Collaboration with Writeblrs

This is a blog for writeblr collaboration where your characters will be thrust into a world they know nothing about! At the end of the month, characters will be submitted, and at the beginning of the next month, they will be brought into the world. My main blog is @concealeddarkness13

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Dissidia Writeblr March 2021 Summary!

I am so sorry again for how late the ending was. Thank you so much for your patience! I probably won’t be able to host another of these events for a while now. If you want to provide some feedback for the event, please message me! I will add any finale writing pieces that are posted after this is posted.

Tagging: @tcstu, @ratracechronicler, @maple-writes, @onmywaytobe, @alannaofroses, @kiljoytrout, and @perringwrites!

Character Introduction

Week 1: Prompt, Warren, Leo, Aura and Cinder, Lindy, and Oliver

Week 2: Prompt, Warren, Leo, Aura and Cinder, Lindy, and Oliver

Week 3: Prompt, Warren, Leo, Aura and Cinder, Lindy, and Oliver

Week 4: Prompt, Warren, Leo, Aura and Cinder, Lindy, and Oliver

Week 5: Prompt, Warren, Leo, Aura and Cinder, Lindy, and Oliver

Finale

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Dissidia Writeblr March 2021 Finale

I again apologize for how late this was. Thank you so much for your patience. If you want to write anything based on the finale, please tag me! 

Tagging: @tcstu and @ratracechronicler!

@maple-writes, @onmywaytobe, and @kiljoytrout: Wayne sighs. “We’re going to escape. I know how to pilot these crafts, but anyone who wants to help can. I’ll be bringing you back to the main world, and I’ll take you somewhere safe until you are taken back to your world.” 

And he proceeds to do just that. Warren, Leo, and Lindy are brought back to the main world, and Wayne takes them to a secluded cave that no one comes by. He seems deflated, but he will answer any of their questions. It’s a quiet stay until they are taken back to their separate worlds a few days later.

@alannaofroses: Vaia is defeated, and Kaito nods at Aura and Cinder. “Thank you.” He then looks down at her and frowns. “Now, what’s the best course for you?”

She winces again, and his eyes flicker to the machine on her neck. “I will be forced to escape no matter what. And my magic makes it easy for me to escape. It would probably be best for you to just let me go.”

He sighs and glances back at the cave. “That’s not the only course of action.”

Vaia seems to get it. She nods. “Yes, you can kill me. Honestly, I welcome death after everything I’ve been forced to do.”

He swallows hard. “You have the darkness magic, right?” She nods, and he kneels down next to her. “Then this shouldn’t be a problem.” He crafts a knife from golden light and, instead of killing her, cuts out the machine. She screams, but darkness dances across her skin, and the wound is healed. She looks up at him, and he shakes his head. “Now, they can’t control you remotely at least. Do you still want to escape and go back to them?” She shakes her head, and he nods and gestures for her to join them.

Inside the cave, the girl is resting peacefully, and a new woman is there. It turns out the procedure worked. Setza and Richter thank Kaito, Aura, and Cinder, and they ask if Aura and Cinder want to continue travelling with them. Whatever they decide, they have a quiet time until they are summoned back to their world a few days later.

@perringwrites: Zeth looks over at Oliver, and she nods. With both of them working together, they take down the woman and knock her unconscious. Sitara talks with Holst some more, and he does give her the machine she was looking for. They head back out, and Sitara moves away from the city before settling down and studying the machine. During breaks, she talks with Oliver and shows him how the motorcycle works. Zeth even opens up a little to Oliver and showing him her prosthetics. Everyone, of course, loves Angel. They’re heading back to the meet-up point to see how Setza and Richter are doing when Oliver and Angel are summoned back to their world.

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Dissidia Writeblr March 2021 Week 5 Aura and Cinder Summary

Here is Aura and Cinder’s summary, quoted directly from @alannaofroses. 

Tagging: @tcstu, @ratracechronicler, @maple-writes, @onmywaytobe, @alannaofroses, @kiljoytrout, and @perringwrites!

Both Aura and Cinder are at a disadvantage. Aura, while trained in combat, is hampered by her leg braces. She takes a position behind some rocks and uses her (gun-ish/energy) weapon. While it doesn’t seem to have much effect against magic, it does distract the woman long enough for Kaito to get in a hit or two. Cinder goes for a more MacGyver approach, using the environment. She throws a fistful of sand in the woman’s eyes, trips her with branches, throws rocks to disrupt her casting. With both of them providing cover, Kaito is eventually victorious.

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Dissidia Writeblr March 2021 Week 5 Lindy Summary

Here is Lindy’s summary! 

Tagging: @tcstu, @ratracechronicler, @maple-writes, @onmywaytobe, @alannaofroses, @kiljoytrout, and @perringwrites!

The girl in the ventilation shaft leads Leo and Lindy to another group who look like they’re planning on escaping. Lindy hears the testimony about how bad the Chikara are and decides to join the group in the escape. 

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Dissidia Writeblr March 2021 Week 5 Warren Summary

I’m so sorry for how late this is. I will try to finish this up tonight! This is quoted directly from @maple-writes.

Tagging: @tcstu, @ratracechronicler, @maple-writes, @onmywaytobe, @alannaofroses, @kiljoytrout, and @perringwrites !

Warren follows along with Wayne’s lead without a fuss. When Leo and Lindy appear in the hanger too, they greet Leo to make sure he’s alright. They talk a little with the others if they’re up to it, and they’ll go escape with Wayne regardless of whether or not anyone stays behind. If people do stay behind though, they’ll make sure to say goodbye before they go.

[onmywaytobe]

Dissidia Writeblr March 2021 Week 5

is it late? yes. is it long? not as long as it could be. is it done? yes and that's the most important part I think

this piece includes characters kindly borrowed from @maple-writes and @kiljoytrout ty i hope i did them justice even though i didn't give them much to do

thank you as always to @dissidia-writeblr for running this event i am so sorry i'm never as capable as i think i am

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The person that meets Lindy and Leo in the ventilation shaft is a girl who looks to be a teenager with dark brown hair in a ponytail and light brown eyes. She reminds Leo a lot of how he used to be, a kid too young for the trouble she was getting into. She frowns at them. “You aren’t Chikara. Were you also imprisoned here?”

Leo doesn’t trust his tacit companion to respond, so he says, “We were. Someone came and let us out. We were looking for the hangar.”

The girl nods. “We heard someone crawling around up here, so I had to go check it out. You can never be too careful.” We? Leo hopes she’s talking about a group of friendly people. He doesn’t want to be around the fighting anymore. “Follow me. We’re escaping,” she says before turning and crawling away.

Leo and Lindy follow her. Trepidation builds in Leo’s newly healed chest, and he tries to wave it away. He’s in danger. He needs to escape, apparently. He’s no stranger to crawling around in ventilations shafts, but that’s usually someone else’s job. And he’s never had to worry about fighting for his life, only being arrested. He’s way out of his depth, and he knows it.

