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etrayamemes2025-01-02 03:19 pm
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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. 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 _______.”
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.
 ⏵ 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.
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? 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! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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[He holds out his hand, to shake firmly.]
Jayce.
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[Maybe he doesn't fully trust himself with the floating thing. A small twitch of smile takes his expression as he reaches up to shake Jayce's hand. At least that's one thing he's gotten used to!]
Noel. Noel Kreiss. You been here long?
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[Get it? It's a joke. Because he's flying. He's got a really stupid look on his face like he's very aware of how dumb the joke was.]
So be easy on me if you have a lot of questions. I think even those who have been here over six months still don't have all the answers.
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[He blurts it out so suddenly he forgets --SHHH-- that they're in a library. Sorry Jayce, your completely on-point humor gets lost in the shuffle here. Noel Kreiss had shit to do. He cannot be stuck here for a month. He's gonna miss the entire end of the world!
But he is kindly offering to help with questions, albeit in a very humble sort of way. Noel can only think of one, for the moment, inspired by aforementioned shit he has to do.]
... Do you buy it? This whole "save the world" deal. Think they're telling us the truth?
[From his tone, he seems a bit incredulous, himself.]
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[It's a bit of a more serious moment, so Jayce reluctantly lands back to his feet, and folds his hands behind his back.]
If it's true, and I don't play along, then there's millions of lives I've doomed. If I play along and it isn't true, and all I've done is waste my efforts, then... it's a different kind of consequence, but the only one who suffers is me and my dreams.
[It's a very honest sort of answer.]
Until I know more, I'm choosing the second option, regardless of what I buy.
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... He's already doomed them all.
There's something so honest about that answer, so genuine and personal; it cuts through the bitterness and the guilt and speaks to something deeper.]
Your dreams, huh. [He thinks of the Oracle Drive. How could he not? Reaching out to someone long gone, in a new world, a dream he's had ever since she died...] You think your dreams will wait for you?
[There's a level measure of sincerity in the question. It's not a challenge, this particular ask; maybe part of him wants his own reassurance.]
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[Jayce rubs his forehead, already feeling bad he's dumping on this stranger.]
Maybe there's other questions you have?
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[Because it is helpful. Noel knows enough to know when he's out of his depth -- and he is way out of his depth here, so anything he can get is useful. As for the offer...he pauses, and then there's a flicker of smile in his expression when he responds,] How do I get home is my biggest question, and I get the feeling I know the answer to that already, if you and others have been here a while. Guess the next best question is whether you know what these pearl things are supposed to look like. Sounds like we're staying here until we find them all, right?
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[It’s not that he has any sort of supernatural skills at finding crystals. He just really likes them. He’s a crystal boy.
Jayce starts to lead the way to the library, looking over his shoulder to make sure Noel’s following. ]
You might think it’s not a crystal, since it’s, you know, from a mollusk technically, but the way they process calcium carbonates to make a pearl puts it in the same crystalline structure as Calcite, which everyone knows is a crystal.
[Local rock expert overestimates average person’s understanding of rocks.]
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Which is fairly true. He maybe understood like half of those words.
So.]
Uh...huh. [Gods help him.] ... Yeah, that. That makes sense.
[This is fully a lie. It shows in his absolute blank expression.]
im going to submit the thread for looking for a shard !! 👀
But that's not important. What they're made of. A pearl's a pearl, right? What they look like is what's important here.
[Not that lame... crystalline structure thing...]