Dream Crisis Saga: Part 5: Heart of Darkness
11/07/04
[17:27] <@spiritflame> ? The Dinner Table
[17:27] * FireFly_9 has Chibiusa by the throat, her face obscured by shadow.
[17:28] * FireFly_9 is now known as Miss Dream
[17:29] * Miss Dream lifts Chibiusa's squirming body into the air with one hand
[17:30] * Sailor Venus flicks her wrist
forward, and her love-me chain, which has been subtly snaking its way
through the air above the table, LASHES out at Hotaru!
[17:30] <Miss Dream> No.
[17:31] * Miss Dream twists her head to the left, and the chain SMASHES into the table, SHATTERING it in two!
[17:31] <Sailor Venus> (gets up, shocked) How?!
[17:32] * .`~SugaBB_2999~`. continues to struggle for breath, her tiny hands pressing against Hotaru's fingers
[17:33] * --=[ SpeedRcrX ]=-- and Michiru look at each other and nod, jumping up and transforming
[17:34] * --=[ SpeedRcrX ]=-- is now known as Sailor Uranus
[17:34] * Mdm_Maestro is now known as Sailor Neptune
[17:35] <Sailor Neptune> DEEP
[17:35] <Sailor Uranus> WORLD
[17:35] <Sailor Neptune> SUBMERGE
[17:35] <Sailor Uranus> SHAKING!
[17:36] * Sailor Uranus and Neptune's attacks combine and launch towards Hotaru
[17:36] <Sailor Venus> You fools, you'll hit chibi--
[17:36] * Sailor Venus is SLAMMED in the back by a dead scream and goes flying!
[17:37] * chronos.typhoon.2k4 nods at Uranus and Neptune
[17:37] * chronos.typhoon.2k4 is now known as Sailor Pluto
[17:38] <Miss Dream> HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA! (tilts her head the other way, and sends the attacks flying off into the ceiling)
[17:38] <Sailor Uranus> The f[BLEEP]k?!
[17:38] * Sailor Venus lands on the ground behind Uranus, leaps up and GRABS her by the throat!
[17:39] <Sailor Venus> Explain yourself!
[17:39] * Sailor Neptune gets ready to attack Venus
[17:39] <Sailor Pluto> Don't oppose us, Venus.
[17:39] <Sailor Uranus> You're (wheeze) too sentimental. You're worried about Chibiusa
[17:40] <Sailor Venus> Aren't you?!
[17:40] * Miss Dream continues to squeeze, laughing as Chibiusa's face becomes blue
[17:41] <Sailor Venus> KYAAAAAAAAAAAAA! (screams as Pluto and Neptune hit her with attacks, falls to the ground)
[17:42] <Sailor Uranus> Sorry kid, we have bigger fish to fry. We don't need amateurs getting in the way.
[17:42] * Sailor Neptune flying tackles Hotaru, as Uranus and Neptune fire attacks at her head
[17:43] * Sailor Venus gets up, a golden aura surrounding her.
[17:43] <Sailor Venus> I... am... Sailor Venus... the leader of the Yon Shugo Jin no Senshi... I AM NO AMATEUR!
[17:44] * Sailor Venus casts her arms forward and launches lances of golden energy at the other attacks, deflecting them
[17:44] <Sailor Uranus> f[BLEEP]king leveled, huh?
[17:45] * Sailor Venus looks at them darkly. "How much of the past do you REALLY remember, Uranus? I know it ALL."
[17:45] <Sailor Neptune> Uranus! Keep her busy!
[17:45] * Sailor Uranus leaps at Venus
[17:46] <Miss Dream> Yes,
that's it, Sailor Senshi! Fight! Let your anger control you! Your
bitterness, your envy, your condescension, your ire, UNLEASH IT!
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
[17:47] * Miss Dream drops Chibiusa and
spins around, her hair growing and lashing out, catching Pluto and
Neptune by the neck
[17:47] <Sailor Neptune> GAH (starts to choke)
[17:47] * Sailor Uranus and Venus are trading blows
[17:47] * Sailor Pluto tries to pull the hair off her throat
[17:48] <Sailor Uranus> You... (punch) STUPID (kick) LITTLE (punch) GIRLS! (punch) ALWAYS THINKING YOU f[BLEEP]kING KNOW BETTER
[17:48] * Sailor Venus coldly blocks
[17:49] <Sailor Venus>
You (punch) AROGANT (punch) SELF CENTERED (punch punch), SELF-IMPORTANT
(KICK) BLOWHARD! (puts Uranus through a wall) It's time you LEARNED OUR
VALUE!
[17:49] * Sailor Uranus leaps forwards and cracks her neck
[17:50] <Sailor Uranus> You inners are full of s[BLEEP]t!
[17:50] <Sailor Venus> Same goes for you outers!
[17:50] <Miss Dream> AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH!
[17:50] * The Catman leaps onto the table!
[17:50] * The Catman hurls some catarangs at the hair, and cuts it!
[17:51] * Sailor Pluto and Neptune stagger forward
[17:52] <Miss Dream> What the---
[17:53] * The Catman launches himself at Hotaru and claws at her face!
[17:53] * Miss Dream staggers back
[17:53] <Sailor Venus> ...!
[17:53] * Sailor Venus kicks Uranus aside and launches an attack
[17:53] * Miss Dream stops it by outstretching her hand, sending the attack back to Venus, who goes smashing into a wall
[17:54] <Sailor Pluto> Maybe only physical force works!
