img]https://i.imgur.com/Nsguj9B.png[/img] Ted: Like I said, I won't hurt anybody. Voice: If you don't...then the ones you love will suffer. [img]https://i.imgur.com/MatJoZL.png[/img] Kaori: Theo... [img]https://i.imgur.com/YyA9UD6.png[/img] Ted: Huh? He looked behind him, answering to the name Kaori was calling him. She wasn't the only one there, his new family, his friends, they were a pile of corpses, with only a few that had survived. He picked Kaori up as she was the closest. [img]https://i.imgur.com/2hYI4DJ.png[/img] Ted: Kaori...I... [img]https://i.imgur.com/8RpgMst.png[/img] Kaori: If you don't do it...We all will... Suddenly, he saw himself inside his old home, being surrounded by enemies, just like the day he had to run away. [img]https://i.imgur.com/wJHrfzm.png[/img] Kaori: Save us...using everything you've got. [img]https://i.imgur.com/OTXE1kZ.png[/img] Ted: Kurgh... Then, a stone fell over Kaori, crushing her on the ground. The Mansion was falling apart. Ted could only stare at the horrible sight as the enemies approached and the house kept falling apart. [img]https://i.imgur.com/7qg6nEE.png[/img] Ted: No...I won't let this happen...I won't let you guys have your way. Voice: Then do what it must be done. [img]https://i.imgur.com/DCb9Bhm.png[/img] Ted: HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! Even if he charged at his enemies, his mind was still conflicted, and soon enough, he too, was buried under the debris. Voice: In the end...he didn't do it...What a pathetic existence. [/hider] [hider=Dream of the Truth Seeker] Hiagor was staring at a Unitia City in ruins. It aparently had went through a gruesome war...one that wiped the slate clean. He walking over the ruined streets, seeing people struggle with its reconstruction. [img]https://i.imgur.com/xDlggFV.png[/img] Hiagor: What caused this... [img]https://i.imgur.com/QkjklSL.png[/img] Johnson: This happened because it's your fault. [img]https://i.imgur.com/7acv6xg.png[/img] Hiagor: I don't need this right now Johnson... [img]https://i.imgur.com/qYLXkbK.png[/img] Johnson: Planning to your mistakes now Detective? That's low even for you. This is the result of your meddling. You caused all of this! You wanted to destroy the root of the city's problems...and you succeeded, but this was the cost! [img]https://i.imgur.com/nqdrfMm.png[/img] Hiagor: ... [img]https://i.imgur.com/eIoEOws.png[/img] Johnson: The city was better when it was a corrupt cesspit...But now that it was destroyed by your actions, it's nothing more than a hellhole...I've told you many times to stop, but you didn't listen. [img]https://i.imgur.com/pmmjqcj.png[/img] Hiagor: I doubt the truth can cause a catastrophe like this. I'll keep searching for it. [img]https://i.imgur.com/Hkt0aqT.png[/img] Johnson: So you plan to cause even more damage? I've had enough of this... [img]https://i.imgur.com/nqdrfMm.png[/img] Hiagor: You know you can't win... [img]https://i.imgur.com/oM5cYfx.png[/img] Johnson: I just have to get one bullet in and you're done for. [img]https://i.imgur.com/ikCPFeW.png[/img] Hiagor: If that's what you really want. But Hiagor didn't feel like moving. Letting Johnson hit a clean hit on his forehead. [img]https://i.imgur.com/qOplevR.png[/img] Hiagor: This is just not fair...you know I can't hit you... Johnson: ... [img]https://i.imgur.com/HZpTKhO.png[/img] Hiagor: Friends don't hit each other...you know... Then, he falls on the ground and peacefully welcomes the darkness. [/hider] [hider=Dream of the Evolved Girl] Kaori saw herself in a unknown place. She got up from the bed and left the pure white room she was in, entering an area full of water tanks with people inside of it. One of these tanks in particular called her attention. [img]https://i.imgur.com/hw72kIj.png[/img] Kaori: That's...Me? [img]https://i.imgur.com/JL4O7of.png[/img] Werhan: Exactly, this is your ultimate destiny...A person without freedom...someone that will be controlled by the larger