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❪ event ❫ THE DESCENT: PART ONE -- the overflow.
THE PROLOGUE
Your sleep on the night of the 15th is not a restful one, unfortunately. It’s unclear whether you are in a state of half-wakefulness, or dreaming. The voices you hear certainly sound very real.
What is it, Sael? —Is everyone asleep?! Every one, yes. Sael, it appears you do not have good news to deliver...? N-No! I don’t know how it slipped past us, but there’s something powerful coming this way. Something hostile. I can barely keep the core systems online! ... I don't know what to do... I see... and we cannot protect Thesa and Alria in addition to transferring the Refugees to Olympia. This force, they waited for this moment. They knew I have been Intervening, and that I have become weak from such Interventions— ... We've been had. It cannot be helped. To save the Refugees on the Stations, we must eject the awoken unto El Nysa. My remaining energy shall go into shielding Thesa— left defenseless, every being we have saved on this station will perish... Sael, where is the ideal location for the landing? Hmm. There aren’t any people within a ten mile radius of The Outlook, and there shouldn’t be any for a few more days. I think that’s the best location right now. Very well. Instruct Zasere and Roman to begin preparations for an emergency eject. This is the only way we can save everyone. I am counting on you to ward off the enemy on the space front. The rest... is up to our Refugees. The alarms are blaring. It shouts against your eardrums, calling you to wake again. This time, you are in new pod, strapped down completely and cushioned tightly against the walls. In truth, you had no idea when you’d gone to sleep, but it is reminiscent of when you had been saved from the force of the Storm. A voice greets you when you come to, while the conversation between Darma and Sael is still fresh on your mind. Despite their voices playing like an old tune in your memory, you still know it is something that happened. Something has gone terribly wrong. You hear Darma speak, her voice loud in your head. Fellow Refugee, I wake you with regrettable news. A force equal to our own is attempting to engage Thesa, no doubt to steal the souls contained here. My energy is near depleted with this last Intervention, so I cannot send you to the grounds safely as originally intended. However, there is hope yet.This power shall instead shield Thesa and Alria — and believe in me when I swear no one shall be hurt. Your loved ones are safe with us. THE DESCENT ![]()
Meanwhile, in the distant kingdom of Olympia, the Empress and her loyal subject discuss matters late into the night... I’ll have the results of that dragon toxin study ready for you soon, Your Highness. I just need a few helpers to— oh wow, is that a meteor shower? Oh yes, it appears so. How beautiful.. hehe. Let us thank Thesa for this blessing. GATHER YOUR BEARINGS
All in all, the descent lasts for nearly seven hours. After the deployment of the last wave of refugees, it’s only natural that you may be feeling pretty worn out.
A. Within the remains of the pods, Refugees will find basic camping supplies such as small tents, sleeping bags, and compasses. Not all of the supplies remain intact, thanks to the impact of the crash. But, sharing resources will ensure there is enough for everyone to rest for the night. Can you really in good conscience leave that stranger next to you without shelter? FINAL OOC NOTE
This INTRO event will be broken up into three parts! Please keep this in mind when plotting your threads/tag load. PART 3 Will be up on JULY 22ND, at 6 PM EST. We will not provide an additional CAPTCHA for this overflow. Players are advised to move threads to an overflow post on their character journals in the event this overflow gets close to CAPTCHA. These threads remain eligible for AC,
AC Rewards, and REP.
The NETWORK is currently down, as Sael must concentrate all of his efforts on warding off the invading force. Characters may still message each other's personal IC inboxes. Submit two (2) AC-eligible threads from this log for one (1) Natha Orbiter REP point here by JULY 31ST. Recommended Listening: Alex & TOKYO Rose
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I misunderstood what you might be. Will you forgive me for that?
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"I cannot blame you for acting as you had."
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Slowly, but entirely, her ears start to dip back to the fur of her neck. Natural body language lining up with her thoughts; wolf trying to appear less intimidating, passive.
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I could use the company, in truth. He says with a soft sigh as he runs a hand over his face, curious if she can understand him as he can her.
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Cadderly will find the absence of her felt-words, but all the same, she responds to what he's spoken verbally, raising up, and stretching her forelegs long with a dragging groan. The wolf letting all the tension of before easily drift away, and once she's standing full, she's utterly lax, the air around her casual. Then, he gets the standard greeting: damp, cold nose bumping his fingers, knuckles next, while animal circles him in her natural, curious investigation.
Were you, perhaps, possessed? her head coming out from around his other side to look up at him, the rest of her standing behind his back. It's her obligation to ask this.
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He never wanted to have adventures. It won't break him, but he can feel the weight pressing on him.
Grey eyes turn to her as she comes around the other side of him. It would be a lie to say he didn't want to run a hand through her fur, but he assumes it would be incredibly rude to lay his hands on her uninvited, so he keeps them folded in his lap.
"No, it nothing like that. It has no mind anymore." He chews his lip as he searches for a way to explain. "I fought a great evil, but I knew that I could not destroy it. I was able to strip the power from the monster but.. magic everywhere was failing or... possibly changing?" He's clearly unsure of the reason. "Even in pieces I could not entirely destroy it, so I bound it's power within me, and confined it's form within a ward that-"
He pauses, that sinking feeling hitting him again.
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Although, an argument could be made that she was never as dignified as she seemed. That having people fear and despise her, and being violently run off, sometimes enduring their anger to give them an outlet, as it was all she could do at that time long ago, is much the reason for her unabashedly soaking up any affection life has to offer her. See, she'd loved them from above, with no sense of physical affection without a corporeal form for such a long time, and it was definitely a blow to her heart to have to go to earth, to have to soak up their pain, because she could not answer the one prayer they desperately needed answered, and they did not understand who and what she was.
Maybe she's making up for lost time, in a sense.
At the least, for the moment, when she goes to sit, he'll find that her side is pressed against him. Just like a dog or a wolf in its own pack has no sense of personal boundaries, liking to be near each other right away. She doesn't growl over what he shares, but she does bristle, and this irritation isn't directed at him. It bothers her that, favored by a god or not, a higher being didn't help him with the evil he faced off. Or, she supposes she could be mistaken… Maybe they were like her and Nagi, and later his descendent, Susano, helping each other destroy the evil called Orochi.
But to leave him with no other option but to bind the evil inside him. Even to her, it sounds like too much. She's limited in helping him in the way he needs; even Issun points out that she's much weaker than she used to be, and since Darma collected her, she's gotten even weaker, for whatever reason.
It's gentle, but firm, but suddenly he gets a nip to the back of his hand, a means to draw him out of his distraction. You've got to try to not dwell. Her furry face tilts at him with a huff. Dwelling makes gravity more intense.
Perhaps it's a strange way for her to try to tell him that she thinks thinking about such things too much will only make him feel sadder, or more lost, or heavier, but hopefully, he'll understand.
I'm not sure how well it will work, but if you like I can soothe it? It not being the evil he has confined in him, but whatever it is he's feeling. The weariness, the dread, or any physical pain.