tushanshu_logs | You're going to hear me roar

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You're going to hear me roar

Characters: Wan and OTA for anyone wanting to help him with his attempt to possess Asti
Date: between 10/15 and 10/24
Location: Zuko's
Situation: lots of talking and planning and trying to coordinate things in secret
Warnings/Rating: none

10/16 & 10-17 For those who've been contacted directly via Inboxes/Turtles

Wan had sent the messages from his console after spending a few hours mediating under his lantern. It was all the time he was going to spare for that consideration while he still felt that Zuko needed him there. Not all the time, since he was getting better and obviously so, but enough that he wanted to stay with him in the building that had been secured from further intrusions by violent kedan.

He wasn't going to wait for messages back, just hope that the people he contacted would come.

[[As Wan is staying with Zuko still, he's asked that meetings happen there. If you don't want Zuko to tag in occasionally, let us know.]]

For those who've heard about this indirectly and want in

Wan had gotten the word out mostly through Dante and Michelangelo, and had high hopes that whomever they contacted would get in touch with him. Since they knew so many more people than he did. He was nervous, but he'd given both firm answers about where he could be found. And maybe, just maybe, they could get organized enough to pull this off. Without Wan's soul being ripped apart or swallowed by the vastness of Asti's own personality and lifeforce.

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Wan understood 'condemned' and 'souls' and he knew of a place within the Spirit World that such souls could be dragged, but he didn't quite understand what she was getting at. Mostly because he didn't understand- "Hell? What's hell?"

He held up one hand, "I'm going to assume it's bad. But how bad is it?"

She honestly didn't realize just how complex this would all be. But different worlds had different names for things and she would just have to adjust.

"It is hard to explain," She said, it was really too complicated to explain at all, so she would have to simplify it, "Hell is like a prison for those convicted of breaking the law. My past self decided which laws had been broken and there was no mercy or trial..." She felt her eyes begin to water, but she wouldn't allow any tears to fall, it was time to face who she had been. "I just...used the power of the void to tear their souls from their bodies."

He frowned. Not because he disapproved of the power - though he did - but because it hit oddly close to home. His own soul had nearly been shredded when he'd joined with Raava and stayed merged with her for too long. He knew how painful it was.

"What's the void? I think it must be different in your world than it is in mine."

So far he hadn't outright rejected her presence, and she had to admit that she was quite confused by how well he was taking all of this.

"I don't even really understand it," Valdis said, "But it is what allows me to enter, identify and seize the soul of another."

It all sounded so horrible, and was made even worse by the fact that she had tried using it in the fight with Anton.

"What is this all about, Wan?" She asked, desperate to get the spotlight off of her, "Why the sudden interest in my power?"

"I need someone, possibly more than one, to combine their energies with mine. I was hoping that since Raava could feel your power, that you might be able to do that," he replied with a sigh. So far her answers hadn't helped much. "It's the only way I'll get enough power to have a chance of pushing the Great Darkness out of the Great Turtle. I'm going to try and posses Tu Vishan."

Valdis stared at him, horrified and deeply concerned at the same time. She had discussed a similar thing with Raine, but possessing the turtle was far beyond her abilities. He would need massive amounts of power in order to attempt such a thing.

"I'd tell you how dangerous and stupid that idea is," she replied, coming back to her senses, "But a similar thought crossed my mind as well...What was your plan?"

She would never have counted Wan among the number of potentially suicidal people on the turtle, but if he was going to try something, she wanted to help him come back alive.

"Well, uh," Wan looked to the side a bit sheepishly, "That sort of is the plan. I attempt to possess the Great Turtle and push the Great Darkness out. And if I do - when I do, hopefully it weakens the Great Darkness enough for others to destroy or contain it. We're also looking for people who can aid in distracting the Great Darkness when I try this so it'll be easier for me. But right now, that's all we have."

