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The Legend of Heroes: Tales of the World

Actually, I'm too sleepy, I'll just post when I wake up around noon @___@ I'm really sorry about that guys, I got greedy with playing video games since I spent all day finishing my online homework. I started on it much earlier this time but it still took me right up to the last hour to finish it all, jeez. I was hoping for a second wind but it never came. :/ I've got nothing planned for the time being since my sister's vacation is over, so no more random doctor appointments or beach trips or whatever for a while, haha...

Wildfires are very unusual where I live, and apparently the one from yesterday might have been caused by a person rather than wind/weather, so no worries on my end, I think.

Hope everyone's having/had a good weekend, enjoy your days off Pach!

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Ello ello, just wanted to reassure you guys that I'm still planning on posting tonight (this morning?) before I go to bed :p

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Hope you have a great day Kathi!

Pach wtf @ the IC |D I'm with Dylan on this one, haha.

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Holy crap, Rex. :s Yeesh. Here's the only photo I could find from today's fire (it happened around 6-7pm), I just found out about it from watching the news. I guess there'll be more coverage tomorrow. :/

But!

Happy birthday Kathi!! :>

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Steady, light footsteps were heard before a woman's figure appeared through the fog. Selan's eyes spotted Trixie first, and she knelt down beside the girl and tried to pull her up into a sitting position.

"Trixie, there there, it's okay. You're safe now, we're here..." she whispered, trying to soothe whatever terrors Trixie was forced to suffer through.

Estelle and Marcus appeared a moment later, and Estelle quickly dashed over to drop to her knees and hug Trixie tightly. "Trixie! Selan! Are you alright?" Estelle gave Selan a wary glance, a look she interpreted as pity. Does she know? Selan would take no offense if she did; she knew Estelle's capacity for compassion.

"Don't worry about me, worry about Trixie," Selan said, not taking her eyes off of the girl, who was clearly traumatized by something. The songstress looked completely exhausted, and her eyes were red. "This isn't the first time I've been haunted by my memories. But it seems like whoever was behind this was able to make the 'visions' more... potent."

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Lisette was woken up by her beloved capybara sniffing at her face. She looked at Kapi blankly, unsure of how to react, but instantly she had him in a tight embrace, hugging him like a teddy bear. Kapi relaxed in his owner's arms as well, and the two rejoiced in the knowledge that the other was okay.

Kapi clung to her back as Lisette wandered through the foggy streets. She never liked being in dark places, and it didn't help that there was no one in sight as far as she could see (which wasn't very far at all). But she knew that the nightmare she had was just that, a nightmare. None of it happened, and there was no way the others would treat her that way. But even knowing that, she still felt some lingering fright, and needed to know that the others were okay.

So when she happened upon Moira and Syed, the only thing she could do was call their names and run up and awkwardly hug Moira the way a child would hug a relative they'd never met. Likewise, Kapi sprung off of Lisette to cling to the side of Syed's head.

"I'm so glad to see both of you!" she said, her voice strained as she tried to be tough and not cry. "Are the others nearby too?"

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Whoops, sorry for the vagueness, I wasn't totally awake when I posted, haha. It was just a general check-up, but I had my blood drawn for the first time in... well, ever considering I don't remember if I had to when I was younger. Surprisingly painless even though my friends have told me plenty of horror stories about getting it done. Everyone was super nice. :> I should get my results for it on Monday~ Just wanted to check my cholesterol, etc. and find out if there's anything I need to keep an eye on.

Awesome set-up Pach, and awesome posts by Rex and Buns so far! I should probably work on my homework but I want to get my post up now, haha. So, calling it I guess? I shouldn't take too long.

Edit: How bad have your doctors been, Buns? D: And holy crap I looked at the guests, I want to give the guy who plays Gendry a hug :0 I recognized quite a few people on there, including wrestler Gail Kim, lol.

Edit Edit: Where is Don? o3o

Edit Edit Edit: Oh wow, we actually did have a wildfire in my city today :0

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I haven't read the IC yet but lol Pach, thanks for cleaning up Kapi's castshot again xD

Who have they got from Game of Thrones? :-0 Hope it's good!

Next time you'll hear from me will be after my doctor's appointment, so... Blargh wish me luck, I haven't been to a proper doctor's appointment in ages and I'm nervous in that little kid kind of way =_=

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Must I relive this moment yet again...

The stairwell seemed like it would never end, but it did -- strong hands yanked Selan up, and dragged her to her room. She kicked and screamed, hoping she would wake everyone inside the castle, and everyone in the kingdom across the forest. She spotted a pair of icy blue eyes watching them from the end of the dark corridor, glinting in the moonlight.

