the soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears

[rainbowarch]

Who: Cielo and whoever is out this fine morning
Where: Plaza
When: Morning
Style: The style of your choosing
Status: Open

[Good morning, Vatheon, are you perhaps still a little sleepy this morning? Well, worry not! The last bits of your grogginess are probably going to be cast out very soon.

Anyone in the plaza will probably notice a demon suddenly appearing in the air and making a rapid and rather uncontrolled descent downward until he crash lands into a fountain.

Hey, remember the last time some dude splashed into that very fountain and the water started turning red? Yeah, that's happening again.

The demon thrashes about in the water a bit, roaring with annoyance until it lifts his head and rests it on the side of the fountain. Blood drips through its teeth and out his mouth and for those who dare to take a closer look, they'll notice that half of the poor thing's left wing is missing and the wound is still bleeding.

That does explain why the water's turning red quite nicely.

Cielo nudges his half-wing with his head, the light of a Diarama spell mending some of the damage and sets it back down on the side of the fountain again.

He'll get out in a bit just...give him a minute here. He kind of hurts a lot. Everywhere.]

Comments

[enfire]

Like you're making a mess. ( he's looking over the severity of your wounds there, bro. which is what's making this scowl of his deepen a little more -- )

Come on, get out of there. ( he leans down to get a grip on the remaining wing-arm thing to give it a tug -- not too harsh, mind you... ) What the hell have you been doing? Where were you?

[rainbowarch]

[Well, he can't deny that. He is making quite a mess of this fountain and people probably do not appreciate that. With Heat's help, he gets up and reverts.]

Went back.

[enfire]

Back? What... you mean like Serph?! ( what was the deal with all you guys leaving and going back all of a sudden? from the look on his face, he's waiting for some kind of explanation... )

[rainbowarch]

Is that what happened to Serph?

[Well, he figured it was something like that, but it was nice to have confirmation. This meant that Serph was back, right?]

Then ja, to what's after the Junkyard.

[If Heat wants any more information than that, he'll have to ask.]

[enfire]

After? ( give him a second... )

You mean Nirvana?!

[rainbowarch]

Not exactly bro.

More like what we was hoping was Nirvana.

[enfire]

What the hell is that supposed to mean? ( because he is not liking the sound of that ) You didn't run into that woman again did you? ( that's the only thing he can think might have gotten in their way... )

[rainbowarch]

Ja, ja, saw that Angel lady. But not just her, the whole place is terrible. It's no Nirvana.

[enfire]

( that get's him fuming -- ) What?!

( he's pretty much roaring, sorry about your eardrums ) You mean she was there? In Nirvana?! ( because last he remembers he was ready to pummel that sour faced bitch!! ) What happened! Tell me!

[rainbowarch]

I already told you, that place ain't Nirvana!

[Ow. Okay, getting annoyed and angry hurts. Cielo calms down a little.]

It's the real world.

[enfire]

( was that a wince? whelp, here comes a pang of guilt along with it. heat's just going to... take it down a notch, too
the real world... what the hell? wait a second... )

What Varin was talking about...

[rainbowarch]

Ja, Varin was crazy, but he knew what he was talking about.

[enfire]

You weren't alone, were you? Everyone was there?

[rainbowarch]

Ja, all six of us.

[Technically speaking, yes.]

[enfire]

( he relaxes a little more still hearing that -- ) Good. Good...

Then -- what about it didn't make it Nirvana? How did you know it wasn't?

[rainbowarch]

You remember what Nirvana is?

[He doesn't wait for an answer. Of course Heat knows. A paradise where there's no fighting and everyone can live happily and peacefully.]

Now think about the opposite of all that. Imagine a place where everyone is sad and scared, and the world is so unsafe they can't even go outside without protection.

[enfire]

What...? ( it's whispered; even a little strained. it had been the only thing that they had ever looked forward to... the one thing that had kept them going and... it was all a lie? )

[rainbowarch]

[Oh Heat. Cielo wishes he didn't have to tell him this, but the worse thing to do would be to lie to him. Cielo still believes in Nirvana, just that it's not something you can simply find and walk into.]

Sorry, Heat. I wish it were different.

[enfire]

( there was a rage building up from inside of him. threatening to boil over -- but even he knew that taking it out on cielo, especially an injured cielo wasn't going to get him anywhere. no... he needed to find the one responsible... )

That woman. ( he spoke through clenched teeth, his hands slowly balling into fists ) She had something to do with it, didn't she!

[rainbowarch]

[Heat don't make him try to calm you down at a time like this!]

Ja, but not just her. Lots of people had something to do with it. Look, maybe if you go back you'll see her.

[Though things won't go the way Heat hopes. Someone else is fated to deal with Angel.]

[enfire]

Maybe if I... ( his face seems to just kind of... screw up a little in itself ) How did you even go back in the first place?! ( is it really random like those people said? you must tell him these things that he needs to know!!11 )

[rainbowarch]

[How did he leave? The memory on that is a little fuzzy, but Cielo recounts it as best as he could.]

The day I left, I felt like I really needed to touch the coral. Like, really, really, really needed to. I remember going to touch that and I think that's what sent me back.

[Heat, don't get any ideas of poking at the damn coral until it sends you back, it's not gonna work.]

[enfire]

( he looks as though he has to tear himself away from those exact thoughts as he answers -- ) The coral, huh...

( but as something else dons on him... he narrows his eyes ) How long were you there... What was it? Days? Weeks? Months?

Because DDS2's timeline is stupid

[rainbowarch]

Only a couple days.

[Which probably matches up pretty well with how long he was gone. But Cielo has heard about how time can flow differently with these things.]