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Post by rcblazer on Jul 7, 2011 12:04:39 GMT -5
Violet and Quintin lead the way into the portal, finding themselves on what appears to be a battlefield. Red armored warriors are clashing swords with blue armored warriors.
"What the?" Buttercup says upon arriving. "What's this all about?"
"This battle is likely the physical manifestation of the internal struggle Blackheart goes through with her evil self." Quintin replies. "Whatever this is, we must find a way past it to Felicia; she is our top priority.
Blossom looks around at the pale green field and the pitch black sky. "Something hauntingly familiar about this place..."
One of the red knights turns and spots the heroes. He pushes away the blue knight he is battling and approaches, sheathing his blade.
"Be you the angels sent to aid us against this onslaught?" The red knight asks. He looks at Violet as though he recognizes her and salutes her! "Ahh, commander! The enemy is trying to block the way, but we will fight through them for thee!"
"Commander? Me?" Violet asks, somewhat puzzled by what is happening.
"Of course. Thou hath been described in detail by mistress Blackheart. 'The leader of the angels that will destroy the evil once and for all is a girl with long purple hair, an orange shirt, blue jeans, and black sneakers.' Thou fit the description perfectly! Are ye not Violet?"
"Well, yeah I am, but-"
"We are at your service!" The red knight says, turning to hold his blade forth. "Press forward, men! Violet and the angels have come to aid us! Victory awaits!"
Hearing the knight's call seems to inspire the red knights, who push through the blue army and clear a path for the heroes.
"Hey, thanks!" Violet says, patting the knight on the padded shoulder. "At ease, soldier; we'll take it from here."
"Excuse me, but have you seen a girl with blond hair wearing a silver gown?" Quintin asks the knight before they head off. The red knight thinks for a moment.
"A girl did go through here that matches your description. Thou shall find her on the path ahead if ye hurry!"
Quintin nods, drawing Reflection and running down the clearing. Violet and the others are quick to follow him.
"What is the meaning of this; how did you get here?!?" Blackheart asks in her evil voice, even though she is nowhere to be found. "You... so, my other self managed to complete the Black Heart after all. A word of advice girl; this is no dream world. When I kill you this time, it will be entirely real!"
"Think you can get me? Come and get it!" Violet taunts Blackheart.
Blackheart casts Dreams into Nightmares
The pale green field and black sky stretch as far as the eye can see. Some kind of life size ventriloquism puppet on strings starts to form in front of the heroes. Quintin raises Reflection into a ready position and narrows his golden eyes. "It can't be. It's Jazenok Blackskull!"
"No, it's not." Violet says, recognizing the figure. "That's Black, Blackheart's father!"
"FINALLY!" Black bellows in a loud, but silly voice that barely sounds like his own.
Black Puppet attacks Quintin
Attack: Lightning Blast
Defense: Nightmare
"Explosion!" Black says in a comical voice as a beam of lightning fires from his hands at the Sorwin!
Quintin attacks Black Puppet
Attack: Reflection
Defense: Deflect
Quintin strikes the bolt of lightning with his sword. Reflection's enchantment absorbs the lightning and with a second swing, shoots it back at the illusion in a ring of electricity! Unfortunately, the lightning passes right through the puppet of Black! "This is bad. It's not really there so technically we can't actually fight that thing."
Black Puppet attacks ___
Attack: Lightning Blast
Defense: Nightmare
"Boomshakalaka!" The puppet says in its goofy voice, aiming its arms at a random spot and fires, blasting a hole in the sky as though a wall were there! Some kind of music begins to play as a voice whispers.
[glow=blue,2,300]"A Voidbringer passes by...
He asks you if you want to die...
Throw away your sword and sigh...
Fall down on your knees and cry!"[/glow]
Blackheart Casts Nightmares into Dreams
From out of nowhere, a sign with a red arrow pointing at the hole in the 'wall' appears. "It's from Blackheart!" Violet quickly figures out. "She's trying to tell us we gotta go this way."
Black Puppet attacks Violet
Attack: Lightning Blast
Defense: Nightmare
"Away with you!" The puppet Black says, still sounding more comical than fearsome, but firing another devastating lightning blast, this time aimed for Violet!"
