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"MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, ARE YOU READY?!"
The screaming of all the people present, the sound of their hearts beat with the bass- ripping the pick across strings and yelling into the microphone. The stage felt like it was filled with electricity as the drums pounded like the roar of thunder, each lyric bringing out more and more energy from the audience.
"TAKE IT EASY! EVERYONE SING ALONG WITH ME NOW!"
With the ending strum of the guitar, the song was over and the audience shouted for more-for one more encore; instead the owner of the guitar grinned, pointing her finger up to the sky and nodding with as much excitement as the crowd themselves.
"Thank you Manhattan! We love you all and hope to see you again at our next concert!" And with that, the vocalist walked off the stage with her other members following in stead, muttering exuberantly over tour dates and whether their manager wouldn't blow a gasket over using the fog machine without authorization.
"Hey Strider! You up for a round at the local pub?"
"Nah man, you know its a weeknight- wanna add underage drinking to the list?"
"Hey, I suggested it, she didn't say squat yet." 'Strider' just raised an eyebrow and shook her head, still feeling good from the energy of the concert.
"Sorry, but I promised the boss that I wouldn't stay out all night this time. Catch you with something NON-Alcoholic next time?" The Drummer winced, rubbing the back of their head with a bashful expression.
"Anyway, be careful out there tonight, the traffic is crazier than Atlanta's right now." Tilting her head a little, she nodded and waved around her wallet.
"And that, my friends is why I learned parkour and take MTA."
"I thought you learned parkour in order to impress your boss." "That's a story for another time and you know it! Get your ass home before we get assaulted with text messages again!"
Snickering one last time, 'Strider' shut the clips of the guitar case and hefted it up- waving her hand as she retreated for the night. It would take a good few minutes to walk from Madison Square to 34th Street, especially with how cold its been for the past few weeks. Man, it was already January and it was still cold as balls. Though if it wasn't she would probably be a tad concerned.
"Kanarazu...bokura wa deau darou...Karma, huh. Wonder why that song of all openings popped up in my head of all days." Shaking her head, she went to cross the street that was uncomfortably barren for a busy street in Manhattan of all places.
And that was when she heard it. The loud blaring of a horn forced her to hurry and run to the other side, but it was too late- the feeling of her body being thrown over a truck was worse than anything felt before; the fall back to Earth felt a lot longer than what was expected for being in a Car Accident and never realized when she closed her eyes nor bit her tongue.
"Ah. Is this how all those Drama Stars felt in their respective series...?" The last thing that registered in her mind wasn't of the dark streets illuminated by lights, but of a blue sky with what looked like giant stones floating in the atmosphere.
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"Man, its boring out here today." Such came from one Luke Fon Fabre, son of Duke Fabre as he laid lazily on the bench not far off from his own room. Call it messy if you will-he didn't care at the moment and really, REALLY wanted something to happen. Guy was busy helping around the manor and all his other 'training partners' went too easy on him on purpose. To be honest, ANYTHING happening whether it be good or bad would be welcomed- preferably good.
"Damn it, why couldn't Master Van come today? At least it'd make the day more interesting!" He huffed once more and got up from his admitably comfortable position and got ready to head back to his room to write in that stupid diary of his.
Looking up at the shining sun, the redhead squinted his eyes and couldn't help but to notice a black speck gaining more and more trajectory right in his direction. "What the hel-"Before he could finish though, that 'thing' slammed straight into Luke and sent them both flying into a tree.
"Owww..." Rubbing the back of his aching head, he glanced down at what was apparantly not junk or a painful arte coming his way, but a black-clad human wearing a scarf in what was considered the Summer Season in Kimlasca. Another thing he noticed was that there was a lot of blood coming from this person and staining his jacket.
"Wha-who-how?!" At this point he was more focused on how much blood was coming out and the sheer will that kept them alive when Guy came running over with his sword unsheathed.
"Luke! Are you alright?! I heard screaming coming from the courtyard!"
"Do I look okay?! I'm covered in someone's blood for crying out loud! Give me a hand!" Finally getting out of his head that Luke wasn't too badly injured, Guy helped to roll the person off of his friend and helped him up. What he saw nearly made him jump several feet in the air though- that person bleeding on the daises was a girl.
"L-Luke..." The redhead looked back at Guy with a troubled expression that quickly hardened into a angry facade.
"Guy, go get the guards and the healers and do it fast!" Not taking the hidden benefit for granted, he ran off in the direction of the Servant Quarters without a second thought.
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Everything hurt. She could feel every single one of her bones shifting with unnecessary movement and wanted nothing more than to drift back into dreamland where pain didn't exist on a scale to 20 and there were cherries. But then the feeling of her stomach dropping brought up a rather rude reminder.
"Crap, shit, fuck, ow. Ow. Ow." Opening her eyes, 'Strider' scooted up in the bed and let out a breath. There goes the hard part.
"Well, the pain proves I'm not dead (again) but doesn't explain where I am. So before anything else happens, time to go through rollcall." Shaking her head and wincing, the redheaded vocalist sighed.
"Name. Aschlyn Luke Strider. Age. 1...5... No wait, 16. That day was my bithday. Favorite pastime? It was drawing. And the last thing I remember was getting hit by a truck and possibly getting an concussion. Speaking of which, I don't feel the effects of those at all- just my external wounds. Just what is going on?" Aschlyn muttered to herself while mussing through the mess of dark red hair and shaking her head. In the midst of her confusion, the sound of metal clanging and yelling from...Yuri Lowenthal(?) was coming closer and closer to the room when the door suddenly burst open with a group of soldiers; their armor lined with crimson and holding spears aplenty, she barely had enough time to react.
"Wha-" "Silence! You're under arrest for trespassing on Kimlascan Royalty ground and attempted murder on the Duke's son!"
'The Duke's son? Kimlascan? Kim...lasca...' When the peices fit together, there was only one thing Aschlyn Strider could say at this moment.
"Son of a bitch."
Xx-Determination-xX
Ashi: Well, hey everyone! Sorry its been a while since you heard anything from me, with what being busy from April all the way to July. But in leu of that, I bring you the remake I've been talking about for over a year-From Reset to Ashes! This is basically a full remake of From 'Songs to Ashes' but with added deleted scenes from 'Critical Abyss' and some added from the original series that Aschlyn is based from.
Man, when I read over the original that I made back in middle school, it even made ME cringe. Thankfully I can retcon a lot of the things that happened the 2012 version and not feel ashamed from it. Also, no songfic-related stuff. So there won't be walls of lyrics like I was infamous for doing. Some of the OCs featured won't be included for the sake of space and the initial retconning, so Alex won't be in this version. So...there may be a poll asking which OCs sans the antagonist OC and DanteShindo's Nathan will be removed from the plot alltogether.
So again, thanks for reading always and here is the disclaimer:
"The following is a fan-based fiction. Tales of the Abyss belongs to Bandai Namco, designs by Kosuke Fujishima and Motoi Sakuraba. Please support the offical release."