Rena sighs. "This is not fair! I don't have any memories for today!"
"It's just you spending time with Chung anyway," Lu replies.
Rose enters the room. "Ah~ It's nice to tease Add for an hour without pause!"
Elesis lifts her one eyebrow. "What kind of girlfriend are you?"
"Abusing girlfriend," Rose giggles. "Next potion?"
"Why not?" Rena takes the potions, "We still have this many—"
"Wait!" Elesis catches the girls' attention. "Rose has Add, Aisha has Chung—"
"W-What do you mean?!" Aisha cuts as she blushes.
"Good job!" Eve pats Aisha in the back.
"—Eve has Elsword, Ara has Raven, Lu obviously has Ciel," Elesis continues, "so what's the point on us doing this anymore?"
"This might sounds like we're playing with the boys, but," Lu smirks, "No one has Ain."
They turn to silence.
"Whoa! Lu, hold it right there!" Rena shouts, "He doesn't even remember our names except Elsword!"
"Great challenge, right?" Lu smiles, "Why don't you two try to get him?" she looks at Rena and Elesis.
"It's... not easy to play with our feelings as well," Elesis responds, "You know that already."
"Alright. I give you another challenge," Lu narrows her eyes, "Try to get Ciel. I dare you."
"Wait a second," Aisha begins speaking, "Nobody even knows Ain's past."
"Isn't that interesting?" Lu giggles.
"Why don't you ask Elsword? Maybe he knows something," Eve says.
"Why don't we just do it, like," Rose takes the red potion, "right now?"
"Rose, wait!"
Red potions: Lack of sleep? Now let's have some nightmare, girls! Why don't you try to get the emotionless boys' attention? Or at least that's what supposed to happen...
Eve wakes up in an empty room. Nasods can't have dreams. Must be the work of that potion.
She can feel a dark aura behind her. She turns around to find Elsword slowly consumed by the Dark El.
Slap!
"Elsword, this is a dream. Wake up," Eve says calmly.
Elsword blinks his eyes several times. "Dream?" he looks around, "You're right! My cheek doesn't hurt after you slapped!"
Eve sighs in relief. "Anyway, even though this is a dream, it's a work of a potion. This dream might affect the others in real life."
"That doesn't sound really good," Elsword comments, "What should we do? How could we enter someone else's dream?"
"Hm..." Eve tries to move her drones, but she realizes something, "I'm supposed to have my drones because this is a dream! At least that's what human says about dream."
Elsword just laughs as he takes out his sword. He gives it to Eve, "You can use my sword."
"I've always curious about this thing," Eve takes Elsword's sword and slashes the floor.
Surprisingly, instead of a slash, a large hole created on the floor.
"We're falling!"
Eve flies. "Elsword, this is a dream! You should be able to fly!"
"Oh, yeah!" Elsword is floating in the air, "I can fly!"
"Now that we create some space, LITERALLY," Eve moves closer to Elsword, "Where should we go?"
"Raven's dream?" Elsword asks, "Maybe he could control his dream as well!"
"Hm..." Eve crosses her arms. If I'm with Elsword, does that mean Raven's with Ara? "Let's try!"
"Why do we bother trying? This is a dream!" Elsword grabs Eve's hand and goes to the portal he just summoned.
"R-Raven...? What happened to you?" Ara is lying on the ground with injuries on her body. She's staring at Raven's red eyes.
"Raven? That guy is dead," 'Raven' raises his blade.
"Ara! We're coming!" Elsword shouts as he summons numerous Conwell to prevent 'Raven' from killing Ara.
Eve approaches Ara. "Ara, can you explain what happened?"
"H-He's not Raven. That Nasod arm is controlling him," Ara says before she coughs blood.
"I assume you're from different world," 'Raven' grips his blade.
"Uh, yeah, you could say that," Elsword smiles.
Eve walks toward 'Raven' casually and slaps him. "Raven, come back. This is a dream."
'Raven' shakes his head. Slowly, his red eyes turn into yellow.
"Glad you're back!" Elsword grins.
Raven sighs. "What were you girls doing?"
"Mission complete," Eve ignores Raven's question. "Elsword, we shall go to the others' dream."
Suddenly numerous figures appear from the ground around them. The floor turns into a flat thing full of eyes, staring at them.
"Give up, mere commoner!"
"Tch," Raven holds his head with his human arm, "Not you guys..."
Ara grips her spear to help her standing up. "Raven, you know them?"
He avoids eye contact with Ara. "I know them VERY well."
A blonde girl holding a sword is glaring at him. "You could've saved me back then."
Raven narrows his eyes. "Shut up!"
Ara is about to help Raven, but she hears a voice from the back. "You're having fun, sister?"
She turns around. "A-Aren...?"
Eve sighs. "Just beat them, guys. It's a dream, after all."
