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[OVERFLOW] November Intense Event 2024 [4th Wall Event]

Visitors Arrive

It's not clear when it starts. It's subtle, with one new face appearing in one of the alleyways in Somnius, a gold cuff bracelet unremovable from their left wrist. Another appears a little while later, on the outskirts of the woods. Several more appear, as the hours go on, scattered throughout the neighborhoods of Somnius. It continues like this, a sprinkle of new faces with questions on their lips that becomes a steady stream. The natives do their best to accommodate these new Visitors, but it becomes clear quickly that they are different from the Dreamers, arriving all throughout Visium, rather than in the Enchanted Garden. Rumor travels throughout the city that these Visitors with the golden cuff bracelets must not have contracts, and may still have their native powers. They're treated just the same, encouraged to make themselves at home until Vaeros decides what to do about their lack of contract.

Vaeros remains suspiciously quiet, even from his castle beyond the labyrinth. There's something electric in the air, the atmosphere crackling in anticipation. What's on the horizon?

  • 🏘️ Making House
    There's no end to the mushroom houses or hill houses available, and though there are fewer in existence, it seems as though the desire for a cottage means there will be one available. Visitors are encouraged to make one of these places their home, but some need a bit of TLC to be homeworthy. Roll up your sleeves to make these houses your home! Sweep out those cobwebs and find that the mushroom houses stand straighter and feel healthier the more their insides are cleaned. Other homes feel lighter, and the land around them feels more fertile the more tender care is put into maintaining them. Though many come without electricity and water, it may be found that, for Visitors only, these dwellings will self-connect if enough work is put in. Be careful not to get sprayed in the face by that hose or faucet you're currently polishing!

  • 🌇 Exploring Town
    There's a myriad of places to discover in Somnius. Not only are there native run places like the Stone Dragon Café (which will, unfortunately, almost always misinterpret your order in some fantastical way - they just don't have the best grasp on Dreamer foods), and other businesses run by Dreamers themselves. There's Club Quartz - which is often open late, and always welcoming to those who want to visit - Bloom Boutique, the Dreamer run flower shop, Kuchel's Tea Shop, a long running standard run by a different Dreamer, and of course, south of the cottages, a few miles off the main road, there's a pretty white farm house with a swath of field behind it. There's also the Church of the Moon, ran by locals who fervently believe in the moon and her power to keep the world in balance.

  • 🚸 Unruly Kidlings
    Like any city with people dwelling in it, there's bound to be children. This particular week, the kidlings, both gelfling and goblin alike, seem to be extra naughty. They'll take slingshots to shoot dreamers and visitors with sticky gum, and they're putting soap in drinks that cause those who drink the syrupy concoction to hiccup soap bubbles out of their mouths. Nothing they're up to is particularly dangerous, but it sure is mischievous. It might even be fun to join in when groups of these children take to the streets to race on self-made rollerskates, skidding and rumbling down the cobblestone.

    Dreamers and Visitors might find themselves as makeshift parents, having to guide these unruly children back to their actual parents. Those who take up this task will be given small tokens in thanks - simple items like pearl beads or glass baubles that, if are floated in glass jars with water and several others, will show pleasant memories from the person who last touched them.

  • 🪩 The Labyrinth
    The Labyrinth, freshly reestablished has been quiet. Dreamers will find initially that they cannot enter, but that the labyrinth looks completely different to Visitors. Welcoming and warm, it comes across as inviting and somewhere Visitors seem drawn to. It will be up to Dreamers to stop them before they enter, or take advantage of temporary openings that WILL allow them to enter that only appear when a Visitor goes in, in order to chase after them.

    Dreamers and Visitors alike will experience moving walls and shifting pathways, and find themselves drawn to one place in particular: a tall clear crystal statue that seems to hum. Time spent around this statue compels anyone around it to tell the truth, but when night falls it compels confessions of desire or even love.
Control Slips

cw: natural disasters, potential dismemberment

There's peace for a while, even with the mysterious appearance of these Visitors. However, as time goes on, things start to feel a little off kilter. The ever present barrier around the whole of Visium shimmers ominously, cracks and sparks appearing along the sky, almost as if a bubble is trying to burst. Swirls of color splotch through the sky, only becoming more and more evident. The weather begins to turn cold, then colder still, but then turns warm again. Rain falls heavy and fat, only to disappear the moment day turns to night - which seems to be happening rapidly and without much warning, the day shifting several hours in only a few minutes. These erratic shifts between day and night only seem to further fuel the storms and dramatic weather patterns that dance over the island. Some parts of the island will experience dramatic environmental changes from other parts. While the city could be covered in snow, the forest could be experiencing a heat waves. Concequences from these weather patterns are possible, including forest fires, flooding, freezing of crops, and the dramatic rise of tides on the beach.

What's worse—the very ground beneath everyone's feet begins to rumble occasionally. It, too, starts off subtly, but as the days progress these rumblings cause small cracks, then fissures, and finally, craters that seem to radiate heat as though they reach deep into the earth, beyond the ocean and land. Echoes of cackling and ominous whispers filter up from these fissures, and those who stand too close might find themselves possessed with violent desire or the wish to sap the energy from others in any way possible. Time away from these fissures will make this behavior wane, but be careful!

