⇨ EDEN PT. 3

[ringleaders]

Who: Everyone!
When: End of Day 88, on to Day 89
Where: Eden
What: The carnival breaks into two groups, as one entertains the Architect Samyaza at her festival, and the other assaults the Cathedral through a secret passageway with the intent of claiming the Silver Mirror and liberating those imprisoned.
Warnings: Ritual sacrifices.

IN GOD'S HANDS↴ Only those left in Eden and remaining undetected will be able to come to Samyaza's festival, which is an increasingly small group. It's also a dangerous proposition - there's no way to know what Samyaza has in store for her visitors, only that she apparently wants to interact with them before allowing the other Architects to act. It could work as an excellent distraction, drawing the eyes of the Architects towards the festival instead of towards the Cathedral while the attempt to claim the Mirror is taking place. For those that arrive in Samyaza's gardens, they are beautiful and well prepared, and music of otherworldly perfection flows through them. Tables are arranged with amazing works of art as their centerpieces, while the trees themselves are made into dazzling displays of color with an effect that seems to turn their leaves into pure light. Samyaza will be presiding, a hare that looks like she's made of something ephemeral, like wind of pure colour. She invites you in kindly, saying that before she speaks, she will honour you with a song... ► THE SET UP: For the first hour or so, the festival will be nothing but celebration. There are other Honorables there, but not as many as usual - the main event are you and the other new arrivals. After the hour mark, Samyaza will perform her song. Until then, threads can be made focusing on the pre-song mingling and planning. Will you listen when she sings? ► THE TWIST: There will be more happening at the festival than Samyaza plans. While she is comfortable waiting to act, other Architects are less patient. ON HOLY GROUND↴ With carnival members (and Ignatius) in enemy hands, there's no more time for hestitation. Based on the information given to her by various carnies, the Ringmaster will meet with the Furies and declare her intent to attack the Cathedral's underground during Samyaza's festival on the evening of Day 88. The Furies will agree, saying that those they have on the inside will use their influence to ensure there are as few Architects and Scholars are blocking their way as possible, but they must all still expect a fight. Furies from the base in the barrens will be coming along with this raid group, using what information they have to speed transit through the underground tunnels. They only ask two things - that after the Mirror is collected, it be used to save the lives of Hasma and the other captured Furies, before being used to repair the mind of the Serpent herself. ► THE SET UP: The Ringmaster will lead the way into the secret ruins that Childermass and the other found - the main difference is that she will smash right through the cracked wall defending the depths of the Cathedral, clearing the path entirely with her now serpentine body. Her plan is this - to draw the attention of the Architects to the surface by taking on the appearance if the Serpent, while carnival members and assisting Furies search the tunnels below to find the Mirror and the captives. ► THE TWIST: The people captured by the Twelve and imprisoned in the garden (AKA characters on the TDM) will be found, but the carnival members won't be. At least, not in the same place as the other captives. A megathread will go up for the group that goes to capture the Mirror, but you are free to NPC and thread confrontations will Scholars that are protecting the underground prison and the chambers where the Twelve held their meetings. Please report any Scholars that are killed or seriously harmed to the mods. Lambert will be leading the part of the group heading towards the Mirror, while Sans will head the group searching the tunnels for captives. Now is the time to let loose and use all your powers. It's probably best to keep your disguise to catch people off guard, but it is no longer necessary. New characters will be directed to post here once accepted.

Comments

[apaintingdarkly]

That's not exactly what he wants to hear, especially since it means they took even longer than he realized to get here, but...

"He did sound pretty incompetent." He and Dark did not get along well.

"But maybe we should focus on getting out of here before a guard comes looking for us?"

[insidescoop]

"He has his good points..." Her hesitance to say so is probably not helping the matter however.

As it is she carries on.

"Oh~! You don't really ah, have many guards...anymore, ahehehe..." They may have focused on stealth, but they sure did spook any Honorables that tried to stop them on top of it.

"Well, not in the area at least~" She is, however, moving. So he's gotten her to focus a little.

[apaintingdarkly]

He eyes the bird, moving faster. He’d really like to get out of here and have his own wings back.

“What did you do?”

I figure we might as well start moving it toward where Megathread starts haha

[fortuneglass]

WheeeEEEEEeeeelll...

"...You'll see," she chirps vaguely, continuing to dart through the tunnels.

It's fine Mousy. You'll see.

It's the giant dog skeleton with seven eyes. "We just need to keep moving-! Ah- anyone here that you know though? That you think we can afford to try and take along now?"

[apaintingdarkly]

Well if she's going to be mysterious about it he can just be patient. It would be very uncool for him to whine about vagueness.

"Nah, nobody. Don't worry about it." There are probably some people he ought to be thinking about, but he has forgotten for the moment.

[insidescoop]

"Ah- S...seriously..." She mutters, blinking a few times. For a moment she pauses- but only a moment as she flits backward to continue leading the way as she talks. "Just how many people were down here then..?"

[apaintingdarkly]

"Not many. There were maybe ten to start out with. A few got taken away, never saw 'em again." He isn't too worried about that. In fact, getting dragged away was part of his escape plan.

[insidescoop]

"Oooohhh..." Carly tries not to look too affected by that news. It seems as though she either knows something, or...

Well she at least has theories, but the bird puffs up instead. "R-Right..! Well...I suppose we'll just have to do what we can then, for those guys..! After you're safely away, ah..."

[apaintingdarkly]

As interesting as it is that this bird seems to know so much, Dark is really very annoyed with this magical world and ready to be done with it. That takes priority. Helping will come later, when Daisuke inevitably insists.

"Then let's get a move on, shall we?"

That's a wrap-!

[insidescoop]

The hummingbird gulps, and turns around to make the trek through the tunnels her focus. "R-Right! We shouldn't be much longer..." she insists.

She's not wrong either. A few minutes later, and she'll be greeting Sans.