sweatdropEir entered the Shrine, at last succeeded. He swear that there's some kind of odd powers at work, disabling him to reach here...
And there she was. The Goddess of Rui...wait.
Who is she?
She seems busy, a glowing instrument in her hands. Wires emerge, created from the fog itself around her, snapping and hissing to life before fading back into greys.
She handed out a bag without even seeing his face. It's a simple bag, tied with loose string, locked in the center. At one end of the string is a key.
"Go on," urges the Goddess, her smile crooked but hopeful, "-open it up. I have a gift for you."
With a 'what' blank expression, Eir untied the strings. There is nothing inside.
Eir returned his gaze to her face. "-err..."
"Oh." the Goddess is suddenly clenching and unclenching one hand. "A small error. It's okay, I can fix this." Her gaze intensifies, "With your help, I can fix this. Could you fetch me more parts? I stored them in my special labs but it's getting a little cluttered down there. Just look for the chests, they should be inside. I don't need everything it holds, just the heart."
She paused, before giving Eir a simple pair of scissors.
Heart? As in...like mine?
"That should do the trick. Just the heart. They don't need theirs after all," their expression turns turns wry, gentled at the corners with remorse,
"...they didn't quite make it."
Who didn't make it?
Eir turned to the direction pointed as the Goddess beams at you and gives him one last smile before he walked towards the thin opening.
It's just a small box, a very tiny opening. It is dark inside.
Thunk.
Thunk.
Thunk.
"What was that sound?"
He stepped inside.
The first thing he noticed when he stepped inside are...three thick doors facing him. Each of them has a sigil on it and a word.
The first is shaped like a pumpkin. It seems rather pleasant and the hollow, carved faced of the pumpkin is smiling, etched right onto the door. It gives off a simple, ambient vibe.
The second is shaped like a reverse hooked spiral. It's been crossed out multiple times no, scratched out, until the spiral is all but covered in thick, unsteady gouges. It gives a strange, unnerving vibe.
The third is a shape of a tree, branching downwards. The tree splits into several uneven branches at the base. It gives a vibe filled entirely with malice and terror.
Which one should he choose?
"Any idea?" He asked his heart.
...no response.
"Don't tell me this is also the test from the Goddess?"
He compared the three doors. If he was to compare it with the experience he JUST went through...
"The pumpkin door it is."
He opened the door and entered.
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Character name: Eir Character appearance: A shadow with red, pulsating core. Now more corporeal after getting his second blessing... Link to Heart Log[ x ] Current HP 40/40 Special Ability: Wild Card Chance: If you roll an unfavourable dice (such as trying to roll dice to survive in an area), you may choose to reroll that dice. You can only use this ability once, and it must be in a NON BATTLE condition. Racial Ability: Ghost: 2x Loot for the first 3 successful battles (3/3). Current weapon equipped Simple Protection: HP: 40. Atk: 2d8 - 6
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Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 8:24 pm
Eir heard just as he walked into the hallway a sound, a light humming, which stirred a strange nostalgia in him.
For a moment he can imagine pumpkins, smiling glowing ones, before all is quiet. There are voices, lingering in the distance, somewhat familiar and provide a sense of warmth.
Eir felt the corners of his mouth curl into a smile, without even knowing why. Why do I feel someone I can met someone who I've been waiting for for a long time here?
The door shuts behind you, firmly, the second he entered, making the shadow jump in surprise.
Then suddenly, the darkness turned bright.
There was a field of brightly glowing pumpkins. They seem to be leading a path for him, with flickering yellow lights and orange carved faces.
Eir excitedly walked through the small walkway, admiring the strange scenery.
At the very end there is a very large open field. It is covered in small glowing orange flowers, that seem to illuminate the ground. It feels really peaceful here.
There is a tombstone sticking out in the center.
"Whose gravestone was this?" He walked towards it.
It reads [HERE LIES Ellitas].
Ellitas? Why did that name feels familia...
"Hey. Did you really want to become an Information Broker? With that gloomy face? HA!"
She was a simple citizen. A barmaid at best.
Who?
She was born in Silver Kingdom of Chance, just like me.
Wh...
She is aspiring to be a store owner.
Elli...
She wanted to travel to the Kingdom of Desire to start her own store.
I...remember.
She grew out with 'me' in the Silver Kingdom. 'I' saw her..beneath the rubble.