"You guys are going, right?" Ara smiles, "Leave this to us!"
"Your turn, Eve!" Elsword pulls Eve's hand and goes to another portal, "Where should we go now?"
Aisha and Chung should be fine. Even though they look weak, they're pretty strong. Eve's eyes widen. "Rose."
Suddenly they feel dizzy. "What is this?!" Elsword holds his head with his right hand as he looks at his surroundings. It's a living room with destroyed furniture and things.
"Elsword?! Eve?!" Rose approaches them. "This is like Hell Simulator!"
Eve tilts her head. She doesn't feel anything. "Care to explain?"
"You see—"
Crack! Crash!
Now they're in a library.
"This!" Rose continues, "Everything keeps changing! I'm sure Add is trying to find his past on the right timeline!"
Timeline? Hahaha!
Yeah, we need that! You shouldn't do this in the first place!
All of you will die in your sleep!
That sounds AWESOME~!
"Eve, please?" Elsword falls on his knees, "I can't. Dark El is taking control!"
Yeah! His mind is going to get destroyed!
And then we can take control!
That sounds AMAZING~!
"H-He's right. My mind is slowly getting destroyed. I think I'm going insane," Rose agrees.
"We shouldn't use this potion. Mistakes were made," Eve says before she goes to find Add. "Add! Where are you?!"
No answer.
The place around her keeps changing as she tries to find him.
"Add!" Eve approaches him. She slaps him hard. "This is a dream!"
Slowly, the place around them fades away and turns to pitch black.
Add is trying to see everything as a dream. "The hell? I should've been able to find my mother in my dreams."
"I don't really know about that, but I think you can," Eve says before she goes back to Elsword and Rose.
Isn't that nice? Everything is blank!
Who needs friends? They might stab you from the back!
Never trust people! Just kill them!
That sounds WONDERFUL~!
"Elsword!" Eve grabs Elsword's shoulder.
Elsword cackles. "This is a dream right? Why don't we spend our time torturing people?"
"Elsword! You're losing me!" Eve shouts.
"I-I'll take care of Add before he goes berserk again! Thanks!" Rose runs away.
Elsword looks at Eve. His sclera turns black. "Hey, humans killed your fellow Nasods, Queen," he shows his evil grin, "We could eliminate humans."
Eve glares at 'Elsword'. "Hey, give Elsword back or I slap you really hard."
'Elsword' narrows his eyes. "You can't do a thing."
Eve slaps 'Elsword'. "Elsword! We have no time for this!"
'Elsword' shakes his head. His sclera turns back to normal. "That sure destroyed my mind," Elsword says confusedly. "So... problem solved?"
Eve smiles. "Next! Let's go!"
"Rose! Add! We're going!" Elsword grabs Eve's hand and goes to another portal.
"Ciel! Wake up!"
This is the first time they see Lu looked so helpless. She's staring at Ciel who blankly stares at nothing, killing and torturing the enemies. Human limbs, organs, and blood are scattered everywhere.
"Ack!" Lu coughs black liquid.
Elsword runs toward Lu. "Hey, what happened?"
"It's always been my dream to obtain my power again," Lu weeps, "but not like this! This is too much!"
Elsword tilts his head. He looks at Eve who's ready to approach Ciel, but he grabs her hand and gives his sword, "Take this, just in case."
Eve nods before she runs toward Ciel.
Kill. Kill. Kill.
"CIEL, STOP!" Lu sobs as she holds her head with both her hands, "I'm begging you! Please...!"
I wonder what Ciel's inner voice is saying right now. Elsword grabs Lu's shoulders. "Hey, you're his master, right?" Lu nods slighyly. "This is a dream! Why don't you slap him once in a while?"
She looks at him confusedly. "Dream?"
Elsword pinches her cheeks to show her it's really a dream. "Go for it!" he smiles.
Lu wipes her tears and stands up. "Thanks!"
Meanwhile, Eve is still struggling to get near Ciel. I've never used a sword before. This is hard. She slashes the demon summoned by Ciel in front of him.
"Eve! Squat!"
Eve squats. Elsword summons Conwells to eliminate the demon behind her. "How does it feel to use a sword?" he asks with a smile.
Eve sighs. "Elsword, this is not time to—"
"Don't worry!" He pulls her hand to go to another portal, "Your turn!"
"Elsword, wait!"
Lu walks toward Ciel and slaps him. "Bad servant!"
Ciel turns to silence as he puts his hand on his slapped cheek. "...It doesn't hurt."
"Because this is a dream!" Lu yells.
Ciel notices something on Lu's face. "Were you crying?"
"I'm not!" she folds her arms.
Hey, that's Luciela!
My, my... she escaped.
We shall take her power again!
Along with her servant's!
Lu stomps her foot on the floor. "You're not messing with us!"
