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Entry tags:
- arcane: vander,
- arknights: gavial,
- bastard!!: dark schneider,
- black butler: sieglinde sullivan,
- expanse (the): amos burton,
- fate/: quetzalcoatl,
- fate/: rin tohsaka,
- fire emblem: claude von riegan,
- genshin impact: tartaglia (childe),
- genshin impact: zhongli,
- granblue fantasy: eustace,
- magnus archives (the): the archivist,
- orv: dokja kim,
- star wars: cassian andor,
- star wars: jyn erso,
- trigun maximum: vash the stampede
The Seeds of Unrest, Phase Two 🌱
UPROOTED
Time has not been kind thus far, and the future will be no kinder.
The slow passage of days to weeks has seen both cities increasingly ravaged by the untamed growth of the enlarging roots. Their size is enough to uproot buildings by their foundations, if not bisect them entirely where they push through unfettered. In the worst-hit areas, entire blocks are left abandoned - if even standing at all, displacing families and leaving businesses in ruins.
Cetina and Kathova have been in near constant contact with Bearers via Communion, feeding them information about which areas to focus their lifesaving efforts. Yima’s Manor and the Seat of the Tribune - despite their closeness to the Trees - have been fortified by your leaders and act as a base of operations for each respective faction. You will be able to return to either to find sanctuary from the chaos beyond, but the innumerable civilians are not so lucky.
Bearers are tasked with rescue and recovery efforts and requested to assist hands on the ground with taking refugees to temporary shelters. Survivors must be dug out of the debris. Those who are capable of healing will be enlisted to assist at hospitals and triage centers. Supplies must be gathered and harvested from areas that are collapsed and too dangerous for civilians to navigate. If you are feeling generous, you can go on search and rescue missions, as many people are considered missing in both Highstorm and Springstar. Some areas are completely cut off to regular foot traffic by the massive, winding roots bearing countless Blight-blooms. Citizens are succumbing to the Blight flower’s effects persistent from phase one with more and more frequency.
While both cities slowly succumb to a deepening catastrophe, the situation worsens.
The slow passage of days to weeks has seen both cities increasingly ravaged by the untamed growth of the enlarging roots. Their size is enough to uproot buildings by their foundations, if not bisect them entirely where they push through unfettered. In the worst-hit areas, entire blocks are left abandoned - if even standing at all, displacing families and leaving businesses in ruins.
Cetina and Kathova have been in near constant contact with Bearers via Communion, feeding them information about which areas to focus their lifesaving efforts. Yima’s Manor and the Seat of the Tribune - despite their closeness to the Trees - have been fortified by your leaders and act as a base of operations for each respective faction. You will be able to return to either to find sanctuary from the chaos beyond, but the innumerable civilians are not so lucky.
Bearers are tasked with rescue and recovery efforts and requested to assist hands on the ground with taking refugees to temporary shelters. Survivors must be dug out of the debris. Those who are capable of healing will be enlisted to assist at hospitals and triage centers. Supplies must be gathered and harvested from areas that are collapsed and too dangerous for civilians to navigate. If you are feeling generous, you can go on search and rescue missions, as many people are considered missing in both Highstorm and Springstar. Some areas are completely cut off to regular foot traffic by the massive, winding roots bearing countless Blight-blooms. Citizens are succumbing to the Blight flower’s effects persistent from phase one with more and more frequency.
While both cities slowly succumb to a deepening catastrophe, the situation worsens.
STIRRING STORMS
As the days pass, inexplicable and unnatural weather occurrences will randomly plague both cities. They can last as long as a full day or as little as an hour before dissolving entirely.- Flurries: this snow is tainted by the Blight, making the snowfall look like ash. Any organic matter it touches will be affected by reopening wounds, re-infection of illnesses, or re-experiencing injuries that may have healed over years ago.
- Thunderstorms: these storms carry a frigid rainfall and heavy cloud cover, making already difficult-to-navigate disaster zones harder to clear. As each thunder bellow crashes overhead, you might swear you hear a familiar voice reaching out to you in the fading rumble… one that sends a message - either from the future or past.
- Fog: dense clouds of thick, freezing fog will roll in randomly, making visibility even more precarious. In your search for survivors - or your companions, you may find yourself coming face to face with someone else, instead: a version of yourself (or a companion) from another timeline. You may also hear your own voice calling out to you from within the fog, attempting to beckon you further into the mist.
- General Note: Exposure to any of the above weather patterns will increase your Blight infection.