She was certain that her shock was showing on her face, but she couldn't help it. He had no idea how he was going to possess the turtle, he didn't even know if he could. "Ok," she said finally, "that plan is kind of terrible."

Terrible was a bit of an understatement.

"I should be able to do it. Raava thinks it's possible," Wan said with a huff, crossing his arms. "It can't be helped that we've never had a reason to try since we bonded. And that was only a few months ago, anyway. It's still worth trying."

"I'm not saying that we shouldn't try, we just need a better plan." Her tone was firm, she wasn't going to let him run headlong into danger without a plan. "Bonding is different than possession, Wan. Possession is something you do to someone, bonding is something you do with them." Valdis said, mirroring him by crossing her arms. She knew a bit about possession, a side affect of working with demons.

"Raava possessed me before that," he argued back with a shake of his head, his arms dropping. "We combined our energies by having her enter me and possess my body many times before we bonded forever. Possession isn't always something done to another. It can be something done with them."

And the bond, accident that it was, was actually something Wan had done to Raava. Forced upon her during Harmonic Convergence. Wan knew quiet a bit about possession himself. At least how possession in his world worked.

"But that's another problem I have. I don't know if it works the same here, in this world. I know how humans are possessed in my world, but I don't know if it's that's how it's done here. I can still try it the way I'm familiar with..."

But unless that's how it worked for creatures like Tu Vishan and Malicant, it probably wasn't going to work all that well. He'd need a lot of power to force it if that's the only way they could try to do it.

Valdis shook her head, "Since you are obviously set on doing this..."

They needed more information on possession, so she might as well share what she knew. "Possession isn't easy," she said, thinking back, "It requires certain criteria. You need a way in, a path, an invitation, which is the easiest. In my world, Demons are very good at getting invitations. Though the invitation is subtle, mostly based upon mistakes by the person the demon is targeting. But you aren't going to get an invite from Mali."

Hellhounds didn't even bother with any of that. They merely waltzed in the backdoor and took what they wanted. Valdis' smiled as an idea began to form in her head. What they needed was a backdoor. She could use the Void to make that backdoor and enter Tu Vishan's soul like she had discussed with Raine, but she needed to get Wan inside as well.

Her smile faded, replaced by a tentative worry. "I have an idea." she said slowly, not certain that she should even voice what she was thinking, "How much do you trust me?"

"That's not how possession works in my world. A spirit can simply enter the body of a human. Usually through the head or heart," he said as he lifted a hand to cup over his heart, where Raava had passed through him so many times. "When a spirit enters a human, they usually cause physical changes. Permanent ones. If the spirit leaves before the human dies. The changes make the human appear more like the spirit that possessed them."

This was not something he'd told anyone from his world directly before. He'd never really gone into the details of it or put much thought into it. He knew the first time Raava passed through him that he might end up with tentacles of light growing out of his head or his legs fusing into a tail. And despite knowing that, he hadn't thought twice about allowing her to do so.

His eyebrows raised at the question, though, and when he answered, he didn't think twice about that either, "Completely."

Possession worked much differently in his world than her own, but it wasn't really a surprise. Nothing seemed to work the same as in her world, at times it was frustrating, but, "I see," she replied.

When he answered her question, Valdis almost sighed with relief. Even after everything she had told him about her power, he was still willing to place his trust in her.

"During the battle with Anton, I tried to take his soul," she told him, though with less hesitation than she would have expected, "But I didn't and, though it took me some time, I realized that it was possible to use the void to enter someone's essence without taking their soul. "I was planning on attempting to enter Tu Vishan's soul by myself to see if Mali truly had destroyed the turtle's original essence."

"If you trust me as you say," she paused. This plan was dangerous, because though she had planned to enter the turtle, at the time she had only been planning on putting herself at risk. "Then I might be able use the void to take your intertwined souls and pull it into the turtle with me when I enter the spiritual plane."

There were so many risks accompanying this plan. Wan could be lost to the void. The void could recoil on her. She might not be able to pull Wan out of the turtle if things went wrong. Mali might destroy them both. But then there was Raava.

