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 Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 6:22 am
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Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 6:51 am
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Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 6:52 am
A black, misty substance enveloped the eyeball, floating a couple of feet above ground. It was like a black fire, burning without mercy but is devoid of actual heat. The black fire seemed to descent all the way to the ground and spread out in every direction, like a tree with roots. Only it's roots can spread far and wide as they tentacled into the depths of the dense forest, merging into the dark shadows within, ready to strike the next person that it encounters. The great yellow eye restlessly twitches in mid air looking in every direction, trying to find a prey to feed it's needs; it's needs for fear. It has only one purpose, and that is to gaze into the deepest corners of one's heart and find their fears. The entire forest is it's playground, and no one can escape it's tentacles of fear once they have been spotted.
Laying right underneath the eye of fear, is an unconscious figure of a horned man - Kyou. His broken glasses lay at his side and his fel essence detection device nearby, golden needle still pointing at the floating eye. The warlock is battered and injured, with blood staining his face and open wounds left festering, going untreated. As the man lay there unconscious and unmoving, the dark tentacles of black fire wraps itself around the man, like a snake trying to smother it's precious prey. The eye had saw him coming it's way for a few days now, and it had been a long journey for the man, both physically and mentally. So it will take it's own sweet time with him, it will plague him with nightmares from his worst fears, and it will enjoy the process of this. Inflicting fear is it's only purpose of existence.
How long will the eye keep Kyou alive? How long can the man last? Only time will tell. It is unlikely that someone will find them anytime soon, as the forest is huge, and they are in the middle of nowhere.
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Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 6:53 am
The fire Sigel's mind was twisting and turning as he navigated himself across town, he was moving pretty fast and trying his best not to bump into people on the streets. He needed to get out of the Lab, it was getting suffocating as he was stuck in there for weeks, hovering over the telephone. He just needed to get out, he didn't even bother to wait for a bus, he just needed to move, needed to breathe!
There was only one person he could think of that could help him right now in his situation. He was with Kyou on half of his hunts, so he would be most familiar with how it goes, what could possibly happen, and if this is normal. The man is also extremely well connected, more so than Kyou as far as Lazarus knows. If anyone would know where Kyou is, he would be it. Entering a narrow alley that branches away from the main street, the Raevan ventured into a quieter area of the city. The atmosphere was different from the usual hustle bustle outside, as the decorations along the shop lots in this alley is different. Taxidermy crows, weird looking roots, animal skulls on poles, there's even a stretched out fox skin on a shop sign. This is the oddity alley, as normal people would call it. But some people that knew better, would know that magic happens here. Lazarus was familiar with this place, he came here about once every two or three months to run errands for Kyou. He spotted the familiar statue of a gargoyle-like creature crawling up the wall and entered the shop the creature was guarding.
"Lazarus!" Came Jeremy's cheerful voice as the Sigel entered. The elderly man was polishing some antique glasswares on the counter before Lazarus came in. Putting down the cloth carefully, so as not to knock over any of the antique wine glasses on the counter, he went around the obstacle and towards the Raevan, about to give him a hug. But the expression on the red Sigel's face halted him in his steps. "Is something wrong?"
"Yes, Jeremy. Kyou had went on a fel hunt himself three weeks ago, and he haven't got back. He haven't even called after he left!" Lazarus blurted out as he talked in a frenzy. It felt good to finally be able to share his worry with someone. "I have a bad feeling about this Jeremy, Kyou isn't like this. Had he called you? Do you know where he is? Can you find him?"
"Shh shh..." Jeremy walked over and petted Lazarus on the back. It was apparent that the Raevan is freaking out, this was quite different from the usual calm and composed Lazarus, he needed to calm down. "Deep breaths."
Taking a few deep breaths as Jeremy suggested, Lazarus felt himself calmed down just a little bit. The cavalry is here, he convinced himself. Jeremy is here and he is a very dependable person. He let the older man lead him into the back of the shop, where Jeremy had a table set up and some tea roasting in a pot.
While the human poured the Raevan some tea, he was thinking of how to help him. Kyou is missing on a fel hunt, this is grave news. They had been on a few rather perilous fel hunts before. Sure, since Kyou had set up the Lab, there had been lesser of these, but before that... there was more than a few incidents when they were in mortal danger. That's why Jeremy never liked the idea of Kyou going on fel hunts on his own. Had Kyou lost his touch because of the last few safer hunts in the past few years? Nevertheless, no point in pondering about the why now, but to think of how to find Kyou.
