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[reparator]

Who: Everyone, even some dropped friends
When: IC: 2/13 - 2/14 ; OOC: 8/02 - 8/03
Where: The Nexus Code
What: Characters seem to have ended up in the Nexus Code, and there are some old friends here (but they don't seem capable of saying hi)
Rating/Warning: Currently none! Please let us know if the log heads into R-related territory so we can lock it!

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Nexus_Space.ASM

At first it is only dark. The blackness cannot be seen through no matter how used to the dark you are; it's a blackness that defies light in every way. And then, contrarily, there is light. Blue, purple, green, the strands of light brighten the way enough to allow the space that you are in to be seen. It's decrepit. Lines of light like strings run through, around and are tied to what seem to be old, half-coded buildings, because it is undoubtedly true that everything present is code. Everything is slightly off here. The floor may suddenly no longer be solid, and then you're falling, through blackness and empty space, until you are dropped right back where you were before, an unsettling glitch that truly has no impact in the end. A building, half-finished and unreal, can be walked through as if it isn't there. And strung up by those lines of light, there are faces. They may be faces you know, people you have seen before. They may even be the faces of people back home, but they have passed through Cerealia before, and that is why they are here. This is, after all, the Nexus Code--Nexus Space. And you are not alone here; it seems you are all stuck here, and there's no exit to be found. The bodies can't be interacted with; if you try to touch them, your fingers will pass right through them, just as you can't touch the lights. But the problem isn't with the lights, or the buildings, or the floor, or the bodies. No, the problem is with you, because the longer you're in here, the more your body fades away as your code is corrupted by your surroundings. Bit by bit, you can touch less, feel less, see less, hear less, until it's clear that you're doomed to fade away. And even worse, the longer you look at those motionless, strung up bodies of friends and family, the more it becomes clear, a niggling sensation that you can't shake: there are faces that should be here that are missing, as well.

//RUN.EXE

Welcome to the wrap-up to Cerealia's July event! Characters have been dropped into the Nexus Code, and there's no easy way out of here; the bodies they will find will be those of any character that has dropped from Cerealia except for those with high magic abilities or spiritual affinity of some sort. Those characters will be mysteriously absent, even if they were dropped from Cerealia before. Feel free to use your best judgement in that. Please visit the OOC information here, and should you have any questions, feel free to ask them here! You can also check the FAQ for more general inquiries. Characters will be stuck in the Nexus Code for one full day: 8/01 to 8/03, or IC 2/13 through 2/14. Should this event log hit Captcha, there is an all-purpose overflow here. Thank you!

Comments

[psycholawgy]

[ athena is usually bright and cheerful, but lately, the fun in her heart's been dampened badly and she looks like someone who's about to go crazy. she has heavy bags under her eyes from not sleeping the past couple of days, not to mention, it looks likes she's been crying a lot.

well, heck. she's even crying right now as she looks up at the bodies before her. there's definitely a lot, even ones whom she doesn't know. but there's xion, gareki, klavier gavin, apollo justice, and that's just four names amongst the many bodies she's familiar with. ]

This is— [ no, even if she's talking to herself, she can't say it out loud. but she knows it. this is what will happen to her, too. ] I'm going to be...

[ she tries to reach for apollo justice, maybe there's something she could do. but she just passes through him when she does, and it just makes her crying even louder. ]

[swordboning]

[A hand rests itself on her shoulder.

Of course it's Archer, ever the stoic. He might not be good at being a friend but no one ever said he wasn't good at being a rock in a storm. That, for one, was just about all he was good at.]

[psycholawgy]

[ she jumps at the contact, but is slow to move and look at who it is. When her eyes do meet Archer's do, she just sobs there before giving the guy a hug. (Sorry) ]

[swordboning]

[As long as she's not looking around and is more into crying onto his armor and focusing there, all the better. Though, he isn't exactly amazing at this kind of thing.

At best, he remembers to put his arms around her, lightly patting her back. Thankfully not awkwardly since he's well beyond that.]

[psycholawgy]

[ in between sobs, she tries to say: ]

I- It's- It's finally going to happen...! We're going to die!

[ shaking and crying over here THIS IS SO HARD. ]

[bewrightback]

You're going to be alright.

[A voice tries to say calmly as he steps up behind her. He sadly smiles at the image of Apollo, then he looks towards Athena.

It's when we're at our worst times...]

We're all going to be alright, Athena. I just know it.

[psycholawgy]

Boss!

[ that sends her to start, and she quickly dries her tears, not even caring that her sleeves are the ones she's using to wipe them away. ]

S- Sorry, what? We'll be fine!

[if there's definitely somebody who can switch on athena's (fake) optimism, it's phoenix wright and co. ]

[bewrightback]

We will be fine.

[He knows her optimism may be being faked... but to be fair, some of his is as well. There is some fear underlying his words, unfortunately, but he presses on. Maybe they can make their way to real optimism eventually.]