[17:54] * Sailor Neptune tackles Hotaru!
[17:56] * Miss Dream is unmoved, and looks down at Michiru with a sick grin. "Like the view?"
[17:56] * Miss Dream strikes forward with her hands and GOUGES OUT Neptune's eyes!
[17:57] <Sailor Neptune> GGYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH (staggers around, blood coming from her eyes)
[17:57] <Sailor Uranus> MIIIICHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUU! (SMASHES Venus aside and runs to Neptune)
[17:57] * Sailor Venus regards the situation coldly, and begins to mass a Venus Planet Attack
[17:58] * The Catman slips under Hotaru's legs, leaps up behind her and wraps his paws over her eyes
[17:58] <Miss Dream> Can't... see!! GET OFF ME, ANIMAL!
[17:59] <Sailor Uranus> Michiru, Michiru, Michiru!
[17:59] * Sailor Uranus is frantically trying to help her
[17:59] <Sailor Neptune> It's no good... Haruka... I'm blind...
[18:00] * Sailor Uranus turns to face Hotaru, hatred covering her face like a dark mask
[18:00] <Sailor Uranus> You... b[BLEEP]ch!
[18:01] * Sailor Venus unleashes her
planet attack, golden energy roiling through the air, boiling it, as it
lashes out towards Miss Dream
[18:02] * Miss Dream senses the attack, turns and manages to get The Catman in front of her "Will you hurt this animal?"
[18:02] <Sailor Venus> I'm sorry... (continues her attack)
[18:03] * Miss Dream laughs "Excellent! I feel the guilt in your soul eating at you! For that it will be worth this pain!"
[18:04] * Miss Dream screams in agony as
both she and the Catman are enveloped by the harsh golden light, the
heat scarring and scorching her
[18:04] <Sailor Venus> I'm... so sorry... both of you... (tears drop from her eyes)
[18:04] * Sailor Venus drops to the ground, feeling weak and defeated
[18:05] * Miss Dream drops to the ground, a puddle of melted flesh.
[18:05] * Sailor Uranus doesn't even notice, preoccupied with Michiru
[18:05] <Sailor Pluto> What...
[18:05] * The Catman sits on the ground, unharmed.
[18:06] <The Catman> I didn't see that coming..
[18:06] <Sailor Venus> Wha...
[18:06] <Sailor Pluto> She's still alive! (points to Hotaru)
[18:07] * Miss Dream rises up slowly, resuming her former shape, totally unharmed.
[18:07] <Miss Dream> You lived. Animal.
[18:07] <The Catman> As did you, Evildoer.
[18:09] <Sailor Venus> A... Artemis? (looks up hopefully)
[18:09] <Miss Dream> Artemis. Of course.
[18:09] * The Catman is now known as =^catablanca^=
[18:10] <=^catablanca^=> My... costume!
[18:10] <Sailor Pluto> It vanished?
[18:10] <Miss Dream> Hah!
[18:11] * =^catablanca^= leaps at Dream, and tries to claw her face again, with no effect.
[18:11] * Miss Dream bats him aside easily
[18:12] * =^catablanca^= SMASHES into the wall, with the sound of bones breaking being heard
[18:12] <Sailor Venus> ARTEMIS! (leaps up)
[18:12] <Sailor Pluto> Small... lady... Where is small lady!?!
[18:13] * Sailor Pluto looks around for her frantically
[18:13] <Sailor Venus> Gone...
[18:13] <Miss Dream> s[BLEEP]t!
[18:13] <Sailor Venus> ...
[18:14] <Sailor Venus> Pluto! With me!
[18:14] * Sailor Pluto leaps over to Venus
[18:14] <Sailor Uranus> Don't f[BLEEP]king listen to her, Pluto!
[18:15] <Sailor Uranus> Michi... I feel so helpless... DAMMIT! THIS IS YOUR FAULT, VENUS!
[18:16] * Sailor Uranus sinks down and cradles Michiru in her arms, as she tries to seek out Uranus' face.
[18:16] <Sailor Pluto> Do you know something, Venus?
[18:16] <Sailor Venus> I suspect--
[18:17] * Miss Dream turns her head towards Venus, and all of a sudden strips of flesh grow over Venus' mouth, shutting it
[18:17] * Sailor Venus grunts and muffles, then squeezes her eyes shut
[18:17] <Sailor Pluto> What manner of magic...
[18:18] * @spiritflame spins her staff around "What are you, sorcerer!?"
[18:19] <Sailor Venus> There's no magic here.
[18:20] * Sailor Venus stands, looking ethereally beautiful, surrounded in a halo of golden light, her mouth just fine.
[18:20] <Sailor Pluto> Venus? How...
[18:22] <Sailor Venus> I
sacrificed my future self to gain the clarity of a warrior's mind. The
focus of a mind untainted by fear, committed only to victory.
[18:22] <Sailor Pluto> What are you saying...
[18:23] * Miss Dream jerks her head around and floats to Venus. "So... you know..."
[18:24] <Sailor Venus> I don't know when it started. All I know is, that right now, we are in a battlefield not of flesh, but of the mind.
[18:24] * Miss Dream cackles
[18:24] <Miss Dream> Fat lot of good that knowledge will do you!
[18:25] * Miss Dream floats up to the ceiling.
