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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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Yeah, that was about my reaction when that happened to me.
[and, you know, throwing a temper tantrum right after and then giving in to the darkness, but those are unimportant details. if there's ever another chance, maybe he'll give hiro a real showing of what the keyblade can do, world order disrupting stuff aside.]
Even a spirit has to get tired of being babysat all the time. We'll just need to catch her on one of those days.
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Looks like things worked out for you anyway though. [We don't talk about the darkness and temper tantrums. Hiro has a few stories of his own that aren't exactly pretty. Still, Riku brings up a good point about the Bridge and he hums in agreement under his breath.]
I don't know if she sees it as babysitting, but you're right. She can't be watched all the time. We can probably plan on catching her alone sooner or later. I hope. And if we don't get to before we get out of here then we'll have to find her in the colony. Up for the challenge?
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Yeah, but it took a while to get here.
[in other words, don't give up on stuff no matter how impossible. and also steer clear of weird hooded guys who promise you power. those are just bad news always.]
I'm game, but it's not a challenge without a little wager.
[might as well make finding her fun. and maybe also make it a little fun for hiro, too.]
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As for a wager...hm.]
And what sort of wager would you be willing to play for? You know, just so I don't ask too much from you when I win.
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Man, and I thought I had an ego.
[14 and already with such a big head. it is, of course, riku's duty as a keyblade master to deflate that a little!! ...while having a big head himself but that's with reason. the reason? he's just that awesome. and modest, so so modest. as for the wager, well, hiro's not a hard read.]
An hour of free play with this. [holding up his keyblade to emphasize what 'this' is.] No magical disappearing this time.
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Really? No disappearing at all? [That's pretty promising.] ...absolutely. That's totally fair. [A pause.] But...give me a few hours to get started. [He still wants to stay with Tadashi until he's sure he's gone.] It won't take that long after that anyway.
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Yeah, that? That's what we call an ego.
[and it's own hiro's fault for being so obvious. that want in his eyes makes it clear that the wager was about as perfect as it gets. riku'll ignore the fact that this is a one-sided agreement for now. it's something best brought up if/when he wins.]
Let's make it easy on us both and start at dawn.
[dawn is always the way to go. plus, giving hiro a little time to chill before any contest starting can't hurt. he'll need it after this.]
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Dawn's good with me. I'll hold you to it. [A beat.] Thanks.
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[it's not like he's really done too much of anything. then again, not doing much lead to the kid's mood going from as low as it gets to something a little cheerier and that's more than riku hoped for. all that's left to do is to keep an eye on hiro a little longer. as soon as things go from crazy to only slightly mad, he'll part ways to give him proper space.]