• LordBarrius growls again. "Ryuusei....leave them alone. If you want

to play with people's heads, stick to mine. Or show yourself and stop being a damn coward."
[13:03] Gilphon: nobody touch him!
[13:03] Ness: I do not know enough about The Cold to diagnose it
[13:03] * FulcanRyst attempts to stand but only falls to the ground
[13:03] *** bluemanrocks is now known as Blueman.
[13:04] * Gilphon loooks at Fulcan "you too?"
[13:04]

• FulcanRyst shakes his head, still holding it, writhing on the ground,

an expression on his face of fear beyond what has been seen on his face
[13:04]

• Damsel 's eyes begin to tear and she screams at the ceiling, her

entire body taunt with her attempts to fight the effect off.
[13:04] FulcanRyst: NO!
[13:04] Nicholas: Don't look for escape.
[13:04] Ness: What are the symptoms of The Cold....?
[13:04] Gilphon: OH, not Damsel!
[13:04] Nicholas: Face it. Resist it.
[13:04] FulcanRyst: NO I WON'T!
[13:04] * Ness recites more passages for focus
[13:05]

• Useless directs a portion of his mind to create a bubble of

reassuring thought in Damsel's mind, drawing upon the bond of love in addition to his strength of resolve to aid her.
[13:05] FulcanRyst: I'm not a failure...
[13:05] FulcanRyst: I can help people...
[13:05] Blaxis: Don't you dare to harm my brothers and sisters!
[13:05] * FulcanRyst releases his head, and lies on the ground, crying
[13:05] * Gilphon looks, around begining to panic
[13:05] Ness: I have NOT hurt many people
[13:05] Ness: I am young and an academic
[13:05] Nicholas: Yes, you can, Fulcan. You've helped me in the past.
[13:06] * Khat wishes she could help those in pain.
[13:06] * Necro turns to Lkeas. "Lkeas, do you know if The Cold works if you're knocked out cold?"
[13:06] Zeltan: This is getting worse.
[13:06] Ness: I have NOT done damage to this world and I WILL NOT LISTEN
[13:06] FulcanRyst: I have killed people. Countless people. I realize that.
[13:06]

• Lkeas balls her hands into fists. "Yes you can, Fulcan... be

strong... focus on the good in yourself, all of you... don't let The Cold manipulate you.."
[13:06] * ZLOK sits perfectly still.
[13:06] FulcanRyst: But redemption is NEVER IMPOSSIBLE.
[13:06] * FulcanRyst places his hand on the floor, and rises slowly
<a style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);" href="http://psyham.googlepages.com/sessionxxiv-useless">[13:06]

• Useless slips his hand off Damsel's thigh, clutching at his heart as

waves of emotional sadness and PAIN wash over his mind.</a>
[13:06] Nicholas: I agree.
[13:06] Ness: Somebody tell me the symptoms of The Cold, I need something to focus on
[13:06] Gilphon: no, Useless!
[13:07] Zeltan: Not Useless too!
[13:07] * LordBarrius growls again. "Pathetic coward...."
[13:07] Blaxis: You fucking coward!
[13:07] Nicholas: Focus on the goodness of your being.
[13:07] Necro: The Cold focuses on all of your negative/darker side, and magnifies it by a million times, fooling you into giving into that half
[13:07] Dale: No, he's feeling what Damsel is feeling.
[13:07] * Lkeas turns to Diviara. "Is there nothing we can do? We just sit here and watch the seekers get infected?"
[13:07] * FulcanRyst falls to his knees again, gripping his head once more
[13:07] Zeltan: There has got to be a way Diviara.
[13:08] * Blaxis whispers Falerin, help us..'
[13:08] Ness: I WILL NOT give in to this, my brothers in Truth need me too much...
[13:08]