THE BLIGHT COMES FOR ALL
As if it were not enough to see the cities that have become your salvation at the end of the Timestream falling to collapse and ruin, the Bearers will slowly begin to realize their previous immunity to the Blight is eroding. They will begin to show symptoms of infection that increase into May’s event. ( For more information on the effects of the Blight and purification methods, please see the OOC Summary. )
Now that their last bastion - the Bearers - are just as much in harm’s way as everyone else, the populous’s efforts to formulate a temporary stop-gap solution are being rushed to completion. Time is not on anyone’s side. They will continue to work with those who have been kind enough to volunteer their resources and brilliant minds - collecting materials and attempting to figure out a way to avert their otherwise inevitable destiny.
🌙 YIMA will stress for all Zenite Bearers to prioritize their well-being and to avoid unnecessary exposure, to manage their symptoms as much as possible. They must fight for their own survival to bring in the birth of a new universe - and their lives are too precious to risk. Beyond that, she asks them to save what they can of their people and their most critical structures with the understanding that hard choices may be necessary.
🌞 CYRUS will implore all Meridian Bearers to prioritize the general population's lives and turn their efforts to save as much of Springstar as they can. He will note that Bearers have ways to help keep one another from suffering too much contagion and to coordinate their usages appropriately, to keep one another safe, and watch their backs.
Now that their last bastion - the Bearers - are just as much in harm’s way as everyone else, the populous’s efforts to formulate a temporary stop-gap solution are being rushed to completion. Time is not on anyone’s side. They will continue to work with those who have been kind enough to volunteer their resources and brilliant minds - collecting materials and attempting to figure out a way to avert their otherwise inevitable destiny.
ORDERS
Orders from your leaders will come as soon as infections among the Bearers have been confirmed.🌙 YIMA will stress for all Zenite Bearers to prioritize their well-being and to avoid unnecessary exposure, to manage their symptoms as much as possible. They must fight for their own survival to bring in the birth of a new universe - and their lives are too precious to risk. Beyond that, she asks them to save what they can of their people and their most critical structures with the understanding that hard choices may be necessary.
🌞 CYRUS will implore all Meridian Bearers to prioritize the general population's lives and turn their efforts to save as much of Springstar as they can. He will note that Bearers have ways to help keep one another from suffering too much contagion and to coordinate their usages appropriately, to keep one another safe, and watch their backs.
ANOTHER EN-TREE-TY
The Tree of Life continues to sicken, yet - thankfully - the progression of the Blight is slow. Still, Bearers will find themselves occasionally compelled to take a moment to sit beneath its boughs and vibrant leaves, even as some begin to show signs of discoloration and rot. Any characters who sit with the Tree with the purple leaf they found on their person after phase one will find it warming to the touch, its veins laced with gold. This effect will be even more effective if taken into the cavernous roots beneath the Tree! While this may fill you with a temporary sense of calm, it doesn't seem to have any other effects... yet still, you are compelled, if not curious.
The Tree has offered you this gift for a reason. Perhaps you will find its use before long.
...As long as you - and Kenos - survive long enough to discover it.
The Tree has offered you this gift for a reason. Perhaps you will find its use before long.
...As long as you - and Kenos - survive long enough to discover it.
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[ Quetzalcoatl says this like it’s a legitimate term, but no, this is definitely just what she’s been calling it. To go along with Blight-Storms and Blight-Fog. It doesn’t need to be complicated! ]
No, it’s muy malo! Have you been wandering around in it for a long time…?
[ Since that could explain why he’s so…
,
You know! ]
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Yeah, I got caught in it on my way back and next thing I knew? Things got a little wacky. You know how it's been, right? Just a real mess.
[ yeah, Blight-Snow, this is a totally technical term he will now adopt, makes sense, no notes, checks out from here, ]
Anyone ever tell you you're really warm, by the way?
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I do, sí… Mm, I’ve been doing my best around Springstar to help people out, but it’s a lot more difficult with the Blight. In a lot of ways! The weather is very strange, but even the Blight itself— [ She shivers, even with a brr noise ] ¡Horrible! It’s why I’m resting now for a bit before I head back out!
[ There’s just a tiny bit of her tone that seems to be scolding, as if to say “that’s what you should do too,” but she doesn’t press on it. Yet. She just laughs as she gets to addressing his question and nods with a sunny smile. ]
But, yes, all the time! Even more without the Blight, I bet! [ Not actually true, but that’s how it feels for her at the moment ] Since I have a big association with the sun, I think it just makes me run hotter than most people!
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he has no ideait sure is nice to run across someone so upbeat, especially around the more dour and morose atmospheres that have befallen both cities...✨ he's soaking in the sunny rays of Quetz's Vibes ✨ ]
So you're a Bearer? [ he kinda knew that already, but hey, ] And a Meridian if you're here, right? Wow, how come we've never crossed paths before? Pretty sure I would remember someone like you...
