PHASE I [ ❓❓❓ ] And then the Flamines are there.
They just appear, suddenly, as if from nowhere. They’re a race of mercenary aliens, and fighting is all they know -- they’re definitely not going to be easy to kill by any means. They seem to have a natural resistance to magic: aside from very specific types of magic (in particular, light magic and anything highly spiritual), they absorb it. Light magic and spiritual magic can harm them, but it will take a lot to take one down.
They can be stabbed, if you can get that close.
But good luck.
Of course, they look like nondescript black shapes with masks until you knock the mask off...and then you can see the true shape of the Flamines.
They’re here to kill you all. :)
PHASE II [ ❓❓❓ ] As if that isn’t enough… it seems the Flamines’ arrival was the last straw for Cerealia and the Nexus Code. There’s a tear in the sky, and from it… the Nexus Code, where all of the lost friends from before, can be seen. It can be entered, even, though remaining there too long can be detrimental to your health.
But people are there.
Old friends, strung up and lifeless, can be seen there, unmoving.
And…
Then some of them move. They open their eyes. They remember how to breathe. And they’re able to return, able to stagger their way back into Cerealia and take their first breath of air in a long, long time.
Welcome back to the chaos of Cerealia, friends.
Unfortunately, you’ve got nothing but the clothes on your back while murderous aliens are rampaging, so hopefully you’re able to think fast. It’d be unfortunate to die so soon after coming back.
As for spiritual and magical characters who were not in the Nexus Code...well, when they return, they’ll find that they’re covered in old, dried blood, and their clothing might have tears in it, as if from a knife.
There are no scars, though, and they’re otherwise fine. Strange.
PHASE III [ ❓❓❓ ] As if this chaos isn’t enough… there are also the masks. Regardless of whether or not characters were around to receive them the first time, regardless what they did with them before, the masks will suddenly reappear in your characters’ hands. They can be tossed aside, but they’ll reappear again eventually, unable to be truly shaken.
Characters who received them before will receive the same mask they had before.
Characters who didn’t receive them before will receive a mask according to the trait that’s more prominent for them.
Either way...it’ll have a profound effect on the Flamines.
They will go after any character with a broken mask in a bloodthirsty rage, intent on murdering them. Characters with a barcode mask or bloody mask will be the next likely to be chased down intently by the Flamines.
Characters with a :( mask will be killed if they get in the Flamines’ way, though they will not go out of their way to chase them down.
Characters with a vine mask or feather mask will be treated with wariness, though they may still be attacked if they get in a Flamines’ way.
Characters with a grey mask will not be killed unless they are first the aggressor, as will characters with a bloody fingerprint mask.
Naturally there will be exceptions to every rule, but the masks will change how the Flamines’ generally act towards characters!
PHASE IV [ ❓❓❓ ] But something’s not quite right.
Regardless of the battles against the Flamines, it seems Cerealia’s just been under too much pressure lately. Something had to give --
And it’s the code building up the characters that really suffers.
Their code has been hanging on by a thread without CERES to maintain it, and now… it’s finally giving out. The glitches that afflicted characters before will be even more prominent now; they might glitch from place to place, or have their powers go totally awry in odd ways. There may be a lack of powers suddenly, or a sudden difficulty staying on the ground as gravity stops working on the character.
They might suddenly be unable to breathe, or go cold, or very nearly die --
But it can be controlled, too, with effort. Characters can learn to control the glitches, gaining an ability to almost teleport, or ways to tweak their powers in exciting new ways.
With a lot of effort, they could even possibly reverse a death -- but only their own, and only once.
BONUS [ ❓❓❓ ] There are also… birds?
Flamingos, to be exact. Who knows where they came from, but either way, there are plastic flamingos chilling all over the place. They’re just normal plastic; they don’t move, they can very easily be destroyed --
But if you touch one with your bare hands… it’ll have an interesting effect.
Characters will suddenly find that they have the abilities or the last person they touched -- but without any of the practice or ability to control it, of course.
Still, it might help with that pesky Flamines problem, right?
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[She gave a giggle before standing back up. Feeling a little bit more confident, she smirked at the older girl as she took a step forward]
Maybe we'll even find Dipstick too. I'm sure he's around here somewhere!
[Although, just as she finished her words, she raised an eyebrow to herself. Was it just her imagination or was there something coming toward the door...?]
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[Rei was pretty intent on Mabel, and just a little bit relieved that she'd managed to calm down Mabel and get her moving again.]
I'll drag him back too, but first let's get you safe. Maybe get you some hot chocolate too.
[That honestly sounds nice, right about now.]
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Granted, it probably was a stupid idea and especially when Mabel had no weapons to back her up. But then again, she was never one to ponder about what would happen next was she? All she could think about was if they were able to escape this place unharmed and alive.
That and it would suck a lot if Rei got hurt under her watch.]
Hey, Rei, do you hear that? I'm not going crazy, am I? [Because she could have sworn she heard something coming toward them quickly. Or maybe it was the sound of her racing heartbeat that was driving her to hear something.]
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Mabel, don't go wandering off alone again...
[Frowning deeper still, the priestess picked up her pace, trying to reach the girl and get her away from there. Because she did hear something, a scrabbling thump on the thick carpet outside the thin wood of the office door.]
Mabel, get away from there! Get behind me and I'll keep you safe!
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Although, as soon as she snapped back to reality, that's when she noticed something was going to go wrong. Maybe it was because Rei was the older one but as she looked down at the knife the Flamine was holding, she wasted no time in pushing her to the side.]
Rei, watch o-
[In hindsight, she really should have listened to her. She really should have gotten behind Rei and none of this would have ever happened. The moment that she turned her back against the creature, she felt a rush of pain running down her entire body. She wanted to scream, she wanted to scream really really loudly from how painful it all was.
But she couldn't.
As quickly as the knife pierced through her, that's when everything quickly turned dark. She didn't say a word, she simply looked back at Rei with big wide eyes before her arm slowly went limp. How she was suppose to feel about the pain was anyone's guess. Although, her last words were her mumbling Rei's name in desperation for her to run.
If she were to truly die here, the last thing she could do was hope that her friend would heed her words and run as fast as she could.]
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One instant, Rei was stepping towards Mabel, already shifting forms, and the next something was coming through the door. Fast, faster than she could react, fast as thought, shadow given form. The next thing she knew, Mabel was shoving her leg, enough to knock Mars clear.
And the it happened. All to quickly, all before she could pull Mabel clear.
The knife connected, burrowed in, a flash of steel in the gloom. Silver turned to red as flesh tore, scarlet rivulets running down the clinically sharp blade. The emotional explosion from the girl hit Mars like a bolt of lightning, the fear and panic, the pain and sudden confusion as the girl went limp.
She knew in that very moment she'd failed. She hadn't been able to get Mabel to safety, and all her platitudes had been lies. All for nothing, and it was her fault. She wasn't fast enough, smart enough, perceptive enough. And because of that her friend, Mabel Pines, was dead.
Time starts again, the uneven crawl beginning to move at a normal pace, the horrific past few seconds snapping Mars back to reality and tearing a shriek from her lips.]
NO!
[Perhaps the last thing that Mabel would feel was heat, a torrent of light and heat, a hurricane of pure flame. Mabel's final emotions surge through Mars, suffusing her with pure molten fury, enough to even give the merciless mercenary pause. It staggers away on unsteady legs, but it's too late. For the alien, for Mabel, for Mars...
It's too late. I was too late. But I'll make it up to you Mabel. I swear it.]