21st Combo - [Video]

[redcladidealist]

[Lloyd's face is pale, panicked, when the video feed turns on.]

Guys, we have a problem. Cruxis is here.

[He swallows.]

And so is Kratos. He's taken over. It isn't Yggdrasill anymore, it's him. He's-

[His eyes abruptly widen, no longer looking at the Dreamberry but something off screen.]

Damn it, they're back!

[There's a flash of steel as he pulls a sword out, then the feed abruptly turns off.]


[ooc: Backdated to after this.]

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[Video]

[foreversorryorz.livejournal.com]

[Oh no, same thing as with Haseo]

L-Lloyd, Cruxis isn't here no matter what you're seeing!

[Video]

[redcladidealist]

[Lloyd's breathing hard when he turns the Dreamberry back on, but he still manages to give Emil a look like he can't believe the other boy could be questioning him about this.]

It's not a mistake, Emil. There are angels, they've got Exspheres, and Kratos is leading them. They're not just people from a world like ours. They're definitely from our world.

[Video]

[foreversorryorz.livejournal.com]

But-! I know it looks like it but it's still not real! T-The same thing started happening with people earlier this week like Haseo...

[Video]

[redcladidealist]

[His expression turns harried for a moment as he abruptly twists and ducks. There's another flash of steel, a sword slicing through the air. Then Lloyd holds his Dreamberry up, showing Emil the empty sky.]

Does that look like it's not real?

[Video]

[foreversorryorz.livejournal.com]

That's not what I- uh...

[Quick think!]

I-It might be another person seeing things too!

[Video]

[redcladidealist]

[What?

Lloyd falters, caught off guard by the idea.]

But how could they fake the wings and the Exsphere? And why?

[Video]

[foreversorryorz.livejournal.com]

I-I don't know but none of this really makes sense in the first place.

[Kinda freaked and nervous. What if he was next? More than that what if those he knew got seriously hurt because of this misunderstanding??]

[Video]

[redcladidealist]

[Attention still half on the air, Lloyd edges back, warily keeping track of unseen movement above. He frowns, still not convinced.]

How do you know they're not angels? If we got here, couldn't they have gotten here, too?

[Video]

[foreversorryorz.livejournal.com]

I don't know-... W-Wait, if they're really angels then let me see if it looks like one to me!

[Video]

[redcladidealist]

[That earns Emil a funny look.]

I just did.

[But he holds the Dreamberry up again all the same.]

See, there's two of them. They've been after me all day, ever since I got away from Kratos.

[The Dreamberry shows a view of sky and clouds and the tops of trees - but nothing else. There's no sign of anything remotely like an angel anywhere.]

[Video]

[foreversorryorz.livejournal.com]

...

[That earns a rather funny look in return because, um, what?]

Um, I don't see anything though, just a couple of trees...

[Video]

[redcladidealist]

What?

[The view drops, showing the ground, and there's alarm in Lloyd's voice.]

But they're right-

[He whips around, the view spinning with him.]

Damn it, where'd they go?!

[Video]

[foreversorryorz.livejournal.com]

[Was not expecting the sudden change in picture quite like that. He was fighting against something though...]

They were flying around, right? Were they attacking you directly or just following you?

[Video]

[redcladidealist]

[Lloyd lifts the Dreamberry again, but his anxious attention is still clearly on trying to find his pursuing angels.]

They've attacked, but they're good. Really good. I haven't been able to land any hits. Why? Why do you ask?

[Video]

[foreversorryorz.livejournal.com]

I was just wondering what you were attacking, if um, maybe it was a couple of birds or a few scarecrows... I-If there aren't really any angels here I mean.

[Video]

[couldnotfly.livejournal.com]

[Zack's more than likely about to pass out from something or other and he's seeing things from the corner of his eyes, but Lloyd is a friend, and Zack will always help him out. No wonder he's on the move already.]

Lloyd, where are you?

[Video]

[redcladidealist]

[Hallucinating or not, Lloyd is still lucid and otherwise perfectly aware. He sees the exhaustion and tension in Zack's face and frame, and even though his own situation is desperate, a threat literally above his head, concern tightens his grip as he looks from the angels to Zack.]

Don't worry about me. I'll be fine. Zack, you don't look good. Are you all right?

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[redcladidealist]

...Emil, I know the difference between an angel and a bird. I'm not seeing things.

[Video]

[couldnotfly.livejournal.com]

[The concern is touching, really, but despite looking terrible, Zack shakes his head. He can keep going. He's fine, really...not.]

Yeah, I'm fine. You've got bigger things to worry about than me right now, man.

[Still moving. He's gonna track Lloyd down if it's the last thing he does...before passing out, anyway.]

[Video]

[foreversorryorz.livejournal.com]

[... This isn't going to go anywhere anytime soon]

Uh, are you in Somni or Espoir?

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[beats-zelos.livejournal.com]

Lloyd?? Lloyd, are you okay??

[Video]

[redcladidealist]

[Smart boy, Emil.]

I'm in Espoir.

[There's snow and trees in the background.]

I don't think you should come here, though. It's dangerous.

[As though to punctuate the statement, he tenses, eyes darting back to the sky.]

[Video]

[foreversorryorz.livejournal.com]

[He has his moments. He...might know where that is. Already heading out sorry]

I-I'll be there soon.

[Click! Yeah, didn't give him time to respond to that since he already knows what he'd say. Readying his equipment he leaves his cottage in search for what he saw through the Dreamberry. He just hoped Lloyd wasn't attacking a person...]

[Video]

[redcladidealist]

[Snow and trees in the background, Zack, and a few quaint little cottages. Possibly somewhere in Espoir?

Not that Lloyd's going to confirm.]

It's only two angels right now, Zack. I managed to shake the others off.

[At least, he hopes that's the case. The idea that Kratos might have deliberately split the others off to circle around for an ambush eats at his mind. He shakes his head, trying to push the worry away.]

I'll be fine. Tell you what. You find someplace warm, and I'll meet you there.

[After he's lost his pursuers.]

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[redcladidealist]

[Hang on a second, Sheena. Lloyd's busy trying to take the head off an attacking angel at the moment.

...or maybe it'll look like he's slicing off part of a snow-laden branch. It's very nearly the same thing.

When he has a second to catch his breath, though, he darts Sheena a look.]

I'm fine. They haven't landed any hits yet, and I've managed to shake some of them off. I don't know where Kratos is, though.

[And that worries him. A lot.]