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theshimmer2020-08-21 01:45 am
shimmermods) wrote in theshimmer2020-08-21 01:45 am
Visions.
LANDSCAPES.
The further in you go, the thicker the calcification becomes.
The crystals on the walls are difficult to make out now, having been encased entirely by thick white growths encompassing the walls like spider veins, like roots; their energy, however, can still be felt if you wander too close to the walls, or if you spend too long recovering yourself after something sufficiently stressful has come into your line of view. This may be more for a problem for some of you than it is for others; some of you are holding up surprisingly well, all things considered.
It isn't a failing on your part, when it hits you.
It's hard to say precisely what "it" is - a sudden fatigue, a seizure, an abrupt swirling of the world beneath your feet; all you know is that you're here, and then you aren't anywhere, and it takes a moment to place what brought the feeling on, or even what the feeling itself is. It will come to you eventually, however, once your eyes refocus and the cavern comes into view again for you properly - it feels like that first week you were here. Like reawakening after a long stint asleep; like being disoriented after realizing that you're not where you should be.
The difference this time is that you are, for all intents and purposes, still where you should be.
You don't seem to have gone anywhere; it doesn't feel like you've lost that much time, even, if you've lost any at all. But the fact of the matter is that something feels different, and it feels wrong, and placing how proves to be difficult.
There's a bend in the path, and suddenly it becomes all too clear.
You aren't supposed to be here, are you?
This place can be anything and everything - the hallway in the upper floor of your house, the bar you frequent, that place where all your comrades are buried. What matters is that it's somewhere you weren't sure you would see again, but the fact of it is that you're seeing it here, and you're seeing it now, and perhaps some of the others with you are seeing it too. Perhaps there are others here, those that have been on your mind for the past few days; perhaps you're all alone outside of whomever is questionably fortunate enough to be experiencing this with you.
Whatever you're seeing, however, something remains present in your mind, driving you onward and encouraging you to move through this, and quickly.
You don't belong here.
You need to leave.
[OOC: Welcome to the first half of our week 5 event! For this portion of the event, the hallucinations you've experienced up until now have become far more thoroughly immersive, and can be seen or experienced by others in something akin to a shared dream-state. These visions are likely to delict something from your world that you would find familiar and would have some sort of attachment to, whether that attachment is positive or negative. Monsters or other people from your world can be present here and interacted with, to deal with as you see fit; fighting them or speaking to them are both fair game. Conversely, your personal experience may be exploring or revisiting an area of your world that may or may not be how you remember it...
Please note that the mods will not be NPCing any characters in your visions or answering questions specific to the environments that you create. However, you are free to create as you see fit; time and space have very little meaning here, and your only limitations to your character's personal illusion/dreamscapes are your own creativity. Feel free to post any prompts you may want to play with, and to tag out to others to experience whatever they want to show you. (However, it is worth noting that any physical items you find in the visions will not remain in their possession afterwards.) As always, if you have any more questions about how works, let us know!]
The crystals on the walls are difficult to make out now, having been encased entirely by thick white growths encompassing the walls like spider veins, like roots; their energy, however, can still be felt if you wander too close to the walls, or if you spend too long recovering yourself after something sufficiently stressful has come into your line of view. This may be more for a problem for some of you than it is for others; some of you are holding up surprisingly well, all things considered.
It isn't a failing on your part, when it hits you.
It's hard to say precisely what "it" is - a sudden fatigue, a seizure, an abrupt swirling of the world beneath your feet; all you know is that you're here, and then you aren't anywhere, and it takes a moment to place what brought the feeling on, or even what the feeling itself is. It will come to you eventually, however, once your eyes refocus and the cavern comes into view again for you properly - it feels like that first week you were here. Like reawakening after a long stint asleep; like being disoriented after realizing that you're not where you should be.
The difference this time is that you are, for all intents and purposes, still where you should be.
You don't seem to have gone anywhere; it doesn't feel like you've lost that much time, even, if you've lost any at all. But the fact of the matter is that something feels different, and it feels wrong, and placing how proves to be difficult.
