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middleofsomewhere2021-03-17 05:43 am
voidtreckermods) wrote in middleofsomewhere2021-03-17 05:43 am
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The Will to Fight: Ongoing: Blue
So Far
It's been a hard few days of cajoling the citizens of the Shining City into and through the catacombs. Many still talk about returning to the comforts of the city, scoffing at the idea of danger. But slowly, as they get further away from the city, more and more of them break out of the illusion. Though some remain lost in the illusion still, the majority are clear-minded by Kazoo 9.
Their mission changes from hurrying stubborn people along to comforting them as the truth dawns on them. The atmosphere becomes more desperate, more angry. More driven.
A plan is offered by the citizens: there is a cavern marked on their maps that opens up to the surface. It can be used as a base whilst any that feel able can go out to join the fight against the demons.
New Allies
Not long after breaking camp on the ninth day of the month of Kazoo they reach the cavern. However, it is clear straight away that something is wrong. The cavern is dark with no exits to be seen, and the Voidtreckers will quickly learn they are not alone. There's a small camp in the cavern, all humans, and after a tense moment they will welcome the citizens and their escorts.
Their story is simple: they were outside the city fighting when they got overwhelmed; they took shelter in the cavern but a gate opened nearby on the surface and caused a cave in. None of the scouts they had sent through the tunnels to the city have returned. Their food is running out and they were on the verge of heading to the city regardless of what they might find there when the Voidtreckers arrived.
Breaking Free
The cave-in is a large one, several metres thick at its weakest and blocking the exit to the outside completely. Those trapped here have made some progress but it's going to take a lot of hands, and potentially some magical help, to clear the blockages.
If they can clear it though, it will mean those who can fight, both citizen and Voidtrecker can begin to head back towards the city to fight, without having to re-enter the range of the illusionary Shining City.
The cavern makes a good staging point, and a secure place for those who cannot fight. Even with the blockage clear it is easy to defend, and holds the same sanctified protections as the tunnels themselves.
It's been a hard few days of cajoling the citizens of the Shining City into and through the catacombs. Many still talk about returning to the comforts of the city, scoffing at the idea of danger. But slowly, as they get further away from the city, more and more of them break out of the illusion. Though some remain lost in the illusion still, the majority are clear-minded by Kazoo 9.
Their mission changes from hurrying stubborn people along to comforting them as the truth dawns on them. The atmosphere becomes more desperate, more angry. More driven.
A plan is offered by the citizens: there is a cavern marked on their maps that opens up to the surface. It can be used as a base whilst any that feel able can go out to join the fight against the demons.
New Allies
Not long after breaking camp on the ninth day of the month of Kazoo they reach the cavern. However, it is clear straight away that something is wrong. The cavern is dark with no exits to be seen, and the Voidtreckers will quickly learn they are not alone. There's a small camp in the cavern, all humans, and after a tense moment they will welcome the citizens and their escorts.
Their story is simple: they were outside the city fighting when they got overwhelmed; they took shelter in the cavern but a gate opened nearby on the surface and caused a cave in. None of the scouts they had sent through the tunnels to the city have returned. Their food is running out and they were on the verge of heading to the city regardless of what they might find there when the Voidtreckers arrived.
Breaking Free
The cave-in is a large one, several metres thick at its weakest and blocking the exit to the outside completely. Those trapped here have made some progress but it's going to take a lot of hands, and potentially some magical help, to clear the blockages.
If they can clear it though, it will mean those who can fight, both citizen and Voidtrecker can begin to head back towards the city to fight, without having to re-enter the range of the illusionary Shining City.
The cavern makes a good staging point, and a secure place for those who cannot fight. Even with the blockage clear it is easy to defend, and holds the same sanctified protections as the tunnels themselves.
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[That's...that's quite a lot of chains, and such...]
...Oi, none 'f th's is gonna fall back on us, yeah..?
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[Is what he says first, but almost as soon as that comes out, the rest of what Kyoko said catches up with his thinking.] Mami taught you!?
[He's looking at the spears in a new, horrified light- and then he's looking over Kyoko for any kind of gem.] Shit- th's ain't takin' too much righ'? Like, are you gonna need somethin' t' clear out yer gem or whatever, I mean I c'n have Kaseri do it...
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[And boy was that a heck of a buy. But hey.] An' I mean, she says 's jus' 'no more power juice', but th' thing has th' word soul in it, an' it feels weird... [Better safe than sorry and all that. ...though. Hm.]
'Vent'? What like it's a self-cleanin' rock now? How'd y' pull tha' off, tha' th' 'surpassin' th teacher' bit?
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And... thanks, on Mami's behalf. There's more to the Soul Gem than what she knows, and you really don't want to know what happens when one other than mine turns completely black.
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...Still, good t' hear I don' have t' go buyin' any other pokemon I guess... ...I do tha' again I'm gonna end up w'th my ear ripped off, [He grumbles, thinking back to when Eva told him off about the various poke-gifts he got.]
So how come yours has th' whole vent thing goin' on anyway?
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[She just says these things, like they're not strange at all.]
And I'm not going to tell you what happens to full Soul Gems unless it looks like it's going to be relevant, which I hope it never is.
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[...] Wait y' have a what!?
An' look, I don' need details, I jus' don' wanna get surprised by it!
Or a vision of it, f'r tha' matter!
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Alright. Don't tell Mami, but we don't lose our powers or die when our Soul Gems turn completely black. It's so much worse than that. The corruption in our Soul changes it on a fundamental level, making whoever it happens to into one of the very monsters we fight.
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Ah.]
....
Yeah I c'n see why t' keep tha' close t' th' chest, [he manages, swallowing.] G...geeze...
...Well...upside, I guess...sayin' yer 'dead' ain' far from th' truth as is, so she can keep thinkin' tha'... [He looks quite pale, suffice to say.] ...Fuck.
...
Glad I got her Rosetta, man.
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...Leas' we know tha' ain't happenin' here though...er...I mean I guess somethin's gonna fly off if tha' thing gets too dark, like y' said, but it looks like tha's gonna take a bit.
[Assuming the stone at her front is the right one, anyway.]
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...Er...tha' uh, that what y' call th' gem 'r something?
[He is not typically the brightest,]
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i am so sorry, kyoko, i am so, so sorry,
...An'...th' doppel...comes outta th' gem then?
[sir you were doing so well]
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I had to double check if either term came up and lucky for jou they did not
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Whole witches. I dunno. I mean it makes sense now, [he mutters, clearly not pleased with the hole he's now digging himself.] I guess.