dream [05] - the banquet
Warnings: Violence.
Dream Effects: A childish sort of panic, and fear.
The mansion is huge. It's like no house she's ever been in before. Ange looks around curiously, unable to remember how she got here, or why. Is this Grandfather's home on Rokkenjima? It certainly looks like it. But, there are some differences from what she remembers. It's much darker, and a strange silence seems to hang about, unable to be pierced by any sound.
Her ears almost hurt, as if something is pressing against her eardrums. Confused, the red-haired girl turns, trying to make heads or tails of the situation. Once she does, however, the scene changes.
Lights. Bright, blinding light flash on, flooding the hall. She squints, bring a hand to cover her eyes, annoyed at this sudden change. But, it isn't the only one. The room is suddenly full of people, full of tables, full of the picture of a lively party.
Except, there is still no sound. And there are no people, there are just... people's bodies, with goat's heads, their red eyes glinting even in the shining lights.
She tries to speak, to question this, but she cannot make a sound. Frustrated, Ange approaches one of the goats (dressed in women's evening wear) and extends a arm to tap the woman on the shoulder, to get her attention. It's only then that she realizes.
Mom? she tries to ask, but fails. When her hand rests on her mother's(?) shoulder, something happens. A shining thread of light flashes, cuts through Kyrie around the middle, and the goat-woman falls over, lifeless.
Startled, covered in blood, Ange stumbles backwards. Suddenly, all of the party guests are people she knows (her family, mostly) and they are suffering cruel deaths, all at once. A Maria-goat is choked by invisible hands. A Rudolf-goat is shot repeatedly. An Amakusa-goat is thrown against the walls.
Though she can't speak, cries sound inside her head, and the pool of blood on the floor grows. Panic-stricken, backed up against a wall, she finally spots a goat dressed in a white suit, staring at her from across the room.
"... Onii-chan," she finally says, weakly, before a bolt of lightning strikes the goat-Battler, and the scene dissolves.
&;;
Ange woke in a cold sweat, her hands shaking as she shut off the Dreamberry.
Dream Effects: A childish sort of panic, and fear.
The mansion is huge. It's like no house she's ever been in before. Ange looks around curiously, unable to remember how she got here, or why. Is this Grandfather's home on Rokkenjima? It certainly looks like it. But, there are some differences from what she remembers. It's much darker, and a strange silence seems to hang about, unable to be pierced by any sound.
Her ears almost hurt, as if something is pressing against her eardrums. Confused, the red-haired girl turns, trying to make heads or tails of the situation. Once she does, however, the scene changes.
Lights. Bright, blinding light flash on, flooding the hall. She squints, bring a hand to cover her eyes, annoyed at this sudden change. But, it isn't the only one. The room is suddenly full of people, full of tables, full of the picture of a lively party.
Except, there is still no sound. And there are no people, there are just... people's bodies, with goat's heads, their red eyes glinting even in the shining lights.
She tries to speak, to question this, but she cannot make a sound. Frustrated, Ange approaches one of the goats (dressed in women's evening wear) and extends a arm to tap the woman on the shoulder, to get her attention. It's only then that she realizes.
Mom? she tries to ask, but fails. When her hand rests on her mother's(?) shoulder, something happens. A shining thread of light flashes, cuts through Kyrie around the middle, and the goat-woman falls over, lifeless.
Startled, covered in blood, Ange stumbles backwards. Suddenly, all of the party guests are people she knows (her family, mostly) and they are suffering cruel deaths, all at once. A Maria-goat is choked by invisible hands. A Rudolf-goat is shot repeatedly. An Amakusa-goat is thrown against the walls.
Though she can't speak, cries sound inside her head, and the pool of blood on the floor grows. Panic-stricken, backed up against a wall, she finally spots a goat dressed in a white suit, staring at her from across the room.
"... Onii-chan," she finally says, weakly, before a bolt of lightning strikes the goat-Battler, and the scene dissolves.
&;;
Ange woke in a cold sweat, her hands shaking as she shut off the Dreamberry.