• Damsel screams again through teeth clenched tightly. Her breathing is

short and hard, almost panting. With a lot of effort she manages to speak. "Won't... give... in."
[13:08] Zeltan: I can't go on watching them suffer.
[13:08] Gilphon: we could kill the ones who are infected...
[13:08] * Useless 's eyes tear up as the waves continue. "I...have brought so much pain...death..."
[13:08] Dale: They have to fight this one on their own... Lkeas... It's an internal struggle of the mind.. We cannot interfere...
[13:08] Zeltan: No, Gilphon
[13:08] FulcanRyst: "They... they were meant... to die... at my hand..."
[13:08] Zeltan: Killing is never the solution...
[13:08] * Lkeas looks to Dale. "They need support, Dale, they need encouragement.."
[13:08] * LordBarrius smiles lightly at Ness, then turns to Useless. "Brother, don't believe it. Any of it."
[13:08] FulcanRyst: "It was... fated to happen..."
[13:09] Useless: "Hadin...gone....because I replaced him."
[13:09] Zeltan: Fight it.
[13:09] * Lkeas turns to Fulcan. "Fate is malleable. Fate is what you make it. The future is not set in stone."
[13:09] Dale: That's all we can do then, encourage them.
[13:09] FulcanRyst: "I was helpless... there was nothing I could do..."
[13:09] Zeltan: No, Useless.
[13:09] Gilphon: I don't want to do it, but it may be our only option
[13:09] Nicholas: Killing is a solution. A poor one. And should be used as a last resort.
[13:09] Necro: Come on Ness! I still need to tell you about how the droids work!
[13:09] FulcanRyst: "I gave in... I am useless..."
[13:09] Nicholas: No. Fulcan.
[13:09] Nicholas: You're useful.
[13:09] * LordBarrius scowls. "No, brother, that is wrong and you know it. What happened to Hadin was not your fault."
[13:09] Demetrach: No, Fulcan your not we need you!
[13:09] Gilphon: wait, Falerin's calling card!
[13:09] Lkeas: Listen to Nick, Fulcan!
[13:09] * Useless leans forward, resting his head against the ground. "Diviara...uncle...almost died because I was weak."
[13:09] Zeltan: Focus on your capability to love, Talo
[13:10] Zeltan: You are not weak
[13:10] Gilphon: Talo, use the gem!
[13:10] ZLOK: Ryst, Falerin rusted you to overcome this.
[13:10] Blaxis: NO FULCAN! You have redeemed yourself.
[13:10] * FulcanRyst cries, "I should... I should just be forgotten. I cannot love, I cannot feel anything good."
[13:10]

• Damsel focuses on the face of Useless as from her dream, trusting and

loving, hoping to hold tightly to it as if a large boulder in a raging river. All else vanishes besides that desperate hope and the Cold enduced feelings.
[13:10] Nicholas: You've helped me more then once, Fulcan.
[13:10] Blaxis: You are a great seeker!
[13:10] Demetrach: Of, course you can Fulcan!
[13:10] Nicholas: You can love. You can feel good.
[13:10] * Lkeas looks at Useless. "Little Talo-Tocan, you know you are not weak.. you have helped us so much.."
[13:10] * FulcanRyst 's tears turn to a crystallic ice
[13:10] Blaxis: And you are very good with a sword, even you are better than me.
[13:11] Gilphon: Useless! Use it!
[13:11] Blaxis: So resist now!
[13:11] * Ness chooses not to focus on good or evil but on his best refuge: knowledge
[13:11]

• Useless begins to shudder, but his voice takes on the barest

inquisitive note. "My dear heart....doomed....because of my love?"
[13:11] Lkeas: You did NOT replace Hadin. You did NOT let Diviara fall to illness. You went to great lengths to save him!"
[13:11]

• LordBarrius grits his teeth and tries to reach out an arm to Useless.

