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Let's Talk about the Weather; [Semi-Closed] Sophia and Ethan
Topic Started: Feb 17 2014, 06:30 AM (659 Views)
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Ethan faced a door with some sense of determination going through his mind and body. He was going to do it. He was definitely going to do it. It took a while but he was definitely going to do what he should have done ages ago. So, with one brave hand curled into a fist, he held it up and brought it close to the frame...

...and quickly dashed down the hall before he could do a thing.

'Oh gosh darn it.'

It's been a while since that one certain Supernatural Studies class. That one class where Sophia was missing for reasons unknown. Since then Ethan had tried to knock on her door to find out just why that was. However, as expected, he was failing completely.

'Ugh, I'm the worst friend in the world. I can't even ask a person what's wrong. What if she was sick? What if she had some sort of mind virus? What if she was possessed! In fact, what if she is still possessed! She could be in terrible trouble just because I can't ask about it like a normal person!'

So, armed with that entirely illogical load of concern, the boy marched back to the door and raised his curled hand once more.

...Only to quickly collapse in front of the wooden entryway.

'UGHHHH,' the boy thought as he started to knock his head against the wall in frustration.
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Sophia sat at her desk, half relaxing half reviewing the notes Eva had brought her from the Supernatural studies class she had skipped. Meeting with a yuki-onna did seem rather interesting, but she had no regrets for skipping. She sighed and leaned back against her chair, next time she went to class she should properly explain herself. But what would she say? Lie and say she was sick? No, that’s not like her. Besides, as a student council member she should set an example. Tell the truth? Well… that’s something she would like to avoid, at least avoid telling the whole truth.

A loud thump outside her room interrupted her thoughts, followed by repeated banging sounds. What could it be? The girl got up from her seat and cautiously made her way to the door, peeking outside through the peephole and saw… “Ethan?!” She quickly opened the door and pulled the boy away from the wall to stop him from hurting himself further. “Why are you doing that? What if you got hurt?” After taking his glasses off and setting them aside she pulled back his hair to check his forehead for any injuries.
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Before Ethan could properly react to the pain of his self inflicted injuries, he had to properly react to Sophia coming out of her room to stop his self-infliction of injuries. However, before he could react to her coming out of her room to stop his injuries, he now needed to react to her invading his personal space in order to check on his injuries. Unfortunately, unlike a computer, the human mind handles thoughts and feelings in a rather jumbled reaction.

'Huh? What? Why is she? Oooh, oww, my head. Oh no she came out! What do I do? Augh, my head. AAAGH she's touching me! Who knows what kind of whatever is on her hands! Oh no! What am I going to say to her, agh, why did I have to do that! Ouugh, my head...'

Suffice to say, the boy was on shut down for a good 5 minutes before he finally reacted in his usual manner. By his usual manner, the boy rushed down the hallway to hide behind a wall. Then he rushed back to give her a note before rushing down again. Then he rushed forward one more time to actually write something down on the note.

[Ah...hi. Um... how are you? You haven't been turned into a mindless fungus zombie lately have you?]


In hindsight, Ethan realized that wasn't the best start to this conversation, and the conversation was already down the drain by the meeting. In an attempt to restart, the boy ran forward, ripped up the note, and handed her a new one.

[Hello, how are you today?]
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Sophia watched with amusement, smiling slightly at how Ethan ran away from her concerned advances. Something like this was to be expected though, she DID end up skipping a class and was now touching him, so it made sense to assume that she had been sick and may even be contagious. And considering how Ethan was especially sensitive to hygiene and safety, this kind of reaction was typical of him.

The girl waited for as he calmed down and read his messages as they came to her, laughing a bit and shaking her head when he asked if she had turned into a zombie. When he finally returned with the more proper note she gave him a smile. “I’m doing fine Ethan, thanks for asking. I’ve just been going over the notes my friend made for me of that supernatural studies class I missed. How about you? What brings you here?”
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“I’m doing fine Ethan, thanks for asking. I’ve just been going over the notes my friend made for me of that supernatural studies class I missed. How about you? What brings you here?”

'Ok, question, I'm prepared for this. I do not need to panic over this now. I've been over this scenario. Just hand her the note and continue this already degrading conversation.'

With that, Ethan walked forward to hand his friend the prepared note he had written several hours earlier. Unfortunately, the universe never liked pre-planned scenarios. It was the only explanation for why a bird suddenly appeared out of nowhere, grabbed the note from the boy's hand, and whisked it off to who knows where.

