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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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[ It's about the only response that he can muster about everything that happened. He still doesn't know why it all did in the first place. The pieces of information he had - no, the pieces of information that someone else had gathered before him - seemed like it was pointing him in some direction. ]
... I do think that no matter what... that door will have to go. At least for a little while.
[ Okay. One thing at a time.
Henry stops walking which doesn't seem to please the rats that are wanting to keep going forward, but what he has to say is important. He turns so that he can look at Heather; he lifts his hands to move them awkwardly in the air, feeling that would be better than just having his arms be tucked close to his body or crossing them over his chest. ]
Listen, in those other worlds, it was really dangerous... people... they kept dying. So, I don't know what these pieces will do... but I'll do what I can to make sure Mister Cheese and you... that you'll be okay.
no subject
( if that was what he wanted and it made him feel safe and secure, she would do it for him. in fact she'll probably speak to gorgug on his behalf to see if a camera could be setup to monitor the front door for him. she did feel perhaps it was better to try and get over such fears but-
coming from a place like silent hill, especially with her history of having powers, she knew he was probably telling the truth and was clearly still in shock over it.
as he proceeded to speak though, she couldn't help but give him a direct glance and a soft nod. she felt like that was something she should say to him instead, or rather assure him that they were more or less safe here. yet she won't- he had to see that for himself. )
That's pretty kind of you to offer to someone you just met. Thanks Henry, should we go on then?
gasp, a reasonable place to end.
[ Maybe he should have offered that to the other people he met. Even if he felt as lost as they were, he shouldn't have let them wander off alone. Maybe he was afraid of what - who - was ever hunting them would get him, too. But even so --
-- even so, the excuses don't go anywhere. There isn't anyone here that he can apologize to for what happened. And he isn't so lost to burden a teenage girl with these problems. So, the most he can say is that he'll look out for her. He can do that, at least, can't he?
He nods along. ]
Yeah, okay... let's get going.
/end
( if he said it was nothing, then she would leave it at that. he seemed like a strange and lost fellow, wandering around in his own mind more than anything. despite the difference in age, she had experience with such things. it was only natural for her to come to be concerned for him in the end-
even if he didn't want it. at the very least their rat friends seemed to agree because as soon as they continued on their journey, they seemed...happier. running alongside each other and guiding the two who only had a small thread of connection between them-
being from a world that so happened to have a town called silent hill. )