Lazarus
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Out of Character Greetings:
Hello everybody,
Thank you for taking some time either to read or participate in this story.
The first episode has started, that means the participants can make their posts in this thread, interact with one another and make decisions along the events. The decisions you take will influence the story. I wish you have fun and let's try to enjoy the story all together.
During my posts I will describe the individual situations that the characters encounter (names ordered from A to Z) and those that all users can witness.
If you find interest in this story and would like to create a character feel free to post his/her information in this thread:
https://www.rpnation.com/threads/angel-beats-afterlife-stories-first-episode-started.120758/
Once your Character Sheet is ready an intro post will appear for you in the tabs below; once that intro post/dream is ready you are good to start your story.
Have a nice day.
Kind regards,
Lazarus
Special thanks to Sushi Wolf for advising me to use tabs.
A new term is ready to start, there are students walking through the different facilities of the school and the chitchat is quite enjoyable; friends seem to reencounter while there are also new faces around.
The school bell plays and soon a female voice would be heard through the speakers:
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“Good morning, all students must approach the theatre, we will begin the opening ceremony really soon, have a great day and a wonderful term.”
The students are moving towards the theatre now; there are complains about having to study and the laughs that come along jokes and whisperings, usual day.
Yet...the theatre is a massive facility and the seats don't seem to be arranged for the students, it must be a first come first serve situation.
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There is a sudden burst of images flowing before of your eyes, flashing so fast it is difficult to focus on any of them, they are bright lights and darkness constantly struggling with one another... everything is too blurry. There are laughs and there are sudden screams. The voices grew into groans and whimpers louder in your head yet all of it ends suddenly with a single gentle voice that utters your name…it is so warm and kind; although at the same time it brings a chill over your spine as any other sound vanishes…with that you awake from your dream; you were sleeping in the Writers Club.
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When Carmela opened her eyes; her world was embraced in the sudden whispering of the wind; she was in a world of solitude; to her sides were nothing more than the blurry and quiet invasion of the mist; her sky grew in silence with rain, the sound of the water hitting on her hair and back forced her to embrace her own knees as she sits on the wet floor. Kyan on the other side saw a wasteland…a place where no plants could bloom and his throat grew drier every second.
The emptiness of this world suddenly ends with a splash…there are many figures standing in front of Carmela… they are dark like the night and their sharp teeth are like knives ready to cut her open…they say nothing….the utter no word….yet their simple image was enough to choke your heart and squeeze your throat with grief.
Kyan saw the source of all the desolation in this wasteland…a horrendous creature stood in front of him; it had no shape of its own….it had no arms nor legs…it was just…an abomination that grew his thoughts with disgust and fear. Yet his chest was slowly choked just as much as did Carmela’s.
And then it happened…a simple splash…a simple splash was all that made both worlds change…a new shape appeared in front of them and so different to all they had seen it embraced the colours of a rainbow…it glows as much as a star…the world was no longer that of a wasteland and the rain had stopped…the dark shades Carmela saw started to fade away…the abomination that Kyan saw was no more in that place… There was only a rainbow in the sky.
It is then that both woke up; Carmela was close to the soccer fields; some of the girls were cheering for the soccer team as they practice; some are just fooling around and calling for her attention. Soon she hears the bell…some seconds later the announcement; the opening ceremony is about to start. If Carmela looks at the soccer field once more she would notice two similar figures talking (Renito & Semito) they seem to be going to the theatre and if she follows them, surely will catch up to their steps. Her friends on the other side tell her to walk by the school corridors (The Gamers Club will be on her way if you take this route).
Kyan on his side found himself some steps behind Hikaru, the first thing he saw was his white hair for sure; he was still sleepy as Fiona met with the white haired boy and the “stranger”. He was standing by the Gamer’s Club; was he day dreaming? …he was just standing there…witnessing all the situation. Yet the students greet him normally and seem to invite him to go with them to the Theatre. Yet this “stranger” that spoke with Hikaru and Fiona surely noticed you for a moment; seems that soon Fiona, Hikaru and the stranger will walk together.
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It is a peaceful moment, of those that you so much want; playing with your friends, eating ice cream at the Gamer Club, there are only laughs in this peaceful and innocent world. You are playing a game that brings excitement to your friends; seems you are doing very good!