And so will Apollo. This isn't the end.

[psycholawgy]

Y- You're right.

[ it takes a lot out of her to feign courage right now, so her voice is shaky, but mentioning apollo is pretty much working. ]

Apollo wouldn't give up so easily, right?

[faithfulflame]

[Rei can't help it. She just...the sight of Athena there, tears streaming down her cheeks calls out to her, it reminds her of someone. It's odd, thinking of the cheerful, bright lawyer as anything like her scatterbrained best friend, but Athena most definitely reminds her of Usagi now.

She's pretty bad at moments like this, having faced death down multiple times, but Athena clearly needs some support. Approaching, she slips an arm around her shoulder and leaves it there.]

Athena. It'll be fine. You're not going anywhere.

[psycholawgy]

[ no, no... she's definitely not going anywhere, because it's already the endgame for her. for everybody, actually. she says nothing, but starts when the arm makes contact with her. athena would normally try to be positive during times like these and try to make sure everybody else receives the optimism they deserve, but. . . well, her necklace's display has turned black, and the despair she feels is real enough that she can't even fake being happy right now.

sorry, rei. you'll have to probably shake her to get her to talk back to you right now. ]

[faithfulflame]

[Rei does, very gently squeezing and giving Athena a little nudge. If that doesn't work, she gets another shake, a harder one.]

Athena. [No honorific. The Miko's voice is grave, serious, commanding even.] Athena, snap out of it. Don't give in like this.

[psycholawgy]

Huh, what?

[ it looks like she's snapped out of her daze, but she's still crying. ]

Rei...? No, not you too.

[emotive]

Don't look.

[Ai is right there next to her friend, and taking Athena's hand in hers. She sounds tired due to he past few days and now that they're in this kind of mess...

She doesn't want to focus on herself right now though.]

[psycholawgy]

I already did, though...

[ her voice is so weak, it'd be understandable if ai wasn't able to hear her fully. ]

[emotive]

[She tugs on Athena's hand.]

The longer you look, the more you're hurting yourself. Let's head in another direction.

[prosecutory]

You won't be.

[Edgeworth steps over to her, deliberately avoiding making eye contact with Shirou Emiya, strung up like a puppet among lights, along the way. His jaw is set and his glare is prominent on his face.]

None of us will. [He hangs on to his own experience - leaving this world, seeing his home for several days, and then returning with those memories and everything else of his intact.]

[psycholawgy]

[ she looks up at him and blinks. optimism and encouragement isn't something she expected to get from mr. miles "scowls forever" edgeworth, but she accepts it gracefully. ]

Mr. Edgeworth... You're- [ a pause, and she inhales deeply. her exhale is just as deep, letting off a lot of pent up stress the past couple of days. ] You're right.

[ her frown isn't as bad anymore, because "none of us will" certainly did help bring her spirits up. now, she just looks like she hasn't slept in a while, and is about to turn loony. ]

But we need to get out of here. We need to go back to the colony as functioning codes.

[prosecutory]

[Edgeworth wouldn't call it optimism and encouragement. It's just a dogged determination to find a way out because all the other crazy things that have happened previously always had an end.

He nods, not dwelling on the code part.]

Yes, we do. We won't find a way out if we just stand here gaping at...at these. [Edgeworth waves a hand over Apollo Justice, not referring to him as a corpse or simply a body.]

[topscores]

[He's not really sure how to deal with crying people, but he also can't really just overlook this. He's getting kind of annoyed with how many people are fearing the worst, and it kind of carries through to his voice when he speaks:]

You do know this is probably temporary, right? It's just something stupid they're doing again.

[psycholawgy]

What if they aren't...?

[ her mindspace is just so confused right now. normally, she'd believe everything will be okay, but... to actually experience death - or close to it. . . maybe that's why she's been hearing this song about death for a few days now. it was a sign. ]

What if we never get out of here alive?

[topscores]

Well, it's not like sitting around here and feeling sorry for yourself is going to help either way.

[He......is probably the worst motivator.]

We should at least do something productive.

[keep_hope_alive]

If I may interrupt.

[Says the distorted, inhuman, voice. She'll find him teetering on the edge a nearby shadow, dressed in jet black save for the silver mask that covers his entire face. He approaches her slowly, an air of confidence and certainty in each step coupled with danger and suspicion. Well, anyone who dresses like him and feels the need to cover his face has to be suspicious right?]

It's a bit too early to give up, no?

[psycholawgy]

[ definitely suspicious any other day, but right now, athena doesn't even care anymore. she looks up at him with curious eyes, though... ]

Who are you?

[keep_hope_alive]

My name is Cerberus, a vigilante by legal definition.

[He stops at a certain distance, just enough not to alarm or scare Athena anymore.]

Personally though, I'd like to think I'm an ally of something greater.