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 Fire in their heart will suddenly find themselves pausing in the middle of the day. Something in their chest feels warm and it’s heating up quickly. It spreads from their chest to their fingertips, down their legs to their toes. There’s a bark of laughter against their ear, but it seems that it’s one that only they can hear.
Then without warning, there is a bright light that encompasses their sight entirely and the ground beneath their feet seems to suddenly open. At least they don’t have time to be scared as they suddenly lose consciousness after falling for a few seconds.
Don’t worry. It’ll get better. When they wake up, they hear the following message – and then they hear it again, and again, and again as it echoes echoes echoes.
 You’re all spirited, aren’t you?! You wouldn’t be one of mine if you weren’t.
So c’mon, look alive, look alive! I’ve got something I want to show you all. Stay close, stay close, I can't wait until you see where you'll be living!
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PHASE I [ day one ] It’ll admittedly be hard for Ardeo to show you anything though. When you wake up, you see darkness. Blink a couple times and it’s – yeah, it’s still darkness. Oh, that’s not good. But after some mumbling around in the dark, perhaps you’ll find another. Better hold on so that you don’t lose each other as the steps on smoothed rock, the resounding quality of the noise you make, and the faint sounds of dripping make it clear that you’re in some kind of cave. Probably.
All you have to guide you is the occasional glimmer of light as Ardeo flicks his flaming tail and then pads off in one direction.
But try not to run too fast after him since it’s dark and that’s danger--holy shit. Follow Ardeo enough and finally you'll reach the edge of a cliff with no indication of how deep that drop goes. It won't be a fear of tripping in this cave, but rather a fear of running straight off the path Ardeo set you on. Hope you're good at cliff scaling because, good luck. You're now stuck on some very high cliffs, and if you peer over the edge, deep, deep down in the darkness, there's the faint, warm glow of what might be lava. You probably don't want to fall down there.
Of course in response to your yelps of fear, there’s only the same bark of laughter. Damnit, where the hell did that fox go?
PHASE II [ day one ] Who knows how long Ardeo has been playing this crazy game of hide and go seek, but eventually you hear a faint buzzing. It’s fine, probably. No one ever said that you were alone in this cave but it’s better to be dealing with a fly than a bear, right?
So you see a firefly. Or maybe a firefly sees you. That single hope of light and not being doomed to eternal darkness comes over and says hi, floating around you for a moment. It really is quite dazzling, isn't it? Then, apparently deciding that you’re an idiot safe to land on, it settles itself on your clothes and-- ow.
That burns. Maybe you even caught fire a little.
But before you know it, more of them are coming. Little specks of light all ready to land on you and warm you up a little. You must be cold in this cave. Try not to die from their thoughtfulness, because they're really all over the place.
It’s like this happens a lot or something.
PHASE III [ day two ] Maybe you threatened him or maybe you asked nicely, but it seems that Ardeo is willing to take pity on your poor souls. Every few steps, there is now a will-o-wisp conjured to guide you away from the sudden, steep cliffs and keep the insects away.
However you’re deeper in the cave now and it seems to be getting… hotter? You hear the water more and more now. Eventually you reach a flat surface and see an arrangement of craters in the ground. The surface beneath them glows with heat, apparently reaching high enough temperatures to emit a white glow.
The brave may wander close, curious about what lay inside the craters – and they may lose their faces as the water suddenly shoots up without explanation, a geyser erupting suddenly and burning anyone who got stuck in the splash zone.
However, there are signs of people here. Small housing constructions made in tucked away corners, built of stacked rock and supplies clearly from this very spot. However, there's...nobody here to greet you.
In fact, it seems as though a certain event has been reported to them, and so the natives who clearly are still living here won't be making an appearance. You may feel them watching you, and if you poke around in their homes, Ardeo will make a quick appearance to warn you away, but they're far too wary to step out and say hello.
PHASE IV [ day three ] Finally, after however many miles, Ardeo’s done walking. He walks up the steps of a shrine – or the remnants of one. Broken statues of animal-like creatures lay in shatters and he wanders around the area once, circles quietly, and then lays down, curled in on himself. A second later, he disappears in a flash of smoke.
However the will-o-wisps remain as you’re free to explore. You’re now able to see that the walls of the cave are decorated with paintings. However unlike those of Earth, the humanoid-type people in these images all have different modifications on them. Some appear to have fins, others are plant-like themselves, but the most prominent ones all appear to be on fire. It’s kinda creepy, especially since they’re still smiling – and upon further inspection, you’ll find that some of these images aren’t made with paint at all, but rather they’re intricate scorch marks left on the wall. Oh.
However for the children exploring with us today, Ardeo seems to have pilfered some things from the colony that he liked. There’s paint lining the cave walls, as well as the occasional bundle of sparkly puppy stickers.
Seems this is where he lives, and now you can join him here too. It's a great reward! It's really just too bad about the difficulty breathing and the general difficulty finding food in a place like this that won't spit fire back at you.
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[ Ryuko doesn't care much for playing hide and seek, she just really hates when someone isn't telling her what's going on, so she plays along for now in the hopes of squeezing some answers out of this fire critter. Soon enough, however, she's distracted by a single firefly, which she immediately swats away when she notices it's hot.
Unfortunately, her sudden movements attract a few more on her body. It's a good thing she regenerates fast, but those burns still hurt! ]
Ow, ow, ow--!!! Shit!!