A scuffle ensued the moment he threw her into the bedroom. He saw the way his prize looked at him now, her fears fully realized as she now knew what he truly was. It made him furious. But her blood boiled stronger. She knew where his knife was, she knew what to do with it. She would do to him what he and his men had done to countless numbers of her sisters. She made a grab for his belt, but he swatted her away with the back of his hand, sending her sprawling to the floor.

She scooted backward and bumped into the mirror along the wall, and it fell with a deafening crash. Her violently trembling hand searched along the floor until it found the sharp edge of a large shard, cutting her skin. She ignored the pain. He approached her with his knife drawn and kneeled before her. He leaned forward, bringing his face close, too close.

With a terrible, feral scream, Selan drove the shard into his body as far as it would go.

The knife fell with a clatter to the floor, and he slumped his body against the wall.

"My beautiful songbird, why don't you sing for me?" he whispered, smiling sadly as his blood stained the floor red. "Till death do us part... Selah."

...

Everything was gone. Or at least, everything that mattered. She found her people's settlement in ruins, burned to the ground and riddled with the corpses of the elders. All of the women and children were gone, just as the girl in the basement said.

Selan's face was several shades of blue as she limped towards the docks. Her bare feet were covered in cuts from glass shards and the rough terrain, and she was weak from dehydration, but she dared not stop. Men were loading crates onto a large ship, and the captain barked something to make the crew move faster. The skies looked angry, and the wind rocked the waters.

She approached the captain, who first looked at the young girl with anger, then shock, then pity at the sight of her bruises. Selan found herself being escorted onto the ship.

Thunder began to rumble, and the first flash of lightning illuminated the cramped cabin. Selan hugged her knees, terrified and shaking as the ship headed straight for an enormous water spout.

Wake up, wake up, wake up, please!

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It continued on and on. Lisette would open her eyes, and one of her friends would torment her before inflicting enough pain to send her back into unconsciousness. Rinse and repeat.

"I'm done with you, love. If you didn't spend so much fucking time whining about what you didn't want to do or mean to do, you wouldn't be in this mess."

"You're just a knock-off of Estelle. She was tired of being your friend a long time ago."

"Poor Lissa, all alone! No stinkin' bugbread or vechtabuls either!"

"A stupid, pathetic girl like you shouldn't be a Guilder. You'll mess up again and again. Which one of us you think is gonna be the next Marcus?"

"Stop!" Lisette sobbed, covering her eyes with her hands. "I can't take it anymore! I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

One by one, they all faded away, leaving her alone in the Woods of Weir with nothing but the buzzing voices in her head. She tried to escape, but no matter which direction she chose or how long she ran, she always returned to the same clearing.

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The time finally came when the man with the knife dragged Kapi out of the pen. Kapi had lost the will to struggle, finding solace in the thought that he would soon join his family.

The man sat Kapi on a large grey table, lit up by nothing but a small lamp hanging overhead. The rest of the room was hidden in darkness. Kapi shivered from the coldness of the surface almost as much as he shivered from the fear of death. He didn't know what a knife felt like. Would it be fast? Or slow and painful?

The man grinned wickedly, sharpening his knife with a rod-shaped object.

The door burst open, and Kapi saw a silhouette of what seemed like a giant rabbit. But she stepped into the light, and Kapi could see her golden hair, her freckles, and her large aqua eyes that sparkled. She aimed a bow and arrow at him, and looked confident. The man turned his back to Kapi to face her, and Kapi hopped off the table to the floor.

My hero!

But the baby capybara could only watch as the man easily overpowered his heroine, throwing her onto the table, and using his sharpened knife to... to...

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Nope, I'm way further up north :s What about you Rex? I have a friend living in SoCal and her county is being warned to be ready to evacuate if need be, but she doesn't think her immediate area is in danger. :/

I'm writing my posts still :0 Having a bit of writers block but I'm about halfway done I think?

FYI I'll be a bit quiet in the OOC tomorrow too, I have a doctor's appointment and then I need to work on my homework and get some financial aid stuff figured out. Should be chatty again tomorrow night!

Edit: Alrighty, post is up. :T You guys are amazing by the way, you all handled your scenes in such an interesting, well-written way and I'm so jealous ;A; Pach, I just love how you wrote nightmare!Selan.

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Buns, that is amazing!

We got back from the beach around 8 and I tried my best to work on my posts but I got through Selan's and I'm about to fall asleep :s Just totally exhausted from 5 hours of driving and 5 hours of walking. I'll just finish up my scenes completely tomorrow, if that's alright.