subtract: you lose your mind (I-0013)
Add [ 𝙼𝚊𝚍 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚡 ] ([personal profile] subtract) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2018-01-03 05:27 pm

[CLOSED]

Who: Add, Rin Okumura, Zelda, Oscar, Lenneth... and more TBA!
Where: The depths of Henir's temple
When: October 1st through the 2nd
What: Doing science on the spooky chaos temple core was never a good plan.
Warnings: Various degrees of mind control/manipulation, existential horror, and at least one death. Will update as needed.

Once the formal party is over, Add is already back at his temple making preparations. A pair of messages are sent to his "assistants" to ensure that they're aware of the date—a simple reminder and directions to his temple, along with the slightly ominous "Knock first, I'm not chasing you down if you get lost."

The outside of the temple is looking especially unkempt and overgrown today, but if Add's instructions are followed the door will open up into a wide dark space, blue cubes floating aimlessly about. Star-like lights glitter distantly in the abyss, occasionally blocked out by drifting dark shapes. Even further beyond that is a giant blue orb that never quite seems to stay in the same place. It's hard to miss, at least, but trying to gauge how big or far away it is might give you a headache.

Gravity appears to "stick" to the surface of each cube—any surface—but only as long as you remain in contact with them. So, get used to floating around and jumping between them. The meeting point is at the largest cube near the centre of the cluster, as per Add's directions.
futhark: (62)

[personal profile] futhark 2018-01-12 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Forests are sacred things, so look, it fits. Sage of the Forest appearing in one, and all that, he will make a connection even if none is there because that's how the story sounds better.

He runs into Dokugakuji the same time he notices the cat. ]


Friend, or foe? [ Nope, never met this guy before. So you know, just to be sure he materializes his druid staff and points it lazily at Doku. No real threat there, more of an alert, and he keeps glancing at the cat because

-- why does it remind him of something? ]
If the first, well introductions are in order, if the latter-- I'm busy right now, so I suggest you get lost and keep your life this way.

[ Best First Impression ever ]
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[personal profile] royaltyloyalty 2018-01-20 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Depends, really.

[ He holds up his own sword. He's 6'1" and a lifelong warrior; he's not scared off by such a polite challenge. ]

If you're part of what's causing all of these problems and the ayakashi along with it, then foe.

[ Frankly, it's a pretty damn good first impression where Doku's concerned. Nice and short, to the point. ]
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[personal profile] futhark 2018-01-21 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ So, a friend, it seems. ]

Quite on the contrary. [ If not for the time constraints going on they could exchange a few blows to better figure each other out, even if it's mostly clear they're on the same side. You know, for a good sport! He's going to dematerialize the staff casually as if the threatening didn't happen. ] I'm here to drag someone out of this mess.

[ And maybe fix this mess too, sure, but that's not as high on a list of his priorities. Which is skewed, yes. He turns back to the cat, that is still watching them though it's hard to gauge if there is any interest or just usual cat apathy. ]

One day a guy trespassed on my temple grounds. He was looking for a black cat- [ And just so it happens that supposedly this guy's temple is around here, yes? That's the part of his musing that he does not voice aloud. ] Wonder if it's the same name on the tag.

[ Here kitty, kitty, here's this guy suddenly moving fast towards you ]
royaltyloyalty: (considering)

[personal profile] royaltyloyalty 2018-01-22 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
Hm. Don't think the cat likes you.

[He dismisses his sword and walks until he's side by side with the other guy.]

In the name of these Heavens, I've been called on to fight demons and ayakashi and these strange combinations we're faced with today. They're tougher than normal ayakashi, that's for sure. Other than that I don't really care what they think about my temple or how gods should act... but if what I heard from the phone was true, then taking out the problem could be a key in getting some face time with the higher ups.

[He has some questions - like how to get access to a healer than can help his brother.]
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[personal profile] futhark 2018-01-22 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
She does look like she wants us to follow her, though. [ And that's exactly what he does - follows the cat, maybe it's a stupid hunch, but it's not like they really know where they're going. Here, kitty kitty, a big bad dog is following you. ]

Oh, so they give us rewards for taking care of this mess? [ That's kind of interesting, but he doesn't sound terribly into it. ] If we succeed here, you can take it.

[ He's just here to make sure one (1x) friend makes it out okay of this mess. ]

And, oh, for now, just call me Caster. [ Shouting "hey you" at each other gets boring quickly. And his real name, slash, god-name is kind of too long for now, not to mention probably a pronunciation disaster ]
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[personal profile] royaltyloyalty 2018-01-31 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
Well, Caster - I'm Dokugakuji.

[He raises a hand in greeting just to get that part out of the way.]

I only care about the reward if it's a face-to-face chat with someone in charge. For now, though... how's your jumping?