All of this activity seems to be waking up adversaries and creatures old and familiar within Visium, so be prepared to handle them!

  • 👾 The Fireys
    It's no surprise that, even with the wild weather, the Fireys are making a reappearance outside of the deep recesses of the woods they call home. They're wandering into Somnius, large gaggles of them looking for something FUN to do to match the wild atmosphere and crackling magic all around them. They will party in their usual way, their strange bodies able to detach wherever they want. They have no care that not everyone's body works this way, and will relentlessly pursue anyone they think is playing too hard at being a wallflower.

    When touched by a Firey, body parts do come off, much like dismantling the limbs of a doll. For most people, it’s painless, but for the unlucky few, it’s as excruciating as having it cut off. The Fireys, though? They have no concern for the well-being of others. They will run off with their loot, kicking it around and hiding it, forcing that unlucky soul to go on a morbid scavenger hunt.

  • 🌑 Shadow Wolves
    Those shadow-like wolves have made a reappearance, traveling easily through the slithers of darkness as the moon and sun erratically change positions in the sky. The crackling energy rebounding through the atmosphere fuels them much as the blood moon once did, once again giving them solid form...

    What once was a shadow becomes a ferocious direwolf as large as a tiger, blacker than the night itself, and with razor sharp claws and teeth. These wolves target the natives, who are the most defenseless in this chaotic situation. Adults and children alike are snatched and carried off with the intention of making a meal out of them. These wolves cannot be reasoned with and do not speak. They will attack indiscriminately if they are separated from their intended prey. Once again it is up to Dreamers to protect the native population and usher as many as they can to the new Healer's Conclave, a medical and healing safe haven for those less inclined towards combat.

  • 🦇 Visium's IRS
    No one likes it when government agents go rogue. But in the chaos of rebounding magic and crackling barriers, the Skeksis seem to be operating on their own. Instead of targeting the locals, as many expect once they first show up, the Skeksis target the Dreamers' belongings. They're vicious and will attack in groups when they happen upon a dreamer with items that they have regained. Your gun? Clothes? Any myriad of items you could be carrying on your person from home or gained by Vaeros' magic? They consider that theirs now. They have little regard for how they leave dreamers in the wake of their grabbing and snatching. Visitors will also be targeted for their golden cuffs, but the situation is dire for them; if their cuff is removed by the Skeksis' magical means, the visitor will begin to wither like a plant stricken with no water and a disease. The only way to stop this is to get the cuff back and place it around the visitor's arm again.

    They won't stop at simple possessions either. Those who have wished for homes, castles, and home improvements will also find their homes targeted. Normally places of safe haven, there is no such unspoken rule this time around. Skeksis will wield wands made of purple crystal that seem fused to their hands to rip home additions from their foundations, to crumble standing buildings and pull out plumbing. They can be ganged up on should they get singled out, and should dreamers break their wands their homes will return to the way they were before the Skeksis began their nasty work.
Returning Magic

At one point, the sun sets from its point at high noon, the day rapidly descending into night and giving way to the moon. Shimmering along with the stars, something else appears in the sky. A magical shimmer ricochets through the sky before the image of a large white barn owl flies through the night sky. A screech echoes through the air, cutting through the crisp, stunned silence coming from the natives and the land itself.

"If you do not wish to see the complete unraveling of this place, then I suggest you give back what you have been given. If I am not given this power back, the island WILL sink, it is no longer my choice. Pray at the crystal and return my power to me."

An ominous rumble of thunder echoes through the sky as soon as the image of the perched owl—Vaeros— disappears from the sky in a shattered shimmer. The natives look towards Dreamers especially - expectantly - as they clamor for the help that only they can give. Vaeros is doing his part! You must do yours! Help us all before we no longer have anywhere to live! Give back to the crystal! GIVE BACK TO VAEROS! Ultimately the decision to give back to Vaeros is up to the dreamers themselves, but the consequences seem to be quite dire to the gelflings and goblins that make this place their home.

  • ✅ Returning Magic
    Those generous enough to be willing to sacrifice their regained powers will need to get to the Crystal to do so. When there, they will need to join hands in prayer with other dreamers willing to sacrifice, as well as locals who are there to bolster the wish. This action won't take long, but it does take significant concentration.

    Interruptions or wavering resolve might result in electric shocks that sap energy. Those who do make it through the prayer and give up their power will feel significantly lighter, and a little weaker but they will find a deluxe potion in their pocket when they stand. These potions will replace the returned powers for now, and at full strength. Those who already have red or yellow potions can obtain a second to gain a second elemental power or a second transformation.

  • ⛔ Refusal
    Wait a minute. They want us to return our what?

    So, Vaeros is urging Dreamers to relinquish their regained abilities back to the crystal in order to stabilize the crumbling world. Those who do sacrifice their abilities will notice that anomalies nearby begin to calm - some, however, are surely opposed to this idea.