[18:25] <Miss Dream> So you know. That knowledge will do you no good. For here you stand upon the plain of your own personal ruin.
[18:26] <Sailor Uranus> This is no f[BLEEP]king dream! Michi's blind! We can't all be dreaming the same f[BLEEP]king dream!
[18:27] <Miss Dream> Oh, but you are. You dream my master's last, darkest dream.
[18:27] <Sailor Pluto> Master?
[18:28] <Miss Dream> Do you remember... when Nephelenia captured all of you, and locked you into her mirrors?
[18:28] <Sailor Venus> Yes.
[18:28] * Sailor Pluto nods
[18:29] <Miss Dream> She read all of your minds, your fears, your desires, the things that cut to the bone of your soul.
[18:30] <Miss Dream>
After Saturn nearly destroyed her, she vowed never to be defeated by
her again, so she cast her foulest magics into Saturn's dream mirror,
causing a small stain. A blot, A blemish, that grew slowly, with time.
[18:30] <Sailor Pluto> ...
[18:30] <Miss Dream> But she was sealed away before her plan could take root, before I, her darkest flower, could come to bloom.
[18:31] <Sailor Pluto> ...Galaxia.
[18:31] * Sailor Uranus is half listening
[18:31] * Sailor Neptune can do nothing but listen.
[18:32] <Miss Dream> Hah,
yes. When Galaxia released the cursed seal, my Mistress' magic once
again became active, setting the events in motion that would awaken me.
[18:32] <Sailor Venus> But Nephelenia relented! Time was reset!
[18:32] <Miss Dream> You may have reset her, but not Saturn.
[18:33] <Miss Dream> I,
the last seed of her hatred, continued to grow slowly, in the dark
corners of Hotaru's soul, feeding and growing upon the pain and anguish
there.
[18:35] <Sailor Pluto> And now you have emerged...
[18:36] <Miss Dream> For
vengeance! For retribution! To see you all smothered, crushed under the
horrible weight of your own darkness! Yes, I, Miss Dream have finally
made my debut! And now, all you fools will cry out in eternal agony
within my hellish nightmare! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
11/08/04
Topic is -= A coin has two sides =-
[11:25] * Sailor Venus and Sailor Pluto stand in one corner of the dining room. An aura of golden power surrounds her.
[11:26] * Sailor Uranus is still huddled over the blinded Sailor Neptune, grief and anger flashing over her features
[11:26] * =^catablanca^= lies in a heap on the ground, some of his bones broken
[11:27] * Miss Dream floats in midair,
her eyes a solid violet purple. The sick grin on her face is
everpresent, ever-mocking.
[11:28] <Sailor Venus> I deny your dark dream! ROLLING HEART VIBRATION!
[11:28] * Sailor Venus launches a powerful stream of rainbow colored hearts at "Hotaru".
[11:29] <Miss Dream> And I... deny... *you*. (concentrates and channels the stream of hearts at the wounded Neptune)
[11:29] <Sailor Uranus> f[BLEEP]k! (jumps up and pulls Neptune with her)
[11:29] * The kitchen wall EXPLODES
[11:29] <Sailor Venus> Tch.
[11:30] <Sailor Neptune> Haruka... what's happening...
[11:30] <Sailor Uranus> Nothing, Michi... Nothing (lands on the ground and covers Michiru)
[11:30] <Sailor Neptune> A very noisy nothing... heh.
[11:31] <Sailor Uranus> You... just stay here, Michi.
[11:32] * Sailor Uranus stands up defiantly.
[11:32] * Miss Dream twists her head 290 degrees to look at Uranus.
[11:33] <Miss Dream> So, you want to fight me... (sweetly) poppa?
[11:34] <Sailor Uranus> That's right, b[BLEEP]ch.
Unlike poser-girl over there (glares at Venus) I've lived my life
tormented by one nightmare after another. They don't bother me.
[11:34] * Sailor Uranus cracks her knuckles. "So you're going down".
[11:34] <Miss Dream> Heh. Of *course* they bother you, Ten'ou Haruka.
[11:35] <Sailor Uranus> Oh really? Who ran like a little b[BLEEP]ch from my dream the other night?
[11:37] <Sailor Uranus> ? [10:38] <--=[ SpeedRcrX ]=--> You're not Kaioh Michiru. And this s[[BLEEP]]t isn't real. This is a f[[BLEEP]]king dream.
[11:38] <Sailor Uranus> ? [10:38] <Mdm_Maestro> So you think you can fight me? Little old me? (drops off her nightie)
[11:38] <Sailor Uranus> ? [10:40] <--=[ SpeedRcrX ]=--> f[[BLEEP]]k off. I believe in Michiru. YOU HEAR ME, YOU SON OF A b[[BLEEP]]ch!? I BELIEVE IN KAIOH MICHIRU!
[11:39] * Sailor Neptune hears the flashback and begins to cry. Painful, bloody tears.
[11:39] <Sailor Uranus> Michi... don't.
[11:40] <Miss Dream> Ahh yes, your "love and faith" that drove me away that night. Or did it?
[11:40] * Sailor Venus watches the exchange coldly, impassively.
[11:40] <Sailor Uranus> What.
[11:40] <Miss Dream> What if I *chose* to leave, Haruka. What if *let you think* you had beaten me, taken control?
[11:41] <Sailor Uranus> Bulls[BLEEP]t!
[11:41] <Miss Dream> No, not bulls[BLEEP]t, *poppa*. For you see, you are still bound by nightmares.