"It's not your fault. Don't believe those lies. You are stronger than that."
[13:11] FulcanRyst: "I only bring pain... to the ones I surround..."
[13:12] Blaxis: NO FULCAN!
[13:12] Nicholas: Fulcan! Stop it.
[13:12] Necro: No you don't Fulcan, dont' give in!
[13:12] Gilphon: It's our only chance, Useless! Fal's calling card!
[13:12] Nicholas: You've brought me more happiness then pain, Fulcan.
[13:12] Zeltan: Shall I attempt to retrive it Lkeas?
[13:12] Blaxis: Useless I beg you, use that card!
[13:13] * Lkeas looks at Zeltan with concern. Retrieve what?"
[13:13] Zeltan: Or does the gem works in such way that only Talo can use it?
[13:13] Zeltan: The gem
[13:13] FulcanRyst: "Leo... Xilix... My race... ALL DEAD!
[13:13] FulcanRyst: "
[13:13]

• Damsel 's palms begin to bleed as her nails dig deeper, the tension

of her body increasing even further. She screams again, this time it sounds like it is ripped straight from her heart, so many emotions color it.
[13:13] * LordBarrius turns his head. "No. Now is not the time for that."
[13:13] * Useless continues to shudder, his nails digging into his palm, as he rips a scream out from his soul within his mind.
[13:13] Zeltan: I can't watch them Suffer!
[13:13] Nicholas: Snap out of it Fulcan.
[13:13] * FulcanRyst digs his nails into his head
[13:13] Ness: Knowledge is power and knowledge is freedom....
[13:14] Necro: Come on! Keep fighting! There's good in all of us!
[13:14] Nicholas: Fulcan, my friend, you can overcome this.
[13:14] Demetrach: Fulcan! It was in the past, You have repented for those deeds from what I've heard!
[13:14] FulcanRyst: There... There is no... good... in me... Nor will... there ever be...
[13:14]

• Khat begins to hum softly under her breath... it sounds like a

lulliby from days of old - hoping to sooth those in the room.
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[13:15] Demetrach: Of course there is! There's good in everone! No matter how much evil they have done!
[13:15] Nicholas: There is good in your, Fulcan.
[13:15] FulcanRyst: "Am I not... welcome... on either side?"
[13:15] * Useless begins to cry from the waves of sorrow, dispair, and emotional pain wracking through his heart.
[13:15] Blaxis: DON'T LISTEN TO THAT BASTARD!
[13:15]

• Damsel finally collapses and writhes upon the ground, her fingers now

intertwining with her hair, ripping at it in desperation. Tears coat her face as she continues to scream in pure anguish.
[13:15] Demetrach: Your welcome on MY side anytime Fulcan!
[13:16] * Ness is crying slightly less, focusing on books and scrolls and knowledge
[13:16] Nicholas: You are welcome.
[13:16] * FulcanRyst holds out his hand, reaching for something that doesn't exist
[13:16] FulcanRyst: No...!
[13:17] * Blaxis hears a voice in his head No I'm not useless.
[13:17] * FulcanRyst 's hand falls to the ground
[13:17]

• Lkeas scoots her way across the floor and positions herself in front

of Useless and Damsel. "My family, my friends... you know you can do this... you know it is all Ryuusei's doing... focus on the good in you, don't let him bury it beneath your faults... we are all faulted, but we are all empowered.."
[13:17] * FulcanRyst shakes his head
[13:17] * Damsel finally manages a single word amist her screaming, heartwretched and sobbing, "No!"
[13:17] FulcanRyst: No...
[13:17] Zeltan: Lkeas, becareful
[13:17] FulcanRyst: No... no... no...
[13:17] Blaxis: I do not envy the others, they are my friends and, they will be always.
[13:17] Nicholas: Plant your feet, Fulcan.
[13:17] Necro: Don't get infected Lkeas
[13:17] Ness: Lkeas, don't get yourself infected
[13:17] Ness: We need an Archivist
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others... and continues to hum softly - knowing she can do no other good.</a>
[13:18] Dale: BAH! Lkeas, how many times must I tell you!? Favoritism !!!
[13:18] * FulcanRyst throws off his sunglasses, revealing Alastor's eyes
[13:18] Blaxis: No, you are wrong, you are lying. You ARE LYING!
<a style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);" href="http://psyham.googlepages.com/sessionxxiv-lkeas">[13:18] * Lkeas lets out a cry echoing that of her analog. "NO!"</a>
[13:18] FulcanRyst: He should have been here... rather than me...
[13:18]

