open Happenings in the Everfree RP

[Scootalove 10,689]

'' Well if you are an evil version of myself, then why are you trapped here?''

 

'' It is pretty complicated, I'm just the complete opposite of you. Instead of being nice, I'm cruel. Instead of having fire abilities, I have ice and water abilities. Instead of romantic, I'm more of a person you loves hate.''

 

'' I get it, so you want me to leave my friends? Besides, I don't even know where the rest of them are.''

 

'' Did you kill them?'' ... '' We killed them!'' ''... We?'' '' Remember? When you were burning the forest, you almost burned them to ashes.''

 

'' But, I don't understand.''

 

'' You will.. soon.''

Fireblaze watches as the illusion starts to fade away.

 

( Just wanted to recreate the scene of Norman Osborn and Green Goblin in the Spiderman movie. To show a more darker side of Fireblaze's psyche.)

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

((Was going for more of a 'tried too hard to resist - not strong willed enough to succeed. '))

 

 

"... home? I'm... home?"
 
Redwave looked out over the edge of the small ship: in the darkness it was impossible to see where the sea ended and the sky begun.

 

"... a dream? I was dreaming?"

 

The ship. It was exactly how it should be. Kingfisher was nowhere to be seen. The sense of loss filled him completely: had he fled? abandoned them? Abandoned... "... Minty?!"

 

The ship was a perfect copy, everything was as it should be. But while he might not know how to break the sorcery, he could see it or what it was. They were relying on him, she was relying on him. He couldn't let himself become complacent: couldn't accept this as reality.

 

"But... how do I leave?"

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Edited July 15, 2013 by Cinderscribe

[Dark Horn 430]

"Where is everypony? Minty, is that you?" Impetus suddenly sees dozens of paths, all leading to his different friends. He sees a screaming Redwave, a curled-up Cinderblock, a coughing Minty, a yelling Silver Note, and a delusional Fireblaze. "Who do I help...?" Impetus looks around. "Who do I help? If I save Cinder, Minty might die. If I save Fireblaze, Redwave might go totally crazy."

 

Impetus puts his face in his hooves, unable to perform under pressure, forced into a corner by indecision. A tear streaks down his cheek. "I don't even know where I am... I want to go home... why can't I just go home?"

Edited July 15, 2013 by Dark Horn

[Mikestar 346]

((OOC last post for a few since I have some real world appointments dang it.))

 

Silver lunged at the image of Redwave angrily. The sword clashed with the knife in a terrifying 

 

*Clang* 

 

the two stallions struggled in Battle, each one countering the blow of the other. Silver felt a sharp pain in his left wing as Red's blade came down upon him harshly.

 

"Well looks like somepony won't be flying for a while" the false image of Redwave chided. "I'll take from you every thing that you care about!"

 

Silver's anger grew in intensity. He spun around dealing a blow to Redwaves left foreleg, knocking the sword out of his grip. Silver reared up and struck Red in the chest knocking him over on his back then loomed over him, knife in hand, poised... ready to deal the death blow that his mind taunted him to deliver.

 

"Kill him, Kill him, Kill him" the voices echoed.

 

Silver held the knife above Redwave... pausing mid thrust... hesitating. 

 

"No, this isn't me... this isn't who I am... I can't kill somepony!" Silver Note said out loud as he dropped the knife in horror at what he was about to do. He glanced over at the false image of the fallen Cinderblock.

 

"There's nothing left here for me." he thought. He glanced at what appeared to be his shredded wing sadly then he turned tail and galloped away into the misty forest.

 

Faster... faster.... his breath heaving and his heart pounding in fear. He galloped til he was weak with exhaustion and dropped to the ground on the mossy surface.

 

Catching his breath Silver Note tried to think clearer...the fear was getting to him. Clouding his judgement. it felt tangible as if it was live. A dark cloud, hovering over his mind and opening gateways for evil thoughts to enter.

 

A blue Jay settled on his shoulder, singing quietly in his ear. He swatted at it. "Go away!" he told the blue jay. but it persisted twittering softly in his ear... a quiet melody, calming him. 

 

The Music seemed to counteract the fears in him. Could this bluejay be real? It was the same blue jay that he'd rescued earlier from the fires.

 

As the blue jay sang, Silver's mind began to tick over.

