Three 💀 Nico

[umbraportation]

first of all those statues of everyone
i suspect theyre all stuck in a nightmare
one where they watch someone they love die over and over
i might have only witnessed two peoples but considering what were up against
it would make the most sense if they were all reliving some of their worst memories

we actually managed to revive one person though he wasnt a person at first
it wasnt until sera did something to it that the guy felt human and was released peacefully
i know it may not be what we originally intended but

i think we need to do that for all of them
release them from their personal hells and give them peace
were supposedly inside of a dream and their nightmares might be giving it dark properties
vani warned us not to use dream eaters in there or they might be corrupted by the negative emotions
so this might be the only way we can help them right now
and the only way to stop feeding that entity immediately

so the first one i saw was my own and it looked like i was in the first loop
dreaming about vanitas death in a school and there was a gunshot
i was there over his body and experiencing every emotion that came with it

the others was tiernans
which started on a beach and a hotel exploded
nicholas was there and other people running out
tiernan appeared from out of the hotel and nicholas kind of lost it
his scream sounded as if it wasnt just his

then the dream went black and i suspect tiernan actually blacked out
because its the same scene and hes waking up in it
nicholas is... well im not sure hes nicholas or lucas anymore
his voice was different and he said
"Good morning, darling~ I hope you had a nice rest?
Do you like what I've done with the place?"
then raised a hand and tiernan blacked out again

next he was chained up and in the next scene "nicholas" was holding a knife to his throat
tiernan said some things i didnt understand and it gets all distorted before blackness again
then theyre both sitting across a table from one another in a different room
some time must have passed because nicholas looked like hell
dark circles around his eyes and weight loss
"Very well - it passes. B-Class Nicholas-"
another scene
"-you'll be given one final week in containment. We'll let them say goodbye."
and another
"Tiernan, no! Just let them! I'm danger-"

then everythings on fire and everyones either dead or passed out
tiernan is holding nicholas in his arms and the emotions lead me to believe that nicholas is dead
which would support lucas' dead state i felt at the meeting
for a long time it was just tiernan in pain and unmoving
then a series of buildings are destroyed people inside are killed
its done out of grief and without remorse for anyone in those buildings

negative feelings kept growing until it seemed like all "tiernan" cared about was destroying everything
lastly it showed some motel room and tiernan just became numb, empty, hollow and exhausted
then the nightmare started to lose color the way mine did before i left
and it felt too dangerous to stay any longer

i dont know much about nicholas or even tiernan all that well but
it definitely made me think theyd both been possessed by lucina
vani feels the same way after having watched tiernans nightmare with me

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[livefreely]

I don't know if I can do that for all of them. That's a lot of people and I...

If it kills them all, I don't think I can carry that kind of burden.

[umbraportation]

i know its not going to be easy
but theyre just going to keep suffering unless we help them
you saw what you did for that one guy elios

he was not a nice person and you saved him
those are us our other selves and our friends

what was woken from that statue wasnt even a person
you helped him restore balance and become human again

you wont do it alone we can see if anyone else has that ability
maybe get lucas to trade one power for that one to help you

and to be honest im not even sure he DIED
just that he was released from the hell he was in

[livefreely]

but we don't know what happened to him either
I really don't care what happened to him

but
if he did pass on or whatever,
I don't want to deal with any of it

however
if anybody ELSE attempts to do this for the people I do care about

I'll be really mad

It's not fair they don't get a choice in this matter

[captive_aided]

You know, I've never had freshly baked cookies before...
If someone can give me that, it's a deal.

[skyofreality]

[ All of this is just... bad. ]

I recently got myself a baking teacher and a book that improved my skills in the kitchen. Seems like this might be a good time to put it all to the test.

Do you have a preference on type of cookie?

[magician_sideways]

Nicholas was certainly possessed. 'Darling' is very much a me and Lucina thing and not at all a me and Nicholas thing.

Beyond that it's trickier.

But I'm fairly sure I know what we're dealing with now, with the Entity.

I really do owe everyone an apology, though I don't think they make a Hallmark card for "I'm sorry a shattered, insane piece of my soul merged with a fragment of my broken evil girlfriend destroyed your worlds."

[captive_aided]

Hmmm...
Surprise me!

[captive_aided]

I'm sorry...

[ Because... his contact is disappearing from everyone's phones for the rest of today.

Not that there aren't others who can reach him. It will just be less convenient now. ]

[skyofreality]

Alright.

[skyofreality]

So half of your soul merged with part of Lucina and created Era?

Makes sense. But part you, and part her is going to make this even more difficult. Especially if you're both a little broken after all of that.

Which means we need a game plan that will work on both of you, not just Lucina.

[darken_the_path]

Wait


What

[touchsensors]

?????
i thought yuri destroyed our worlds?

[touchsensors]

i definitely can't help with that

[magician_sideways]

His body did but he was possessed. So really the Entity is more responsible than he is.

[magician_sideways]

I have terrible taste in women.

[philoxenia]

The one we were able to revive... I felt nothing until I reached out with my powers. I wonder if that may have roused him a bit, considering how well we know each other.

Or how well he knows me, that is.

[darken_the_path]

News to literally no one

[magician_sideways]

I'm not sure whether or not that's the explanation for Era, particularly since he has part of Shea's soul, too.

But Era being partly made of my soul is likely why he's vulnerable to the Entity. And might be why it's supposedly responsible for his previous instability, if it wants that part of my soul for itself.

A game plan to work on a mix of myself and Lucina... I always do say I like a challenge.

[magician_sideways]

[Dammit Lucas.]

[touchsensors]

oh

the entity is the skul thing, right?

[defining_light]

Huh?

Mom's soul was never part of anything.

She's the one who was voluntarily taking care of me, since my beginning.

Like... adoptive mom?

[magician_sideways]

I realize, it just sometimes bears repeating.

Lucina made some very large mistakes and the Entity that possessed Yusuke is probably as much a corrupted part of me as it is a piece of her, if not more.

[magician_sideways]

Really? That's rather amazing, actually.

I'm surprisingly pleased to hear that Shea is capable of an attachment so purely sentimental.

[enter_the_darkness]

We're seriously the most fucked up family now.

[magician_sideways]

Yes, that black horror with all the teeth and I am deeply disappointed in that piece of myself for pandering to the cliche.