world_of_logs | Your greatest dreams, your worst nightmares... Well, actually just nightmares! [Open/Event]

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Your greatest dreams, your worst nightmares... Well, actually just nightmares! [Open/Event]

WHO: Everyone!
WHAT: Nightmare event, part 1! The moment anyone falls asleep, they will enter a dream world of nightmares... they might have their own nightmare to conquer or might be able to help others with theirs. Nightmares cannot be failed; they will simply have to find help if they cannot overcome it themselves.
WHERE: Anywhere!
WHEN: Future-dated to the 19th, overnight.
WARNINGS: Memory loss, possibly death, injuries, sadness, feels... will update this with more as necessary.

The moment anyone falls asleep, they will find themselves in a new dimension - one where they can float and fly on their own will. However, many of the dreamers will find themselves within their worst fears and nightmares... and they won't be able to wake up from them. If they happen to nearly die or lose the nightmare, it will simply freeze in time - they will be able to help others with theirs and bring others to help finish their nightmare so that they may wake up!

But even after all the nightmares are over, it still won't be over...

[OOC: Title your threads with a dream/nightmare name and whether they're open or closed - a few are already closed, but anyone can help with anyone's open nightmare! Have fun! The second part of the event will be coming in a day or so.]

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When Tails awoke, he saw a familiar sight - something straight out of a memory. He was flying towards the Death Egg - or in this case he supposes it was called the Black Egg - in his modified Typhoon craft, which had land, water and air travel modes. It was also fitted with weapon slots, which he used to blow a hole in the side of the Black Egg and get inside. His friends may have had to retreat because of the surprise laser attack back there, but Tails wasn't giving up now. Robotnik had gone way too far this time... wiping his best friend Sonic out of existence somehow, and completely screwing up the world in which he lived. It was payback time; even if he couldn't get his best friend back, he was going to teach Robotnik a lesson he wouldn't soon forget, if ever.

Getting inside, he weaved his way in and out of corridors leading to a hangar, where he had to park his Typhoon - the normal corridors wouldn't be large enough for the craft to fit in. Instead, he took his usual battle wrench and started down a corridor. Of course, Robotnik's security forces knew he was there - he ripped through wave after wave, alternating between wrench attacks and spindashes. He kept a fairly emotionless face through most of it; the memory of his best friend keeping him going and refusing to back down. Eventually, he made it to a rather large room - the core of the Black Egg itself. This would be where he could take out the entire battlestation in one fell swoop... but Robotnik would be here soon in some battlemech armor to stop him, like always. Even if this one had never done so before... he still didn't consider Tails a threat, and that was a mistake that was going to cost him everything.

A voice rang through the core room. "Ooooohohohohohohohoh! Welcome, fox-boy... I hope you're enjoying the hospitality my subjects are providing! It took ever so long, but you'd be surprised at the amount of time one has at their fingertips when they have the Time Stones in their possession! Ah, but where are my manners? It's the ruler's job to greet diplomats personally, and I do so hate to disappoint..." And with that, a door on the opposite side of the room opened, and a giant black mechanical suit resembling the mad doctor himself emerged. The legs and feet seemed to be completely wrapped in wires; connected to the battlestation itself. Tails knew it well: the Egg Emperor. A machine Tails has had to fight multiple times alongside Sonic. The voice rang out again:

"Here I am! The final dictator of Earth, Dr. Ivo Robotnik!"

Tails' expression changed in a snap; he looked pretty angry. "No matter how many times you remake the Death Egg, or the Egg Emperor, you're not going to win!"

"YOU INSIGNIFICANT LITTLE TWERP! All I had to do was build them once! ONCE! None of you managed to stop me, at least not in this timeline. I'm not sure why you weren't affected, but as the old saying goes, this is why pencils have erasers! And I'm more than eager to rub out the last of my chronological typos, you little mutant!"

Inside the Egg Emperor, Eggman punched a few buttons, causing a bunch of rocket compartments to open up and begin firing at the fox. And then, he began preparing for his true attack.

Tails ran forward and began jumping over and dodging the rockets, trying to get close enough to smash the robot's head compartment in. Unfortunately, he didn't forsee the real threat coming; a good few lasers and more rockets, this time heat-seeking ones, all popped out from around the room. Tails had to jump back; there were just too many things. He was alone, standing against an entire battlestation full of weapons... he couldn't win like this. He tried to think of a plan, but nothing happened. He couldn't think of something by himself to overcome this obstacle. Eventually he heard "FIRE!" and all those missiles and lasers were coming at him. There was nothing he could do. He shielded himself; this was a suicide mission by himself, this isn't what Sonic would have wanted, if only he could have a bit more time...

But nothing happened. Tails unshielded his eyes and realized that all the missiles and lasers were partway to him, but had frozen. The entire dream was frozen in time. Which meant... somehow this nightmare was connected to something else. Maybe Sonic, Fluttershy, Nephenee, and the others were here too. But where would they be? He began wandering off, in search of one of his friends.