 

Redwave is a trained swordsman... how could I possibly beat him when I've never even held a weapon before... Silver thought. " and even though we don't see eye to eye... I know he's a stallion of honor... he'd never break that truce. and Derpy.... She's the kindest mare I've ever known. She wouldn't hurt me... or anypony. None of it makes any horse sense pony sense!"

 

Silver turned to the little bird and said "Thankyou my little friend... I can see how.. .None of it is real! and my friend are all in trouble... I'm going back!"

 

Silver scrambled to his hooves and cantered tiredly back towards the camp.

 

(((OOC bit of a light sabre duel there...))

Edited July 15, 2013 by Mikestar

[Ihei 713]

((Was going for more of a 'tried too hard to resist - not strong willed enough to succeed. '))

 

 

 

"... home? I'm... home?"

 

Redwave looked out over the edge of the small ship: in the darkness it was impossible to see where the sea ended and the sky begun.

 

"... a dream? I was dreaming?"

 

The ship. It was exactly how it should be. Kingfisher was nowhere to be seen. The sense of loss filled him completely: had he fled? abandoned them? Abandoned... "... Minty?!"

 

The ship was a perfect copy, everything was as it should be. But while he might not know how to break the sorcery, he could see it or what it was. They were relying on him, she was relying on him. He couldn't let himself become complacent: couldn't accept this as reality.

 

"But... how do I leave?"

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(( OOC: Since Im evil, a scene of what's happening to Minty would show in the sky for Redwave. That is, if he's hallucinating. Maybe. Whatever happens is your choice, and yours alone! ))

Minty squeezed her eyes shut. "Well.. this is the end for me.." Minty said to herself as she started to cry.

[Scootalove 10,689]

Trying to ignore all of the screaming, going down on her knees in defeat. Fireblaze looking around the dark space, feeling some relief after her evil mirror image started to fade away into the darkness.

 

'' Now that I defeated my inner demons I better get out of here, but I need to find a way out first.''

 

She puts her body against a dark rough wall, tilting the wall with her hooves. The wall starts to roll down a hill, Fireblaze starts to exit the cave as she walks back to the camp.

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

'Burn it. Smoke and Fire, Cinders and Embers... ' Cinders eyes were stinging from the now dry tears. 'You don't need anyone else. You don't need protecting. You don't need anything but yourself.'
 
She struck the flint and watched the sparks dance beautifully against the dry moss.

 
"But... what if I want all those things?"
 
The darkness pressed in on her, making her feel more and more alone.

 

'What, your going to let your life be dominated by others? Let yourself be let about into danger to sit and cry when you cant handle it? You were strong before you started with this friendship nonsense.'

 

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((Time for a few hours sleep, since Cinder and Red are pretty much trapped, I'm looking forward to seeing any progress in the morning! Night all!))

[Mikestar 346]

((OOC so not sure whose awake at the moment, but will leave some food for thought)

 

 

Silver Note moved into a galloped back towards the camp site. His limbs were tired...

 

Wait a minute... if it was all an illusion, then my wing isn't really damaged and I can fly!

 

He launched into the air, taking an aerial view of the scene below. Through the breaks in the mists he spotted a few of his friends, all of them alone in various parts of the woods. but was it really them?

 

How am I going to know what is real and what isn't? Silver asked himself. Then he came to a conclusion... His fears were rejection and loss... so his real friends were the ones who didn't reject him. They would do the opposite of what his fear was telling him. He had to keep focused on the truth, and not the lies that he'd come to believe.

 

So the way to fight fear, is to focus on the truth... to except your true Ponysona and know who you really are. The battle is bound to be different for each of them.

 

But how could he tell anypony when they were so trapped inside their own fears? How could he get them to hear him over the lies with in their own heads?

 

Now came a new decision to make... who was he going to try and rescue first? Lyona was the obvious choice, he needed her leadership... but she was no where in sight. He could see Cinderblock, if that was really her, and a small fire in the underbrush, But could he get to her in time? and was it the REAL Cinderblock or somepony else?

 

Minty was cringing as if about to be crushed, Redwave was looking distressed, Impetus, confused. Fireblaze, well he couldn't read her mood at all.

 

"Maybe I can get their attention with a bugle call" he thought

 

So Silver took out his bugle and sounded three long loud blasts, almost like a fog horn. The three blasts stood for Danger Danger Danger. He just hoped that the sound would travel beyond the illusions and that they would hear him and focus on reality.