[ Suddenly, yeah... you guessed it, one or two make their way underneath her clothes, which Ryuko promptly starts removing. Or tries to anyway, but Senketsu isn't letting her undress! ]
(( Senketsu: Ryuko, please wait! ))
Grr, I gotta stop wearin' you for a sec!!
(( Senketsu: You must wear me, you don't know what could be out there! ))
Well, I know what's in here and it's pis-- ow, ow!
(( Senketsu: It can't be that ba---aaah!! Ryuko, it's gonna burn me! ))
phase iii: wet shirt edition
[ After getting familiarized with the area, getting her face burned by one of the geysers (it's healed already) and yelling at all the villagers who are obviously refusing to tell her what's going on, Ryuko sits alone on a rock just nearby these... houses. She's hungry, and sweating all over from all the steam around her. Her entire body is wet from head to toe and she barely has enough energy to keep Senketsu active, so he's staying dormant for now, too.
She taps on her useless Cerevice, hoping it would produce some kind of food... or maybe she can eat it.
Ryuko, no.]This place is a dump.
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[Says Hiro as he has his bunnyhood off for once and is covering it in his arms from the fireflies. Who has two thumbs and putting his coat over his own wellbeing? This guy.]
Please tell me you've got a bug repellent! Because we're in seriously serious in need of one right now!
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I'm glad you're here, Ryuko, [ she says, wiping the sweat off her brow. ]
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So, anger's faded into mounting anxiety, particularly with the difficulty breathing...and she's seeking friends.
Silently, she takes a seat next to Ryuko and drops her gym bag with a half-hearted sigh.]
Yeah. Yeah it is.
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[ There's really only one thing on Yang's mind when she wakes up to utter darkness.
And that is she may or may not have certain people. Which is why you'll hear a voice calling for Ruby, while an elbow may accidentally clip you in the eye. Or maybe that voice is calling for Naoki. Or Jaune or Natalia or--
If Yang has met you and gotten your name, YOU WILL PROBABLY HEAR IT CALLED.
Or maybe you'll just meet something soft and cushy and wow, isn't it so nice that it's there instead of a cliff wall or something painful, yep-- except... ]
My chest isn't as happy to meet you, so do you mind?
[ Phase II. ]
[ Well. This is annoying. Yang's already half-wishing for her dog, because Zwei's a pro at catching bugs in mid-air, but at the same time, she doesn't wish for her corgi to go up in flames, so... so much for that. This is fine. So long as they don't go near her hair, this is--
Whoops. Hopefully your face wasn't anywhere near Yang's fist, because one intrepid insect just decided to try and land on her head, and there it goes, meeting gauntlet-covered knuckles. ]
That's it-- who else wants some?!
[ Is she going to try and punch all these tiny little insects out of the air, she really looks like she's going to try-- ]
[ Phase IV. ]
[ It's taken its toll on her. Yang is still worried about everyone else not in their group, but the whole difficulty breathing thing is starting to wear on her. She's a little more subdued, not as talkative as she explores, pausing as she runs her fingers over the cave drawings (and scorch marks). These... were they the natives? The ones avoiding them in such a hot place, she thinks, were probably the ones who hadn't agreed with Julius in the first place, and that would answer where they'd all gone, but... ]
Why just these guys, though...? Did everyone else end up with the other...
[ Huh. ]
[ WILDCARD. ]
[ DO WHAT YOU WILL, she's game for anything. ]
phase i - dreams come true
When he hears Yang's voice from not too far, he's filled with a renewed hope as he runs in her direction. It's dark, however, and Jaune trips up for the 50th time, only this time his face lands on some cushions instead of hard rocks. ]
Mwfhwang!
[ Jaune... backs out of her bazongas and tries saying it again: ]
Yang!
[ That's better. ]
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[Oh, boy. Oh, my. Oh, wow. Just what he always wanted: the opportunity to fall into what may or may not be a gigantic pit of lava. It must be his birthday. Or, maybe ending up in Very High PlacesTM where he could possibly die a very gross death is just going to be a thing during this impromptu camping trip. Who knows? It's a mystery.
Either way, now is a very good time to be thankful for the fact that he hasn't felt the need to tilt over today. It's encouraging enough, that he takes a short moment to peer over the edge of the cliff, trying to estimate how long the drop would be and then clicking his tongue when he realizes the closest estimate he can make is "really fucking long". Great. Anyone who might be standing nearby (or doing the same thing) is free to chat him up; he might even welcome the conversation, since it's a good distraction from the drop below.
Otherwise, he might also lend a hand to anyone with less-than-fantastic cliff scaling abilities. Just don't drag him down or he'll be like, super duper pissed.]
PHASE III:
So, yeah. That's a thing. He's on fire.
Anyone who might be nearby will hear him utter something that sounds suspiciously like fuck, before he stops, drops, and rolls. Please help this dumbass out. Or maybe don't, and laugh at him after the fire has been put out and the top layer of his clothes are now very much charred and crispy. This is why we listen to warnings, kids.......]
PHASE IV:
I wonder... What will kill us happy campers first? The elements, or our own shoddy survival skills?
[Said to no one in particular. Maybe. It's hard to know with him.]
WILDCARD:
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Yeah that's all Zoro needs to know to remember.
He's doing his best not to look affected, even though breathing is difficult even for him.]
Speak for yourself. Some of us know how to survive just fine, thanks.