The girl leads them through the ventilation shaft into a room with different ships that can take them off the moon; the hangar. Three other people are in the room: Warren and two strangers. Leo’s heart collapses with relief when he sees Warren looking shaken, but unharmed. One of the strangers, a man with short black hair and wearing a soldier’s uniform, runs up to Lindy and Leo. He looks them over and frowns at Leo, which Leo tries not to take personally. “You were the one that came with Warren. Where’s Tess?” he asks, a little too accusatory for Leo’s liking.

“Tess took off our chains and stayed behind to fight Tidis and the others,” Leo says defensively. It’s not his fault she threw herself into a losing battle. Not his fault he was taken to this moon in the first place either. Definitely not his fault that these strangers put themselves in danger to rescue him. He still wasn’t sure he even needed rescuing. The Chikara weren’t dangerous to him until someone else – Tess – had attacked them.

The man takes a deep breath and nods. “She’ll keep the Chikara distracted enough that we should have no trouble escaping. Let’s go.”

The others follow him right away as he starts to head towards one of the ships, but Leo hesitates. “Wait,” he says. Warren turns back to look at him like he’s crazy. “These people healed me. Why should I run away from them?”

“The Chikara aren’t people,” the uniformed man hisses. “They’re beings whose magical abilities have perverted their sense of right and wrong. Trust me, you don’t want to get on their bad side.”

“I wasn’t on their bad side until you people came along,” Leo argues, folding his arms.

The girl who had been with Warren before took a step towards Leo. “I was imprisoned here for months, Leo,” she says softly. As he scans her face, he knows she’s telling the truth. She looks thin and pale, her green hair limp. “The Chikara are selfish, not kind. I do not know what their plans for you might be, but it would be better for you if you came with us.”

“Nyr is right,” Warren adds. “They were rough with me too. Threw me in a cell, chained me up. We should go with Wayne.” They gesture at the man in the uniform.

“Good enough for me,” Lindy says gruffly, shouldering past Leo. Leo stands there, still so unsure, watching everyone else start towards a ship not too far from them.

Warren stays back the longest, looking over Leo. “Are you okay? Did they really heal you like they said they would?”

“Yes.” Leo sighs. He doesn’t think he has to explain that he feels as though he owes them a debt.

He didn’t expect Warren’s response. “Then you have no reason to stay.”

“What?” Leo gapes at them.

Warren shrugs. “The way I see it, you got what you wanted, and now you can leave. The Chikara are bad news, Leo. I’m not sticking around here.” They start to leave, taking a long enough time that they clearly want Leo to follow. And he does, after another moment of hesitation. He trusts Warren more than the others, if only because they’re so kind compared to the others. Leo didn’t often get treated with kindness. If they wanted him by their side, he’d oblige.

Leo jogs up to the rest of the group as they ascend a walkway into the belly of the ship. He feels prickles of defensiveness as Lindy appraises him and Warren, but relaxes as soon as Lindy says, “You’re not from around here either, are you?” He juts his chin out at Warren. Knowing this is what passes for conversation with this guy, Leo chooses to largely ignore him.

“Oh, no.” Warren’s reply is nearly lost in the bustle of Wayne and the others getting the ship ready for takeoff. “I should be in a copy room right now.” Leo stifles a chuckle. He’s not sure why, but the response tickles him.

It turns out there were more people aboard the ship than Leo had thought there were. This rescue effort had required quite the team to pull off. Lindy gets a shifty look in his eyes and mumbles something about wanting to see the cockpit, but Leo is more interested in the whispered conversation he overhears between Nyr and the girl he met in the ventilation shaft with the ponytail.

“We’re not planning to leave Tess behind, are we?” the ponytailed girl hisses.

“Ask Wayne,” Nyr replies tiredly.

“After what she must have gone through to rescue us–”

“Leave it, Kai.” Nyr looks around furtively. “It’s not up to me.”

Kai frowns at her. Leo is about to interrupt when Wayne comes back to the hold with the rest of them. “Good, you’re all here.” He looks prepared to make a speech.

“Yes, we are.” Leo can’t help mouthing off. He’s confused, frustrated, and still high on the feeling of health coursing through his body. “Now what, exactly, is supposed to happen next?”

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Tagging: @tcstu, @ratracechronicler, @maple-writes, @alannaofroses, @kiljoytrout, and @perringwrites!

Thank you so much! I love Leo's conflicted emotions about the Chikara!

[onmywaytobe]

Dissidia Writeblr March 2021 – Week 4

yes i am ashamed this is so late and so long but thanks to @kiljoytrout i didn't have to come up with like half of this stuff! thanks for taking my boyo and bringing him out of his shell and writing your piece for both of us. as always thank you to @dissidia-writeblr for putting on this event!!

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When Leo opens his eyes, he finds Zeph smiling at him serenely. The amount of oxygen in his lungs is dizzying. He’s barely conscious as Zeph pulls out heavy black chains and binds his hands together. “These won’t hurt at all,” she says, her pasted-on smile some semblance of reassuring. “They’re just a precaution to nullify any magic or advanced tech you might have.” When Leo doesn’t resist, she adds, “Thank you for your cooperation.”

As if he could fight someone like her. With those wings, and her magic, he’d be ended in an instant. And he doesn’t want to fight back. What kind of thanks would that be for what they’ve done for him? The new sensations in his body are overwhelming, but there is no doubt in Leo’s mind that he has been healed.

He’s never felt like this before. Clear lungs, free of the constant phlegm that plagued him his entire life. No shooting stomach pains, no cramps, nothing like the variety of symptoms he was used to telling him that one of his organs was malfunctioning. He is now at the peak of health. It would take a little getting used to.

Leo barely notices as Zeph leads him into a cell and leaves him there. Leo is glad of the chance to rest, but after an hour or so passes he begins to get antsy. There is so much energy coursing through his body and he doesn’t have anywhere to go. He satisfies himself by looking around the room. There’s nothing to see besides the uncomfortable chair he sits on, its twin across from him, and a bucket in the corner. His nose wrinkles at the sight, but he knows he won’t be in there long enough to need the makeshift toilet. He’s a little hurt that the Chikara would heal him only to dump him in a holding cell, but Zeph said it was all just a precaution.

Precaution or no, Leo wants to make sure he can get out if things go sideways. The chair’s frame is rusty enough that he is able to tug some of the spokes free from the underside. The long pieces of metal are a little on the thick side for what he wants, but they’ll have to do. He examines the lock on his chains, allowing himself a small grin. He needn’t have worried. This would only take him a moment to remove.

Content to wait, Leo twiddles his thumbs until the door to the cell slams open, most unexpectedly. A woman with short, blond hair and dark green eyes runs in, and she’s wearing a soldier’s uniform. Leo raises an eyebrow at the sudden intrusion. “My name is Tess, and I’m here to help you escape.” She unlocks his chains. “Do you trust me?”

Leo doesn’t get the chance to tell her no. The door to the room opens again, and two Chikara walk in with another man, also wearing the black chains. Tess curses under her breath, and golden light starts dancing along her skin like fire. This is enough of a surprise to the Chikara that she is able to pull the stranger away from them and try to take his chains off too. Leo still hasn’t moved from his seat, despite his hands being freed. He’s not a fighter.