• LordBarrius slips off the chair and moves over to Damsel and Useless,

then sits himself back down near them and growls again. "Ryuusei, I'm going to enjoy killing you."
[13:18] Ness: Lkeas, have you heard of a cure for The Cold yet?
[13:18] Gilphon: wha?
[13:19] * Blaxis shivers
[13:19] Zeltan: There is no cure ness
[13:19] Gilphon: there is no cure for the cold
[13:19] Zeltan: No, not Blaxis
[13:19] * Lkeas grabs at her head. "It's NOT my fault!! YOU are the cause of all this!!"
[13:19]

• Useless shudders harder, his knees giving out from under him such

that he is laying down face first, wracked with spasms of tears. His mind is lashing out at the source, what little of it not being forced to relive moments repeatedly.
[13:19] *** Lyoko has signed off IRC (Broken pipe).
[13:19] Gilphon: closest is death
[13:19] Nicholas: Fulcan, you both have equal right to be here.
[13:19] Ness: Every affliction has a cure, it just hasn't been found yet
[13:19] Necro: Oh no
[13:19] Zeltan: Great Shijila
[13:19] Necro: What about external stimuli?
[13:19] Lkeas: YOU kidnapped my analog! YOU forced the decoherence! We are here because of YOU!!
[13:19] FulcanRyst: I killed him... and led him into your service...
[13:19] *** Gilphon has signed off IRC (Vanished: Web IRC Disconnected).
[13:20] Necro: Ness, want to try an experiment?
[13:20] * Lkeas shudders and shakes her head
[13:20] Blaxis: They don't want me, they don.....NO! You are lying, I'll never serve you!
[13:20] * Ness looks at Necro "What experiment?"
[13:20] Zeltan: Fight it!
[13:20]

• Damsel crawls towards Useless, now repeating the word like a mantra,

sobbing between each utterence. "No, no, no, no." She reaches out to him with one bleeding and trembling hand. "Please no."
[13:20] Nicholas: Using anger to drive off the cold, are we Lkeas?
[13:20] Blaxis: I ....I can't...
[13:20] Zeltan: the only way is to resist the
[13:20] Zeltan: Cold
[13:20] * FulcanRyst shudders, "No more of this... None... Do you hear me Alastor? NONE!"
[13:20] Necro: To see if external stimuli will awaken something
[13:20] * Dale lets out a scream. "No! I am not a failure!! I do not live only to betray! You're wrong, I've changed!!! NO!"
[13:20] Zeltan: with all your willpower
[13:21] * FulcanRyst 's tears melt and seep through the ground
[13:21] * Blaxis slowly draws his sword.
[13:21] Blaxis: LKEAS! RUN!
[13:21] * ZLOK continues to sit perfectly still.
[13:21] Ness: Sure, why not...I think I'm stable for the moment
[13:21] * FulcanRyst rises slowly, conjuring the Dawnblade
[13:21] * Lkeas sobs. "I... don't..."
[13:21] * Blaxis charges to Lkeas
[13:21] FulcanRyst: Falerin...
[13:21] * FulcanRyst lookst at Blaxis, and flies straight in between he and Lkeas
[13:21] Necro: Stable? you fought off the Cold?
[13:21] Blaxis: STOP ME! KILL ME!
[13:22] Nicholas: Noble move, Fulcan.
[13:22] * Zeltan grabs Lkeas by her arms and pull her towards him
[13:22] Lkeas: No... I am the key...
[13:22] * LordBarrius looks up at Dale. "You are no failure Dale. Remember what you promised me."
[13:22] * FulcanRyst holds the Dawnblade up, "This blade... Is and Avatar of Falerin himself.
[13:22] * FulcanRyst lunges at Blaxis, slashing at his stomach,
[13:22] Demetrach: Whoa...
[13:22] * Dale claws at his body. "Ahhh!! Make this pain end!! Stop it!!"
[13:22] * Blaxis lies unconcius
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[13:22] Nicholas: Dale, don't look for escape.
[13:22] * Lkeas pulls back from Zeltan, a look of sheer terror on her face. "I am the key... I allowed him to capture us all..."
[13:23] * Nicholas shakes his head.
[13:23] Zeltan: No, don't listen to them!
[13:23] FulcanRyst: "You just don't get it, do you, Cartwright."
[13:23] Nicholas: No you didn't, Lkeas.
[13:23] FulcanRyst: I owe Falerin my unlife.
[13:23] * Diviara stands
[13:23] Diviara: "I have had enough of your games Ryuusei"
[13:23] FulcanRyst: I will not let you manipulate me!
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[13:23] Khat: nonsence Child we all came willingly - it is neither your fault nor anyone elses -
[13:23] * LordBarrius glares at Lkeas. "No, sister, you are not at fault. Don't let him toy with you."
[13:23]

