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∎ ETRAYA MODS ∎ ([personal profile] etrayamods) wrote in [community profile] etrayalogs2024-12-21 05:15 pm

DECEMBER MINGLE

WHO: Everyone!
WHEN: December 21st - Early January
WHERE: Etraya
WHAT: Newcomers, a surprise gift from Tatianna, and a visitor!
NOTES\WARNINGS:



⏵ arrival ⏴

Welcome to Etraya!

Arrival goes as expected - characters awaken on hospital beds and are offered an explanation of their situation: that they have arrived in the city of Etraya, and they are their world's only hope. They are welcome to wander the hospital if they would like to - the upper floors are mostly empty, full of pristine hallways and numerous rooms filled with supplies, cots, and things one would expect from a relatively average 21st-century hospital.

The lobby is filled to the brim with tables of freshly baked goods. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" banners are taped to the walls, and several other typical birthday decorations can be found in this area. A few of the baked goods tables are lined with massive cakes covered in unlit candles, just waiting for someone to grab a lighter and sing off-key. Is it anyone's birthday? Who knows! The companion bots seem to believe it's every new arrival's birthday and will greet them as such - with friendly waves and cheers as they make their way to the lobby.

A coat rack is situated by the doors leading out of the hospital, covered in warm clothing that fits the new arrivals just right - whether it's to their preferred style or not is something else entirely. Some of them appear normal enough. Others? Well. They can't all be perfect, now can they?

Outside the windows, the grass is covered in a couple of inches of loosely packed snow.

We hope you enjoy your stay.


⏵ an unexpected gift ⏴


Out by the hospital stands a tall, decorated tree covered in candles and golden pinecones with a handsome, red velveteen tree skirt. In front of it are a few oversized wrapped gifts for show- and atop one of those sits a familiar woman. Or unfamiliar, if this is your first time.

It's Tatianna in a slutty Santa outfit with a big ol’ burlap sack.

“Hey, I got something for you,” she says, digging into the bag and rummaging for a moment.

She produces a painted egg and holds it aloft.

“It’s your Winter Solstice Egg! This is the egg holiday, right? Wait, shit. I’m mixing them up, aren’t I? ...Well. It’s a little late to change it. Here you go!”

How one treats their egg is fully up to themselves. They can choose to ignore it entirely, or destroy it and leave the yolk and innards to rot on the ground. They can hand it over to someone else or care for it as if it were something precious. No one will prevent them from doing whatever they please with it!


⏵ naughty or nice ⏴
However, how they treat the egg will define how the egg treats them in return.

Those who keep the egg and tend to it will get the benefit of being able to watch it hatch seven days after they are handed the egg. Eggs that are treated with attention and love may yield a loyal companion, or a weapon of choice that always returns to its owner, while neglected eggs may yield a curious, cursed trinket or an animal who treats its new owner very much the same way its owner had treated it before it was born.

Please submit an egg request below for what items you would like your character's eggs to hatch into! Please note that these cannot be things that would be applicable in the game.

Those whose eggs are destroyed or forgotten will simply get the gift of... nothing!


⏵ free your spirit ⏴


With the winter chill gripping the air, a mysterious figure makes their presence known in Etraya - a towering, horned creature dragging a massive sack behind them.

𝓐 𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊 𝖇𝖚𝖎𝖑𝖙 𝖔𝖓 𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖘 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖆 𝖜𝖊𝖆𝓴 𝖋𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓.


Regardless of a character's strengths or weaknesses, they will find that when Krampus raises his massive sack over their head, they are powerless to stop him from catching them. Those capable of great magical feats or other supernatural abilities will sense something... otherworldly about Krampus, but will not be able to place the source of that sensation.

Once within Krampus' sack, they are welcome to fight, but escape is impossible. It will feel as if Krampus is dragging them over every rock possible, dragging the sack in through the rivers to the point it soaks through and drenches them - potentially almost drowning them.

When the sack opens, they will find themselves in an impossibly dark space. Around them are others who have also been captured and dragged here by Krampus, trapped in small cages hanging from a massive, wiry tree.

Krampus will return often, banging clawed hands and birch rods on the walls of the cages and knocking them into one another.
𝕮𝖔𝖓𝖋𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖘𝖘𝖘𝖘𝖘.

