acatalepsy_ooc | test drive meme # 3

I ▫ main	IV ▫ premise			XI ▫ applications	XIV ▫ activity
II ▫ logs	V ▫ rules	VII ▫ bestiary	IX ▫ canon updates	XII ▫ taken	XV ▫ drop/hiatus
III ▫ ooc	VI ▫ faq	VIII ▫ setting	X ▫ mods	XIII ▫ reserves	XVI ▫ players

test drive meme #3

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 the tinier inhabitants of the Forest of the Fey are acting a little cheeky.

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 -- the sprites that reside within the Forest of the Fey seem to be exceptionally active, today, and tricks abound wherever you look.

KINGS AND QUEENS.

Typically, the sprites of the Forest of the Fey remain within the protective canopy of the surroundings. However, there seems to be something different in the air, and these little bastards are flitting about and giving out flower crowns to everyone. They are beautifully made, intricate and gloriously decorative, and most people would be happy to adorn one!

There's just one problem, though -- they don't come off. No matter how hard you try, those damn flower crowns are stuck on your head, and you cannot remove them no matter how hard you try. Hope you enjoy being a fairy princess for a day.

And, if you are alighted with a flower crown, your skin turns the same color as whatever flowers now sit upon your head. A wreath of blue roses? Congratulations, Violet Beauregard -- you're now as blue as a blueberry. The effect wears off in about an hour, and you can remove the flower crown then -- but have fun being every shade of the rainbow as the sprites take their time to torment the new arrivals.

BALLOONS FOR EVERYONE.

Normally, there are some animals that wander within the ancient stone buildings of the Temple. Tiny little white bats, sheep that grow on the vine . . . that sort of thing. However, the sprites have elected to add a little bit more flair the Temple, and balloon animals have invaded the living space. Where the sprites got the idea for balloon animals, no one can really be sure -- Astoria seems to think the sprites are waltzing through the spirit realm and seem to have garnered an idea there, whatever that's supposed to mean.

So, no matter where you go, there are balloon animals. Little dogs, brightly colored fish, dinosaurs, giraffes . . . except they seem to move, and make noise, and act like their real counterparts. Tiny balloon dogs nip at your heels, balloon fish flicker about in the waters that sprinkle themselves throughout the Forest, and balloon birds float through the skies.

Bonus? If you pop them, they explode into (biodegradable) glitter.

DECAYED DECADENCE.

Despite the shenanigans from the sprites, however, there seems to be something happening within the Temple that may be cause of concern. Flower crowns and balloon animals aside, there seem to be odd spots of the Temple that suddenly wilt . . . flowers that bend over and wither at a moment's notice, saplings that seem to creak as if suddenly dried from the inside out . . . and it seems, oddly enough, that it happens whenever you, an Arrival, get closer to the wild life.

Astoria seems to think that something is wrong . . . perhaps something the Circle members brought back from their last trip. An illness, or something more? Care to poke about and see how far you're willing to take it? Or does your magical gift enable the protection of plant growth? Try out your green thumb and see if you can help.

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! ♥

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Your third time? This happens often?

[It's a small revelation, but an important one.]

And... Every time you've been here, have there been others where it would be their first time, such as myself?

All of that's correct.

[Waver is quiet for a moment, then he explains further.]

There's a particular structure involved. Usually there are new people, and then for about two months there is a mission at hand on another world or in another time all together, at the behest of a particular witch who is responsible for everyone being here in the first place.

A witch, is it?

[It doesn't take a genius to deduce that the witch was the voice that he had heard in his mind. He closes his eyes, thinking.]

As far as you are aware, these worlds and tasks have nothing to do with human history, does it?

Mm. Named Astoria she's...I tend to avoid her, you'd want to talk to others to get an impression of what she's like.

[Waver has decided to be out of the line of fire. Much safer.]

So far, they have not. But that doesn't mean that fact couldn't change.

...Why?

[So this is kind of like a detour. Great. Bedivere will assess later what that means for him as a Servant of Chaldea.]

I just wanted to confirm if we were on the planet Earth to begin with, but that has been apparent so that is just me being cautious.

Oh uh...yeah, that's fair enough. The two locations that the group has visited so far have had no connection at all, and there's a mix of people here from different worlds as well.

[It's definitely a detour. Waver sighs, folding his arm across his chest.]

There's pretty little heads up about the next place we're heading to until it's about time to get going.

I see that this Astoria also prides herself on secrecy.

[Sigh, magus and magic people in general.

(Now that he thinks about it, this boy looks kind of familiar, like one of the Servants from Chaldea...? Nah, that's just a distracting thought.)]

Will we always return to this temple?

Mmm, and coming off really affably about it.

[Honestly, Waver does agree with ugh, mages, but without that being voiced, he can't launch into endless complaining.]

And yes, insofar as it's always been the case to my experience.

I guess if we are to help Astoria, she needs us to have our moments of rest. It does not seem that her benevolence is lacking in that sense.

It might be less that, and more something she's learned from experience with having done a similar little trick with others over the years.

Or centuries. It's hard to say how old she is.

Well, you know what they say; you shouldn't ask a lady their age.

[He's formal, but affable!]

I should introduce myself. You can call me Saber. May I have your name?

[Formal, meet zero control. Waver blinks, then shakes his head, exhausted by this particular revelation. Truly, and he means it, what the fuck?!]

Wait, seriously, another Saber?! What's with all of the Heroic Spirits showing up all of a sudden?

test drive meme # 3

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject