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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!

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//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. ]

//RUN.EXE

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!

Comments

phase i;

[immobileyes]

[ Mary's slow to stir-- but once she does, it's with a very soft, startled noise as she abruptly sits up and starts looking around semi-frantically. Where's Zara? Where's Ene? Where is she? ]

Wh-- where--??

[ Hi, Hyoubu, she'll notice you in a minute. ]

[espersions]

[ He drops to one knee, beside the chasm, and peers down. Could the others have fallen... or been dropped? Caeli wasn't the least bit careful about anything remotely resembling safety when they were all first dropped unceremoniously into the jungle. Only one way to find out. He stands up again, and is about to step into the ravine, when he notices... ]

Mary-chan. You okay?

[immobileyes]

... Kyousuke-san?

[ Ah, yep-- he's right there, and Mary looks both relieved and even more worried. ]

I'm... really confused.

[espersions]

[ He turns. The idiot cloud is telling people to jump, oh my god. ]

Stay where you are. I want to check something.

[ He puts his hands out, a clear "don't go anywhere" signal. And then he steps backwards into the ravine and falls from sight. ]

[immobileyes]

Kyousu--?!

[ STAY WHERE YOU ARE, he said, but he just fell into the ravine and Mary's scrambling closer to the edge-- right as she remembers that, oh right, he can float and break into people's rooms like it's no big deal. ]

[espersions]

[ If she peers down, she'll see him free-falling, until he disappears into the shadows. There's no thud at the end, just silence.




Finally: ]

HELLOOOOOOOOOO...........HELLOOOOO..............HELLOOOOO

[immobileyes]

...

[ GIVE HER HEART A MINUTE TO CALM DOWN, SIR. ]

[espersions]

[ He'll give her a minute, or several. And then she might feel a rush of air billowing up from the ravine, followed shortly thereafter by Hyoubu rocketing out of it, one arm extended as if he were Superman. Because he can.

He lands on the opposite side of the ravine, and speaks across it to Mary: ]

Good news. Er, sort of good news. There's nobody down there.

[immobileyes]

[ ... But now he's on the other side. At least she can stop clutching at her chest now. ]

That's... sort of good. [ Yeah, she'll agree with that. ] But then where's everyone else?

[espersions]

[ He shuts his eyes. He's known the Empress since she was ten; and the Queen since she was, literally, born. He should be able to sense them, even a hundred miles away.

But... nothing. ]

Hang on.

[ He lifts off again, this time into the sky, until he becomes a tiny speck. A few minutes later, he descends again. There's frost on his jacket and his hair. ]

I don't know.

[immobileyes]

[ What was that about again-- ]

So it's... just us...?

[ UM. ]

[espersions]

Just us. And fifty-eight of your closest friends.

[ He's well aware that her closest friends probably aren't here at all. ]

I'm sorry. Do you need a hand across?

[immobileyes]

[ ... Well. At least there's... Tenka. And Roxas. And Hiro. And-- well, she doesn't know any of them are here yet, so her eyebrows just knit together and she gives that gap a tiny frown. ]

Yeah. I can't jump very well.

[espersions]

I won't let you fall. So you might as well give it a try.

[ He holds his hands out encouragingly. ]

Go on, jump!

[immobileyes]

... You promise?

[ KYOUSUKE-SAN THIS IS KIND OF A REALLY SCARY DISTANCE. ]

[espersions]

Pinky promise.

[ He wiggles his little finger. ]

But you'll have to come over here to do it.

[immobileyes]

... [ Ugh. SHE DOES NOT LOOK THRILLED ABOUT THIS, but okay, she's just going to... get a running start.

And probably not make it across on her own power, so please don't let her plummet to her death. ]

1/2

[espersions]

[ oof! SO CLOSE ]

[espersions]

[ actually, not close at all. U TRIED.

In any case, she'll find herself glowing red as his telekinesis catches her, hopefully before she slams against the cliff, and then he brings her up gently, setting her down beside him. ]

You okay?

[immobileyes]

A-am I okay yet?

[ HER EYES ARE STILL CLOSED. ]

[espersions]

[ Bad idea to keep your eyes shut like that, Mary, in front of this international terrorist

because he is going to




pat your head. ]

You really don't like heights, do you?

[immobileyes]

I like roller coasters and flying on Toothless, but I don't like falling...

[ But that's enough to make her crack an eye open, and lo and behold, she's still actually alive. And getting her head patted by an international homicidal terrorist.

She probably shouldn't feel as comforted as she does. ]

[espersions]

You do?

[ He recalls now how frightened she'd been when he first took her flying, months ago. ]

Good. That's good.

[ She's grown. It's cute. He regards her fondly in full-on grandpa mode, until...

... ]

Toothless?

[ someone with the gift of flight but very poor dental hygiene? ]

[immobileyes]

[ No, Hyoubu, don't grandpa at her, of course she's gonna grow! ]

Toothless is a dragon! But he acts a lot like a giant cat, so he's not scary at all.

[espersions]

[ Lions and tigers are giant cats. Even if he really is "toothless," there's the whole breathing fire aspect.... ]

Er.

[ He glances up. Caeli is floating ahead, leading a growing cluster of people up what looks like a very rough and rudimentary trail. ]

How's your stamina, these days?

[ His recollection is that she gets tired easily. ]