    What's the right call? Perhaps your character wants to advocate for sacrificing abilities as requested, or, perhaps your character is dead set on doing the opposite. Dreamers who disagree with Vaeros' requst might attempt to reason with others, speak out to the population at large, or even go so far as to interfere with others praying at the crystal to return their abilities. Locals will try to deter these dreamers from interfering, but the natives are generally much weaker than the contracted Dreamers.

  • 🔮 The Crystal
    Those who visit the crystal at this point in time may find that it feels like a safe haven. Besides the Healer's Conclave the effects during this time seem minimal the weather stays steady though the time of day still reflects the same fractures as everywhere else. Huts and tents are set up for those injured by the fireys or shadow wolves, and despite these creatures wandering around everywhere, they can't seem to get into this area. It's a welcome safe haven in all the chaos, and it allows those who wish to pray and donate their regains to do so in...relative peace.
Working Together

With their world and status quo once again thrown into chaos, the natives are growing restless with frustration. Those who are not cooperative with Vaeros are shunned from businesses that are native-run. They might even have a hard time seeking help at the local Healer's Conclave, a new establishment meant to replace a previous Dreamer establishment. Dreamers and Visitors alike may find themselves ushered unceremoniously out of buildings or even public spaces in the town if it's clear they've refused to help the situation. Those who do seem open to helping are greeted warmly and actively sought after with gifts and healing balms. A large contingent of locals have also hastily erected a large board near the Crystal, decorated with gems and carved creatures in its poles. This newly erected Quest Board is how they've chosen to organize their new desire to facilitate tasks that the dreamers and visitors can do to supplement the magics at work to save the island.

Quests appear on the board which insist that connection is vital to repairing the deteriorating world. The locals plea with Dreamers and Visitors alike to seek each other out, and find what connects them.

😱 Shared Scares
Dreamers and Visitors, you must find what bonds you! Sometimes weakness is louder than strength. Seek someone out who shares your greatest fear, and share it with them fully. Honesty is essential. The world will not repair unless you expose your most vulnerable anxieties.

🎇 Drive & Desire
Dreamers and Visitors, strength lies within you still! What is it that you want? Seek someone who shares your greatest desire, and share it with them fully. Honesty is essential. The world will not repair unless you reveal the heart of what drives you.

The magic in Somnius is currently unstable. With Dreamers sacrificing their regained abilities to the crystal in the interest of stabilization, many are left with only the power granted to them by potions. Even if one does still have their regained abilities, locals implore Dreamers to use their potion-granted powers to complete certain cleansing rituals.

🐺 Wolves at the Windmill
The White Windmill has been overtaken by a pack of shadow wolves, prowling inside and out. The magic surrounding the Windmill has become extremely unstable, but nothing can be done to cleanse the space until the wolves are done away with. Locals warn that only using animal transformation magic, granted by the gold potion, will successfully run off the wolves and regulate the area.

🌊 Lake Oh-no-men
Erratic weather near Lake Omen is causing massive waterspouts to form. The area has become extremely dangerous, but locals warn that only using elemental or healing powers granted by the red and blue potions will calm the phenomenon. Dreamers must work together and lend their magic in order to regulate the area once again.

OOC

Expand to see our Event SummaryVisitors Arrive
  • Mysterious Visitors appear all over the city of Somnius identified by a gold cuff bracelet around their left wrist that cannot be removed by any means
  • Other than the mysterious arrival of these Visitors nothing really seems awry. Visitors do not remember a contract with Vaeros or a wish being made.
  • Visitors are given the chance to clean a home to make it their own.
  • The town is active and open, with all of it's usual shops and locations open for exploration.
  • Somnius' kids are out in full mischievous force, causing all sorts of havoc and participating in rollerskate races
  • The labyrinth is acting a little funny, those drawn into it might find a statue that will either make them tell the truth or confess romantic feelings
Control Slips
  • Over time, the setting starts to break and things stop working as they normally have
  • Strange weather effects occur all over and at the same time. Blizzards, heavy rains, heatwaves.
  • Night and Day begin to swap over and over again.
  • Cracks in the island form all over, spreading and causing ravines that sometimes seem to drop clear to inferna.
  • The shadow wolves have returned, violently targeting locals
  • The fireys have appeared, once again looking to have fun in their own distressing way
  • The IRS reappears but targets dreamers and their regains.
    OOC Note: Linked TDM plotting posts are for reference of these mentioned creatures only.
Returning Magic
  • Vaeros appears as an owl in the sky,. He demands repayment if Dreamers do not wish the island to be destroyed. He can no longer hold together the fabric of Visium.
  • Dreamers can offer their power regains to help Vaeros maintain the integrity of the island.
  • Dreamers that sacrifice these regain will temporarily be granted an extra potion power of their choice to use during the rest of the event.
  • Dreamers and visitors can doubt what Vaeros says and try to convince others of their way of thinking.
  • The crystal area has become a safe haven from the chaos of the island.
    OOC note: The rewards that can be sacrificed can ONLY be powers or high-stakes items that facilitate character abilities. Regains to housing, mundane items and similar are not valid. Anything that is voluntarily sacrificed during this event will be returned at a later time via another event and cannot be regained with shards in the meantime.
Working Together
  • Locals have little desire to work with or tolerate Dreamers who won't help.
  • Natives have set up a quest board to facilitate working together in order to bolster Vaeros' magic to sew his magic back together.
  • By the time enough magic is returned to Vaeros to control his land, visitors begin to flicker and disappear. They leave behind their gold bracelets.