'...you have got to be kidding me.'

Ethan immediately ran back to his little hiding spot and tried to write a new note. Unfortunately, the reason why he prepared a note in advance was to avoid any potentially strange stray thoughts straying onto the page. So, in the end, the note he did hand back was filled with eraser smudges and cross outs.

[Dear Sophia, Hi Sophia, Hello Bonjour, Ciao, why am I using different languages?

Um, I was just hanging around

You see there was a sale on ice.

Well, you were not at Supernatural Studies class that day. Wait, you know this.


I was just wondering why you were missing during... wait is this ok to ask right away?

I was just

...So how's the weather...what am I doing.


Ahem, you were missing for that Supernatural Studies class. I was concerned. So I was wondering if everything was ok...

...Is everything ok?]
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…. Well that bird game from nowhere. Did someone leave a window open? Before Sophia could react the bird was gone again with a new piece for its nest. Poor Ethan though, it was clear that he had predicted that she would ask him something like that so had prepared something beforehand. But with his plan flying out the window (literally), it was no surprise that he would panic. Knowing this, the girl stood back and gave him space to calm down and to write a new note.

As expected the note he came back with was filled with corrections, but it got the message across. “Ah… I see.” Sophia nodded a bit. “I’m sorry to have worried you Ethan. Don’t worry though, everything’s okay.” She smiled and patted the boy on the shoulder. “I just… wanted to avoid going to that area for a bit. The last time I went didn’t exactly end well for me you see…”
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~FLASHBACK TIME~

"Sweetie, there is this thing called Ergodic literature. Basically, in a work, the text arrangement is changed in a way to indicate something important occurring. However, I don't like the greek language so I call it instead Medium Distortion. Anyways, what I am getting at is that there are times when this happens in real life."

"...But I don't-"

"Let me just show you an example sweetie. Ok, here's me talking normally.
And here's me talking about something important."

"...I'm not sure that I can hear...see...whatever the difference."

"Hm, well you'll need to learn soon, because sometimes knowing the important things might just save your life. But don't worry, not everyone gets it right away. Sometimes your father can't tell the difference between 'please listen dear' and
'please listen dear' so don't fret if you can't right this moment. Just be sure to tread lightly when such an occasion could occur."

"Um, ok."

~END FLASHBACK~

'...Am I imagining things?' Ethan thought before shaking his suspicions away. 'No, try not to over react...but still...I think I should tread lightly. Flashbacks don't happen without a reason, usually.'

The boy stepped closer to his friend and handed her the next note. Thankfully it was one slightly more composed, if only because of its brevity.

[ Did something happen to your voice?

...Would you like to discuss it?]
Edited by JSQ, Mar 5 2014, 04:22 AM.
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Sophia shot Ethan an anxious look. Did she want to discuss it? Memories of that day flashed through her mind, making her cringe a bit. “It’s… It’s alright. I think it’s best if I just put it in the past.” Her voice cracked a bit as she spoke, but she was quick to hide it again. A second later she turned away and returned to her room, leaving the door open for Ethan to come in if he wished.

The girl flopped onto her bed and sighed deeply before turning over and sitting up. She knew that Ethan meant well, but this was something she really didn’t want to talk about it. Knowing the truth would most likely terrify the boy. For now… let’s just see if she can reassure him.
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Ah yes, Ethan's 142nd worst enemy: a stranger's room. There was almost as nothing more dangerous, nearly as nothing more frightening than another person's room. I mean honestly, think of the anti-climatic horrors. Ethan sure was.

'Uaah, what do I do? Should I go in? Did she imply that? I mean the door is open and all. Oh but that might be rude. And I don't know what might be behind that door. Then again I did visit once, but that was a bit strange. Oh I really hope it is clean. And no pets. Are pets even allowed? Do mythical pets count? Oh my, what if there are mystical fleas on those pets! Oh dear oh dear...'

Regardless, the boy ventured into the probably safe unknown. Sure enough, it was an ordinary room belonging to a significantly un-ordinary girl. Nothing that would scare a normal person. Unfortunately, pretty much everything scared Ethan equally. It was only when his friend flopped on her bed and turned over to face him did he break his stream of worrisome thoughts.

'...and who knows what could be those dark spots. I mean they could be shadows or they could be intelligent fungus...wait, what?'

Ethan pulled himself from his nervous autopilot and finally noticed something quite obvious. Sophia had somehow gained a streak of silver in her hair.

