(Although it was never specified in FF: Incarcerated, this RP takes place in NYC. For me, at least. I'll probably leave anyway.)

Callum turned off the TV and looked at his clock. It was 2:00 A.M. He couldn't sleep ever since he learned a powerful game villain was inside him. Vanitas. Ever since Vanitas possessed him (If he did, maybe he was in there since birth, so gained influence) Callum had been a jerk. He didn't have any friends now. I hate you, Vanitas! He heard a scoff. Really? Do you? Callum summoned his keyblade. "I won't let this take me over. Vanitas, you won't win." His void gear looked ominous. Too ominous.

Joy looked down. "You're not being controlled by Sephiroth? Then you are a jerk. Look, I don't like giving up on Mariah either. And I might not be. But I don't have time for any attachments during this fight. It's driving us all apart. And I don't want to run away like last time. And I thought Mariah chose you anyway?"

Mariah woke up hearing James and Joy having a heated discussion, with James claiming that she had only loved Joy because of Tifa and Cloud's relationship, another boy telling Joy that she was gone, and Joy...ultimately rejecting her. She exhaled sharply as if she had been pounded in the chest, and was overwhelmed with numbness. She stared blankly at the green canopy above her and thought, Well, I guess that answers my question of whether Joy actually cares for me.

 

James's countering words caught her attention. But he still does, she thought. I could be happy with him—I still love him, after all. But if Joy crosses my mind every time I kiss James, then where would we be? No, I can't live with that shame. Even if I don't tell James about it, I'll still feel like I'm hurting him every day. I can't do that to him. She clenched her fists and closed her eyes as the tears rolled down her face, staying silent so no one would know she was awake. She stopped listening to the conversation at that point.

"I asked her after I carried her off and she said she chose you. Though I'm sure Tifa had influence over her decision." he said. "She loved me for me, whether I had Sephiroth or Riku. Things were doing just fine before you came back. I had my life back, I was free from Sephiroth, and I had Mariah. Then you came back and she went right back to you, which eventually caused Sephiroth to come back. Because of you, I lost two of the things that made me happy for the first time since this all started two years ago." With that, he held his arms out and said "Why don't you come and take the third thing now and kill me? I know you want to, I can sense your hatred for me."

Edited April 30, 201213 yr by Azure Flame

Joy clenched his fists. "Do you think I asked to be like this either? I was going to go to college. I was going to have a life. You don't know how it feels to lose someone. August, Calder, they're all dead! Love is nothing compared to death! You wanna fight?! You've got one. Just don't cry when I've kicked your sorry tail!"

'I...think i can fight. After all it never hurts to try.' Arina held out her hand and a giant key appeared in her hand. She gripped onto it and went to attack Sumer.

 

Alex finally was able to get out of the bus. 'Ouch, my head hurts bad.' He looked up to see Sumer. 'Whats the big idea hitting us like that?'

"You've never experienced death." James said. "It's worse than losing those close to you, because you've lost everything, even a sense of self. Death is nothingness. I am not going to fight you Joy, I have no reason to."

 

Seichi smirked at her and slashed at Sumer. "Alright Arina, let's see what you can do!" he said.

“Mariah!” Tifa's voice broke through. “Joy and James are about to fight! You have to stop them!”

 

Why? Mariah thought numbly.

 

“Because I don't think James is going to fight back. He wants Joy to kill him!”

 

I thought you were going to kill James anyway. Why do you care?

 

“Look, Mariah, I know you still care about James. If you don't do something now, I know that you'll end up taking his death on your shoulders. I'm not saying you'll be choosing James over Joy, but you won't be able to live with yourself if you don't try to save his life.”

 

She realized that Tifa was right and scrambled to her feet. She ran out into the open and got between Joy and James. “Stop it, both of you!” she begged.

Joy looked at Mariah, and sighed. He put the Buster Sword back, and turned. "You don't want me anymore Mariah. The old Joy is gone." He then sat on the ground, and couldn't hold his emotions in anymore. Tears ran down his face. He was sad and mad at the same time. "I..just want everyone back. Not dead. I want this over. I want to open that shop like I promised."

James lowered his arms and looked at Mariah. How long had she been conscious? How much had she heard? "I'm sorry for what I did Mariah. But I was able to regain control and lock Sepiroth away temporarily." he said. "I'm sorry if I hurt you or anyone else."

(OOC: Dang. I was only out for a moment and "BAM!" all of this. I like the developments though. The story's never boring.)

 

Troy looked down to find that Keilani had pulled him down to where he was nearly on top of her in the bus. His face turned a deep crimson. "Umm, we should probably go and fight that guy outside who attacked our bus. You know what, I'll just head out and face him right quick and you can come on in whenever you're ready." Then, turning to face Felix, he shouted "Hey Felix! Let's go take this guy down."

