The Will to Fight: Conclusion

[voidtreckermods]

The battles rage loud and ferocious at the gates of the city and off in the ruined wastelands of Erda, and on the walls a struggle of a different kind occurs. The team who stayed behind at the towers are small but determined as they move stoically across the walls to right the stones that have become misaligned, even as their friends battle not too far away.

The city begins to hum. It's a quiet hum, not loud enough to be heard out where the others are fighting but it vibrates even through stone. The recovering monks assure them that it is done, the wards are back up and no demon will be able to enter the city.

Eventually the battle is won, all three battles. The demons fought back and killed, a major blow to their gate system that will keep them back for hopefully a long time. Those waiting in the caverns return to the city and by the time they get there the illusions are gone. Everyone can see the world for what it really is.

But despite the ruins of their world the people are relieved, the adrenaline of the fight coursing through their veins and the mood is one of hope. They will build again, their people will survive.

All Voidtreckers please return to the Voidtrecker Express. Departure will be in a few hours

It has landed not too far from the city, cloaked to make it unnoticeable to the citizens, for all the good that does. No one has been particularly subtle this last week. People can begin regrouping, packing up the camp and getting any wounded not already healed to the train.

However roughly half an hour later another message appears on their SCA.

Passenger Persephone has requested we remain on system System #86525656412355 for an additional day to further assist the people of Erda. The Voidtrecker Express will depart on the morning of Day Fifteen of the month of Kazoo.

The train remains where it is, so the voidtreckers can use its facilities. There is definitely a lot that can be done to assist those of this world and the citizens will welcome any helping hands.

After an extra day they finally depart, returning to the void once more.

(OOC Note: Once the wards are up any characters who are demonic in nature will not be able to enter the city either!)

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Nozomi | OTA

[cureofmanyworlds]

The Train

Nozomi felt like crap. The fight, the lack of sleep, the lack of food. What tore her up the most was that those demons turned her against the others. If it weren’t for Trunks, she might have hurt someone!

She’s finding the comfiest chair she can find, pulling it close to the doors and going to sulk in it for awhile.

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(OoC: Need her for something else? Hit her up for it! :P)

[ourtomorrow]

Wormmon is being a brave Digimon and going on a solo supply run! Ken-chan is in the middle of helping in the city, but if there's one thing these people could use to recover, it's more resources. So Wormmon is headed back into the train to see if he can't find seeds, or even a little bit of dried food.

He is not expecting there to be a chair here as he enters, and he is not expecting the chair to be full of a person. A person who looks sad. That kind of miserable, guilty sad that he has seen Ken-chan wear. It breaks his heart.

"Are you okay?" he asks, waddling up to peer at Nozomi. Ken-chan will understand if he is a little late, he feels sure.

[cureofmanyworlds]

Nozomi looks up, around, then down to see Wormmon. She blinks in surprise before she shakes her head, resuming her gloomy look.

“Those demons got to me.” Nozomi said. “They made me think everyone was dead and... and I started attacking the others thinking they were the demons. If it weren’t for Trunks, I...”

[ourtomorrow]

"Oh," says Wormmon. He isn't much of a thinker, not like Ken-chan is. Ken-chan would be able to draw all sorts of conclusions from this, based on other things they've seen on this world. Wormmon is not Ken-chan.

Wormmon is a feeler. So, without further fanfare, he begins trying to climb up into the chair with Nozomi.

[cureofmanyworlds]

Nozomi looks up in surprise as Wormmon climbs up the chair to join her. If he accepts it, she'll be there to take him into her arms.

[ourtomorrow]

Having more than the usual allotment of arms(?), Wormmon is an excellent hugger. He cuddles on in and snuggles against Nozomi, tiny claws gently curling around her body.

It's okay. He gets it. Waking up from the darkness is a scary thing. Nobody should have to do that alone.

[cureofmanyworlds]

Nozomi gasps a bit as Wormmon hugged her. Mostly because she didn't expect the claws.

But, it was a welcome one, her arms wrapping around the Digimon as well. "Thank you..." She said as she smiled.

[happyends]

Of course Madoka does come back to the train. At first because of the initial message, but even as they're informed that they're going to be staying for longer, Madoka does figure she should at least take a shower and refresh herself before going back out there to help..

.. but it's then that she spots Nozomi there, obviously sulking. It makes the girl frown, slowly taking a step closer towards the other.

"Nozomi-san..? Is something wrong?"