'Error...error, past data does not match current findings. Mismatch suggests a change in physiology. I wonder...what exactly happened? And what else changed?'

Ethan stepped forward and tried to look for anything else that did not match his previous memories of his friend. So far he had a change in voice and a change in hair color, if only slightly. However, he did not notice anything out of the ordinary until he reached her face and saw her eyes.

'Are her eyes...red?'

'DEEP DIVE ACTIVATED'

'Who just said that!?!'

Before Ethan could properly react to whatever happened, he found himself falling. Rather, the floor that held him up seemed to disappear. Instead, his body seemed to be hurling forward, as if gravity decided to go sideways for a moment. Ethan quickly tried to look around as best as he could, but the somewhat familiar sight of Sophia's room melted away, replaced by darkness.

"Someone! Help!" Ethan shouted, but quickly found his words whisked away.

A moment later, something strange started to occur. Around him the darkened world turned grey. However, that was not the strange part. The strange part was when several words colored blue whisked by him, with a familiar female voice echoing them.

past

put
best
alright


It's

end


last

bit
area


avoid

okay

worried


'Ok, that's definitely Sophia's voice,'
Ethan thought as the words whisked by him. 'And I recall her saying...well, saying a few of those recently. Probably. I mean it could be from another time entirely, it's not like I can tell. More importantly...what the heck is going on?!'

Sadly, he received no answers. He did however find solid ground. Or something that felt a lot like solid ground when his body crashed into it. Groaning, Ethan got to his feet, which was surprising considering his physical health, and took a good look around.

What he saw did not help him terribly. In fact, what he saw more or less made it worse. For starters, it seemed like he was in some small village, and it seems like the village was merged with several other places, such as some forest, possibly a library, and maybe parts of a castle. Unfortunately, Ethan couldn't really tell anything, because everything looked blurry. Extremely blurry. Legally blind blurry. On top of all of that, it actually looked like the world was still moving around behind that blurry veil. The only thing that did not seem to change was the gigantic tree that looked to be far in the horizon.

'...Ok, I have a distinct feeling that I might not be anywhere...real. Probably some sort of illusion...or maybe a strange drug trip? Or even...a memory?'

The world finally shifted for the last time, putting Ethan in somewhere that looked somewhat familiar. Only somewhat since it was still a bit blurry, but it definitely looked like somewhere Ethan had recently been.

'...Hyakuji Falls?'
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…Maybe she should have invited him in, seeing how he’s just standing there. Oh never mind, looks like he got the message after all. Good, or maybe not good. Sophia still hasn’t come up with a way to convince Ethan that she was really alright, which is perfectly true… partly. Fortunately something seems to have caught the boy’s interest so that bought her some time. That is until she realized he was staring right at her, or more specifically, her eyes.

“U…umm… What are you doing Eth…”

Suddenly a sharp sensation shot into her head. It wasn’t painful or anything, but it seemed to hold the girl in place and keep her eyes open, forcing her to stare back at Ethan…

--------------------------In Sophia’s memories…--------------------------

The next thing Ethan would hear was a scream of pain piercing the usually serene woods. When he found the source of the sound he would see an armoured girl with wings pinned against a wall of ice that had sprung up from the river. Two spears of ice had pierced her wings and blood was dyeing the white plumage red as the ice spread to encase the wings. Before her stood a towering demon that seemed to be saying something to her, but the words would be inaudible to Ethan. There was a horde of various demonic looking creatures there as well, ranging from gargoyle-like demons to swarms of imps. The girl raised her head to answer, revealing her to be Sophia, only her hair was fully silver and both her eyes were red.

A massive rainbow coloured beam suddenly shot through the air, causing all the demons to turn around looking for the source. They seemed to find it, and the lead demon said something else, once again inaudible to Ethan. If the boy had kept his eyes on Sophia he would see her struggling against her binding until…

Crunch

The Valkyrie ripped her body from the trapped wings, leaving the two bloody appendages stuck to the ice as she picked up an ornate looking polearm from the ground where she had dropped it. The lead demon turned back to face Sophia, but a glint of light cut through his midriff and he stumbled a few steps before his top half slumped off his waist.

What happened next could only be described as a bloodbath. The remaining demons, now leaderless and panicked, backed away from the Valkyrie. Some threw themselves recklessly at her, but were all cut down in a matter of seconds in a grisly manner. Those that ran made it a few metres before Sophia charged after them and they too were massacred without mercy.