Felix smiled from ear to ear. "Man, I've been itching for some action for a while now! Let's go whoop some ass!" the two of them leapt out of the bus and summoned their respective weapons in a flourish.

 

Ethan was tired of all of the effort he'd been having to go through lately. Sure, the other inhabitors made his life more interesting, but Scott wasn't nearly as effective an ally as Ethan had first thought he would be. He leaned back in the hot tub, thankful for the relaxation provided him at the spa and for his astounding restorative capabilities gained from having an inhabitor. Peaking through closed eyelids, Ethan noticed a rather attractive and somehow familiar figure. "Well hello there...?" Ethan began, begging the question of her name, his charmingly devious grin on full display.

 

Once Zack and Avan left Scott decided to take his leave as well. He sensed enough hostility in the air that he was confident that they would kill one another or at the very least wear themselves down. The last thing he needed was for them to unite against him as a common enemy. No, sitting by as they tore each other down would be much more satisfying and effective. To think that most of the hostility stemmed from love! Ah, love is such a delicate flower, but like any other rose, its thorns should be feared. With those thoughts in mind, Scott vanished once more into a burst of petals.

“Hey, it's not like I've stayed the same either since last year,” Mariah responded to Joy in a hollow voice. She could hear in Joy's voice that he was crying, but she wasn't going to let it cause her to fall apart just yet.

 

She then looked at James. She was angry with him for telling Joy that her feelings for him had just been based on their Inhabiters even though she had tried to explain that it wasn't, but she didn't allow her face to show her anger. “I forgive you for the situation with Sephiroth,” she said slowly. “It was beyond your control.”

 

She walked around Joy so that she was facing him, knelt down in front of him, and lifted his chin so that he was forced to look at her. “Just tell me you don't want me. Look me in the eye and tell me you don't want me, and I'll leave you alone from here on out.” She held her breath as she waited for his answer.

 

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Keilani blushed as well when she realized why Troy's face had reddened. Before she could answer him, he was out of the bus and going into the fight. She decided to stay behind and keep watch so that she would be ready to heal someone if they needed it. Her going out to fight like the rest of them probably wouldn't do anyone any good, as she still had hardly any offensive skill.

 

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Alexis removed the towel that was wrapped around her, revealing a string bikini underneath, and got into the hot tub with the raven-haired man. Her own long hair of the same color flowed everywhere as it came into contact with the water. “Alexis,” she said. “You recognize me, huh? I think I know you from somewhere too, but remind me of your name.” She closed her eyes and tilted her head back as she settled in, only half-caring to hear his response.

Edited April 30, 201213 yr by Always

Joy gulped, and the emotions were too great. He leaned in, and kissed her. To hell with his problems. There was nobody but Mariah at the moment. No one but him and her. All his problems, trying to act cool, it was all to make her like him. He tried to push her away, but that would never had worked. He loved her too much.

"Alexis, huh? That's funny. I used to date an Alexis for a bit until one day she up and left. Well, maybe "date" isn't the right word. Not sure if it was you, though. It's been a while, after all. The name's Ethan. So tell me, Alexis, who's the inhabitor and how've you been using all that power?" Ethan smirked. He knew one thing for sure, this girl had an inhabitor like him, and one way or another, things were about to get really interesting around here.

James saw and gave a loud sigh. He turned around and started walking away. He was getting frustrated with Joy constantly changing his mind. He just had to get away, but he wouldn't give up.

Avan and Zack landed inside Avan's hideout on the coast of New York. "Geez, that was some fight we had going on there." Avan said getting up and going to sit down at a table. "Where....where are we?" Paul asked, he had gotten control again. "Well, you know that secret place daddy never want us to go to? Well welcome, brother." Avan said in dark brotherly tone. Paul looked at Avan. "AVAN! You were the one who help me escape? Why?" Paul asked. Avan laughed, "What do you mean? You are my younger brother, I feel like it is my duty to watch over you." Avan said. "Avan, you are a dark, twisted man, what are you planning?" Paul asked. "All I am planning is to recover my love, whos heart was taking away from me." Avan said. "You are still after a way to save her? Man, get over yourself, she is dead. Dead as in gon......" "SHE IS NOT GONE! If James can come back after dieing, she can as well. I know there is a way to save her, and I wont stop til I do." Avan said, "But it is very nice to see you again brother." "You have always been crazy, even when we were younger." Paul said. "You know brother, I believe there is only one way to settle what happened in the past." Avan said. "You are right about that one. Theres only one way you will understand." Paul said. They then began a number of:

