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originally posted in:The New Dojo
8/21/2017 2:18:52 AM
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[b][i]Courtyard A3, 1:09 AM...[/i][/b]
[b][i]Of times long past...[/i][/b]
[b][i]Usually the courtyards would be empty this time of day. People would be asleep, dreaming of pleasantries of the woman or man they had slept with or their greatest victories in battle. However, for one man these dreams were not such: they were only horrid nightmares. Nightmares of the people he had known, of the things he had done, of that day. Of that fateful, devastating day[/i][/b]
[b][i]Leon stood in the courtyard, having set up some training dummies. St this time no one was really going to tell him no he couldn't. He started, shooting the first one with his crossbow, a dead shot straight to the head. He dropped the weapon and drew the swords from his hips as he slashed the next target, removing his stomach from its chest and legs. He turned, throwing his first sword into the chest of the third dummy. He dashed over, bashing the target with his small shield before stabbing it in the neck. A crossbow bolt shot st him, as he parried it with his shield, as she moved over and rammed it with his sword, leaving the blade stuck half way through the dummy. He threw off his shield, slamming the spear into the next target, coming out the back of it. He pulled it out, grabbing the next target by the neck as he picked it up and slammed it to the ground, the neck area being charred black. Leon didn't let go of the target for a good 5 seconds after it would be considered dead.[/i][/b]
[b][i]If anyone could see Leon's face, they could see it lightly streaked by tears. He moved over to a bench, sitting down with his head on his hands clenched together, his foot tapping the ground fast. He was clearly worried, scared, not looking up as he sat there. Anyone might wonder why Leon, a man usually cheery and flirtful with any he came across, had been reduced to the shivering husk he was seen as know[/i][/b]
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[i]the distinct sound of paws is heard walking across the courtyard as something big was walking nearby followed by the clinking of metal tags. It was something that would make him jump out his skin. As a large black wolf with glowing red eyes walk close by making hardly a sound other from it's collar that tags clinked together. It was four times larger than any normal wolf. Walking next to it was a tiny fluffy silver furred cat with bright green eyes. It had stopped when it seen him sitting there. It had wandered close to him looking at him before speaking. "Leon what's wrong why are you crying?"says the cat. But the voice was very familiar sounding but of course it should because it was akiko but she was shapeshifted into one of her other forms. [/i]
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[b][i]He hadn't looked up to see the animals, but st this point not much would truly phase him. He didn't speak for a moment, before he regained a fraction of composure. He spoke In a barely held together tone[/i][/b] "I'm fine, it's good. Nothing people need to worry themselves about."
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"You sure leon?"asks Akiko [i]she hated seeing anyone sad or in pain. She had hopped up onto seat next to him still looking at him.[/i]
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"I don't want to worry anyone else. Just, a really bad dream..." [b][i]He said, implying it was more than that.[/i][/b]
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"It sounds like more than that though."says akiko [i]she sounded concerned about him. She didn't want to pressure him if he didn't want to talk about it.[/i]
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[b][i]Again, he didn't say anything for a moment,[/i][/b] [b][i]He spoke, as if it was hard for him to.[/i][/b] "Most people have bad memories. Sure there are really bad ones, but for me..." [b][i]He said, taking a breath for a moment.[/i][/b] "it's a nightmare, that just keeps coming back every now and then. I can't do anything about it, I'm stuck reliving that day, every action, every death that happened..." [b][i]He said.[/i][/b] "Just, that day. That horrible, horrible day." [b][i]The last part was whispered to himself.[/i][/b]
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"Well it's in the past now and the past can't hurt you. "Says akiko [i]she knew that she couldnt quite understand what he went. But she had a feeling it was something terrible.[/i] "Everyone here has experienced something awful at some point here."says Akiko
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"But it keeps coming back. The memories, the sights, the feelings..." "I was in the military before any of this, you know that. My squad was sent on an operation in enemy territory, a quick high target job. Kill an enemy general nad out. It was an ambush..." [b][i]He paused, collecting himself[/i][/b] "They destroyed us. I still remember seeing Tyr's body. His bike beginning to slow down before his body fell off, riddled with a quiver full of bolts. The dream comes and I'm stuck there, just reliving the moment. How it felt, everything. Like I'm there again."