Eir gritted his teeth hard.
Why was she buried here then?...
Someone has placed dried yellow flowers against the tombstone. As he leaned closer to inspect, Eir realized that there is a strange, rhythmic sound coming from underneath the grave.
Thump-thump.
A beating sound?
Thump-thump.
A...heart?
There is no fear or pain. His hands moved by itself as it reached for the dried flowers and tossed it away.
His mind froze at his own action.
It calls to him.
The Heart, marked by the tombstone, glowing a bright orange.
Extracting the Heart is a simple, really.
Stop.
His hand took the scissors the Goddess handed him and continue to keep on pushing the pliant ground as it were spade, until at last, in his hands, the heart is uncovered. As he clasped it in his shadowy hands, it glows a steady yellow.
STOP.
Thump-thump.
With a quick 'snip' from the scissors, it was removed, and stops pulsing.
At that very moment, images...memories...emotion flowed out from his own heart.
"Rei, you dummy! You supposed to remember your own birthday!"
"Here. This is my gift for you. Don't lost it okay?"
STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!
But his mind can't control his movement.
Slowly, he placed it into the bag. He opened the door and entered--- -and it slammed shut behind him.
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Character name: Eir Character appearance: A shadow with red, pulsating core. Now more corporeal after getting his second blessing... Link to Heart Log[ x ] Current HP 40/40 Special Ability: Wild Card Chance: If you roll an unfavourable dice (such as trying to roll dice to survive in an area), you may choose to reroll that dice. You can only use this ability once, and it must be in a NON BATTLE condition. Racial Ability: Ghost: 2x Loot for the first 3 successful battles (3/3). Current weapon equipped Simple Protection: HP: 40. Atk: 2d8 - 6
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Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 8:40 pm
His mind was blank from the shock, but his body continued to walk.
Eir realize the floor has become less solid and more pliant until it feels almost slippery and sticky until he reached a dead end again.
By this time, he has regained partial control of his body.
He desperately want to return the Heart to the grave, late or not. It's....It's HER heart! The one he failed to protect! And now---
-he killed her.
Suddenly, a sloshing noise, and then footsteps was heard from his back. He turned around in horror.
Nothing.
He continued to walk and the water around him gets deeper, colder.
It was nothing like water. More like mud... Or blood.
He heard the sloshing noise again, and it is growing louder this time.
"Please give it back."
He turned around in terror... -but nothing.
Eir continue to walk and the water around him gets deeper still until it is around your neck. He knew he cannot reach any further. The only thing left is to move back.
"Please give me back my-"
Two hands grab a iron-grip hold his shoulders, pushing you down.
He can't breathe.
He struggled, but can't resist. He called upon his weapons, but to no avail.
He felt a sharp pain, and realize whoever pushing him are dragging him deep, further down.
Until he, the feeling of his shadowy being has almost stopped existing until the assailant looked at his face with deep, grey eyes, glassy, baring her sunken teeth-
"Give me back my heart."
Elli. "That pendant really looks good on you! I know my eye was right!"
She stared at him with the blank expression. He recalled that decaying face was once full of laughter, full of smile...
But now it was blank. Like someone casts a petrify spell on it, or made it anew from a block of Spire stone. Like the time he witnessed her death.
Why? WHY MY BODY CAN'T MOVE!!?
I'LL HAND YOUR HEART! PLEASE WAIT---
But his hand reached for something else.
No.
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Character name: Eir Character appearance: A shadow with red, pulsating core. Now more corporeal after getting his second blessing... Link to Heart Log[ x ] Current HP 40/40 Special Ability: Wild Card Chance: If you roll an unfavourable dice (such as trying to roll dice to survive in an area), you may choose to reroll that dice. You can only use this ability once, and it must be in a NON BATTLE condition. Racial Ability: Ghost: 2x Loot for the first 3 successful battles (3/3). Current weapon equipped Simple Protection: HP: 40. Atk: 2d8 - 6
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 8:51 pm
No. No no no no no NONONONONONONONO!!!
His mind resisted but his shadowy body moved on its own violation. It recognizes that it have no choice. It is either 'you', the shadow, or her, the decaying wraith.
The shadow 'me' must exist for the Blessings and the goddesses.
In the back of his mind a tempting suggestion played. Yes, when you are a goddess, perhaps, one day, you can return for them, it said.
