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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.
damn, smooth 😳 is this... flirting
Vash's smile becomes a smidge more sincere as Dokja picks up the glass in acceptance of his offer, and he clinks his glass against his companion's. ]
Happy to do you the favor of giving you a rest! You probably need it.
[ yeah, everyone does, huh; these poor people... ]
You're a Bearer, right? I think I've seen you around before, but maybe with less of the 'caked-on dirt' look. It's in vogue right now, though; looks good on you.
what is....... flirting
Anyway, with the clink of their cups completed, Dokja raises his glass to take a small sip. As always, alcohol is disgusting and tastes bad, but he tries not to show it because he is an adult. A grown man. He has had alcohol before, clearly.
... Except he kind of pauses, glass lowering a bit as he gives Vash a dumbfounded look. ]
Are you making fun of me right now?
[ WHEN THEY'VE ONLY JUST MET? ]
what you're doing right now, yuul 😳 omg 😳
Would I admit it if I was?
[ he takes a swig from the glass, swirling the bourbon around momentarily as if he were sophisticated. (he is not sophisticated.) ]
...Yes, actually. Yeah, I'm making fun of you, but only a little. It's kinda therapeutic; you don't mind, do you?
DELUSIONAL
But wow, the audacity on this guy! Maybe it's the absurdity of it all that has the corners of Dokja's lips rising as if he can't help himself. ]
I don't mind. I'm quite used to it, in fact.
[ Something about him screams COME BULLY ME he supposes. ]
But I think I should at least get an introduction before you go any further.
omg i can't believe how hard we're flirting rn omg 😳
anyway, if they're doing this whole introductions thing - sure, sure, why not? Vash sticks out his hand with... you guessed it, a big ol' smile. ]
You first; I'm deciding if I give you my real name or a really stupid alias. Need some more time to deliberate 'n all.
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But Dokja takes that hand without much hesitation, his own smile not as easy, though it does at least look understanding. He's given his fair share of fake aliases in the past. He gets it. ]
Well, I'm Kim Dokja. Just Dokja is fine.
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Name's Vash, Vash the Stampede - legendary outlaw, ambitious seeker of peace and equality across the perilous journey we call life; it's a pleasure. But you can just call me Vash.
[ this sounds like an alias, doesn't it. ]
You been here long?
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I think that introduction was longer than my stay here.
[ Vash is a silly name so Dokja will automatically assume it's an alias. ]
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[ Vash asks this and it seems he is, sadly, utterly serious (he is not serious) as he takes a deep swig of his drink, maintaining eye contact, ]
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[ Because he's quickly getting the feeling that he needs to be drunk for this interaction, which he helps along by also taking another sip, though he does not maintain eye contact with Vash for it. Because he's normal. ]
But yeah, I guess you could say I've been here since the beginning. Or, a beginning.
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A beginning? [ hm. ] Okay, I'll bite. Which beginning are we talking?
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You're new here? I don't get out much, so sorry if I missed a welcoming party.
[ Gives the man a quick once-over. Tall and handsome. How typical for a new arrival! ]
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[ wow that charmingly ~mysterious~ smile........ 😳 what could it mean... what secrets could Dokja be hiding... that he has a yeti baby daddy???? that he lays eggs?? haha imagine? ]
What, you're not the partying type? What do you do?
[ what's Dokja's job.... don't say brooding ]
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When you were considering your real name or an alias. It sounds like you're still getting used to introducing yourself here.
[ His smile grows a little friendlier, even if there are too many thoughts jostling around his head at the current situation. ]
And reading, mostly. I help run a small bookstore.
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but Dokja makes a good point, and Vash has to think for a sec as he rubs his chin. hm. hmm. ]
Yeah, I probably gotta work on that. Smooth it out. You got any suggestions? --And hey, a bookstore? How's it holding up through all this?
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Well, for starters, you should choose a more believable alias.
[ Because Vash is a little....... ]
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[ Vash shoots Dokja a look, picking up the bottle by the neck to begin pouring again. and if he notices any absence of response re: the bookstore (he does), he kindly refrains from pushing the subject. ]
It's not like 'Dokja' is much better, buddy, don't go acting like you can judge.
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But. ]
"Vash the Stampede"? What does that mean?
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what are the Korean words for dreamy hunk yuul jw ]
What does it mean to you, friend? What do those words inspire in your heart when you hear them...? Do you hear the thundering hoofs of a stampeding team of horses, riding through the valleys of freedom, galloping onward in search of peace and love? Hm?
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BUT NO, Doka doesn't hear any of that!! In fact, he's had a really traumatic experience with a horse recently, so there's absolutely nothing inspiring about the sound of stampeding horses... That's like. His greatest fear now. Vash is triggering his equinophobia.
And because he's mildly concerned about All of this, he slowly starts pulling the bottle of alcohol away from Vash... ]
Fantasy stories, mostly. The impossible becoming possible. Stuff with... [ grimaces in embarrassment but continues on ] heroes.
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but i'm also very glad Vash can torture Dokja without intending to, unlike me, who does it on purpose ]
Oh yeah? [ Vash reaches for the alcohol, putting it back exactly where it had been a second ago, smile unfaltering and maintaining eye contact ] Like the magic-y fantasy stuff? Knights and dragons? Maybe comic book action hero-heroes?
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But Dokja already regrets opening his stupid mouth, and he blames it on the alcohol for loosening his tongue to this degree. That won't stop him from taking another swig from his cup, though, the tips of his ears now burning red from either the alcohol or possibly embarrassment. Who knows. ]
I guess so. Not so much comic books, but more like... [ Catches himself. ] Ugh, I don't know if you're asking just to make fun of me some more.
[ Is that what you are, Vash... A bully...? ]
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actually yeah Vash is a bully I am sorry to report..... at least he does it good-naturedly. probably.
anyway, his smile is a hint more earnest to see that creep of heat in Dokja's ears; is it cute?? maybe, maybe it is. MAYBE IT IS. ]
Hey, c'mon! I'm not making fun of you, I'm seriously asking here!
[ he means it, though?!?! ]
What is it? You got me on the edge of my seat, don't leave me hanging...
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And maybe it's because the light topic of their conversation compared to the backdrop of the ruins surrounding them is desperately needed, but Dokja takes another, bigger sip of his drink before making up his mind. ]
I just like stories with ordinary people who rise to the challenge... The ones that never expect to become a hero, but find that they have to.
[ The end is a bit mumbled out of embarrassment. He's truly back in his forum days with this near complete stranger. ]