The whisper resonates through the darkened area, regardless of Krampus' presence. Confess your secrets, and be freed. Otherwise? You'd better hope someone figures out where Krampus has set up base; those who refuse to confess may find themselves stuck here forever.

⏵ NOTES ⏴


Krampus' base is under Etraya! Deep within the catacombs, he has set up multiple cages to capture those who inhabit Etraya to punish them for their naughty habits. Fighting him is possible! Defeating him by means of combat is not, however, possible. Think of it like fighting a god: Krampus creates the rules in the space around him, including who can use what ability.

For all questions relating to this log, please refer to the mod queries comment. All other questions can be directed to the FAQ.

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unaliveyourself: (pic#17583537)

apparently i wrote half this tag days ago and wandered away from the tab rlksjdf

[personal profile] unaliveyourself 2024-12-30 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Woooow, that's most of modern history! I'd say that explains some things, but we're almost certainly not from the same actual world.

[He whistles lowly, though his expression remains thoughtful. He rubs at his chin.]

What does it look like, when you grant a prayer? Do you snap your fingers and change reality, or is it more like knocking over a domino to start a chain reaction?
unaliveyourself: (pic#17455219)

[personal profile] unaliveyourself 2024-12-30 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Dazai isn't exactly the warm and nurturing type, but he's at least going to keep it safe from damage and away from the cold. He's also going to put googly eyes and a fake mustache on it and tote it around in a baby stroller for the bit tho, so up to the mods if the creature judges him for that LOL

If it's possible, I'd love for Dazai to get some kind of shape-shifting creature that can take any form it likes/has no real 'true form'. e.g. it can be a bird or a spider or a monkey and also take the form of objects like say a knife or a bracelet or keychain etc.
Edited 2024-12-30 15:28 (UTC)
rootlessly: (pic#16304714)

[personal profile] rootlessly 2024-12-30 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
vash will take SUCH good care of his egg. he will make a lil nest like in rem's books and curl up next to it singing a lullaby when he goes to bed and chatter to it whenever he's home.

it's not vash if there aren't some Shenanigans afoot tho so he definitely at least once or twice had a near miss where it nearly got smashed by accident and he saved it in the nick of time. he's sorry eggie he loves u!!!
messenger: brow furrowed, earnest, melancholy (❝ aztec circles of ❞)

it do be like that sometimes 😔🙏

[personal profile] messenger 2024-12-30 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
That depends entirely on what's being asked for. There was a time when we concerned ourselves with holy wars and steering the path of progress... Not all of the Bible is correct, but it isn't all wrong, either, as long as you account for the human bias. If we're talking about, say, giving someone a child, that's something that would be nudged. A war might require direct intervention. An object could be aquired by finger snap.

But we work at the behest of our superiors. We didn't just grant every prayer we heard.

[ he closes his eyes and remembers. everything was carefully guided, of course. always. every miracle recorded and logged. nothing was done without permission. ]
ingestion: (pic#17598729)

[personal profile] ingestion 2024-12-30 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Heather will absolutely care for and nurture the egg totally not imposing her love for her father onto it. It would be nice if it hatched into a pet rat that could be taught tricks.
levelshift: (sigh)

[personal profile] levelshift 2024-12-30 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
.... Right.

[He's a bit skeptical, and he doesn't want to be protecting some old guy if a fight breaks out, especially when he doesn't actually know what this creature is capable of.

There has to be a smarter way to deal with this. He clicks his tongue thoughtfully. There's an echo coming from some corridor but the Krampus doesn't appear to be in the near vicinity. Accelerator shifts over to the door of his cage.]


You know anything about picking locks?
ingestion: (pic#17599839)

― free your spirit

[personal profile] ingestion 2024-12-30 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
After having been here quite sometime now (truly it felt each month was a year), Heather wasn't quite as shocked by what happened or what went down as much anymore, especially considering the last few weeks had been a bit more peaceful. She was still weary about the food here and of whatever this place had in store for her, but she had let her guard down just a bit too much. So much that when she came out for this new event, she hadn't quite expected to be dumped into a cage.

It also seemed there was a wave of new faces, because the voice that spoke out was an unfamiliar one and also one that made her whip her head around and look shocked immediately. This person....was much older, much like Harold who had come to be like a surrogate grandfather to her. So her sense of empathy and to rush over to comfort him was strong.