NO! DON'T! I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS!!! ELLI! GET AWAY GET AWA-
But his mouth can't move.
Instead, his hand moved. The scissors plunged deep into the figure.
She shrieked-
- And then disappeared.
...
There is no more 'water' when Eir came to; he passed from the shock. He coughed the rest up, the dark and wretched substance deposited into his body was spilled on the surface beneath.
Light begins to pour in again into the darkness, but this time from a door. His body somehow has carried itself to the exit.
Exhausted physically and mentally, Eir dragged himself to the door. Just as he turned to shut the door closed behind him, he could have sworn that he glimpsed the same figure - Arnyek - staring at him balefully in the distance with hollow eyes.
She is holding the Goddess's scissors, tightly clenched in one hand.
He shuddered.
And the gate closed shut.
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Character name: Eir Character appearance: A shadow with red, pulsating core. Now more corporeal after getting his second blessing... Link to Heart Log[ x ] Current HP 40/40 Special Ability: Wild Card Chance: If you roll an unfavourable dice (such as trying to roll dice to survive in an area), you may choose to reroll that dice. You can only use this ability once, and it must be in a NON BATTLE condition. Racial Ability: Ghost: 2x Loot for the first 3 successful battles (3/3). Current weapon equipped Simple Protection: HP: 40. Atk: 2d8 - 6
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Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:45 pm
Eir half-heartedly entered the Shrine. He really feel something has happened here before---something terribly sad.
His 'heart' beats loudly. For some reason, the weapon inside him didn't respond since he entered.
He found a Goddess sitting at the center of the room; her presence was a frightful one.
The Goddess looks down at him, one hand gently running over the curved blade of the scythe as if it was a favored pet. "You must face your Fears. Eat or be eaten. That is the way of it here. Were it another time... I wonder which one you would be?"
She drops down from her perch and approaches Eir, circling him and looking at his figure.
"I wonder indeed. Perhaps we shall solve this little mystery? Take this." She hands him a small jeweled dagger. It is a simple blade set with a stone, and from it dangles what looks to be a small claw of some sort. Unlike his weapon, this one seemed to be created not from Fragments, but...
"That should be more than enough," the Goddess continues. "You will need to learn to fend for yourself, to take on your challenges and judge for yourself what it means to sacrifice. That is the only way you will become stronger, else you'll fall prey to someone greater still." As she speaks the blade of the knife begins to rust, stained with a dark color reminiscent of Ruin.
"You are ready." She announces, gesturing with her scythe. "Go." Her bright glowing eyes are on Eir's eyes until he finally move towards a thin opening.
He can still feel her gaze on you even after he have far left her presence.
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Character name: Eir Character appearance: A shadow with red, pulsating core. Now more corporeal after getting his second blessing... Link to Heart Log[ x ] Current HP 40/40 Special Ability: Wild Card Chance: If you roll an unfavourable dice (such as trying to roll dice to survive in an area), you may choose to reroll that dice. You can only use this ability once, and it must be in a NON BATTLE condition. Racial Ability: Ghost: 2x Loot for the first 3 successful battles (3/3). Current weapon equipped Simple Protection: HP: 40. Atk: 2d8 - 6
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2Total: 2 (1-4)
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:56 pm
He wake up feeling TERRIBLY cold.
That's strange, for he don't ever remember falling asleep. There is something firm underneath his body. A table, made of solid metal. It is very bright in the room, painfully so, the stark white lights in the ceiling a contrast to the greys he have been used to.
The lights hum. It feels slightly painful to your ears, ringing in dissonance. The room itself is empty. There are only four white walls surrounding you and the white ceiling with the white lights.
Eir took a few unsteady steps. In front of him was a door. It is unlocked.
Unfortunately the hallway outside is equally bright. As he took a few steps outside, something slammed shut.
He turned around. The door that he walked through just before is still open however.
So what closed?
He continued onwards, taking slow, steady steps. The halls seem to stretch into infinity, but, at the very furthest distance he can see it. An exit. A way out.
He didn't need a reason to leave, for this place is hollow, this place is empty, it's stifling, the lights are too bright, and it feels too clean, too sterilized. Eir started walking towards it.
Thud.
He turned around again in paranoia. The door that he left is still open. There is absolutely nothing behind you, just white lights.
Thud.
The sound grew louder each time, as it was gaining...weight? Mass? ...form?
He turned back.