Violet defends with Duck
"C'mon everyone, this way!" Violet shouts, flying through the hole as the lightning hits the ground where she was a second before. The music starts to get louder and the song changes.
[glow=blue,2,300]"I feel so dead
I am SO DOWN!
My mouth tastes dirt
I AM ALONE!
How was this senseless life before?
I can't remember anymore!"[/glow]
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Post by blossomgb on Jul 7, 2011 15:39:04 GMT -5
'This might be a time to run, maybe in an ice shield', Steve said. 'I am worried about firing anything off in here'.
Steve and Angel followed Blossom where Violet has gone.
'You didn't like him did you?', Angel comments.
'You don't know what he put Steve and I through before you were born', Blossom adds.
Cheers,
Blossomgb
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Post by rcblazer on Jul 8, 2011 10:59:13 GMT -5
"Let's hurry up and get out of here!" Buttercup says, flying toward the hole where Violet went.
"Go, I'll catch up." Quintin says, holding Reflection up at the puppet. "I'll cover you until you're through."
The Powerpuff Girls fly through the hole, followed by Steve, Hack, and Timo.
Black Puppet attacks Quintin
Attack: Lightning Blast
Defense: Nightmare
Quintin defends with Deflect
"This won't hurt a bit!" The puppet says, aiming and firing another beam of electricity at Quintin, but the Sorwin uses Reflection to knock the blast away. Once everyone has gotten through the portal, Quintin turns and follows through it himself.
"Not so fast, Sorwin!" The puppet says as it floats toward the hole, charging up another lightning beam, but the hole closes on it as it raises its arms to attack.
"Okay, so Blackheart pulled us out of that fire, so now what?" Buttercup asks Violet.
"We gotta keep looking for our Blackheart's influence. Blackheart knew she couldn't come here with us, but if that sign we saw is any indication, she isn't gonna leave us to blindly wander either."
Sure enough, the new place they are in lights up as a spiral stairway appears. "Looks like she wants us to go up." Blossom comments, already leading the girls up via flying next to the stairway. Quintin chooses to take the stairs up while the others fly up to the top.
"So, you are the ones sent by Blackheart's good side to end this struggle." A deep, tired sounding voice greets the heroes as the get to the top of the stairs. "I'm afraid if you were to do that, this otherwise quiet dreamscape will cease to exist, and I find this place to be quite relaxing."
"Yeah? Why don't you come out and say that to my face, tough guy?" Violet tells the voice, entering a fighting stance. A demon with mottled orange skin, growing some kind of red fungus all over its face and shoulders steps out into view.
"Why do you want to fight?" The demon asks, sounding calm, yet sleepy at the same time. "You've been fighting since you first met Blackheart. Aren't you tired? You should have a rest."
"Sorry, but I'm not tired!" Violet says to the monster as her response. "Nobody with me is either. We don't have time to deal with you, so if you could just move out of our way or let us kick your butt, we could..."
Violet suddenly places a hand on her forehead and sways, yawning. "Ohh... what?"
"Are you all right Violet?" Blossom asks her.
"Feel... funny..."
Bubbles suddenly yawns and slumps down onto the ground.
"Bubbles!" Blossom dives down to check on her.
"Is she okay?" Buttercup asks.
"She fell asleep!"
Violet closes her eyes and falls to the floor, fast asleep as well! Angel is quick to do the same right after Violet! Blossom gasps and glares at the demon, prepared to fight.
"What are you doing to them?" Blossom shouts before yawning herself! "...to me?"
"You have all been so very busy. You deserve a nice long rest. This world will go on without you..." the demon says as Blossom falls asleep. Buttercup tries to shake off the tired feeling, but even she succumbs and starts to fall asleep.
"You... won't... get... me..." she says before dozing off.
Quintin arrives at the top of the stairs and sees the demon. "You three, come back over to me, quickly! Do not try to attack that monster! That demon is a dreamer; what it does to force you to sleep is neither physical nor magical." He shouts to Hack, Steve, and Timo.
Even as Quintin says this, Hack, Timo, and Steve also start to feel really tired. A shining blue light seems to snap them out of the haze however, finding themselves in what looks like the Silver Castle! Quintin is still with them, but the Powerpuff Girls, Violet, and Angel have disappeared!
