etrayamemes | TDM 006

TDM 006

⏵ arrival ⏴
Arrival is absolutely not normal this month. Instead of a hospital bed, you wake in a tunnel with a large group of other people. These are the residents. A woman’s voice in an earpiece hurriedly clues you in with an apology.

I apologize; I had not planned to introduce you this way, but we are low on time. Please proceed down the hallway.

An image of a shattered pearl pops up on your personal HUD and rotates.

I am Aurora. You are joining many others on Etraya in order to save your world from destruction by completing missions. Your current mission is to find the pieces of this object that have become scattered in the library ahead of you.

For everyone else, coming in is much the same. The instruction goes out to head to designated areas immediately, where companion bots will escort the residents of Etraya down into the depths, the area beneath where much the same is explained.

⏵ disrobing ⏴

The tunnel eventually opens directly into the foreroom of an expansive library, painted in marvelous hues and patterns with skylights far above. There are wizards milling about, bearded and holding tomes, quietly chatting amongst themselves.

The reception area of the library has tall ceilings with equally tall doors Before you get too caught up in the scenery, a voice directs you forward. A gentleman, hunched and bespeckled craws out.

"Make a line! Make a line, everyone! You cannot enter the library dressed as you are... Come forward and give me your name."

The receptionist asks your given name and then hands over a box from underneath his counter. You can give him any name you want, he doesn’t seem to mind. It is tied with a tagged ribbon- labeling it accordingly. “The _____ robe of _______.”

	(First Letter of Given Name)				(Last Letter of Given Name)
A	Controlling	N	Helpful	A	Melodies	N	Light
B	Glimmering	O	Floating	B	Discretion	O	Mind-Reading
C	Wet	P	Handsome	C	Growth	P	Climbing
D	Gruesome	Q	Gullible	D	Grasping	Q	Jumping
E	Observant	R	Ratty	E	Flying	R	Hurting
F	Powerful	S	Adhesive	F	Reading	S	Guiding
G	Psychedelic	T	Sweltering	G	Dancing	T	Bug-Speaking
H	Swift	U	Cheerful	H	Shouting	U	Exploding
I	Voracious	V	Anxious	I	Extracting	V	Complaining
J	Soft	W	Likeable	J	Punishing	W	Dividing
K	Keen	X	Ruthless	K	Creeping	X	Slapping
L	Fabulous	Y	Dramatic	L	Walking	Y	Charming
M	Fair	Z	Demonic	M	Listening	Z	Combustion

As you read what the contents of the box may be, they form inside- Looking and behaving as your character expects them to. After all, magic is all in the wielder’s mind.

Don your robes and enter the library.

⏵ unfamiliar familiars ⏴

For those without a familiar (like one hatched from an egg not too long ago) you may borrow one from the library counter. They all have strengths and weaknesses, but they will all assist in the very important mission. As you roam the library, they will make little indications that you are closer or further from finding a piece of the pearl.


Pro	• Hardworking • Gives correct directions 75% of time • Won’t run away from you	• Very affectionate • Gives correct directions only when paired with another rat, toad, or personal pet.	• Gives correct directions 90% of the time
Con	• Must feed bookworms	• Will run away if too close to a cat	• Does not care for you • Sleepy • Will run ahead • Gets distracted by rats

⏵ the task at hand ⏴

With robes donned and creature in hand, you must now complete your mission. Find the pieces of the shattered pearl. As you enter the library, you may notice that it’s all very dim. There’s oil lamps around the place that may be moved with you to assist in your journey if your robes do not already emit light.

Break off and search the library. There is a directory at the front to point guests to all the different sections.

	Wings of the Library
A	General Works	B	Music
C	Philosophy, Religion	D	Fine Arts
E	History, Auxiliary Sciences	F	Language and Literature
G	Magic, General	H	Science
J	Geography, Anthopology	K	Medicine
M	Agriculture	N	Hobbies, Recreation
P	Social Science	Q	Military
R	Political Science	S	Practical Arts
T	Law	W	People
X	Education	Y	Spiders

Each section looks enough like the last, though the books within have immense power. Pick up the wrong book, and you might conjure a dragon or a historical figure! You must persist and avoid making too much noise or breaking too many things.

