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[ou] naminé

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Characters: [OU] Naminé and anybody who finds her/her Shadow.
Setting: All over the tower
Format: Up to you
Summary: Naminé's shadow is running around... being nice to people? For the most part, anyway. (Watch out, she's kind of emotional.) Still, this is probably going to get awkward once the real Naminé catches up to her. / Yeah, it gets messy.
Warnings: Emotional Shadow, denial, Shadow Boss Fight and all that entails.

[NORMAL MODE]

[Naminé - or at least someone who looks exactly like her - appears to be in a very strange mood today. Every little thing seems to effect her; one second she's smiling fit to put the sun out of business and the next it looks like rainclouds are what she'll be replacing. The longer she spends on her own, the more distraught she seems to get, but since she appears to be seeking out anyone she(?) knows or recognizes, chances are she'll remedy that problem soon enough. Anybody that's ever met Naminé is likely to be mercilessly hunted down and... smiled at? Whatever the reason, she seems to be very happy to see anyone, anyone at all, but especially the people that she's already met before, and even more so the people she's formed more proper a friendship with. So, anybody that she sees will likely be accosted upon discovery by a very cheerful young lady. (Careful, though - she's liable to be very sad if she's not treated well.)]

[The real Naminé will be searching the tower herself, trying not quite frantically but about as close as she gets, to find her double. Passersby may be accosted by this Naminé as well, only this one appears to be consistently grim and concerned, and she's looking for information regarding the location of her duplicate.]

[BOSS MODE]

[Whoops. So apparently, someone had trouble accepting that this strange person wandering around was part of her - not only due to her own issues with denial but also because come on, how could she trust something like that in this particular Tower, infamous for screwing with people as it is?]

[Floor to ceiling, it seem like everywhere you look there is a giant mass of chains, shifting as though they're alive. In the center of it all is the Shadow Naminé, held aloft by those chains. Clothed in a dress that seems to go on forever, she's draped head to toe in white fabric. The bottom is loose and flowing, the ends cut in a pattern of semi-circles. The front is short enough for the ends of her toes to almost show, assuming she has them, but the back forms quite the train. The middle and bodice are the only things that seem to be tight, and quite tight at that; in combination with the bottom and the long, flowing sleeves that repeat the pattern of semi-circles but go so far past her hands as to totally obscure them and hang off, flying about with her motions when she makes them, she almost seems too thin in the middle. Veiled as she is, the only part of her skin that shows is the space between her nose and about where the line of the real girl's dress usually is. The Shadow's skin is just slightly paler than its counterpart's, though her lips and cheeks are darker, more noticable and expressive, almost, despite the fact that her eyes are obscured. She's almost reminiscent of some the lesser Nobodies, with their wasp waists and strange limbs and flexibility and their apparent lack of eyes, only what's underneath seems almost disturbingly human, for such a creature.]

[It'd likely be hard enough to get to her with just the chains everywhere, but what's worse is that she also seems to be making use of Corridors of Darkness. Fortunately for passersby, she only seems to be interested in attacking Naminé, both with the chains (which the girl is doing her best to block with Reflect, though she'll soon tire at this rate) and with less obvious means. This is also a clash of similar powers, powers over the mind and heart; at first it is visible only in Naminé's apparent distraction, but as time goes by and the battle gets more intense, something about the whole area just seems wrong, like it isn't quite real. Those who are sensitive to such things may notice a fairly terrifying amount of magical/psychic energy that just keeps building up.]

[Those who choose to interfere will find that, unless they attempt to attack her directly, the Shadow Naminé will not attack them. She will say things to discourage them from doing so, but only if they persist to the point of injuring her will she actually fight back. Mental attacks on those susceptible include attempted memory removal and causing intense headaches and/or hallucinations, but the real Naminé will be doing her best to block such things with her own influence. Aside from that, there's the kind of stuff that Naminé will not be able to help much with, like direct attacks from the chains. For the most part, such attacks will be limited to attempting to restrain the interloper and/or cast them into a portal and send them to another part of the tower, usually a benign one where they will not be injured but are nevertheless removed from the fight until they can get back to where it is, should they choose to return. Actually attempting to hurt someone will only happen if they have repeatedly damage the Shadow Naminé and will be limited to attempted knockouts with as little permanent/fatal injury as can be managed.]

[Needless to say, Naminé is going to need some help.]

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[Oh wait. Shit.]

Namin-! Fuck.

[He kind of just runs towards the other because hell if this weren't going to end messily now.]

[TOO LATE and she remembered herself too late, clamping a hand over her mouth.]

[It DOES look like it's going to end messily, and before he can get anywhere near what's going on there are... chains sprouting out of the ground?! They obscure the Shadow, effectively making it possible to find or reach her, at least for the moment, but something is definitely going on, and more and more chains just keep appearing, from up near where the staircase goes to the next floor as well.]

[The real Naminé knows enough to start backing up, at least.]

[Dave glances around them. Fuck. This is like the brief stint with Link, except he feels like this won't quite end so tamely as it had before.]

Naminé? You know what's going on? [Because he sure as hell doesn't. His knuckles are white from clinging to his sword so tightly.]

[This particular Shadow appears to be quite powerful, if the still growing number of chains is any indication. ~~Kind of makes the real Naminé look kind of suspicious, since she doesn't SEEM all that powerful herself.~~]

[Part of her is relieved to not be alone, but the rest of her, the larger part of her, is horrified that he has to be here for this.]

-- I've made a mistake. I'm sorry--! I've made her angry...!

[Dave isn't going to judge, but this kind of makes things a little difficult for the both of them.

He kind of maneuvers himself to get closer to her.]

I wasn't any better, so don't worry too much about it. [He's not going to fault her for kind of messing up. That would make him kind of a hypocrite.] I think we got our work cut out for us though.

