tushanshu_logs | To Get a Dream of Life Again

Characters: Valdis with Yuri and Gene, open to others after the vision is released.
Date: July 6th
Location: The Turtle's Head
Situation: Valdis is going to try to possess the turtle and find out if he is still alive
Warnings/Rating: Violence and Death

The Turtle's head...It had been awhile since she had last been here, awhile since she had tried to soul walk into anything. The last time had been with Vergil, before the Void had tried to destroy her. There was no sign of the cultists, but then again, they hadn't been there when Valdis and Wan had first possessed the turtle.

"Alright," she said to her companions, sounding perfectly calm, "There isn't a safe way to take any of you with me, so I'm going in alone." Wan had had Raava to protect him from the Void and she had no such assurances this time. "My body will remain here, so it will be up to you to defend it if we are attacked. Keep a close eye on my vitals as well, there are consequences to remaining on the spiritual plane for too long." Such as potential death, but there wasn't a need to put that on any one person. "Are there any other questions before we do this?"

[OOC: This is the log post for the Turtle Possession AC Plot reward. The Opt Out and OOC post with more details is here. Please post there with questions if you have them.]

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Yuri easily caught her, and gave her a shake.

"Valdis!"

When she didn't respond, Yuri checked to make sure she was still breathing and had a pulse. Which she did, so he relaxed a little.

"I think she only passed out," Yuri replied to Gene, looking his way. "Are you okay?"

Gene nodded, finally able to unclench his fists. There were some deep crescent markings left on his palms from his fingernails, and he casually closed his hands again to hide them.

"Just shocked," Gene said. It was a lie - he wasn't okay - but Yuri didn't need to know about that, or about why. "Did you see...?"

Gathering Valdis into his arms, Yuri then stood up, glancing at Gene in time to catch him looking at his hands.

"Yeah, I did."

And he wished he hadn't.

"Come on. Let's get out of here."

Gene got to his own feet, and glanced back, just once, at the turtle's head behind them. There hadn't been that old aura of peace for ages now. He wasn't sure if it would ever return.

"Yeah," he said. And then, after a moment: "I wonder why we're seeing this now."

She dreamed of empty marble hallways, the tall pillars of the former palace casting shadows in the flickering candlelight. As she walked, the pristine halls gave way to damaged marble and eerie black veins. A sense of despair and death hung over the place, but she descended a staircase, down, down, down, the horrible feeling of death growing stronger until she emerged into the ritual chamber. The power of death and suffering that had once been so addicting, now only terrified her.

A low laughter began to echo around the chamber. Malicant. Then more laughter. The eyes of the corpses began to light up and they slowly began to move, getting to their feet and walking toward her. She spun around with the intent to flee, only to find the two kedan who had met her in the alley blocking her path, their eyes bright red like the others.

Strong hands grabbed her from behind, pulling her back. She tried to break free, but the hands held on too tightly, dragging her towards the center of the room. She shrieked as she saw the crushed hatchlings lying there with Evandau's broken body as Malicant's laughter continued. A hand reached for her soul gem, yanking the pendant from her neck and tossing it down into the hole in Tu Vishan's shell.

Unaware of Valdis' nightmares, Yuri carried her on their way back to the hotel.

"I dunno. What was that anyway?"

He'd like to know why they were even seeing it at all.

However, when Valdis began to move restlessly in her sleep, Yuri's brow furrowed slightly. He tightened his hold on her so that he wouldn't accidentally drop her should she move too much. What was going on with her? Just a bad dream or a residual effect of that vision?

Edited 2015-07-13 21:47 (UTC)

Gene shook his head. "That's right, you weren't here. Back before we defeated Malicant, it used its magic to put us all to sleep. The baby turtles you saw were captured and killed while we couldn't do anything. Their ten siblings managed to escape - they're the ones who were leaving messages for us at the landfall."

He glanced at Valdis. He didn't blame her for being unsettled. His own heart was still too loud in his ears. And talking about it was making it worse.

"So that's it," Yuri said with a frown as he kept walking. It really did happen. Not that it made him feel any better.

"Does that mean the turtle is alive?" After all it only happened when Valdis tried to possess it. Had Tu Vishan been trying to send a message? Was that a memory from the turtle itself?

"I don't know," Gene said, looking pensive. "Maybe. I don't think it was Malicant. But how could he have known...that? And what did Malicant mean by 'husk'? I wonder why he thought the hatchlings would have known the 'last secret'..."

"Beats me. I know next to nothing about this Malicant."

Valdis had informed him some, but still, he hadn't been around to actually experience it.

"Be glad you weren't here for it," Gene said, and made a face. "That wasn't quite the worst of it, believe it or not."

Yuri glanced at Gene, keeping a carefully straight face.

"I'll take your word for it."

Whatever had happened before he came, it sounded pretty bad.

Gene glanced sidelong at Yuri. "Just hope you don't have to see it for yourself. They all say it's dead, but sometimes I wonder."

To Get a Dream of Life Again

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