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ɴᴀᴛʜᴀ orbiters ❰ mod collective ❱ ([personal profile] natha) wrote in [community profile] nysalogs2017-07-18 06:00 pm
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❪ event ❫ THE DESCENT: PART TWO.

JULY 16th: THE MORNING AFTER    
In the early morning, your characters' phones will buzz with a text from an Unknown ID. It contains an audio file as well as its transcription:
DARMA'S MESSAGE

It worked. By the miracles of all universes, you survived. It was not ideal by any means, but it was all we can muster with limited time. We hope you can forgive us for your injuries and headaches, and we thank you for working together and helping one another.

But now, your journey is just beginning. You must head east to find the Outpost. That shall serve as a fine rest stop. However, there will be danger ahead yet. The beasts you encountered in the simulations are now very real. They will attack, as you are seen as meat.

Please exercise caution, Refugee. This shall be my last message for some time. The Moons are protected, but I must rest... I leave the rest to you.
INTO THE WOODS    

Head east, Darma said— and so you do. That seems to be all you can do.

Traversing through woods is not a simple task. Hopefully you have taken advantage of the camouflage outfits offered prior to the start of this great migration. Naturally, for those of you who have done the training modules, some things will be a bit familiar. Some wildlife will mimic what you've seen there. Nevertheless, it'll be crucial for one to keep on guard. While Sael selected the Outlook as the ideal place for landing due to its direct removal from Olympian or Wyver soil, it doesn't come without its own dangers as you venture east.

Perhaps it's time to face your fears.
  • PROMPT A. There are many creatures roaming around these parts. Some will blend straight in with the woods, others will be bold and loud. While traveling as a party of about 180, it's quite easy to become targets. Fortunately, that also means strength in numbers. Maybe you've got someone's back on this, perhaps they have yours. Either way, what's quicker way to bond than to face a couple of questionable beasts?

    Maybe you've ran into a Arache (CW link: arachnophobia), a creature known for mimicking voices, even ones they haven't heard. They weasel their way into your subconscious and pick out voices from your memories, luring their victims deeper into the strange woods with the voices of their loved ones. Sometimes, it's a cry for help; other times, it's a replay of a striking memory. Once its victim steps into its large, barely-visible web, the Arache will store them or start its feast.

    Or, perhaps, you may encounter a Ditz Moth, as large as a rabbit who are relatively easy to kill, but they leave an awful scent on you the moment they flee or die. Be sure to mask this scent immediately, whether by covering yourself in fresh flowers or soaking in river water for an hour, because it's been known to cause extreme confusion. You'll end up dizzy, you'll confuse your friends for enemies, or enemies as loved ones.

    Or, you run into something else entirely! The forest is the home for many creatures from many worlds; who knows what you may encounter?

  • PROMPT B. You've been traveling for a fair distance. While this is by no means a desert, the sun begins to settle, leaving an unprecedented heat. Perhaps it's the contrast against the night, but you find it almost unbearable. Lucky for you, the goddess of fortune is smiling upon you. At a distance is a clean lake. One full of lush scenery, and large trees canopying the immediate area. There is lots of shade, and maybe this is just the break you need.

    Or alternatively, the rations were sparse last night. It barely covered a meal each. Fortunately, this area seems full of wildlife one can hunt. Perhaps, that three-headed rabbit in the distance? Maybe that frog that smells a bit like lavender and vanilla? Additionally, for those who find themselves more inclined to leaving it up to fate
ENTER: OLYMPIA'S WEST OUTPOST    

After a full day of travelling, you finally make it to the West Outpost as Darma instructed. You can tell by the way the trail gets neater, flatter. There are some small shops all along the sides of the road, offering trinkets, precious stones, and food. Unfortunately, you don't seem to have the money to purchase anything. The only thing you can do is watch wearily as you approach the West Outpost Gate.

Near the gate, you're expected to form a line. The guardsmen seem to be inspecting every person entering.

When it's finally your turn, the guardsman seem to know exactly what group you are. He immediately calls you Refugees, then proceeds to open a folder specifically labeled Refugee Group D. You might assume the "D" stands for Darma. He seems to be happy to see your arrival —
Anyway, we've been expecting you. You're in luck! You refugees arrived the day after Thesa's blessing, y'know? That meteor shower was a sight to behold!

What's your name? Oh, there you are— here, take take this. It's your passport. Gonna need that to get to Olympia. Your sponsors paid for your inns for tonight, so get yourself a room. You're at the last leg before the Capital. Keep your head up, all right?

It seems now you are an official Olympian citizen with this passport.

As you walk around, there will be an old man about. He sees you holding your bags and passports and approaches you. He has seen the fiasco in the skies from the day before. Naturally, he believes it to be a divine sign, and you the product of that.

Which translates to free food. It must be relieving to eat (relatively) normal food after so long.