Something stood in the supposedly empty room behind him.
A black figure.
A humanoid figure.
The first thing he can hear is the steady thudding of footsteps against the perfectly polished floor.
He can hear a strange noise, a sharp scraping noise. In one of their blackened hands, 'IT' carry a pair of rusted scissors.
Thud. Screech. Thud. Screech.
'IT' approached closer.
And he was too scared to move.
'IT' approached closer until he can feel the cold claws grab at his neck.
In a burst of terror, he regained his movement, as 'ITS' footsteps get more distant.
He ran.
He ran like crazy.
He ran like he was a professional athlete.
But before that, something was burned into his eyes.
A small scrap of paper.
Sticking to a wall beside him, filled with a combination of red---crimson, like blood--letters.
A C E G.
What did this mean!?
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35/40
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Character name: Eir Character appearance: A shadow with red, pulsating core. Now more corporeal after getting his second blessing... Link to Heart Log[ x ] Current HP 40/40 Special Ability: Wild Card Chance: If you roll an unfavourable dice (such as trying to roll dice to survive in an area), you may choose to reroll that dice. You can only use this ability once, and it must be in a NON BATTLE condition. Racial Ability: Ghost: 2x Loot for the first 3 successful battles (3/3). Current weapon equipped Simple Protection: HP: 40. Atk: 2d8 - 6
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His simple gesture of contemplating what the letters mean causes precious time to be wasted.
The figure inches closer.
He tried to pick off the piece from the wall--and fumbled.
The figure again walked closer.
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30/40
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Character name: Eir Character appearance: A shadow with red, pulsating core. Now more corporeal after getting his second blessing... Link to Heart Log[ x ] Current HP 40/40 Special Ability: Wild Card Chance: If you roll an unfavourable dice (such as trying to roll dice to survive in an area), you may choose to reroll that dice. You can only use this ability once, and it must be in a NON BATTLE condition. Racial Ability: Ghost: 2x Loot for the first 3 successful battles (3/3). Current weapon equipped Simple Protection: HP: 40. Atk: 2d8 - 6
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2Total: 2 (1-4)
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 11:09 pm
He fumbled and fumbled and fumbled. The simple piece of paper was so slippery...
Then he decided it was ultimately not important and forsaken it.
But the distance between him and 'IT' does not increase.
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25/40
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Character name: Eir Character appearance: A shadow with red, pulsating core. Now more corporeal after getting his second blessing... Link to Heart Log[ x ] Current HP 40/40 Special Ability: Wild Card Chance: If you roll an unfavourable dice (such as trying to roll dice to survive in an area), you may choose to reroll that dice. You can only use this ability once, and it must be in a NON BATTLE condition. Racial Ability: Ghost: 2x Loot for the first 3 successful battles (3/3). Current weapon equipped Simple Protection: HP: 40. Atk: 2d8 - 6
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2Total: 2 (1-4)
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The distance has been cut to about half from the first time they started with.
And the door seems as far as when it started.
He needs to escape. FAST!
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Character name: Eir Character appearance: A shadow with red, pulsating core. Now more corporeal after getting his second blessing... Link to Heart Log[ x ] Current HP 40/40 Special Ability: Wild Card Chance: If you roll an unfavourable dice (such as trying to roll dice to survive in an area), you may choose to reroll that dice. You can only use this ability once, and it must be in a NON BATTLE condition. Racial Ability: Ghost: 2x Loot for the first 3 successful battles (3/3). Current weapon equipped Simple Protection: HP: 40. Atk: 2d8 - 6
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2Total: 2 (1-4)
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 11:30 pm
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15/40
HURRY HURRY HURRY HURRY
But the distance between them does not seem to increase. Every time he looked back...
The figure only grow larger and closer.
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Character name: Eir Character appearance: A shadow with red, pulsating core. Now more corporeal after getting his second blessing... Link to Heart Log[ x ] Current HP 40/40 Special Ability: Wild Card Chance: If you roll an unfavourable dice (such as trying to roll dice to survive in an area), you may choose to reroll that dice. You can only use this ability once, and it must be in a NON BATTLE condition. Racial Ability: Ghost: 2x Loot for the first 3 successful battles (3/3). Current weapon equipped Simple Protection: HP: 40. Atk: 2d8 - 6
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HURRY HURRY HUR---
There's another piece of paper.
He picked it on the run and skimmed it. On it was written some kind of equation.