The Chikara are still coming for them, and at that moment Tidis arrives. He smirks when his eyes land on Tess. “And one of the rebels returns. Today is my lucky day.” Light and darkness start swirling on his skin.

Tess curses again and pushes Leo and the stranger to the door on the other side of the room. “Leo, Lindy, find Wayne. He’s rescued Warren. He should be going to the hangar where they keep their ships,” she hisses under her breath at them. She pushes them through the door and locks it from the inside.

Leo immediately turns to his companion. “Were you also summoned?” he asks. He would need to know as much as he could about his new ally if they ran into any more trouble. “How do you know-”

The guy gives Leo a cold look, and Leo quiets, falling into step alongside his new friend as he stalks off. Leo is quite shaken by his removal from the cell, and still adjusting to his new body. It made him bold enough to join this stranger on whatever mission he was so intent on. Besides, anything that took him further away from the magic battle was all right with Leo.

The stranger is observing the space around them, taking it in with what Leo could only describe as awe. Perhaps he was familiar with these sorts of things. It would be helpful for someone who knew what was going on to be on Leo’s side. He grimaces, rattling the heavy chains still locked around his arms. Leo notices, patting his pockets for the makeshift lockpick he’d fashioned earlier, and finds it missing. Must have dropped it in all the commotion. He spots an antenna on the wall that would be much better suited and twists it off, making a move to unlock his companion’s chains.

Leo hadn’t said anything, since the other guy (Lindy? Was that his name that Tess had shouted at them?) didn’t want to talk, and now found himself being smacked into the side of the corridor. “What the hell, man!” Leo sputters. “I was just trying to pick the lock on your chains.” He definitely should have explained first. That’s what he gets for trying to be considerate.

“Oh.” Lindy doesn’t apologize, but helps up Leo from the floor and wordlessly stretches out his arm for Leo to have easier access to the lock. After a few twists, the chains slip off easily. Leo keeps the antenna, and grabs one of the locks as well. Never know when these things could come in handy.

They continue walking, and the echo of their footsteps in the silence makes Leo lonely. He misses the comforting presence of Warren. They had been a much more agreeable companion than this Lindy fellow. At least Lindy seemed to know where he was going, his pace measured and sure, never hesitating at crossroads. Leo wondered how he knew, and how Lindy had ended up in the same chains as himself if he was so familiar with the way the Chikara lived.

“Who is Warren?” Lindy asks suddenly.

For a second, Leo wonders whether Lindy can read his mind. If he wasn’t already convinced that this was a dream, he was considering the possibility again. But after his moment of shock, he’s more surprised that Lindy’s even said anything at all, considering they’ve spent the last few hours in complete silence.

“Why do you want to know?” Leo replies pointedly. Why not ask about this Wayne, for instance?

Lindy doesn’t answer, only pausing to shoot Leo a sideways glance. It looks a little too close to sympathy for Leo’s liking. Leo narrows his eyes at Lindy, who of course doesn’t notice.

After another few moments of uncomfortable silence, Leo sighs. He might as well talk to this Lindy person, if only to get him to stop looking at him with such pity. “They were one of the first normal people I met when I got summoned to this place. Got to know them pretty well. We were separated a little while ago though.”

“Oh.”

Leo rolls his eyes. That seemed to be half of this guy’s vocabulary. He was so glad he’d made such an effort. Clearly Lindy thought the conversation would be of some benefit to Leo, but Leo would have been just as content with silence.

They walk on in silence for a few more minutes when Lindy comes to a stop. Leo stares at him curiously as he starts to tap his finger against a sheet of metal on the wall.

“This shouldn’t be here,” Lindy says thoughtfully.

Leo is in no mood to be civil. Apparently this sheet of metal meant more than a human conversation. “Well, it obviously is there, so I don’t know what to tell you.”

Lindy just stares at Leo for one beat with those watery blue eyes, and it’s as good as any death glare; the hair on Leo’s neck prickles. “What I mean is that there should be an entrance here to the hangars, but it seems that they’ve blocked this one up.”

“We just have to take it down then,” Leo says nonchalantly. “It’s just flimsy sheet metal.” He kicks at the metal covering and immediately regrets it. Pain radiates through his bones like an alarm blaring, and he falls to the floor. Lindy looks down at him, expressionless, while Leo groans. “Oww.”

“It’s not sheet metal,” Lindy explains. “It’s probably either titanium reinforced Kevlar, or some otherworld material. You can tell from the lack of sheen that it’s durable.”

Through gritted teeth, Leo manages, “Why didn’t you tell me that before I kicked it?”

Still staring down at him, Lindy replies, “You didn’t ask.”

Eyes watering, Leo takes the hand that Lindy offers with more than a hint of irritation. It was becoming apparent that Lindy did not care one whit for Leo.

Lindy, paying him no mind, is surveying their surroundings. “Give me a leg up,” Lindy says, nodding to a panel he’s noticed above their heads. Leo follows his gaze and understands immediately. He boosts Lindy up on his shoulders. Besides the painful protesting of his ankle, it’s not too bad. Maybe the healing process had made him stronger.

After a bit of tinkering, Leo hears a creak from up above, the weight on his shoulders vanishes, and Lindy’s hand extends from up above to help him up.

“Are you sure that’s stable?” Leo calls, but he’s already taking Lindy’s hand, so he’ll find out one way or another. Lindy doesn’t respond anyway.

Leo cranes his neck around the cramped ventilation shaft, in which both of them are crouching down as low as they can. By the soft indentation in the metal, grooves caused by the unmistakable impressions of knees and hands and occasional banged heads, he can tell that this is certainly more than your run-of-the-mill ventilation shaft.

“This way,” Lindy says, motioning to the left of their loose panel. Leo falls back behind him and the two crawl down the seemingly endless shaft. It only occasionally quivers in a way that makes Leo nervous that it can’t support their weight.

Leo finds himself yawning as they go along. He never thought that getting summoned to another universe would be so tiring, or so dull. Almost in response to his thoughts, he hears a huge bang from the other side of the tunnel.

They both freeze.

“What does that mean?” whispers Leo.

After a beat of silence, the banging starts to get closer. Lindy turns pale.

“It means that someone’s in here with us.”

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Tagging: @tcstu, @ratracechronicler, @maple-writes, @alannaofroses, @kiljoytrout, and @perringwrites!

Thank you so much! I love Leo's thoughts during this! It's so much fun!

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Dissidia Writeblr Week 5

Oliver does a whisper. Again, thanks to @dissidia-writeblr for hosting. This was super fun!

Walking through the streets, he didn’t realize how much he missed civilization. There was just something comforting about the hard concrete beneath his feet. Angel, too, seemed to agree, and she bounced from one object to another, sniffing everything her nose could reach.

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Tagging: @tcstu, @ratracechronicler, @maple-writes, @onmywaytobe, @alannaofroses, and @kiljoytrout!

Thank you so much! I love Oliver's perspective, and Angel is still the best!

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Dissidia Writeblr March 2021 Week 5!

Here’s the final prompt! After this week, I’ll write a summary finale that you’re welcome to write a piece about it too! Thank you so much for participating! I hope you enjoyed it! Preferably, responses should be posted by Monday, April 12 at noon Central time! If anyone has any questions or want to collaborate with my characters, please contact me! Tagging: @tcstu and @ratracechronicler!