There's also a very special visitor at the Outpost today: a woman by the name of Lysa, who happens to be a renowned healer in Olympia. Following the strange meteor shower, she’s come out of the city and into the outskirts to see it all for herself, this divine phenomenon brought upon by Thesa. While she has no explanation for the sudden occurrence, she stays, because she can sense that her services are needed.

Healthy characters will taken by the hand and brought to a wounded fellow refugee. Lysa will then urge them to stay by that refugee’s side, to care for them.




Please, do not go. I need a little of your compassion and patience.


  • PROMPT A. If the wounded party has lethal injuries, Lysa will give the healthy character a vial of Screaming Draught to feed to them. It's a strong healing potion known for its ability to regenerate cells. It can close up almost any sort of wound, no matter how large, and can even regenerate limbs. However, its ability comes at a costly price. Seconds after taken, the wounded character will experience an excruciating, constant pain as the healing takes place. Some who have taken the potion may even start to become delirious, seeing hallucinations. If asked about this effect, Lysa looks solemn, remarking that her clinic is too far away and she does not have anything gentler on the body on hand. She urges your character to help the suffering one through this, giving them their comfort and any kind of support.

  • PROMPT B. If the wounded party has smaller injuries, Lysa will give your character a vial of some basic Proliferation Elixir, a weaker healing potion with less devastating side effects. It can heal cuts, bruises and minor fractures. Characters who take it will experience side effects such as dizziness, nausea and a persistent chill. They are still in need of attention, and Lysa will urge the healthy characters to tend to them. Warm them up. Feed them something nice. Keep them from wandering around when they should be resting. Show any kind of care and you'll make Lysa a happy woman.
Characters who answer Lysa's pleas will be given a small vial of Proliferation Elixir as a token of gratitude. It's good for one-time use.
NIGHTFALL AT THE WEST OUTPOST    

As dusk approaches, bustling Outpost quiets down as the flea shops pack up their things to go home.

But it seems this outpost is not one that simply sleeps at night. Thesa is high on the skies when the Outpost square lights up. There's music, dancing, and laughter. They seem to encourage you to join them as well. "This celebration is for you! Come, join us!" Perhaps their enthusiasm is infectious enough for you to succumb to it; perhaps you don't understand at all why they're this happy after the hell you went through to get here. It's not like you can tell them what the "meteor shower" actually had been.

At least they offer free alcoholic drinks and a great feast similar to those you remember from home. You may find that the drinks are far stronger than any alcohol you've ever had, but it taste like a typical cocktail, or whiskey/scotch/vodka/your flavor drink. Nothing particularly special until you make your way back to the inn.

Let's hope you won't walk into the wrong room.

FINAL OOC NOTE    
This is PART TWO of our three-part intro event. PART THREE will be up on JULY 22ND, at 6 PM EST. In the event of CAPTCHA, we will be providing an overflow. In the event of a second CAPTCHA, players are advised to move threads to an overflow post on their character journals. These threads remain eligible for AC, AC Rewards, and REP.

The NETWORK is still down. Characters may still message each other's personal IC inboxes.

REMEMBER TO USE COMMUNITY TAGS.

RECOMMENDED LISTENING: Nocturn

OOC PLOTTING may be continued here.

PART ONE | PART TWO | PART THREE (coming soon)




hunting

[personal profile] clobbers 2017-07-24 09:50 am (UTC)(link)
( The blessing and curse of having the ability to hear everything in a miles-wide radius is the clearest tonight. Kara had taken to the air once the sun went down to collect herself and have some alone time. But that'd taken her well over the woods, and she's heard everything from eerie things mimicking her aunt to apparently a small animal being made someone's dinner.

It's the whimpering which finally convinces her to take herself down in an arc that would dizzy any rollercoaster enthusiast. She lands in the grass before them without grace, impact creating a crater in the earth, grass and mulch beneath her feet. Kara glances from the creature to him and back again, and then promptly reaches to take the injured animal into her arms. )


There you go, sweetie. It's all right. ( Her gaze drifts back to his, and her grip tightens upon his previous prey. ) You could at least be humane about it if you're going to hunt game.
Edited 2017-07-24 09:50 (UTC)
antipathic: (o27 youkai)

[personal profile] antipathic 2017-07-25 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
There is a fundamental flaw in that approach— I'm not human.

[ Said calmly, a small smirk at the corner of his lips. He's seating himself casually as he begins to dissect his other meals; there's no telling if it's for show or if that's how he truly feasts on his hunt, but he still somehow manages to appear graceful while doing it. There's something regal about the way he tears the meat from the skin. ]

[personal profile] clobbers 2017-07-26 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
( Right about now, she's glad her super fancy concealing glasses aren't on. Because that means she can look this guy in the eye and say the one thing she hasn't really told anyone outside her family since she'd woken up on Thesa Station: )

Yeah, well. Neither am I. Obviously.