[11:41] <Sailor Uranus> Oh yeah?
[11:43] * Miss Dream points the flat of
her left palm at Sailor Neptune and fires a bolt of purple-black energy
at her, causing her body to convulse and twist
[11:43] * Sailor Neptune screams in agony
[11:44] <Sailor Uranus> Michiru!!!
[11:44] <Miss Dream> Ahh, you see?
[11:44] <Sailor Uranus> f[BLEEP]ker! (runs over to Michiru and tries to comfort her)
[11:44] <Sailor Neptune> Numb... so numb...
[11:45] <Sailor Uranus> (to Dream) See what, you b[BLEEP]ch?!
[11:45] <Miss Dream> You still *do* fear... for *her*.
[11:45] <Sailor Uranus> ...
[11:46] <Miss Dream> Her
pain, her suffering, it is your true nightmare. The one you cannot
escape. A chain of your own making, forged from the bonds of love.
[11:46] <Sailor Uranus> I...
[11:47] <Miss Dream>
"Uranusandneptune", isn't that the common joke? I used my powers to
infect your dreams, to make you all the more desperate for each other,
to drive you back into each other's arms so totally, than now, you
cannot function without the other.
[11:47] * Sailor Uranus 's eyes widen.
[11:47] <Sailor Neptune> ...
[11:48] <Sailor Neptune> Ha...ru..ka...
[11:48] * Sailor Uranus turns, totally ignoring Dream, but knowing in the pit of her stomach that she's right.
[11:48] <Sailor Uranus> Yeah?
[11:49] <Sailor Neptune> Ki...ll.. me....
[11:49] <Sailor Uranus> Wh...what?!
[11:49] <Sailor Neptune> Ki...ll..... me...
[11:49] * Sailor Venus has words with Sailor Pluto
[11:50] <Miss Dream> Oh? This is unexpected!
[11:50] <Sailor Uranus> Are you f[BLEEP]king insane!? I can't kill you!
[11:50] <Sailor Neptune> On...ly way... to set you... fre...e...
[11:51] <Miss Dream> Hah! A clever solution! But will it work?
[11:51] <Sailor Uranus> Shut up!
[11:51] <Miss Dream> Go ahead, Sailor Senshi! Kill each other! It doesn't matter to me how you die... only that you *do*.
[11:52] <Sailor Uranus> I SAID SHUT THE f[BLEEP]k UP!
[11:53] * Sailor Neptune grasps Uranus' arm
[11:53] <Sailor Neptune> Don't... wo...rry... it's... on..ly a dre..am...
[11:54] <Miss Dream> Oh? Haven't you ever heard of someone dying in their sleep?
[11:55] * Sailor Neptune 's face takes on a stern expression. "HARUKA! KILL ME! WE MADE A PROMISE ALL THOSE YEARS AGO!"
[11:55] <Sailor Uranus> Michi... that was to save the world! This time, it's just us!
[11:56] <Miss Dream> That's right... I have no interest in the rest of the world. I am Neherenia's revenge upon you all...
[11:56] <Sailor Neptune> She.. lies...
[11:58] <Miss Dream> Yes.
Tell her what she wants to hear. It's so much easier to make *big*
sacrifices when the fate of the "world" is at stake, isn't it? Then
it's noble and glorious, the martyrdom of the righteous... but here, in
the dark, in a gloomy corner of the mind, where no one will ever know,
except you... where the stakes are so intensely *personal*, can you
still do it? Can you kill your best friend, your lover, the other half
of your tortured soul?
[11:58] * Sailor Uranus holds her head in her hands screaming.
[11:59] * Sailor Venus nods to Pluto.
[11:59] * Sailor Venus steps forward, golden energy crackling from her gloved right fist
[12:00] <Sailor Venus> If Uranus won't do the job... *we* will.
[12:00] * Sailor Uranus lopks at Venus and Pluto in a mixture of terror and rage.
[12:03] * @spiritflame changes topic to `The External`
[12:03] <> ? The Dining Room
[12:03] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> eww... mai faking hed...
[12:04] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> /mi loks arund
[12:05] * .`~SugaBB_2999~`. [sees all the
others slumped forward at their seats in the dining room, asleep- all
save for Hotaru, who is sitting upright, eyes closed, her eyes darting
back and forth underneath her eyelids]
[12:05] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> wat da fick..
[12:12] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> /mi pokz horatru in da sid
[12:12] * Miss Dream does not react
[12:13] * .`~SugaBB_2999~`. [goes around poking everyone in turn]
[12:18] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> /mi yawenz
[12:18] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> dis iz facked pu///
[12:19] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> /mi sitz bak in har char
[12:19] * .`~SugaBB_2999~`. strats 2 nid off
[12:19] <@Dr_Xadium> Wait, Chibiusa... don't go to sleep!
[12:20] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> hah? (looks arund)
[12:20] * @Dr_Xadium walks in slowly
[12:20] <@Dr_Xadium> Blasted chloroform finally wore off...
[12:21] * @Dr_Xadium looks over at Sailor Venus sadly.
[12:22] <@Dr_Xadium> How long have they been like this? (takes out a penlight and opens Venus' eyelid, shining it in her golden left eye.
[12:22] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> i donnew, hortaru becam mass dram an was chokin mi an den a wok pu
[12:23] <@Dr_Xadium> Hmm... no response. It looks like some kind of deep catatonic state.