The dream started up with Sonic waking up in what appeared to be the part of the Graveyard Dimension where Sonic had found those graves before. He gets up and takes a step back. Why was he back here? Why this horrible trick again?

He starts to leave, but then suddenly chains come out of nowhere and grab him. He tries to free himself, but it pulls him backwards. He gets slammed against a crossed-shaped gravestone, with his arms being held up as if he was getting crucified.

Sonic struggles again but a voice stops him in his tracks. "Don't bother."

His eyes widen at this. "Tails?"

Sure enough, stepping out of the shadows, appeared to be Tails himself but his eyes were glowing yellow instead of the usual blue. Sonic doesn't seem to notice this as he doesn't comment on it.

"Tails, I-"

"Shut up. You are a failure as a best friend and brother. How can I trust someone who would break my trust and can't even protect me from danger?"

"Dude, I apologized for that."

The shadow Tails glares at Sonic and smacks him across the face. Sonic tried not to flinch at the strike.

He then makes a 'Hmph' noise and crosses his arms.

"It doesn't matter. I'm not the Tails you know, remember? I don't need you. Not some loser without his speed. You and I are through."

Sonic felt a stab to his heart. Not having his speed has been a real sore spot for him but the fox's words were cutting in deep.

"I..I'm sorry I couldn't protect you."

"Just stop. You don't mean a thing to me anymore. Just go crawl under a rock and die already."

Sonic's head lowered as it was getting harder to hold back the hurt. He could feel his eyes water slightly but he fought to hold them back like he always did. He hated crying.

"I wish I never met you. I hate you."

Sonic just remains quiet at that point, not bothering to fight back as his ears drooped slightly.

The shadow Tails then takes out what appeared to be a whip and raises it to attempt to strike Sonic with it.

Tails was still wandering through the dream world, wondering when he'd actually figure out where the heck he is. There was no telling where he'd end up; if he'd even find Sonic at all. Until he heard a voice that sounded oddly like him.

He dashed as fast as he could towards the noise, and came to a stop right before another nightmare world. So entering and exiting nightmares was something he could do... but more importantly, Sonic was in danger. Despite their argument and the uneasiness Tails had about it, he wasn't going to let his best friend get hurt. Especially not because of a fake him.

Tails jumped through the entrance to the nightmare, and knocked over the fake Tails in anger with a punch. "Don't you dare hurt my best friend!"

The shadow gets knocked over by the real fox and nearly drops the whip, but he still smirks. "You're not going to be able to save him. Look."

The gravestone that Sonic is stuck to is glowing red now. Sonic's head was drooped. He didn't even seem to react to the real Tails there, though he does seem like he's still awake.

"Right now that gravestone is draining his life force away as he continues to despair. All because of you."

"Tails...I'm so sorry..."

Crap, what was he supposed to do? That Shadow him was going to hurt Sonic, but... he could deal with him later. It was time to try and keep Sonic from draining away. He ran back over and faced up at Sonic. He had to muster all the energy he could to try and talk. "Sonic! It's me! That other Tails is a fake! Don't listen to him!"

Sonic lifted his head slightly. His eyes were clouded over and unfocused, as if he was in a trace.

"...Tails? I...I'm sorry I couldn't protect you... and be a better best friend. You are right...not to trust me..."

Luckily the shadow Tails seemed content to watch for now.

"Sonic, it's not that I don't trust you!" Was it about what he didn't tell him? "I trust you more than I could trust anyone else! My problems were just... my problems. I didn't want to burden you with the issues that were making me how I was. I was selfish; I wanted to solve the problems on my own." And because of that nightmare... "But I know that I can't! I can't do it alone. I can't do it without you, and the others. But without you there, it wouldn't be a true team!"

Again, Sonic's eyes widen at this.

The glowing from the gravestone was starting to dim as it slowed down in draining Sonic. It appears to be working.

"Then... we're still friends?"

"Of course we're still friends!" Technically it was Sonic that started that one, but. "Look. The reason why I did what I did in the Graveyard Dimension - the recklessness, the lack of plans, putting myself in danger - it was because I didn't want to lose any of you. Especially you! I've..." He looked away. "I've lost another Sonic before. Dr. Robotnik succeeded in messing up the time stream long before the Time Eater incident and wiped the other you from existence. I rounded up a team of friends to go after Robotnik and stop him - but I was yanked away from the battle before it could finish. That Sonic... was never brought back. I blamed myself for what happened, so I swore I'd never let anything like that happen again."

He looked back at Sonic. "But Fluttershy helped me! She helped me through and told me I had to tell you - no matter what. I still couldn't, I was too afraid. I didn't want you to think you had to recklessly protect me, for my own sake. But this... this is just a nightmare! That other Tails is a fake, spawned by your nightmare. And I have my own I have to conquer... and I need your help to do it!"