[She can't help mentally berating herself for such a stupid slip-up, so she's probably got the judging covered.]

[She turns enough to peer at him, but tries to keep an eye on where the Shadow was before. She falters, then,]

Dave--... [She's not sure it SHOULD be an 'us'.] ... I think maybe you should go, while you still can...!

[Which may not be for much longer, because it seems the increase in chains is slowing, but all the ones that have already appeared are still very much there and many of them are moving, almost as if alive.]

[Dave isn't sure where to keep his attention. The moving chains are really making him uncomfortable, to say the least.]

Naw. I think I'll stay. What. You're gonna do this by yourself?

[Even if he trusted her to take it on by herself, he would hate himself if he went and ditched her. That's just something he wasn't gonna do.]

[They're going to keep doing so, it seems, but nothing has properly attacked them yet. How long that will last, however, remains to be seen.]

-- Well... yes. You could hurt--! And it would be all my fault...!

[Of course the thing is, if she TRIED to do it herself, she'd almost certainly lose, and the consequences for that-- anyway, she's more comfortable with suffering them herself than inflicting them on someone else.]

[And that's the worst part about this. He's just going to be ultra paranoid until something actually happens.]

No, it would be my fault because I chose to stick around.

[It's cool. He's used to sticking his neck into things. He can do this. Can't stop. Won't stop.]

[He won't have to wait long, but the paranoia may last-- an attack could come from just about any direction, at this point.]

But--

[She'd probably be protesting further if that weren't a chain headed quickly their direction from behind her, and it's obviously not one of the slowmoving ones. ~~Dangit Dave why couldn't you just save yourself--~~]

[Dave sees it and grabs her arm and yanks her forward.]

Less talking, more holy shit just start moving.

[How do you fight this thing???]

[Naminé stumbles, not expecting that. Eyes wide, she looks at him, then where she was before and the place... suddenly taken up by a still moving chain, oh. Yeah, she's... just going to follow after him, thanks.]

--!!!

[It maaaaay have something to do with the creature (described at the top) suddenly visible as some of the chains part from the main mass.]

Just keep moving. A moving target is harder than a sitting duck.

[Dave let go and gripped his sword tightly. His brow furrowed as he glanced up as he heard the rattle of chains. Flying was really convenient for moments like these...]

[Naminé lets out what is probably meant to be a 'yeah' as she takes his advice, trying to avoid any further incidents. She can't help a glance over her shoulder, though, and at him-- waaaaait, what is he thinking?]

[Convenient indeed, although the chains do take up a lot of air space, too, so he'd better be prepared to dodge either way.]

[It's cool. Dodging in the air like it's Matrix or some shit. Challenge accepted. He leaped into the air. Gotta go fast.

How hard can this be? Other than really fucking hard.]

[He seems to be in luck; the chains only move defensively, not like they're actually trying to hurt him.]

[The real Naminé, however, is not so fortunate, by the looks of things, because there are several other chains going right for her. WORST BOSS FIGHT EVER--]

[Dave kind of floats around, trying to find his supposed target. He keeps glancing in Naminé's direction though. This was honestly terrifying. He didn't mind being in danger, but he wasn't. She was.

And what if he couldn't protect her? What if she got killed?]

[He might be able to find said target in the thick of the chains, if he can focus long enough to see her through them. It seems both he and the real Naminé are in luck, however, because right as she's about to get snatched by a particularly active couple of chains, she manages what appears to be some kind of shield magic. Good thing, too, because it's not long before more chains join the fight. Here's hoping she can actually keep it up.]

[He doesn't think he's been this freaked out about going against something before. It was different when his life was on the line, but not someone who you liked.

He tries to get passed the chains to try and get to his target.] Can we not play hide n' seek? Come on, there's better ways we can deal with this.

[The real Naminé's quite busy at the moment, but seems to be keeping herself out of the sort of trouble that would actually succeed in leaving a mark, so to speak. The shadow Naminé remains elusive, but somewhere underneath the rattling of chains,]

What did you have in mind?

[There's just a hint of amusement there.]

[He hates you so much right now for sounding amused ohmygod.]

That this wouldn't be a pain in the ass and you wouldn't try killing her? You know, what people usually would want! [He swings his sword at some of the chains. He will fuck all your shit up if he has too.]

[She seems rather unperturbed about him trashing chains. There are many more where that came from, after all.]

I'd rather not kill her. I'd rather not hurt her at all - I'd rather not hurt anyone. [Which may be evidenced by the lack of retaliation against him.] But she needs to learn to let go of the lies. [Definitely not sounding amused anymore, just sad. The particular section of chains the shadow Naminé is hiding in isn't moving around quite as much anymore. Looks like someone's distracted.] If this is the only way... then so be it.

[He sees that section stop moving as much and quickly moves toward that area so he can swing his sword.]

I haven't really seen attacking us as a real winner to doing that. It kind of just ends in a lot of unneeded maiming. Believe it or not, most people don't like that.

[If he keeps at it long enough to either bat away or cut through the chains, he might be able to get a hit in. For now, though,]

It's never mattered what we liked or didn't like. Things are the way they are. All she has to do is see them.

[Someone sounds a tiny bit distracted. ~~Might be falling on deaf ears anyway since she comes from a universe where beating people up is actually a good way to progress--~~ The real Naminé's holding her own, at least for now, though somewhere between the chains she looks as though she's concentrating very hard on something. Is it just the shield, or something else?]

[Dave isn't completely sure what that even means. He doesn't know a hell of a lot about the other, so trying to continuously speak with her shadow was odd at best.

Dave swings his blade, not willing to really just bat away the chains. He just wanted to get this done and over with. The faster they deal with this, the faster neither of them are in potential danger.]

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