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pajamabox2020-01-21 10:25 pm
wizardseason) wrote in pajamabox2020-01-21 10:25 pm
Day 7: Evening
Aftern-Evening: 3pm - Midnight
[ IRL Timeframe: January 22 - January 29, 2020. ]After all of Seven's fights, ending in Luka taking Ten's hand as the other heroes arrive. The knights will be treated to the sight of something entirely unexplainable: Seven is wounded, laying on the asphalt with a bright white crossbow bolt sticking out of their body. They're still pouring black goop off of their body, but they appear to be wrapped in some kind of cloth tarp. Five is kneeling over them, dressed in a skin-covering assassin outfit that only reveals her five eyes peering out. In her hand is a phone, and that's really all that can be seen before she and Seven disappear into a portal in the ground.
Luka, meanwhile, is standing with Ten's hand in his and his crossbow laid on the ground and not in his hand. No matter what the arriving heroes cry out in order to get his attention, it's too late to stop him. Abruptly, the portal opens and both the Princess and Ten disappear into the ground.
Naturally, the hashtag #princessnapped is forged.
That doesn't prove to be the only hashtag to get some heavy use this evening. The #wizardfound and #robotwizard hashtags find a sudden, new reason to actively discuss what's going on.
The remaining heroes: Garrot, Gyre, Haizea, Matilda, Olivia, (and... where's Terrence?) will find that the events from earlier in the day have caught up to them. There's a crack like thunder as both the Wizard and the Protector flicker into existence and both land in the superhero pose in the center of the intersection that Luka just disappeared from.
The Protector, if possible, is looking even worse than before. He's sporting a black eye and numerous cuts on his forehead, cheeks, and arms. It looks like he's been lit on fire at least once, but even so he's holding his rapier out in anticipation of the next strike.
The Wizard, meanwhile, is finally openly visible to everyone after her absence. She looks rough. It's as if the areas where she'd been harmed have been replaced or repaired with robotics. The left side of her face is no longer bandaged, instead revealing that she now has a robotic eye with a glowing yellow ring. The cables that were visible in the video before are very clearly plugged in just behind her ear, trailing down over her shoulder and down her back beneath the robes.
And of course she's still wearing pajamas. But they look like they've seen better days, charred and ripped and shredded at every edge. In her hand, though, is a massive axe. One side of its head is a giant half-circle axe head while the other side is a heavy weight like a hammer. The entire weapon is jet black, but it has a glossy shine.
What's the worst that could happen?
The Weather
- Cloudy, breezy.
- 48°F / 9°C
- Brrr.
Prompts:
- 3:00pm The Garden, Unknown Location: When Luka falls through the portal with Ten, he'll become immediately aware that the monster has slipped himself closer and snuck his feet beneath Luka's to stabilize him. Despite the falling, he seems surprisingly stable in the air.
And then there's the soft crunch of grass beneath his feet and he shifts slightly, waiting for Luka to step back on his own. Wherever they are, the air is filled with the scents of wildflowers and scents that are both beautiful and entrancing in their complexity. It's clear that there are dozens, if not hundreds of flowers and plants in the immediate vicinity. There's the gentle warmth of sunlight on Luka's skin, clearly advertising that they're outside (or in a very clever indoor garden). But most calming is the gentle sounds of moving water. If Luka focuses, he'll be able to pick out that there's a small waterfall, several waterways, and multiple water features with water tumbling down over rocks. And, of course, a pool or a pond with fish gently swimming about beneath the surface.
But he'll be interrupted twice before he can lose himself. The first is Ten.
"We're here." He says, but if Luka's not shaken enough he'll realize that he doesn't hear Seven and his Seven sense isn't going wild. But the second distraction happens as Luka's phone bloops from an unknown sender with a text:
"Welcome to the Garden, Princess." The text reads... with no explanation of who or how they sent him the text. That's totally normal! - 3:00pm Street Intersection, Bamborough: With the arrival of the Wizard and the Protector, it's very clear that shit is about to go down. But that absolutely isn't what the Wizard has in mind for this situation. She's the one running this game, and she isn't about to get five heroes wrapped up in her duel with the Protector. Before anyone can take an opportunity to make any attacks, and especially not the Protector, she snaps the fingers of her free hand five times.
And reality fractures. The way that the cracks in midair begin to fold and reflect the area and people around them, it's like the world is folding up into a trick mirror house. It's... actually exactly that. Reality twists and folds, forming reflections and containers out of the air itself until every single hero is enclosed in one. The hero in the middle of their own box, reflected on two opposite walls. But on the opposite two walls, the Wizard is visible beyond in one of them and the Protector is visible beyond in the other room. Uh. This conversation might get awkward. Worse is that they can't get distracted by their Seven senses, because no one can feel them anymore. - 3:15pm To Everyone: In the middle of the earlier events, every hero in Bamborough receives a text from an unknown sender. The only one who's spared this text is Luka, because he got a text earlier. The text reads: "I can give you one teleport to anywhere today. Tell me when and to where. Don't be unreasonable!"
- 8:00pm Onward, Everywhere: The day is done, the events are finished. How does your character get home? Do they go home alone? Do they seek the company of their fellow heroes? Do they stay alone, or do they get a room together? Either way, it's a rough night for everyone.
Procedure:
Reply to the appropriate toplevel comments for events below. Indicate if a post is a private conversation with "Private" in the subject otherwise all threads should be open to interaction with others. Plan OOCly how you'd like to toss everyone around.
Activity Check: January 2020
[ IRL Timeframe: January 1st - January 31st, 2020 ]
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"Well, you both look like hell," she starts, trying to keep her cool in this absolutely bizarre situation. "This year ain't exactly goin' accordin' to plan, huh?" Weird as this is, it seems the fighting is paused for now though, so she lets herself sit down in this strange container, leaning against one of the walls directly between the Wizard and the Protector and taps on it a bit.