[12:23] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> k
[12:23] <@Dr_Xadium> All of them are the same way...
[12:24] * @Dr_Xadium lifts up Hotaru's eyelid
[12:24] * Miss Dream 's arm lashes out, grabbing Xadium by the throat
[12:24] <@Dr_Xadium> Geh!
[12:25] * @spiritflame changes topic to `Dreamscape `
[12:25] <Sailor Uranus> You aren't going to touch her, b[BLEEP]ch!
[12:26] <Sailor Pluto> Try and stop us! dead... scream.
[12:26] * Sailor Pluto fires a blast of energy just above Neptune
[12:26] <Sailor Uranus> RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! inercepts the blast and knocks it aside
[12:27] <Sailor Uranus> Don;'t make me hurt you!
[12:27] <Sailor Venus> Venus Love-Me chain!
[12:27] * Sailor Uranus grabs the end of the chain and pulls
[12:28] * Sailor Pluto nods at Venus and
tackles Uranus, swinging her and the chain around Dream... Dream falls
to the ground, pinned.
[12:28] <Sailor Pluto> What... she's not responding...
[12:29] * Sailor Uranus tackles Pluto, too enraged to pay attention
[12:29] * Miss Dream liquifies and slips through the chains. "Nice try, but not good enough!"
[12:30] * Sailor Venus narrows her eyes at the sight.
[12:31] <Miss Dream> What
are you thinking, *sempai*? Oh, I think I know... heh. By the way, your
husband is awake again... I caught him feeling me up. Heh.
[12:31] <Sailor Venus> That's pretty weak, even for you.
[12:32] <Miss Dream> Well
soon he'll be asleep again... and then he'll be in here. With you.
Isn't that nice? You'll both be together again. Maybe I'll give you a
pleasant dream of passion before I make you tear each other's throats
out ^_^
[12:32] * Sailor Venus shakes her head impassively.
[12:33] <Sailor Venus> That red thread of fate has been cut. He means nothing to me any longer.
[12:34] <Miss Dream> Ooh,
how callous! How cold! But I see the pain in your soul even now! Face
it, try as you might, you can't be as callous as these other three!
[12:34] <Sailor Venus> Love... is a dangerous emotion... abuse it, and it can turn to the bitterest of hate.
[12:35] <Miss Dream> So
true... so true... do it. Surrender to your hatred! Try and strike me
down with all your vengeful fury! With all your might! Kill your best
friend, save the others and sacrifice your soul!
[12:36] <Sailor Venus> A fair price!
[12:36] * @spiritflame changes topic to `The External`
[12:36] <Miss Dream> d o n o t  i n t e r f e r e  t i m e  l o r d
[12:36] * Miss Dream releases Xadium
[12:36] * @Dr_Xadium gasps for breath
[12:38] <@Dr_Xadium> She's gone non-responsive again.
[12:38] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> sit... i kent kap mai eyes opan
[12:39] <@Dr_Xadium> Chibiusa, please, stay with me... if we sleep, we'll be trapped in her realm, where we have no power...
[12:39] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> ken't.. halp ti...
[12:39] <@Dr_Xadium> Blast! (grabs Chibiusa and shakes her)
[12:39] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> fak bich, stip it!11
[12:40] <@Dr_Xadium> We MUST stay conscious.
[12:45] <@Dr_Xadium> Do you remember anything that might be of use to us?
[12:45] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> nat realli... i wuz gatting chokd, den atrmis klawed horatru an si drapped mi r sumtin
[12:45] <@Dr_Xadium> Artemis was able to hurt her?
[12:46] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> ya at frast si kalled ham an aminal, lak si didn't new ham
[12:47] <@Dr_Xadium> Hmm... very odd.
[12:47] <@Dr_Xadium> Why would Hotaru not know Artemis?
[12:47] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> hi wuz drassed lik da katmen
[12:48] <@Dr_Xadium> But Hotaru knows Artemis is the Catman...
[12:48] <@Dr_Xadium> Perhaps Miss Dream doesn't?
[12:49] * @Dr_Xadium ponders this.
[12:49] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> hows geydit?
[12:49] <@Dr_Xadium> Haven't checked on him yet.
[12:49] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> mabye he's stal draming
[12:50] <@Dr_Xadium> I wonder what nightmares a Dark General has...
[12:50] * @spiritflame changes topic to `Jedite's Nightmare`
[12:50] * // J_Daito // stalks through the dark grass
[12:50] * // J_Daito // LASHES out with his shortsword
[12:51] * // J_Daito // SLASHES into a
small featureless red blob with beady black eyes, watching as it
flashes bright colors before evaporating into mist
[12:51] * a small cloud reading "50" appears in a puff over the corpse and vanishes
[12:52] <// J_Daito //> Why the HELL do I have to hit these pastry puffs TWICE before they die? They have no armor or anything!
[12:52] * // J_Daito // is SLAMMED in the back by a blue creature of similar appearance! he feels his body weakening!
[12:53] * // J_Daito // spins around and
stabs it with his short sword! It disintegrates, a small cloud reading
"100" appearing over it's body
[12:53] <// J_Daito //> And for that matter, how can they HURT me? They don't even have teeth!
[12:54] * // J_Daito // feels a rush of power in his body
[12:54] <// J_Daito //> Pleasure and power again, eh? Bah, what kind of ludicrous game is this, Dream?!