What game is it?...all you can hear is the joy of your friends and for some reason you can witness your own entertained expression, the passion in your eyes, the clenching of your teeth and a sudden loud laugh that bursts from your throat with such delight that makes all your friends turn silent.
They are no longer around you…there is no longer anybody around you…your eyes look for them around the room which no longer is the safety of your club….a light turns on above you …the light flickers as if it barely could retain its strength…and when you see once more around you….there are ….laughs…laughs growing in the darkness….sinister and twisted laughs that echoed until you looked down at your hands…there is no longer a controller there….what is it?...it feels….warm…yet when you try to look what you hold….violent images of laughs and smiles glow in front of your face…you can’t see what you are holding….it is terrifying..
You would wake up in your club….your headphones slightly dropping from your ears…you were playing one of those scary games on your own….yet the next sound is real…the bell..and the announcement …the School theatre will be the meeting place for the opening ceremony…
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You’re looking at the sky …your body feels heavy and your back is against the floor …yet even when you try to stand up you can’t…you wish to speak but your lips won’t move an inch…all you do is keep a quiet and cold stare at the clouds that grew darker ...rain weeps down upon your face and clothes…once more you try to shake off this shackling feeling but all you achieve is a painful trembling in the back of your neck.
The rain grew violent …unable to talk as the water started to reach higher to your ears….climbing closer to your cheeks…and finally pouring into your mouth and nostrils…you are choking and all you can see is the constant rain drops that impact against the water how your vision grew blurry…how your lungs seem ready to burst.
It is then that you wake up, you are just some steps away from the Gamer Club, seems you were looking for other club members. Soon you would hear the bell and the announcement; the opening ceremony will begin pretty soon.
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Everything is dark....so dark you can't even see your own hands...it is then that a light appears in front of you....it is a screen....a blue coloured screen...it is almost like an old television...and once it turns on all you see on the other side of the glass is your own reflection. There you are...and you seem so .....exhausted...like if you hadn't sleep for days.
The light is weaker each time ...soon the darkness will eat you once more ...your hands try to smack the screen...for some reason you really struggle to keep the light up...you scream ...you curse and you can almost feel your knuckles break when they hit the reflection. It was then that the light faded...and when it did...you felt the chill run on your spine...something covered your eyes...they were human hands....that embrace woke you up...
You are in the Computers Lab ...you are on your own...seems there was a videogame playing and the words "Game Over" tilt on the screen. Soon you hear the announcement...the opening ceremony will begin soon.
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There was silence for a moment and you seem to be in some sort of jail ...it looked like a jail...it is indeed.... like a trapped animal...you looked around...you yelled and demanded to be set free with the confidence and strength that you always show. You kick against the wires and metal, you don't mind getting hurt...the pain is nothing...it is there ...it is real...your hands and foot have blood stains and you can see the crimson drops fall down your wounds.
You don't break though...you only scream louder almost like a lion...you aren't afraid...and finally you curse...it was then that you heard a smaller voice...it was so soft...it was just a whimper...a small girl...she is sitting in the middle of the jail...she cries and the purest tears rain down her cheeks....you try to approach the little one and comfort her ...yet you are chained...shackles hold you in place...your mouth muzzled with a tight and almost choking leather...and you scream...you scream to the point that you woke up...
It was just a dream…your friends are with you....you are resting against a column of the school corridors, in front of you is the Writers Club; seems your friends and you were looking for one of the girls that fell asleep there;...soon the bell is heard and the announcement ...your friends are moving already to the School Theatre as you hear the call...the opening ceremony will begin really soon.
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When Semito and Renito opened their eyes….they were resting against one another’s back…it was strange... the world that surrounds them…above them was the ocean but it didn’t drop upon them…it remained above them….…and below them was nothing else but the blue sky how did this make any sense…they were floating in the quiet world. Their bodies are unable to move… they are unable to see one another…all they can trust is…that their backs rest together.
Renito’s eyes would then fix upon the water…. While Semito can hear the wind blowing and playing on her hair…their world spins over and over again…this strange universe where all they do is gravitate slowly to see the blue of the ocean and the sky.
Yet quietly…their bodies would start to depart….no longer could they feel the company…and Renito was slowly dragged closer to that blue sky in this weird world that is their dream….further and further he moved…unable to utter a single word…while Semito falls fast and deep into that blue ocean…with a splash… both screamed a single word before the clouds swallowed Renito and the Ocean embraced Semito…but what was it?...