 

He still didn't know who to go to first.

 

((OOC I sketched the below pic a while back before the mission started so he still has armor on in it.))

 

[Ihei 713]

((OOC so not sure whose awake at the moment, but will leave some food for thought)

 

 

Silver Note moved into a galloped back towards the camp site. His limbs were tired...

 

Wait a minute... if it was all an illusion, then my wing isn't really damaged and I can fly!

 

He launched into the air, taking an aerial view of the scene below. Through the breaks in the mists he spotted a few of his friends, all of them alone in various parts of the woods. but was it really them?

 

How am I going to know what is real and what isn't? Silver asked himself. Then he came to a conclusion... His fears were rejection and loss... so his real friends were the ones who didn't reject him. They would do the opposite of what his fear was telling him. He had to keep focused on the truth, and not the lies that he'd come to believe.

 

So the way to fight fear, is to focus on the truth... to except your true Ponysona and know who you really are. The battle is bound to be different for each of them.

 

But how could he tell anypony when they were so trapped inside their own fears? How could he get them to hear him over the lies with in their own heads?

 

Now came a new decision to make... who was he going to try and rescue first? Lyona was the obvious choice, he needed her leadership... but she was no where in sight. He could see Cinderblock, if that was really her, and a small fire in the underbrush, But could he get to her in time? and was it the REAL Cinderblock or somepony else?

 

Minty was cringing as if about to be crushed, Redwave was looking distressed, Impetus, confused. Fireblaze, well he couldn't read her mood at all.

 

"Maybe I can get their attention with a bugle call" he thought

 

So Silver took out his bugle and sounded three long loud blasts, almost like a fog horn. The three blasts stood for Danger Danger Danger. He just hoped that the sound would travel beyond the illusions and that they would hear him and focus on reality.

 

He still didn't know who to go to first.

 

((OOC I sketched the below pic a while back before the mission started so he still has armor on in it.))

 

Minty quickly snapped out of her hallucinations and trotted far away from that crazy "hallucination place," as she referred to it. "I saw the worst vision..!" Minty said. "Thanks for saving me, but I actually was about to be crushed.. I have claustrophobia..! But how are we going to leave this forest if we can't get past here?"

[LittleRawr 679]

Lyona was huddled up in front of the cave, eyes squeezed shut. She was facing her own nightmares.

 

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It was so dark, so cold.

 

" Anypony?" Lyona called out. There was no answer. Galloping frantically, she called out again, only to hear silence. She stopped her running, and rubbed her eyes. She took big, deep breaths to calm down her fear, but to no avail.

 

Far off in the distance, she thought she heard somepony. Her ears perked up. " Hello?"

 

The murmur she heard grew louder, and louder. Until it made her ears hurt. It was screaming, a symphony of the pain of her friends.

 

" Where are you?" She stood up, galloping again. She wanted to help them. She needed to! But she couldn't see them, only hear their tortured yells. Still, she pressed on, until her hooves hurt and her wings were spent.

 

The pegasus was absolutely spent. She doubted she could move anymore at all. 

 

" I... I can't help you." She fell into an exhausted heap, alone in the dark with her friends' cries in her ears.

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

 

'Why would you even care what anyone thinks of you? Why would it matter? Why would you try to help the ones who clearly never tried to help you?'

 

Cinder watched as more sparks danced towards the ground, vacantly smiling despite her protests.

 

"That's not true! My friends aren't like that!"

 

'Where are they then? Why did they leave? Poor little pony, lost in the woods on her own... If only her precious 'friends' cared enough to look for her, but alas...'

 

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@@Mikestar,

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Aboard the Dawn Dreamer, the sound of the bugle echoed across the deck.

 

"What now, you think your fel voices were not enough?" Refwave bellowed back in response. As he did however, the illusion shifted - this wasn't simply more smoke and mirrors.

 

A light in the sky gave way to show a mint coloured pony sprawled on the ground.

 

"What kind of waking nightmare is this, that you torment me so?! He bellowed towards the sea.

 

He looked down towards the water: it certainly was an impressive illusion. Almost, too impressive. After all, how would one be woken from a nightmare, should all else fail?

 

He hurled himself overboard.

