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Entry tags:
- !cultist arc,
- !cultist arc | events,
- chikusa kakimoto | katekyo hitman reborn,
- ebisu | noragami,
- event log,
- ginia | original character,
- hibiki shikyoin | pripara,
- keith | voltron,
- ken joshima | katekyo hitman reborn!,
- nagito komaeda | dangan ronpa,
- nanako dojima | persona 4,
- suzaku kururugi | code geass,
- wendy | kuroshitsuji,
- yuna yuki | yuki yuna is a hero,
- ω add | elsword,
- ω archer [emiya] | fate stay night,
- ω kija | akatsuki no yona,
- ω mai | dragon ball super,
- ω misaki yata | k,
- ω nari reno | original character,
- ω piccolo | dragon ball z,
- ω reisi munakata | k,
- ω sha gojyo | saiyuki,
- ω son goku | saiyuki,
- ω yumoto hakone | cute high earth defens,
- ω zelda | loz: ocarina of time
28 - The Hungry Forest
Who: Everyone!
What: Will the mysterious forest give up its secrets -- and its captives?
When: Nov 14
Where: Within the forest
Summary: For a while now, the mysterious forest that makes unpredictable moves around the Far Shore has seemed to be getting deeper and darker. Gods and shinki are missing, taken in by the forest's traps. Now, it's time to uncover what has taken them, and find a way to return their freedom....
Step into the forest, and fall under the strangely disconnected feeling within its borders. Your physical abilities will remain as sharp as ever, but accessing any supernatural ability, including a god's powers or a shinki's abilities, is much more of a struggle within this place, and incredibly draining as well.
Forest Dangers
The forest is no less closed-in when people actually get into it, and the sky is almost impossible to keep track of, replaced by looming boughs and twisting, knotted tree limbs. Those branches and vines almost seem a little too purposefully placed to block people in... although it might not be so obvious until you turn around and notice the path grown over with plants behind you.
It’s not just paranoia. The forest itself is acting to stop those here for rescue, and the trees will readily attack or attempt to capture any god or shinki making their way through. Paths knot up with brambles before them, trees drop branches to block the way, vines lock up the gaps between trees before trying to drag anyone who comes too near away. It’s going to be a struggle to get through, but together, it can be done.
Also hovering among the trees are the firefly spirits that have been a worry for some time. They venture alone at a distance, but once someone comes near, they’ll cluster and attack – if they touch your skin they'll burn like real fire, so be careful how you deal with them!
Soulless Shinki
A little deeper into the forest, searchers will begin to find some of the soulless shinki that wandered into the forest. Unfortunately, they’re beyond reason, and their numbers aren't just made up of soulless shinki with gods (Shizuo's, Add's, Hakkai's and Yuna's). Many of the nameless ones who have been living at the soulless shinki temple are here, too. These shinki, armed with whatever weapons they had when they vanished along with powerful wooden spears and maces grown by the cursed trees, are defending the inner areas of the forest alongside the plants with a vicious and mindless enthusiasm. Their focus is purely to stop those who might be getting close to the other prisoners.
Are those spell papers and straw dolls pinned to the trees that they’re clustering to defend? Maybe it would be worth it to get a closer look....
Creepy Cultists
In the deepest parts of the forest, where the weight of the magic working here becomes much heavier, and the forest almost vibrates with power, there are... humans. Normal, living humans, by all standards, except for the fact that they’re swathed in dark, hooded robes, and many of them are carrying the same spell tags and dolls visible on the trees the soulless shinki are so fervently defending. While they can’t see the gods and shinki at work in the forest, the humans are continuing to put up spell markers, and whenever a fresh one goes up, the magic in the air grows just a little more suffocating. They need to be stopped – but the question of how humans are in the Heavens’ forest in the first place still needs answering.
Those nearest to the forest’s center, in the heart of the magic, are maintaining the lines of massive sigils on the forest floor, the edges of which are only just visible beneath a tangling wall of brambles, vines and branches. The plants give way for the cultists, allowing them to continue maintaining the shapes, but nobody else. It’s safe to say that the snarled mess of plant life protects where the trapped gods and shinki are hidden, but can a way through be found with the magic’s effects so strong? Maybe the cultists will come in handy. They're intensely focused on the spell papers and sigils, and no matter what the gods and shinki do, they won't be able to keep their attention for long enough to convince them to answer more than a question or two -- but with some convincing, they might be able to point the way.
To Be Continued...
Be prepared! On May 3 (OOC), the final battle to save the kidnapped characters will be posted as a separate log. Soulless shinki can be NPCed in this first log, but missing PC characters (gods and shinki) will not be found until that second log goes up.
In Summary:
What: Will the mysterious forest give up its secrets -- and its captives?
When: Nov 14
Where: Within the forest
Summary: For a while now, the mysterious forest that makes unpredictable moves around the Far Shore has seemed to be getting deeper and darker. Gods and shinki are missing, taken in by the forest's traps. Now, it's time to uncover what has taken them, and find a way to return their freedom....
Step into the forest, and fall under the strangely disconnected feeling within its borders. Your physical abilities will remain as sharp as ever, but accessing any supernatural ability, including a god's powers or a shinki's abilities, is much more of a struggle within this place, and incredibly draining as well.