• Useless bleeds a slight trickle of blood from the mouth, having bit

his tongue to detract from the emotional with the physical. His forehead eventually finds itself touched by Damsel's hand as he continues to shudder.
[13:23] * Diviara turns and points to the wall and blasts a hole in it
[13:23] * FulcanRyst spins the Dawnblade in his hand, and pierces his stomach
[13:23] * Diviara steps beyond the hole
[13:23] * Lkeas continues to back away from everybody. "If it weren't for me, none of this would be happening..."
[13:24] * Ness dashes through the hole
[13:24]

• Damsel shakes as she tries to reach Useless, her crying causing her

whole body to convulse. "My fault. All of it. I know."
[13:24] * Blaxis opens his eyes
[13:24] * Lkeas holds her face in her hands.
[13:24] * Nicholas remains seated.
[13:24] Zeltan: No, you're wrong Lkeas
[13:24] * FulcanRyst falls to his knees, as a black mass travels from the Dawnblade to his body
[13:24] Diviara: ((The effects do NOT stop))
[13:24] Blaxis: What happened to me?
[13:24] Ness: I think I am okay for now...I can come
[13:24] * Diviara enters the room beyond
[13:24] Ness: I am an academic, I have not hurt many people
[13:24] * Demetrach looks at Fulcan in surprise ad confusion
[13:24] * LordBarrius stands and turns to the hole.
[13:24] * Khat rests a hand on Lkeas - let's follow Falerin shall we?
[13:24] Ryuusei: Stop on orders of our lord
[13:24] * Blaxis stands up
[13:24] Ness: The effects arent as bad on me as everyone else who are warriors
[13:24] * Lkeas backs herself into a corner and sobs.
[13:24] Blaxis: I think I'm ok now.
[13:25] Ryuusei: I am not a renegade as you suppose Ryuusei
[13:25] * Damsel screams again as a wave of tension rushes through her body, something inside her still trying to fight.
[13:25] Ryuusei: Ryuusei is loyal Ryuusei
[13:25] Ryuusei: Ryuusei is hopeful Ryuusei
[13:25] Ryuusei: Ryuusei is Caring Ryuusei
[13:25] * FulcanRyst dissipates the Dawnblade, the hole his body regenerating
[13:25] Ryuusei: You are the traitor Diviara
[13:25] * ZLOK slowly stands and turns towards the hole in the wall.
[13:25] * LordBarrius advances through the hole after Diviara, hoping to get a chance at Ryuusei.
[13:25] Ryuusei: I no can use cold on Diviara Ryuusei
[13:26] Ryuusei: But Talk to our master if you do not believe Communicant
[13:26] * Demetrach folllows Lord Barrius through the hole
[13:26] * Useless raises his head a scant few inches off of the ground before falling back to the floor with a bare crack.
[13:26] * Diviara frowns
[13:26] * Diviara looks at the ceiling
[13:26]

• Necro looks around, trying to figure out something. "Don't give up,

we all have a good side, you just have to look for it! Search deep