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!)

Comments

Camp

[melodiouspacifist]

To say that seeing someone else in a black coat was confusing was a bit of an understatement.

"Uh, where'd you get that?" He couldn't help but ask and gesture at the coat Ken was sporting.

[miseris_socios]

He looked up and shrugged. "Vexen let me borrow it. I have a weakness against darkness-based attacks and apparently whatever magic's in here helps with that."

[melodiouspacifist]

"Oh...I see." Demyx said, blinking a little bit. He was surprised Vexen would lend it out but maybe he shouldn't be. He didn't consider that he knew him that well.

"Yeah, it does that." He agreed with a bit of a nod.

[miseris_socios]

"Yeah... I ended up following him through one of his portal things and it was... bad." Cold and dark and... "Wait, do you know him?"

[melodiouspacifist]

"Portals aren't really a good idea for...anyone..." He trailed off a bit. He knew that but really, oh well.

"Yeah." Demyx said with a bit of a sheepish smile. "We kinda worked together."

[miseris_socios]

He thinks back to their conversations and... hm. "That group... with the Nobodies, right?"

[melodiouspacifist]

"Yeah, that's right. I'm a Nobody." He said, half a shrug.

"Number IX, Demyx." He said with a cheesy little grin.

[miseris_socios]

"You sure seem like somebody to me." It was deadpan, because first of all that naming convention was stupid and second of all he'dknown people who were less of a person than this guy.

"I don't really have a fancy title or something. I just have Nemesis, who's my Persona."

[melodiouspacifist]

"That's not my fancy title, just my number." Demyx grinned. "That was Melodious Nocturne."

He actually didn't hate his.

"I'm not a somebody because I don't have a heart. I'm more of..a monster that shouldn't exist." Demyx explained. "What's a Persona? Like a nickname?"

[miseris_socios]

"You clearly give a shit about some things. You've got a heart." He wasn't gonna budge on that, Demyx.

"It's like a part of myself that I can summon to help fight. She's pretty strong..."

Not strong enough, apparently. But strong.

[melodiouspacifist]

"Not really." He chuckled. That was a lie, and not a terribly good one.

"Oh, that's cool, like my sitar then." Demyx was using his frame of reference. "But yeah, I wouldn't...go in the corridors."

[miseris_socios]

Yeah he wasn't believing that one, Demyx. Buut whatever.

"I guess? It's a little hard to fully explain." And he was not summoning her, given how drained he felt. "I know they're convenient, but you and Vexen shouldn't use them, either. Since they're so dangerous..."

[melodiouspacifist]

"You don't have to worry about me, I'm used to them. I use them all the time!" He said with a bit of a shrug. He wasn't that worried about it. "Vexen's already nagging me."

[miseris_socios]

"Yeah, because he cares. I'm not pretending I know him better than someone who's been around him longer but I mean... it's obvious he cares."

Ugh. Feelings talk. "... Were you fighting, too? I couldn't tell what was going on in the city, I was busy with the big gate."

[melodiouspacifist]

"I don't know about me, but probably someone like Ienzo I guess." Demyx had his doubts, he was a bit lost that way.

"Yeah, I was at one of the gates? With the purple team. It was kind of a mess really."

[miseris_socios]

He just shook his head at Demyx. He wasn't getting it.

"Yeah, I... was with red the entire time except when I got dragged back to camp. I'm... not sure how some of us made it through the whole thing, honestly." For a brief second he was concerned he didn't.

[melodiouspacifist]

"Yeah, I got pretty lucky. Took a bad hit, but I got healed so I'm alright." Demyx said, but he was just exhausted.

"Used up all my magic though, and then some."

[miseris_socios]

Ken frowned and dug into his bag, holding out an Elixer. "Here. Take this."

[melodiouspacifist]

"Oh, no, I'm fine now." Demyx said, raising his hand a bit to stop him. "I got healed up already, I'll be fine, I just need to rest or something."

[miseris_socios]

"Oh. Okay." He puts it back, setting it down carefully. "I'm... low on magic, too. I used a lot of it on bursting those anti-life bubbles. I -"

He paused, looking up and to the side for the moment. He could feel more than hear or see the new skill slotting into place. He'd never needed to be taught how a spell he used worked... it just sort of appeared in his mind.

"... I guess I used her enough to learn a new ability. More powerful than the lower chance one, but twice as draining."

[melodiouspacifist]

"A new ability? How did you get that?" Demyx was genuinely curious.

"I just have to come up with mine, I mean, as long as it involves using water, I can probably do whatever I want." He explained, he just hadn't experimented in a long time.

[miseris_socios]

"You don't get like blanket control of an element or something, you get the ability to summon a little bit of it for attacks. ... A Persona is a part of a person, so it makes sense that as the person grows and changes and gets stronger, their Persona does, too."

[melodiouspacifist]

"Oh, I think I get that." Demyx grinned. "Not like me, I just have my element. It's water, that's all."

[miseris_socios]

"Yeah? Huh." Not an element he'd seen on a Persona, but sure. "I use electric and light attacks, though normally the light attacks don't work unless something's particularly weak to it. And I can heal a little too... and then, you know. Stab something with a spear."

[melodiouspacifist]

"Electricity and light attacks? Huh." He mused over that with a moment. "I mean, sure you could just stab something. If I'm gonna fight I try to stick with the magic." He said with a little chuckle.

"My instrument's my weapon."