(( Alrighty~ ))
The pain forces me down to my knees and I crawl away from Ross. I find a clearing that's surrounded by bushes and low-hanging trees where I'll be concealed from everyone and I fall over and close my eyes.
It tastes good. He takes another bite. And another. Blood smeared across his face and hands. He hangs over her body, devouring the remains. But he isn't hungry. Why is he eating?
Another man. Resting on a wall. No, not resting. Spikes. Spikes going straight through his arms and legs, dyed red. Foam flows from his mouth. Eyes turned over. The wall spins. It's a wheel. Around and around.
Blood. So much blood. Why won't it end? The visions won't end. Death everywhere. Crying. Lust. Hunger. A battlefield. Ruined homes. Starving children. Dead bodies litter the soot-filled streets. Murder. Greed. Conspiracy. It. Won't. Stop.
A baby is crying. The mother runs over hurriedly. "What's wrong? Shh shh shh." No more crying. Growling. The baby opens it's eyes. There are no eyes. Only an endless blackness. It gets bigger and bigger. I fall in. That's me. I'm here. In a void of darkness. Only me? Only me. Nobody else. I'm so alone.
Why am I always so alone?
"Hello, Ark." A voice. My voice? No. It's someone else's... but it sounds familiar.
A mirror. I look into it. It's me. My eyes are red. My eyes aren't red. Why are they red? "Who are you?" I ask the mirror. "I am you," the mirror says. "You're not me." "Yes I am. This is your curse." My chest hurts. I look down. It wants to come out. What wants to come out? He does.
I can't let him.
I put my hands over my chest and push inward. Someone pushes outward. He's trying to escape. I can't let him. But it hurts. It hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS. Blood. Death. Mutilation. Lust. Greed. Crying. Backstabbing. Hopelessness. Depression. Blood. Blood. Blood. Misery. Screaming. Screaming that fills my ears and drowns me in it.
I can't let him out. "No." I push him back in –
and open my eyes. I'm screaming. It's a horrible scream, one I've never heard before. It's hard to stop screaming, but I cup my hands over my mouth and eventually calm down enough to stop screaming, replacing it with shallow sobs.
I feel wet and gross and vulnerable. When I look around me, I realize that I am curled up in a ball, drenched in a pool of my own puke and tears and saliva. My body is still convulsing. Nobody is around, so I just sit here for a while. When I finally stop convulsing and my sobs are less pronounced, I begin to get up. However, I try too hard and my arm collapses under me and I fall again. I try again, more slowly this time. First, I pop my elbow out at a right angle and slowly push up. I get up on one knee. Then, I get up on the other knee, and then one foot, then two feet. I'm wearing clothes, but my body feels so vulnerable and unsafe and... violated. One half of my clothes is still wet from laying in the puddle.
I clutch my arms with the opposite hands, crossing them over my chest and bending down slightly. Shaking, I walk back to the direction I think Ross was in, having just survived my first vision.
(( Timdood3
I tried to do something pretty abstract but let's face it I'm not a great writer so just PM me how you think I executed it - I'd love feedback and I'll do my best to handle constructive criticism <3 and I made sure to dull it down and skim over some parts
Hunter Not sure what you count as pointless and not pointless but since you asked I'll reveal something about this and mention it in the vision: these are visions caused by a curse - if you need more elaboration, PM me, but only Hunter because I don't want to be sharing this with everybody since I like mysteries \o/ ))
The pain forces me down to my knees and I crawl away from Ross. I find a clearing that's surrounded by bushes and low-hanging trees where I'll be concealed from everyone and I fall over and close my eyes.
It tastes good. He takes another bite. And another. Blood smeared across his face and hands. He hangs over her body, devouring the remains. But he isn't hungry. Why is he eating?
Another man. Resting on a wall. No, not resting. Spikes. Spikes going straight through his arms and legs, dyed red. Foam flows from his mouth. Eyes turned over. The wall spins. It's a wheel. Around and around.
