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❪ event ❫ a moment in eternity
TO THERE AND BACK ![]() It has been a month of chills uncharacteristic of what you might remember as summer — cold days and even colder nights. The days are short and the nights feel eternal. With the recent disruption of the network and no sign of a resolution for the world outside of Nadril, one has to wonder what the future holds for El Nysa. What of Olympia, Wyver, and their residents? The animals you cared for - are they destined to remain as frozen as wretched Ysverai forever? What will become of the sleeping ones in Thesa when there is nowhere else to go but this icy city? Yet not all hope is lost just yet. The woman that appeared at the start of the network errors finally shows up again in another network post. Nurray has a point: refugees have not been given a chance to see the outside. The frequent snowstorm barrier of Nadril has made it impossible to see what it's like beyond the colony. Soon after the network post, as though the snow has been "turned off," clouds will clear. With the barrier created by the snow gone, the red sun shines brightly upon the dreary city with its warmth. You can see a purple haze on the south horizon, a indication that Yservai wasn’t all just a dream. He's still there, so far away, yet so close anyway. Near the entrance, a mound of snow melts, revealing steps leading towards the underground. It seems to be a part of the subway station you might have found earlier during your exploration of the colony — this time, the station has been powered on. Two trains lie in wait — their destinations read: Olympia and Wyver. — El Nysa is waiting. FREEZE FRAME ![]() The technology found in the subway station of Nadril is truly out of this world. The combined efforts of Natha technology and alien minds have truly created state-of-the-art transportation never before seen by the typical Nysan. It takes no longer than one hour for the intercoms to announce their arrival to the outskirts of the Dranbu Kingdom — though, even with the platform available, the train never stops; it instead continues for another half hour for it to reach the North Gate of the Olympian Empire, where it sits until it's time to return to the tundra. All in all, it takes a mere hour and a half for this high-speed subway travel from Nadril to Olympia. The second train does make a quick stop at the Olympian Station, but it will be another painless hour and a half until it reaches the jungle of the Wyver Kingdom. Because Wyver is its own island, connected only by a bridge, you might notice that a small part of the travel was underwater. The trip takes only a total of three hours, but there's plenty of time for sightseeing. After all, isn't that the whole point of this trip? BE STILL MY HEART. Leaving the train, you are immediately hit with the still, warm air of the underground. It's hot, much different from the winter of the north, but perhaps a welcome change. The station is old, but it still has a fairly new smell to it, and not just because it's been unused for so long. It feels out of place compared to the rest of this world, and this is especially true when you reach the surface.It's hard to imagine where one can go from here. You might start thinking about clean-up efforts, how to achieve proper burials for the fallen ones... but with time frozen, you will find that you cannot actually move anything or anyone. It will be dusk, as Thesa's shines across the skies, when storm cloud gather before Thesa's light. And from the clouds is a familiar figure — Once again, she has descended. TIME & TIME AGAIN ![]() Darma is glowing as bright as the naked eye can perceive. Her massive, true form floats before the world she's built from dust. Her brightness dims as she says her final words — at the same time, raises her arms, palms wide, then closes her hands into a fist. In that instant, time is resumed. It's slow at first, as though time is trying to catch up with reality. It takes a several moments until the slow-motion picture before them reaches normalcy. Darma turns her attention to Yservai, whose motion is also returning, but not for long. In her true form, they are comparable in size; Darma's glow continues to dim as she draws closer to the Great Dragon, and then she coils herself around him, holding him still before assimilating into the wretched creature. By the end of it, time has completely returned to normal, and all residents were able to witness the Natha holding time still for Ysverai — The process turns the Great Dragon, as well as Darma, into stone. HIT PLAY TO REPLAY ![]() Darma has resumed time, and Ysverai is no longer a threat. However, it comes with a hefty price for the Natha. The massive, stone statue of Darma embracing Ysverai looms in the valley between the cities of Olympia and Wyver. It's no doubt an intimidating addition to the world, but there is some peace in knowing it's all over. When civilians finally come to, they can't help but look upon the statue in awe — and their respective cities. It's much to take in all at once. Much destruction has been wrought— buildings lay in ruin, and of the citizens still alive, many look to be in poor physical condition. 1. I. The Sanctuary has sustained much damage, and with the high demand of medical care, cannot serve as the central healing place for those in need. Instead, it is up to individual citizens to find resources and establish places of care. Those with a medical inclination or healing powers may set up medical tents, or work out of their homes. Not everything has been destroyed, and it is still possible to obtain supplies from the market or request them from The Sanctuary.Time has resumed, yes, but the magic that Darma employs isn't flawless. As powerful of an entity as she may be, to tamper with time is difficult. Some would say it defies the laws of nature. Nature seems to agree, and in the next few weeks, El Nysa will be facing a few hiccups as it finds its equilibrium once more and citizens try to return to normalcy. Strangely enough, El Nysa natives are not disturbed by the occurrence of these events. III. Characters may find that they occasionally (or frequently) suffer from lapses in memory. These difficulties with memory may range from light to severe, although they are thankfully not permanent. Within the span of a few minutes to a few hours, difficulties in remembering people and events are resolved. That isn't to say a similar problem won’t happen again tomorrow…But these phenomena does draw to a close — and with it, you may wonder what will happen now to those sleeping ones in Thesa now that Darma has turned to stone. After all, it will be near the time of which more refugees should wake... Repairs to Thesa Station should remain ongoing so long as parts can be salvaged from Nadril, at least. And with speed travel via subway possible, it should make travel far easier than ever before. Even with Darma gone, you will have to move forward. There is still much to be done. FINAL OOC NOTES
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Who the hell are you? Do you have parents? Something? [How could this happen to me.mp3]
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Richie pulls back, both of his hands tossed high in the air and a stuffy-nosed Bugs Bunny voice leaking out of his mouth.]