"Not much a fan of this cell, though, gotta say."
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Hopefully his assumption was correct.
But that means he's left just watching Haizea with this cold, measured stare as the Wizard settles down onto the floor of her own cell to be on the same level as Haizea. Though she's a bit further away. The yellow of her new robotic eye is clearly on Haizea as she speaks.
"We can't get to each other in here." She answers, exhaustion obvious as day in her voice. It's clear she's the owner of the spell keeping them all apart.
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"By the way, don't think we've met proper yet," she says, with an upwards nod at the Protector. "But I'm bettin' you already know I'm Haizea, the dragon knight," her tone is casual, but she's quite aware of the Protector's cold stare. Ain't no need for that! She just tried to electrocute a monster to death!
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But as Haizea introduces herself, the Protector relaxes. Proper manners were always a source of relief, and he gives a slight nod of his head.
"I do. Under better circumstances we would not be meeting like this." He answers, glancing past Haizea to the Wizard.
"But there is a monster in our midst."
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"Too bad, I was really hopin' to catch up with Seven and make it pay for killin' Seth." Her tone is harsher at that, and she glances back and forth from the Wizard to the Protector. "It was Seven that killed Seth, right?"
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...
He narrows his eyes again at the dragon knight, his glare going cold as he watches her. His hand raises his blade slightly, making no mystery that he's preparing to do... something. With that wall in between them, what could he do?
"Dragon knight. You have one opportunity to confess your allegiance to me." He states shockingly calmly, but the words drip with promises of retribution as he watches her.
"I will not tolerate lies. Are you aligned with her?"
From behind Haizea, there's the soft sound of fabric as the Wizard shifts where she's sitting on the floor. A small smirk up towards Haizea. Need help? Or an out?
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"Awful rude of you to ask me a question while ignorin' the one I asked you. Should be an easy one too, I saw the video Seth took, so I know you were there when he died. Both of you were, actually," she says, with a glance at the Wizard. "I'll ask again, who killed Seth?"
She'd been casual with her initial ask, but the Protector's attitude has made her think she might be on to something. Sure, the video definitely looked like Seven killed Seth but... why was the Protector even there? Wasn't he supposed to leave the monster fighting to the knights? How did Seven manage to kill Seth if the Protector was there, shouldn't he have, well, protected him?
Something didn't add up.
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"Only a knight on her side would dodge my question." He states, glaring at Haizea as he pushes the tip of his glowing rapier into the wall. Immediately, white cracks begin to form around where he's pressed the blade.
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"I'll tell you this, I got no interest in takin' sides one way or the other. I'm here 'cause y'all made me be here, and my only goal is to keep the world from endin' so that I can get back to where I'm needed. I've fought the monsters that came before and I'll fight the monsters that'll come next if that's what it takes." She's up now, and starts threading her brass knuckles (only one of which is a knight weapon) onto her fingers. Her hands flex around them a bit before she brings her fists up in front of herself in a defensive stance.
"If you wanna fight me for doin' exactly what knights are supposed to do, just cause I dared to ask you a question, then bring it on."
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"I am the one who will save this world." He states, coldly.
"Not choosing a side is the same as damning this world to oblivion." He adds with a grunt of effort as he pushes his blade forward, the cracks in the wall beginning to spread at a faster rate. His blade and the cracks all glow a bright white, growing too intensely bright to look at for more than a moment.
And Haizea's phone pings with a new text notification.
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As the cracks spread, Haizea shifts her weight on her feet and glances back at the Wizard again. "Hey, looks like y'all can get to each other in here." Is that a warning? Or just an idle comment on the Wizard's previous assertion?
But then, her phone goes off. Normally, she'd ignore it, but she thinks it would probably piss off the Protector if she texted right in front of him as he's trying to kill her. So she answers it.
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"I did keep him from getting to you." At least for a little bit. Her robot eye drifts over to look at the Protector's slow advance through the wall.
"I wouldn't stick around to let him break through."
The Protector, meanwhile, says nothing, focusing his full attention on the spiderweb of cracks radiating out from his blade. At this point, it's a miracle the wall hasn't shattered. It won't be long before it does.
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"Aw, but he's itchin' for a fight, and who'm I to deny to him one?" She's mostly joking, but part of her does think it'd be interesting to fight him. Suicidal, probably, but definitely interesting.
"Unless you're plannin' to fight him once I'm out of the way?" She asks, with a look up and down the Wizard. She certainly doesn't seem to be in any kind of shape to fight him.
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But her grip on it is so strange, like a 90 year old recently admitted to the hospital promising to lift 400lbs. Not to mention that she was ?injured? and also a robot? What was up with that?
"I have a plan for him."
At the same time, the Protector finally pulls his blade back from the wall, swinging it down to his side. As he does, the wall starts to flicker and crack. From the center, where he'd stuck his blade, it begins to dissolve into ashes. The dissolving radiates outwards, disappearing. As this happens, the walls of the mirror box structure begin folding away. The Wizard's spell she'd cast is coming undone, the trick boxes they'd all been contained in are shrinking away.
It won't be long before nothing stands between anyone trying to kill anyone.
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"If your plan works and you make it out, we should get ramen again," she says, then takes a deep breath.
She presses send and instantly after she charges at the Protector, fist raised. If her timing works, she wants to try and punch him through the hole in the wall just once before she's teleported out, or at the very least maybe make him think twice about pulling a blade on her in the future.
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1) Haizea's fist is lined up with the Protector's face.
2) The Protector's blade tip is lined up with Haizea's eye.
3) The Wizard's axe is swinging in, breaking the Protector's blade.
...but Haizea disappears before she knows how that gets resolved. The portal drops her somewhere completely different.