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Post by rulerofice on Jul 8, 2011 11:52:20 GMT -5
Timo quickly realizes who are missing.
"NO!!" Timo says as he punches the floor he sees. "Damn that monster!"
He then looks around. "This is... the Silver Castle. I know only one who can make this kind surrounding up. She's here, isn't she?"
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Post by blossomgb on Jul 8, 2011 12:06:21 GMT -5
'So we've got to find the Silver Princess and get our friends back', Steve was a lot less calm than he sounded. 'And how do we know this is for real', he added, wandering round the throne room. The place was realistically done as far as he could tell, but no other people. The Princess wasn't around, nor were any of her followers. Steve still had the Duranium sword, and he had it at the ready as he looked round. The doors out of the throne room were all closed, so he didn't know if he was in the real Silver Castle or some dream. He told Quentin to stay close as he went to the nearest door. Sword at the ready, he opened the door...
Cheers,
Blossomgb
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Post by Puff Hunter on Jul 8, 2011 14:19:49 GMT -5
"Well, none of this is really real, remember," Hack says. "As long as we're in the Voidbringer's mind, we can't rely on our expectations from the real world." He looks away from the group, readying his gun in case any of the doors behind them open suddenly. "Let me know when you're clear to advance."
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Post by rcblazer on Jul 8, 2011 20:59:22 GMT -5
On the other side of the door is the Silver Castle's throne room. Standing in front of it facing the heroes is a tall man with short blond hair and a beard, dressed in silver armor adorned with the royal seal of Wonder. On top of his head is an armored silver crown adorned with diamond studs. The man smiles and approaches the heroes. "Ah, there you are Quintin. I was worried I may have needed to send someone to find you." He says.
Quintin glares at the man suspiciously. "King Signas? Impossible, you've been dead for many years."
"Dead? Me?" The king chuckles. "Oh I have been close many times."
"I have no time for this. What have you done with Felicia and the others?" Quintin says in response.
"Felicia? She is here somewhere. She is so happy you have come back and reconsidered the chance to rule at her side as the Silver King of Wonder."
Quintin shakes his head, but doesn't seem interested in speaking about this to the king. "I want to see her now. Where are you hiding her?"
"Hiding? You are acting very strangely. Have you already forgotten? You returned to Wonder and aided us against the Black Void's new master. You were there when we struck down all the Voidbringers and sealed the Black Void forever."
"The Voidbringers are not gone, and you are not King Signas." Quintin says, narrowing his golden eyes at the so called king.
Signas glares back at the Sorwin. "I offer you the chance to rule Wonder at my daughter's side, and you throw it back in my face. Haven't you grown weary of all that fighting and adventure yet? As a warrior, surely you must strive to bring lasting peace for everyone, including yourself."
"What you offer is complacency, not peace." Quintin replies. "Even without Reflection, I can see right through your disguise, demon. Release Felicia and the others and be gone from this place!"
King Signas frowns. "It seems only swords, battles, maiming and killing will ever satisfy your barbaric people. So be it; have your war! May it be the death of you Sorwin!"
Signas attacks Quintin
Attack: Silver Rapier
Defense: Silver Kite Shield
Quintin attacks Signas
Attack: Reflection
Defense: Parry
King Signas suddenly draws a sword and shield and attacks Quintin! Even though it should otherwise have been a surprise attack, Quintin easily sees it coming and turns aside the king's sword with Reflection. With a swing of his own, Quintin cuts right through the silver shield and strikes Signas in the chest, knocking him to the ground.
Signas Condition: Defeated
As the former Silver King collapses, his shape melts away, revealing him to actually be a demon in disguise! Quintin sheathes Reflection and looks around the throne room. "Felicia? Where are you?"
"Quintin?" Felicia's voice is heard saying in response. The Silver Queen appears and sees the Sorwin, her eyes widening in both surprise and joy. "It is you? The real you?"
"Are you all right Felicia?" Quintin asks her. Felicia responds by running up and hugging the hero.
"I can't believe it; it's really you!" Felicia says, tears in her eyes. "When I saw the demon claiming to be my father, he tried to arrange a wedding between me and another demon claiming to be you, but I knew better. After I struck the false Quintin down, the other one had me hidden away with its power, but you actually came and defeated it!"
