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⇨ DANGEROUS ENCOUNTERS
Who: Anyone out in the library.
When: Day 59
Where: The Athenaeum
What: Towards the end of the visit, we are visited by a series of worrisome NPCs, who may or may not be illusions. There will be at least 5 NPC toplevels posted overall, all happening in a similar time period ICly (in rough chronological order), so not everyone needs to be in every thread.
Warnings: Possibility of very real danger to anyone who participates. Remember that Sans has told everyone to travel in groups, so if you aren't, you'll probably get a scolding later.
When: Day 59
Where: The Athenaeum
What: Towards the end of the visit, we are visited by a series of worrisome NPCs, who may or may not be illusions. There will be at least 5 NPC toplevels posted overall, all happening in a similar time period ICly (in rough chronological order), so not everyone needs to be in every thread.
Warnings: Possibility of very real danger to anyone who participates. Remember that Sans has told everyone to travel in groups, so if you aren't, you'll probably get a scolding later.
TURNING THE PAGE↴![]() As the carnival continues to explore the Athenaeum in the pursuit of more information about the legendary Miracles, the tension is thick with the knowledge that the Summer Court could be in pursuit any day now. On Day 59, a series of threatening encounters will begin manifesting - but are they real, or an illusion? |
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He starts moving in the direction that a bunch of the creatures ran, not paying much mind to the rest of the group. He's definitely zeroing in on something.
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Followed by the dumbass teenager and his little brother.
"Oi, oi!" Exasperated, Joker doesn't waste any thought in chasing after the two, plus Lion. "Don't just go runnin' off like that!"
It looks like he already knows where he's going. Sorry, Tyki.
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That is until teenager and his brother run off after the now moving lion and with a hard stare he'll watch Joker run right off after them. He sighs heavily and then takes a deep breath of the cigarette, inviting the sweet poison into his lungs. Joker was going to kill him at this rate.
He doesn't bother to gesture to the others before running after Joker, "Take your advice for once!"
Establishin' Gon's presence here with Usagi's permission
That's probably less successful when you run straight into Fae territory, but more important: there's other carnival members here. That's safer than the two of them alone, right? So Yuya gestures for his friend and then jogs to catch up with them as they start pursuing Lion.
He stops, briefly, when he sees the carcass of the rose creature, and then runs faster to squeeze in with the other carnival members. "What happened?!"
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The creatures that just fled through here can still be seen running off into the darkness. Curiously, this is also where they'll find Steven, sitting on the floor in what would have been their direct path, staring off after them with a look of utter grief on his face.
Lil is growling. Bud is cowering by Steven's side. He almost doesn't notice the people arriving until Lion has reached him, immediately beginning to check him over. Physically, Steven looks fine.
"Lion!" Steven gasps, caught totally off guard. He turns a little and sees the others approach as well - but he's too stunned to explain himself, at least for the moment.
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"Are ya alright!?"
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"They were people," Steven manages, too emotional to explain his thought very well, but trying. He shakes his head, rubbing away his tears. "I'm sorry. I'm okay."
Meanwhile, Lion is looking at Lauren dubiously, as if just noticing that another male lion has popped up out of nowhere.
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A few Tease slide into view from behind him to flit into the air at attention. He doesn't want anything sneaking up on them while they are having a lovely reunion. He looks around to check how open the space is, how much more the thorn growth is here, and whether or not anything more ominous is present at the moment, "People?"
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He definitely is keeping an eye on Lion, though, with the way he's watching his brother. He'd better not try to protect his territory or any other presumably lion-like things like that.
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He's definitely having some Empath Problems at the moment.
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He looks between the others before moving to approach Steven, to hopefully put a comforting hand on his shoulder. "It's okay. We're all here now. It'll be okay."
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One hand slides his cigarette to the side while his other holds them out to Steven. There's manor pings all over again and he squashes that down uncomfortably with a thin frown, "That's unsettling." Said more for Steven's sake than his own.
-CASHES IN ON THAT PRESENCE- thanksath-
He almost loses the focus required for the spell, when his eyes pick up Steven's words instead. "KGH-" Choking, he turns his eyes toward Steven, now looking at him from over the rest. (Pushing through a crowd when you're a giant is sort of rude, if not mean, after all) "People..!?" How lovely.
"...Steven...people, or no, we cannot stay here. If those things were people..." And he wouldn't doubt it possible, unfortunate as it is, "...It does not change that they may return." He's certainly ready, and willing, to fight- but it would be much better if they could get out of here.
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"Can ya get up? We'll use Lion ta get us all back ta the carnival." Hopefully that will work, at least.
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"We'll help them," She says, trying not to let her voice shake. "There's not much we can do now, but soon, we'll find a way to help them."
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Worse, the vines are still growing. Even the entrance they just came in through is looking increasingly impossible to bypass, even if it wasn't for the creatures looming there in wait.
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He stands up, resting his other hand on Lion's mane. He's starting to sense that Lion was hurt somehow, so he presses a smooch to Lion's forehead, which rolls out into a sparkling, healing aura. Lion yawns with obvious relief.
"I don't know if Lion can carry all of us," Steven says uncertainly. Especially with people like Gongenzaka present. "But..." He looks off into the thorns. "I know my mom's the one that did this."
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"I don't need to be carried and I can carry anyone that can't run," he begins with another draw of his cigarette to further calm himself, "But there will be no side trips, no extra plans. We are returning to the carnival as ordered no matter how we have to get there. Everything else will come later. If you run off on your own I won't hesitate to leave you to ensure everyone else's safety." ....with the exception of Joker.
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"....Steven. Whatever must be done, it must be quick. If this is Her work, it does not seem that she intends to give us much relief..." To be more clear- "If you can, take who you are able-I, the man Gongenzaka, shall follow, along with anyone else. But after all..."
Well, after all, Steven had said 'Mom', hadn't he? "..It will be you that they are targetting in that case, correct? ....We cannot let them reach you, if that is the case..!"
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Yuya takes a step aside as Steven stands up, but he stays close to him. He offers him a reassuring smile. "We won't let her get you or anyone else that easy."
He'd reference Portland, but that actually went poorly so he'll let vauge optimism hang between them instead. He looks between the creatures and the vines growing around the entrance. "We should really go now."
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"Are the plants even going to let us go? They're trying to trap us." At least that's what it looks like, with the way the vines are only growing to block the path they came. Honestly they should just fight, or at least fight as they go, but he doesn't voice that now. Not when everyone is still trying to just leave.
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The rest of them, well.... Joker gives a lopsided grin. "We're a little tougher and can make our own way back, I'd like ta think." He nods to each of the rest of them: Papyrus with his blasters, Lauren with his plant magic and Susan with his fire, Tyki. And now there's Yuya and Gongenzaka, too.
Him? Well, he has a bird and a knife, it's fine.
"If Lion can come back for us, it'd be ideal, of course."
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dear creation dont let steven die the end-
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THREAD SPLIT
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