[12:55] <// J_Daito //> Wait... game...
[12:55] <// J_Daito //> This... is a game...
[12:55] <// J_Daito //> Heh... Ehehehe...
[12:56] * // J_Daito // utters a sacred mantra...
[12:56] <// J_Daito //> ...I D K F A...
[12:57] * // J_Daito // suddenly whips out a CHAINGUN
[12:57] <// J_Daito //> Dying time's here, b[BLEEP]ches!
[12:58] * // J_Daito // unleashes a swath
of blazing lead DEATH, MASSACRING the little slimes, puffy numbers
appearing over their bodies and vanishing
[12:59] * // J_Daito // starts to
level.... his maniacal laughter echoing across the landscape,
intermixed with the unholy screams of dying slime...
11/09/04
[11:12] <@spiritflame> ? The outside
[11:13] * @Dr_Xadium continues to Ponder why Miss Dream would be unaware of Artemis' identity as the Catman
[11:14] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> hoe dew u know sis kalled mass dram, newey...
[11:15] <@Dr_Xadium> As I came out of the chloroform, for a moment, I slipped into unconsciousness, and her birthing scream tore into my mind...
[11:15] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> och.
[11:21] <@Dr_Xadium>
It's very odd, Hotaru is the only one who doesn't seem to be
catatonic... her REM activity tells me that she's still actively
thinking...
[11:21] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> are teh othars ded?
[11:21] * @Dr_Xadium feels Haruka's pulse "No."
[11:24] <@Dr_Xadium> ...the thing was, I heard her birthing cry, but she did not invade my mind...
[11:24] <@Dr_Xadium> It's all very curious.
[11:24] * GERMATOID COMES UP FROM THE LAB
[11:25] <GERMATOID> JEDITE'S CONDITION SEEMS TO BE STABLE. THE STRESS ON HIS BODY'S DECREASING RAPIDLY
[11:25] <@Dr_Xadium> It is?
[11:27] * GERMATOID NODS "FROM ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO"
[11:27] <@Dr_Xadium> That's about when I heard Miss Dream's announcement
[11:27] <GERMATOID> MISS DREAM?
[11:27] * @Dr_Xadium sighs
[11:28] <@Dr_Xadium> Souichi, I hate to tell you this, but your daughter is host to whatever it is that's plaguing our dreams
[11:28] <GERMATOID> HMM
[11:29] * GERMATOID LOOKS AT HOTARU
[11:30] <GERMATOID> AND YOU SAY IT WAS 10 MINUTES AGO THAT SHE MADE BER DEBUT?
[11:30] * @Dr_Xadium nods
[11:30] <GERMATOID> INTERESTING...
[11:30] <@Dr_Xadium> You have a hypothesis?
[11:31] <GERMATOID> MAYBE...
[11:31] <GERMATOID> EACH OF US HAD NIGHTMARES FROM HER, BUT ALWAYS SEPARATELY.
[11:31] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> i dnt gat tit
[11:32] <GERMATOID> WE
ALL HAD BAD DREAMS ABOUT THE ONES WE LOVED (WELL I HAD A SWEET DREAM
LOL) BUT THEY WEREN'T *REALLY* IN OUR DREAMS, IT WAS ALWAYS ONE ON
ONE...
[11:32] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> wen i wuz in da dram, we ware all dere...
[11:33] <@Dr_Xadium> None of the others have any REM activity at all. Only Hotaru.
[11:33] <GERMATOID> SO ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S A GROUP DREAM. BUT SHE'S NEVER HIT US AS A GROUP.
[11:34] <GERMATOID> WHICH LEADS ME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE OTHERS ARE NOT IN A GROUP DREAM SO MUCH AS *ONE DREAM*
[11:34] <@Dr_Xadium> As in... her dream?
[11:36] * @Dr_Xadium points at Hotaru
[11:36] <GERMATOID> GRANTED IT'S JUST GUESSWORK, BUT IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE. SHE'D HAVE TOTAL CONTROL IN HER OWN MINDSCAPE.
[11:37] <@Dr_Xadium> Well total environmental control.
[11:37] <GERMATOID> IT
WOULD EXPLAIN WHY JEDITE SUDDENLY GOT BETTER. SHE MUST HAVE LEFT HIS
MIND. ALSO WHY ONLY SHE HAS RAPID EYE MOVEMENT RIGHT NOW.
[11:38] <@Dr_Xadium> Souichi, conundrum for you: Chibiusa says Artemis was able to hurt Hotaru as the Catman. In what is ostensibly her dream.
[11:39] <GERMATOID> SIMPLE. THE CATMAN IS A NUTJOB
[11:39] <@Dr_Xadium> That's a bit harsh, isn't it?
[11:39] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> facker, kitman is facking insaine, he dant evan see mikakno, tink abut tit
[11:40] <@Dr_Xadium> I suppose you have a point.
[11:40] <GERMATOID> I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE TABLES ON HER BECAUSE I'M NOT EXACTLY ALL HERE EITHER! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
[11:41] <@Dr_Xadium>
Ahem, yes... So, her powers are blunted on minds that... for want of a
better term, don't exactly operate on the straight and narrow...
[11:41] <GERMATOID> THAT'S A GOOD IDEA AS ANY
[11:42] <@Dr_Xadium> Hmm. Then you could be our Trump Card, Souichi.
[11:42] <@Dr_Xadium> The only question is, how to get into her dream...