[ ✨ v i b i n g ✨
kicking his feeties where they're hanging off the arm of the chair like a schoolgirl writing about her crush in her diary on her bed ]
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[ She laughs like it’s a joke, but truly, don’t ask. There is a whole, long conversation underneath the curtain about the intricacies of calendars, and Vash of all people does not need that… But at least he doesn't have much time to ask anyways, since she easily and earnestly moves into introductions. The fact that he's a wholeass man kicking his feet while laying in her lap does not seem to dampen the introduction at all. ]
But we’re meeting now, which is what matters, yes? So, hi! I’m Quetzalcoatl!
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Anyone ever tell you you've got a real unique name? [ well, maybe it isn't super unique where she's from - whatever, Vash is still smiling his dumb smile while he kicks his feetsies in Pretzelcoatl's lap, sprawled like a long, lanky cat on his back asking for belly rubs. hm. ]
It's real nice, though. Real nice for a real nice woman who shines bright as the sun...
[ ✨😏✨ ]
The name's Vash, Vash the Stampede, man of mystery and renown back home for being a hunter of love and peace, but you can just call me Vash.
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Yep, they have! Like, I’m sure there’s maybe someone out there that might have my name, but it’d be coming from me, you know! I’m sure I’m the first, hehe!
[ Eventually… They’ll get there. But it’s also easy to forget when she’s just as easily distracted. After all, that’s quite the introduction, and the verdict is that she’s rather charmed! Unfortunate! ]
But it’s nice to meet you, Vash! ¿Señor la Estampida? [ Even just saying it in Spanish makes her giggle ] That’s quite a thing to have renown for, though! How do you hunt love and peace, exactly?
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he isn't sure he gets what she means by she's the first (unless she means 'yeah it's a super unique name bc it's an original' and then of course everyone after her would have yanked it from HER because she's the first and-- okay whatever), but sure!! she's such a cutie, and he's got other things to think about. like love and peace in the arms of a beautiful woman. ]
It's a long story, but if I had to give you the short of it... it would be by filling the hearts of those I come across with the peace of a tranquil blue sky on a sunny day.
[ whatever the fuck that means ]
When I look at you, I think like you might already know what I'm talking about; I get that feeling deep inside myself. Maybe you're the one to finally fill that blue sky with sunlight...?
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Oh…! Ah, Señor Vash, when you look at me that way…! How cute! ¡Es muy lindo!
[ She laughs, and this may be the first time one of his cheesy lines worked, but she’s just also very physical and affectionate! It’s why she doesn’t mind him laying in her lap at all. So, with no preamble whatsoever, she leans down (boobs also pressing against him, wow?) and gives him a quick little kiss on his forehead before she draws back up, laughing. ]
Ha, but you know, I already had my turn to fill the sky! So, maybe you'll be disappointed, actually!
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,,boo
ba.
booba, KISSY. bOOBA-- ]
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I could never be disappointed in you. In fact, I think I feel the sun warming the cold, lonely sands of my heart as we speak...
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[ That deeper voice has… Absolutely no effect on her, it seems! She’s just as sunny in her response, so maybe she’s not picking up what he’s putting down…? No, more accurately, this is just the kind of affection she gives easily, so she’s just warmly amused by his response! It’s still very cute to her! ]
That means I’m doing well. I might not be out there moving rubble anymore, but I can help here too, right?
[ Which, on that note— ]
It’s just cold, lonely sand, right? Because if it’s the cold of the Blight too, I can help with that. [ She laughs ] I'm warm and sturdy, so I can take plenty of it!
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maybe.
but don't give him that credit bc he doesn't deserve it ]
Yeah? [ somehow, he knew this offer was coming - and just like that, Vash is abruptly sitting upright with his spine straight as a nail-- ] Yeah? Really? You'd do that for me? You really mean it?!
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[ She reaches up towards her mouth and lightly grips what Vash probably thought was a piercing underneath her lips. She pulls it away, and while it is a bit bigger when removed from her than when it sits underneath her lips, it’s still quite small for a Shard! She holds it between her thumb and forefinger and gives Vash a playful wink. ]
See? It's no problem!
[ Though something does occur to her, so with a little ah, she asks: ]
Oh, but have you done this already, actually? It's a strange process! But it does work!
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....