[Doku takes a full kneel and then jumps up onto one of the cubes, half-expecting to fall straight through it. His balance isn't impeccable, but it's good enough to get one foot landed on the solid face and then slowly lower his other foot down.]

If this cat belongs to that guy Add then maybe it'll go back to his temple in the center of this swirling mess.
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[personal profile] futhark 2018-02-02 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Caster gives a firm but quick handshake to the offered hand. If they were not pressed for time, it wouldn't be that quick ]

Any reward it will give is yours to take [ Caster has no reason for a face-to-face chat with a higher-up, he just wants to save a friend. He owes her as much.] I don't need any of this crap.

[ It's said without any meanness or condescending- he simply doesn't care, and making it obvious that they are not competing for anything will only strengthen the temporary alliance, right?

Huh, jumping is good, could be even better if he wrote a speed runes on his legs, but he's avoiding spells unless he will absolutely necessary. Smart spending, etc. He lands on a different cube, and starts following the trail left by the cat that is always, always one step ahead ]


Don't you think it's very convenient we have a guide? [ Cat, what is your game. What are you scheming? Not saying she's leading them into trap... or maybe, yes, that's exactly what he's saying. ]
royaltyloyalty: (confused)

[personal profile] royaltyloyalty 2018-02-09 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Dokugakuji bobbles instinctively when gravity starts to take hold at different spots. He's not used to jumping like this and it starts to show, especially after the shockwave hits. That's when Caster is able to get a few yards closer to the source of their problems than Doku.]

Not much of a guide if... if we're still not seeing the God of this Temple yet. And more bad shit is happening inside of this place by the feel of it.

[Doku's got some solid endurance but even he's trying hard to make sure he doesn't get... seasick? Airsick? Whatever. Hurl all over this lovely chaos and the cat with it.]

For a reward, at this rate I'll take him - just to figure out how to stop the ayakashi outside.

[But he does manage to keep jumping, trying to aim himself towards where he thinks the shockwaves came from.]
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[personal profile] futhark 2018-02-12 12:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The core is incredibly weird formation on the very fabric of reality. The magic it's made of is entirely unknown, but Caster can tell it's most likely what they were looking for. If that's what Zelda's magic radiated from, then that is his goal, enough said. ]

Aah, I don't like it- but your guy- and my girl- are probably inside this thing.

[ What the hell are you doing here princess? He met Add only twice, and he didn't seem like the type to kidnap someone, and Zelda isn't the type to get kidnapped either, so scratch that. They either planned something or decided to elope producing some weird magical singularity as a side-effect.

Since Caster can't imagine Zelda planning to unleash all those ayakashi on the Far Shore either something went wrong by accident or- Add fucked something up, and she went there to heroically stop him.

All those possibilities, and thinking about them is such a useless waste of time - the only way to learn what's going on is, of course, dive right in!! First, things first, and he turns to the cat- ]


Thanks, buddy- [ Like dogs and cats, he might not trust the feline, but it seems she led them to the right place ] -hope you have other temples to visit for food. We might need to kick the ass of your owner.

[ He's almost regretting not boosting himself with runes a bit, but what's going on inside the core is too much of a mystery, to risk using up the magic too quickly. But they still might need it to reach the core, so as he waits for Doku to get closer to him, he writes few runes into the surface of cube he's standing on. ]

Hey, just a hint. It will be a lot easier to jump up there from here.

[ And with that he lunges towards the core with a jump much faster and much higher than should it be possible, even with the weird gravity thing going on ]
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[personal profile] royaltyloyalty 2018-02-17 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Dokugakuji groans audibly by the time he groggily wakes back up again.]

What the hell...?

[He'd jumped in cold water before, but that was something else.]

Like I got hit with some kind of poison...

[And he'd know, having worked with Yaone for so long. That was just her sort of attack. He immediately starts looking himself over for signs of a dart or the leftover remains of spore dust or something... but no, it doesn't look like that at all. So instead he walks over to his traveling companion and kicks him gently at first, prepared to shove his shoulder harder if he doesn't wake.]

Oi. Wake up. We're not out of the woods yet.
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[personal profile] futhark 2018-02-21 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ This is- this is disgusting, In such weird visceral sense that overcomes the senses and overwrites everything. Who would have thought that jumping through darkness could produce a reaction like that- or maybe it's just there because of how alien the magic is. It clashes with his own.

In the end, that's what Caster is a creature more of magic and spirit, the permanent physical form he gained here being some sort of aberration.

The kick is probably the exact kind of stimulus to make him focus on here and now again. On that silly fact, that he maybe has a body, and he's somewhere, and there is a job to do. ]


Thanks- [ He groans as he collects himself- one would think "magic resistance" skill would work better. Or maybe it does work, and that's why he can recover relatively quickly ]

We- have to follow the light. [ Before it fades. The fact that it's fading is the most worrisome. Please, be okay, princess ]