A=0, B=1, C=2
What is---
Then it clicked.
The four letters from before. They are code.
He looked around as he run and find a door with something strange attached near the handle. On a strange box, they were 12 small squares, each labelled with numbers starting from zero to nine, and two more bearing the arrows pointing left and right. Right at the top of the box were a green square with shine resembling to a Fragment. It reads '0000'
He skidded to a stop. His mind worked full capacity.
"If A was 0, then the rest of the letters will form-!"
0, 2, 4, 5, he pressed on the small squares.
But the door did not open.
"What did I do wrong!?" 'IT', however, did not wait. It inches even closer...closer...
THE ARROWS! He pressed the left arrow and nothing happened---
No. Something happened. The '5' number was replaced with a '0'.
He tried pushing it once more. Now the number '4' turned into '0'
"Then!"
He again pressed the 4 and 5 numbered squares, making the glowing numbers changed again into '0245'.
He inhaled...
And pressed the other arrow.
With a click, the door opened.
He jumped in.
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Character name: Eir Character appearance: A shadow with red, pulsating core. Now more corporeal after getting his second blessing... Link to Heart Log[ x ] Current HP 40/40 Special Ability: Wild Card Chance: If you roll an unfavourable dice (such as trying to roll dice to survive in an area), you may choose to reroll that dice. You can only use this ability once, and it must be in a NON BATTLE condition. Racial Ability: Ghost: 2x Loot for the first 3 successful battles (3/3). Current weapon equipped Simple Protection: HP: 40. Atk: 2d8 - 6
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3Total: 3 (1-4)
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 11:49 pm
And suddenly, he was outside. There are grey trees staring that greeted him, hiding his body from the figure.
He stared into the black-colored rectangular form behind him. He exited from there...but the long hallways does not exist.
The 'door' was just there. An opening; a crevice in thin air, which getting smaller and smaller as time passes
He wondered how can it be---
When he saw 'IT' coming out from the 'door', tearing open the spatial disturbance with its hand which the sharp object used like a shiv-
He screamed and ran.
Without looking back and further, he continue to run, run, run.
'IT' occasionally lets out some kind of sound that is incomperhensible; not scream, not song, not anything. Just...sound.
Occasionally through the loud crunching of footsteps he can hear steady snipping.
"ReTuRn iT. mY hEaRt. WhErE dId yOu hAvE hIdDeN iT?"
"Heart? I didn't take yours!?"
"bUt yOu dId. dId yOu fOrGeT? yOu dId eEt wItH tHiS."
SNIP SNIP SNIP
"aNd mE wIlL rEpAy eEt wItH dOiNg tHe sAmE fOr yOuRs."
"SCREW YOU!!!"
There's an opening ahead---
The forest ended with a view of a steep cliffsides. Connecting the two sides was a ropeway.
It looks rickety and unsure, swaying uneasily.
But he needs to cross it.
He can do this. After all, he already did this once at Aether Peaks. Just be careful not to slip and-
RUN!!!
At the end of his run, just before the final plank, a sudden gale shook the entire contraption. He grabbed dearly to the ropes not to get blown away...
When he felt something touched his shoulder.
A hand.
A cold hand.
A cold hand with clawlike fingers.
On his neck, a cold, sharp object was pressed.
"gOtChA."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!"
Without looking, he elbowed 'IT' and ran, ran, ran.
He can still hear the eerie snipping sound behind him...
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He ran and ran and ran.
He entered a building--a decrepit-looking house at some point he didn't remember.
He barricaded the doorway and holed up in the farthest room, shivering out of fear...
But at the end...
IT founds him.
"rEi. wHy dId yOu bEtRaY mE? wHy dId yOu nOt hElp mE wHeN tHe tOwEr cOlLaPpSed?"
"I..."
"wHy dId yOu sToLe mY hEaRt?"
"I...don't...!"
'tElL mE."
"I DON'T KNOW!!!"
IT lowered its head, looking rejected.
But at the next moment, IT raised the scissors on ITS hand high.
"gIvE mE yOuR hEaRt."
The rusted dagger he was holding all this time suddenly glows a bright red, as if in reaction to the shadows of the Haunted House. You hear the Goddess of Ruin's words echo in your mind.
Now or never.
The two beings stood still, waiting for any signs to begin the fastest bout of quick draw.