@onmywaytobe, @kiljoytrout, and @maple-writes: The person that meets Lindy and Leo in the ventilation shaft is a girl who looks to be a teenager with dark brown hair in a ponytail and light brown eyes. She frowns at them. “You aren’t Chikara. Were you also imprisoned here?” After they respond, she nods. “We heard someone crawling around up here, so I had to go check it out. You can never be too careful. Follow me. We’re escaping.” 

She leads them through the ventilation shaft into a room with different ships that can take them off the moon. Three other people are in the room: Wayne, Nyr, and Warren. Wayne runs up to Lindy and Leo, and he frowns, especially looking at Leo. “You were the one that came with Warren. Where’s Tess?” 

After they explain, Wayne takes a deep breath and nods. “She’ll keep the Chikara distracted enough that we should have no trouble escaping. Let’s go.”

How do Lindy, Leo, and Warren interact? Do they decide to escape right away?

@alannaofroses: Aura and Cinder follow the man outside the cave, where a woman with long, light pink hair and silver eyes stands. She looks sorrowful as she looks the three of them up and down, her eyes lingering on the man. “Kaito, I--I’ve been sent by the Chikara to capture you traitors. You are needed to right this world’s magic imbalance. If you and any other traitors in that cave do not agree to come with me, I will be forced to take you by force.” She winces and puts a hand up to her neck, where a small machine is embedded into her skin. 

Kaito shakes his head. “We’re not going back to the Chikara. I’m sorry.”

She nods, and her eyes flash purple before she summons purple flames to her hands, and darkness dances along her skin like fire. She stares at Kaito. “My name is Vaia, and I am the one who received the magic that was taken from you.”

What do Aura and Cinder do? How do they fight?

@perringwrites: Sitara and Zeth lead Oliver into the city with Sitara’s devices working to make them invisible to anyone who was not wearing the devices, so they can still see each other. The devices look like gloves, with one on each hand: the left one keeps them silent, and the right one keeps them invisible. There is a button on each of them that turns the devices on or off. Sitara even has one of each device for Angel, which are fitted on her front legs.

They sneak over to a large office building. It’s easy to remain undetected because there aren’t many people on the streets anyway. Sitara searches until she finds a door that leads to a science lab filled with machinery. She closes the door behind them and whispers, “The machine we’re looking for would probably have some way to give and take away something, like magic. I haven’t actually seen it, but I’ve heard it’s still a prototype, so it should be in this room. Sorry there’s not more information.” 

They scatter to look through the room, but before they can get very far, the door opens, and an older, bald man with a black beard, speckled with white hairs walks in. Sitara freezes as she was picking up a machine, and he frowns at the floating machine (from what he can see). “Who’s there?”

Sitara motions for the other two to not reveal themselves before she does reveal herself. She smiles. “Holst! Long time, no see!”

He frowns for a little bit, but then he grins and hugs her. “Sitara! It’s been so long! I’m sorry I had to leave you. Ritania does not take refusals well. But...why are you here?”

She laughs. “To steal one of your awesome inventions! That machine that can take magic away from a being and give it to someone else. Can’t you just give it to me?”

He frowns again. “While I’d love to, it’s more complicated than that...”

Just as he says that, the door slams open, and a woman with short, black hair and gray eyes walks in and frowns at the scene. “Who’s this?”

Holst starts wringing his hands. “This is Sitara. She was my apprentice. She unexpectantly decided to visit me.”

A dangerous smile appears on the woman’s lips. She walks over to Sitara, who also looks nervous, and holds out her hand. “Well, child, my name is Chial. I am the leader of Ritania. We have a need for your talents, so you must join us. I won’t take no for an answer.”

Zeth tenses but waits for Sitara’s signal. What will Oliver do?

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Dissidia Week 4

We’re almost done! Thanks again for @dissidia-writeblr​ for hosting this cool event.

The other man introduced himself as Ross and apologized for the other man, who was named Rian. Ross was already seated in the car, and he had yet to say a word.

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Thank you so much! Oliver is such an interesting character, and have I mentioned how much I love Angel? She's such a good dog!

[kiljoytrout]

Lindy(and Leo) Week 4

“ What’s your name? Were you also summoned? How do you know-” 

Lindy turns to the new kid, whose name is evidently Leo and gives him a cold, discerning look; Lindy doesn’t usually remember faces but this one stands out slightly: it’s from a different era, one you would expect to see smiling from a photograph of a group of World War Two flying aces. To his credit, Leo takes the hint almost immediately and wordlessly starts walking next to Lindy in search of the airship. Besides, a conversation isn’t really needed for either of them as a timekiller; the ship is magnificent, not in its grandeur, but in its artifice, with glinting grates weaving through walls, endless ventilation tunnels snaking through the air, and long corridors that stretched before them like metal mouthways in the skull of the sky. After a few minutes of undiluted admiration, Lindy gets snapped out of his reverie by the searing ache of the heavy chains still lacing his limbs. Leo notices the slight grimace and without a word untwists a nameless antenna from the wall and ungracefully shoves it into one of the locks on Lindy’s arms. Lindy, still in his own world, reflexively sends Leo careening into a side wall. 

“What the hell man! I was just trying to pick the lock on your chains” 

“Oh.” 

Lindy doesn’t apologize, but helps up Leo from the floor and wordlessly stretches out his arm for Leo to have easier access to the lock. After some grudging twists, Lindy’s chains slip off easily, and Leo quickly unlocks his as well, prying off some of the sections and tucking them into his pocket for later use. They fall back into formation, the echoes of their off time footsteps the only sound imaginable. 

Leo can feel his loneliness start to pool up inside of him, like the voices of violins drowning out the other members of the orchestra, swallowing him up in this mouth of metal with not even the aggravated healers or Warren to pass the time with, just a stranger who obviously isn’t going to be a fast friend. At least this stranger (Lindy, was that his name?), seemed to know where they were going. His pace was sure and steady, so he either was experienced with airships or was just daydreaming and had no idea what was going on. Leo hoped for his and Warren’s sake that it was the former. 

“Who is Warren?” 

For a second, Leo wonders whether Lindy can read his mind or whatever else happens on this godforsaken summoning place. But after his wits start to return, he’s more surprised that Lindy’s even said anything at all, considering they’ve spent the last few hours in complete silence.

“Why do you want to know?”, Leo said, his voice slightly arched and aggressive. 

Lindy didn’t actually know why he had said anything- the question had been on his mind ever since that random woman fought off the Chikaras and shoved them in here together, but he had never anticipated actually saying anything. Maybe it was just that this Leo guy just kept looking sadder and sadder, flying ace face creasing and folding at the edges, and Lindy tried to help him do what most people did: talk about something else until their problems went away. 

Silence. 

Leo sighed; he might as well talk to this Lindy person, there isn’t anything else to do here except search for a ship that the stranger obviously knows the location of better than him. 

“They were one of the first normal people I met when I got summoned to this place. Got to know them pretty well. We were separated a little while ago though.” 

