I'm Calling Fire Fire Fire Fire [iStone PSA]

[hellawrath]

Listen up, fam! You all heard the Storyteller, they did what they could but it's up to us to end this. Bliss is vulnerable, and we're going to save everybody still trapped inside.

Anyone up for having God Slayer written on their future tombstones? Meet me by the mana pool on Ziziphus in two hours. Anything with fire or slashing damage you got - magic, phoenixes, fuckin, guns that shoot fire, scythes, bring it. Let's BYOB this shit! Also, sidenote, if you've got a gun that shoots fire? Let's hang after this. I'm gonna head North into the heart of the island, so if you're still over there, try to catch me and whoever on the way.

If DPS isn't your thing, go to sleep and wreck that god's whole business from the inside, okay? Show our friends that-- life isn't easy, it's not some perfect dream, but it's life. It's grief and darkness and it's victory! It's moments of love and light that we've earned! Show them-- what life would be like if we lost them.

This god is going to fight for their survival. They're going to throw everything they've got at us. But we can do this. We've-- all of us, we've faced way worse than this, right?

And we're pissed.

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[despairing_hope]

There is no such thing as a perfect world. There is no such thing as a completely happy one. If such a world existed it would be as much hell as any other. Despair is needed for there to be hope. They need to earn their happiness by rising from the mud.

I can't forgive an entity that would try and sell such a cheap reality of no substance.

[hellawrath]

Yes, good, loving the pathos, I'm feelin' the despair already. Kiiinda preaching to the choir here my dude, save it for your next nap, alright? [She's not super into this guy's seeming despair boner, she'd rather think some people deserve true happiness without having to claw it from the mud. But that's exactly what they need right now.]

You gonna take it on from the inside then?

[despairing_hope]

[He would be insulted to know she that he felt that way about despair. He hated it the most, but knew it was needed for Hope to shine.]

Please don't misunderstand, if there was a better way to save them and allow for True Hope to reach them I would do that instead.

[hellawrath]

[She can definitely hear those capital letters and honestly... mood. She sighs, exhaustion threatening to take over again. Can this shit just be over in like, so many ways.]

Yeah, same. I guess the uh, saving people from a deadly sleep with the power of hope n friendship is so last island, huh?

[despairing_hope]

That isn't so. This is simply the path we must take, the method we must use. Those trapped are given all of their desires, there is no Hope in that. Hope shines brightest after experiencing the deepest despair. Thus, we are championing Hope!

Hope always wins, it will always triumph! We are simply giving it a situation where it can rise and shine brightly!

I have seen the greatest Hope rise from the ashes of the greatest Despair, I know this well, this is definitely the right path to inspiring great Hope in everyone and saving them.

[savedbyasong]

Yeah [He sounds exhausted, he's a little too exhausted to even understand all her words but he gets the gist] The god will fight for their survival, but we fight for the survival of all our friends. We can do this.

[Sometimes it really came down to who had more to lose. One life to save many.]

[hellawrath]

[Hell, she gets it, lil man. Once she's done rallying the troops, the exhaustion creeps back into Lup's voice too.] That's right. They're gonna be compost when we're done with them. [Sorry, Storyteller.]

But like, we're not heading out for a while yet. Can you get some rest, pumpkin? Where are you?

[savedbyasong]

Yeah, yeah they will be. They won't hurt anyone any more [It's sad, but when gods go to far it's ordinary people who get hurt, such beings need destroyed even if Shion wishes there was a better way, it was too late for better ways. This isn't the first time he has helped to destroy such a being and it won't be the last, probably. There seems to be no end.]

I'm on Ziziphus... I'm going to try and break some of the dreams, see if we can get anyone out... [He will rest when he's dead Lup and even then it will only be until he returns] Aster's still sleeping somewhere...

[The anger and worry are clear in his voice. His sister is in danger and he will not stop until she is safe]

[hellawrath]

[He can't see it but Lup's squeezing her eyes shut in sympathy at the anger and worry in his words. There's still so many people trapped in those messed up fantasies, and what if they don't tear out the heart of this nightmare in time for all of them? She has to believe that they will.]

We're gonna get them out, one way or another. And, I know it's gonna be hard but-- don't hold back, okay? They'll get it, when they wake up, they'll understand it was for the best.

[savedbyasong]

I know [It's going to be hard, it's going to be awful. But it is necessary. Reality was always painful. But just as Rat had pulled Shion out of the perfect city of No.6 he would drag everyone out of their dreams. To save their life. It was necessary and though his heart hurt at how happy they had been... false happiness meant nothing. A world without suffering, such a thing had to be fought for.]

I won't hold back, sometimes... saving people means hurting them. [Cutting away a parasite, killing someone to break brainwashing, killing someone to prevent them being a monster. Tearing apart their happiness, they would understand.] You should rest Lup

[postictal]

I have a lot of flare guns, and no one's really needed them.

[His tone is still gravelly from sleep, but he nonetheless sounds just about ready to make something of his utter fatigue. You don't need a lot of stamina to light a fire.]

I think we could use them right about now.

[hellawrath]

[Boy that's a voice she's pretty happy to hear relatively okay, and the relief might be showing. 'Okay' just meaning 'awake' at this point, pretty sure nobody is really gonna be okay here for a while, fuck.]

Sounds great, darling. Where you at, should I grab them?

[postictal]

Still on Ziziphus. Which I guess works out.

[He hasn't had time to move back, but he keeps most of the shit he needs on hand anyway. His pack wasn't far off from where he got snagged and raptured into a perfect, neat little world that didn't really exist.]

I can head back to the mana pool in twenty.

[deathfindsaway]

[Ironically, this does more for inspiring confidence in her from him than anything she's ever said to him since they've met.]

Let's work on putting the tombstones off, shall we?

[Maybe his roundabout way of saying 'I'm available to help'.]

[hellawrath]

[Cool, how about fuck off maybe, she has nothing to prove to him.]

[But also, same hat, kind of? It's, some kind of good, to hear from him anyway.]

Hell yeah, Reaper Man. It's time for your weird bendy knife to shine. [Kidding, the scythe is actually pretty rad. And insulting him and the tools of his trade is way easier than voicing all the shit that's on her mind, that has her uncharacteristically subdued even now.]

[deathfindsaway]

[Just take the offer of help, Lup, make their lives easier.]

Well, the scythe was originally designed for cutting grass.

[Not that it's what his was designed to do, but it's also incredibly sharp and moves fast, so.]

I also have an escape route of sorts, should we truly need it.

[thisisourfuture]

I...don't have anything besides an axe left. If anyone needs it while I'm diving into the dreams I can lend it to them. I'd just like it back when this is all over.

You're right that life is many things and no one has the right to claim someone's future from them. Good luck. I'll be there to help face the god when everyone is freed from their dreams.

[hellawrath]

Good luck to you too, buddy. Fucking tear that shit up, okay? No god gets to just, fucking take what they want to take from us, twist our minds like that. Let's make 'em choke on us.

[thisisourfuture]

Right. Gods shouldn't just take from mortals. It sounded like it's supposed to be...it doesn't matter right now. No one's dreams will hold up against me. [If they do it will be a shock. He's an Ultimate...of that sort. Makes him feel sick thinking about it.]

We can figure out the rest when we're past this.

[promiselisting]

Not a DPS, but I should be able to help you guys avoid danger on the way. And I can provide some support. You just gotta make sure I get there in one piece.

[ She isn't exactly sure she'd be the best person to be breaking apart everyone's dreams, truthfully. Plus she'd rather be on the move. ]