But a flash of remembrance hits Eir. This has happened before. In the door with pumpkin patches-
His fingers clenched the grip tightly as the shadowy figure moved--- -and promptly lets it go.
STAB, a dull sound resounded in the room.
Trying his best to ignore the sharp pain on his chest, where the rusted object pierced him, he hugged the shadow gently.
"...now...can you...forgive me? E...ll...i..."
THUD. His body slid and crashed to the dusty flooring below.
...
"The last thing you see is a blackened, disfigured body near and a face stare at you, empty and silent. A pair of hands reach towards you, one of them holding onto your head. You can't move. You are paralyzed. You hear a strange thudding sound that increases and realizes it is your Heart.
"Don't worry," coos the voice, "It only hurts once."
There is a loud snip and then a second. You feel the sharp pain only once before that disappears too. The figure walks away, one hand holding your Heart, still beating, the other hand holding a pair of rusted scissors"
Eir's vision dimmed... And everything fades.
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Character name: Eir Character appearance: A shadow with red, pulsating core. Now more corporeal after getting his second blessing... Link to Heart Log[ x ] Current HP 40/40 Special Ability: Wild Card Chance: If you roll an unfavourable dice (such as trying to roll dice to survive in an area), you may choose to reroll that dice. You can only use this ability once, and it must be in a NON BATTLE condition. Racial Ability: Ghost: 2x Loot for the first 3 successful battles (3/3). Current weapon equipped Simple Protection: HP: 40. Atk: 2d8 - 6
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 6:32 am
[Eir enters from The Spire]
Upon entering the Shrine, all he can see is a...kitchen?, outfitted with a single desk and two chairs.
There's another figure in that room, seemingly busing doing something. The sweet smell of something being baked assaulted Eir's nostrils, causing him to frown from the sweetness and spices.
Judging from the wings, she must be-
"Excuse me? I'm Eir, and I'm here because there is a new Task...?" He didn't know what else to say, really.
She turned, and her wings clumsily knocked out a bag full of flour. "Ooops! Oh no, oh no, what did I do?" She said, panicking---but still, a smile plastered on her face.
The Goddess's smile grows a little larger as the sees you approach. "Oh! Um, hello. Make yourself at home." She fidgets a bit, as if trying to find a spot to place her tray she is holding before offering you one of the contents.
Home? That word...have a nice ring on it.
"Cookie?" offered the Goddess. "Er, thank you." Eir took one from the bunch, fresh from the oven. He didn't eat it though, just...putting it in his mouth and swallowed.
Too sweet. Wait, I can taste?
She beams. "I'm glad you could make it! Those others they weren't meanies to you right? I love you most. You love me too right?"
"..." There is an unsteady vibe to the end of her sentence, causing Eir to frown inwardly. Something tells him that this Goddess is dangerous...in more senses than one.
"Oh, I know! I have a great idea. How about experiencing what love feels like? Love, joy, happiness, despair, hatred, they are all important emotions! We can make the most beautiful tea party together."
"-a tea wha-?"
She beckons him forward as a gate folds open behind her, an arc of round grey hedges, shapes like foliage. A long rectangular table is at the end, empty. "Go on," she urges, "Oh, I'm so curious to see what beautiful emotions you will make!"
I don't have a say in this, did I? Asked Eir in a silent monologue.
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Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 6:49 am
There is ambient music playing in the background, like no sound he have ever heard before in The Spire or in the another places.
It sounds like chimes with the mix of whispers of voices and bells, and the melody feels unexplainably nostalgic.
Odd, white flakes begin to fall from the heavy grey sky, soft and powdery.
"Wait, there's a SKY in here---oh figures. This is also a part of her power, right?" Groaned Eir, walking to the table's directi-
*crunch*
He heard the light crunch of something strange, colored delicate white on the ground. Unlike the fog, it is oddly solid, and yields tiny imprints of your feet after each step behind you.
Eir scooped a handful of it. "Cold." Another mysterious object obtained, he thought while pocketing that strange substance. If she will erase my memories afterwards, then if I collected enough memorabilia I can recollect my memories...probably.
In front of him is a table.
There are two jars, one pink and one blue. The pink jar exudes a happy feeling, one of fondness and kindness. The blue jar emits one of sadness and a little bit of unresolved tension, as if it was waiting for something or someone.
Eir took the Pink Tea Jar. He liked happiness and despises sadness.