"Hey- are you okay? That was kinda rough.", she said, as she moved over closer to him to see if he needed anything.
ascarylady: (114;)

[personal profile] ascarylady 2024-12-30 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The difference is that Sevika knows what to look for. She's reasonably sure they're on the right track, although that doesn't stop her from moving carefully along the right tunnel.

She'll be silent from then on. There'll be a few more twists and turns, a few more branching paths to choose from, but, in the end, the tunnel will begin to incline upward. It'll be around that point that the lighter begins to gutter and then, inevitably, go out.
]

...damn it.

[ She'll give it a shake and a few clicks to try and get it lit again, but that's it. It lasted longer than they could have hoped for, but not quite long enough. ]
ascarylady: (081;)

[personal profile] ascarylady 2024-12-30 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That's the problem. He's right. There's no other reason to have them here, not that they know of. It makes her more inclined to believe the tripe about deciding what worlds get to keep existing and which get binned, but even then, it's insane.

She can't wrap her head around something that vast. How many worlds could there even be? How could they be running out of space? Is that how it is? Is that how it works? Maybe she'll swallow her pride and ask Piltover's golden boy. He's the well-read one here. Maybe he has a few ideas, but this is another thought she won't share with Silco.

Though that isn't the person from their world that she's concerned with, not in regard to Silco. She puts her glass down and points at him.
]

We aren't going to get angry because you are going to stay away from him. [ "We" because if Silco is angry, then Sevika has problems, which in turn makes her angry. It works. ] If he bothers you, tell me. I'll deal with it.

[ meanwhile in vander and silco's egg thread ]
twin_blade: (37)

[personal profile] twin_blade 2024-12-30 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe in your world. It's not so easy to control a Prime Deity where I come from.

[ But no matter. They're still stuck here. ]

You must have done a lot of these assignments by now. Have you ever received a guarantee that they're making a difference for the fate of your world?
kidnappered: (smug | almost sincere)

[personal profile] kidnappered 2024-12-30 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"...probably." Chu Wenshan, it turns out, had become even more illogically strong since childhood. When he thinks about what happened in the Red Moon Sect he realizes that if Chu Wenshan hadn't gotten amnesia when he did things could have gone downhill very quickly.

But also, now that he knew what actually happened back then his revenge could be a lot simpler. He can just stab them people actually responsible.

"Isn't that something most children have done at some point?" Well, Ouyang Duyu never did but he was also in a weird sort of situation.
messenger: looking down (❝ a symphony for siphonophores ❞)

[personal profile] messenger 2024-12-30 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Lucifer may well be a deity in his own right, but Death has only come under his control because of the parameters of the Apocalypse. "And so it is written," And so on.

[ castiel shrugs. ]

I've only participated in a single official mission.
messenger: looking up, looking away, neutral (❝ the lamp looks like a halo ❞)

[personal profile] messenger 2024-12-30 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't intend to announce it.

[ though he'll definitely be telling dean. ]

But with the number of non-humans in this place, I doubt it will remain easy to hide.

[ so far, it's been about 50/50, he'd say, as far as the population of mortals vs. non-mortals. and even the mortals all seem to have some connection to the supernatural. vincent with his god, heather's many lives, dean's existence as michael's sword, and so on. ]
fillme: (bottoms up sluts. its draino night)

[personal profile] fillme 2024-12-30 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
...That's okay, I guess...

[Hikaru looks unsure of that, though, like he's actively thinking it through as they talk... he scowls sulkingly at his egg, brows knit.]

As long as people ain't seein' too much'a me...

[not everyone is as sweet as Yoshiki. or as strong. in his own way, Yoshiki loved Hikaru regardless of his monstruous form or nature... and even besides fearing being seen, it's also made Hikaru want to keep his true nature for Yoshiki's eyes only. it's intimate, to be so seen.

ah...

damn. he misses Yoshiki so much.]


Hey... um. Is that your real body?

