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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2020-08-18 12:14 pm

The Mountain Top: Grasshopper 25

After the strangeness of their second day on the island for some, with memories and conversations in a cave, the third day goes calmly.

At least until mid afternoon. As the day winds on into evening all of those who have been sharing memories with others will feel a pull.

A pull to climb the mountain in the north. It is a good feeling, that mountain is where you need to be. A sense of belonging, friendship, camaraderie. You don't need to be alone, just climb the mountain.

For those that climb they will find worn wooden benches spaced around the lip of the caldera in concentric circles, the centre set up like an amphitheatre. The Jema syrup spills from crevices around the edges, running down from the peak in well-worn grooves and channels.

The sun sets slowly on Jema’grethy, slowly sinking into the ocean over a period of a couple of hours. During that time pairs of Voidtreckers will feel drawn towards the syrup, to touch the surface.

When they do they will receive a memory and find themselves back in that cave once more. For those watching it is as if they are in a trance, lasting a few moments.

People feel moved at different times and so there are always people aware, sat around the mountain top. It might be that there are other friends they wish to speak to about what they see. It might be that they wish to sit silently and avoid everything, if only their friends will allow it.

But it is a place to be together nonetheless.
strawberryprotector: (smile)

Re: (This comment assumes the natural progression of their M2 thread!)

[personal profile] strawberryprotector 2020-09-07 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
Giving Roland's shoulder a squeeze, Ichigo smiled at him. "If there's anything I can do to help, I'll be there. Just gotta let me know."
adregem: (dammit we're getting caught.)

[personal profile] adregem 2020-09-08 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Thanks."

It's a small smile he offers Ichigo, but it's enough. With what they've been through these past few days, Roland is pretty sure there was a point of no return anyway. Ichigo knew what he knew, and that was that. The same went for Roland. And speaking of...

"What happened, Ichigo?" He rests his hand on his hip, concern tinging his voice. "You lost your powers?"
strawberryprotector: (laidback)

[personal profile] strawberryprotector 2020-09-11 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Ichigo nodded at that, looking away in shame. "There was a soul reaper captain who betrayed everyone and turned bad. He got his hands on this item, called a Hyogoku that he could use to manipulate reality, and lifeforms. He used it to create an entirely new, more powerful class of hollows, and was fusing with it. No one could hurt him.

"There's a space between the living world and soul society, and time moves very differently there. My dad, who is apparently a soul reaper, and I didn't know it until he showed up, took me there to try to learn a technique even his own sword refused to teach him. It's called Mugetsu. We spent a year in the in between, but it was maybe an hour at most for those on the battlefield?

"I learned the Mugetsu. I used it, used every iota of reiatsu in me, and it still wasn't enough. The bastard is still alive, even if he is locked in a prison even he can't escape."