Welcome to our November 4th Wall Event! Please keep all event activity to this post and subsequent overflows. We have provided a couple of headers for both Visitors and Dreamers to post their top-level links should they want to! We are also including a third header where we will have a form to fill out regarding donated regains. Please see our plotting post for any event related questions.

An important note about Visitors! All Visitors still have their canon powers. But they can not donate them to Vaeros. Have fun with that!

The Healer's Conclave is our new "clinic" location! Located in roughly the same place the clinic once was, it is a building molded from the trunks of ancient local trees and old pieces of labyrinth wall for protection. Inside, it is much the same as the clinic with a magical healing wing and a traditional medicine wing. This is a well staffed and NPC run "business", though Dreamers can work here. A location entry will be added for the Conclave no later than January 1st.

A State of the World post will be put up on December 10th, based on activity within this event, so look forward to it! Have fun Dreamers AND Visitors! A special welcome to our Visitors coming to us from outside the game!

arsenist: <user name=byob> (vIQ3SML)

akira kurusu | persona 5 strikers | dreamer

[personal profile] arsenist 2024-11-30 09:44 am (UTC)(link)
i. visitors arrive; making house
[One thing has become abruptly clear to Akira while living in Sominus - everything happens all the time, all at once. It may feel like he just got here, but now there's been whispers of people that have arrived with golden bracelets...

So he does what he does best; he gets to work, keeps his hands busy. They'll need a place to stay, after all, so he might as well help them out to get their homes ready to live in. Dusting and mopping feel like natural things to him.

Some parts are a little more pesky than others, however, like that unfortunate cobweb that's a little too tall even for him to reach...]


Slide that chair over for me? We'll take care of this the old-fashioned way.

[Hopefully you're another dreamer and not a visitor, because it would be a shame if that sink just turned on by itself...]
ii. control slips


[The weather is looking pretty chaotic these days; all things considered, it wouldn't be surprising if people were choosing to take shelter from it all as best they can.

What probably is surprising is the guy sitting in a tree, probably underdressed for whatever change might be occurring when somebody happens to find him. He seems to be looking at the sky frequently and jotting something down in a notebook, completely unconcerned.]


Hey. [Whether there's rain pouring or frost climbing over the tree bark, Akira simply raises a hand in greeting.] You might not want to stick around here too long. There's a big crack probably coming this way.
iii. control slips; visium's irs


[Akira's already had a pretty rough introduction to the Skeksis in the morning, considering they tried to reclaim his newfound home, so the moment he sees them wandering through Somnius proper, he takes to hiding behind whatever he can find in the vicinity - trees, bushes, rocks, anything that can conceal him. He isn't particularly interested in a repeat performance, after all.

He keeps that up... at least until he sees one going after somebody in plain sight. Others are close by from their group search, and should be approaching quickly.

There's really only one right thing to do, or only one thing he can bear to do. Akira cannot turn his eyes away from someone in need, after all. How much good it'll do is debatable, but he can try to at least make a distraction, an opening. He plucks up a rock by his feet and hurls it at the head of the Skeksis holding onto someone.

Is it a Dreamer? Is it a Visitor? Whoever it may be, it should at least loosen that hold long enough to get away. Akira bursts out of his cover and thrusts out a hand.]


This way! Hurry!
iv. wildcard

((if any of that doesn't work for you, feel free to throw something else at me! if needed Akira's permissions are here, but i'm down to do pretty much anything except the fireys prompt (though happy for him to help others with any recovery from the attacks). for any plotting beforehand, you can hit me up at either [plurk.com profile] Yamadori or my plotting comment!))
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@devilishkouhai

[personal profile] arsenist 2024-11-30 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
(( previously... ))

[With his hand outstretched, Akira freezes.

At a time like this... why would this girl ask a question like that...? She isn't fighting back so he should be ignoring it, moving forward without another thought, and yet-

He thinks of the cognitive underbelly of Tokyo, squirming with selfish desires and abuses of power.

He thinks of some of the people twisted enough to need a Change of Heart, and the way that hurting others had made them feel above everything.

Akira thinks of the Phantom Thieves, banded together to have a place to belong. He thinks of his own fists meeting bulwark doors, like he could feel the metal through his gloves if he pressed hard enough. And he thinks of the tears of a woman at the bottom of an abyss, struggling with an answer that isn't so different from what he's just been asked.

He stands to his full height and out of cover, hand gripping the weapon in his pocket tightly. Some of the Skeksis take notice, pointing out his presence, but he pays them no mind.]


Yes. [He says it in a voice that's soft, but somehow is clear over everything else.] Always.

[For Kurusu Akira, a question like that will only ever have one answer.