Soon it was over, and Sophia stood amongst the bloody pieces of meat that were once her enemies. Without warning she turned her head and looked Ethan dead in the eyes, giving the boy a smirk.

Enjoy the show did you?
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Ethan had no real idea what was going on. He had a feeling that this was probably unusual, but that was basically it. For a moment, he was debating whether or not it was wise to stay or leave, but a sudden scream interrupted all of that.

'Oh what was that now?!'

He looked around and saw Sophia, except not her. To be precise, it was someone who looked a lot like her, but had red eyes and silver hair instead. Furthermore, she was currently pinned to what looked to be ice pillars and surrounded by demons.

'Ooh, what to do? What to do? Need to help...but I can't exactly help like this. Ugh, maybe I can find a stick?'

However, he never had a chance to act. For some reason that Ethan had given up figuring out, a rainbow colored beam appeared.

'The strangeness is becoming tiresome and frightening, and I need to get Sophia out of here.'

Crunch

Ethan turned to see the rather macabre sight of his friend literally ripping herself from her own wings. However, what followed next seemed to make that sight pale in comparison as his friend quite literally tore through the demons surrounding her. To call it grim was quite the understatement.

'Um...I think that's quite enough now. Yes, very overboard.'

Of course, communicating by thought might not be the best way to go. However, seeing as how the boy was deprived of his trusty notebook and writing implements, he was at quite a loss.

'Wait, if this is what I think it is, then shouldn't I be able to...'

With that, a notebook and pen appeared in his hands.

'Ok, that's one problem down, now for...oh, she's done.'

The boy looked up to see Sophia standing amongst what could be best described as red pulp. Suddenly, the girl turned towards him, smirking.

Enjoy the show did you?

Ethan looked around, somewhat hoping that she was talking to someone else. Seeing no one, the boy tried to calmly come up with a reasonable reply.

'Alright...I don't know for sure if this is Sophia, and I'm not sure what is going on exactly...but flattering has saved about ever 3 adventurers out of 5, so...'

[It was quite the interesting display, very...fierce. Possibly beautiful in a way, painting like even. Though I have to suggest a slight toning down on the...brutality, possibly?]

When Ethan was done with showing that note, he held up another for her to read.

[...May I assume that you are Sophia Antistita? My friend?]
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The Valkyrie scoffed at Ethan’s attempt and waved a hand in dismissal, causing the scene to fade away like smoke. Her armour remained, but it shifted into dark red plating with faded gold trim. The polearm in her hands changed as well, becoming a large scythe with a heavy chain dangling from the back of the pole. “Hmph. Brutality is nothing less than what these vermin deserve. They have been a stain on history since the beginning of their existence and I exterminate them with great pleasure.” Her voice was that of Sophia’s yes, but it was overlapped by another deeper voice that gave it a strange echoing effect.

The boy’s question seemed to give her some pause, but a second later she broke out laughing. “Is that who I look like? I shouldn’t be surprised I suppose, after all I’ve just got here.” She steadily approached Ethan, the chain clinking against her armour. “No matter, in time that will change, and for an immortal being time is never an issue.”

She stopped her advance when there was barely a foot between them. Normally Ethan was much taller than Sophia, but here the Valkyrie stood a few inches taller than him. “What is an issue however…” She reached out to tilt his head to up to look into his eyes. “…Is you, boy. How did you get here?”
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To say that alarms were blaring inside Ethan's head was quite the understatement. He was in a strange place, with a strange person who was not his friend, who was no doubt capable of killing him in a multitude of myriad ways. In fact, the boy could not think of a single good thing that has happened since he woke up. To say that he was in a pickle would be an extreme understatement.

'...agh, she...it is not Sophia. Who is this? What should I say? What should I do? I'm scared. What should I do? She'll do something to Sophia. What should I do? I need to do something. She'll kill me if I do anything wrong. What should I do? I'm scared. What should I do? Like those demons. What should I do? Cut me to bits. I'm scared. Turn me to ashes. What should I do? I'm going to die. I'm scared. I'm going to die. I'm scared. What should I do? She's going to kill me. I'm scared. What should I d-

STOP, NO, I am better than that now. I do not need to do that now. The facts are these: I am in somewhere with this thing who clearly enjoys killing demons. The thing, who is apparently immortal on some level, just asked me my name.

Some conclusions I can make would be that this has something to do with Sophia, since it looks a lot like her. In fact, this immortal being even acknowledged her, so Sophia must be related.