There's a bend in the path, and suddenly it becomes all too clear.
You aren't supposed to be here, are you?
This place can be anything and everything - the hallway in the upper floor of your house, the bar you frequent, that place where all your comrades are buried. What matters is that it's somewhere you weren't sure you would see again, but the fact of it is that you're seeing it here, and you're seeing it now, and perhaps some of the others with you are seeing it too. Perhaps there are others here, those that have been on your mind for the past few days; perhaps you're all alone outside of whomever is questionably fortunate enough to be experiencing this with you.
Whatever you're seeing, however, something remains present in your mind, driving you onward and encouraging you to move through this, and quickly.
You don't belong here.
You need to leave.
[OOC: Welcome to the first half of our week 5 event! For this portion of the event, the hallucinations you've experienced up until now have become far more thoroughly immersive, and can be seen or experienced by others in something akin to a shared dream-state. These visions are likely to delict something from your world that you would find familiar and would have some sort of attachment to, whether that attachment is positive or negative. Monsters or other people from your world can be present here and interacted with, to deal with as you see fit; fighting them or speaking to them are both fair game. Conversely, your personal experience may be exploring or revisiting an area of your world that may or may not be how you remember it...
Please note that the mods will not be NPCing any characters in your visions or answering questions specific to the environments that you create. However, you are free to create as you see fit; time and space have very little meaning here, and your only limitations to your character's personal illusion/dreamscapes are your own creativity. Feel free to post any prompts you may want to play with, and to tag out to others to experience whatever they want to show you. (However, it is worth noting that any physical items you find in the visions will not remain in their possession afterwards.) As always, if you have any more questions about how works, let us know!]
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Of course Felicia's gonna be darting back upstairs--how are you and your knight doing over here Yeager?]
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Ah, there you are! You took care of the other one?
[benny hill chase theme plays in the background]
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Yes! He's, uh, not going to be bothering us--I don't think the machine takes too kindly to being attacked.
[rip in fuck, poor knight]
Come on, let's get out of this place!
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Well done! We'll have to be careful of any more guards, but with any luck we can avoid them.
[Onwards and upwards, then! This floor doesn't have a door, but it loops around to two identical staircases on either side of the room, both leading up to the landing above the door where we entered, with yet another door!
Beyond that door lies more of Zaude. It's still difficult to tell if this place is actually underwater or not, but like the room you started in, this one is quiet and peaceful. It looks as though the majority of the room has been flooded; the door opens onto a platform, with another across the water. There are a few stepping stones in the form of smaller columns that might have once been decoration - it looks like someone solved a puzzle to get in here.
Yeager looks mildly perplexed by this, but he shrugs after a moment.]
The layout is a bit different than I remember... Oh well, at least there aren't any guards here.
[Across the water on the other platform there are two identical doors. Or are they identical? Well, you'll have to check those out if you want. Try not to fall into the water.]
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What did it used to look like? This looks like a rather...interesting sort of place, I must admit.
[Let's just chat while we get through this puzzle room that somebody so lovingly solved for us, sure. We can deal with the doors in a bit!!]
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[Well, obviously the Shimmer's messing around with things. Anyway, Yeager hops across the pillars easily and waits for Felicia. Are you going to be okay...??]
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[Felicia's doing her best to hop along herself, but it's not exactly perfect--she's not used to hopping around like this, she's not trying to score a critical hit or something!! So needless to say towards the end, she loses her footing on one of the pillars--]
Eek!
[Aaaand will probably fall face first into the water unless otherwise stopped. Whoops.]
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...........you can swim, right.]
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Perhaps thankfully, though, she doesn't fail her saving roll and manages to promptly grab onto something and just...try to climb back up (though she'll appreciate assistance), soaking wet with the goddamn taste of saltwater in her mouth. Bleh.]
Bleh--oh, that's awful!
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Oh dear. Here, give me your hand.
[C'mon, let's get you out of the water.]
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I-I'm sorry for making a mess of this, Yeager...
[But once she's out of the water good GODS she is gonna be wringing herself out a bit. This couldn't have gone any worse...]