He meets the eyes of the girl even as more of the Skeksis close in on him.]


I think you're worth saving.

[It's someone he doesn't know. Maybe she isn't even human.

But it wouldn't make his answer change.]
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[personal profile] devilishkouhai 2024-12-04 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ Those eyes. ]

[ She has seen them before. ]


[ It surprises her to see them once more when she's all but set aside her promise to human order. When the embodiment of its champion seems to have found her once again, there they are again, those eyes fixed on her once more. She is reminded of her love of humanity, reminded of her promise to them, and feels secure with an ache in her heart to continue to strive for what her purpose was always mean't for. What else could it mean, to confront a serpentine chance distilled into a 1 in 805 million?

She is meeting the 1 in 805 Million, within a 10% chance.


Her original existence, True BB. Merged with the Moon Cell and inquired humanity the same question she had posed him with.
Their answer had been, cannibalistic at best.
With a measly 10% holding the hope to carry all of humanity onwards, despite the horrors they have yielded of the world around them.

1̷̀́0̸̻̋%̸͘͘


A gamble, she has surveyed the entirety of this place and every individual there within it many times. Several stood out to her as potential Masters, but none had satisfied her until now. Finding that this one person of the 10%, was in fact, suitable enough to heed her hand. In almost mild desperation but also hope being refounded, she lets herself take action.

Reaching her hand outwards to summon out a long lance from the palm of her hand. It expands outward to either side, eventually becoming fully formed and held by her device. Then, in utter silence, holding a cool, chilling look upon her face. BB cuts the Skesis in half at a speed that is unseen to the human eye. Naturally, it lets her go, and unnaturally, she gently and slowly begins to go downwards towards him. Dismissing the lance from her palm once more. Whereas the body she had mercilessly killed clatters onto the ground with large thuds. Sending the Skesis around them into a mild panic -

BB lets herself fall more toward him, eyes locked with his own. Here to settle herself into his arms if he so reaches out to her. When he does, she sets herself on him in a way where her hands rest against his shoulder. Her face, posing downwards to look at him, was often touched with an intensity that seemed to burn. She does not move, but she sits on his arms, which he lifts up towards her—perched on them as if she were a bird that came flying to him.

All at once, the Skesis are entangled in tendrils that wrap around them and start squeezing until they are rendered unconscious. If he tries to look at what is going on, BB takes her hands and moves his cheeks towards her. So that their gazes meet - ]


Are you my master?


[ My long awaited Master? ]

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[ There is no wrong answer to have, but there is one wish. Something that she has long been waiting to complete. Aware of the strange anomaly that has concurred upon setting her existence in this strange place. Even more aware of the disparities of her existence slipping as it is.

I think you're worth saving.


BB is not, who is worth saving, it is instead - everyone else who is. Everyone whom she has afforded her existence to here, whom she has rewired her Moon Cell to determine is the new found Humanity. Whether they wished for it or not. What she is gambling with is not just insurance but a calculated risk tied to an undisclosed possibility. One that no one but perhaps Charlemagne could reveal. And where has he been?

BB has been desperate for his action.


Why has it been so easy for her to convince others she is so harmless?



There's nothing more perilous than a devilish and impish monster concealed beneath a veil of charm. ]



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[personal profile] arsenist 2024-12-05 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[It happens so fast, a savage dance that his even his quick eyes struggle to track.

A flash, and there's a lance

cutting through the threat to her livelihood

and shouldn't it be so scary, to see her kill with such ease?


The rest of the Skeksis begin to panic

though she pays it no mind

and shouldn't that be so very worrying?


Shouldn't he be afraid? Shouldn't he run away?

Shouldn't he look away from the intense eyes that are locked onto him as she approaches? Shouldn't he recoil from the hands that took a life?

But there's no need for it, when all of those reasons never made him flinch away from another.


In his own world or this one, there are only two things that Akira fears.
This girl is not amongst them.


She falls towards him, but he doesn't feel a killing intent - so his hands reach out to catch her. It feels like she should weigh more, for someone that has so much power, but it's not the strain he expects. She's so much lighter than he thought she'd be.

Akira's voice is trapped in his throat. There's a movement from the corner of his eyes - he thinks he sees a tentacle, not Azathoth's, unknown as an ally or a foe, and before he can confirm it- a hand gently pushes his gaze away from it. Hers. Her face, framed by a curtain of hair, takes up his entire vision.

"Are you my master?"


Laughter is so far from his mind, but a burst of hysteria twists in his gut before it's smothered. A master. His mind jumps to Kawakami, the white and black of the girl's clothes juxtaposed against the black and white of a maid outfit, before he can help it... but surely that isn't what she's asking. He does not know the cost or the weight of whatever it is that she wants. Maybe her mind is as wild as the actions she just took.

But those are the types of people that Akira made some of his closest bonds with. The quirky and the strange, the outcasts and the forgotten. There are things that prevent that tie from being formed but this, too, is not one of them.]


If I say yes... [His voice is slow, soft, neither accepting nor rejecting. Listening, because that's simply a part of who Akira is.] ...will it help you?

[A red thread dangles.

