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jawdacity & all of cerealia!
When: towards the end of the event (so this won't conflict with any event threads you may already have going). 2-3pm.
Where: Abandoned village + surrounding jungle
What: THERE ARE EXPLOSIONS. And mushrooms.
Rating/Warning: Possible NSFW for gore?
Details about this mini-plot HERE
(theme song of this post, courtesy ofmoribound.)
[ it's another muggy, meandering day in the jungle; nothing seems to be out of the ordinary. ]
IN THE VILLAGE
[ if your character is near the center of the village, they'll bear witness to the curious sight of a herd of shuffling mushroom beasts. in terms of threat level, to the experienced hunter they may have ranked low on the scale: slow, lacking an external fang or claw, they seem to be interested only in their endless march forward.
but, if your character is close enough, they may catch sight of a red-haired young man, a manifesto of anger written across his face. one breathless moment, the calm before the storm, and then he hurls a metallic pair of gloves at the closest beast, the gloves trailing arcs of flame.
what may strike your character first is the searing heat, the thrum of the earth below their feet. the whole village is demolished in a moment, the dying cries of the beasts rising above the din. the explosion lasts much longer than it should, the line of mushrooms going up one after another.
if you're too close, you might be torn in two. you might lose a limb, or two, or three. you might go deaf, you might lose your sight. you might lose all your eyelashes, your clothes. maybe the bag of mushrooms you'd collected for dinner is now little more than ash.
keep running. the smoke trails into the air. someone is screaming. the smell of charred meat follows you even after you disappear into the jungle. ]
IN THE SURROUNDING JUNGLE
[ if your character is close enough to the village, they'll feel the blasts, one after the other. the jungle is on fire, quickly spreading. maybe you'll hear the screaming, too; maybe your lungs will fill with smoke. maybe you'll run into one of the last mushroom beasts, fleeing from the explosion only to trigger a lesser one in the depths of the jungle.
it came from the village, didn't it? maybe someone you love was swept up in the explosion.
if you manage to escape the stampede of terrified jungle beasts (some of which may stop to crunch you up as a quick meal as they dash away from the blast), maybe you can venture closer to see what's happened.
or maybe you should get as far away as possible. ]
jawdacity & all of cerealia! When: towards the end of the event (so this won't conflict with any event threads you may already have going). 2-3pm.
Where: Abandoned village + surrounding jungle
What: THERE ARE EXPLOSIONS. And mushrooms.
Rating/Warning: Possible NSFW for gore?
Details about this mini-plot HERE
(theme song of this post, courtesy of
moribound.)[ it's another muggy, meandering day in the jungle; nothing seems to be out of the ordinary. ]
IN THE VILLAGE
[ if your character is near the center of the village, they'll bear witness to the curious sight of a herd of shuffling mushroom beasts. in terms of threat level, to the experienced hunter they may have ranked low on the scale: slow, lacking an external fang or claw, they seem to be interested only in their endless march forward.
but, if your character is close enough, they may catch sight of a red-haired young man, a manifesto of anger written across his face. one breathless moment, the calm before the storm, and then he hurls a metallic pair of gloves at the closest beast, the gloves trailing arcs of flame.
what may strike your character first is the searing heat, the thrum of the earth below their feet. the whole village is demolished in a moment, the dying cries of the beasts rising above the din. the explosion lasts much longer than it should, the line of mushrooms going up one after another.
if you're too close, you might be torn in two. you might lose a limb, or two, or three. you might go deaf, you might lose your sight. you might lose all your eyelashes, your clothes. maybe the bag of mushrooms you'd collected for dinner is now little more than ash.
keep running. the smoke trails into the air. someone is screaming. the smell of charred meat follows you even after you disappear into the jungle. ]
IN THE SURROUNDING JUNGLE
[ if your character is close enough to the village, they'll feel the blasts, one after the other. the jungle is on fire, quickly spreading. maybe you'll hear the screaming, too; maybe your lungs will fill with smoke. maybe you'll run into one of the last mushroom beasts, fleeing from the explosion only to trigger a lesser one in the depths of the jungle.
it came from the village, didn't it? maybe someone you love was swept up in the explosion.
if you manage to escape the stampede of terrified jungle beasts (some of which may stop to crunch you up as a quick meal as they dash away from the blast), maybe you can venture closer to see what's happened.
or maybe you should get as far away as possible. ]
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Skadi. The move is almost reflexive, the sound of something shattering ringing throughout the air as he fires the Evoker and summons the same figment from before to quench the flames completely with ice.
It's the most he can do to help- a part of him knows it must be too late, but he's not particularly thinking or feeling much at all right now.]
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...Ket? H-Hey, no...
I finally get to use this IC!
[Minato walks a step closer to Ene, in spite of instinct telling him not to look at what remained of his friend- his confusing, idiotic, intrusive and insensitive dolt of a friend, the same friend who invited him to room together without a second thought, even though he's ditched Ket not once but twice now. His voice is barely audible, he's losing it but he has to know.
The severe burns and scorched clothing can't hide the truth that lies but five steps away: It's clearly Ket, unmoving, dead and smiling. Another thought occurs to Minato as he walks closer, that he would have been smiling as stupidly as ever and be alive, had they been together- he could have easily put out the flames so that Ket wouldn't have to do anything.
By the third step Minato's barely seeing what's in front of him. The fires still burn just as intensely but instead there's a wrecked car, a bloodied hand hanging limply out of the shattered window; the scenes seem to flicker between each other even as his senses start to fail him and it hurts to breathe; there's only one thought in his mind when everything cuts out and he falls to the ground soundlessly.
You failed, and it's all your fault.]
Live your traumatised dreams!
...That face crushes that hope immediately. How pathetic. For several long seconds, all Ene can do is stare at him, tears streaming down her blistered cheeks. It's no use sitting there hoping someone else will come fix it for her, she has to do something, for Minato too, he looks even worse oh no he's falling this is really bad.]
Minato!
1/2
He'd been out hunting when the blast hit; the turtle had been intended for dinner. The heat and intensity of the fire distorted his super senses, but eventually he was able to determine that the Queen and the Empress were unharmed. The rest of his acquaintances seemed all right, also...
All but one.
The presence of Minato he was able to detect, and assumed Ket would be nearby. They were roommates, after all, surely they'd stick close to one another. ]
Hey.
[ He appears just as Minato falls. That movement catches his eyes first, and he crouches down beside the boy, and lays his free hand on Minato's back. He's in no danger. ]
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...
His grip relaxes and the terrapin slips from his arm. Tentatively it pokes its head out from its shell and, in its tiny turtle brain somehow realizes that this is the moment. Its legs emerge from the shell also, and it begins to slowly crawl away. ]
Ket-kun.
Ket.
no regrets
And he'd be overjoyed to know that Ene, Minato and Hyoubu were safe. ]
HOW DARE
He's... H-He's not...
[Damn it, do something, what can she do, why is she so useless here? Why is she always so useless!]
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Wordlessly, he reaches out and touches Ket's forehead. There's still something like hope, burning in Hyoubu's gaze. But after a little while, that light goes out. He shakes his head, and slides his hand down, closing Ket's eyes. ]
I'm sorry.
[ He has more self-control now than he did all those years ago. The urge to kill, to destroy, to take bloody revenge is still just as strong, but it's tempered by the fact that there's a girl in front of him who is suffering, and Minato is still insensible. So he doesn't leave, quite yet. ]
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