[cureofmanyworlds]

Nozomi gasps as she hears Madoka’s voice. She hops up from the chair to look over the girl. It was her. She was okay.

“Oh, thank goodness!” Nozomi said, wiping her eyes. “Those demons made me think everyone died... I thought the others were demons and I attacked them. If it wasn’t for Trunks, I could have really hurt someone!”

[happyends]

She blinks.

That's just a lot of information to suddenly have to deal with all at once. Especially since Madoka hadn't been part of that last big battle, and therefore has absolutely no idea about the specifics of what went down.. So when Nozomi suddenly throws it all out there like that, Madoka quickly raises her hands up to her face, to cover her mouth once her jaw drops.

"H-Huh?" Oh geez, that sounds awful.. "I.. I'm sorry, that must've been hard.. I didn't know those demons could do something like that."

[cureofmanyworlds]

“Neither did I.” Nozomi said. “I just feel bad because I should have caught on sooner. I’m just glad Trunks stopped me.”

[happyends]

"No, I don't think it's your fault for not realising it right away.."

Madoka can only imagine how horrible it'd be to suddenly see everyone being dead. It must have been so scary.. If anything, it's surprising to her that Nozomi made it out as relatively well as she ended up doing, really.

"It must have been a little like the people inside of the city.. In there all the people there, and us too, kept seeing things that weren't actually there."

[cureofmanyworlds]

“So, we were both under the same kind of spell...” Nozomi said, letting out a sigh. “A lie’s a lie. I just fell for mine a little easier...”

She groaned at that. “I can’t be too mad, can I?”

[light_of_willpower]

Trunks wanted to check on Nozomi. As exhausted as he was, he wanted to make sure she was alright. He was thankful the battle had ended when it did; he'd finally managed to grapple her and had flown them both up straight out of the fray. Safer for everyone else as well as for both of them.

Trunks is heading back to the train to change clothes, but it's not hard to find Nozomi.

"Hey, you alright?"

[cureofmanyworlds]

Nozomi blinked seeing Trunks before her before she nodded and looked away. "A little. I'm... I'm sorry. I should have been a little stronger, but..."

She shook her head in defeat. "I messed up big time. I coulda gotten others hurt."

[light_of_willpower]

"But you didn't. And it could have happened to me instead. Or as well--then we'd both have been in trouble." Trunks made it a point to pull a chair close, so he could talk with her.

[cureofmanyworlds]

"I can't believe you were that strong. That strong normally." Nozomi said. "If I wasn't transformed, I'd just been a bother and yet..."

She shook her head again. She's lingering on the past again. "We made it through, thanks to you..."

[light_of_willpower]

"You also really helped and did a ton. Why do you think they likely targeted you?" Trunks pointed out. "Not that I expect that to be too reassuring, but I mean---if they think of you as a huge threat. I can imagine them wanting to neutralize that threat against them."

[cureofmanyworlds]

Nozomi thought about that. It was because of her, wasn’t it?

“I... I guess I was, huh?” Nozomi said. She chuckled as she let a smile form on her face. “I guess that makes sense. I didn’t think I had and yet I did...”

She let out a small sigh. “Still feel guilty, though.”

Re: Nozomi | OTA

[averyusefultray]

Hera had been rather busy all mission. She'd only really managed to touch base with one of her roommates over the course of the mission, but there's time now.

SHe's not going to ask if Nozomi's okay. She has eyes, and at this point she's just assuming that none of them are fully okay. "That was a lot."

Re: Nozomi | OTA

[cureofmanyworlds]

“It was...” Nozomi said, letting out a soft sigh. “My first mission could have went so much better.”

Re: Nozomi | OTA

[averyusefultray]

She takes a seat in the next chair over. "From what I hear, this one had unusual challenges."

People tell her there's not always this much fighting. There was a lot of fighting. "Sometimes all we can do is figure out how to use what we learned in the next one."

[cureofmanyworlds]

“I already know one thing - I need a lot of work.” Nozomi said. “I have all this magic potential and all I could do was punch stuff. They were able to brainwash me against the others...”

[averyusefultray]

She shudders, trying to push memories of Maul searching her mind for information from her mind and just focus on Nozomi. "That isn't your fault, but you're already thinking about it the right way. Are there people here who can help you learn your magic?"

It's probably too much to hope someone might have the same sort of magic. But maybe someone is close enough.

[cureofmanyworlds]

“Well, not my magic exactly, but I know Kyoko uses something like it.” Nozomi said. “If she has friends, maybe I can ask them?”