Will it save you?]
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placation: placation (art: pixiv 11317886) - dns (but we sing it anyway)

> continuation !!

[personal profile] placation 2024-12-02 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ previously on as visium turns ]

[ Maruki can't help himself; he yelps as Akira launches himself at the Skeksis. There are vague, watery memories somewhere deep in his own cognition of watching him flipping and sprinting and rappelling and fighting his way through the stark white halls of his own palace, but seeing it in person is something else entirely. The ease with which he leaps into action, the brutality with which he attacks–

It's only befitting of the leader of the Phantom Thieves, isn't it?

He exhales, refocuses on the Skeksis, hitting the one that isn't engaged with Akira with a quick Memory Blow just to stun it.
]

Weapons work as well as anything else!

[ He's seen Akechi stab some to death!! ♥

Some of Azathoth's lesser tentacles rise up around Akira and his Skeksis, winding around the creature's limbs to try to restrain it– keep Akira safe one of the few coherent thoughts in his swirling, roiling mind as the other waves its hand to begin to bring down the support beams in the entryway.
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Oh, those– wands? [ He guesses? ] Smash those!!

[ Azathoth, personally, does not have the finesse to go for a lil wand. It only knows Kill Bigly. Hope that Skeksis likes a nice Piercing Strike of its own! ]
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[personal profile] arsenist 2024-12-05 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
[If he had the bandwidth to spare for it, the yelp would make him laugh; he probably will, later, when there's time to think about such things and not simply be tugged around by wonder and adrenaline.

He's not alone. He's not alone. He's not alone. It hums directly under his skin, feels like life being poured into the grieving ghost of Kurusu Akira.

He jerks as the tentacles come into view, but settles immediately when he identifies the color. Azathoth's, an ally, safety. Maruki is helping him, so he tosses a quick word over his shoulder.]


I owe you one!

[Smash the wands, huh? Less easy to do with a blade, but he has other means.

The Skeksis is restrained, struggling but not breaking free, enough for Akira's hands to be free. He flips the dagger, ignoring his Mental Morgana crying out for safety, and jabs down with the hilt of the dagger instead.

It misses a little; he's not used to attacking with it from this end. Fortunately the heat at his neck doesn't turn to a blush; hopefully Maruki can't see with Akira's body blocking part of the view. The second time he tries, though, it connects and there's a satisfyingly unpleasant crunch.

One down, hopefully.]


Do you have the other one?

[He's talking to Maruki, but he doesn't take his eyes off the Skeksis even restrained; he doesn't know what it can do. He doesn't think about its wound.]
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[personal profile] placation 2024-12-05 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Does he have the other one?

Well, Azathoth's tentacles fling it out one of the shattered windows to get it far enough away from the machiya for Eternal Radiance to all but entirely incinerate it in holy light, so yes. He has the other one.
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I'm fin– whoa.

[ With the death of the second Skeksis and the remaining living one's wand crushed beneath the butt of Akira's dagger, their power is obliterated. Every broken windowpane, every crumbled wall and pile of rubble reforms itself with swift, unnerving efficiency. Maruki trips over his own two feet getting out of the way of a fissure through the foundation of the home as it repairs itself, sprawling out on the floor just outside the kitchen, gangly limbs akimbo. ]

What on earth...

[ He whips his head around to look over at Akira and his Skeksis, Azathoth still helping to restrain it. ]

Do you think– [ He pauses, scrambles to his feet, stumbles a few steps closer. Yeah, it's definitely still alive. So killing them isn't necessary, but then again, letting them go probably isn't the safest bet either, even if they are depowered. For how long? ] Should we finish it off?

[ It's funny. With Akechi, this wouldn't even be a question. ]
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@burningideals

[personal profile] arsenist 2024-12-03 10:25 am (UTC)(link)
(( previously... ))

[Akira tilts his head to the side, considering. Most people he's seen during his time out there have fled the area; at least one person has even dissuaded him from staying out here. This is the first time he's run into anyone that seems totally unconcerned with the situation.

He smiles, three parts mischief and one part genuine. He likes it.]


You're the first person I've seen that doesn't really mind it. As for this- [One hand tightly clutches the notebook while the other taps his pencil against the side of it.] -is for keeping track of the weather changes. I want to figure out if there's any pattern to it, or if it's all random.

[It's seeming like the latter so far... But he hasn't given up yet.]
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[personal profile] burningideals 2024-12-04 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ A lot of it comes from him just not giving a damn about most things, though weather changes were really minor and handle-able honestly. Which was why he just shrugged his shoulders, eventually opening his eyes again to glance back up at the teen shortly. ]

I'd go with random, given how chaotic things have been around here.

[ That and his experience of being here this long has told him to not rely on anything like a 'pattern'. ]

Better than it being boring and dull. This just keeps things interesting.
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[personal profile] arsenist 2024-12-15 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[That one gets a laugh out of him, though it's quiet one. It's a laugh that sounds like it's restrained, but it would be something more if it wasn't.]

Maybe we have that in common, then. It's pretty exciting being out here.

