Trapped in a Nightmare

[noctaeress]

It had been about half an hour since the group who had volunteered (and not volunteered) to join the dreamscape first arrived into the setting Sylvani provided. Though they could not see her, they could at least hear her voice. She had explained to them that this was one of the major battles between the more powerful dreamwalkers and the invading

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[atrumrebellis]

[This is going wonderfully. Ragna didn't even want to be dragged into this dream...flashback or whatever in the first place. And now that Nightmare chick decided to make everything worse.]

[He could feel the atmosphere begin to grow heavier around him when she appeared. Not only that, he noticed the noctaere begin to approach. He remembered from that stupid training that it was possible to leave the Dreamscape, but that didn't seem to be working, judging by the reactions of others and his own failed attempts.]

[Ragna waists no time reaching for his weapon to fend the incoming monsters off.]

Son of a bitch.

[unsureazure]

[Several gunshots ring through the air, and the Noctaere that were close to attacking Ragna dropped like flies. Once the immediate threat is dealt with, Noel quickly rushes to his side with Bolverk at the ready. The look on her face made it very clear that she's extremely worried about something... or someone.

...

No, not Ragna. She knows he can take care of himself.]

Ragna! Are you okay?! I really need your help with something!

[atrumrebellis]

[Ragna looked toward Noel after she took the Noctaere out. He saw her within the crowd earlier and chose against approaching her. Seems like she decided to go up to him anyway, so it's not like it mattered at this point. She didn't seem to be harmed and since she was able to get rid of those monsters with such ease, he assumed as much.]

Yeah, I'm fine. [She looks worried about something, which is understandable considering the situation, but.]

What's the matter?

[unsureazure]

I... I can't find them! I can't find Elliot... and Leo, too!

[She's far too distressed and worried about those two to realize that a description of them would have been more useful. Then again... Even if those names were unfamiliar to Ragna, which they probably are, if Ragna spotted her in the crowd, he might've noticed how she stayed particularly close to an angry-looking guy, along with another that wore really huge glasses.]

What am I gonna do?! I'm supposed to protect them! I can't leave them alone like this! I-If something happens to them, I...!

[She wouldn't be able to forgive herself.

... Yeah, Ragna. They're really that important to her. Better watch what you say or she might kick you in the face.]

[atrumrebellis]

[He hasn't seen her this worried yet. Clearly whoever she was talking about meant a lot to her. Ragna, however, has no freaking clue who this girl is talking about.]

[Sigh. Nevertheless, she seems to be fine fending for herself and he'll be able to beat the crap out of this hoard of monsters with ease. So he may as well help Noel find her friends.]

You wanna tell me what these friends of yours look like, then?

[unsureazure]

O-Oh, um, right... I'm terribly sorry.

[Right, there's no way he could know. How could she be so stupid? She needs to calm down... Panicking isn't going to help find them any faster. Her hands gesture wildly as she describes them. Which is probably a bad idea when those hands are attached to a pair of guns.]

Elliot is about a head taller than me, blond hair... blue eyes... and um, he looks angry all the time... Leo should be easy to spot! He's got really messy dark hair and wears these really big glasses...

[Hey, doesn't that first description sound rather familiar, Ragna?]

Anyway, hopefully they should be together, so maybe it won't be that hard...

[atrumrebellis]

[Well, some things never change. The first description does not seem familiar to Ragna at all though, considering the fact that he's never seen Elliot's face. He has heard his voice, though. Leo he's never seen or heard, but he'll just look for giant glasses or something. If these two guys are together, they should be easier to find at least. Makes things less of a pain.]

Where did you last see them anyway?

[unsureazure]

[It's then that Noel remembers that Ragna completely forget his previous visit to Somarium... and hence also forgot that one encounter when she and Elliot tried to apprehend him. Argh. So much for thinking this would be easy. She doesn't even try to hide her frustration.]

The three of us were together during this whole tour thing... Then that Nitiri lady appeared... Once the Noctaere started attacking, we got separated thanks to all the fighting and---!