[11:42] * GERMATOID QUAFFS SOME SLEEPING PILLS, HEAD DROPPING ON THE TABLE LIKE A STONE
[11:43] <@Dr_Xadium> ^_^;;;
[11:43] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> dat materfackers insine.
[11:43] <@Dr_Xadium> An insanity that might save us all.
[11:43] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> hay ia gats a kestion?
[11:43] <@Dr_Xadium> Hmm?
[11:44] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> weres da goldan kistal? Dat sit ken lat u gat int2 dreems
[11:44] <@Dr_Xadium> Well when Hotaru killed Elios, I assume she took it?
[11:44] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> bat if si did si wuldn't b stack in2 one dram...
[11:44] * .`~SugaBB_2999~`. sarches horatru's bodi
[11:45] <@Dr_Xadium> Chibiusa... why are you patting her down like *that*?
[11:45] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> hloy sit dere's reeel!
[11:45] <@Dr_Xadium> Ugh.
[11:45] * Miss Dream 's arms reach out and GRAB Chibiusa by the neck!
[11:45] * @spiritflame changes topic to `In Dream`
[11:46] * Sailor Uranus and Sailor Venus are beating each other up in the corner
[11:48] <Sailor Pluto>
Michiru: When Venus came up with the idea of getting Uranus so angry
she wouldn't be incapacitated by her fear of harm to you, I didn't
think she realized it meant Uranus would then become so fixated on
killing *her* that shes still useless to us.
[11:48] <Sailor Neptune> That's my Haruka. Heh. I almost wish I could see it.
[11:48] <Sailor Pluto> How are your eyes.
[11:49] <Sailor Neptune> Destroyed, I think. :<
[11:49] <Sailor Pluto> I see.
[11:49] <Sailor Pluto> Sorry, bad choice of words.
[11:49] <Sailor Neptune> Heh.
[11:49] <Sailor Pluto> Dream has stopped again. I think we can attack her.
[11:49] <Sailor Neptune> Why does she stop?
[11:50] <Sailor Pluto> She stopped once before, then told Venus that Xadium was "feeling her up".
[11:50] <Sailor Neptune> I doubt that's what was going on. (giggles)
[11:51] <Sailor Pluto> The point is, she was distracted... by something outside of the dream.
[11:51] <Sailor Neptune> She can't walk and chew gum at the same time, something like that?
[11:51] <Sailor Pluto> I think so. But the problem is we have no way of co-ordinating attacks with the outside.
[11:52] <Sailor Neptune> The other problem is that in here, she seems to know our thoughts before we do.
[11:57] <Sailor Pluto> Not all of us... look at Artemis
[11:58] <Sailor Neptune> (dryly) That's a bit difficult for me at the moment.
[11:58] * Sailor Pluto winces
[11:59] <Sailor Pluto> Sorry. If only she hadn't realized he was Artemis..
[12:00] <Sailor Neptune> Setsuna... why are you talking to me instead of attacking Dream while she's out?
[12:00] <Sailor Pluto> ...
[12:00] <Sailor Pluto> Because... I don't...
[12:00] <Sailor Neptune> I know. But we don't have a choice.
[12:01] <Sailor Pluto> Does it always have to come down to this?
[12:01] <Sailor Neptune> You always were too soft, Setsuna.
[12:01] * Sailor Pluto grasps her Time Staff
[12:02] <Sailor Pluto> She was like a daughter to us. All of us.
[12:03] * Sailor Neptune cries a little. "I know, but if we don't, we're dead."
[12:04] <Sailor Pluto>
I'm... sorry... Hotaru... (Aims her staff at the immobile Hotaru, who
has her hands outstretched as if strangling someone invisible)
[12:04] * Miss Dream is completely immobile
[12:04] <Sailor Pluto> dead... (sniff) scream....
[12:04] * Sailor Pluto launches her killer attack
[12:05] * Sailor Uranus and Venus stop scuffling, and see what's going on
[12:05] <Sailor Venus> Our chance is here. VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!
[12:05] <Sailor Uranus> You... you're not going to try and save her?
[12:06] <Sailor Venus> For our Futures, Uranus. We don't have a choice.
[12:06] * Sailor Uranus nods.
[12:06] <Sailor Uranus> SPACE SWORD BLASTER!
[12:07] * the three attacks speed towards Hotaru, who gives no impression of seeing them.
[12:07] * Sailor Venus drops to her knees. "I'm so sorry".
[12:07] * Sailor Uranus just looks on coldly, unflinchingly.
[12:08] * the attacks fly close to Hotaru, their energies beginning to scorch her clothes
[12:09] * Suddenly, a wispy black, nebulous hand catches the attacks and TOSSES them aside!
[12:09] <Sailor Uranus> What the f[BLEEP]k?!
[12:09] <Sailor Venus> Is she back?
[12:10] <Sailor Pluto> No... she's still standing there... what the devil?
[12:11] * GERMATOID MATERIALIZES IN FRONT
OF HIS DAUGHTER, WHITE LAB JACKET IN FLOATING TATTERS, BANDAGES ON HIS
HEAD, HIS GLASSES SLIGHTLY CRACKED, A WIDE, CRAZY CRIMSON GRIN ON HIS
FACE
[12:11] <Sailor Pluto> Tomoe... hakase?
[12:11] <Sailor Uranus> Prof?!