[oh my god Hikaru you can't just ask people if their bodies are real or not!!]
messenger: looking down, slight smile (❝ holy god、hold mighty、holy immortal ❞)

[personal profile] messenger 2024-12-30 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ you don't want people to see you? it's on the tip of his tongue to ask the question. the wording implies that it's a desire. a choice, rather than something done solely by necessity. but as he considers this, the moment passes him by — he can't imagine what hikaru is thinking, even staring at that expressive face. he considers trying to peek into his mind and see for certain, but maybe that's not such a good idea...

castiel looks down at himself, touching his coat with his free hand and slightly opening it, as though to get a better look at what lies beneath. ]


It's a real body, but it doesn't belong to me. This was Jimmy Novak.
fillme: (corn on the clob)

[personal profile] fillme 2024-12-30 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[Hikaru stares in awe. it almost looks like it doesn't process at first, or something. he blinks.]

Whoa...

You're...like me, then...

[but Hikaru's not an angel...? but...

what are angels anyway, really?]
ascarylady: (108;)

[personal profile] ascarylady 2024-12-30 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Not an estimation Sevika would disagree with if he could see how old he was. It's difficult to tell in the dark, even if he does sound the part of a crotchety old grandpa.

"Think I haven't tried? These doors aren't opening. They're more solid than you'd think."
Edited 2024-12-30 21:23 (UTC)
ascarylady: (063;)

[personal profile] ascarylady 2024-12-30 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Surprise. Sevika knows more than anyone would like her to. She isn't inclined to go into detail as to how either. Regardless, even with the space between their cages, it was hard to mistake that voice for anyone else. ]

Suppose that much is true.

[ If nothing else, that earns a huff of amusement. ]

But give it time. Enforcers excel at racking up just as many the longer they're in the game.
Edited 2024-12-30 21:29 (UTC)
twin_blade: (41)

[personal profile] twin_blade 2024-12-30 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? You seemed to take it in stride. I figured you had done more of them.

[ Then maybe Castiel hasn't been here very long, after all. ]

messenger: brows raised, speaking (❝ knows what hes talking abt ❞)

[personal profile] messenger 2024-12-30 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ what are angels? we just don't know. ]

Is that also a vessel?

[ meaning: his body. it doesn't exactly seem to surprise castiel, who watches hikaru, unfazed. ]
messenger: stern, speaking, brows raised (❝ oh! oh! jail for dean ❞)

[personal profile] messenger 2024-12-30 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
My entire life has been in service to Heaven. I even spent the last several decades commanding my own garrison. To be frank, this is nothing new.

[ the orders may be coming from a different source, and the missions involve far less combat — so far — and far less espionage — so far — but orders are orders. ]
twin_blade: (53)

[personal profile] twin_blade 2024-12-30 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
And you just take orders from anyone who gives them to you?

[ He's got to be more than just a puppet, right? ]
fillme: (bottoms up sluts. its draino night)

[personal profile] fillme 2024-12-30 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
...Yeah...

[Hikaru doesn't seem particularly happy about this fact, but... you know!]

I wasn't really alive, before I entered him... S'my first time really livin'. Havin' an ego n' stuff...

[he has complicated feelings about the late Hikaru—the human boy. he's grateful for his dying wish, that's resulted in "Hikaru"... he gets to experience so many lovely things, even if it's painful too. but he also envies Hikaru for the humanity he can't really replicate. envy might be too soft.

he's a bit jealous.]
messenger: brow arched, exasperated (❝ can't take it with you ❞)

[personal profile] messenger 2024-12-30 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
No.

[ questionable. whether he wants to admit it or not, that instinct is strong. despite that what he says next is true, he struggles to rebel simply for rebellion's sake. even knowing that he did the right thing, it hasn't been easy for him to live with himself since he became a renegade. ]

But considering the circumstances, if there's no immediate advantage to disobeying, then is there any point? I don't like Echo. I don't trust anything with that much power and no clear plan. But there is a benefit to our cooperation with each other.
messenger: lips parted, profile, neutral (❝ who knows what to do ❞)

[personal profile] messenger 2024-12-30 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
... I see.

[ he's definitely holding back. it's interesting. fascinating, really. hikaru is right: it's a strange mirror to his own situation. it would be wrong to say angels have no ego at all without their vessels, but it would not be inaccurate to say that it's true to a degree. a vessel allows so many experiences a being made primarily of light and intent couldn't have under normal circumstances: all those wonderful things allowed by a human's physiology. sentiment, a sense of taste, a sense of touch, a desire to have. the ability to live and exist in the world as an individual. ]

Do you know who created you? Or... how long you've existed?