legionworld | THE MIND SLAYER

THE MIND SLAYER

She's been setting this up for weeks now. It's almost too easy with how trusting these Legion fools can be. If they'd only taken her seriously, if they hadn't laughed at her then... Well, things would be different. Now they'd welcome her with open arms. After she killed a few of them, of course.

This has to be done up close. She'd taken a job as a waitress in the mess halls. The older Legion, the ones who'd been at her tryout, didn't even recognize her. They deserved this more than their replacements. She almost feels sorry for them. But, no, she had to move before Saturn Queen went to trial in a few days. Meta, Esper, she's Esper now, can't risk any more time. If it's to be done, it has to be done now. She'd rather be further away, but her mental range isn't as long as she'd like. Tucked away into a dark corner of Legion World, she stood across from her costume. Heroes wore costumes, and she couldn't call herself that while doing this, but she could still draw strength from it.

She watches it, imagining how she'll look in it, and shivers. Nerves, she tells herself, glancing at the trigger device in her hands. "I'm sorry," Esper whispers. "But I deserve this." With the press of a button, the nanofactories kick into high gear and, for over a dozen Legionnaires, the lights go out. Whatever they're doing, their physical bodies instantly collapse and slump over, as if they're in a coma. Anyone coming too close, entering her psychic range, joins them.

They awaken almost instantly, finding themselves in a hellish amalgam. Parts of their worlds slammed together to make some twisted patchwork reality. And, like Oz himself, Esper's head appears above them, smiling with forced confidence. "You deserve to know what's happening, Legionnaires. My name is Esper! And you're locked into your own mindscapes. I've seeded you with teletechnology designed to tear your minds apart! It will be painless, mostly, but the weakest among you will fall to your own memories as my machines convince your subconscious that you shouldn't be alive." She drifts back a little, examining the group. "And, linked like this, if one of you falls, all of you die. Don't resist and make it more painful for yourselves. Just surrender and make it painless and easy for your friends. And don't try anything stupid. I'll be watching."

With that, she slides out, making sure her mindfield keeps people away from this section of Legion World, and that those who are still awake haven't noticed the heroes dropping like flies.

But she'll be back. And her machines have already set to work.

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This part of the mindscape lacked any sort of distinguishable characteristics at first glance. The ground was white, the sky was white, and the whole thing looked like it stretched on forever. It was overwhelmingly huge, and it was definitely easy to get lost in it. However, if one paid close enough attention, they'd be able to find a lone building out in the white expanse.

It was a small building, perfectly quaint. It had a large opening in the middle, framed by two white pillars, and seemed to have two small rooms to each side. On the left, was the kitchen, leading to the pantry. On the right, was a bedroom, leading to the bathroom. On the sides of the building, were two gigantic hourglasses with green sand. However, opposite the entrance to the building, was a single door.

Except it wasn't one door. It opened to a stark white hallway, with more doors. Each door lead to a memory, although there were some doors that weren't properly closed...

( OOC: Okay so this is Gohan's mindscape, and I'm gonna tag this with the altered memories. IT SEEMED LIKE THE MOST ORGANIZED WAY TO DO IT. )

Edited 2017-06-09 05:17 (UTC)

The battlefield was nothing but mountains and fields, out in the middle of nowhere. The ground all around them riddled with craters, every inch of it covered with evidence of the various battles that had gone on here. It wasn't just craters though, there were also corpses littered all over the place. One in the middle of a crater, covered in burn marks. Another lying in the middle of the field, missing an arm. And another scattered into pieces, as if someone had exploded. Among them however, was one living person; a short bald man, incapacitated, struggling to stay conscious.

Across from the massacre, was a large brute of a man. A hulking wall of muscle, his only distinguishable features being his mustache, and his bald head. He certainly looked like the one responsible, if his bloodthirsty smirk and battle damage was anything to go by. But further behind him was a much shorter man, arms crossed, simply watching the events unfold. Both seemed to be wearing battle armor of some kind, the shorter man white and blue, the larger man black and yellow. However, the former looked completely untouched, while the latter looked like he barely had any armor left.

Kneeling in front of the man, looked to be a small child. Wearing white and purple, and looking like he was crying in a bigger crater than the other ones. Inside this crater, looked to be the bleeding corpse of yet another fighter, this one a green man, wearing a purple outfit similar to the child's. But before anything could happen, the child reared his head back, and screamed.

"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

The pink eyepiece the shorter man was wearing began beeping wildly, drawing his attention to the child. The larger man, however, had a manic grin on his face. "Alright, that's it kid! Bring it on!"

The kid brought his hands to his forehead, teeth grit in what looked like blind fury. The one incapacitated earthling blinking in astonishment. "G-Gohan...?"

Gohan's hands began glowing then, yellow energy gathering in his hands. However, it was erratic, with bolts of lighting lancing out of it. The shorted invader continued to watch the kid, his eyepiece continuing to beat. "Seven hundred... eighteen hundred... what the..." He muttered to himself, until the eyepiece finally let out a steady beap, and his eyes widened. "These earthlings can hide their true strength!" Finally, he addressed his partner. "Nappa, look out! The little one's power has risen to twenty-eight hundred!"

Finally, Gohan extended his hands forward, and a brilliant yellow beam shot out. Carving through the ground as it fired at Nappa, before the hulking man simply punched it, and sent it elsewhere, leaving Gohan completely stunned.

"Nappa, we're not taking any more chances." The shorter man called out, gritting his teeth. "Kill him now. We can't risk them joining forces with Kakarrot."

"Aw, come on Vegeta, do we have to?" Nappa said with a chuckle, before he bit it back at Vegeta's glare. Sighing in resignation, as he clenched his fists and turned to face Gohan. "Sorry kid, you heard the boss. Play time's over..."

The battlefield here looked like a bomb had gone off. A gigantic crater clearly visible, the edges of the crater littered with the remains of an army. Tanks, planes, infantry, they were all there, dead and destroyed. However, there were plenty of other signs of battle damage, the barren field littered with what looked like destroyed mountains, in addition to other smaller craters.

In the middle of the battlefield, looked to be a large green bug man. Large black cockroach wings on his back, as he stood with his arms crossed, looking elsewhere. Behind him was a child with spiky blonde hair, looking to be in his preteens. Covered in various bruises, but otherwise still standing. Both of them seemed to be looking up to the cliffs, watching seven fighters fight with seven blue miniatures of the green bug man. However, while the green bug man looked on in amusement... the child looked panicked, desperate, ready to beg for the bug man to stop.

"L-Look, I was lying. I don't have a hidden power, just... just please stop!"

"Oh Gohan, you don't really think I believe that, do you?" The creature mused, back still facing Gohan. "No, I know you're just trying to save your friends... but don't worry, you can save them all if you just show me this power."

"I DON'T HAVE IT!" Gohan screamed desperately.

The creature chuckled, sounding plenty amused. Not a shred of empathy in its words, as it raised its voice to casually address the blue creatures. "Alright children, enough playing around! You can go ahead and kill them now!"

"NO!"

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