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phase 1 | open to all other phases if you have other ideas!
Then she nearly fell off a cliff.
The terror is nothing like what she felt when she had to get those herbs from that dangerous cliff ... it's infinitely worse. The darkness magnifies the danger in every step. At points she clings to the cliff face and just cries. But she can't get out of this by standing still.]
I need to find Hak. [Thinking about her guardian helps push her forward. He must be so worried about her. She has to keep moving so she can find and reassure him that she's safe.]
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Eyes.
And then, human footsteps.]
...Young lady? [it's a low voice, that echoes softly. Arles glances around; it's a good time to be able to see in the dark, that's for certain.]
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[ well, it can't get much worse than this.
after mabel went missing, dipper kind of...shut down. not physically, but emotionally. to be honest, he didn't know what else to do. his sister got lost in the jungle, or got killed, or disappeared altogether. he wasn't prepared to deal with any of these possibilities, especially not after roughing it in an alien wilderness for a week. and now, a dark, dank cave.
at least he still has a working flashlight on him. he flips it on in the dark, so bright it burns his eyes. but eye-burning is worth it if it means he can see the path and doesn't have to rely on ardeo.
...who he's rather coming to resent, actually. the more the fox talks, the more he reminds dipper of bill, leading them into a trap that's just going to kill them all, and that's...not really a vote in the spirit's favor, to say the least.
when he gets to the cliff, he toes it uncertainly with his worn and ripped shoes. ]
Great.
[ PHASE II ]
[ by the time the literal fireflies show up, dipper is 10000% done with everything. he uses what remains of his flashlight light to draw them towards the ground and then unceremoniously stomps on them. completely unapologetic. ]
Yeah, that's right! How do you like me now?!
[ he may be losing his grip here a little, SOS. ]
[ PHASE III ]
[ in spite of himself, signs of civilization are enough to bring dipper out of his stupor, if only slightly. inquisitive as ever, he can't help but want to know about who could possibly live here.
at first he just examines their homes from a distance, noting their construction and materials, but then like a moth to the flame (pun intended), he dares to go closer and even pokes his head inside.
after all, what are they going to do to him? take his sister away? ]
[ PHASE IV ]
[ it's so hot. milk was a bad choice.
and this is...apparently the end of the line. even the cave drawings - which he copies down in his journal by the light of the will-o-wisp - can't raise his spirits, considering that his inevitable fate seemed to be dying of starvation or starting on fire. because he now apparently lives in a volcano. seriously, weren't you only supposed to go into a volcano if you either a) were in a video game or b) have a brain cloud?? ]
Well? We're doomed.
Phase 1
[Pro-tip: that's because he is, but the fire is lacking any real heat to burn with.]
Careful there kiddo. Even monkeys would have a tough time with these cliffs, yoi.
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[Well huh, must really suck for all those down here not to be able to see a thing. Oh the tough times you all have ahead of you. Illidan may just pity you if he wasn't busy being minorly annoyed at being whisked own into some cave without his consent. Other than that, this blind-not-blind old elf
ish thingseems pretty unhindered in navigating the terrain, and wouldn't you know it, he's somewhat easy to spot in the dark, what with the glowing magic tattoos, glowing eyes, and the large glaives that also gave off the same eerie green glow.So maybe you follow him, see how long he tolerated it before he starts making irritable grumbling noises. Or maybe you're just stuck in his presence on a narrow ledge, or hey, maybe you think the guy with the wings might watch your back in case you fall!
He won't. Don't fall.]
Phase III
[Illidan didn't seem too bothered by the heat, though the presence of the will-o-wisp was completely wasted on him. He intended to only pause briefly to make note of the geysers, however he lingered when he saw someone wandering perhaps a bit too close to them.
He gave pause to watch them get closer... they would probably stop soon. Really no one could be that foolish.
And yet the person wandered even closer. He was truly tempted to just let the buffoon take a blast of hot water to the face, however there were people here that would probably scold him if he did that. So before any face-melting can occur he calls out, making sure he sounds as bored and yet condescending as he possibly can.]
I wouldn't do that if I were you.
wildcard!
[Toss in any scenario you like! He'll grump his way through it.]
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So before Ardeo can get their attention to follow him, Zoro wants to poke the bear. Shame, if he hadn't noped out of the charity thing he might have gotten to fight this guy. For now, he's leaning on the wall of the cave, arms folded, watching this unfold.]
Maybe we should stick you in the front and let you light the way, glow-worm.
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[An important lesson to learn was to work smarter and not harder. That was the idea that Hiro had in mind as he was going up the cliff. So carefully, he shifts his momentum to a point where he's actually standing up. With the effects of controlling the Gravity Factor, Hiro figures that he could try to carefully walk his way up to safety. He's looking wobbly, but he's definitely standing up on the cliffside compared to hugging the wall entirely. The important part was to not look down. Once again his height trauma has returned to bite at him.]
I-I should call this a new move... How about "Kageyama Moon Walk"? [...] Definitely saving this for special occasions.
[In any case, he's slowly making his way upward. If there's anyone in trouble, then you'd bet that he'd stop to help them somehow. But Hiro had to remember to focus as this was more effort than it looked!]
