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lostcarnival2018-08-15 11:28 am
ringleaders) wrote in lostcarnival2018-08-15 11:28 am
⇨ EDEN PT. 4 (FINALE)
Who: Everyone!
When: Day 89
Where: Eden
What: The Mirror is taken by the carnival, and several people from the carnival have been taken by Lilith. As Eden's Architects take sides, the battle for Eden's future is set to reach its conclusion.
Warnings: Violence.
When: Day 89
Where: Eden
What: The Mirror is taken by the carnival, and several people from the carnival have been taken by Lilith. As Eden's Architects take sides, the battle for Eden's future is set to reach its conclusion.
Warnings: Violence.
INFINITE↴ When the Silver Mirror is taken, the war truly begins. Lilith had seen fit to take her time, gloating over the enemies she perceived as being no challenge to her power - only to sense the moment that the Ringmaster claimed the Silver Mirror and took the skies in challenge. The Ringmaster has taken on her half beast form, black scaled, winged, and horned, and wielding the Silver Mirror as some kind of shield. Only moments ago, she used it to blast a whole clear through the cathedral. Lilith, realizing her mistake, has swept up the darkness created by Bezaliel and begun using it as a weapon against the Ringmaster. She has six silver wings that reflect light like mirrors, as well as strange, geometric horns. Ostensibly, part of the Silver Mirror's magic has been taken into herself, which means that even though the Ringmaster has the Mirror, Lilith still has control over it. She scatters the prisms containing her prisoners across Eden while she counters her foe, drawing on their strength to aid her. Two godlike beings clash in the sky above you. On the ground, a war begins. What do you do? ► FAE VS NEPHALEM: While all of this is going on, the Ringmaster and Lilith are essentially fighting over the Silver Mirror in the sky. It is all very cyclical and unending, and just as outrageous looking as it sounds. They both currently have some degree of hold over the Mirror right now, which means the advantage is wildly vacillating between the two of them. You probably don't want to directly interfere with this, but who knows? Maybe you'd got something really cunning up your sleeve. ► EDEN'S ARCHITECTS: In the aftermath of the Silver Mirror being taken, the Architects of Eden are being forced to choose sides. At first glance, it would appear that Saraqael (wolf), Samyaza (hare), Araqiel (stag), Penemue (raven), and Armaros (spider) have chosen to fight with the Furies of Eden in an attempt to cast Lilith out for good. Bezaliel (bear), Shamshel (tiger), Azazel (crocodile), Chazaqiel (eagle), and Baraqel (stingray) have, alternatively, chosen to defend Lilith, and are attempting to convince as many Honorables to follow in their path as possible. Gadreel (dolphin) and Kakabel (axolotl) seem to be uncomfortably remaining neutral for the moment and seeing how things play out. Not all Honorables or Scholars have followed the choice of their Architect. Many have been pulled one way or the other regardless of their kind, and are generally being accepted into the fight on their claimed side. You can NPC conflicts with random Honorables, but not the Architects. To interact with those guys, you need to do an investigation. ► PRISM BREAK: All of the carnival members that attended Samyaza's garden party (except Herbert) have been captured by Lilith after falling prey to a trap set by Bezaliel. Each of them has been trapped inside mirrored prisms that are now scattered around hard to access areas of Eden, defended by both Honorables supporting their maker and by mirror eyed dopplegangers. The infinite reflections of the characters inside the prisms are being fed on by Lilith, and she is tearing out as many of those reflections as necessary to do her bidding in the meantime. Each reflection is functionally a magical clone with no true will of its own, but will be able to fully mimic the emotions and powers of the characters they're taken from. They serve Lilith above all. Each reflection spawned from a prism take a fraction of their host's spiritual energy with them, meaning the more clones that are spawned, the weaker the real version will become. The more powerful a character is, the more energy each reflection takes to make - so if you have a character with lots of powers, they will probably have something like 1-4 dopplegangers spawned, while characters with few or no powers will be going completely quantity over quality and spawn potentially dozens of mirror clones. Clones shatter and vanish when destroyed, though the prisms will keep spawning new ones until the captive is set free. Captives, it's your job to NPC these clones. Captives will have no idea what's going on outside of their prism besides the abstract idea that these reflections are being harvested from them, and that's bad. The mirror clones will be attempting to protect the source prisms from disruption, as well as generally trying to destroy all enemies. NOTE: all captives will have returned to their natural forms by now (IE are no longer animals) and their clones will reflect this. Those missing "darkness shards" from their chest will also have had those returned. ► EDEN'S FURY: The Furies of Eden are striking back against Lilith at last, and it turns out a lot more of them have lingering rebellious ideas than previously though. Those that take up the cause of the Furies will be fighting on the carnival's side, so you are free to NPC some allied Honorables as well. You can also use the Investigations section to interact with named rebels, if you want, or to get an idea of what they are generally doing. Another potential avenue of investigation is trying to get the Serpent out here, as she'd be undoubtedly a powerful ally if cured of her curse. You might need it. Now that they know of the fae, the Honorables and Lilith-supporting Architects have no qualms using iron again you! They will be utilizing iron in all possible weaponry. ► NEW, CONFUSED, OR BOTH: Did you just get here? Did you fall behind and now you're terribly lost? Don't sweat it - let your character be as confused as you are. Take the opportunity to make top levels asking other characters what's going on in-game, or check out the original setting info post to catch up. The short version is this: the carnival wanted to steal a powerful artifact called the Silver Mirror from Lilith, which was stashed in her realm called Eden. They did just that, and now Lilith is back and she's pissed! |
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One would think someone would explain that 'peoples' can 'dodge'. But then again, maybe he....has a plan?