Blood. So much blood. Why won't it end? The visions won't end. Death everywhere. Crying. Lust. Hunger. A battlefield. Ruined homes. Starving children. Dead bodies litter the soot-filled streets. Murder. Greed. Conspiracy. It. Won't. Stop.
A baby is crying. The mother runs over hurriedly. "What's wrong? Shh shh shh." No more crying. Growling. The baby opens it's eyes. There are no eyes. Only an endless blackness. It gets bigger and bigger. I fall in. That's me. I'm here. In a void of darkness. Only me? Only me. Nobody else. I'm so alone.
Why am I always so alone?
"Hello, Ark." A voice. My voice? No. It's someone else's... but it sounds familiar.
A mirror. I look into it. It's me. My eyes are red. My eyes aren't red. Why are they red? "Who are you?" I ask the mirror. "I am you," the mirror says. "You're not me." "Yes I am. This is your curse." My chest hurts. I look down. It wants to come out. What wants to come out? He does.
I can't let him.
I put my hands over my chest and push inward. Someone pushes outward. He's trying to escape. I can't let him. But it hurts. It hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS. Blood. Death. Mutilation. Lust. Greed. Crying. Backstabbing. Hopelessness. Depression. Blood. Blood. Blood. Misery. Screaming. Screaming that fills my ears and drowns me in it.
I can't let him out. "No." I push him back in –
and open my eyes. I'm screaming. It's a horrible scream, one I've never heard before. It's hard to stop screaming, but I cup my hands over my mouth and eventually calm down enough to stop screaming, replacing it with shallow sobs.
I feel wet and gross and vulnerable. When I look around me, I realize that I am curled up in a ball, drenched in a pool of my own puke and tears and saliva. My body is still convulsing. Nobody is around, so I just sit here for a while. When I finally stop convulsing and my sobs are less pronounced, I begin to get up. However, I try too hard and my arm collapses under me and I fall again. I try again, more slowly this time. First, I pop my elbow out at a right angle and slowly push up. I get up on one knee. Then, I get up on the other knee, and then one foot, then two feet. I'm wearing clothes, but my body feels so vulnerable and unsafe and... violated. One half of my clothes is still wet from laying in the puddle.
I clutch my arms with the opposite hands, crossing them over my chest and bending down slightly. Shaking, I walk back to the direction I think Ross was in, having just survived my first vision.
(( Timdood3
I tried to do something pretty abstract but let's face it I'm not a great writer so just PM me how you think I executed it - I'd love feedback and I'll do my best to handle constructive criticism <3 and I made sure to dull it down and skim over some parts
Hunter Not sure what you count as pointless and not pointless but since you asked I'll reveal something about this and mention it in the vision: these are visions caused by a curse - if you need more elaboration, PM me, but only Hunter because I don't want to be sharing this with everybody since I like mysteries \o/ ))
Ross followed Ark and witnessed him writhing around, screaming, vomiting, and crying. Ark finally stood up and started walking back. Ross knew he wouldn't be able to his himself from sight, so he did his best to bluff. He stepped out of the treeline and dried Ark of his... Fluids. After he was dry Ross walked over and placed a hand on his shoulder. "You were gone a while, I was getting worried. What happened to you?"
I look at Ross, eyes watering. I open my mouth to speak, but nothing comes out. I can't find any words. After trying a couple times, I manage to conjure up a voice. "I-I... don't know m-myself. I s-saw things... s-so many... It was hor-horrible." Trusting Ross, I try to describe some of the visions I had. I don't tell him about the mirror – for some reason, I feel like I want to keep that one to myself.
"N-no," I shake my head in jerky motions. Retelling my visions was a struggle itself. "M-maybe it was t-the berries?" I offer, partly for Ross and partly for myself. I know in the back of my head that it wasn't the berries that caused me to have those visions, but I can't say that. I shouldn't make Ross worry about me so much. "W-what should we do now...?"