“Oh.” 

Leo rolls his eyes; that was half the words this guy used. They walked on in silence for about 15 more minutes when Lindy came to a stop. Leo stares at him curiously as he starts to tap his finger against a sheet of metal on the wall. 

“This shouldn’t be here.” 

“Well it obviously is there, so I don’t know what to tell you buddy.” 

Lindy just stares at Leo for one beat with those watery blue eyes, and it’s as good as any death glare; the hair on Leo’s neck stiffens stock straight for a second. 

“What I mean is that there should be an entrance here, to the ship’s hangers, that’s how it is on most airships, but it seems that they’ve blocked this one up.” 

“ We just have to take it down then. It’s just flimsy sheet metal.”

Leo kicks the metal covering with his foot and immediately regrets it; all of the force he used immediately rebounds on him, pain radiates through his bones like an alarm blaring, and he falls back on the floor for the second time. Lindy looks down at him, no expression betrayed on his face. 

“Owww!” 

“It’s not sheet metal. It’s probably either titanium reinforced Kevlar, or some otherworld material. You can tell from the lack of sheen that it’s durable.” 

“Why didn’t you tell me that before I kicked it!” 

“You didn’t ask.” 

Eyes watering, Leo takes the hand that Lindy offers with more than a hint of irritation. Like seriously, he couldn’t have given him some warning? Only a couple of hours and he already needed a healer again. Lindy, paying him no mind, is surveying their surroundings for potential entrances. This was the most economical and safe place to put the other ships onboard, so why wouldn’t the gateway be here too? Just when he thought he was stumped, Lindy glanced upwards and saw what he needed. On one of the larger ventilation shafts, there was a panel with two loose screws and a smudged handprint of machine oil.  

“Give me a leg up,” Lindy says nodding to the panel. Leo follows his gaze and understands immediately. He boosts Lindy up on his shoulders. Besides the painful protesting of his ankles, it’s not too bad; he had thought that Lindy would be pretty muscular because of how hard Leo had gotten slammed into the wall earlier, but the kid actually seemed to be pretty lightweight. After a bit of twisting and tinkering, Leo hears a creak from up above, the weight on his shoulders vanish, and Lindy’s hand extends from up above to help him up. 

“Are you sure that’s stable?” , Leo calls, but he’s already taking Lindy’s hand so he’ll find out one way or another. Lindy doesn’t respond, apparently focusing his energy on pulling Leo up and trying to deduce which direction will take them to the right place. After he gets hauled up, Leo cranes his neck around the cramped ventilation shaft, in which both boys are crouching down as low as they can. By the soft indentation in the metal, grooves caused by the unmistakable impressments of knees and hands and occasional banged heads, he can tell that this is certainly more than your run of the mill ventilation tunnel. 

“This way,” Lindy says motioning to the left of their loose panel. Leo falls back behind him and the two crawl down the seemingly endless shaft, that only occasionally quivers like it can’t hold their weight. Leo yawns in spite of himself; he never thought that getting summoned to another universe would be as boring as this. Almost as in response to his thoughts however, both boys hear a huge banging from the other side of the tunnel. They both freeze instantly. 

“What does that mean?” whispers Leo. 

After a beat of silence, the banging starts to get closer. Lindy turns pale. 

“ It means that someone’s in here with us.”

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Thank you so much! I love the descriptions in this and Lindy's interactions with Leo!

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Dissidia March 2021: Week 4

Here we go, week 4 @dissidia-writeblr ! I had a good time with this one (though I feel like I say that about all of them lol)

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“Were you summoned here too?”

Warren looked up at the strained voice coming from the cell beside them. It was faint, but there was no way they’d imagined it.

The voice spoke again. “My name is Nyr.”

Nyr? They swallowed and uncurled their limbs enough to shuffle to the front of the cell. Even here they couldn’t see around to the one beside theirs, but hopefully they’d hear a little better here. If whoever this was came here from some other world too they already had something in common.

They cleared their throat and took a calming breath. “Yeah, I, I think I’ve been summoned too.” It still felt weird to think about it, to accept that it was real. “I’m Warren.”

There was a pause, and Warren settled in with their back against the bars of the cell.

“I’ve been here for a few months.” The prisoner in the other cell finally continued, tired and drawn out. “The Chikara are somehow able to keep us from returning home. I’ve been looking for ways to escape, though, and I’ll help you if I figure something out.”

Months? That long? Warren bit at the side of their lip and tucked their legs up closer to their body. Were they going to be here that long too? But she’d offered to help them, that had to count for something.

“Thank you, Nyr.” They almost told them about the soldiers and the note in their pocket but held their tongue. Just in case. Who knew who might have been listening. “What’s it like here?” If they were going to be there for a while a little insight wouldn’t hurt. “Do you know what they’re going to do with us?”

Nyr didn’t have to think long. “They haven’t really told me much. Probably about as much as you know. Sounds like they want to give us some kind of magic.” Sounded about right. “But they’re taking their time doing it. I’ve been here for a few month and they haven’t done anything.” She paused, a sound like a soft sigh coming from her cell. “Honestly, it’s pretty boring most of the time.”

They half-grinned, mouth curling despite the dread still sitting in their stomach. “I can imagine. Have they given you anything to do or is this it?”

“No, they don’t even have the decency to question me or Kai, the person in the cell to the other side of me.” Flippant sarcasm flowed from her voice. “I guess that keeps up the air of mystery they seem to enjoy so much.”

Between the hyper-formality, the cryptic sentences, the better-than-you attitude… “They do seem a little full of themselves.” Warren laughed, some of the nerves easing just a little. She must have been here a long time to speak so frivolously about their captors. “If you’re hard-up for entertainment I can try and remember a story or two, pass the time.” It was the least they could do.

“I’d love to hear one, if you’d like!” Nyr sounded like she’d perked up, and Warren could almost picture her sitting taller. “Especially if it’s about your world.”

About home… Warren shifted, getting as comfortable as they could against the bars of the cell. What would sound the most interesting? Though… If Nyr really had been here this long the bar probably wasn’t too high.

They took a deep breath and started the first stories they could remember, ones Volt’s dad used to tell around the campfire when they’d tagged along on summer trips. They seemed realistic enough that maybe once upon a time they were based on something that really happened but over the years morphed into something more fantasy than fact. Nyr listened intently, peppering reactions through each story.

When they’d gone through all they could remember, they shifted to more real life tales. Stories of things they’d done, things Volt did and told them about afterwards… Nothing special but enough that Nyr still seemed interested in each one filling the quiet.

The door slammed open in the middle of a sentence and Warren jumped, scrambling to their feet and pressing themself against the far wall. Their heart leapt and their legs started to shake. Had they come back for them so soon? Now?

But it wasn’t Tidis that stepped into view. Two soldiers wearing the same uniforms as the one’s who’d slipped the notes. A black-haired man and a blonde woman. The man came straight for Warren’s cell, opening it up and reaching straight for the chains around their wrists. They held still, watching as he undid the lock and let them fall to the ground. They clattered, and while Warren winced at the sound it was clear neither of the soldiers were concerned with being overheard. Hopefully that meant Tidis and the others were occupied elsewhere.

