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.
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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?).
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It's not like we're losing a whole lot of time though by checking it out anyway. Who knows? Maybe there is something we're missing. Being unhelpful also means not giving us all of the details that could be useful. [He's looking past Yuri then.] We run into something bad, we turn around and cliff-jump. It's a solid enough plan.
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Not a bad idea. Might be a problem if we get too far separated from the others. If it's anything like that jungle, there may not be all that much to find, either.
[which doesn't mean yuri's opposed to it. if anything, it gives him the itch to check it out more, as much as it's possible for something to go terribly wrong here.]
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Hey, we found that village in the jungle didn't we? I didn't think there was anything at all when we first got there and started exploring. [He points at a particularly jagged edge of the cliff a good distance from them.] We can make that a stopping point. If we can't find anywhere else to go or anything interesting, we can turn back and catch up with everybody else.
[It's evident that he's planning on going with or without him. May as well come, dude. However there's a pause as he looks down at Repede.] What about your dog? Is he used to mountains?
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but a concern like that has never actually stopped yuri before. they'd have to figure something else out if were to come to that, but he's always up for a challenge. and besides—he can't just let a kid go off on his own right now anyway. he may not know hiro, and he may not be keen to admitting it, but the idea just doesn't sit well with him in the event he doesn't have a good means of defense. they don't know what they're up against here.]
Yeah, sounds like a plan to me. Just enough to see what we're up against without digging ourselves in a hole. [he says it with a smirk; it's kind of funny to be on the other end of a game plan, since he's usually the one who ends up making them.]
Repede's fine. He's dealt with worse terrain than this before. [and conquered it by peeing on it. this is just another challenge for the pooch—which is why he barks twice to confirm.]
So... you want the honors of leading the way?
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Well in that case, we should get going. [He looks up at Yuri again, a nod in response to the question.] I'm pretty used to leading my team back home. [And with that he turns, gesturing for Yuri and Repede to follow as he starts off on the narrow mountain path away from where Caeli is probably watching them. He doesn't exactly have a means of defending himself other than his fists, but that will have to do if they run into anything. He's honed in on their path, feeling rocks slipping under his sneakers and pressing a little closer to the cliffside to avoid the edge.]
The other thing I wanna know is where everyone else is. This isn't everybody I saw last, so...where do you think they disappeared to?
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Fine by me. Can't say I mind getting a break from leading the pack. [besides, he's right here to shift the control if it really becomes necessary. but they're more or less on the same page right now, and yuri's good at rolling with the punches.]
Everyone else? The hell if I can say for sure. Probably with the other spirits, or deities... or whatever they are. [he pauses, thinking about it for a moment before he remembers something caeli said to him a couple of weeks back.] Cloudman said I was "one of his," or whatever. I guess we could have some kind of affiliation they decided, and that's how they split us up.
[of course, where that might be is a different story entirely. but considering caeli had made it clear to yuri that he was of the air affiliation—and that flynn was fire, he thinks it's probably a decent conclusion to come to.]
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He told me the same thing, so that theory sounds about right. [The only thing that means is that Tadashi is something else entirely. Y'know. If they bothered to revive his body yet. That's still a mystery to him.] I mean I've only talked to Caeli, Maris and the Bridge. Nobody said anything about separating us. I guess the thing I really want to know is who's deciding our affiliation and why.
[He's sneaking his way around what looks like a boulder in their path. His hand stays on the mountainside, mostly checking for crevices and partially for balance.] Have you met any of the others yet?
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Talked to the goatman a while back, but he didn't give me much to work with. [his name is maris, yuri. not goatman. but he's not really planning on changing his terminology anytime soon.]
I get the feeling asking isn't going to net us many answers we want to hear. Maybe one of the others is a little more open to it, but I'm not getting my hopes up on that one. [he'd really like to know the reason, though he can surmise a guess that something about either personalities or innate abilities may have something to do with it. based on what caeli had said to him, it seems like it could be a reason, but he doesn't float it yet since he knows it could be off the mark or only appropriate for him specifically.]
You have any reason why you think they'd pin you with something like air? [may as well ask that much, at least.]
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[The question is one he's thought about and he shrugs slightly as he kicks a few more pebbles out of the way.] As for being air? Probably because I spend a lot of time in the air when we fly. [We.] I like it better than being on the ground most of the time. Why? Do you have a different reason for yourself?
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[sure, it'll probably get them better answers, but it's not exactly the route yuri wants to take if he doesn't have to. it's not like he's got the means to bribe anyone right now, even if he wanted to.
so he's fine to let the topic shift, considering what hiro's reasoning is. it seems like a fair enough reason, though maybe no what he was expecting. hm. maybe it's not as easy as he first was considering.] Seems like it could make sense. For me... huh. I figured it's because a lot of my artes are wind-based.
[the first one he ever learned was, after all. even if he can use other elements, he knows more wind artes than the others.]