"After that. I wouldn't expect you to be. Let's go."
After a good while if meandering, they finally made it back. "Cairne, remember when I asked you to incorporate some Chaos into the jungle? Do you know anything about a rainbow berry bush?"
After a good while if meandering, they finally made it back. "Cairne, remember when I asked you to incorporate some Chaos into the jungle? Do you know anything about a rainbow berry bush?"
When we arrive back at the group, I strangely don't want to talk to anyone. I just feel the need to be alone. Ross questions Cairne about the bush we found, and while he does, I tap him lightly on the shoulder and whisper quickly into his ear, "Thanks for helping me find some food." After that, I walk a little and sit down facing away from everybody, resting my back against a tree trunk. Once again, I feel the warmth of the sun and a light breeze. Knowing that everybody is nearby makes me strangely warmer and safer as well. I close my eyes and allow a couple more tears to roll down my cheeks as I think about the strange voice I heard in the mirror. What is my curse?
Ansoro2112
Hottie
Guardian of Wind
"This boy is such an emotional roller coaster" -Airis thought to himself as he watched some tears come down Ark's face.
"Hey hey, what's making you upset?" -Airis asked him while making this refreshing breeze come out his hands and cleaning his tears away from his face.
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(( S_swimmer ))
"This boy is such an emotional roller coaster" -Airis thought to himself as he watched some tears come down Ark's face.
"Hey hey, what's making you upset?" -Airis asked him while making this refreshing breeze come out his hands and cleaning his tears away from his face.
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(( S_swimmer ))
I get up and take a few long breaths to get my voice under control. "Hey, Airis," comes out in a small voice. "I'm fine, don't worry about it. We found some berries, but I wouldn't recommend trying the ones in this jungle." I laugh. "So, how have you guys been doing?"
(( Ansoro2112 ))
(( Ansoro2112 ))
The glorious misadventures of Takot and Fear
Takot could see what appeared to be Ross approaching the group, supporting someone on his shoulder. Finally, Takot and Himinn arrived at the group. "Hey... *huff huff* guys..." Takot laughed, through labored breathing. "Wassuuuu-" Takot fell over and faceplanted. Himinn tumbled over Takot's shoulders and fell down as well. Fear groaned.
(( Timdood3, Faliara, S_swimmer, @anyone else ))
Takot could see what appeared to be Ross approaching the group, supporting someone on his shoulder. Finally, Takot and Himinn arrived at the group. "Hey... *huff huff* guys..." Takot laughed, through labored breathing. "Wassuuuu-" Takot fell over and faceplanted. Himinn tumbled over Takot's shoulders and fell down as well. Fear groaned.
(( Timdood3, Faliara, S_swimmer, @anyone else ))
Enderfive
sarcasm incarnate
((Okay, frankly I feel like I can spare enough time every day to at least check back and make at least a small post, so I'm assuming control of Endal again for now. And another thing, if Fiesta doesn't decide that he wants to post the curing-of-Light post soon enough (if he does, he's welcome to play as Endal for that post), then I'll just move on from there, from the point where we've already cured Light (because I couldn't really bother leaving him unhealed and coming back to him later. That okay with everyone?))
I break away from my conversation with Airis when I hear a loud but interrupted "Wassuuuu-". Turning around, I see two people I haven't seen before lying face-down on the ground. I run over frantically, involuntarily putting my hands out in front of me. "U-uhhhh, are you guys ok!?"
(( Naoh and Faliara is Himinn right ))
(( Naoh and Faliara is Himinn right ))
Toiletprincess
The Eternal Dinosaur
Zwn turns to see Takot and Himinn tumble to the ground and Ark run over to them. She follows in pursuit, pausing and frowning, "Where h-have you g-guys been?!" She extends her hand to help the girl up as she replied to Ark - Takot still lying face down.