[He does have a purpose for this, but Akira can't deny that there's a thrill to being out here, too. He knows that it's risky, but in spite of that - or maybe even because of it - Akira enjoys it.]

Are things being interesting the reason you're out here?

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@abandonhumanity

[personal profile] arsenist 2024-12-06 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
(( previously... ))

[He breathes out, relief, and takes the reins. A moment is spent to observe the dragon, a quiet little curiosity brightening his eyes even as he forcibly tamps it down. It's not the time, and he knows it.]


Does this normally happen here? One type of weather on its own would be one thing, but the changes seem... extreme.

[Unpredictable. Erratic. His guess is that it's not, still, because most of the structures he's seen here don't seem built to handle things like this.]
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for the purposes of this tag, assuming this is early event before all the chaos? lmk if that's okay

[personal profile] abandonhumanity 2024-12-08 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Eren faces the barn door, as if he can see through it. The sounds of the wind buffeting the sides of the barn tells them the storm is still raging. As for how long it may last...]

No. I've never seen the weather here change like this. [There was a blizzard last year, but at least it was consistent.]

It signals something coming. Something worse.

I can't prepare you aside from that. There's no telling what.
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YES that is absolutely okay :3

[personal profile] arsenist 2024-12-08 09:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Something worse.

Akira's hands are tight on the reigns as a shiver travels throughout his body. If even Eren doesn't know, then...]


Even knowing that helps. If the worst is coming, it's time to brace for it.

[It's frustrating being powerless in this place, just a step to the left of Ryuji being held at swordpoint and nothing to defend him with but an equally frail body. But having to face the unknown isn't anything new; if danger is wrapping around his feet at every corner, he will simply have to keep moving out of their grip for as long as he's able.]

Are there any supplies inside the barn if we get trapped inside?

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@enteloki

[personal profile] arsenist 2024-12-11 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
(( previously... ))

[His body straightens out of its slouch, limbs and muscles suddenly locked with tension, eyes bright and Joker-sharp. It's all too clear that the game he suspected is the one they're actually playing, and Akira's mind adjusts accordingly.

He was right to have suspicions. He knew this would be the outcome, so why does it still leave a sour taste in his mouth?

Maybe it's just that it doesn't get any easier, when it comes to Akechi Goro.]


It's fine. [It isn't.] It was the quickest way to figure out what was happening. It's understandable. [No it isn't.] I knew that about you, though. It was funny watching you eat the spicy takoyaki, but I didn't want to actually trick you into it. It's why I kept a separate batch of curry for you for infiltrations after.

[What the fuck, Akira thinks and doesn't say, though even that is a near thing that takes all of his willpower. What the absolute fuck. He doesn't know if he should laugh or be horrified.

In several fell swoops, he's confirmed something for Akechi in the worst way possible. And yet, it still burns less than if he'd exposed his own thoughts and feelings. It's so much "worse", but he's still relieved over it. Relieved that there's still things in his heart he can keep locked away.

He's said too much to Akechi before, and perhaps that's why it's easier to swallow the possibility of dooming himself, of saying a word that's almost impossible to misinterpret. Perhaps that's why he can feel utterly calm as he stares at him unflinchingly, tilts his head to the side, and tries to think of how he can still win.]


What types of things did it make you say last time?
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[personal profile] enteloki 2024-12-15 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
[There it is.

They were in Sae's palace together - Akira remembers as much. Knows Akechi up to November. It's a dangerous time period for the both of them to recall, and it brings forth more questions with every answer.

Akechi has to think.

So he does.

Adapting quick is key. Akira is on guard, but not leaving. Akechi is on the attack, and refuses to to disappear.
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How kind. You always do put others before yourself - that's why so many people flock to you, leader. Even those you can't even remember.

[Tone level - he can do this. Akira asks a question and the words begin to roll off his tongue.]

To your question - this and that. [A conversation further back. A few secrets, a lack of filter.] Things he didn't understand, but you would so I would sooner stab myself than repeat them.

[Not horrible, not great - Akechi laughs it off like a harsh joke.]

Of all the memories you recall between us - to think, it was her palace. I have to say I'm surprised.
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[personal profile] arsenist 2024-12-23 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's so distinct - the way his tone shifts, the way his way of addressing Akira changes. At least part must be purposeful, but he wonders if Akechi even notices the former?

He lied to him about forgetting most likely, but strangely, this part of it all doesn't sting. Akira accepted this as a possibility from the moment they met in this world.

The thing that's actually in question is how deep the lie goes... and from what point in time does Akechi really come from?

There're more questions than that, of course, but so many of them spiral out from that one single fact. It's as dangerous of a situation as he's always been stuck in with Akechi, but now he can truly adjust. Now he knows where he stands.

Akira can no longer assume that Akechi knows nothing; until he finds a gap between their knowledge, he must assume that he knows everything.]


It seems that you remember a lot more than you let on.

[Bad, extremely bad. He hates this thing so much. But Akira has things to find out, so he isn't going to let it deter him.]