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[Poor Felicia... Well, thankfully there's no danger in this room, so you can take all the time you need!]
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I know they do, but it sure doesn't feel good when they do...
[At any rate, though, let's go check out those doors! What do we have going on here.]
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So which door will it be?]
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...So let's try the right door. What could possibly go wrong???]
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If you turn to look for the door, you'll find that it's gone. Behind you, some distance away, is the ocean. It looks nice and cool and refreshing in the sunlight.
Wait, sunlight?
The darkness present over the desert isn't a night sky. It's a monster, with massive wide eyes and far too many sharp and pointy teeth. It hovers in the sky menacingly, watching you.
Yeager's still with you, and he steps forward almost too calmly, shifting the weapon in his hands to rifle form as he moves.]
Go to the dock, Felicia. There should be a boat there - take that and go.
[The words are an order, and one without any emotion behind it.]
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Oh sweet mother of Anankos, what IS that? Felicia pauses, horribly struck by how something could be in front of them and watching all of this, and then Yeager's words hit her ears and--]
A-Alright, I will, but--what about you? Will you be okay?
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Ja, of course. I just have a little score to settle with this particular beast.
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Felicia can't help but feel something sink in her stomach at that. Her worry starts to come to the surface, and she's really hoping that he's not going to--]
...Okay. But you had better come back safe and sound!
[Felicia hates the idea of this, but she trusts him. She trusts him not to die to this, and starts to make her way towards the boat itself--she's never personally used one but maybe, just maybe, she can see just what's going to happen here.
(She really hopes he can defeat that horrible, horrible monster, because if not--)]
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[You'll have to run a bit to make it down toward the dock. It's a small, simple thing, but thankfully the boat looks like it's in good condition.
You can likely hear the sound of gunshots behind you, and the howl of the beast as it's hit.
Keep going toward the dock?]
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She doesn't know how real this place is, and if he dies here, it's her fault, it's all her fault, and she can't just watch someone die again because of her, but he's...he's got it under control, doesn't he? He absolutely does. He has to, he has to--
Felicia makes it about halfway down the dock before stopping entirely and turning around. Can she see how he's doing from here, or will she have to get closer?]
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Unfortunately, you're not too far away to see what's going on.
Yeager's drawn the beast's attention and it looks like it's charging up for some sort of attack. Yeager's shots are hitting it, but it doesn't actually seem to be slowed or really in any pain at all despite the horrid noises it's making.
A sudden long, dark spike shoots out from it, slicing forward far too quickly for Yeager to react. It pierces through him just below the shoulder - it isn't anywhere immediately vital, but that definitely looks like it hurts. You're too far away to make out exactly what it is he says in response, but it doesn't stop him from continuing to fire.
It continues to charge whatever attack it's gearing up for.]
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Felicia's stomach drops when she watches Yeager get hit, and that's what sees her running back towards him as fast as she can--she can't let this happen to him. She won't. She won't, but she needs to find a way to stop this from happening or at least to save Yeager or get him on the boat with her.
She doesn't know if she can make it in time--she doesn't care what happens to her, either. But she won't let him die, she won't--]
Yeager!!
[Felicia isn't sure if she can make it, but she's going to make an attempt to grab his arm and try to drag him away if she can.]
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Felicia—
[His expression quickly hardens, though.]
I told you to go! I'm not losing you to this too!
[Not again, never again, not when there's a chance this time—
But it isn't as though there's much time left, is there?
A second of those dark spikes shoots out, aiming for Felicia this time. She's too far for Yeager to get to, not when he's pinned like this, and his shot aimed at the tendril flies wide, missing it.]
No!
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Have you considered that I don't want to lose you either?! I won't leave you behind, I won't--
[But Felicia notices the attack too late, and suddenly there's a going through one of her arms and stopping her in her tracks, making her cry out in pain--]
Augh!
[But she's not giving up. She's not sure if she can pull herself free from this, but she has to try--]
C--Come on! If we work quickly, we can still--we can still get out of here--!
[She's not sure how confident she is in that.]
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