forces. Psychic Users...Psyccers...Adepts...Regardless of their name, are destined to serve only as a tool to be isolated from society. The Ancestor Mages and Chi Master are more accepted exactly because they can keep their morals in check, but not people like you. It is sad though...being born in the wrong era...having your powers go out of control, being hated by society...I really feel for you right now. [img]https://i.imgur.com/hS6XHlh.png[/img] Kaori: I'm guessing you're going to tell me that it was better if I was your puppet. [img]https://i.imgur.com/VrqpOyu.png[/img] Werhan: That's right. You would kill and kill, cause chaos and mayhem, but you wouldn't feel any remorse in doing so. [img]https://i.imgur.com/BgbNcoY.png[/img] Kaori: Yeah...No way I'm letting that happen! Kaori summons her sniper rifle and points at Werhan. [img]https://i.imgur.com/zznmGq7.png[/img] Kaori: Even if it may seem scary, I'll fight with everything I've got to earn my freedom! [img]https://i.imgur.com/kfnX3fQ.png[/img] Werhan: I see...then shoot me. Treat me like a rock that you need to destroy. It's okay if people like me are gone right? Then do it already. Kaori closed her eyes and pulled the trigger. When she opened them, she noticed Andorina with a bullet wound in her chest. [img]https://i.imgur.com/RtEqqyt.png[/img] Kaori: Ah! [img]https://i.imgur.com/MZYcHvG.png[/img] Andorina: Congratulations Kaori...With this, you're ready to crush everything in your path. Be free if that's your wish, but don't think for one moment that it is a happy path. [img]https://i.imgur.com/sNMMUUA.png[/img] Kaori: ANDORINA!!!!! Kaori cried loudly. [img]https://i.imgur.com/puUJPlU.png[/img] Kaori: Is this...what I'll become...If I keep fighting? [/hider] [hider=Dream of the Dead Identity] Sheila was in a familiar place, the place where everything ended for her. [img]https://i.imgur.com/7jg73Ow.png[/img] Sheila: The place...it was the day where I killed all these people... She stood in the center of a carnage. Her mind overcome with feelings of revenge, she heed the voice's call and use the strange ability to slow time to kill the ones that ruined her life. [img]https://i.imgur.com/Sc6h6GI.png[/img] Yusagi Getsuki: This is the place where I was supposed to die. [img]https://i.imgur.com/LyE7NRl.png[/img] Sheila: But...I had to sacrifice many to survive. [img]https://i.imgur.com/G8bhHo0.png[/img] Yusagi: Listening to the voice that wanted to save me. [img]https://i.imgur.com/sOGzuNk.png[/img] Sheila: But not listening to the will of my heart. [img]https://i.imgur.com/XF4x87b.png[/img] Yusagi: I just wanted to live, there was no need of such carnage. [img]https://i.imgur.com/ChquZKZ.png[/img] Sheila: But had I not done that, I would've been killed instead. [img]https://i.imgur.com/lduqv1n.png[/img] Yusagi: Was I really doing this for survival or... [img]https://i.imgur.com/ceggM8m.png[/img] Sheila: Or was is because of my anger? My desire to erase everything? [img]https://i.imgur.com/rkNUDoo.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/WeAbfHv.png[/img] Yusagi/Sheila: I don't even know the answer anymore...Nor if I want to keep on with this revenge... [/hider] [hider=Dream of the Holy Vampire] Kenneth woke up, back in his world, but the house he lived most of his life was ruined. He went outside, seeing the forest in flames, the clouded skies robbing the world of its light. Only a shadow figure stood in the air, calling upon meteors to destroy everything. He held the corpe of his mother impaled in a lance. ???: See what happens when you run away from your destiny? [img]https://i.imgur.com/OnqGYnw.png[/img] Kenneth: Don't tell me...You're... ???: Yes...I'm the very being that you were supposed to defeat... [img]https://i.imgur.com/vzhhvIf.png[/img] Kenneth: Then let's settle this right no- All of a sudden, he saw a corpse falling in front of him. It was of what looked like an older Kenneth. [img]https://i.imgur.com/jKZFBka.png[/img] Kenneth: