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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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What makes you believe that she is not lying?
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[ It certainly makes sense, not to bother making Aurora capable of lying. Why add a scenario that could go wrong? What if Aurora was able to go against her programming in a way that allowed her to tell the unintended truth? No, much more efficient simply to hide such a thing from her. ]
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[She's quick to catch on, though there's additional information. He doesn't see the point in keeping it from her, even if she's new she'll likely find out eventually, given that he made it public on the network a while back.]
There's another option. Apparently, every time Echo brings someone here they lose part of themselves. If you count Aurora's sister's city then Echo's brought in a lot of people, so who knows how much of them is still left. Them missing pieces of themselves might in turn affect what Aurora knows.
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Why bring people here if it means a slow death? Is Echo not necessary to govern the multiverse? Why invite personal destruction? Who will judge us and return us to our worlds if Echo is completely lost?
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[Welcome to Etraya, where it's the blind leading the blind.]
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Are those questions Aurora could answer?
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[She's friendly! She's a friendly AI.]
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[ She herself has formal communications back and forth where people ask her to be an arbitrator in various matters. It would only make sense for Aurora to have the same, positioned as she is. ]
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[Which... given how their conversation has gone so far, he seriously doubts will be an issue.]
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[ And she is thankful. He's helped her a lot, not only by rescuing her from her robe but sharing so much information with her. The Archive is only too aware of how valuable information is. ]
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It's not a big deal. This is shit you'd pick up on on your own eventually.
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Now that I am grounded and more educated, would you be amenable to searching for one of these shards with me?
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[And it might be a good idea to keep an eye on her for a bit longer, to make sure her robes don't start acting up again.]
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Thank you. I believe that we are supposed to use these animals to find these shards? Do you have any experience with this?
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[He glances over at his owlet, who just gives a slow blink.]
You'd think a dog would be better. [They're known for hunting and tracking, after all. He sighs.] Let's start walking and see if anything happens.
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[ The Archive bends down to pick her rat up and holds it up in front of her face. ]
Please help us find the shard.
[ She sets it back on the ground again where it looks between the Archive, Accelerator, and the owlet a few times, and then scampers off down the aisle. ]
Let us follow and see if it leads anywhere.
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They aren't practical people, huh.
[Wizards are basically magicians, right, and magicians are nuts.
He watches her ask the rat politely for help, and squints suspiciously as the animal runs off. Slowly, he starts to follow it.]
Did that thing understand you?
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[ She follows the rat down long hallways of bookshelves, passing them by. ]
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[Maybe it's a magic rat, or the library has some magic field that translates for animals. He glances at the owlet, who has her gaze on the rat, and lets out a little hoot.]
It'd be pretty stupid to encourage us to use animals if they don't help.
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[ The rat leads them to a shelf and stops, looking up at them now that it's reached its destination. The Archive scans the vast selection of books in front of them. ]
We seem to have reached a destination, though the specifics are lost on me. Do you have any ideas apart from checking books one by one?
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[Once they reach the shelves he stops, looking around. This part of the library doesn't look all that notable, so with a frown he glances at the owlet. It feels so weird talking to an animal, but....]
Well?
[She fluffs what few feathers she has, flapping her wings. Unfortunately, she isn't quite big enough to actually fly, so Accelerator carefully scoops her off his shoulder and holds her out towards the books. Right away she starts leaning towards one larger one on the shelf. He glances back at the Archive, raising an eyebrow.]
There's either food or a pearl shard in there. [Hopefully.]
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The Archive reaches for the book and pulls it out. She's about to open it when something glimmering catches her eye in the gap in the shelf, something sparkling in the magic lights still floating around her. She reaches in and pulls it out, holding it up for Accelerator to see. A broken shard of a thing. ]
Is this it, then?
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Looks like it is. Let's take it back to Aurora.
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I will follow you.
wrap here??