"I believe that Raava can protect you from falling into the void..." or at least she hoped that the spirit could, "If she can find the barrier that protects my soul and can cross it, then you will be safe there."

She hoped that he would disagree with the idea, but it was really all she could offer him.

He listened to her and remained quiet after she finished. The silence was obviously over him giving the idea the thought and consideration it needed rather than one of condemnation. Despite his trust in her, this was really the first time she'd been open about what the darkness within her was. What it could do. What she could do if she chose it. The fact that she continued to fight that side of herself made him more confident in the trust he'd given to her.

That was mostly what his thoughts revolved around, rather than if he should try it or not. Because there wasn't really a better plan so far. He nodded, "Okay. We can try that. I've already spoken to Dante and he's going to be trying to help get people together to cause distractions and see if anyone knows how possession in this world works. Or if they know any good locations for doing this that will make it easier. If we can't find any, then we'll be doing this at the Turtle's Head."

A beat: "Unless you need to do this at a specific place on the Great Turtle's body?"

The silence dragged on for so long, she thought she might die from the lack of response. What she was offering to do was more dangerous than anything she had ever done, including taking on the archangel Michael. She didn't even know if she could pull it off, much less if it was even possible. The first time she had done it by complete accident and now adding in the factor of carrying someone with her...she was such an idiot.

Then the silence broke. She stiffened when he told her they could try it. And then he mentioned Dante and distractions. They would definitely need distractions, but it meant that more people might get hurt.

"I just need physical contact with the being in question, it will help ensure that the void doesn't touch anyone else by accident." The last thing she needed was to accidently rip one her ally's souls from them.

"Raine mentioned a place other than the turtle's head, but she said that it was dangerous to go there." She hadn't actually mentioned where the location was, "That she would have died if she had been alone. I can heal myself, so she doesn't think it would affect me, but it would affect anyone else that came with me."

"Dante mentioned a place as well. From what he was saying, I think it's likely the same place. And it's within the palace," he said with a calm he didn't entirely feel. But one he needed to keep if he was going think clearly.

"But he didn't speak of anything other than potential enemies trying to oppose us. If that is all it is, then Zuko should be able to hold them off until we're done."

"I'm not sure," she replied, "Raine made it sound as if it was hard to get to, but there is a spot in the palace that..." she paused again, thinking, "Boosted my power."

The ritual chamber wasn't pretty, and it didn't help with the physical contact, but the power boost, if it didn't consume her, might make success more likely.

"But it adds a whole new dimension to the dangers associated with this plan."

"Boosted your-" Wan cut himself off. "It would give the darkness inside you more power and make it more difficult to fight. Is that the danger?"

"Yes." There was nothing else to say, if the power of the void was boosted then it was possible that not even Raava could protect Wan. "Last time I was there, I was able to push it away, but I can't use the void without using the darkness."

"Then we won't do it there," he said firmly. "I will not risk making that battle more difficult than it already is for you. We'll do it at the Turtle's head if no other places can be found."

She released the breath she had been holding, the ritual chamber was dangerous, it would be best if they found another place.

"I'll talk to Raine," She said, hoping that the light mage would have a better location, "But the turtle's head might be the first place Mali would expect us to attack."

Wan smiled again, weakly, "Thank you. But if we are attacked, regardless of where it is, Zuko will be able to hold off anyone coming after us until we're done trying. The influence of the poison has begun to fade. He'll be able to do that."

Valdis nodded, "You have no idea how relieved I am to hear that he is getting better."

It would mean that she wouldn't have to kill him like she had promised.

Wan glanced over to where Zuko had been sitting quietly, his smile softening just a touch before he looked back at Valdis, "It's something everyone is happy about. He's been sick too long. Thank you again, for coming. I don't know that if there's much more we can talk about until we've had a chance to talk to others."

You're going to hear me roar

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