At first it is only dark. The blackness cannot be seen through no matter how used to the dark you are; it's a blackness that defies light in every way.
And then, contrarily, there is light.
Blue, purple, green, the strands of light brighten the way enough to allow the space that you are in to be seen. It's decrepit. Lines of light like strings run through, around and are tied to what seem to be old, half-coded buildings, because it is undoubtedly true that everything present is code.
Everything is slightly off here.
The floor may suddenly no longer be solid, and then you're falling, through blackness and empty space, until you are dropped right back where you were before, an unsettling glitch that truly has no impact in the end. A building, half-finished and unreal, can be walked through as if it isn't there.
And strung up by those lines of light, there are faces.
They may be faces you know, people you have seen before. They may even be the faces of people back home, but they have passed through Cerealia before, and that is why they are here. This is, after all, the Nexus Code--Nexus Space. And you are not alone here; it seems you are all stuck here, and there's no exit to be found. The bodies can't be interacted with; if you try to touch them, your fingers will pass right through them, just as you can't touch the lights.
But the problem isn't with the lights, or the buildings, or the floor, or the bodies. No, the problem is with you, because the longer you're in here, the more your body fades away as your code is corrupted by your surroundings. Bit by bit, you can touch less, feel less, see less, hear less, until it's clear that you're doomed to fade away.
And even worse, the longer you look at those motionless, strung up bodies of friends and family, the more it becomes clear, a niggling sensation that you can't shake: there are faces that should be here that are missing, as well.
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Welcome to the wrap-up to Cerealia's July event!
Characters have been dropped into the Nexus Code, and there's no easy way out of here; the bodies they will find will be those of any character that has dropped from Cerealia except for those with high magic abilities or spiritual affinity of some sort. Those characters will be mysteriously absent, even if they were dropped from Cerealia before. Feel free to use your best judgement in that.
Please visit the OOC information here, and should you have any questions, feel free to ask them here! You can also check the FAQ for more general inquiries. Characters will be stuck in the Nexus Code for one full day: 8/01 to 8/03, or IC 2/13 through 2/14. Should this event log hit Captcha, there is an all-purpose overflow here. Thank you! |
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She's pretty bad at moments like this, having faced death down multiple times, but Athena clearly needs some support. Approaching, she slips an arm around her shoulder and leaves it there.]
Athena. It'll be fine. You're not going anywhere.
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sorry, rei. you'll have to probably shake her to get her to talk back to you right now. ]
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Athena. [No honorific. The Miko's voice is grave, serious, commanding even.] Athena, snap out of it. Don't give in like this.
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[ it looks like she's snapped out of her daze, but she's still crying. ]
Rei...? No, not you too.
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Athena. Everyone's here. It'll be alright. Just...have faith, okay?
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[ a colleague once said, "but what is faith without doubt?" and she has taken it to heart since she heard it. this isn't very fun at all. ]
Right... We'll get through this, one way or another.
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[Rei's fists clench together, knuckles going white. Faith was something she'd always held strongly to. Faith in herself, in the spirits, in Usagi, and mostly in her friends.]
And you know what else, Athena? We're getting through this together.
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Yeah... I better see you right after this, when things go back to normal, okay?
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Damn right you will. [Her nod is firm] What day is tomorrow?
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[ honestly, with how crazy it's been the past few days, she's completely forgotten. ]
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[She finally has someone who she cares for that way...]
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[ wait... ]
Eeeek! Then things better get back to normal!
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[ keep it down, rei, gosh! ]
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Guess this worked as a distraction...]
What do you mean?
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Archer told you that?
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[ ... wait a second. a thought suddenly hits her. ]
Don't tell me you don't like him?
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[But that may be because of her preferences.]
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[ so that means he knows stuff!!! totes. ]
I'm glad you like him, too. He doesn't get along with a lot of people here.
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[He does not. And Rin is a total bitch, okay?]
He's gruff and terse. Honestly? I've dealt with worse.
[Haruka Tenoh, perhaps?]
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[ She's just intimidated by Rin, but doesn't see her as a bitch at all! ]
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[Rei can again, tolerate her despite the bitchiness.]
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It's good that you don't.
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[Rei's voice turns suddenly cold, terse, and her eyes focus all around her.]
and that's our keepers.
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