Eeeeh, you can't shoot me, doc! It's Duck Season, see?
[His hands drop and he glances around, as if he might find said parents in a tube just yonder. That's the sad thing, isn't it.]
Shoot. I went in here looking for people, I remember it's supposed to have every Curly, Moe, and Joe from around town, but I guess I got riled up when I saw how many weirdos and aliens were here. You're the first raccoon I've seen though. Damn! Wonder if they stuck Bambi in a tube too.
[And when the afterthought strikes Rocket gets a hand extended to shake and a buck-toothed grin.]
And I'm Richie. Richie Tozier. What do they call you?
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Rocket.... [Said very slowly and uncertainly.] That's, like... Richie Tozier, jr., right? Like your dad is Richie Tozier and you're just a kid that he somehow has even though I can't fathom a world where he'd ever get laid.
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My Dad's name is Wentworth.
[He nods though.]
Oh, I should have guessed that. They always have the same letters in their names. Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Donald Duck. I guess Goofy doesn't but he's a dummy anyhow.
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Rocket's hands fly to his muzzle to keep out a string of expletives. He doesn't know whether this is funnier than the Incredible Shrinking Richie thing or not, but it is hilarious. What a dopey kid he was.]
I don't know who any of those people are, if you're curious. [He finally pulls his hands away from his mouth, breath hitching a bit as he tries to bite back a laugh. He's gonna have some fun with this, as soon as he can calm his gigglefits.] You Earth kids are into some weird shit. [Why is a Bunny called Bugs anyway? ...Don't ask why he knows what a bunny is and not a raccoon. Rule of Funny is the answer. Always.]
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They're not people. They're cartoons. [Obviously.
He's only further delighted when he hears one of the great four letter words spilling from the raccoon's mouth. All right, all right, this Rocket fellow was weirdsville, no doubt about it, but he sounded cool.]
You bet. All the weirdest, we love it. And there are some weird ones up here, let me tell you! But you're probably the expert, aren't ya, Fuzzy? [He grins with every tooth on display, hands on hips in expectant posture.] Go on. Show me the best stuff you alien varmints got. Where's the kookiest guy in here? I've been looking and it's a lot of Earthlings in stupid clothes, but there's some Martians, and Neptunatrons and things from planets I'll bet no one's ever seen! I heard the purple ones are the worst.
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Okay. You wanna see the worst? I'll show you the worst. And he's purple. [He did mention this to Adult Richie and he's sort of glad that much is retained. The least he can do is maybe point out who Thanos is so he doesn't, like... Be Richie at him if he ever wakes up.
Hah. Funny. He'll be Richie, regardless.
Along the way to where he knows Thanos's pod is because he's been there with Gamora several times over the last several months to make sure he shows no sign of waking up, he points out a few scattered pods. He has a good memory.] That's a Krylorian. They're just really pink and kinda boring. That's a Kree- they're dicks. That's an Aaskvarian, and I feel like the tentacles speak for themselves.
