folklorist | ϡ - Chapter TwentyTwo; Sweet dreams are not made of these [action/voice]

[ It begins with deep breathing as if someone is injured or being held down against their will. There is no light, there is no sound, only darkness and nothing more. There's a man who looks exactly like him, a mirror image, cutting and kicking a foot into his skin and side. He's bound to a chair eyes shutting from the unfamiliar presence of the sudden light.

"You're a fool. You should have joined me when you had the chance. Anyone would have if they were in your position. I thought being one in the same would have aided in your decision."

"We-we're not the same, nothing at all!" The other man's voice...his voice, is shaky uncertain afraid. "You treat them like they're nothing, just...just stock for you to use. They're more than just that."

"Are they? I couldn't hear over your half assed reply. Do you think they deserve anything after what they've done to you? After what you've sacrificed for them to gain something? You seem to want to give them a chance, and what do they deserve? What have they ever done for you? Ha! Oh, yes, I forgot they're like a poor representation of a marginally less broken family, correct? You've had your chance to tame them and you failed."

The bound version of himself looks away jaw clenching an audible shaky sigh escaping before he replies. "Be quiet! They-that's not true. I never wanted to do that in the first pl-place."

"With magic comes power, and with power comes control. You're pathetic, no wonder you lost everything." The meaner, darker version of Helios replies. He is nothing like the other a completely different man in all aspects of the word. He is not

"Stop it! You-you have no right to speak about her like that." A scream tears through the bound man's throat. And the man with the same face has a wicked almost sinister grin on it.

"Murderer." They were the same but they weren't they had the same name, the same face and powers, but they were not. It begins with darkness and it ends in darkness as the dream fades. ]

Like a doppelganger. No, it's not real. None of it's re-real.

[ You might hear a strangled almost hysteric mantra coming over the journal's Luceti. The dreams have been proving to be a formidable foe to Luceti Valley's headmaster. The constant reliving of a life that you were certain wasn't yours. And that...inner turmoil was now just rekindled. He didn't want to think about it...that other half that was brought out by the Third Party being so in control in his dream. A life that, had you truly lived out, you wouldn't know how you'd be able to go on like that. It was wrong, familiar, and yet wrong because he couldn't even see his family in any of them.

Careful not to awake anyone Helios will slip out of CH7 and begin his walk, where to? He doesn't know but he's definately not sleeping anymore tonight. He'll be taking a walk well into the morning before happening upon one of the beasties. They track him more closely because of his past meeting with Rem. He doesn't know that and he hates being put into this position. It's too familiar, too real. The journal eerily silent will now capture the growling of a beast and a humanistic sharp intake of breath. ]

What...what are they. Go...go away.

[ His voice gets a little sharper, more different than how it is usually. But the creature does not leave and every step forward it takes Helios backs away before he finds himself backed up against a tree. Cornered. ]

I said leave me alone.

[ The voice transmission will cut off abruptly as the beginnings of a scuffle is heard. And then there is the crackling sounds of electricity accompanied by agitated growls before a yelp and a loud bang breaks the unending silence. Should anyone be in the woods between CH4 and CH7 there is now a dead beast in the forest a little way inward. Helios on the other hand will have left and be found around the village and general area. ]

(( ooc: AU Helios has something along the lines of MPD thanks to Giles and his imprisonment by the Third party way back when. Basically it's an excuse to portray his Mirror!verse side only slightly more realistic. So if you don't want to meet his suppressed, meaner, side I suggest you steer clear. Also the thread with Giles is going to be the main thread where Helios is brought down. Anyone else is free to reply and interact with him though! Characters might get injured if you catch him at the moment unexpectedly. But in general he'll just be snippy and not so nice. ))

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[Frederic puts his baton away quickly then holds his hands out as he begins chanting something until he makes a storm of ice rain come down on Helios.]

[ And Helios will counter that with an arcing motion of his hand though fire will erupt from the action melting most, if not all of the spell. His eyes will glow a faint green and the air around Frederic will drop to a dangerous level. The ground beneath Frederic might quickly ice over and try to spread up his legs as if looking to encase him. ]

[Frederic doesn't fully understand why he's able to do what he is doing, but he knows he can and will defend himself. However, as he tries to escape the icy ground he slips and falls over.]

[ Helios might smirk but it's lost amidst the frown that overtakes him. He didn't want to fight you Frederic but you left him with no choice. The ground around Frederic will erupt with tendrils only spiked on the ends. They rise high into the air around the composer undulating as if alive. ] I-I don't want to. Don't make me.

[ It's a very conflicted sounding plea, like the two people within him are fighting to stay calm. ]

[Frederic quickly rolls onto his back and makes a heavy rain spell which he uses on the tendrils to turn them into mud along with using some fire to melt the ice.] Helios, I will find a way to save you.

[ Helios eyebrow rises. You're pretty good. ] I don't need saving.

[ The water that's left over from Frederic rain spell will form into a giant orb that'll rush at the composer. Should it catch him Frederic will be drawn into it, much like a virus being drawn into a lymphocyte and he'll begin to drown inside it. ]

[Frederic does indeed get caught inside of the giant orb unfortunately, but little does Helios know that the composer has a plan up his sleeve. When his eyes turn a color of red, his wings turn a black color while the sky turns dark as lightning comes down to shatter the giant orb. Once that is done and he returns to normal, Frederic falls to his knees with his mouth lettings out small pants.]

[ You might get a sharp kick to the side Frederic once you go down. Fortunately this Helios doesn't see you as a threat anymore. He might make a slender, easily broken into a makeshift sword of sorts, spike appear from the ground. He points it at Frederic's throat his eyes flashing angrily. ] Looks like you're about done. Don't follow me, or I will kill you.

[Frederic winces in pain then screams out when he gets kicked, then starts panting softly until he sees the sword pointed to his throat.] You think you've won? Don't make me laugh.

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