Phase IV
[So you're looking at the cave walls. Some of these drawing vary from almost cute to super disturbing. But amongst this museum exhibit is something that's even more out there than everything you've might have seen just now. What you'll see is a gross looking set of purple tendrils sticking to the walls and spouting down to the floor like a plant or a disturbing alien parasite. Something has mutated there. It wasn't covering the entire wall, but there was certainly a section of it occupied by this thing. In the center of those tendrils is a bubble of mass that may be shaped in a disturbingly human-ish fashion... There's even a face that looks boyishly disturbed and creeped out as it's trying to breathe.
If the bunnyhood jacket and pants supporting the bubbles weren't a dead give away on who this was... Well, the "creature" would tell you soon enough. Hiro who has become something more than human now was naturally trying to evolve and adjust to his surroundings. It sounded like a good idea in his head, but the execution was... difficult.]
Ugh... Gross. So this is how it feels to have twenty sets of arms... [Wheeze.] I think I've officially creeped myself out.
[Even though he was attempting to manipulate his body and the Factor of Heat to the fullest by trying to turn the heat down, he was still hot. Don't mind the alien boy, everyone!]
WILDCARD
[COME AT ME WITH ANYTHING.]
Phase IV
[Have a weird pineapple headed guy speaking in total deadpan. He doesn't exactly seem fazed at all by the tentacles. Rather...]
[It's the intense heat that seems to have prompted him to speak up.]
[Weirdo, meet weirdo.]
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[If you're unfortunate enough to nearly run yourself off a cliff, you'll feel someone yanking at you from behind.
...though that's not entirely accurate. You won't feel a hand on your back (or any kind of appendage) and if you chance a look back you won't see anything holding you, but, surely enough, some kind of invisible force does pull you back to safety. Whether or not you fall and land on your butt depends largely on your own sense of balance.
Either way, in the aftermath Kaoru walks up to you and says,]
Are you all right?
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[Once she arrived, Kaoru barely pays attention to anything on the walls. She's just walking around shouting her friend's name.]
Shiho!
[If she bumps into you or if she recognizes you, she'll probably grab you by the sleeve and ask,]
I'm looking for my friend. Have you seen her?
[If you're a stranger she'll describe her friend: silver haired, highschool girl. Kind of curvy about this (coupled with a hand indicating the height) high. Kind of tsundere.
If she knows you know Shiho she'll probably just ask if you've seen Shiho outright.]
I haven't seen her this entire time.
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[ But he just found her in the jungle a few days ago!!! ]
O-Okay, don't freak out! [ Because he might as well... ] Let's go over what we know about this place.
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Zoro doesn't like the sound of that. From the moment he can sense that Usopp is no longer around them, let alone other friends, he's not going to let this go without a fight. If he can find something to fight. He has the use of his observation haki to tell him how many people are around him, and can maybe identify a few just from their sense of power or will.]
Day One
[if you're groping in the dark trying to find the others, amidst all the calling of names, you might find yourself running into a bare chest. Bare, slightly sweaty, probably smelly, and scarred chest. It's attached to someone. Do you engage, y/n/HELLOOOOO NURSE?]
Day Three/Four
[he's been doing his best to hide any weaknesses, but Zoro is painfully aware of how difficult it is to breathe. His chest is tight, and he's sure they're probably being poisoned by sulfur from the volcano. But no amount of hunting has found a way out of the cave, no amount of yelling has summoned Ardeo to get them out, and he's getting really tired of fire-rat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
He looks pretty grim. And still shirtless and sweaty, it bears mention. His swords remain in their sayas, it's pointless to fight in here. Can you snap him out of that stonefaced darkness? Or would you rather join him and talk about how you're all probably going to die here?]
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Whoa... Nice! You can seriously cut meat off these abs! Or maybe even diamond!
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[Where we'll be living?!
Okay, no, it's a little too soon to judge. Leon has to believe that there's something better waiting for them at the end of this whole shitty trek. He hadn't actually thought the trek could get any more shitty after the jungle, and yet here we are! At least he'd been able to see in the fucking jungle, even if he hadn't liked most of what there was to see. In here . . . he likes what he can't see even less.
He gropes his way along the cliffs, eyes straining to see in the dark, to little effect. Shit. Every step is like flirting with death, a thing he is not interested in doing again. His hands are everywhere, pawing along the rock walls . . .
And possibly along you, if you get in range of them.
Whenever he accidentally gets his hands on someone, he startles, hands curling in their clothing to cling on rather than shove away. He doesn't want anyone to jerk back and go toppling off . . . and there's a part of him, not too deep down, that's grateful for the contact right now, even if he can't see where it's coming from.
It's fuckin' lonely in here. He hates every part of this.]
Shit--soooorry, careful, don't move! Who's that?!
IV: I forgot to title this section and now have to edit it really fast before anyone notices, pretend it says something pretentious
What the fuck did you do to us?! Hey! Heeeey!
[This entire friggin' month--the flood, the jungle, the march down the volcano, literally everything!--has been one endless bleak night of Leon not being able to do a goddamn thing about anything, or able to see the future ahead. He's been going along with all of this in the hope that there would be something at the end of the line. Anything. Please.
And now here they are, and there isn't. There's nothing but stifling heat (he'd stripped down to just his pants and shoes ages ago), choking air (his screaming isn't helping him breathe, and his chest feels tighter with each passing minute, heavy with some panicked dread he can't name), hunger (he can't even think about that anymore, there's so much else), and--
No, that's it. This is all there is. It's not that he can't see the future ahead. It's that there's not one. He can't do anything.