"It isn't safe here. We have to find the others and escape this place." Quintin says. Felicia lets go of Quintin, looking into his determined, no nonsense golden eyed stare. Steve, Hack, and Timo can see a hint of sadness in her otherwise joyous expression.
"Yes, you're right. I was trying to find my own way out of the dreamer's prison before I was captured by those demons. If there are others here, it is likely they too are being held by demons pretending to be people they know and care about. We should make haste to them."
Felicia casts Map of Dreams
The Silver Queen focuses her magic, creating a silver pedestal with a sheet of paper resembling a map out of thin air. "My magic thankfully still works even in this surreal plane of existence. Before I was captured, I was able to create a map of the Dreamer's dimension and hide it from detection. Now that you're here, we can use it to find and rescue the others, then we can go and destroy the dream form of the dreamer itself."
"Which will both free us all from this place and destroy the demon." Quintin finishes her statement. "Yes, I have faced dreamers before in my travels."
Felicia nods and points at the markings on the map. "These symbols represent the various segments of the Dreamer Dimension. The demon uses its power to keep each prisoner captive in a different segment, and we must go to them all to unlock the path to the heart of the dream, where the jailer itself resides. I will leave it up to you to decide which one to go to first."
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Post by Puff Hunter on Jul 8, 2011 22:10:43 GMT -5
Hack studies Felicia's map. "If we didn't have this," he says, gesturing to the map, "I would recommend finding the Voidbringer's friend first, to help navigate the dream world. But as things stand, the child -- Angel, I mean -- is our most valuable asset. Her skills more than make up for her lack of experience. Recovering her first would simplify our job the most."
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Post by blossomgb on Jul 9, 2011 7:01:01 GMT -5
Steve looks at the map for a moment.
'Don't tell me you're impressed with Angel', he grinned. 'She'll love that.' Hack didn't respond. Steve however was hiding his true feelings by being upbeat. He had to rescue his family and this was the first time they were both captured so easily, as indeed he had been.
Felicia knew him and the family well enough to know what was troubling him. 'She'll be OK', she said softly....
...Meanwhile, in one of the sections, Angel wouldn't stop trying to escape. She had gone invisible and was flying round the cell, trying to find a way out. She knew that the demon would have to come soon and she was getting ready to fly past him whilst invisible and find out where she was.
'My Mummy and Daddy won't like this', she shouted. 'If you've got any sense you'll release me NOW!',
She looked around the cell and sat down for a moment. The metal bars of the cell door wouldn't melt, but she tried again while she was sat there.
Cheers,
Blossomgb
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Post by rcblazer on Jul 9, 2011 11:12:58 GMT -5
Felicia casts Dream Warp
Using her magic on the map, Felicia touches one of the symbols marked on the pedestal and the dream world itself begins to change instantly, showing the group has arrived in a quaint looking house with a barred door at the top of a flight of stairs. Steve can hear Angel's voice shouting to be let out, as well as the rattling of the door as Blossom walks into the room, holding a plate of food.
"Oh good, you're back Steve." Blossom says with a peaceful looking smile. The door upstairs bangs harder, causing her to frown. "Don't mind Angel; she refused to eat her dinner and is throwing a temper tantrum, so I grounded her to her room."
Quintin narrows his gold eyes at Blossom. "Is that so? Tell me, why such a large, metal door if all you are doing is grounding your daughter?"
"Well, seeing as this is a family matter and not any of your business how I raise my child, but Angel melted the wooden door that used to me there, so I had to have that one installed in its place." Blossom looks at Steve. "You're not going to let him get away with talking to me like that, are you?"
"Don't answer any of her questions; this is not really Blossom." Quintin replies.
Blossom glares at Quintin, but then turns and looks at Steve. "I'm going upstairs to see if she wants to calm down and talk this out. Steve, I want you to take your friends home."
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Post by blossomgb on Jul 9, 2011 11:59:29 GMT -5
'I'm surprised that you would do something like that to Angel', Steve replies. 'We never make Angel eat anything she does not want to, so why start now? My Blossom would never do that"
Blossom looks at him.
'Perhaps you've been a bit too soft with our daughter. Maybe we both have.' She makes the comment without emotion, which also makes Steve unsure of whether she is the real Blossom.