Semito woke up in the Orchestra club…the sound of the bell and the message announced in the corridors was clear…the initiation ceremony would start soon in the Theatre…it was just a ….dream right?. The students around her greet with friendly words and somehow…Semito started to remember names for each one of these friendly students; it started to feel like if they were lifetime friends. That was…except for one person… (Tayla) she wears glasses and seems that she plays the bass…that same person had fallen asleep and for some reason…you couldn’t remember her name. Yet soon she was walking out …
Renito wakes up away from her sister….and probably there were tears clinging to his cheeks…it was good no one was around to see him like this…where was he?...the wind blows gently at the soccer field….his friends were playing a game and he probably moved away to take a nap. Soon he would hear the bell and the announcement…it was his choice to either go with his friends directly to the Theatre…or try to find his sister.
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You are dreaming, you can instantly tell it is a dream...you are standing in an empty world... almost like if you were inside a white box....and soon you start to move forward...faster...and faster.. where does it end?....you keep running in this world of nothing ...are you really moving forward? ...there doesn't seem to be anything that can confirm it ...yet you keep running, the sound of your shoes is loud upon what is supposed to be the floor of this snow white and endless world...faster...and faster...now you can hear your breathing....you can feel your body putting more effort...but why?....it would be then that you feel a single drop hit upon your face ...a light grew stronger around you to the point that it blinds you...
You are waking up now and it probably felt like if your face just shared some tears all the way down to your chin. You are on your own....you are sitting on the grass near the running course.
Soon you will hear the bell and the announcement to approach the School Theatre.
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When Spacen opened his eyes, the world grew into darkness…the sky was coated by the night and the stars. Here he felt comfortable, the glistening of the space made him comfortable. But there was a strange feeling as well; for some reason …you had a terrible headache. The pain was so deep it made him squeeze his blond hair. Yet a moment later….it was all gone….when he looked around himself the sky no longer glows with stars…stead it was completely dark…the world had been once more changed and Spacen was standing in what seems to be a highway…and fear grew in his chest when once more the world swapped places…. He was now standing front a small alley…and…there was someone there…it is a slim figure….it is dark …whoever is sitting in the darkness ….and fear grows in your chest when you see it….grief bloomed in your eyes with blurry tears …but once more…it happened…once more you were back in front of the beautiful dark sky…once more you were looking into the stars…and what grew in terror in your thoughts and sadness in your chest was…that you were so indifferent to the previous events…you were once more calm and enjoying the sky…
Only a single star in the sky would call your attention…and its colour was blue…blue as a sapphire….blue as the sky…blue as the ocean…and changing its shades over and over…it is then that you woke up…
Your eyelids open slowly…you are in the Writer’s Club…the bell ringed and you heard the announcement…the Opening Ceremony is about to start…you slowly remembered you are studying in this school….you looked around and noticed one student sleeping (Alenia) and it seems that even if you talk to her…she won’t wake up. Yet what would call more your attention is the person that entered (Reagan) she looked so strong and magnificent…this girl…for some reason…she tried to wake Alenia up but it seems it was not possible yet. Soon the same girl was leaving….her silky hair drew away with the wind before Reagan joins with her friends and for some reason she seems to be very popular. Other students are walking on the corridors. It was you choice to follow Reagan or ….maybe….use that open window…the Writer’s club was located on the first floor...you could see the soccer field from here…
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When your eyes open, you notice that the world around you is consumed by mist…how long have you been here?...you feel exhausted as you sit with your legs crossed…your head almost hanging from your neck and the narrowing of your eyes with the same sensation as that of a flame that is ready to extinguish.
You look down to your naked feet and you notice how the floor isn’t more than water…yet you don’t sink into it…you just contemplate this world of emptiness…you just notice the rain that falls upon you….you grow colder and colder each time…
You want to cry…there is a knot in your chest and it blooms to your throat…it feels so cold…and no matter how much the rain falls upon you…you can never sink within…how long….how long have you been in this place? …the dream felt like an eternity…
It is only when you dared to look at your reflection in the water that you heard a whisper on your ear…
“…Tomorrow...”
Those words wake you up….you are in the Orchestra salon…you aren’t sure what woke you up, maybe your friends that were practicing a bit louder?...maybe the announcement …the opening ceremony will begin pretty soon…you are still a bit sleepy though…you can almost hear the rain…
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