daybreakacademy | Memory Sharicus

Memory Sharicus - Oh No, not again!

About 8 am on July 15th, Rex does something stupid in his usual genius way. It was meant to be a small, simple test run of a method to scan a person and instantly gain all the data he needed to produce a Phantom.

The small field the spell was meant to spread just kept growing, until popping like a bubble with the most counterintuitive sound of all- two seconds of white noise, sounding as if it was coming from inches away. Not everyone heard it. But everyone who did...

It's a painless process, almost ticklish and instantaneous as numerous coloured orbs fly out from their chest, taking wild curving trajectories that launch them all over the academy and some of Soleil, coming to a sudden stop and hovering silently for just a few seconds.

That's when they start to slowly float towards the nearest possible recipient of the memory they contain, accelerating as they get closer as if thought and mind have a unique sort of magnetism.

It's sort of beautiful to see, really, not that Rex will notice because 60% of his mind is consumed with fear he will get into trouble and the Phantom project will be compromised. On the other hand, the Phantom project could provide the perfect scapegoat. So about six hours after the initial event, he released his latest creation- the Phantom mischief-maker, Waggery!

What a disaster.

(( ooc: The planning post is here! Be careful to warn for the nastier memories! If you already have memories planned to share, feel free to write them as a top level or just put up your character and link to the planning/make it a free for all. There'll be a post below for Waggery shenanigans and random NPC memories up for grabs. ))

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Yuya.

[Something's wrong. Cat Dancer is holding Serena's shoulders, a grim expression on her face. Serena is gripping that bracelet of hers, something that seems to have become a habit since she got it. Her gaze is cold, dispassionate. Which isn't exactly strange for Serena, but it's usually just disinterest. She seems to be almost looking through Yuya.]

... Are you okay? [He was curious about her life, but that takes a backseat to how... distant she seems to be. Cat Dancer's expression doesn't help--maybe something like that memory...?] What happened?

I... saw a memory. A black one.

[She seems to be pressing the bracelet against her skin, hard enough to leave an impression.]

It... involved my Mother's death.

Oh... [Oh no. He'd ask if it was her own, but they're seeing other people's memories, right? So someone else on campus must have known her.

Yuya approaches in an instant, reaching to put a gentle, reassuring hand on her shoulder.] I'm sorry. Something like that's... really hard, isn't it? Um, could you tell whose memory it was?

[Serena's head pulls up, looking Yuya straight in the eyes.]

It belonged to the one who killed her. Zarc.

[The look in her eyes is a mix of hatred and sadness as she stares at him. She raises her hand up, and presses the bracelet against his arm.]

[Yuya stares with wide eyes, but before he can react he feels something searing his skin and he jerks back with a yelp. The bracelet leaves a dark mark, a burn that's faintly ashen.

Yuya covers his hand over the injury and takes a step back.]

That bracelet was given to me by Augustine. It only reacts to Daemons. Like Zarc.

[Serena takes a step forwards to match Yuya's step back.]

Like you. I didn't want to believe it, but all the signs are there. Zarc is alive, and he's right in front of me.

[He can't argue that, can he? Valvatorez had suspected as much, and now Serena's claiming to have seen a memory, like what haunts his dreams.]

Serena--I can explain! [He takes another step back.] I didn't know!

[That gives her a moment's pause.]

Didn't know what?

I didn't--I didn't know I was possessed until a few months ago. [He wraps his arms loosely around himself, hesitant.] It's never done anything, and I didn't know for sure what daemon it was or what it was doing, or...

[He shakes his head.] I really don't know any more than you do what's happening.

...Cat Dancer?

He's not lying, Serena.

So... you're not Zarc, but an unwilling host... Ahaha. I wonder what Augustine would say about this? Zarc is too dangerous to let recover, but you're just one more of his victims. Maybe an exorcism would work?

Uh--[Yuya blinks slowly.] W-well, he hasn't... done anything, I haven't had any problems besides nightmares. What is Augustine...?

[Well, planning to do? Did he know?]

I was just supposed to find out if Zarc was here. I don't know what the higher-ups at NightWatch will do with this information, but I trust them to do the right thing.

You're going to tell them? I don't even know who they are!

[He closes the gap between them again, reaching for Serena's sleeve.] Please, you can't tell anyone!

[Hope he's avoiding the bracelet, because otherwise ouch.]

Yuya-kun, NightWatch is the closest thing to a family I have. I can't just keep something this important from them!

Perhaps, just to be sure, we should raise the issue with Fran-senpai first? She'd never judge someone on something they had no choice in.

[He is definitely avoiding the bracelet arm.] I don't want to make that big of a deal about this. Valvatorez is already helping me, it's enough!

[He doesn't want this to get around. Doesn't want--they were already looking for him, so what are they going to do?]

They're going to come in for a status report eventually. What do you want me to do, lie to their faces? I can't let them down like that. Aside from Cat Dancer, they're all I have...

[Cat Dancer's grip on Serena shifts to a comforting embrace at those words.]

[A primal fear burns through Yuya's nerves as she talks. He convinces himself it's because he can't let anything happen when his friends depend on him.]

... They can't make me do anything.

[They can't, they can't. He's not their no matter what reports there are or--or who they send to spy on him. It hurts that might've always been Serena's goal.

Yuya backs away, twisting on his heels to sprint to the stairs and away from them.]

Yuya!

[Cat Dancer jumps over both Serena and Yuya, landing between him and the stairs.]

For heaven's sake, calm down! Tell me something, Yuya-kun. Why are you so afraid of NightWatch? Judging these people you haven't even met is a bit unlike you, isn't it?

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You don't know me! [He tries to squeeze around her, determined just to get away. He doesn't think about what's driving him--just the fact they're investigating him is enough, isn't it? Isn't it?]

[Unfortunately for Yuya, Cat Dancer is both big and fast.]

Tsk, that's not an answer. Yuya! Is it really you that's afraid?! Does this feeling come from your heart or Zarc's?

[It feels like his, but he doesn't want to argue this right now. Doesn't want to think about it, doesn't want to look and regret what he's going to see. Doesn't--doesn't want to give those people a chance to get to him.]

Get out of my way! [A dark aura pulls in before bursting out in all directions, as much force as he can muster to try and push her away.]

Aaah!

[Cat Dancer is just blasted away from the force. Serena isn't so lucky. The arm holding the bracelet slams into the floor, resulting in a sickening crunch. If Yuya were to look, he would see that arm bending in a way it's definitely not supposed to.]

Serena!

[Cat Dancer rushes to Serena, forgetting all about preventing Yuya from leaving in her panic.]

Just hold on, I'll get you to the infirmary!

[Yuya'w gut twists, but he doesn't dare look back at what he's done. He stumbles down the stairs and out of the building.

Ah, he really is the worst.]

[If Yuya's not careful where he's going, he'll run into a floating Memory Orb. A green one, drifting close to a number of greys.]

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