Ah... ???: Foolish kid, you weren't strong enough...You thought you could be stronger by a rebel, but you've died like a worm instead. [img]https://i.imgur.com/QYuBzmE.png[/img] Kenneth: You're wrong...I'm still here... ???: You were born with a special contradiction that actually had a chance of destroying me, but you are so obssesed with choosing your own path, that you failed to notice that it was nothing more than wishfull thinking. [img]https://i.imgur.com/OnqGYnw.png[/img] Kenneth: Shut up...This is the right path for me. ???: Really now? Do you really want your world to perish that much? If that's your wish, then sure...i'll grant it! You can rot in your dear Unitia City. [img]https://i.imgur.com/jKZFBka.png[/img] Kenneth: No... ???: [b][i]Ira furor brevis est...[/i][/b] [img]https://i.imgur.com/OnqGYnw.png[/img] Kenneth: [b]I'LL STOP YOU![/b] ???: [url=https://youtu.be/b_W1n3Xy_Xo?t=23s][b][i]SEQUERE NATURAM!!![/i][/b][/url] Suddenly, Kenneth was hit by a massive meteor, being crushed between it and the earth. He had absolute no chance against the ultimate evil. [/hider] [img]https://i.imgur.com/RxA2NXb.png[/img] [i][u]Glory Star Orphanage - Living Room[/u][/i] Music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FKVdV6e5R8]Burlesque[/url] [img]https://i.imgur.com/ZmVwO9X.png[/img] Rayla: Urgh... Rayla wasn't in the best of moods when she woke up. Not even the sight of the kids running through the corridors managed to lift a smile. [img]https://i.imgur.com/q7DBS91.png[/img] Rayla: (I feel drained...) [img]https://i.imgur.com/owzHjSS.png[/img] Tiane: *sob* MAN...what the hell kind of dream was that? [img]https://i.imgur.com/eLqTRoQ.png[/img] Rayla: Morning... [img]https://i.imgur.com/InLNjMs.png[/img] Tiane: Hi there... [img]https://i.imgur.com/TNyh5GR.png[/img] Rayla: Were you crying? [img]https://i.imgur.com/sbuQd0U.png[/img] Tiane: N-No...I was washing my face and forgot to use a towel... [img]https://i.imgur.com/MH0vdVk.png[/img] Rayla: Sure... [img]https://i.imgur.com/Q7OU21i.png[/img] Tiane: Seriously...why the hell do I remember everything from it? This sucks so much... Rayla was silent for a moment, also remembering every detail from the dream she had. She shuddered for a bit. [img]https://i.imgur.com/g2RlVxA.png[/img] Tiane: You too? [img]https://i.imgur.com/ECHrcFf.png[/img] Rayla: Aparently... [img]https://i.imgur.com/dF7pIRI.png[/img] Tiane: Maybe...this is what they call a lucid dream. Let's just forget it happened and move on... [img]https://i.imgur.com/P0tA7zi.png[/img] Rayla: Y-You're right... (That's easier said than done...) [i][u]Yurei Seimei Mansion - Ted's Room[/u][/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/1N4hCFv.png[/img] Ted: Huh? I'm back home? [img]https://i.imgur.com/Yrd2sHz.png[/img] Kaori: ... [img]https://i.imgur.com/VXwyd1A.png[/img] Ted: Wait, was it just a dream? He looks towards Kaori, who looked like she was about to cry. [img]https://i.imgur.com/jppfUO8.png[/img] Ted: It felt so real... [img]https://i.imgur.com/vtTD8yh.png[/img] Kaori: Ted...You too? [img]https://i.imgur.com/joIM2MR.png[/img] Ted: ... Suddenly, he hugged Kaori, relieve that everything that happened was just a dream. [img]https://i.imgur.com/xFTZSsz.png[/img] Kaori: Eh? [img]https://i.imgur.com/2hYI4DJ.png[/img] Ted: Don't worry...I won't let anything happen to you...or anyone else. [img]https://i.imgur.com/Jb5JPrq.png[/img] Kaori: T-Ted? [img]https://i.imgur.com/OTXE1kZ.png[/img] Ted: I promise... [img]https://i.imgur.com/MwYpXML.png[/img] Kaori: You don't sound so certain about that promise. [img]https://i.imgur.com/7qg6nEE.png[/img] Ted: You can tell? [img]https://i.imgur.com/uf6mbVn.png[/img] Kaori: Yeah...Well, I understand that feeling very well... [img]https://i.imgur.com/ltZbbwY.png[/img] Ted: So this means I'm not as ready as I thought I was... [img]https://i.imgur.com/yCZBK3Q.png[/img] Himika: Good morning bro- Himika noticed Ted embracing Kaori and slowly closed