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acatalepsy_ooc2018-10-19 02:32 pm
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test drive meme # 4
 test drive meme #4 It happens in the blink of an eye. One moment, you are home. Perhaps you are with your family, perhaps you are at work. It's a completely normal day . . . and then, suddenly, your stomach drops. You are overcome with a sudden sense of vertigo. You cannot see up, or down, or where you are. All you hear is a voice -- light, bubbly, warm, soothing, in your ear: Don't worry, darling. This won't hurt a bit~ ♥ For those who recognize the voice, it will sound a bit strained. Possibly tired. But the moment happens so quickly it's hard to pin down, and once that moment is over, you fall flat on your face. It's bright, warm, and humid. It takes a few seconds for you to gain composure and catch your breath. You think, for half a moment, that a hand is on your back, rubbing between your shoulder blades in comfort, but when you open your eyes, no one is there. You are surrounded by ancient stone buildings, with carvings you do not recognize etched into the stone. There's a sense of nausea, overwhelming and sudden, when you realize you aren't in Kansas anymore. Even worse, it looks like Astoria has started to feel a bit festive, maybe even a little spooky.  THE TEMPLE OF BEGINNINGS. Welcome to the "Home Base" of Astoria's Circle. What the actual name of the base is called is lost to the ages, and there's no sense of where you could find it, unless you started asking around. At any rate, this is a central hub of the Circle, a place of powerful magic and mysterious energy. It is a scattering of ancient stone buildings and for the most part, it looks abandoned . . . except for what seems to be a few items, some rooms taken, items moved or organized, even a small garden planted. These are just the smallest hints that there are people here that have been here before you arrived. Overall, it's fairly beautiful. However, it is definitely not modern. Upon exploration, you find that the buildings are kept up by some kind of magic. Some of the rooms have items, things from other Circle members already settled, and others appear to be unclaimed. Pick your rooms, explore the grounds, see the beauty and wonder all around you in such a magical place. However, be careful -- there is some additional movement around the Temple that seems specific to the time of year. THE GREAT PUMPKIN.  Fall has certainly arrived in the Circle . . . rich colors adorn the leaves, a crisp breeze is in the air . . . and in the center of the Temple itself appears to be a massive pumpkin. And, really, the word massive doesn't appear to do the gourd justice. It is nearly twelve feet tall and twelve feet wide, round and bulbous in nature. But what is even more bizarre is that the entire structure seems hollow . . . and the front of it, in a Jack-O'-Lantern facade, has a large grinning face.No one says you have to go inside it, but if you're so inclined to scale through the mouth of the massive Jack-O'-Lantern, you will find a couple of things inside! One, the thing seems to be full of bowls of candy. Some candy might look familiar, but most of it looks a little weird. Two, there are floating candles spread throughout the pumpkin, creating odd shadows that cast about as the sun goes down. Three, the pumpkin changes expressions throughout the day. When you aren't looking, it goes from grimacing to smiling -- and it never seems to happen when you look! Have fun celebrating the holiday, Circle. Astoria is just getting started. SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS.  If the pumpkin wasn't quite enough of a giveaway that Astoria has become spookily inspired to welcome her new guests, then this will have to do. Because right along the outside of the Temple of Beginnings, there seems to be a somewhat constant and fairly thick fog. It's the kind of fog that makes you think there's something there. And with some exploration, you'll find...there is. Right in the distance there is movement, unnatural and sporadic. Any further investigation into the movement will involve you moving further and further into the fog. But be careful, because this fog is thick enough to lose sight of where you've come from. With enough time, you can catch up with the movement, to find that what you've heard and seen just beyond your peripheral, are...skeletons. Animated skeletons. They're humanoid, almost cartoon, and are moving with little to no direction. They just seem to be shambling in whatever direction they can, with no purpose or reason. They are entirely harmless. Except that if you get too curious, and get close enough to touch them, their heads will jerk towards you. They won't do much more, until you try and step away. It seems that by touching the skeletons, you've attracted their attention, and as you try to move away from them they will follow. And as they follow, they will attract the attention of other skeletons, and others, and others. If you're not careful, you'll collect an army. They will not follow you across the boundary around the Temple of Beginnings, but everywhere else you wander, you will have an entourage. Depending on how long you spend with your skeletons friends, you might even find out that they will answer simple commands. Like dance. FALL FEAST.  No matter how Astoria's thoughts on holiday cheer, she seems to have at least gotten one fall related item down- because on one of the days, you will wake up and find that in the middle of the Temple of Beginnings, where there is usually some green space and open grass, is now a very large table, extravagantly decorated. It seems to go on forever in each direction, which feels...a little impossible (but what isn't impossible here?) with plenty of chairs. The table has been decorated with fall ornaments (anyone familiar with the American 'Thanksgiving' will find quite a few similarities) with the only difference instead being the wide variety of food available. Astoria is not limited to Turkey and Stuffing on this day - but rather, almost any kind of food or drink (minus any kind of magical abilities it may contain) is here on this table. Food and snacks from every reach of every world and galaxy is on display. Maybe you're going to spend some time searching out your favorite from home, or maybe you're feeling adventurous and want to try a piece of whatever is in front of you - you think it might be some kind of potatoes? If potatoes were slightly bioluminescent? Also, did that side dish move just now? COMMUNICATIONS.  Upon arriving, you will notice on whichever is your non-dominant hand, you will have a fairly simply screen. A smart watch, if you will. Upon exploration, you will find that it has a directory of all those here with you at the Temple of Beginnings- names, and access to a direct message to them. The watch also has video, audio, and text capabilities, as well as what looks like a collection of messages sent to everyone who wishes to open them. This is your 'network', and also how Astoria can reach out and communicate with you. There is nothing keeping you from removing and/or losing your watch! But remember that you will not have access to this network without it. OOC: Also feel free to join us and other possible players on our discord server! enjoy! ♥ |
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[ Yachi sticks close to his heels up until he gets to the pumpkin, not stepping inside herself, but lingering outside the pumpkin's mouth and trying to peer inside without leaning forward, aka presenting her neck to the guillotine. ]
Oh- careful about those candles hanging from the ceiling! It'd be bad if something caught on fire and burned down.