'You know about my childhood and why I would never do this to any child', he says to her.
Steve's childhood was full of well meaning people who forced him to eat things that, it turned out were not suitable for him. He was named as a faddy eater, but only when the kidney failure had begun that his strange food likes and dislikes were looked at by a doctor. Kidney patients are not to eat any foods high in potassium, and as a child he knew what was bad for him. He had never eaten a banana for example. Ever. Even if as a kid they tried to force mashed banana down him, he wouldn't touch it. He had realized why later on so he never made anybody eat anything they didn't like. Nor did Blossom. And she had never locked Angel away, even when she had been naughty. Hiding Octi came to mind. Sometimes you have to tell a child off and laugh later...
'This does not add up', he told her. 'Get her and I'll hear her side of the story.' He made his say towards the stairs but 'Blossom' stopped him.
'Would you like a cup of tea first', she said, still smiling at him.
'Later', he replied. 'This is more important'.
Blossom began to change in front of him. The figure that was Blossom gave way to a demon. 'You won't get her', the demon cried as it attacked him. Steve stood his ground as the demon advanced, a sick parody of Blossom now. The bow had split and the skin turned from the fair skin of Blossom to a pitted skin of an old hag. He had his sword at the ready as the demon lunged forward, He stepped back and then lunged forward, but the demon was faster and escaped the lunge. This was what Steve needed as he climbed the stairs. At the top was a metal door, obviously enchanted in some way so it wouldn't catch fire or melt. The demon followed him, but Quentin was behind it. Steve turned to face the demon as it went for him again. He dropped and rolled out of the way but came up with the sword before him. Behind the demon, Quentin was ready with Reflection and he attacked the demon, It didn't last long against Reflection and was almost instantly slain.
'All yours Steve', Quentin said.
'You must show me how to use that', he replied. 'I'm here Angel', he shouted. The demon was dead but there was a key attached to him.
'Hurry, Daddy', Angel called.
Steve unlocked the door and Angel flew out to him. Holding her close for an instant, he looked at her. 'Are you OK.'
'I am now. This demon locked me in there. I thought she was Mummy but she held me tight and tried to make me eat sprouts. That's when I knew that it wasn't Mummy. Then she turned into this horrid demon and locked me in there'. Angel leaned against Steve for a moment.
'It's OK', he told her. 'We've got you now. And Queen Felicia is with us', he said, soothingly. 'Come on, let's go'.
'Aunty Felicia', she squealed as she ran down the stairs, Steve and Quentin behind her.
'Hi Angel. You OK baby?', Felicia said to her.
'Fine now', she said. Favourite aunts don't get told off quite the same, Steve thought.
'Right then', Quentin said. 'Who's next on the list?'
Cheers,
Blossomgb
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Post by rulerofice on Jul 9, 2011 12:56:31 GMT -5
Timo sighed. "As much as I would like that we all go and save Bubbles next, Blossom should be our next priority. After all, she has the leadership skills."
This made Timo shed tears, knowing that this is what Bubbles was going through. Then, a horrible thought came into his mind and he suddenly felt highly scared.
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Post by Puff Hunter on Jul 9, 2011 15:59:36 GMT -5
Hack nods. "Fair enough. I don't have any preferences among the remaining targets, so if that's where you want to go next, I won't object." He looks at the group. "Everyone else okay with it?"
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Post by blossomgb on Jul 9, 2011 16:29:37 GMT -5
Angel had a brief play with Queen Felicia while Steve was thinking about this. He noticed that Timo was looking scared. He paused for a minute.
'I don't suppose it matters. I'm happy now we've got the youngest out. What's bothering you Timo?'
Cheers,
Blossomgb
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Post by rulerofice on Jul 9, 2011 16:58:56 GMT -5
Timo looked at Steve. "What if evil Blackheart feels it? Our deepest fears?" He covered his eyes. "You know what my deepest fear is. You know it because you've seen him. What if he appears again?"
Timo opened his eyes and looked at everyone and suddenly calmed down after realizing one thing. "Forget it. If we face him, I'll face him alone. It's not your problem. All I really care about is saving Bubbles and help her and all of you through this and if I have to die to make it happen, then so be it. Let's go."
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