the door. [img]https://i.imgur.com/HskQPV2.png[/img] Himika: Ok...sorry for interrupting your moment... [img]https://i.imgur.com/LQ3qsV1.png[/img] Ted: WAIT! This is not what it looks like. [img]https://i.imgur.com/Gu8njHG.png[/img] Himika: JUST teasing you! I know you're not the type of person to take advantage of a girl. You're too kind for that. [img]https://i.imgur.com/TXSQqwx.png[/img] Ted: Y-Yeah... [img]https://i.imgur.com/eaWUazJ.png[/img] Kaori: (She understood the situation pretty quickly...no...more like she understands her brother well enough to trust him.) [img]https://i.imgur.com/yCZBK3Q.png[/img] Himika: Anyway, morning you two. [img]https://i.imgur.com/RIg4bcY.png[/img] Kaori: Good Morning... [img]https://i.imgur.com/OJ2dcgH.png[/img] Himika: Breakfast is already done. Hurry before it gets cold. [img]https://i.imgur.com/rl62MkX.png[/img] Ted: Okay! [img]https://i.imgur.com/Dna42EU.png[/img] Himika: Oh, and you forgot this in my room. Himika gives Kaori her normal clothes before heading off. Ted soon follows in order to give Kaori some privacy while changing. [img]https://i.imgur.com/vtTD8yh.png[/img] Kaori: Seems like we both had a terrible dream...One that we still remember vividly...I wonder what this means. [i][u]Spring Zone - Hiagor's Office[/u][/i] Hiagor was at the rooftop, smoking a cigarrete, thinking about the dream he just had. [img]https://i.imgur.com/Ulre3gW.png[/img] Hiagor: Lucid dream...Maybe this is why I let him shoot me... The city was intact, unlike his dream were everything was destroyed. [img]https://i.imgur.com/sNNbnyw.png[/img] Hiagor: Sorry man...But I feel like the truth will save this city instead. If this dream was some sort of premonition...then I'll do my best to avoid said future. [i][u]Summer Area - Summer Park[/u][/i] Sheila arrived at the place earlier than normal and without her guitar. Today, she had to focus on searching for the man that saw the Blue Reaper's face. After a while, Carlu arrived. [img]https://i.imgur.com/oavC2nk.png[/img] Carlu: Greetings. [img]https://i.imgur.com/ySJQvdX.png[/img] Sheila: Good morning... [img]https://i.imgur.com/GLjCoh2.png[/img] Carlu: You look down for some reason. [img]https://i.imgur.com/GqCqdLl.png[/img] Sheila: Well...my dream decided to be a jerk and show me an event from the past...that's all. [img]https://i.imgur.com/tvNmVhX.png[/img] Carlu: You say that's all, but it cleary affected you a bit...Maybe we should investigate another day... [img]https://i.imgur.com/GJUW5di.png[/img] Sheila: No...It's okay...Let's do this. [img]https://i.imgur.com/SoPlyrv.png[/img] Carlu: Vineria sent me a print of that man. Here's a copy for you. [img]https://i.imgur.com/YhpKAzp.png[/img] Sheila: Thanks, call me if you find something. Then, they split up in order to cover more ground. [i][u]Summer Area - Solaris Apartment Complex 1st Floor[/u][/i] Kenneth decided to skip breakfast and head directly to school. [img]https://i.imgur.com/rKFHu1s.png[/img] ???: Oh? Good morning Mr. Kenneth, you're earlier than usual. [img]https://i.imgur.com/jKZFBka.png[/img] Kenneth: Morning. [img]https://i.imgur.com/hNJ8GcP.png[/img] ???: What's the matter? Not feeling so well? [img]https://i.imgur.com/vzhhvIf.png[/img] Kenneth: I'm fine. [img]https://i.imgur.com/CQFTzra.png[/img] ???: I see...Want to me to accompany you to school? [img]https://i.imgur.com/QYuBzmE.png[/img] Kenneth: Do what you want. [img]https://i.imgur.com/VlprcFb.png[/img] ???: (He isn't the best of moods right now...) [img]https://i.imgur.com/vzhhvIf.png[/img] Kenneth: My apologies if I sound a bit rude Miss Shuusuke. [img]https://i.imgur.com/735gLle.png[/img] Hinata Shuusuke: It's okay...You most likely had a bad dream. [img]https://i.imgur.com/Mhb8xS6.png[/img] Kenneth: Heh... [img]https://i.imgur.com/Q7W9mfg.png[/img] Hinata: Wait, I got it right? Without saying another word, Kenneth walked out of the complex. [img]https://i.imgur.com/7HQSnto.png[/img] Hinata: Ah, wait for me!