acatalepsy_ooc | test drive meme # 3

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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! ♥

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Currently unclear. I just haven't seen him since we got back from Struxta.

[Because she's been sick. And when she catches a flash of blond passing her door, she throws a pillow as hard as she can. Which is not very hard, but she'll pair it with a loud:]

Sara!

[And then a hacking cough.]

[ Sara catches the pillow... Zari is lucky Sara didn't choose to murder it instead. Sara comes in and returns the pillow with a bit of oomph ]

You sound terrible.

[She's not going to deny it. She feels terrible.]

I caught the robot flu. It's great.

[It's not great. At all.]

What's a robot flu? Are you a robot now?

No. Hold on, I gotta start from the beginning.

[She pauses for a moment, before shifting into a sitting position. There's a chair across from her that Sara is welcome to take because she sure doesn't want to get close to this snotty mess.]

Astoria brought us here to help other worlds. So she'll transport us there, and we make things better, or try, and then we leave. Kind of like us, but with more people and Gideon actually has a real body, and we got kidnapped first.

[A beat.]

Though to be fair, you guys did kinda try to kidnap me, and Martin did kidnap Jax so maybe it's more like us than I thought.

[ she does sit. she doesn't want whatever that is ]

I've seen Gideon's body. Well, kind of. Whatever. She's hot. And you just didn't know you wanted to stay with us for awhile. It's different.

Anyway, continue.

[Zari's seen her too. But she also thinks that maybe her brain made her up, so she doesn't comment on her supposed hotness.]

Anyway, my first mission here was to a place called Struxta. Land of Robots. When we got back, everyone started getting sick, and Astoria says we brought it back with us, so that's why it's the robot flu. And now you're all caught up.

So, you're not a robot.

Don't they have Nyquil here or something? A med bay? You're not going to be a lot of help saving places if you're laid out like this.

[ Sara still things "robot flu" doesn't make sense but nothing does so that's fine ]

Astoria's not really one for planning ahead.

[She just takes and deposits people as they go. At least Hathaway gave them dossiers to prepare.]

And if magic healing doesn't really do much for the illness, I don't think Nyquil is either. We just have to ride it out.

Great.

[ she rubs her face. captivity isn't really her thing ]

Is there anything I can get you?

[She shakes her head, because she's good for now. She's just going to take the opportunity to move back into a prone position again. Lying down is so much better than sitting up.]

Catch me up. What have I missed?

Here? I don't know anything.

[ but that much is obvious... ]

Back home? When did you get pulled here?

Aruba.

[There's a beat as she realizes Sara may not be there yet.]

Have you been to Aruba yet?

For Caesar or after Beebo?

[ it's an important clarification ]

After Beebo. Caesar was in Aruba?

[What a weird place for him to wind up.]

Right. That was before we picked you up. There are so many anachronisms to keep track of.

That's about what I remember. I went home briefly, but nothing out of the ordinary.

[ getting the call she got, she's unlikely to have told anyone what was going on before she took the jump ship ]

So, taken from about the same time in that timeline, but placed here at different times. Great.

Fun.

[She doesn't think that any of that is actually fun, but it seems like the thing to say.]

Is everything okay in Star City?

Uh...

[ she takes a moment to decide what to say, but at some point the pause becomes long enough that she can't lie, even if she wanted to. it's at this point that her tone shifts to just... tired. ]

No, actually. My dad was shot. He didn't make it.

[ ... Oh.

Zari's face softens, because she already knows that Sara has lost her sister. With her dad gone, that's basically half her family - or at least what Zari assumes his her family.]

Sara, I'm so sorry.

[Not that sorrys mean much, but she knows how it feels to lose people you love.]

Thanks, Z.

[ she's going more for kind of annoyed in tone now, but knowing Sara, it's just to lightly coat her feelings ]

Also, Ollie got himself arrested, and the person who called me was my sister's doppelgänger from Earth-2. And now I'm here.

It's been a weird few days.

[Yep. That definitely sounds like it.]

Well, I'm sure once we all get over the robot flu and get back to work, things will go right back to our usual level of weird, so you'll have plenty of distractions.

God, I hope so. I mean, sure, the simple life sounds nice and all, but I'd really love to just... I don't know. Punch a Nazi right now.

Mmm. Can't promise a Nazi necessarily, but I have overthrown governments and made friends with robots. Standard Legends shenanigans.

[She smirks. Shenanigans. That's a fun word.

She should probably go back to sleep.]

I'm sure I'll find someone to punch.

[ she stands up ]

You, on the other hand, should get some more sleep. Captain's orders. I will do some... I don't know. Exploring.

'Kay.

[She's not going to argue with that because it seems like a sensible thing to do.]

If you get turned around, look up a guy named Steve on the smart watch thingie. He's a good dude. He'll help you out.

end

sassy_assassin - 2018-09-10 01:12 (UTC) - Expand

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