Except for fling himself onto the shrine and beg for mercy. And that's where you'll find him, howling at the spot where Ardeo vanished, shoulders shaking and tears streaming down his face. (Shit. He probably needed that water.)]
Hey! Hey, hey, hey, come back! Don't do this to us! I don't wanna die again. I don't wanna die again! I don't! Come back come back come back!
phase i;
It's Athena! Don't touch me so tightly!
[ or not... ]
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[Well, now that the danger of stumbling around in pitch blackness and being nearly set on fire by really rude bugs has passed, Kashuu can move on to the important things!
Not exploring, even though that's probably what he should be doing. Kashuu doesn't have much interest in the houses though, especially since he can kind of tell they're occupied (or at the very least, that something is watching from that direction, and after the past week? He isn't particularly keen on finding out what it might be. So he skirts around the thickest crowds of people, calling for familiar names. Fellow swords, his saniwa, friends - even if he's just met someone once or twice, he does tend to attach quickly and he's not particularly chill with suddenly being reduced to a handful of their original number.
After searching through the crowds he'll shift his search to the perimeter of the area, meandering perhaps a little too close to the geyser... He's not exactly close enough to be burned, but considering how white-hot the area is, just the steam that billows outward is somewhat painful.]
Hot, hot, hot—!! Are you kidding me?!
[He may or may not have grabbed hold of the nearest person in his frantic scuttling attempt to escape the heat, but hey! At least he'll drag you along to safety with him! Or maybe he'll just end up stumbling closer to another geyser, it's a real roulette down here/]
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[By the third day, even Kashuu isn't doing so hot (badumtss). He doesn't really need to eat, so the lack of food is unpleasant but not deadly. However, the whole breathing thing - he's kind of new to it and all - that's an unpleasant struggle. He had noticed it before in the jungle, but it seems to be getting harder and harder to draw a full breath, and the sensation is pretty scary.
Of course, so is being ditched in a cave in the middle of some freaky alien jungle with so many people missing and so few answers on hand. He follows Ardeo to the shrine in the hopes of being able to ask a few questions, but he vanishes first, and Kashuu honestly doesn't have enough energy to be loud and angry and upset about it.
Instead, anyone in the area will find him crouched down in front of some of the broken statues, reaching out to carefully touch a few of the shards.]
...D'you think he keeps this stuff here on purpose?
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[Just a deadpan drawl, completely unfazed, it would seem, by the sudden glomp and clutching.]
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[ as dark as it may be, theres' a source of light coming from athena's neck as widget is activated upon her being conscious again. it's still a bit difficult to see, but athena can at least see what's at her feet. ]
Hello?
[ echo, echo, echo. . .
but she's sure someone else is here. she can hear other people's hearts, after all. ]
Who's there? Maybe we can get out of this place together.
( this can continue to phase ii! )
phase iv
[ MAN, SCREW NOT BEING ABLE TO BREATHE PROPERLY OR FORAGE FOOD!! athena loves art and she will be trying to find paint because she's jealous of ardeo!!!
and that's when she finds a pointy rock! so she'll be trying to carve on the walls now… and it looks like she's drawing a cake?
(it's her birthday, don't ruin it.) ]
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[Sayo was just exploring, albeit slowly and carefully because it sucks that he can't breathe properly. So that's how he came across Athena drawing something on the wall. Is that a... cake?]
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[ Waking up in darkness and finding your eyes refuse to adjust is a disconcerting feeling no matter what the situation or how well you tell yourself you’re going to react to it.
But Yu’s still got a calmer disposition than most, and he’s quiet about getting his bearings. Hopefully you’re not too nearby when he makes his decision about what to do, though, or you might be pretty startled by what happens next. It’s subtle, at first - there’s just a glowing blue tarot card suspended in mid-air that disappears when someone apparently crushes it.
No, what’s really surprising is when this guy bursts into life in the middle of the darkness, all heat and bright light, a literal furnace. The flames pouring forth from him are living, dancing things, though it is self-contained, never drifting more than a few inches from his... its? ... person.
Provided that sudden appearance didn’t scare you half to death, Yu will use Saturnus to light the way for himself and anyone who happens to be nearby. ]
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[ Far be it from Yu to pass up a chance at more investigating. If he weren’t a lot more concerned about whatever’s actually become of his best friend, he’d wish Yosuke were here to bounce ideas off of regarding whatever all of this actually is or means. But they’re all separated from each other right now, aren’t they? And that’s on his mind, too, as he looks around at this strange place Ardeo seems to call home.
He’ll wander between the areas of the shrine, passing fingertips over broken pieces of statue, but he spends most of his time inspecting the cave paintings. If you wander near him, he’ll wave you over for a chat - not about the paintings, though, much as they’re taking up a good deal of his thoughts. ]
How are you feeling?
[ They’re all suffering, right now. He’s finding it as hard to breathe as anyone, and he’s as hungry and as tired, though you’d not know it to look at him. ]
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baby one more timewith a scenario of your own! i’m game for anything. ]Phase 1
[An askance glance.]
[Marco was about to self-combust himself in a means of his own defense against the darkness, but hey, light and fire? He can roll with that.]
[You might think he'd be wary of such a thing, but Marco is a little weird himself.]
A summon of --
[Huh. Maybe they really did eat holes in memories, and maybe he really HAD used it too much towards the end of the battle of the garden. He's already forgotten the word. Which causes a quick mental rundown of everything else. And doesn't that just figure? He still knows the Garden Code by heart. Of all the useless things...]