Avan and Zack landed inside Avan's hideout on the coast of New York. "Geez, that was some fight we had going on there." Avan said getting up and going to sit down at a table. "Where....where are we?" Paul asked, he had gotten control again. "Well, you know that secret place daddy never want us to go to? Well welcome, brother." Avan said in dark brotherly tone. Paul looked at Avan. "AVAN! You were the one who help me escape? Why?" Paul asked. Avan laughed, "What do you mean? You are my younger brother, I feel like it is my duty to watch over you." Avan said. "Avan, you are a dark, twisted man, what are you planning?" Paul asked. "All I am planning is to recover my love, whos heart was taking away from me." Avan said. "You are still after a way to save her? Man, get over yourself, she is dead. Dead as in gon......" "SHE IS NOT GONE! If James can come back after dieing, she can as well. I know there is a way to save her, and I wont stop til I do." Avan said, "But it is very nice to see you again brother." "You have always been crazy, even when we were younger." Paul said. "You know brother, I believe there is only one way to settle what happened in the past." Avan said. "You are right about that one. Theres only one way you will understand." Paul said. They then began a number of: http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FG9EAIxzY4

 

This is supposed to be a serious RP, lol. It isn't a musical.

This is supposed to be a serious RP, lol. It isn't a musical.

 

I know its not a musical. But if you consider the facts that my characters come from the music media, then it makes since. I mean you let me do songs at the beginning like when they were on Today, or even last time in FINAL FANTASY INCARCERATED where I would do a concert scene and have my characters sing and everyone let those things happen. So I was just trying to use the background of my characters for this one scene.

 

P.S. Does somebody not like Gotye or the song?

I know its not a musical. But if you consider the facts that my characters come from the music media, then it makes since. I mean you let me do songs at the beginning like when they were on Today, or even last time in FINAL FANTASY INCARCERATED where I would do a concert scene and have my characters sing and everyone let those things happen. So I was just trying to use the background of my characters for this one scene.

 

P.S. Does somebody not like Gotye or the song?

 

Because they were still in the music business. With all the stuff going on, why would they break into song?

(OOC: It just seemed really juxtaposed to me. If you're staring someone down and telling them they are mentally insane, are you going to start singing a song with them in the next thirty seconds? I certainly hope not. On the Today Show and at the concerts it made sense, but this is "real life" stuff that's happening, not a stage production, and people don't randomly break out in song, no matter how fun that may be.)

Mariah put both her hands on Joy's face and kissed him back, closing her eyes as the tears started spilling over again. It had been such a long time since they last kissed each other, and the feeling it brought to her now, on top of finding out that he still cared for her, was euphoric. She heard James sigh, but she was so happy to be back with Joy again that she wouldn't let anything ruin the moment.

 

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Alexis opened her eyes and looked at Ethan again, her lips twisting into something between a grin and a grimace. “Oooooh, so it's you,” she said. “Oh, Ethan, you know you can still call me Lexi, or even Lex, if you like. My Inhabiter? Larxene. As for how I've been using her power, well, let's just say my mother wouldn't exactly approve, if she was even around anymore. It's been rather fun, though, being able to manipulate electricity.” She placed the tip of her middle finger at the top of Ethan's spine and sent a very mild electrical current through it that would only tickle him. “So, tell me about your Inhabiter. You wouldn't be asking about mine if you weren't in the same situation as me.”

Edited April 30, 201213 yr by Always

Ethan's back arched into the current, then relaxed, feeling even more comfortable than before. "Ah Lex, vexing as always. Glad to see it really is you and that you're not just a trick my eyes are showing me, not that I mind what my eyes are showing me, of course." Ethan turned the temperature up a little in the tub with his abilities (it was getting luke-warm, anyway) and finally opened his eyes fully, taking in the visage of his old "friend". "The Lord of Death himself, my dear. Who else? What I want to know is, have you been having any issues with any of the others? There are sooo many do-gooders out there to deal with. It's like they're ants at a picnic."

Joy pulled away, and hugged her, crying into her back. "It hurts so much. I just want all of this to stop. I want us to be together." I always knew you and Mariah would end up together. Cloud's voice seemed oddly...supportive. I always knew it too, Cloud. I always knew. No matter what. I guess I just denied it.

(nighty nite. Always, if you stay on, you can control Joy.)

(I am crying right now seriously)

(OOC: It just seemed really juxtaposed to me. If you're staring someone down and telling them they are mentally insane, are you going to start singing a song with them in the next thirty seconds? I certainly hope not. On the Today Show and at the concerts it made sense, but this is "real life" stuff that's happening, not a stage production, and people don't randomly break out in song, no matter how fun that may be.)

 

(But I said in the post before the song, that is how they used to commuite when they were young, and so they were just doing a flashback to their younger days. But dont worry, I wont be doing another song unless it is related to like a concert type deal.)

The wing appeared on his back. "I can't take this anymore." he said. He jumped up and flew off.

 

(I agree with the others. This isn't a musical or Atlantica, we don't fight with music even if it is in their background.)