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There's jack shit in here except for those candles and candy.
... You want to get those things to leave you alone? [ their skeleton friends. ]
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...She can't see any. But that doesn't mean they're gone- they're probably hiding around the corner, waiting to ambush them as soon as they let their guard down, and it's a good thing Bakugou brought them up again or Yachi might've completely forgotten about them and they would jump her at the next available opportunity and shank her and gut her and--
You know what? She's just going to step inside the pumpkin now, and press her back against the inside wall so she can at least have that protected. ]
I do! If you know how to get them to leave, that would be amazing! Please!!
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he shoves a pumpkin bowl against of them, watches it catch it clatteringly. ]
You see all this candy? Give it out. There might be other assholes out there who have no idea this place is full of this sugary shit... give it to them or bring them back here if they're hungry.
[ and the creature gives him a wide-eyed-socket look before enthusiastically clattering its bones at its friends. it takes only a short amount of ruckus and skeletal bony noises before the troupe of them head out, arms laden with pumpkins and candies. like reverse trick or treaters bringing it out to random passerby. ]
Those bastards probably have too much time on their hands.
Just put 'em to work. [ THERE. now they're out of their hair. finally. ]
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A part of Yachi had thought Bakugou's solution to getting rid of the skeletons would be grabbing the candles and setting them on fire, but look at this peaceful productive solution— she's utterly shocked and it takes her a moment to find the words. ]
YOU'RE SO SMART.
[ Unexpectedly! except it'd be rude if she said that out loud!! so she just keeps making this face at him ]
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Of course I fucking am. What, you think I'm just some punk? [ yeah right!!! never mind that he looks and acts like a delinquent. fuck you he's smart!!... sometimes. ]
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[ BUT HE'S A PUNK. It slips out before she help it, but she catches herself immediately and does her best to do damage control. Which is, you know. Arm flailing and shouting in his general direction. ]
I mean! No, you're not! You're not a punk at all!!
[ convincing... ]
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anyway. ] Those assholes are off your back so just beat it, girlie. [ there. PROBLEM SOLVED. if the rest of this pumpkin isn't worth investigating he might as well move on as well. ]
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Um. Um!
[ deep breath
DEEP BOW ]
Thank you for saving me!!
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nope. how does he respond to this. ]
... Yeah, sure. [ fucking nailed it. ]
Those guys weren't a threat anyway. You or any asshole coulda handled them. [ well he believes this too. ]
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She straightens up and rubs at the back of her neck nervously. ] I don't think I could. They were scary!! And I wouldn't have known what to do without somebody else there!
[ And she knows that the next time the skeletons come back for a refill of their candy baskets, she's liable to freeze up out of fear even if she knows what to do now. So she was grateful he was here!!! ]
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They're just bones. [ let's not mention he'd been prepared to break bones the first time he saw them. ] And if you don't know what the hell they're doing you can just observe them. They weren't attacking people, just being pests.
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[ That's an important part he shouldn't just overlook! ]
Lions and gorillas and crocodiles in zoos are all still scary, even if they aren't doing anything! You never know when they might break out and attack!!
[ She can't live and let live; that's not how she operates. There's no way she can defend herself, anyways, so Terrified is her state of being whenever she's around anything even remotely dangerous, regardless of intentions. ]
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And if you do you can fucking show them who's boss and make 'em sorry. [ yeah what's the deal. just out-threat the threat. SIMPLE AS SHIT yes this is just how he operates through life. ]
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[ If that's how he operates, he can continue operating just like that, so she doesn't have to ]
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anyway he's not that altruistic. ]