Or else the Librarian, a tall mass of knotted fabric will confiscate your robe and usher you back outside. Your name will be struck from the list, and you must pick a new one to re-enter the library to continue the search.

You can try to fight back against him- he may be set alight with the lamp. But should you be starting fires in here?

⏵ NOTES ⏴

Any thread with 15 comments between you and another may be submitted to find a piece of the pearl. There are 20 pieces altogether, and we will determine if the mission was successful by March 28th. A post will go live on the OOC comm for this!

This mission occurs out of time, similar to how the spaceship had. Meaning, those currently in game can experience these events any time between now, and March 14th.

Please direct all questions to our mod queries comment!

⏵FULL NAVIGATION⏴

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

SCIENCES

[ The young girl is gently cradling her rat in two hands while a handful softly glowing orbs hang around her, absently stroking her temporary pet's little head as she peruses the literature in front of her. She's specifically found the mathematics section and is reading the book spines intently. Is she looking for pieces of the pearl? It sure looks like she's just reading book spines and not noticing anyone at all until they get quite close or address her. Anyone who doesn't speak first will get a little jump of surprise and then a very polite, ]

Excuse me. Am I in your way?

SOARING OVER AGRICULTURE

[ The young Archive is in the agriculture section and is still illuminated by her handful of softly glowing orbs, but this time she's suspended in the air by her robes and seems to be arguing stoically with a disembodied voice. Her little rat is running in circles under her, squeaking. ]

Take the book.

I am not going to take an unknown book from an unknown library.

Take the book right this instance.

No, I will not.

FINALLY ON TASK

[ Whatever section she's ended up in this time, the illuminated Archive is actually searching for the pearl shards now. She follows her little rat a very meandering and circular path, looping around sets of shelves and doubling back. This goes on for about fifteen minutes before she kneels down and holds out her hands for it to scurry onto. Once perched there, she lifts it up to eye level. ]

I don't think we're going in the right direction.

[[ ooc: The Archive does not have her ability to know all that is written in Etraya and she will not be fourth walling; all media she knows will be similar to but not the same as our media. And if you want a different prompt PM me! ]]

Edited 2025-01-02 23:40 (UTC)

I wonder...

[Pete scans the nearby shelves.]

We keep circling this set of shelves. So, just spitballing, what if our little global positioning rodent here has the right idea but can't point us that way because there's no way to go that way.

[He looks more intently now. Eyes behind a mask scan for a book that seems out of place. Less dusty, more dusty, or in the wrong section entirely.]

Tell me this doesn't strike you as the kinda place that'd have a secret passage behind a bookcase.

[ The Archive looks up in surprise from her conversation with her rat; she hadn't noticed someone approaching. ]

Having a secret passageway seems very impractical. Being in a public space like this would mean that there must be some manner of hidden mechanism to protect people like us from finding it.

What about any of this hasn't been impractical?

[It's a rhetorical question. He begins walking down the shelves seeing if he can feel some sort of draft cimong from where it shouldn't or any other possible.]

As much as I would like it to be, it can't be just by pulling out or pushing in a single specific book, otherwise everyone'd be opening it accidentally.

So maybe pushing in multiple books? Or it could be a verbal password.

[ This person seems very focused on their being a secret passageway. There's a small part of her that hopes they're right, it would be a little exciting if it were true. But it's also a bit terrifying, not knowing such a thing; if she were home then it's almost certain she would know, though wizards have their mysterious ways. ]

A mechanical trigger seems the least likely to me. Anyone with enough dedication could find such a thing. Wizards are most likely to have a spell with a key that would trigger a hidden passageway, though I would believe finding such a thing we are not meant to find would be a violation of some rule.

Hey, their fault if someone has the bright idea to say "swordfish" and it opens.

[The next shelf in the row slowly starts receding into the floor.]

Huh. I can't believe that actually worked. Wonder if someone around here is a Marx Brothers fan.

[ The Archive is genuinely surprised when that works, but she keeps it from showing on her face. She hasn't watched Marx Brothers, but she's read transcripts and references to the scene. ]

I would caution against pursuing this further, I doubt we are meant to find this and discovery will likely end with expulsion from the library which would be counter to our mission.

The Archive | Dresden Files

On Task.

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