But you keep talking about our memories. Maruki-sensei spoke parallel universes when I arrived here. [I can't even say Maruki-san. Can't even hide an honorific from this thing. He pushes his glasses up the bridge of his nose, watching Akechi's reactions carefully. Keep pushing.] Why are you so convinced that I've lost my memories?

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[personal profile] arsenist 2024-12-13 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
(( previously... ))

That's a kind offer. In that case, I'll be a lookout for the both of us.

[He'd thought he might be pressed to get down, and maybe he would've... But the fact he isn't being pushed makes Akira just a little more reticent, his limbs a little looser.]

I climbed a lot of trees as a kid, so I wasn't too worried about getting out of here in a hurry.

[A little truth used to obscure the reason his reflexes are so good. However, his curiosity about the man wins out over his need to not say too much.]

Most other people I've seen would rather not take the chance, though. What were you looking for out here?
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[It is a good vantage point for a lookout... and Gumshoe really doesn't want to do any tree-climbing himself. So he'll let the kid do his thing and make sure he doesn't end up in a crack in the process.]

Oh yeah? I did a lot of climbing trees in my day too, pal. But you know what they say, pride goeth before a fall. [And falling from a tree can really smart...! Especially when the ground's tearing apart.]

As for what I'm looking for? Well, I'm trying to find one of two things. Either some clues as to what the hell's going on here and how to fix it, or people I can help get to safety. I feel like I'm gonna have to settle for the latter for now, pal!
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Sounds like for the former, we want the same thing, then. [Even if, ultimately, Akira isn't sure how much he can sleuth out of this method. All he has is this pen and paper, after all... But even so-] I'll make this quick. I'd rather you didn't get hurt, either.

[Akira has a lot of faith in his own speed, but the man still has a point. It's better not to be overconfident about it. And if someone else was put at risk for his sake...

He can't allow that. He writes faster, eyes darting between page and sky.]


Have you run into anyone else out here besides me?

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[personal profile] arsenist 2024-12-14 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
(( previously... ))

[His expression doesn't change much, but he does wink.]


Don't count me out yet. I have a few tricks up my sleeve.

[Balance... Core strength... Probably not too much different from flips in the air. Or at least, that's what Akira would imagine; he's still gambling a bit on the hope that he'll pick it up quickly, as he tends to do with other things.]

Any tips for a first-time flyer?
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[Subaru says with utmost confidence:]

Don’t worry about falling over!

[‘cause it’s going to happen!]

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(( previously... ))

But if I'm inside, I can't feel the wind on my face or my hair about to stand on end from lightning.

[If his hair is standing up from lightning, he's probably not long for this world, but... Well. Details.]

I won't be out here too much longer either, though. I've almost finished what I came out here for.

[He thinks so, at least... Akira wants a little more time to see, but he's nearly confirmed it now. There's almost no perceptible change.]
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[ really? dolph gives him a flat look. ]

You've got five seconds to enjoy the weather before I pick you up with my pinky finger. Now's really not the time to that.

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@maidenofrelief

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((previously... ))

[He walks forward a little bit, listens to the crunch of the ground beneath his shoes, spies the walls that shift about as they please. Undeniably, he is still in Somnius.

And undeniably, this is the same person he knows he can look to for help, just as he can easily open his hand to help her.]


It's me. I'm really here.

[Against all odds. In spite of all the impossibilities of this world.]

I didn't expect to see you. [He didn't know if he'd get to see her again at all after he left Tokyo. It's wrong, but part of him is glad. A familiar face he's on good terms with, no complicated strings attached... But it's also just nice to see someone he considers a friend.] I've been here for only a week, but... A lot's happened.

[It feels like a distinct understatement, but he doesn't know how much he should say. How much he can say; there's still things Akira doesn't know, and there's still things Akira knows are better not to reveal to a normal person like Chihaya. Things like the power of a Persona, or the extent of what happened on Christmas Eve... they're things he spoke of with Maruki if not Akechi, but those types of things would only be a burden to her. She has enough to contend with ending up here in Somnius.]

I don't know everything about this place, but I can try to catch you up to speed. Let's see if we get out of here while we're at it.
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[personal profile] maidenofrelief 2024-12-17 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
[She doesn't know whether to laugh or cry or something else- everything is insane and she doesn't understand how she got here or why, but Akira is here. He's here and that can be enough for now. There's a surge of hope in her hummingbird heart as her hands tremble.

She goes to step towards him, away from the path she was taking towards the center of the labyrinth, but her legs feel locked in place. She can feel that gentle lull trying to dig its claws into her thoughts and she grips her fists, leaving imprints in her palms.]


I didn't expect to see anyone I knew. Last I saw you, we were in Tokyo. Do you know what brought us here?

[She tries again to move, feels that locked and trapped feeling down to her bones, and panic wells up in her chest. Her concentration on Akira breaks.]

Maybe whatever it was is in here.

[Her voice is distant and airy as she turns away. She feels herself able to move smoothly again as she takes more steps towards a wall that begins to eagerly open for her. The bricks under her feet seem to curl and propel her forward with a rattling groan. Yes, it makes sense. If they go in deeper, if they find the center, that will hold the answers. Surely.]

Why should we leave? It seems safe.

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