Somewhere?
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His eyes narrow a fraction as that spear is thrown. Either the hippo is strong or there's something else at work. Metal bending, telekinesis, he's not sure. His power to choose activates, rejected the air as he steps to the side, shoving his weight in one direction to avoid the spear again. It's fast, insanely fast for metal, "Neat trick."
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It still hasn't come down.
The hippo pauses a moment. "...J...Just give it a second though!!" it insists, glancing around to the rest of his iron stash.
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Moments pass, the hippo stammers, and Tyki's brow kinks high, "Having trouble, Mister Round?" Really, he hopes he'll give away his secret or maybe he was a fresh Honorable as well. Either way it was clear he was dealing with somewhat of a novice and that made things easier. "Or, maybe..." Sight, hearing, metal only? It'll take him a minute.
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It almost seems like a distraction.
(It probably is, given the distant whistling of that first one)
The hippo seethes. "Don't you mock me..! It was bad enough, to have my reputation so tarnished before..!!"
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Hmm, time to test a theory. His arms flare out wide, a few dozen or so Tease escaping into the air and fluttering about in idle mode, "I have a few neat tricks of my own."
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And now it's coming down with a lot more force than one would expect. For all that the hippo's ~master plan~ is apparently in play however, the presence of the tease seems to unnerve them. Taking a half step back, they ponder something..before attempting to weigh down the tease.
The key word is attempting- there's a reason they haven't just made the 'heretics' a bunch of pancakes.
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Tyki though is suddenly on the offensive, despite whatever is approaching at an alarming rate, and he'll snap forward in a run right towards him, his fingers spread wide. He's charging towards that tub of lard of a body with no clear intent to attack. He mostly just wants to ram right into him, get close, and make it difficult to not impale himself.
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For something that's likely over two tonnes, he does it with remarkable ease. But Tyki's no doubt onto his game for the same reason. The hippo swings his latest spear in an arc as he leaps off to a pole at the side, but the focus is on getting away from the other...or at least, getting out of range again.
"Hmnnn!!! It'll take more than those...butterfly things to stop me!! Or distract me!!" Those were not butterflies, buddy,
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"So it is sight then and concentration," he remarks, with a suddenly cheery face. "Tease. Show our friend a good time." Even low to the ground and weighed down as they are, they aren't harmless, and their little mouths open wide, dark matter gathering in their wake to unleash lines akin to lasers in its direction.
"Question!" he says in the middle of the fight, "Male or female?" As if he can't tell.
`if power to chose doesn't affect iron can iron block the other stuff` -MYSTERIES-
Tyki's 'answer' will come mid-air. "WHAT! And just what does that have to do with anything!! It's hardly anything to concern yourself with!!" he screeches, throwing the spear in frustration. Aside from launching an easy dodge, he's now...Very much in mid-air.
technically the Tease are not part of his power. They are a separate entity but who knows
His speed kicks in, rapid and fierce as he pushes himself higher into the air, the spear left behind in his wake. He's above the hippo with a bright smile, his feet kicking out to try to kick into his back. He rather likes his enemies grounded, "Tell me. Do you bounce as well?"
mysteries...
Frantically, the hippo looks about for something he can move- while trying not to lose sight of Tyki himself. "That- I'm no ma'dam..!! And you're being very rude, even for a people!!" he yelps, backing away rapidly when he realizes there's nothing for him to hold for defense let alone attack.
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His hand folds outwards, a Tease setting on his fingertip, and he stalks forward with a deep seated chuckle. He snaps forward, his foot tapping once to spring him into the air and he aims a flat roundhouse kick to the side of its fat face, "All is fair in war, good ma'am."
he's free to pursue if you want this to keep going btw I just couldn't pass up this scene pfft
Or...well it's stupid, but perhaps not remarkably so. "I...." The kick lands-
And he lightens himself in the same moment, so that he gets launched much farther than Tyki is intending. "AM NOT A MA'AAAAaAaaaaaAAAaaAAAaaam-"
Nice kick-
Tyki is too lazy to pursue if they are suppose to be using non-lethal means >:(
Oh, he didn't think he kicked him that hard. He didn't want to break his neck after all and Tyki's kicks were known to be quite bone shattering. His hand lifts up to his forehead and he whistles faintly at the distance, "Have a good day, my lady! If you don't want to get beat don't come back!