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15strangers2023-07-20 09:54 am
strangerpeople) wrote in 15strangers2023-07-20 09:54 am
FINAL INVESTIGATION
[Fifteen X-Passes. Six weeks. Freedom at last.
But it's not the end. Of course it's not. There are questions to answer, and souls to save. And now that the group is outside, they can see where they are.
They are inside a massive cavern, illuminated in an eerie green light, standing on a stone path. On one side is the ship-or rather, a massive, ship-shaped tangle of bloody branches, the trunk-like roots snaking out and into the river its buoyed on, as well as into the ceiling of stalactites. Said river is wine dark, but it's clearly not water. No-it is blood.
And on the other side of their little pathway? A root-encrusted palace. It sits over a labyrinthine city, bathed in emerald, and all is eerily silent save for some sounds coming from within the castle. It's clear the infestation somehow started here. And it is here that answers are likely to be found.
The doors are right in front of the group-and they are already open, covered in branches. From the outside, it seems little more than a ruin. Once everyone goes in, though?
It's even worse. The tree has taken over. Whatever lives here is no longer in charge. There's no easy way to disentangle the Qilphoth from this place. But there is life here, somehow. You can see figures entangled within the roots as you explore. And-they are still, somehow, alive. More than alive. They are beings that bleed ichor instead of blood-beings of incredible divinity and power. They are gods. And they are hostage to the tree, forever and ever, trapped in induced ennui, unless something is done.
[Once you enter, the investigation shall begin.
Good luck.]
((OoC: And here are team assignments!))
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Volume's getting a bit overwrought, though.
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He holds her close, if not protectively while mimicking the act of drawing a blade with his other hand, meaning he can easily carry her with the other. Going to roll with it. ]
I would take ANY damage if it means your life is spared, a life much more valuable and precious to mine own!
[ Flashing her a believable, happy smile as he looked at her. ]
For you are my one true love and there's nothing in this world I wouldn't do to keep you safe! I will ensure the both of us will escape and live our lives happily together!
1/3
2/3
Roland isn't the one she loves, even if he is a dear friend, but it's all so intense that she starts to turn pink, and for a moment he's handsome and right in front of her, and that's Kind Of Overwhelming?]
3/3
My lord!!!! Your noble father!!! You mustn't take such risks for one such as I!!! Not when his health is so close to failing!!!!!!
[Did they need more drama here? Probably not. Is it being injected? Apparently.]
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A touch of surprise flashed across his face and perhaps a bit of conflict? He was doing his best here. ]
You hadn't heard? There was a betrayal and my poor father sacrificed himself in my stead!
[ His expression twists, and he almost looks ready to cry now as well. ]
There was nothing I could do!! He told me to run, and warned me your life would be in danger! You, my sweet princess, are all I have left!