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"I know thats what you told me but that's still awful."says akiko [i]she could not imagine something that awful. She sat quietly for a moment not really knowing what else to say. But she had turned back into her normal self. She then gave him a silent hug unable to think anything else.[/i]
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[b][i]He wrapped an arm around her as well, smiling form a fraction of a second as she did.[/i][/b] "I-I just... just can't forget it, forget seeing that day..." [b][i]It was as if he was just stuck in the loop. The memory he described seemed to flash through your head. Or rather, begin to play out right in front of you as you were plunged into the scene, any others around would have seen it to, Leon not being around as you'd stood in sand. A bike slowly wheeled past you, before the rider slowly slumped off, the man Leon had classified as Tyr. He was a larger man, build tall and strong. His eyes littered with stab wounds and crossbow bolts as he fell to the ground, dying.[/i][/b] [b][i]As second bike dashed past, the rider not someone you recognized. His armour was an Ivory white, the helmet some sort of crazed skull look. The arm armour and chest were white was well, the ribs and spine covered by armour that looked the same as those bones. His bike was a white steed, a cow plow in the front and two large exhaust pipes on the back on each side. The rider jumped off his bike, throwing off his helmet revealing Leon's face, dashing over to his almost dead friend [/i][/b] L: "No no no. Cmon Tyr, you're gonna be ok." [b][i]A clear lie for anyone to see, though it was a natural reaction to him. He was kneeling over the dying man. The dying man only laughed a bit, laying on his back, coughing up blood.[/i][/b] T: "No, this is where I die friend-" [b][i]He was surprisingly calm, for a man who was inches from death. Leon interrupted him.[/i][/b] L: "You don't get to die here, I can't lose all of you today." [b][i]He was in tears, his own place white armour covered with stains of red and black of blood and soot. Tyr's body was a mess, he must have been in great pain.[/i][/b] T: "I'll see you in Valhalla, Leon." [b][i]Was the last words Tyr ever said to Leon, as the man died. He had been holding Leon's hand as a friend wood, thumbs crossed and palms touching, as Leon pressed his own hand with the dead man's to his head, breaking down there and then, in the desert battlefield.[/i][/b] [b][i]Things seemed to snap back into focus, into reality, Leon sitting there still, breaking down, as if no time had passed[/i][/b][/i][/b]
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[i]Akiko didn't realize it but she had shed a couple tears feeling sad as if she had been there and watched him die along with him. The wolf that Akiko had been walking with had near the two and whined a little bit nudging Akiko for a second before a clear voice could be heard echoing through their minds at the same time. -please i know lose can be awful trust i know better than anyone. But try not to dwell on it human its not health but then again what do i know im just a ghost.- Akiko had flinched forgetting that she could speak the wolf in front of them.[/i]
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"If I had been faster, if I had been smarter and saw the ambush, they'd all still be alive." [b][i]He said.[/i][/b] "It's Lois I could've prevented..."
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[i]-oh how i wished that myself many, many , many moons ago it feels like only yesterday that i was brought back to life by him and becoming what i am today. But then again i have wandering a very long time now for i am old.- The wolf did seem to have aura of something that seen its fair share of death. It's intelligent eyes looking at him. It seems like it had been around a lot longer than they have been alive. -i am aiyanna a black shuck a ghost with special powers if you will.-[/i]
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"I could've stopped them from dying. That's not just loss, that's loss for reason. It was me -blam!-ing up and not realizing we were walking straight into an ambush and seven great fighters died because of it. Seven people I'd call more than a friend, that I'd call family."
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[i]-i can understand what it is to lose family more than anyone. I was a mother once.. but that was long ago.- Akiko's ears had drooped she see the pain and hurt behind his words knowing what pain he was in. She wished that she comfort him better. But she was at a loss for words.[/i]
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"Yeah, then you know it's not something you can just get over. I don't just get over losing any of them..."
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Edited by NightBloomsFell: 8/22/2017 12:13:45 PM[i]-i know that better than she could probably understand. I still miss them sometimes my pups and my mate but hunters got to me first then went after them. The strangest thing is becoming a ghost and looking down at your own corpse.- Akiko just listened a bit before speaking she was still pretty close to him. [/i] "Im sorry that you had to experience something so awful leon and i doubt that there's little i can say to make you feel better."says Akiko
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I approach Leon, and sit down on the bench next to him. "Hey Leon, is something wrong? I have a while, need to vent?"
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[b][i]He didn't say anything for a moment, just keeping his head in his hands. He looked up after a moment, speaking what was clearly a lie[/i][/b] "It's nothing. Nothing I need to worry other people about."
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"Well if you need anything, you know where to find me." I say pointing in the direction of my condominium in Dojoville.
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[b][i]Again, he didn't say anything for a moment, before speaking.[/i][/b] "Yknow, I was in the military before. I was a soldier, damn good one too."
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"Yeah, we talked about it quite a bit when he first met. I myself am a military man. Are war flashbacks troubling you? PTSD is a thing I struggle with too you know." I try to empathize as much as I can, knowing my nature is ruining any empathy I share with another.
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"We were out on an op, only ones trusted to do it. They sent us in deep into enemy territory, for an enemy general who needed to be taken out..." [b][i]He paused.[/i][/b] "It was an ambush. We didn't stand a chance... I still remember it all. That day, that horrible..." [b][i]He said, the last part to himself, whispering it.[/i][/b]
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"I can relate. My team was butchered in an operation. I was sccouting the territory where the traitorous Khaos Briggade was holding out. I was one of the only 3 survivors. I repressed those memories enough that I don't break my usual dead pan, only remembering vividly in nightmares. It must be haunting you constantly. I was already broken before losing my friends, but it must be hard going through this in a stable state of mind. I was too broken and emotionless to be affected while conscious. If you ever need to talk, or need help with anything at all, just ask. I'm here for you, like you were for me when I first arrived on Tatakai." I say, grasping Leon's shoulder, in an effort to console him.
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"I still see it all. It comes as a nightmares, but it's worse, so much worse. I can't wake up from it, can't do anything to change it. I'm just stuck reliving that memory. I keep seeing them all, I see Tyr's bike begin to slow down, a quiver full of bolts in his body as he bike finally stops with him slumping..." [b][i]He said, his hear falling back to his hands as if it was coming on again.[/i][/b]