 

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[Mikestar 346]

Silver Note noticed that Minty seemed to be snapping out of her illusions, at least for now

 

He flew down beside her, landing swiftly.

 

"Minty!" He said. "You have to fight this... You have to believe in everything you really are and know the truth from the lies... I don't know what your fears are... but what ever they are know that the opposite of them is the truth! Tell everypony you see this.. the real ones will try to fight it,, the illusions will try to trick you that's how you will know the difference.... " 

 

I think Thought Silver, not even sure if he had the right answers. just desperately trying anything he could think of and hoping he hadn't blundered it all again.

 

Silver wasn't even sure he was talking to the REAL Minty, all he knew was that Cinderblock was in danger and he had to get to her. he left the Minty he'd found and swooped off in Cinders direction.

 

((OOC Minty can decide if it was her OR an illusion he spoke to ))

Edited July 15, 2013 by Mikestar

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

 

Cold water flooded Redwaves lungs as he crashed into the waves, like tendrils of ice clawing at him from within. He gasped, spluttered through the cold and closed his eyes.

 

"Can't drown on dry land Idiot!" He shouted to himself through the water.

 

His eyes snapped open: face down in the dirt. Picking himself up, he tried to shake the ethereal feeling that seemed to have followed him. Everything seemed dull and somehow less real that it should, as if this was the dream.

 

The voices had returned, but as whispers now, not screams. None of them tried to speak with him - not directly.

 

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[Mikestar 346]

Silver Note galloped towards where he'd last spotted Cinder, or what he hoped was the real Cinderblock.

 

He could see sparks and embers in the forest... were they real or an illusion? He couldn't tell.

 

"Cinder!" he called out "Cinder... can you hear me? Please respond" Silver skidded to a stop near her, not knowing if she could see him or not. Silver stood directly in front of her trying to meet her gaze eye to eye to see if she could register that he was there.

 

'You won't beat us!" Silver cried out to the forest. "You won't beat me and you wont' take my friends... because I refuse to give up."

 

Addressing Cinderblock again he said "Cinder.. it's Silver, I'm here for you... you have to fight this fear and replace it with the truth."

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

 

'Cinder... Can you hear me?'

 

The voice snarled in her head, unbearably loud, crushing her spirit. She stopped cowering, and simply stared in the direction she could hear it from.

 

'You won't beat us!'

 

She shuddered, something was wrong, the voice sounded... distorted, not at all like her own.

 

'I'm here for you...'

 

...

 

"What...? What happened?" The mare blinked as the darkness drew sharply away to reveal the colours if the world. "Silver...? Uhm... I've got to stop waking up like this."

 

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Glancing around, Redwaves memories came flooding back to him: the sounds, the screams...

 

"Minty! He gasped as he spun around, searching for the Pegasus. Before he had a chance to get his bearings however, something else stopped him in his tracks.

 

Two green eyes glared at him from the edge of the forest. A piercing howl and a cacophony of growls filled the air, almost drowning out the accusing whispers.

 

"The timing here, could not possibly be less impeccable..."

 

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Edited July 15, 2013 by Cinderscribe

[Ihei 713]

 

'Cinder... Can you hear me?'

 

The voice snarled in her head, unbearably loud, crushing her spirit. She stopped cowering, and simply stared in the direction she could hear it from.

 

'You won't beat us!'

 

She shuddered, something was wrong, the voice sounded... distorted, not at all like her own.

 

'I'm here for you...'

 

...

 

"What...? What happened?" The mare blinked as the darkness drew sharply away to reveal the colours if the world. "Silver...? Uhm... I've got to stop waking up like this."

 

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Glancing around, Redwaves memories came flooding back to him: the sounds, the screams...

 

"Minty! He gasped as he spun around, searching for the Pegasus. Before he had a chance to get his bearings however, something else stopped him in his tracks.

 

Two green eyes glared at him from the edge of the forest. A piercing howl and a cacophony of growls filled the air, almost drowning out the accusing whispers.

 

"The timing here, could not possibly be less impeccable..."

 

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Minty trotted over to Redwave screaming on the floor. "Redwave! Redwave!" She said to him, afraid that he'll be in this state forever. "Redwave, talk to me!" she said, tears welling up in her eyes.

 

(( OOC: Bit of a soap opera here, bit of a soap opera there.