A wall appears between Lu and Ciel.
"Tryhard nightmare," Ciel appears beside Lu.
"Fufufu!" Lu puts her hands on her hips, "We'll be having a 'good' dream!"
Elsword and Eve arrive at a place full of letters and papers. "You said they don't need help."
"Who knows?" Eve shrugs, "They MIGHT need help when I'm thinking like that."
"Oh, Aisha!" Elsword approaches Aisha.
"Elsword, don't!"
Elsword steps on a letter "K" and he gets electrocuted. "W-What?!"
Aisha points a large monitor. It shows hangman game. "Now I only have 1 chance left!"
"What would happen if we failed?" Eve asks.
"Chung will get hanged!"
Elsword scratches his head. "This is a pretty weird dream."
Aisha lifts her one eyebrow. "Dream?"
Eve flies toward Chung and slaps him. "Chung, this is a dream. Don't kill yourself."
Chung's eyes widen. "Was I going to hang myself?!"
"Oh yeah you can fly," Aisha facepalms.
Suddenly all the letters turn to sharp blades. It flies randomly, trying to slice everyone.
"We can handle this!" Chung approaches Aisha.
Aisha jumps to dodge letter "X" that was about to slice her feet. "You sure?"
Eve smiles. "Last one, Elsword."
"Bye guys! Have fun!" Elsword waves his hand.
They arrive at the last dream.
For some reason, it doesn't seem that there's chaos in this dream.
"Guys! Run away!" Rena shouts.
Suddenly Eve is caught by cyan colored chains, just like Rena and Elesis.
"I... need an explanation," Elsword looks around confusedly.
Ain in his spiritualism mode stares at Elsword. "And why are you here?"
Elsword shrugs. "Why don't you ask the girls what they're doing with..." he tries to recall what 'Rena' said this morning, "...potions?"
"I already asked them," Ain glances at the girls, "but their answers don't make any sense."
Elsword laughs. "I can't help you, then! I don't have logical answer either!"
"After all, it doesn't matter. You all will forget me soon," Ain replies.
The word "forget" gains the girls' attention.
Elsword punches Ain's face and smiles like he has no sin. "Hey, this is a dream! You're starting to say weird things!"
Ain turns back to normal. "Elsword?"
The girls are free from the chains.
"Cool" Elsword grins, "Welcome back!"
"Thanks?" Ain asks as he looks around him.
"Hey, what do you mean earlier?" Rena asks, feeling curious, "What do you mean by we'll forget you?"
Ain shrugs. "Forget it. I wasn't conscious."
Elesis narrows her eyes. "You're lying. I can feel it."
"It's just your feelings, Ms. Knight Captain," Ain sighs.
"Hey, I learnt how to detect lie in a day, thanks to Elsword," she crosses her arms, "You WERE conscious."
"Does it matter if it's true?" Ain smiles slightly as he turns around. Slowly, he's fading away.
"Elsword, you know something!" Elesis shouts.
"Well," Elsword avoids eye contact as he smiles, "I'm not going to play dumb here, but I won't tell anything."
Elsword and Eve go to the living room after they woke up. "I feel so tired," Elsword sits on the sofa, "Even though I just woke up."
"It feels like we're some kind of heroes," Eve smiles as she sits beside Elsword.
"It was fun!" Elsword smiles happily.
"Yeah, it was," Eve nods in agreement, "You okay?"
"What do you mean?"
"You were controlled by Dark El," Eve reminds him, "It's only a dream, though."
"No, I'm not."
Eve looks at Elsword. "Kidding!" Elsword laughs, "I'm fine! Don't worry!"
"You had me worried!" Eve protests.
"Sorry!"
"Anyway," Eve looks at the ceiling. He's right. It feels like we didn't sleep. "I don't know how you know about Ain, but you better not let him go from us."
No response.
Eve can feel someone's head on her shoulder, which is Elsword. "Damn. You fell asleep," Eve smiles as she closes her eyes to rest.
Special thanks to Ragna0011 and LucasTheCookie!
Aaa it seems that I failed at making the nightmares. I rarely had a nightmare, and if I did, I forgot about it. Btw, it's true that you can't feel hurt in your dream. I experienced lucid dreams around.. 7 times. Or 6. idk
And yeah, you can do anything in your dream XD it's fun to fly~
Ideas for potions are appreciated~
Thanks for reading!
Chaos Champion Prime
Elsword: Not as free as lucid dream, though...
Rena: You're free, right? No more Chaos
Eve: Ouch..
Jack Hunter
Ra: Looks like you like body switch
Elesis: NO MORE
Add: *chuckles* Mentally damaged
Ra: Anyway, our author will think about it
Eve: *rolls eyes* You don't have to think about it. Just don't
Ra: It's not like you girls only have 1 for each potion, right?
[Girls]: ..