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etrayalogs2024-12-21 05:15 pm
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Entry tags:
- !mingle log,
- arcane: caitlyn kiramman,
- arcane: jayce talis,
- batman beyond: bruce wayne,
- batman wfa: jason todd,
- dimension 20: gorgug thistlespring,
- fe3h: yuri leclerc,
- have you seen my brother: chu wenshan,
- ice age: manny,
- jl gods and monsters: kirk langstrom,
- penny dreadful: vanessa ives,
- person of interest: sameen shaw,
- remnant 2: the custodian,
- the walking dead: brandon carver,
- ✘ blade of the immortal: asano rin
DECEMBER MINGLE
WHO: Everyone!
WHEN: December 21st - Early January
WHERE: Etraya
WHAT: Newcomers, a surprise gift from Tatianna, and a visitor!
NOTES\WARNINGS:
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 ⏴ 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. 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. 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. 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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[ Those are the last words to be breathed against her neck in a low, growly voice, and then the flicker of the lighter returns, illuminating the area. Sevika moves, pushing past Caitlyn and taking the lead without further ado. ]
Come on. We want tunnels with an upward slope. If you feel a breeze, say something.
[ Assuming Sevika doesn't notice it first, which is unlikely. She strides ahead in the tunnel with far more confidence than Caitlyn had, very used to the narrow, claustrophobic surroundings. ]
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There's no point being so antagonistic when we should be working together to get out of here.
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[ As far as Sevika is concerned, this is working together. ]
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[She keeps hurrying after Sevika. Her eyes occasionally glance upwards to check that the ceiling isn't crumbling above them, but they're mostly glued to the ground in case that hypothetical hole makes a sudden appearance.]
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[ There's a pause. Maybe she's considering apologizing! Maybe! Maybe. Well, actually. ]
Oh well.
[ Nope. ]
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[Her voice has gotten louder. Possibly too loud. As she glances up, she notices a crack in the ceiling and hears what she fears is a soft rumble that presages the tunnel collapsing. Acting purely on instinct, she shoves Sevika as hard as she can into the wall to get her out of the way, and ducks her head and braces for the impact of falling rock.
But only a few pebbles and a bit of sand crumble from the ceiling, some of which goes down the back of her collar and sticks uncomfortably between her back and her uniform.]
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You need to stop, or I will drag you back to those cages and leave you there. Just shut up and follow.
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Once again fearful for her life, she says nothing, and instead scowls silently, digging her fingers a little deeper into Sevika's hand and preparing to kick if Sevika doesn't drop her soon.]
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Wouldn't have thought Vi would be into a flighty thing like you.
[ It is, perhaps, the cruelest of insults she can level at Caitlyn. She won't say anything further, instead dipping down to pick up the lighter she had dropped in the sudden scuffle and then setting off up the tunnel once more. ]
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That barb stings. Badly. Mostly because Sevika's right.]
She's not.
[Oil and water. Even if Caitlyn doesn't believe Vi truly meant it, that's what Vi had said. Before she'd left.]
She made it clear she was uninterested in my affections.
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but this is pre-meeting so she ain't saying shiiit]Hrm.
[ That's all. Sevika had no interest in discussing Caitlyn's terrible love life aside from using it to mock her, only now she's busy navigating the tunnel with a dinky little lighter flame. She carries on, pausing at a fork in the tunnel, where she stands for a few minutes before deciding on the left one. ]
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As they approach the fork, Caitlyn crouches down, looking for footprints or other signs of passage that might indicate that someone has been this way before, and which way they should go. But the lighter barely casts enough light to see the ground, let alone any details on it, and she hasn't got enough time for a proper look before Sevika's already moving away.]
What makes you think this is the correct path?
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[ Though only by a margin. There's no real way to explain why Sevika knows this or why that means anything at all; she just does. It's something you pick up through experience. This means she carries on up that route without too much concern. ]
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Is that a skill you learned living in the fissures? Did you ever work in the mines?
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No. It's a skill I learned smuggling stolen shit through worse places than this. You either figured it out, or you died.
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She's about to start rattling off yet more questions when she finally smells it: fresher air. They must be nearing the exit.]
I can smell it too, [she whispers.]
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But hey, they're both saved by the air becoming fresher and fresher, even enough for Caitlyn to notice. Finally... ]
Yeah. Pretty sure I see a light ahead.
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[As such, she once again starts to try edging past Sevika to take the lead, both to get eyes on whatever may be up ahead, and to put herself rather than Sevika in the path of any potential harm.]
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You realize if something's waiting for us up there, I have a better chance of surviving the first blow than you do, right?
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Instead, she frowns resolutely ahead and says,]
I'm perfectly capable of taking a blow. Thank you.
[Another turn, and the tunnel slopes sharply upwards. There's moonlight and fresh air directly visible ahead.]
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[ If she dies, she dies. No skin off of Sevika's back, although she does doubt there will be anything. They'd confessed like the monster had wanted, which had freed them; why bother dragging them back down there?
She isn't quite as glad to see moonlight and smell fresh air. It isn't something you get used to in Zaun, but it means a way out, so she sure isn't going to complain. ]
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When she sees none, she lowers her arm and gives Sevika a very serious nod.]
It looks clear.
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Probably because the only bad thing is either down in the tunnels or stalking the streets elsewhere.
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I suppose we'll be parting ways.
[She can see lights, presumably of the hospital and buildings clustered near it, not too far away. If that's where Sevika is headed, Caitlyn's mansion is in another direction.]
Will you tell the others? That I was fired? Or... about Vi?
[Jinx knows about her feelings for Vi, so it's possible everyone else does, as well. But, if at all possible, Caitlyn would like to tell Vander herself.]
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Why bother? It doesn't matter here. You'll still be seen as a cop by us, fired or not, and the less I think about who has the hots for Vi, the better.
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