He gestured for them to follow them out, waiting in the hall. “My name is Wayne and this is Tess, and we’ll help you escape. We’ve dealt with the Chikara before, and we know how they think. Please, trust us.”

Warren nodded. Even if they had some kind of hidden agenda, could it really be worse than being forced to bear some magic curse for eternity?

The woman, Tess, finished freeing two other prisoners from the last two cells. The one who had to be Nyr stepped out from the cell beside theirs with a cautious, evaluating stare before checking up on the other. That must have been Kai, the one she’d mentioned earlier.

Wayne paused his searching through the other empty cells and frowned. “Where is the other person they brought here?”

Leo. Shit, was he okay? “They separated us when we landed. I don’t know where they took him but he was here.” It had been hours now though, what if they’d brought him somewhere else? Warren swallowed. What if they’d hurt him?

Tess nodded. “I’ll find him.” She glanced at Wayne. “You know everything now too. I’ll either bring him to you, or I’ll send him. Don’t wait for me if I can’t make it.”

With Wayne’s nod Tess was gone, disappearing though the door and into the hall. He turned to the others. “Let’s get out of here.”

That sounded more than good enough. Wayne led the way and Warren followed along with Nyr and Tess and blanketed in tense quiet. He seemed to know where he was going, and every time Warren glanced back over their shoulder no one saw them, no one came to stop them. So far so good.

But… They let their eyes drop, watching Wayne’s heels meet the floor with every step. Would Tess be able to find Leo? Was he okay? What if the Chikara hurt him, and that’s why they hadn’t brought him to be kept with the others? The last thing they wanted was something bad to happen to Leo, but at the same time, what could they do? They didn’t know where they were, what was going on, where he might be kept… Hopefully Tess pulled through.

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Thank you so much! This was awesome! I love Warren!

[alannaofroses]

Dissidia Writeblr Week 4 - Aura and Cinder

As Setza and Richter lead Cinder and Aura further into the world, Cinder finally gets a chance to ask the older woman all the questions she had been keeping in. “This isn’t boring at all!” She assures their new companions. “I want to know everything about this place. You have magic here? How does it work? Does everyone have it or only a few?” The conversation kept them both busy throughout the walk. Cinder looked at their surroundings only enough to marvel at the new landscape, but she had no fear for her safety, not with Aura a silent shadow at her side, one hand always in reach of a weapon.

After some time, Cinder senses Aura tense at her side. She breaks off in the middle of a sentence, looking to her friend for cues. Aura nods subtly towards the mountain. Cinder glances that way and sees a man, tiny by relative distance, approaching quickly. Setza and Richter are calm, so Cinder remains relaxed but alert as he meets them.

He speaks to Setza briefly, casting a wary eye toward Aura and Cinder before nodding and motioning them to follow. They make it to the cave where the man leads them, his fellows awaiting them. Cinder feels Aura stiffen as they walk past the guards. She eases closer to Aura, reaching out under the cover of their movements to wrap a hand around Aura’s wrist, thumb soothing over her pulse point until she feels the other woman relax.

The man who lead them is talking to Setza and Richter now, gesturing between the glowing specter and the girl Cinder can see curled on the cave floor. Cinder catches the word ‘magic’ and listens closely, surprised by what the three intend to try.

Cinder is focused on the process as the girl and being begin to thrash and wail, their friends holding them down as the magic transfer proceeded. She doesn’t notice anything amiss until Aura has already drawn her weapon in response to the sounds now echoing from the mouth of the cave.

The man who they had met looks up at them. “Would you be willing to help?”

Cinder looks at Aura. She’s clearly unhappy, and Cinder remembers her telling Setza they weren’t here to get involved in another war. Still, there was a difference between fighting a war and fighting to help people, many of whom were currently helpless, to survive.

“Yes.” Cinder answered, drawing her own weapon. “Where do you need us?”

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Thank you so much! I love Cinder and Aura! Their perspective is so much fun to read!

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Dissidia Writeblr March 2021 Week 4!

Here’s the next prompt! The responses will be due next Monday at noon central time. Please tag me in your responses! If you need more time or you want me to summarize if you’re too busy, please contact me. And if you would like to extend beyond what my characters say in the prompts, please contact me on Tumblr or Discord to collaborate! Tagging: @tcstu and @ratracechronicler!

@maple-writes: After Tidis leaves the area, a person in the cell to the right of Warren speaks up. She sounds pained. “Were you summoned here too? My name is Nyr.” She pauses for Warren to respond. “I’ve been here for a few months. The Chikara are somehow able to keep us from returning home. I’ve been looking for ways to escape, though, and I’ll help you if I figure something out.” Nyr and Warren can talk more as the hours pass.

About five hours later, or so, the door to this room slams open, and a man with short, black hair and light blue eyes runs in with a woman with short, blond hair and dark green eyes right behind him. They’re both wearing soldiers’ uniforms, but when the man opens Warren’s cell door, he unlocks the chains and gestures for Warren to get up. As his partner is opening the other cell doors, he glances at Warren. “My name is Wayne and this is Tess, and we’ll help you escape. We’ve dealt with the Chikara before, and we know how they think. Please, trust us.” Behind him, Tess lets a woman with jaw length, wavy teal hair and dark purple eyes and a woman with dark brown hair pulled up in a ponytail and light brown eyes out. He frowns when he looks through the other cells. “Where is the other person they brought up here?”

When they learn that Warren and Leo were separated, Tess nods. “I’ll find him.” She glances at Wayne. “You know everything now too. I’ll either bring him to you, or I’ll send him. Don’t wait for me if I can’t make it.” He nods, and she runs off.

He turns to the others. “Let’s get out of here.” Will Warren trust them? 

@onmywaytobe: Zeph does heal Leo, but afterwards, she takes out some black chains. She tries to make her smile look reassuring. “These won’t hurt at all. They’re just a precaution to nullify any magic or advanced tech you might have. Thank you for your cooperation.”

If Leo doesn’t fight back, she puts the chains on him and leads him to a different room with cells in it. She puts him in a cell and leaves with no explanation. After about five hours, the door to the room slams open, and a woman runs in and finds Leo. She has short, blond hair and dark green eyes, and she’s wearing a soldier’s uniform. She unlocks Leo’s cell door and walks in. “My name is Tess, and I’m here to help you escape.” She unlocks his chains. “Do you trust me?”

The door to the room opens again, and two Chikara walk in with Lindy already wearing the black chains being led in. Tess curses under her breath, and golden light starts dancing along her skin like fire. She’s able to surprise the Chikara enough to get Lindy away from them and take his chains off. The Chikara are still coming, and Tidis decides at that moment to also show up.

He smirks when his eyes land on Tess. “And one of the rebels returns. Today is my lucky day.” Light and darkness dance along his skin like fire. 

Tess curses again and backs them up to the door on the other side of the room. “Find Wayne. He’s rescued Warren. He should be going to the hangar where they keep their ships,” she hisses under her breath to them. She pushes Leo and Lindy through the door, and locks it from the inside. What does Leo do?

