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pajamabox2021-07-20 09:13 pm
wizardseason) wrote in pajamabox2021-07-20 09:13 pm
Day 9: Twilight
Twilight: 12:00noon - ??:00 Unknown
[ IRL Timeframe: July 20th - Onward, 2021 ]In the past, the heroes had found themselves face-to-face with the Protector and the Wizard on year 0. They'd found the shattered pieces of Sxicq. They'd found the story before anyone had polished it into what it was today. It was free of all the lies, save for the ones coming from an alien's mouth.
The heroes influenced the past in subtle ways: Confronting the Protector with questions. Shaking the Wizard's solid foundations and instilling curiosity about the truth. Most importantly, Sxicq had seen all of their faces.
After chasing the crystals around the town and mountain, the heroes were pulled back into the room beneath the mountain. There, to their huge surprise, they were hidden behind some incredibly convenient piles of rocks to watch the events unfold that would define the next forty years. Floating over twelve of the platforms in the cavern were twelve of the crystals with kids inside of them that had been floating around the mountain. In the center of the circle stand two figures: Sxicq and the Wizard. The two appear apprehensive, but it's the third figure at the edge of the circle that's ruining it:
"Contain it! What are you doing!" The Protector shouts, stomping a foot. The air feels heavy, like it's made of electric cotton, and the hairs on everyone's arms stand upright.
"Get-- out! Of the way!!" He continues, stomping forward into the circle. As he does, a familiar blade slides out into his hand. Its shape is a tear in reality, a hole in the very makeup of the world itself.
The only thing that keeps the heroes from leaping forward to change history is the twelve small, glowing forms that are holding their hands. Smaller than children. Animals. Twelve of them, pleading in whispers: Stay. Watch.
True to their word, there is something to watch. The Protector rushes in, swinging his blade in a high arc before plunging it downward into the center of the circular floor of the platform. From it: A blue beam of energy, like lightning, fires forth through his chest. It pierces out from him, through Sxicq, through the Wizard, through the twelve crystals, and finally through the twelve animals where they're sitting around the heroes.
One bright white explosion later: The animals are gone. The crystals are gone. Sxicq is gone. The Wizard is gone. Only the Protector remains, standing over the circular rings in the floor. Slowly, he retracts his blade from the center. The edges of reality start to go to static.
"It is done." He declares with an air of finality. The static creeps in on the edges of everything, fading the vision as Sxicq descends into slumber.
The Protector's wrist beeps in defiance. He looks down at it, his face scrunching up in disgust. "It has to be done! Acknowledge: Mission complete!" He nearly yells at his wrist, only to be met with a response that stuns him.
"User not recognized, access privileges locked down." Says the same voice that came from within the ship. The static finishes pouring over everything, fading the vision of the cavern into nothing but noise.
And then everyone wakes up.
Everything feels wrong: The clocks all say it's sometime after noon, but the sky is an ever-churning, ever-shifting muddled mess of blues, purples, and darkness. The sun is missing. Weather outlets everywhere didn't have any explanation for the phenomenon. News stations were being careful to avoid referring to it as a sign of the end. The Protector had told them things were dire, after all, but they couldn't cause a mass panic.
And, most importantly, a small handful of news headlines on the planet were talking about time travel being real. They're talking about the blip to forty years ago. They're talking about the very same things that the heroes had just experienced, like they had experienced those exact same things. What effect would this have on the carefully-crafted story that the Protector had pieced together over forty years? Just how many people had shared this experience too?
Unknown to Luka, Gyre, and Olivia: Terrence had been to the past and had an experience much like the one they'd shared as a trio. He ended up with two regular people from the world who didn't recognize him as one of the heroes from this year.
What would happen now?
The Weather
- The birds aren't chirping.
- 68°F
- A little breezy.
Prompts:
- 12:00noon The Return, The Garden: When Gyre, Luka, and Olivia return, they're placed on the ground around the portal arrival in the garden. Nearby, Terrence has also been deposited: But he's in a tree about three feet up.
At least the gang's all here?- 1:00pm Onward, Around the Garden: Once the heroes start making their way around the garden and inside the monster house, they'll realize that, for the first time, all of the monsters are here either inside or somewhere nearby. If the heroes wanted to find anyone, now was the chance for them to do so!
Procedure:
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"Behind you, to your left." She explains, making a mental note to group Luka in with Eight. She waits for him to get the cables before explaining what they're for.
"Plug one cable each into opposite sides of the cube. Twist the other ends until they're sticky and put them in your palms." To her, this explanation is completely normal and not at all something that would be cause for concern.
But she's also focused on something else. There's a soft hissing as all the remaining cables separate from her body and clatter to the ground, leaving her finally free of them. The helmet she wears starts humming softly, a gentle whirring coming from various fans in it that have kicked on. The front visor starts glowing too, glowing with a soft blue light.
"I'll need to plug in to help guide you to the six machines. But I can't help with your manifestation." She speaks with her own voice now, instead of the phone. Her voice is high and light, not quite a whisper but certainly not what anyone would consider conversational. If anyone else was speaking, she'd be drowned out. But if she was any louder, her voice might've been squeaky.
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He's distracted, thankfully, by the sudden new noises in the room - and somewhat taken aback my Nine's voice.
"Oh, the manifestation," He waves a dismissive hand, though his voice lacks confidence. "I can handle that, easy. Just show me where these machines are and we'll get this fixed quick."
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"Cube time." She offers, making her way out of the room to Four's room.