[12:11] <Sailor Venus> What--
[12:12] <GERMATOID> (DEEPER THAN USUAL VOICE) YOU'RE TRYING.... TO HURT... MY DAUGHTER!
[12:12] * GERMATOID TAPS HOTARU "WAKE UP, DEAR"
[12:13] * Miss Dream stirs "Ahh, the Professor"
[12:13] * Miss Dream LASHES OUT at him
[12:13] * GERMATOID BLOCKS EASILY
[12:13] <Sailor Uranus> Yeah prof! Kick her ass!
[12:13] * GERMATOID LOOKS AT URANUS ODDLY
[12:13] <GERMATOID> WHY WOULD I DO THAT?
[12:14] <Sailor Uranus> ...She's trying to f[BLEEP]king kill us!
[12:14] * Miss Dream chuckles
[12:14] <Miss Dream> A father's love for his daughter...
[12:14] <Sailor Venus> Oh no.
[12:15] <Miss Dream>
Uranus, Neptune, Pluto... thy false parents... giving love to Hotaru
when it suited your childish whims, so that you three could "play
house" and pretend you had a family...
[12:15] <Sailor Neptune> It was never like that!
[12:17] <Miss Dream>
Hypocrites! (winds her arm around Tomoe's waist) But this man, for all
his base drives, even at his darkest moments, was always motivated by
one thing, a true love for his daughter. He sold his soul to Pharaoh 90
and nearly destroyed the world, all to keep her alive.
[12:17] <Sailor Uranus> ...
[12:18] <Miss Dream>
While you three were always, in the darkest corners of your soul, still
afraid of the one called "Saturn", ready to cut her down at a moment's
notice... your love a convenient conceit, something to be cast aside
when needed, "for the good of the mission"
[12:18] <Sailor Uranus> (tears in her eyes) That's BULLs[BLEEP]t!
[12:18] <Miss Dream> Oh? Whose starseed did you just HAPPEN to rip out when you felt like it, Haruka-"poppa"?
[12:19] * Sailor Uranus drops to her knees. "You STILL don't get it, do you?!"
[12:20] <Miss Dream> Of
course I do. I was an expendable pawn for whatever half-baked scheme
you and your lover cooked up. With some help from the 10,000 year old
Time hag, of course. She who feigns loyalty to both sides, but in truth
looks out for neither.
[12:20] * Sailor Pluto stays silent
[12:20] * Miss Dream strokes her father's chin
[12:21] <Miss Dream> But
Papa, even now-- all he care about really, in his heart, is the love of
his daughter. He wants her back, wants her to be safe.
[12:22] <Miss Dream> The
first time I judged him based on superficial appearances, his little
"Twister" obsession... but it's a bit of psychological damage on his
part that I almost neglected to look past... his desire to find his
wife in whatever woman he meets... but this, (hugs him) this is his
true core desire, which I see so much more clearly now that he is in my
dream...
[12:23] <Sailor Venus> Tomoe-hakase! She's not Hotaru! She's dangerous!
[12:23] * GERMATOID DOES NOT REACT, BUT HUGS HOTARU TO HIS CHEST
[12:24] <Miss Dream> This
man understands true filial love-- no preconditions, no prejudices, no
assumptions. As the horobi no Messiah, Mistress 9, I still had his
love. This time I am no different.
[12:24] <Miss Dream> You'll protect me, won't you, father?
[12:24] <GERMATOID> YES, DEAR. ALWAYS. NO MATTER WHAT.
[12:25] * Miss Dream begins pulling Tomoe into herself.
[12:25] <Sailor Uranus> W-what are you doing?!
[12:25] <Sailor Venus> Stop it!
[12:25] <Miss Dream> Then lend me your power, papa.... fuel me with your madness, the non-linear genius of your thoughts...
[12:26] * Sailor Neptune can't believe what she's hearing
[12:27] <GERMATOID> I'D DIE FOR YOU, DEAR. ANYTHING AS LONG AS YOU'RE SAFE.
[12:28] <Miss Dream> You
won't die, papa... (pulls him completely inside her, her face turning
completely black, a crimson grin spreading across her face) ... You'll
live forever... as a part... of ME! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
[12:29] * the livingroom explodes away, revealing a blasted, blue-tinted wasteland, the sky bleeding blood
[12:29] <Sailor Venus> What... the hell...
[12:29] <Sailor Uranus> f[BLEEP]k.
[12:29] <Sailor Neptune> Do I want to know what this is?
[12:30] <Sailor Pluto> Be glad you're blind.
[12:31] * Miss Dream stands atop a cliff,
a tattered black cloak surrounding her, a twisted, gnarled version of
the Silence Glaive in her hands
[12:31] * Miss Dream is now known as Miss Nightmare
[12:31] <Miss Nightmare> Welcome... to your Future's End. The Final Nightmare.
[12:32] * @spiritflame changes topic to `The External`
[12:32] * GERMATOID 'S NOSE STARTS TO BLEED
[12:32] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> hloy sit, lok!
[12:32] * @Dr_Xadium takes Tomoe's pulse, and checks his eyes
[12:33] <@Dr_Xadium> His complexion is clearing up... but there's no eye movement...
[12:33] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> horatru...
[12:33] <@Dr_Xadium> Her face is darkening... what... does this mean?
[12:33] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> si loks lik har ded used 2
[12:34] <@Dr_Xadium> Somehow I think things just got worse...
[12:34] <.`~SugaBB_2999~`.> /...fak