@kiljoytrout: Lindy is kept under constant watch and forced to stay still until they arrive on one of the moons. The lead woman with wings puts black chains on Lindy with no explanation and takes him inside to a room with cells. As they’re about to put Lindy in a cell, a woman with short, blond hair and dark green eyes attacks the winged people with Lindy and gets him away from them. She unlocks his chains just as another winged person shows up and smirks when he sees her. 

“And one of the rebels returns. Today is my lucky day.” Light and darkness dance along his skin like fire.

The woman curses and backs them up to the door on the other side of the room. “Find Wayne. He’s rescued Warren. He should be going to the hangar where they keep their ships,” she hisses under her breath to them. She pushes Leo and Lindy through the door, and locks it from the inside. What does Lindy do?

@alannaofroses: Setza smiles over at Aura and Cinder as they walk to their next destination. “We’re headed to meet with a group of people who are rumored to know more about the magic of this world. They might also be able to help. I hope this isn’t too boring for you.” What do they talk about as they walk?

After a few hours, near the base of one of the mountains, a man approaches them from the direction they’re heading to. He has very short, blond hair and light blue eyes. He crosses his arms. “There are more than I thought would meet with us.”

Setza nods and gestures back at Aura and Cinder. “They were both summoned here. They are not working for the Chikara.”

He doesn’t look fully convinced, but he nods. “Please, follow me.” He leads them to a sheltered cave, where two other people are standing guard. One is a woman with wavy, ginger hair and dark brown eyes, and the other is a woman with short, ginger hair and dark green eyes. He nods at them, and they let the group in. 

Inside, a girl, who looks to be a young teenager at most is curled up under some blankets, muttering in her sleep. The man who met them kneels down next to her. “We are an...anomaly. We have magic. Our bodies can carry it well. You wanted to ask how to change that one back.” He gestures at the darkness being. “I don’t know, but there is a possibility. Her magic was taken away from her, and she became deathly ill a few weeks afterwards. Her body might be able to take the magic from your friend."

Setza glances at Richter and shrugs. "Fine. It's as good an idea as any." The being has already been walking over to the girl, and the girl unconsciously reaches out to the being. When their fingers touch, the girl screams and thrashes, and the being thrashes too. Two people have to hold each of them down, but the being's glow is lessening slowly.

While the process is going on, there is a sound outside, and the man who met them tenses and looks over at Aura and Cinder (everyone else is occupied). "Would you be willing to help?"

@perringwrites: Sitara turns on the motorcycle after Setza, Richter, Aura, and Cinder left, and a sidecar pops out. She pushes a button, and the sidecar expands so Oliver and Angel can fit as well. The man with the long hair gets in the sidecar first without a word.

The man with blond hair shrugs and holds out his hand to Oliver. "My name is Ross and the unsociable one is named Rian. Sorry. He's just a jerk to everyone."

Sitara grins. "And I'm Sitara and this is Zeth!" She points to the other woman, who grunts and nods. Zeth sits behind Sitara on the actual motorcycle, and Ross pets Angel before he sits next to Rian and tries to joke with him. He leaves plenty of room for Angel and Oliver.

Sitara revs the engine and speeds off once everyone is settled. It's a smooth ride, even over rocky terrain. When they approach the water, Sitara doesn't slow down. The motorcycle adapts to the water and rides right over it. She grins over at Oliver. "I made it myself! If you want to check it out later, you can!"

They arrive at another continent, with rolling fields. They stop a ways away from a large city surrounded by farmland. Sitara hops off and grins at the city. She points at it and glances at Oliver. "That is the city we're supposed to infiltrate." She pulls out different devices from a pack Zeth hands her. "I have some things to make us invisible and also to silence us. Now, those two won't be any help." She pointed at Rian and Ross. "They'll probably head off on their own because Rian's really interested in learning more about the magic in this world. So, it will be just us three." She grins. "Are you ready?"

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Dissidia Week 3 Aura and Cinder

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While Aura talks about her braces with Sitara, Cinder reads the new people. In the end, they decide to keep going with Setza and Richter. They part ways with Oliver and head off with them.

[kiljoytrout]

Dissidia Writeblr Week 3 Lindy

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Lindy should have known it wouldn’t be that easy, but before Hell’s Angel over here showed up, he really did think that in a few hours flight time, he’d be back home. Well, what most people would consider a home at least; the only place where Lindy stopped tensing his shoulders and rationing every word like it cost gold was up in the air. 

“Get in here stowaway,” the leader said and snapped her fingers. Before he could so much as look at the controls, two carbon copy angels grabbed his arms and hauled him across the walkway with the delicacy of a speeding bus. 

“Wait.”

The leader crooked her finger ever so slightly to the angels holding him and their tight grips on his arms disappeared entirely. Lindy stepped out of their hold and looked hesitant at the leader, Hell’s Angel or whatever their name was. The purple haired pirate was sinister but they were on another level entirely. Burnt black and icy white wings, cutting eyes, and thin smile all combined to make a being otherworldly beautiful and devastating; he couldn’t even guess their gender, it was all just ice and flame. 

“ What were you intending to do with my comrade’s ship?” they asked, voice as sleek as a knife on snow. 

Lindy looked past her onto the airship, making no attempt to respond. People, or mythical beings for that matter simply didn’t interest him. Now this new airship on the other hand, twice the size of the one he was on previously, well that- 

“Are you going to answer me?” 

Still ignoring them, Lindy’s eyes darted from the dirigible casing to the underside of the wheel drops and the curious inscription “Maravila Mori” emblazoned throughout. But unlike the purple haired pirate, this new leader didn’t tolerate his unresponsiveness. 

In one swift move she grabbed Lindy by the back of his shirt and tipped him over the edge of the walkway connecting the two airships, body completely suspended in the sky. If Lindy had been listening he would have heard the gasp of surprise from the purple haired pirate, the chuckling of the other angels, and the satisfied hiss of the Leader, but as it was he was occupied. 

Lindy hated heights, strange for a flying ace, but that was the truth of it. He couldn’t stand the feeling of looking down to find the world waiting so far below that any mistake was an invitation to Death’s dinner party, where you were the main order.  So everytime he flew, he went higher than ever, never looking down, and learned through trial and error how to make a descent while closing his eyes. But now staring straight at the ground thousands of feet below him, so high up that even closing his eyes was too large of an opposition against gravity, he realized exactly how fleeting his life was, the inexplicable beauty of the sublime, how being at the edge of fear would instill in him an amazing, virtuous, life changing- That’s a lie. What he actually realized hanging off the ledge by the back of his shirt was absolutely nothing: a side effect of thinking you’re about to die.

“Now let’s try this again. What were you intending to do with my comrade’s airship?” 

Lindy could barely get enough air in his lungs to breathe but somehow manage to sputter, 

“I was just trying to get home. I don’t even know who you people are!” 

“How cute. You think we’re people”, the leader said. He could hear the smirk in her voice, as obvious as the iron grip on his shirt. 

 Just as he could feel the cheap fabric start to give way to the persistence of gravity, he was yanked back onto the walkway. 

