RP:The Dream of Absolution

As you open your eyes you find the world around you nothing more than a void. The darkness is consuming though when you look to your feet your mind is puzzled as they are visible as if in direct sunlight. You open your mouth to speak and though you feel your voice vibrating through your throat, no noise ever becomes audible. Confusion is followed by fear as you desperately look around for an answer as to how you got here. Your head is spinning though once you look forward once more you see a familiar figure standing there. Before you stands the illusionist that has caused you nothing but grief and headaches since the day you two met. No matter what your first instinct is, be it to attack the man, curse him or both you are suddenly overwhelmed with a calming aura. You find your eyes are locked with those piercing caramel hues and as his gloved hand reaches out in offering to take your own, you're unable to resist. You feel as if gravity no longer exists as the blue haired man turns to lead you into the darkness. As you move by his side, the abyss around you begins to spring to life with monumental scenes that force you to lift your head and crane your neck from shoulder to shoulder in order to take them all in. Some are familiar, an out-of-body view of you pulling the fragile man through the streets of Chartsend with no concern of his shame nor pride. The strong man you once loved, fighting for the lifeless body of the blue suited man with pale skin in the forsaken city... The same man clutching his sides in laughter at your disfigured complexion in the fields of Xalious. Some are vague or you carry no recollection of them, the man pinned against a tree in the Sage forest with a blade at his throat held by a cunning Kitsune. Garbed in his blue suit being impaled by the Paladin Javier... You feel disgusted as you see him pinning a mindless Skylei to the forest floor in the Sage, tendrils flowing from his body into hers as he manipulates her into the capture of the Kelay woman that has left the man infamous in the region. The urge to vomit and strike the man is quickly cast to the side as you're once again calmed by forces unknown. The stretch of darkness is suddenly broken by a dimly lit flight of stairs, the two of you climb them together side-by-side hand-in-hand. As you make your ascension the darkness is slowly replaced by a beautiful animated mural of stars, planets and the other vast beauty of space. You step upon a platform at the end of your journey and look back just in time to see the stairs shatter and gently fall into the darkness. You turn to face the human before you and witness his features shimmer and shift before you. His transformations evolve in a rapid pace but you are able to catch glimpses of the illusionist through all the stages of his life you've known and even a few you haven't, including both the form of his formers demons and a more recent form where the whites of his eyes are replaced with pools of crimson blood. Eventually, his figure is normal once more and you find his expression nothing short of sorrowful. You feels his pain and guilt rush over your body like a tidal wave. Tears form in your eyes and you try to speak again, but nothing emits. His hand breaks free of yours and a single index finger is raised and placed gently against your lips. His eyes fall shut and you feel the calming aura once more as he gives forth his energy to you. The man steps a single step back from you and you find your attention falling to his hands. The right phases into his chest, he winces in pain when he jerks out a vortex of burning red mana and opens his palm to show it to you. When you look into the orb, you see an endless stretch of hell fire. His left hand moves into the same position, the same expression befalls him when he tears a calmer, swirling orb of blue mana from his chest. You stare into it and see shimmering stars above the crashing waves of a massive ocean. Breaking your gaze you find the man's eyes locked with your own once more. His left hand moves to your chest and turns to press the blue orb into your chest. There is no pressure or pain. And though you find a peace amongst yourself in this place of the heavens, you find yourself pondering what will happen to the orb containing the hell fire. You try to stop him as his eyes fall shut. You reach out to grab his hand, but there is nothing you can do as your flesh simply falls through his own. His palm closes, squeezing the orb until it combusts in his hold. His flesh begins to crack and burn. It seems like an eternity could pass in the time that the blue haired human suffers from his own sins. But once the damage is done, a disfigured Tyler now eyes you without a hint of hurt in his eyes. His fingers stretch out and you see specks of blue mana falling through his hold like sand. He's smiling as the world begins to distort and crack apart, you try to reach out to him to ask the questions that run through your mind. He's fading into the darkness. You jerk awake in bed in a cold sweat and with her heart beating through your chest. You reassure yourself that everything was just a dream and begin to question why you would ever dream about the worthless human known as Tyler. However, as you roll onto your side you find a white rose accompanied by a small envelope upon the bed. A small piece of yellowed parchment is inside with nearly illegible handwriting; "Josleen, All people must pay for their sins and I am no different. I do not plead for forgiveness as I know my guilt is my own punishment. I have been a disgusting man. For that, I am sorry. My path and fate are sealed... I only wanted to show you that I did not mean to descend into the darkness... I never wanted to hurt anyone." - The note is signed though once you've finished reading it the words fade from the page. You suddenly jerk to eye the foot of the bed as you feel weight release and you swear to see a shadow moving across the room. Then, the noise of the world resumes.