.........haha, this is about the time he's realizing he is sitting ramrod straight in her lap, and he sure has been here! the whole time!!! in her lap!!!!!! wow, let him just. don't mind him, he's gonna go ahead and, c... climb, outta here, real careful-like, chuckling nervously like this is a totally normal thing that people do, ]
O-oh, yeah! Yeah, I've done it before, don't worry! I'm practically a professional! [ okay that might be taking it a bit far but he's deflecting stop don't look at him ] Wow, you got a real interesting Shard there... first I've seen like that one. [ he might STILL be deflecting but also - earnestly finding it cool? neat! in her lip, he didn't know they could do that...
but this is ALSO about the time he realizes she's probably waiting for him to pony up as well - so he's dragging one of the chairs closer to sit on it like, you know... a functional adult, reaching beneath his coat, unbuttoning a button or two to reach for his own at his chest. the lightbulb-shaped Shard houses a red geranium inside of it, and Vash cradles it between his hands as one might offer a baby bird or like, a five-year-old bringing their mom a frog. ]
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Not that Quetzalcoatl minds, unsurprisingly! She just giggles as he extracts himself from her lap, but she doesn’t comment on it to tease him further. As is likely already very clear, she’s earnest and straightforward, so just not the teasing sort. ]
Mm, I’ve noticed it’s different too! Not that I’ve gotten to see many, but… It’s neat, though! Everyone’s Shard is so different, it seems like. I guess it should be, since it’s the soul, but still.
[ And so, she draws up a bit in interest as Vash starts to pull out his Shard. Her eyes immediately light up in starry-eyed interest, because it’s much more interesting than hers at a glance. She leans close to take a better look at the flower-like crystal inside, but her response is easy and warm. ]
It’s beautiful. [ wow quetz you can’t just call someone’s soul beautiful 😳 but naturally, she does ] So, yours is interesting too, yes! I haven’t seen what looks like a Shard inside a Shard.
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Why'd you gotta go and say it like that...? Why are you so--
[ PURE? CUTE?
CUTE AND PURE??????? is this ALLOWED???????????? can he put her in a jar and keep her forever and ever?????? ]
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Luckily, Quetzalcoatl is not as judgmental as me, though! She just laughs with warm amusement at his dramatics, then reaches out to give his hair a playful ruffle. ]
Híjole, don't cry over that! It's a compliment, you know?
[ She knows that's how he's taking it rather than any offense considering his tone, but this is the most gentle, big sister kind of teasing. She doesn't push her luck with being touchy with a stranger, though, so he gets one (1) solid ruffle before she withdraws her hand with another laugh. ]
And I mean it too! The one inside, it looks like a flower, so that's very cute! Mine is just— Hm, it's dense, that's a word for it!
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but Vash's Shard is probably one of the only things he actually likes about his person, which is ironic considering it's something that uniquely manifested in Kenos and Kenos alone. no weird Shard-y things at home for him, nosiree. ]
Dense? [ he's looking at hers curiously at that, before he picks his own up to turn it over as if to test its weight. ] Can I see it?
[ he says having no idea that like, them holding one another's Shards is a whole Thing, whoops, ]
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She does look a little surprised that he asks at first, but it doesn’t last long. She’d heard that holding someone else’s Shard could feel strange, but she’s yet to experience it firsthand. There’s definitely trust involved since these are their souls, and even if they’re as sturdy as a normal rock would be, it’s still vulnerable. But… She’s a trusting person naturally, and Vash hasn’t given her any reason to feel particularly apprehensive. ]
Sure! But be careful, okay?
[ You can also tell that she’s 2IQ because she’s trusting a man that introduced himself as “the Stampede” to hold her Shard…
But she does indeed hand it to him gently, and right away, her Shard is noticeably warm to the touch just like herself. What she means by “dense” isn’t as immediately clear, but further examination will reveal what she means, though it’s not quite a physical property so much as the vague sensations that come from Shards. It really does seem like her soul is large in some way, and it’s been compressed down into this little teardrop of greenstone. It might seem related to the size of her Shard, but honestly, any Shard she could have would be the same. Not that she would know that, of course. ]
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and she is just GIVING IT TO HIM i clench my fist
anyway, he is excessively gentle as he takes it up in his hand!! and wow, it really does feel warm and alive in a way he has only felt when... yes, when he resonated with his sisters; Vash is charmed by this experience, and maybe it doesn't feel as Uncomfy as it would for most folks, because the both of them are both fuckin' pure and disgusting creatures. ]
It feels so fragile, but at the same time - I feel like it's really strong somehow. Does that make sense?
[ is he calling Pretzel-coat-l really strong, maybe those are the Vibes he's picking up here?? who knows. does he even know what he's saying: no ]
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