“Do as you told or you’re getting dropped,” said the leader coldly as Lindy gasped for breath. Back in the grip of the other angels, he was dragged into their airship. As he craned his neck for mobility he could see the purple haired pirate still standing on the walkway with the tracings of regret on her face. 

“Should have just stayed with me kid,” she sighed before Lindy was plunged below deck, and the freezing cold took his breath away.

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Thank you so much! The description is awesome, and I'm sorry for Lindy.

[onmywaytobe]

Dissidia Writeblr March 2021 Week 3

so i got way too excited and this is way too long and i even made myself a little sad there at the end so i guess that's how you know it's good?? thank you as ever to @dissidia-writeblr for running this event and thank you @maple-writes for collabing with me I will miss you!!

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Tidis grins at their agreement. Leo tries not to think too much about what that might mean for him, hoping for the best outcome. Tidis turns and leads Warren and Leo back out of the room, through the winding hallways of the building. Leo keeps track of what turns they make just in case he needs to make a run for it. It’s absentminded, practical, noting every exit. It starts to get tricky with so many doors, and none of them clearly marked. This place is full of fire hazards, Leo notes.

Warren glances at Leo before asking him a question. “Feel free to ignore me if you want,” they say hesitantly. “But is there something you’re hoping they can help you with?”

They’re a perceptive one. Leo freezes for a second, stumbling while he considers his response. “I’ve been sick my whole life,” he finally admits. “I want to know what it would be like if I wasn’t.”

“Really? That’s tough,” Warren replies. Leo lets out a sigh at the familiar sympathy. Thankfully, Warren is preoccupied by other aspects of their situation. Or maybe they’re too kind to press Leo on something he clearly doesn’t want to talk about. “I hope this works, then.”

“Yeah. Me too.” Leo starts to notice that no one is looking at them as they pass. Tidis and his wings are pretty intimidating, but the way these people are avoiding his gaze feels less like respect and more like fear. Nerves tighten in Leo’s stomach as he reassesses the situation. Everything is not as it seemed.

Tidis continues to ignore the two of them as he leads them through the halls, giving no indication that he cares about their conversation. Leo doesn’t want to make it too obvious that he’s staring at Tidis’s feathery back, so he asks Warren, “Why are you going with this guy? Are you sick too?”

It was an offhand comment, but Warren’s response surprises Leo. “Not really,” they begin. “But I don’t like the idea of wandering alone until whenever it is we end up going home.”

“Fair enough.” Leo hadn’t considered that. He was so used to being alone that he thought of that as the default. It makes him want to protect Warren if he can. At the very least, he wants to stick together.

The small-talk ends when they make it to a hangar with something that looks to be a spaceship in it. Leo swears under his breath. He was not expecting to go to space today.

Tidis gestures for them to go onto the ship, but as they do, two soldiers walk past, bumping into them. Leo knows a lift when he feels one, and his fingers immediately go to his pocket, where he traces the corner of a piece of paper. He glances at Warren, who doesn’t seem to have noticed.

As soon as he has the opportunity, Leo whispers to Warren, “Did you feel that?”

“Feel what?” Their voice is too loud. Tidis has walked away, presumably to make sure everything is in order with the ship, but he might still be in earshot. He has wings, who’s to say super-hearing was off the table?

Leo glances around pointedly before dropping his voice even lower. “Those guys just put something in my pocket.” Warren’s eyes go wide and they reach into their pocket. Leo pulls out his note as well, and they find that the papers are identical, reading: We will help you out when we can.

“This doesn’t seem good,” Warren says.

Leo doesn’t get the chance to respond as Tidis returns. “What are you waiting for? Let’s go,” he says, ushering them up the ramp onto the ship.

Flying was a lot more comfortable than Leo was expecting, though the inside of the ship looked about how he thought it might. It reminded him of that old movie, Space Odyssey or whatever. Carter claimed it was a hallmark of cinema, but he didn’t see all the fuss. He maintains that it could have been at least an hour shorter and it would have been better. At least there didn’t seem to be any evil robot computers aboard this ship.

Leo’s mind is still spinning about the note when Tidis walks up to them with a smile. He points towards the biggest moon in the sky. There are several, something Leo had missed before. “This is the moon we live on. It’s named Tallis. We study the magic up here. We’re the only ones who have gotten the magic of this world. At least from what we know.” Honestly, Leo didn’t care much about the magic beyond its healing capabilities. But now he cares less about the note in his pocket promising help. Those guys are on a different planet now. Besides, how much help could they be? Tidis is already offering everything Leo wants.

He looks over at them with a smile. “We’ll be separating you to ask questions. I hope you don’t mind.” Leo resists the urge to glance at Warren, but they seem afraid of Tidis. Neither one of them speaks up. So much for sticking together.

The spaceship lands on Tallis, and Tidis immediately takes Warren to one room while a woman with his same angel wings takes Leo to another room. Leo squares his shoulders and tries to ignore the sudden sadness welling within him. He feels like he’ll never see Warren again.

He convinces himself that it’s silly to have such strong feelings about someone he just met, but Warren was the friendliest face he’s encountered so far. There’s something disingenuous behind the eyes of everyone here. Tidis with his polite smiles, Sichoris with his endless explanations. They’re hiding something, Leo’s sure of it. And if they’re dangerous… He swallows, realizing that Warren would be in danger because of him. They only got on this ship because they didn’t want to be alone. And now they are, and it’s Leo’s fault.

He pushes the worry from his mind when the woman with the angel wings tells him to sit down. She sits down beside him, offering a smile that doesn’t touch her eyes, just like Tidis. “My name is Zeph. Would you like me to heal you?”

“What’s the catch?” Leo says, keeping his voice as even as possible. He’s kicking himself for not asking any sooner, before he agreed to come here. Because of course there’s a catch. It’s too good to be true.

Yet Zeph shakes her head, looking at him like he is young and foolish. “There is no catch. You have been summoned to this world for a purpose. Perhaps it was to meet the Chikara and be healed.”

Her eyes are mesmerizing. Leo’s heart pounds as he searches her face for any hint of a lie. Soon his resolve crumbles, and he looks down to her outstretched hand, unable to maintain eye contact. “Okay. I want you to heal me.”

“This won’t hurt a bit.” He can hear the smile in her voice, the tight smile that doesn’t reach her hypnotic eyes. But how can he refuse, when this is the one thing he’s wanted for his entire life?

Leo’s eyes close as Zeph places her hand on his chest. He tries to focus on his breathing like he would whenever he was in the hospital. In and out.

He reminds himself that there’s no harm in agreeing to something in a dream. You can’t die in dreams. Even dreams that feel more real by the second.

In, out. In, out.

Zeph’s hand grows warmer on his chest. Leo grits his teeth, staying as still as possible. It’s starting to feel uncomfortable, but he’d really been hoping for too much when he believed it would be painless.

Carter flashes into his mind. If he’s healthy, he can have a normal life. He can finally be with her fully, give her everything she deserves, when his days are no longer numbered.

In, out. In, out. In–

Leo gasps as pain shoots through his chest, his breath cutting off. There is a flash of bright light, and then nothing.

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Thank you so much! I love Leo's inner thoughts and his reasons behind what he does! He's an interesting character!