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middleofsomewhere2020-09-15 10:06 pm
voidtreckermods) wrote in middleofsomewhere2020-09-15 10:06 pm
Entry tags:
- !mission eight,
- katsuya jonouchi [au-crau],
- lan wangji [ou],
- lea [crau],
- little one [ou],
- madoka kaname [ou],
- masumi sera [ou],
- piccolo [ou],
- ple two [ou],
- quatre raberba winner [ou],
- romeo [crau],
- taiki [ou],
- tidus [ou],
- ~x~a-qing [ou],
- ~x~adora [ou],
- ~x~alfredo martini [ou],
- ~x~danny phantom [ou],
- ~x~galo thymos [ou],
- ~x~minako aino [ou],
- ~x~saku gyousou [ou],
- ~x~trowa barton [ou],
- ~x~wei wuxian [ou]
Onward: Blue
Icy Bridges
The Sovereign Domain is large stretches of ridged rock covered in thick snow, divided by glaciers of solid ice, and the going is slow and treacherous. The air is cold, bitingly so and snow falls around them in flurries, sticking to outer layers and barely melting against bare skin.
Visibility isn’t great, even outside of the storm and what they can see is just endless drifts of white snow. In the distance, when the snow clears, is the great, swirling storm that holds the Sovereign’s mountain in its howling grip.
Interlinking the land are the ice bridges. Despite their material, these are sturdy and in some cases ornate, fractals spanning between cliffs or crossing frozen lakes. They are wide enough for perhaps four to walk abreast, though three is probably a more comfortable number to not be too close to the edge and the icy abyss below.
For those groups that already have collected crystal wolves, the wolves tread these bridges with ease, heading always towards the mountain. Other creatures are a little more hesitant, as well they might be at long icy paths with sheer drops.
Fire Traps
As they move from place to place, they will come across the fire traps. Intricate latices of fire arranged in spheres or domes, they each hold the unfortunate animal that triggered their formation. The cages sink into the icy ground, not quite melting the ice the way they might expect, but lodging themselves within it.
The animals huddle away from the heat of the bars, shaking damp fur or licking burns; the crystal wolves pace, their heads held high, and make no sound.
Attacks on the cage make the fire lash out like a living thing, tendrils whipping at any attackers. Once people are closer or even within the cage, the whole structure shudders and attacks in a last resort. Once the cage is defeated, by magic, extinguishing or other means, it fades away, freeing the creature inside. Most the animals are as timid or wary as you would expect, running away the moment they are freed, but some will stay with the voidtreckers if coaxed into it.
The crystal wolves bow their heads nobly and will follow those that freed them, aiding them in both travel and combat, or assisting weaker members of the group. They look always towards the Sovereign’s mountain, but seem to understand the need to free the others first, and obediently follow those travelling to other cages.
Snowstorm
As if the regular cold and snow fall wasn’t bad enough, the elemental storm blows in and out of their winding path, seemingly at random. It is filled with elementals, twisting clouds of diamond-bright ice needles. The wolves block what they can, the ice clattering harmlessly against their gleaming fur, but cannot be everywhere at once.
It is hard to even move in the storm; biting winds blow from every direction, stealing the breath from their lungs and pinning them in place with its sheer force. The wind is freezing, sapping the warmth from them. Huddling together can help: the SCAs’ efforts to mitigate the cold seem more effective when body heat and shelter is added to the equation. Until it attacked, blowing in one direction or the other with full strength.
At the worst times the wolves will try to lead voidtreckers towards shelter. They fortunately know of a number of likely locations: a few are caves, others piles of rocks or cairns, or glittering spaces carved into the ice itself by centuries of claws.
The Sovereign Domain is large stretches of ridged rock covered in thick snow, divided by glaciers of solid ice, and the going is slow and treacherous. The air is cold, bitingly so and snow falls around them in flurries, sticking to outer layers and barely melting against bare skin.
Visibility isn’t great, even outside of the storm and what they can see is just endless drifts of white snow. In the distance, when the snow clears, is the great, swirling storm that holds the Sovereign’s mountain in its howling grip.
Interlinking the land are the ice bridges. Despite their material, these are sturdy and in some cases ornate, fractals spanning between cliffs or crossing frozen lakes. They are wide enough for perhaps four to walk abreast, though three is probably a more comfortable number to not be too close to the edge and the icy abyss below.
For those groups that already have collected crystal wolves, the wolves tread these bridges with ease, heading always towards the mountain. Other creatures are a little more hesitant, as well they might be at long icy paths with sheer drops.
Fire Traps
As they move from place to place, they will come across the fire traps. Intricate latices of fire arranged in spheres or domes, they each hold the unfortunate animal that triggered their formation. The cages sink into the icy ground, not quite melting the ice the way they might expect, but lodging themselves within it.
The animals huddle away from the heat of the bars, shaking damp fur or licking burns; the crystal wolves pace, their heads held high, and make no sound.