Some kind?
[OTL.]
[Where are his family when he could use their help?]
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[Nopenopenopenopenope.]
[Marco doesn't mind caves... much]
[Even underwater ones really.]
[They remind him of Toby and a very long time ago.]
[However, seeming eternal darkness?]
[Nope, he can definitely do without that.]
[And suspecting either both that he'll need to fight, or that he'll need to appear as invincible as possible for his family whom he'll need to actually talk to; he switches into a hybrid of his phoenix form; with flaming blue wings instead of arms, and feet that end in scaled talons instead of shoes.]
[That said, he absolutely runs off the cliff, catches himself with some annoyance -- but will absolutely catch anyone else about to fall off as well. Just don't mind the half-bird pineapple-headed flaming blue guy. He doesn't bite.
Except his wife. But she's a masochist so it's okay.][Phase II / III]
[Fireflies don't faze Marco much. Even trying to catch him on fire is pretty... well... redundant. And while he can't offer much help to anyone else, those who do get affected by them might be offered a flaming blue wing as a shield and... ironically to help put the fires out. Luckily the blue flames don't exactly burn. In fact, anyone who does touch them might find them a bit soothing emotionally, if not as an actual physical bandaid.]
[The will'o'wisps are welcome, if just for guidance, light, and hey, Marco's never exactly been against any form of blue flames, especially so akin to his own.]
[However the wary denizens will be equally warily avoided. People are complicated.]
[And if the people are avoided, it's nothing compared to Marco's shying away from the geysers. He knows what those sound like, and he's not going anywhere near one. Unless someone pushes him there, accidentally or otherwise.]
[Phase IV]
["Home" at last, is it? Marco, for one, instantly relaxes, and makes himself comfortable, reclining among broken statues and letting his tail (yes, that is a tail, and my how long...) hang loose.]
[The scorchings are only briefly studied and then seemingly ignored, and the fact that food isn't prominently forthcoming, doesn't seem to bother him too much yet either.]
Such recklessness.
[Just who or what that refers to however... you'll have to ask.]
[Wildcard + Bonus]
[Lost? Hungry? Tired?]
[Don't look now but a flaming blue bird with a long yellow tail has brought you food!]
[It's almost like he thinks of you as his young!]
[Let's just hope he doesn't think you're that young that you need direct feeding.]
[And no! Look! He pushes forth whole food with his wings! How nice!]
[Unfortunately, he seems to have brought you bugs.]
[ :| ]
[Are you daring enough to eat them? Throw them back at the bird in disgust? Call the troll bird out on his trolling?]
[On the bright side, maybe you can convince him that you still can't hunt for yourself, but you're finicky and want something better.]
[Good luck.]
[And/or: make your own! Anything goes!]
[But if you pull his tail, he'll probably snap your head off... Don't do that.]
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This is ridiculous. [Crosses arms and pouts. At least she could see the willow wisps now...] I wonder if we could blow them away.
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[Okay, after that intense cliff scaling (which he probably had some help with), Sayo's walking over towards the faint sound of buzzing and the light. A firefly? Hotarumaru might like this.]
Ah!
[Only for Sayo to change his mind when it landed on him and he can feel the burn. He quickly reacted, raising his hand to try and swat it away. And he can smell smoke and he quickly try to smother the fire with his cape.
He quickly grasped his sword and look up warily at the fireflies. Fireflies? Where did those other ones come from? He hold his sword protectively in front of him.]
Stay away.
[His voice sounds almost clear and loud in the silent darkness, broken by the buzzing sound from the fireflies. Hope he's not standing in anyone's way as he stares at the bugs.]
► PHASE IV: Home Sweet Home?
[Sayo's tired and it's getting hard for him to breathe. So when Ardeo lay down, he's about to walk up to him and ask a question, only to watch him disappear. Oh, maybe... another time? Whenever that would be, but Sayo's too tired and drained to think too much.
He quietly and slowly walked over to examine the paintings. As he do, he saw the bundle of stickers. With a blink, he went for a closer examination, picking one up curiously.]
... Stickers?
[He holds it up, which might catch some light from the will-o-wisp near him. The sparkling stickers might catch the attention of other people in the shrine.]
Are we allowed to use them...?
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These look like what the fox pilfered. You should ask him if he's willing to share.
[The shiny huskies do look cute, he admits.]
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[Phoenix arrives in this area confused and already very worn out. His clothes are ragged and dirty, and his coat is still wrapped around his waist rather than being worn. Now, things have changed for the definite worst... There's no sign of Trucy, Maya or Edgeworth at all. And a number of others whom Phoenix is concerned about... But it feels like there's nothing he can do at the moment, so he will just keep following Ardeo until there's a chance to find answers.
So Phoenix isn't quite a happy camper at all, as he stumbles his way through the darkness. In fact, once he realizes that he's at the edge of a very high cliff, his fear of heights will kick into overdrive, and he'll quite simply be terrified.]
N-no... no way! That's it, I give up! I'm not going any further! [He shouts very anxiously into the void as he frantically backpedals away from it.]
[Phase II]
[So, it looks like some of the fireflies are being drawn to Phoenix. Maybe they're attracted by the shininess of his attorney's badge. Phoenix admires them at first.]
Heh... You know, it's rare to find bugs that you'd say are cute...
