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Who: All characters with air as their element
When: OOC: 10/15 - 10/22 ; IC: 3/22 - 3/26
Where: Mountains! Cliffs! High places!
What: It's time for the legitimate reward -- a safe place to live for the rest of your happy, contented lives
Rating/Warning: PG-13: Some scary images, some violence. Please let the mods know if the rating goes up or the log needs to be locked!

//event020.EXE

It’s been a few days in the jungle now and hopefully you haven’t managed to die just yet – after all, the fun’s just begun.

On the seventh day of trekking the wilderness, each character who has Air in their heart will suddenly find themselves pausing in the middle of the day. Suddenly they’re able to feel the patterns of the wind in the air. A chill passes through them as a breeze will kick up.

Then without warning, they’re lifted right off the ground and cast up into the sky. At least they don’t have time to be scared as they suddenly lose consciousness after floating for a few seconds.

Don’t worry. It’ll get better. When they wake up, they hear the following message in a wispy way, carried along by the breeze itself –

It is not the correct time to be sleeping. You must awaken.

There is something that needs to be done.

You need to be the one to do it.

//SCENARIOS.EXE

PHASE I

[ day one ] Anyone here with a fear of heights? Yes? Well, that’s too bad. When air characters awaken, they’ll find themselves cast right into the mountains of Tellus. It’s rocky, the path is minimal at best and non-existent at worse, and there are screeches of something dangerous and angry calling in the distance.

Caeli demonstrates his poor sense of direction once again as characters wake up and find themselves on a mountainous ledge. There is no apparent path -– except for across a dangerous ravine that dips down to the base of the mountain. There is no end in sight when one looks down, instead only pure black depths.

The cloud waits on the other side, floating patiently. Caeli gives one instruction: “Jump.”

But try not to fall in, that would be a sad start to the trip. Thankfully, the distance across isn't really too far, and Caeli might give those who can't quite make the jump a little boost -- but you still have to be brave enough to make the jump or be left behind.

PHASE II

[ day one ] Well, one way or another, you seemed to have made it. From there, it’s just one long hike where you’re stuck following a cloud that simply doesn’t feel like responding to your calls for attention. The hours drag on and the sun sets across the horizon as you are left climbing this mountain, no end in sight.

But as you climb higher and higher, the temperature drops. The hour grows later and slowly but surely, white flecks begin to fall from the sky. Cold? Hopefully you were dressed appropriately seeing as now the thick layers of snow are building and building and building – making it harder to climb as the movement now requires trudging through three to four feet of snow.

Did you want to take a break? Have fun catching hypothermia if you do!

There's definitely not much in the way of shelter, but you can try to make something out of the scant trees remaining, or create a fire. Either way, you definitely don't want to be left behind, so don't lose sight of everyone else.

PHASE III

[ day two ] Whether you felt like standing guard or were fast asleep, a piercing screech will act in the place of an alarm clock.

All too soon, a flight of winged creatures will descend upon the mountain travelers, looking none too friendly. Caeli descends to offer helpfully, “Griffins. They were once mine.” To which, the beasts merely emit another piercing screech before baring their claws and moving to attack the party. They are fearsome creatures and will not fall until they are killed, consistently trying to get back on their feet even when injured.

If no one manages to lose an eye and the griffins are subdued, characters will find upon their fallen bodies that they have areas where tufts of fur are missing, leaving a clean injection spot. There are small machine implants at the back of their necks, beeping ominously. Each is branded with a different number identification. Caeli is nowhere to be found.

PHASE IV

[ day three ] The summit of the mountain is typically considered the most beautiful place. For those who are seeking solace, the peak of this adventure is safely above the clouds and the sun is slowly rising in the distance. Acting as a moment of peace, it is truly beautiful.

For those who do not rest so easy, there is more to be found near the top of the mountain. One run-down shack can be found, plated with steel and amenities found inside such as blankets and coats to fight off the snow.