[and so on and so forth. as they start to get closer, some of the aliens get weirder, including one that seems to look like some sort of mutant squid with one giant, but closed, eye.] No idea what that guy is, but he creeps me right the fuck out.
i'm imagining the squid is one of the treehouse of horror aliens tbh
Richie is overjoyed at the offer ("All right all right! Tally ho, good fellow, spit spot!") and bobs along behind the raccoon with unparalleled glee. He ogles the offerings, coming up to the glass and trailing fingers over the cold surfaces. Even through his fascination, his low whistles and gasps, there is a chill that runs down his spine. What happens when they wake up? Sure, this guy's nice, but Rocket comes packaged in a familiar, damn near cuddly Earth-based form. These things?
He slows at the squid. His skin crawls looking at the tentacles, the gigantic eye.]
Reminds me of the Crawling Eye.
[And how it had slung out tendrils of its own in the dark to pull the children in, pressing their bodies into the soft jelly of its mountainous form, how Richie had been so overcome by fear he'd gone limp and dumb and couldn't punch with more than a kitten tap to set himself free.
He pushes his glasses back up his nose and tries to stifle a big ole shiver scooting down his back.]
You've met all these guys before, Rocket?
that may or may not be what i was going for
They're mostly just assholes. The people who wanna actually cause a real problem aren't as thick on the ground. [But the Natha still saved them. He's sure if he looked hard enough, he could find Ronan somewhere.
He turns a corner and stops in front of a pod where a hulking purple form sleeps. and looks way less intimidating than he should because of his giant nutsack chin.] Look at this guy. What a crapsack.
bless
[The turn of phrase doesn't make too much sense to him. Not as thick on the ground? So what, they were skinnier?
But then they reach their destination and Richie stops cold, stops silent. He stares up into that humanoid slate of grape, with its many cleft-ed chin and square jaw. The hugeness of its form.
This is a man. This is—
a father, a father to a daughter and a picker of bones]
I've seen him.
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But all of that fades in the presence of Thanos. Rocket's never seen him in person. He only knows what he looks like and where to find him because of Gamora showing him and that isn't enough context to get well and truly nervous, so for this... variant of Richie to get so worked up about it. He is pretty intimidating-looking, even asleep, but...
Well. That's a reaction.]
What? What d'you mean you've seen him? [And then, remembering that this Richie seems to have some vague recollections of his adult form adds, in a hushed whisper, like invoking her name might wake Thanos up.] Did Gamora take you here?
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That moment has passed though. He looks to the raccoon, bewildered by his own recollection and the words thrown his way.]
Gamora?
[Green. Green and beautiful, that much he feels, green and beautiful and wounded somewhere no doc can fix. But to put a face to the name is beyond him. It's only impressions and this hazy new image fluttering around his head.]
No. I don't think so. No, there was a picture in the snow. It fell down from...some flying camera, I think. And this guy was in it, and he was holding... [He looks back up. Thanos. This man was a monster, and Richie pales as he recalls why.] Oh fuck! He was pulling a bone out of a girl's arm! She was strapped up in a hospital thing and he had her cut up and he was taking her frocking bones out!
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And even not knowing the context exactly, even just making the assumptions, he can speak of it, with confidence.]
Yeah, they gotta do that to put the cybernetic ones in. Didn't think the cheap bastard would've stopped to doin' it himself. [But Gamora always talked like Thanos loved her best in that sardonic way of hers. If that's love to him, he's a bigger dick than he looks.] That's why you don't fuck with dudes like that.
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Richie's horror doesn't dispel. The term might be unfamiliar, but the idea is something that's played out in spooky tales in pulp paperbacks, in Tales from the Crypt, in the crummy double features they play at the Aladdin. Kids turned into monsters by bigger men. Like that hypnotist in I Was a Teenage Werewolf.]
Damn. Good thing you told me, I was gonna invite him over for dinner to meet the folks.
[Richie squints. He tilts his head, stroking his chin with overly affected motion.]
Hmm. You know what, Fuzz? I think it's missing something.
[His upper lip twists as a monstrous, rattling rip sounds in the back of his nose. Richie rears back, and hocks a big old loogie at the purple man's face. It splatters over the cheek. Or would have, if the glass wasn't in the way.
Richie steps back to survey his work, hands on hips.]
Oh yeah, that's much better.
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[Not as big a deal as what just happened. Rocket's about to say something to the effect of "no one your size gets to call me Fuzz, kid" but then that fucking happened, and he's just... awestruck.
This feeling... It is not unlike pride. And also violent disgust because holy shit ew.]
That's disgusting. And yet I approve of it. Good job.
[He can't even look at it anymore, it's so disgusting, he slips past behind Richie and swats him on the back a few time to get his attention.] C'mon. If your sinus cavities can handle it, there's a few more shitheads you can do that to while you got the inkling.