So...what exactly do I do? Well... first of all some answers might be nice.'


With that, Ethan wrote out his note and handed it to the immortal, hoping that he can at least gain some information.

[I apologize, I do not know how I got here myself. In fact, I do not know where here is at all. If I may so ask, where am I? Furthermore, who may you be? And what exactly are you if I can ask that much? I would like to address you properly in some manner. I know that my own name may be insignificant, but I believe addressing yourself in your own title would be best.

Along with that information, can you please tell me your relation to Sophia Antistita? This may be more than I should ask, however as her friend it feels as though I should ask.

Oh, and also, while this may be presumptuous, I would like to point out that many things have their place and use in this world, even vermin like them. From how it appeared you were right in defending yourself, but to go out and exterminate them in such a manner can be quite devastating in a manner that neither you nor I can understand. In fact, using them can be more beneficial than merely getting rid of them. However, that is just my opinion.]


'...I am really hoping this does not get me killed,'
He thought.
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Ethan’s remarks seemed to give the Valkyrie some pause. “Is that so? Then allow me to enlighten you.” She held her arms wide open, gesturing at the emptiness around them. “This is the mind of your friend Sophia Antistita, a part of it at least, and that delightful slaughter you witnessed just now was a fragment of her memory. I’m surprised that you haven’t figured that out yet, you did ask her what happened after all.”

She dropped her arms and began pacing around Ethan, much like the way a hunter would toy with its prey. “Some might agree with you boy, but I, and Sophia shares my sentiment, would much rather watch them die like swine.” The Valkyrie stopped pacing and grinned at Ethan. “Surprised? I assure you what I say is true, after all Sophia and I share a very intimate relationship. Something far beyond any of the ‘bonds’ she has with anyone in the mortal realm.”

“Since you asked so nicely I suppose it’s the proper thing to do is to introduce myself. Unfortunately giving you my name wouldn’t be to my benefit, so you may address me as Valkyrie. You intrigue me boy. I didn’t expect someone with the ability to dive into people’s minds around, let alone one of Sophia’s friends. But like I said…”
She swung her scythe and in the blink of an eye Ethan would find the blade touching the back of his neck. “Your presence here is an issue.”
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Scythes to the neck are rather frightening things. In fact, having his head cut off by a scythe was about 6th place on Ethan's list of ways he did not want to have his head cut off. So, some panic was expected.

'AHHGHAHGAHGAHHGA!'

That being said, he did not have time to be scared of a scythe. However, he was scared.

'AGHAGAHGAGAH!'

He just had no time for it.

'AHGAHGHAH...ok, time allotted for being scared is up, now time to think. Let's see, from what she said, my theory of this being some weird mindspace memory thing is correct. Furthermore, it being Sophia's was also confirmed. Now... according to the rules of mind intrusion, I would have limited ability to do much here since I might not be a big impact on Sophia's life. Hm, also, I don't think she's aware of this, since if she was I would doubt this to be a positive result. In addition to that... while I can't fully trust what this person says, I can acknowledge that it has more power here than I do...not that such a thing says much.

'Now...I don't think I need to press the demon issue. Though that did give me some insight as to this thing's and Sophia's relationship. Vague may it be... I wonder if I should pry for more... Well, it's not like I'm in too deep already.

'Another thing to note, it might be trying to hide its name. Surely not revealing that information is important. Though that is only conjecture, some aristocrats are just like that after all. Though what it did give me... Valkyrie... how curious.

'...I'll just have to take this calmly.'


Ethan remained still as the blade continued brushing its cold edge on his neck. Each beat of his heart seemed to bring his veins and arteries closer and closer to what might just be a rather messy death. Trying not to make any sudden movements, he slowly wrote a note and handed it to the Valkyrie.

[Miss Valkyrie, let me assure you that I do not want my presence to intrude into my friend's head any more than you do. To be honest, I never knew I could do this, and I'm still not convinced that I am doing so. In either case, I do not have a clear idea of how exactly to leave this world. So, might I suggest a cooperation? After all, if both of us have the same goal, it would be wise to work together, no?

Furthermore, while I understand that Sophia Antistita most likely has relationships with people that I have no knowledge of, I am still quite concerned about yourself. May I inquire your "intimate relationship" with Sophia Antistita? However, I acknowledge if you would choose not to. I merely wish to reconfirm, as it would be fitting my title of being her friend to make sure she is safe.]
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