Edited 2014-12-15 22:06 (UTC)

Sonic's eyes clear up and become more focused as the glowing stops. A blue glow then appears and enters into Sonic's body. It appears his life force was returned.

He then smiles. "Dude, you should have just told me before. I'm sure the other me would have said you shouldn't put yourself in danger just for my sake."

The chain loosen and fall towards the ground, releasing Sonic from the gravestone. He lands on one knee, but he picks himself back up.

The shadow Tails's eyes narrow. "Curses. I'll just have to make sure you two don't leave here alive!"

Sonic finally notices the glowing yellow eyes on the fake Tails. "Oh come on. How did I not notice that before?"

The fake Tails snaps his fingers and suddenly several zombie versions of their friends from back home pop up from their graves. Even a zombie Tails and a zombie Sonic pops up as well.

Sonic smirks at this. "Yeah, not exactly original there, faker. You won't fool me with that trick anymore."

Edited 2014-12-15 22:13 (UTC)

Tails was happy that things seemed to be back to normal. But of course... the Shadow Tails was going to make trouble for them either way. The question was, fight or run? They were zombies, so they probably couldn't be entirely defeated - the target was probably his shadow self.

"Let's ignore the zombies - it looks like my shadow's controlling them!" He prepared for battle, taking out his wrench. "Let's make quick work of him and help Nephenee and Fluttershy!"

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fastesthedgehogalive - 2014-12-15 22:32 (UTC) - Expand

Kotoha's nightmare is deceptively simple - there's two of the girl, one of them smiling a too-wide smile filled with contempt. The doppleganger's eyes shine gold in the red-tinged darkness as it begins talking.

"I am a Shadow, the true self."

It was the worst thing for Fluttershy to dream about...because it was something that had already happened. Something that, to this very day, continues to haunt Fluttershy even in her waking hours.

Seeing it once again, though, trapped in memories of it, she had no choice but to live through it again...to once again be forced to watch as the events unfolded before her very eyes.

And not being strong enough to stop them.

Tails was trying his best to lead Sonic through the dreamscape - there was no telling where they'd end up next. As luck would have it, they finally did find someone else they knew through another nightmare - this time it was Fluttershy.

Tails almost ran right in, getting there right to see her wing get broken by the assailant, and then someone else stepping in to help. That was enough to keep him from going in. So he motioned Sonic over to him. "I found her!" He continued watching the fight...

... But seeing her defender get killed caused Tails to almost run in and help her. "Fluttershy!" He knew she couldn't hear him through the nightmare unless he was in there as well... but the moment the assailant finally went away, he waited a few seconds, then turned to Sonic. "Sonic, I'm going to go in and try and get her out. Follow in behind me, keep watch and make sure nobody else comes to attack, okay? Let me know right away if we're in danger." And he ran inside towards Fluttershy.

Edited 2014-12-16 03:30 (UTC)

Sonic nods and follows Tails. He was glad Tails didn't run in when that was happening. He would have had to stop him if he tried as there's no way in hell he'll let Tails get killed.

When he enters inside the nightmare...

...he nearly trips as he finds himself suddenly taller, having less fur and hair instead of spines.

Luckily he has clothes in his now human form. He even still has his hedgehog ears and tail oddly enough.

He quickly catches himself to keep himself from falling though.

Fluttershy doesn't notice their arrival, too upset and in pain. She was still lying next to Hiccup, weakly holding his hand as she sobbed.

Tails kind of noticed himself turning into a human as he entered the nightmare, but didn't pay any mind to it as he rushed to his friend's side. He would've called out her name again before getting near, but that didn't seem like a wise decision given the fact her and Hiccup's assailant was probably still nearby. As he got over to her, he tried to talk, but the only word that could come out of his mouth was: "Fluttershy..." It was an awful sight.

Edited 2014-12-16 10:40 (UTC)

Sonic kept a distance both as to keep an eye out to make sure nobody got in but almost so not to scare Fluttershy.

He felt sorry for the guy that got killed saving her. Poor guy.

She tensed just a bit at the sound of her name, tears still streaming down her cheeks as she glanced up at them.

"Wh-Who...?"

It was hard to tell if she just didn't recognize them or if she really didn't know who they were.

"It's me! It's..." He knelt down to her level. "It's Tails. And Sonic's over there too." It might be hard to recognize him from the human appearance he now took, but he still retained his fox ears and his two tails. He wanted to say more, to go ahead and try to get her out of there, but it was better to wait; to see how she would respond first. He couldn't rush her.

Sonic waves a gloved hand to Fluttershy.

"Yo."

She couldn't help but shrink back from him a bit, looking at him uncertainly. "I-I..."

She knew them, or at least she thought she did...but seeing them here in this particular memory was more confusing than anything, since this was way before she met them.

And the nightmare seemed too real - too much like the what had actually happened - for her to understand how they could be here.

Tails' Nightmare - Attempt One [Closed]

[End of Attempt One]

Sonic's Nightmare [Closed to Tails]

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Fluttershy's Nightmare [Closed]

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