Forest Dangers
The forest is no less closed-in when people actually get into it, and the sky is almost impossible to keep track of, replaced by looming boughs and twisting, knotted tree limbs. Those branches and vines almost seem a little too purposefully placed to block people in... although it might not be so obvious until you turn around and notice the path grown over with plants behind you.
It’s not just paranoia. The forest itself is acting to stop those here for rescue, and the trees will readily attack or attempt to capture any god or shinki making their way through. Paths knot up with brambles before them, trees drop branches to block the way, vines lock up the gaps between trees before trying to drag anyone who comes too near away. It’s going to be a struggle to get through, but together, it can be done.
Also hovering among the trees are the firefly spirits that have been a worry for some time. They venture alone at a distance, but once someone comes near, they’ll cluster and attack – if they touch your skin they'll burn like real fire, so be careful how you deal with them!
Soulless Shinki
A little deeper into the forest, searchers will begin to find some of the soulless shinki that wandered into the forest. Unfortunately, they’re beyond reason, and their numbers aren't just made up of soulless shinki with gods (Shizuo's, Add's, Hakkai's and Yuna's). Many of the nameless ones who have been living at the soulless shinki temple are here, too. These shinki, armed with whatever weapons they had when they vanished along with powerful wooden spears and maces grown by the cursed trees, are defending the inner areas of the forest alongside the plants with a vicious and mindless enthusiasm. Their focus is purely to stop those who might be getting close to the other prisoners.
Are those spell papers and straw dolls pinned to the trees that they’re clustering to defend? Maybe it would be worth it to get a closer look....
Creepy Cultists
In the deepest parts of the forest, where the weight of the magic working here becomes much heavier, and the forest almost vibrates with power, there are... humans. Normal, living humans, by all standards, except for the fact that they’re swathed in dark, hooded robes, and many of them are carrying the same spell tags and dolls visible on the trees the soulless shinki are so fervently defending. While they can’t see the gods and shinki at work in the forest, the humans are continuing to put up spell markers, and whenever a fresh one goes up, the magic in the air grows just a little more suffocating. They need to be stopped – but the question of how humans are in the Heavens’ forest in the first place still needs answering.
Those nearest to the forest’s center, in the heart of the magic, are maintaining the lines of massive sigils on the forest floor, the edges of which are only just visible beneath a tangling wall of brambles, vines and branches. The plants give way for the cultists, allowing them to continue maintaining the shapes, but nobody else. It’s safe to say that the snarled mess of plant life protects where the trapped gods and shinki are hidden, but can a way through be found with the magic’s effects so strong? Maybe the cultists will come in handy. They're intensely focused on the spell papers and sigils, and no matter what the gods and shinki do, they won't be able to keep their attention for long enough to convince them to answer more than a question or two -- but with some convincing, they might be able to point the way.
To Be Continued...
Be prepared! On May 3 (OOC), the final battle to save the kidnapped characters will be posted as a separate log. Soulless shinki can be NPCed in this first log, but missing PC characters (gods and shinki) will not be found until that second log goes up.
In Summary:
- Investigate the mysterious forest
- Battle burning fireflies and soulless shinki
- Deal with the human cultists
- Have fun~
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[Gojyo doesn't normally smell like soap. Maybe a little, but it's always overpowered by other smells. Or one other smell. Goku takes a sniff of the air around Gojyo. He doesn't have to make a show of it or move particularly close to tell he still smells the same. Yeah, still weird. ]
Anyway, I can't help it! How'm I supposed to not notice something like that?
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[ Oh. Oh. Gojyo's grip tightens on his staff, the awkward embarrassment bleeding out of his demeanor.
Goku's saying it's weird, but what he means is it's different. That's it, isn't it? He means that Gojyo doesn't smell the way he used to.
He feels cold. ]
Didn't anyone tell you about shinki? You can't say shit like that.
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Huh? What're you talkin' about? It's got nothing to do with being a shinki, you just smell-
[Goku freezes when his chest suddenly tenses up and he realises what Gojyo means. He's talking about something new, which means he's also talking about something old. Is that really enough to hurt Gojyo? The thought of reminding Gojyo of his past at all makes him feel sick and it shows on his face.]
I didn't mean it like that! Gojyo, I promise, I didn't!
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[ If Gojyo were looking at Goku's face, he'd feel terrible. Goku's just not a complicated enough person to sneak references to Gojyo's past into the conversation on purpose -- it was an accident, that's obvious.
But he's looking off into the woods... or, more precisely, at the talismans stuck to the trees just past the little clearing they're in. ]
Yeah, well, you better remember that. If I turn into an ayakashi, everybody's gonna have a bad day. [ What are those? Curious, he heads over to check them out. ] Hey, did you see these?
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[Damn it, if he gets Gojyo turned into a monster Hakkai is going to be so mad at him. That'll definitely be a bad day. But Gojyo's not paying attention anymore so... maybe it's okay? Goku hurries after him, ducking under Gojyo's arm to look at the talismans.]
They look like fuda... [Aw, great, magic bullshit. He wishes Sanzo was here. Goku moves to another tree that has a straw doll attached to it. Goku starts trying to tug it off.] An' someone left a doll here.