[...But then his suit jacket, still tied around his waist, catches on fire. In moments, Phoenix has untied the flaming jacket and whipping it around at the air, trying to ward off the fireflies and put out the flame at the same time, but it looks like nothing is quite happening.]
Not another one!
[He points dramatically as he keeps waving the flaming jacket around.]
Objection! Objection!! ...Yowch!
Phase IV
[At this point, Phoenix has lost a lot of his momentum. It's been days, he's starving, and he feels no closer to finding the missing people. So he kind of lazily slumps around the cave and looks over the various cave paintings.]
Hm... I guess this is probably a clue or something... [He groans and then looks over one of the scorched-in artworks] ...I think they get points for creativity, if you can even call this art...
[The former art major in him is very judgmental today.
Or you can find him huddled in a hobo-like manner in one corner, looking over the sparkly puppy stickers as well as a locket that he still had on his person.]
Trucy would have loved these...
Phase II
[A flailing man on fire.]
[He should put him out.]
[But nope.]
[Marco just leaves him be.]
[Because clearly Phoenix has it under control.]
[Clearly.]
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[Kazuya, being a young man with an traumatic fear of any and all insects, was in a complete state after the first hour of the fireflies' arrival. Even if the tiny fires the monsters ignited on him hadn't really hurt (fire resist ftw), the fact that they had been on him, and had vanished whilst on him was enough for him to do near violent flails as if fending off an entire swarm whenever he spotted one, even if the insect was well out of reach, accompanied by "manly" squeaks or yelps.
So, for those within arms reach of this fool, please watch out for hands, elbows, and the occasional spark of black fire, unless you want to get an accidental black eye, or a cursed burn...]
Phase III
Owwww...
[Sitting as far away from the spitting geysers as possible while the others were most likely exploring the little settlement they had stumbled across, Kazuya was tending to some very nasty scalds on his forearms - it seemed that resisting flames didn't extend to boiling hot water, and he learned the hard way that arms did not make a great shield when a geyser erupted not even five feet from you. He was gingerly poking and prodding the red and blistered skin, his face pinched with pain]
Why didn't I equip Prayer? Damn it, this hurts so bad...
[Sniff, sniff... Kazuya looked close to tears...]
Phase IV
[Of course Kazuya went for the sparkly dog stickers. Of course. He was feeling a level of despair that could only be cured by the cute, adorable faces of a Golden Retriever, and if he was going to suffocate in this place like he suspected was going to happen, then he wanted to do it going out playing Dogs]
And I'd call this one... Atsuro. [He was sticking them to the pads of his fingers, one after another] This one is definitely Yuzu. Hey guys, how're you finding this day today? "Woof woof!" Kinda "Ruff"? Oh hahaha, you joker, Atsuro. Isn't that funny, Kaido? "Bark?" Ah, you've always been a grump...
[...it seemed the boy had finally lost his mind. Dare you approach?]
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Those are some nasty burns. Would you like help dressing them?
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[ Darkness is not a problem, and caves are no problem either. He's used to moving around in rocky areas in the dark. Darkness is good cover for criminals to be friends with.
He as never seen a glow like that, though, and he's intrigued. ]
What is that?
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[ Flying fire? That's really cool.
Getting burned by water? Not so much.
He's gotten burned before and at least he didn't lose his face, and he always carries water and bandages with him. He needs to get it properly treated, though he is good at ignoring pain, too. ]
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[ He gets stuck at the scorch mark paintings for a long time, several times. He's really curious about the society they describe.
He traces the marks with his fingertips. ]
I wonder if it was people like these living in the houses we saw earlier...
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Um. Would you like me to help you with that..?
[ he may not look like much (tiny, too scrawny, filthy from the jungle and white-faced beneath the dirt), but he doesn't seem nervous or disgusted. he's seen worse, after all. ]
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[Where are her friends. Ene’s first thought is to try and find them in the darkness, this isn’t good, this is very extremely super not good at all. Mary wouldn’t want to be alone, Minato is still upset about Ket, Ket is—
No. Don’t think about that, she chides herself, it happened and she can’t do anything about it, again. But there might be something she can do in future, and there are still people that need her, so Ene has to keep it together. Focus. Find people.]
Oiiii, who’s out there?! Sheesh, what kind of guide is this fox, I thought he was meant to be good at light.
[That’s a fair assumption from something made of fire, right? Ene’s still on edge from the flames, but she’s trying not to let it show. All she has to do is keep her distance from Ardeo and she’ll be fine. Of course. Her voice doesn’t have as much energy in it as she usually does, but she’s trying damn it. On the bright side, she’s in a better position than most. She can hardly fall off a cliff when she’s not walking on it, floating is definitely an advantage here. Having her own built in light-up legs is also a good thing. It doesn’t provide nearly enough light in this bleakness, she can only light up a small area around her, but hey, maybe that’ll be enough to at least show someone next to her a few steps in front of them and stop them tumbling headfirst off a cliff.
It also makes it easier to see her fresh new burns, on her thighs and hands and her cheeks which are completely blistered, because that’s what happens when you get set on fire and have burning metal clamped to your cheeks. But hey, they’re in a hectic enough situation that maybe nobody will pay attention! They should be busy looking to make sure they don’t fall, right? Focus on how useful this is people!]
Phase II
[BUILT IN LIGHT-UP LEGS ARE NOT USEFUL WHEN THEY ATTRACT FIRE BUGS!!!