More worryingly, there is an operating table in the middle of the room. A white cloth drapes over it, stained with red and operating instruments resting on the edges, the gleaming metal darkened with old blood. The same tufts of feathers and fur that could be found on the griffons are scattered on the floor, claw marks digging deep into the metal of the walls.

Be careful not to touch anything. If a character comes into contact with some of the blood that stains the table or the instruments, they will immediately begin to feel hints of aggression. There will be an intense need to pick fights with those around them and the feeling will not disappear until they are knocked out (or killed, but who would want that?).

Welcome to your new home.

[ Remember to apply proper warnings on threads with sensitive or inappropriate material and do let a mod know if your thread careens off into maiming or canoodling so we can lock the log. ]

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Welcome to Cerealia's October event! 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. This event will last for the month of October, or IC 3/15 to 3/30. This log will last from 10/15 to 10/22 or IC 3/22 to 3/26. Should this event log hit Captcha, there is an all-purpose overflow here.

There are 60 characters with the element of air.

Thank you!

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iii.

[While Leia's boundless energy starts to show its limit, the cold and snow aren't very conducive to rest . . . so she doesn't stop. It's just like Kanbalar, she thinks, or the Mon Highlands. At some point, she's forgotten that she's even following Caeli, and her gaze is downcast as she treks her way forward. It's been a slow and lonely climb, but just as she thinks it, shes realizes that she's going to wish it stayed that way.

With the griffins' screeching, she stops, eyes widening as Caeli finally speaks.]

"Once"?

[Is he saying he doesn't control them anymore? Too late, though. A griffin comes sweeping in particularly close, and just as she materializes her staff, its claw catches and she's hoisted into the air at a frightening speed.]

iv.

[After the journey so far, the view at the summit feels like a reward. She has to blink a few times, just to make sure it's real and that she's not dreaming again like she had once before. Small, breathy laughter escapes as she takes in the scene. This has to be the right place.]

Hey!! So, what now?

[She calls out to no one in particular. Where is Caeli, when something so "important" needs to be done? But then she gasps after looking around for him, finding the shack instead.]

Oh.

Edited (fixing caeli's gender/nitpicking!) 2015-10-15 00:33 (UTC)

[While Takeru nor Patamon regretted going to the summit, he couldn't help but feel like he needed to develop his leg muscles more. For all his walking in the Digital World, it was clear to see that he was still just a little kid.

One day, he thought to himself, he would become the fastest runner Cerealia had ever seen! No summit or mountain was ever going to get in his way for that! But alas, for now, he shall have to deal with his tired legs.

Although, when he sees a familiar person nearby?]

Leia-san...? Hey, Leia-san, is that you over there?

[The sound of her name distracts her from the shack. How cheerful it's said really lifts her spirits and makes her feel a little less out of place . . . but her heart still sinks a bit when she sees him.]

Takeru! I can't believe it. You're here, too, and you came all this way.

[She certainly wouldn't have been able to do that at his age . . .

And there's Patamon!]

Yeah, why wouldn't I? Caeli-san told us to come here so I wanted to see what was so special! And it was!

[Although, he did have to suffer going up the mountain and nearly getting sick but that was besides the point!]

And especially now that we have a place to rest too! I thought we were going to have to keep on walking forever!

[True. Young as he is, Caeli wouldn't have been content to let him just stand there, or cry. She smiles at his positivity, also grateful that the climbing has come to an end.]

Well, I don't know what's inside yet, but I hope you're right.

You're not hurt, are you?

[With that, he shook his head before making his way toward the shack!]

No, I'm not! I kind of got sick but that's okay, the important thing is that I'm not hurt! [He said between his sniffles. As he took Leia's hand, that's when he started to drag him to said building]

But c'mon, I don't want you to get sick too! The faster we get there, the faster we'll be warm and drink some hot chocolate or something! And you don’t get a cold too!

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