( Looking down at the bundle of fur in her arms, she can tell the wound's not a mortal one. Her eyes light up, and carefully, she emits a beam of energy warm enough to glow blue. She's got to control the temperature to avoid roasting the little guy alive by accident, and the acrid smell of burning flesh fills the air along with the sound of the animal's whimpers. But when she's through, he's squirming in her arms, and she smiles. )

I told you that it'd be all right. Go on now; I don't need a pet. ( Kara sets him down, and watches as it quickly scampers away before turning to give her apparent companion a look. ) Raw meat's got all kinds of parasites in it, you know.

Cooking it might be a good idea.
antipathic: ᴘɪxɪᴠ #43709328 (o13 youkai)

[personal profile] antipathic 2017-07-29 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sesshoumaru cants his head slightly at that. His eyes close, his chest rises as he gets a better smell of her. When his eyes open again, he understands her meaning. She is not completely human, doesn't smell like one, but Sesshoumaru smirks. ]

Evidently, you are human where it matters. [ His eyes narrow, watching as she heals him. ] You are naive.

Parasites do not affect me.

[personal profile] clobbers 2017-07-29 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
( Kara's eyes narrow, because she can hear him trying to sniff her out. It's strange, and she's not sure what to make of it. )

Well, you get points for not going for my looks as low-hanging fruit. ( The little animal scampers off, and she turns to shrug in his direction. ) Better naive than cynical.

You don't find them disgusting anyway?
antipathic: ᴘɪxɪᴠ #43709328 (o14 youkai)

[personal profile] antipathic 2017-08-03 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well, look at that. She managed to let his meal run off. That's too be expected; he girl is adamant about saving the creature, and that's exactly what makes her human, regardless of what her blood consists of. That kind of sympathy makes them... weak. He turns the other way. ]

They taste fine enough.

[personal profile] clobbers 2017-08-04 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
I've seen others hunting out here too, and I've wondered if they even know what they're taking down. If it's poisonous, for one thing. Or—

( She shrugs, not bothered by his behaviour as she takes a step forward. Whatever he is, she can guess that he can't harm her. )

Well. That's what I get for being the daughter of a scientist, I guess.
antipathic: (194 youkai)

[personal profile] antipathic 2017-08-07 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's listening, even though it doesn't entirely seem like it. The girl is clearly more invested about the dangers of poisons or otherwise than he is. Luckily for him, as far as he's aware, he is immune to most poisonous substances. Demons aren't meant to eat the same thing as humans, after all, so it's natural how he prepares his food (that is, no preparation at all) would be jarring for her.

But anyway, it's impressive enough that she isn't afraid of him. Others would shy to advance in conversation with him, considering his aloofness. Has he given her any sign that he wants to talk...? ]


What is in your blood? [ Asked abruptly, because he's suddenly curious about her composition... ]

[personal profile] clobbers 2017-08-18 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
Uhhh globules? Genes, cells, DNA? ( Kara raises an eyebrow at that. Really? ) Same as any other living being from any world.

I think what you're trying to ask is what am I—right?

( Regarding him for a while, her gaze remains calm, even as she steps forward, continuing not to exhibit any fear. There's no need for her to. )

From another world. Not yours, not this one. My people... only resemble humans on the outside. On the inside, we're completely different. And we can live a really long time, compared to people from Earth.

( Kara's not going to get into what she can do right now. The fact that she stands here so confident before him and the carnage he's caused might be a clue, though. Eventually, her shoulders roll in a gentle shrug. )

My father would've gone more into detail, but you're stuck with me.

( Alas. )
antipathic: ᴘɪxɪᴠ #33451900 (oo6 youkai)

[personal profile] antipathic 2017-08-21 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ All of those terminology has no meaning to him. His brows knit at it; is she being coy? And he remains quiet-- his way of saying "yes," when she asks. Yes, he is asking what she is, but it is important to him what about her scent is so different from humans. The again, for someone to be able to heal the way she does— it's akin with the abilities of the Tensaiga, if not only a bit weaker. ]

I am not "stuck" with you.

[ It's not like he ways an in-depth explanation, after all. ]

And you eat human food?

[personal profile] clobbers 2017-08-22 09:45 am (UTC)(link)
It's a figure of speech on the planet I lived on before the storm came. Do you come from somewhere other than Earth, too?

( Yeah, she's going to answer questions with more questions. Not because she's purposefully being coy, but because she's the daughter of a scientist. Curiosity is part of her as much as her ability to absorb sunlight and derive power from its radiation.

She raises an eyebrow. )


Yeah. I'm a bottomless pit when it comes to food.

( Except when her father was the one to cook it. Anyway— )

I guess that's a 'no' for you, though.