Stasis (Natsume thread with others)

[Midnight Sun]

'Mental trauma? That certainly would explain a few things,' Natsume thought. "We'll do anything you want of us. If there's anything we can do to help, just say it."

[Bean Bandit]

Ami smiles at Natsume, grateful for the support, at least. "I wish I could think of something. I'd take you up on that in a minute. But...I can't." she sighs. "I have to face off with a potential psycho or sociopath on my own, and inside my soul..." she adds in a lower voice, and draws her knees up to her chest, hugging them.

[Halbarad]

Usagi rubs her friend's back gently. "You've already beaten her once, Ami-chan, or she never would have gotten stuck in your Talisman in the first place. I know you can do it again - just remember that even if we can't be next to you fighting her, we're here to support you. I know you can beat her, Ami."

[Midnight Sun]

"I wish we could be in there with you, but I don't know if its possible to enter another person's soul," Natsume says quietly. "The closest I think of...I recall my grandfather mentioning certain kinds of group meditation that create something like a collective dream-state, but...I've never done or seen anything like that before, I don't even know if its the same thing."

[Halbarad]

Usagi shakes her head. "The only way I know it can be done is through a mindlink." She glances up at the Twins. "And right now, I really doubt Ami could go through that - I don't know for sure, but I'd guess there'd be a chance of Celcia transferring to anyone who tried to link with her right now. There are just too many unknowns to really risk trying it."

[Midnight Sun]

"If only there were so many to least take some of the pressure off of you," Natsume says with a sigh. "If I could give you some of my energy I gladly would but...I doubt it'd be enough."

[Anastasia]

Cyprine slowly nods, followed by Ptilol. "It would be terribly risky, especially if Celcia could follow the link to another body," Cyprine warns. "She's shown that she can do something close to that already."

[Halbarad]

"That's what I figured," Usagi replies, shaking her head. "I'm all for doing everything we can to help, but we don't want to make things worse in the process."

Glancing over at Natsume, she shakes her head. "I could probably direct energy from any of us into Ami, but right now it's almost impossible to make sure that she'll be the one who gets that energy. With Celcia that tangled up, she could grab the energy before it ever got to Ami."

[Midnight Sun]

"I see," Natsume said, disheartened at Usagi's answer. Every time at aid was thwarted merely by the ice witch's presence. She was far more devious than she had initially imagined.

She would just have to accept that, as much as she did not want to.

"Ami-chan...you said Celcia might've suffered some kind of mental trauma? What happened to make you think that?" Natsume asks, trying to change the subject to something more useful.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami chews a little on her bottom lip. "Something....happened to her, while she was in the crystal prison." Ami replies quietly. "I saw the memory while she was around, and she went absolutely beserk reminded of it. Some sort of being that was...I want to say mysterious, but it's more likely it was simply far beyond our comprehension. It...violated her, somehow. I can't explain it, but it was the most horrible thing I'd ever seen..." Ami murmured, sympathy for her foe welling up in her voice.

[Midnight Sun]

"I...see," Natsume manages to get out after hearing the description. The source of Celcia's damaged psyche came from what could be described as the worst kind of abuse a woman could suffer. It was painful just to think about it. "As atrocious as it was, it still doesn't excuse everything Celcia has done. Using innocents to her own ends, endangering the lives of countless people, attempting to warp the world into her own twisted vision, all of that was calculated. Don't let your sympathy for her plight cloud your vision of what she truly is now."

[Bean Bandit]

"I know, but..." Ami sighs softly. "It happened because we put her there...I can't help but feel a bit responsible."

[Halbarad]

"And remember WHY she was put in there, Ami," Usagi says quietly. "Don't get me wrong - from what you said, it sounds horrible. But she never would have been in there in the first place if not for what she did to get put there."

[Bean Bandit]

"I know." Ami replies in a small voice. "I...saw her parents. She froze them to death." She rubs anxiously at the bridge of her nose. "I wonder if I would have been driven mad by my power if I had manifested it as young as she did?" Ami seculates morosely.

"My only worry is...I'm not sure what will happen. If I kill her inside me...will she be expelled? Die for real? Where will those memories and powers go? Into me?"

[Halbarad]

"I'm hoping that once you start to get the upper hand more, I can step in from outside and purify her out of you," Usagi answers. "It's just that right now, I'm afraid of hurting you in the process if I try it - but the more you fight her, the more distinct your spirit gets in comparison to hers. Hopefully, once it's strong enough, I can just purify you from there."