Attacks on the cage make the fire lash out like a living thing, tendrils whipping at any attackers. Once people are closer or even within the cage, the whole structure shudders and attacks in a last resort. Once the cage is defeated, by magic, extinguishing or other means, it fades away, freeing the creature inside. Most the animals are as timid or wary as you would expect, running away the moment they are freed, but some will stay with the voidtreckers if coaxed into it.
The crystal wolves bow their heads nobly and will follow those that freed them, aiding them in both travel and combat, or assisting weaker members of the group. They look always towards the Sovereign’s mountain, but seem to understand the need to free the others first, and obediently follow those travelling to other cages.
Snowstorm
As if the regular cold and snow fall wasn’t bad enough, the elemental storm blows in and out of their winding path, seemingly at random. It is filled with elementals, twisting clouds of diamond-bright ice needles. The wolves block what they can, the ice clattering harmlessly against their gleaming fur, but cannot be everywhere at once.
It is hard to even move in the storm; biting winds blow from every direction, stealing the breath from their lungs and pinning them in place with its sheer force. The wind is freezing, sapping the warmth from them. Huddling together can help: the SCAs’ efforts to mitigate the cold seem more effective when body heat and shelter is added to the equation. Until it attacked, blowing in one direction or the other with full strength.
At the worst times the wolves will try to lead voidtreckers towards shelter. They fortunately know of a number of likely locations: a few are caves, others piles of rocks or cairns, or glittering spaces carved into the ice itself by centuries of claws.
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But even if he couldn't talk he could still communicate, so he wriggled at both of them, hoping that his powers were making them feel better.
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"He can understand what we're saying like always, but he can't talk back to us like this." Hence the pantomiming on Romeo's end here..
(Also, Madoka is totally gently patting the weasel's head, okay. She is not above giving her friends pet affection when they're in animal forms. This is what she's used to with Maru!
A thought that doesn't make her feel as sad as it normally would, thanks to the Hope Weasel's presence.)
"But.. yes, it's a weasel! Have you never seen one before, Tidus?"
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But he shakes his head at the question Madoka directs at him. "Nope, not a weasel. Not uhh..those jackalopes either. Or that bear someone yelled about being in a cage?"
The really big thing! Though whatever had gotten the person frightened over it, the bear was happy just to run off on all fours...
"Why's Romeo a weasel though? Is he okay?"
Madoka did say about making people feel better, but was that really it?
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He wriggled and bobbed his head. He was okay! He was just trying to keep everyone's spirits up!
He's never seen a jackalope before either, but he's seen a bear... Normally ayakashi bears though.
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"Yes, he's okay! I think he can decide on when he changes into one.." As opposed to it randomly happening, which would suck a lot more. Especially since then it could happen in situations that are way more dangerous than this one - like during the moments when the storm was nearer than it is now. "I think he likes doing it since his presence makes people feel better. And.. um, you know how Romeo is. He's so nice, he always just wants to make people happy."
That's just a fact, so it sure isn't a compliment she's too embarrassed to give Romeo where he's very much present.
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"You don't need to worry about me! What about you, Rome? Do you feel a hundred and ten percent like this?"
There is a higher level of enthusiasm in his voice when he speaks - more than he's had through the mission so far. But that's just 'cause he's thinking about his pal, obviously!
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For now he nods again at Tidus' words and does a weasel power dance! He is a hundred and ten percent! He's ready to help everyone keep their spirits up and be successful on this mission!
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".. I think that's him agreeing, right?"
Judging by that tiny dance he's doing. Unless that's Romeo's way of saying something more intricate than that, but if that's the case.. well, then the attempt is fully lost on Madoka. Sorry, pal.
And thankfully for Tidus, his attempt to seem Even Cheerier Just In Case are totally going over Madoka's head. Not like an oblivious girl like her is going to notice he's suddenly acting more cheery after hearing that Romeo can make people feel better in this form.
"Do you want to hold him for a moment, Tidus?"
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"You want to?" He'll hold out his hands next to each other just in case. "You're not cold like that though, are you pal? You shoulda packed some tiny weasel clothes with you."
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He moved onto Tidus' hand and rolled onto his back to snuggle up to the warmth in Tidus' hands.
And hopefully spread hope to Tidus as well as Madoka!
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".. Are you feeling it though, Tidus?" Madoka says, a hint of curiosity in her voice. "It feels different when he's this close to you, right?" She is very used to the Hope Weasel effect™ ever since she first experienced it in the luggage car. It just makes you feel more warm and fuzzy! Or it does for Madoka, anyway.
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If he were as small as Taiki's jerboa, maybe he just cup him up both hands to keep him safe!
But there is something else going on here. A feeling running through his limbs, his heart relaxed. Is that Romeo? ...or is it Romeo because he's cute and fluffy like this?
"I think so?" Sounding confused probably doesn't help, but... "I already know we'll finish this mission and get back safe and sound... and I know we'll make a good team, too!"
He shoots Madoka and then weasel Romeo a smile. Doesn't that sound optimistic?
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He is glad that they both seem to be feeling more optimistic, that they don't feel as sad any more. They would make a good team and they would finish the mission and everything would turn out alright!