At first, she doesn’t pay any attention to them, relieved that there’s some more light around. The fireflies are actually kind of nice, much better than the annoying bugs that flocked around her in the jungle.
And then the first flicker of flames appears, and Ene freezes. That’s… That’s weird. Sure, the bugs are dangerous now and little flames like that are going to hurt, but they have a good chance to get through them, they can put out little fires, nobody is going to die. Surely. So why is she seizing up like this? What a weird terror that’s suddenly consuming her, haha, how pathetic, she tells herself. This shouldn’t be any big deal!
Unfortunately, telling yourself you’re not scared does not in fact stop you being scared, nor does it stop panic attacks. The fireflies, like the other bugs, are attracted to her light and are setting her legs on fire. It shocks her into moving, at least, screaming and managing to bat the flames out with her sleeves. They were only small, but there are more coming towards her and that means more fire. Oh god why are there so many.]
Phase IV
[Nope. Uh-uh, no way. Ene is done with this. She’s had enough, enough of being sad and scared and lost, she’s sick of all the lava and scorch marks around setting her on edge and of this damned heat. She’s upset herself so much it loops back into determination, this is all bullshit and she is going to make it better, damn it!
Everyone’s stressing out, naturally. Ene is pretty lucky, she doesn’t need to breathe or eat or sleep, everyone else must be suffering a lot more, so she has to do something. Something away from the lava. Checking out the paints and stickers that Ardeo left them thoughtfully.]
Haaa, so we get toys, do we? You know, if he can get these, I bet he can get food too.
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She just didn't have the kind of stamina to keep up a shield around her, but she's not going to stand around while this girl was attacked by fire flies.]
Hang on!
[At least it's not hard to see where the girl is. She runs that way and throws out a hand, creating an invisible wall of psychic energy to push the bugs back. When she was beside the girl, Kaoru said,] Stay close to me.
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You haf got to be kidding me.
[Just when she was comfortable in the jungle, she ends up here. Staring over the cliffs and desperately wishing she was back in the beautiful jungle with all it's lovely prey.
Rip sighs as she looks for a way to climb the cliffs which... look harder than she initially thought.]
[PHASE II]
[At first she doesn't mind the fireflies. They're more of a nuisance than anything else. That is, until one lands on her shoulder and starts her suit jacket on fire. A few quick hits to her shoulder to put it out and Rip's cursing under her breath in German.]
Zhese little bugs live up to zhe name...
[She winces as another one starts her glove on fire and in no time she's trying to swat the bugs away as quickly as she can manage.]
[PHASE III]
[Will-o-wisps. Rip's hesitant to follow them at first considering she remembered how the ones in the last place she was stuck in liked to get people lost.
Then again, they were keeping the fireflies away. So, she may as well give them a chance. ...And it's only her keen hearing that keeps her out of the full brunt of the geysers on their little trek. Though, that didn't stop her from occassionally getting burned by the splash.
To say she was annoyed and miserable might be an understatement. AND she was hungry.]
[PHASE IV]
[Finally they reach their destination! It's about damned time. Rip looks around, clearly unimpressed as she tries to ignore the fact that it's getting harder to breathe.
She was a vampire! Whatever was affecting the rest should NOT be affecting her... but apparently it was. Mix that with her growing hunger and there's one very cranky vampire stalking through the area.
When there's a beast she might surprise and capture for a meal, she does it. Which might explain all the burn marks and scorching on her clothing. Rip's... not in the greatest mood.
Approach with caution?]
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[Marco doesn't seem too bothered by the fireflies. Even when they seem attracted to the light of his wings, he only seems somewhat amused by them, really.]
[What can he say? A certain little brother also had green fireflies that caused sparks and burst people into flames. It's familiar.]
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Hey.... Join my crew.
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[Well Sanji is just in the pissiest of piss-poor moods! This is largely because he ran out of cigarettes daaays ago...but it also might have something to do with the whole barely being able to breathe thing. Plus being stuck out here with some shitty fox playing some fucked up game of hide-and-go-seek. And then, oh yeah -- the total lack of decent food.
That's sort of a problem.
It's just unnerving enough that it makes something in Sanji's chest tighten, has a ball of ice forming in his stomach that's hard to ignore even in the sweltering heat. He has to remind himself that they haven't been here that long yet, and it's not as though there's NOTHING around. It's just that the limited options they have are a pain in the ass to deal with.
Still, it brings up all those thoughts and worries that he usually manages to keep under control because generally finding food isn't a problem. Even those rare times on Sunny when they've been without a breeze in a fishless stretch of ocean, Sanji's always managed to make it work. But there's a lot more people here than just his crew, and it's in his nature to make sure they all get fed -- whether he's the one providing them food or not.
So he might be a little stressed out. And his way of dealing with the totally-not-worry and stress is to mask it all with irritation, which means he's basically gonna snap at anyone who tries to talk to him.
Unless you've got boobs. Because...boobs. Yay.
Anyway, feel free to chat with him! 8D He's probably looking a little worse for wear while trying to figure out how to cook something or other and wishing he had a shitty smoke, and is definitely handing out plates full of food to anyone who's hungry. If his own stomach is loudly grumbling (spoilers: it is), he's flat-out ignoring the damn thing.]
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[A phoenix bringing you food.]
[No wait, that would be better... if the "food" wasn't spiders, moss, and moths.]
[Bon appetite!]
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