Soap opera everywhere. ))

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

 

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Red blinked. His head cleared a little.

 

"Minty?" He said, blinking again. His head cleared a little more, but still felt like it had been submerged in water.

 

"Do not fret, the fear is like a taint on your beautiful voice."

 

The voices in his head had stopped. The growling, not quite. Something was unnerving him still, but right now he had larger concerns. Right now he had to find out what was happening.

 

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[Ihei 713]

 

@,

 

Red blinked. His head cleared a little.

 

"Minty?" He said, blinking again. His head cleared a little more, but still felt like it had been submerged in water.

 

"Do not fret, the fear is like a taint on your beautiful voice."

 

The voices in his head had stopped. The growling, not quite. Something was unnerving him still, but right now he had larger concerns. Right now he had to find out what was happening.

 

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Minty frowned. "No..! You can't leave me; I won't let you!" Minty said sadly. "Don't die on me, please.. I.. I.. like you.." she said in hesitation.

"There. I said it." Minty said. "I don't think you hear me, but I hope you do.. I ran away from you that one day because I thought you only saw us as friends, no more. I always get nervous around you since I liked you," she stuttered.

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

 

@,

 

"I hear you Minty, I am here... Can you not hear me?!"

 

The Earth pony waved wildly at the Pegasus, who seemed to be talking to a patch of dirt somewhere to his left.

 

"Sweet Minty, you have to hear me! We need to move!"

 

He dropped beside the Pegasus, trying to figure out how to help bring her back to reality. The growling from the forest still continuing in the distance.

 

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(("Can you hear me?" "Can YOU hear me?"... It's like most telephone calls i have... XD ))

Edited July 15, 2013 by Cinderscribe

[Ihei 713]

@,

(( OOC: So true.. but my calls are more like "Hello?" "HELLO." "Okay, so let's get--" "HELLO."

 

Minty was still dazed from the hallucinations, her wing having a large cut down the side. She still felt like she was encased in a small dome, like in her hallucinations, but was awake. "R-Redwave?"

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

 

@,

 

"Yes, here I am." Red said as softly as he could, given the urgency of the situation. Reaching out, he placed a hoof over hers. "Can you hear me Minty? Can you see me?"

 

He glanced around nervously - the worst of the illusions had subsided, but the growling continued.

 

"I refuse to leave without you, I shall carry you myself should the need arise but please, come back to me!"

 

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[Ihei 713]

@, 

 

Minty smiled. "Yes, I see you," she said. "Are you still seeing things?" Minty asked concerned, looking at him. "I--" she said, before wincing in pain from her cut as she tried to flap her wing. She immediately fell to the floor and blacked out from the pain, her cut being exposed.

[Dark Horn 430]

Impetus with his hands in his hooves, tormented by indecision, can't decide who to save, even though he knows if he doesn't act, everyone will perish. Suddenly, he hears Silver blow his horn. He ignores it. A second time, the horn sounds; he ignores it. The third time, it makes him angry, and he thrusts his hooves to the side, glancing around. Impetus blinks a few times before realizing that the indecision and helplessness was his own illusion.

 

He sees Minty lying on the ground, and Lyona nearby. "Dreadful Luna, why me!" With a sigh, he rushes towards Lyona, desperately praying to no one in particular that someone would save Minty.

 

"Lyona... wake up... I know you're, well, tired is an understatement, but your - our - friends are going to die if you don't get up!"

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

@,

"Quite possibly, but we shall... He began to answer as the mare collapsed. "Minty!"

His jaw dropped as he caught sight of her wing.

"How in Equestria did this even happen?" he muttered in shock before a cold shiver brought him to his senses: they were still very much in danger.

Hoisting the wounded mare onto his back, he snatched up the sword in his mouth and started to trace back his steps, hoping to find the rest of the group.

"We're going t' get through this, together." He managed to mumble, mostly to himself, past the sword. "Where in Luna's name are the others?"

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Edited July 15, 2013 by Cinderscribe

[Ihei 713]

@, 

 

(( OOC: Hurrah! 1000th post! ))

 

Minty groaned in pain, squeezing her eyes shut. "Ow.." she said weakly, her hooves burning. "R-Redwave.. I'm fine.. really.. it's just my wing.." Minty said to Redwave, getting off of him. Minty limped, but she was sitll capable of trotting to find the others..