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You don't really look like an artist. [Hiro, think about what you just said. You've played enough video games, come on. Uh...] What's an arte?
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[amusing as that is. hiro's assessment isn't wrong—he's no artist.] It's just what we call certain kinds of attacks where I'm from.
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[you'll have to ask, hiro. but it's true, even if it's partially because all he has on his person is a pretty weak, makeshift wooden sword. ah, the perils of being ripped away from your belongings before you're even dressed for the day. thanks for that, deities.]
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I mean...it's not like we don't have time out here, right? I think we can take a short break if you think you can actually do it up here.
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All right, all right. If inquiring minds really want to know that bad, it probably can't hurt.
[he pulls up the sword from the piece of cloth he's been using to lug it around (because why sheath a sword at his waist? this is quicker), flipping it up into the air before catching it. it's not much of a sword—it takes the shape of one, but it's made of wood and was crafted using little more than one of repede's daggers. so it's not strong in the least; yuri's just fortunate he never takes the bodhi blastia bracelet off his wrist that allows him to use artes to begin with.
after a moment of consideration, he turns to angle himself in a way that won't pose any real danger before gearing up to perform the arte. yuri eyes repede, who follows silent instruction by standing where yuri is looking and guarding immediately.]
Azure Edge! [sh, it's totally custom to call out attack names. but the arte itself is simple, just a forceful, underhanded swing that sends a ball of wind energy along the ground. even if he's guarding, it does knock repede back a step as the energy dissipates, and yuri himself twirls the sword before resting it over his left shoulder.
...so maybe it's just a little flashy, but that's just his fighting style.]
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The arte's performed then and...no. No, this wasn't a mistake because it's actually very cool despite its simplicity. It's another kind of magic he's never seen before and he briefly starts for a moment toward Repede when he's knocked back. But the dog settles again and Yuri rests the sword on his shoulder, leaving Hiro to just...kinda gawk at him.]
...way, way cooler than being an artist. [What the hell.] Can anybody learn how to use artes, or are you just that special?
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If you have the right stuff, sure. [he motions towards his left wrist with his free hand, pointing out the somewhat flashy looking gold bracelet.]
It's called a bodhi blastia. I haven't seen anyone else use them aside from people from my world, but it's what enables us to use artes. [he shrugs, though.] Some other words have similar artes but I don't think they work the same.
[hell, he's honestly not even sure how his works without all of the normal world mechanics that enable it. is there even aer on this planet? yuri has no idea, he's no scientist.]
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Definitely never heard of a blastia before. [Sounds fake, but obviously it's something Yuri utilizes well.] So then it's just a conductor for the magic or whatever artes use. [...and then there's a thought. And a veeeery slow grin.] Which means that if a person made a blastia or something they could start working with artes, too, right? Based on that I mean.
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[he motions towards the red, diamond shaped gem in the center of the bracelet.] Blastia cores are pretty tough to come by where I'm from. Haven't seen anything like it since I've gotten here at all, actually.
[which makes sense, considering the fact that they come from such a very specific and rare resource. yuri's not the person with the most understanding of how it all works from a scientific perspective, but he knows enough.] But without it, all you've got is a dead blastia. Pretty, but useless.
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[That's...close enough to what he said, right?] And how'd you get so lucky to get a core?
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[illumination, travel, fighting, barriers to keep monsters out of the city—there's just not an easy fix for it. it's a huge, huge problem that plagues the world, but yuri's not much of a scientist, mage... or even just good at explaining things at all.
yuri sighs; trying to explain the finer points of blastia cores and what they're made of is just not something he wants to deal with.]
I got my bodhi blastia back when I joined the knights. It's pretty standard issue, for situations like that, but they don't just go handing 'em out to anyone who wants one.
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And...you just kept it all this time? [Because Yuri doesn't seem like an artist, but Yuri also doesn't seem like a knight. Aren't knights supposed to be regal and good and stuff? But he doesn't think it's a good idea to tell Yuri he's not a knight in case he really is somehow.] Way to use it to your advantage. Let's just hope CERES doesn't decide to do something with it to cause it to glitch out.
[They've rounded a small portion of the cliffside now and haven't found anything useful, and Hiro's frowning in thought.] This mountain's totally deserted. I can't believe he actually brought us here.
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[he kind of needs his blastia to keep working, so he'd rather not delve into the dangerous territory of somehow giving them ideas.
but whatever. maybe that's not as important as dealing with what's in front of them... or more specifically, the lack of anything in front of them.] I can. Cloudman's not exactly helpful about anything. And after that little jungle adventure, I can't say I'm expecting too much of this but trying to avoid frostbitten toes.
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Oh, wait. But Hiro doesn't know that yet so instead he's scoping out their territory.]
Let's find a point and jump off then. Once we're on the other side we can figure out if it's better to climb up or down. [Go with it, Yuri. Hiro's already moving whether he follows or not. It's off for more mountain-y adventures.]