Opening a tin of ginger cookies and offering it to the Raevan, he settled down into the seat opposite of Lazarus. The elderly man laced his fingers around the warm tea cup before he spoke in a calm manner. "Kyou haven't called me, I don't know where he is." Jeremy could see Lazarus's face dropped with those words. "But I will help you find him." He said, smiling reassuringly. "First, I need to make a few calls. Kyou has a private number, I'll need to trace where the last call was coming from, then we'll at least know where we should be heading. Then... we will have to find out about the situation, and figure out what to do step by step from there, okay?"
Lazarus nodded slowly at the suggestions, feeling slightly more relieved that Jeremy actually has a plan and knew what he is going to do. "Is there anything that I could help?" He asked tentatively, he can't just sit in the Lab and not do anything.
"Let the staff of your Lab know about the current situation, Miss Alex and that other.. funky looking dude. Give me a day to find out where Kyou went alright? I'll call and come to the Lab when I have more information." Jeremy's voice was calm and reassuring as he spoke. There is a certain quality to his voice that makes people trust him, and know that he is dependable, and that really does help in making Lazarus feel better.
"Now finish your tea, eat a cookie, and if you want to be useful, I would really appreciate it if you could put those glasses in front away, back into these boxes." Jeremy grinned as he motioned to some boxes stacked neatly in a corner. Most of them were made of wood but some have a velvety surface inside with shapes of wine glasses. At least this would keep Lazarus busy for a bit so that he don't worry himself into a wart. "I'll go make a few phone calls while you're at it."
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Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 9:53 am
And she was waiting for him, the man who changed her life, nervous about what today's meeting might bring about. She sat at her old desk -- now Zeke's -- doodling faces on his post-it notes to distract herself and very nearly jumped when she heard the chime that indicated another's presence. Alex stood then, her smile bright and happy to see Jeremy despite the pending topic. Rounding the desk, wearing her standard jeans and tank top, she approached Jeremy with open arms. "There's my favorite person!" she cried out happily as she didn't allow the man to escape a hug, kissing his cheek. "To what do I owe this urgent meeting, my friend?"
Jeremy couldn't suppress the big grin on his cheek as Alex greeted him, chuckling softly as he hugged back with his strong arms, but refrained himself from kissing the tanned woman. "I'm afraid I have grave news today though." He didn't waste time getting to the point as they separated from their hug. "Kyou may be missing on his fel hunt." His smile faded as he spoke those words.
The grin on Alex's face faded, her brows knitting and drawing upwards as shock took hold. For a long moment, she said nothing, staring at Jeremy to see if anything else would be said -- but it was no joke. "Missing?" she repeated, her voice tight. "What...what was he going to find?" The woman paused, her thoughts already in action behind darkening green eyes.
Perhaps it was good that their bodies weren't totally detached from the hug yet, Jeremy was holding Alex's arms still, expecting some sort of reaction from her already. So the shock on her face was no surprise to him, as he knew the woman is very passionate. "He was looking for a fel essence in a remote forest, and he had been gone for nearly three weeks without any news." The elder man tried his best to keep his voice calm, so that Alex could keep calm too. "I'm going to organize a search party to go look for him, and I need your help. Can you help, Alex?"
Jeremy's solid hold and his calm manner of control went a long ways to keeping Alex grounded. Her expression settled on something serious and stern, but she nodded, squeezing the arm still held. "Yes. And I imagine Lazarus and Zul would help as well." Closing her eyes for a moment, she considered her next words before speaking them. "Should we ask if any of the other Raevans or Guardians want to help? Word has a way of getting out and I...wouldn't see them caught unaware this time." Not like the fel virus.
He knew that he could depend on Alex, it was like she could read his mind. "Yes, that is exactly what I want you to help me with." Confident that Alex has her emotions under control, he let go of her arms, realizing that his hands were sweating too. "I need you to contact as many people as you can, we need a fairly big group for the search party, as many people or Raevans as you can. Especially Raevans!" He know far too well what this trip may entail, and they may need more than just manpower. Reaching into his back pocket he took out a piece of paper and unfolds it for Alex to see. "Here is a list of things they should bring. They don't need to bring everything in the list, but the most important thing is food. I know the Raevans all feed on different food sources, it would be great if they could bring it with them if it's not readily available."
Drawing in a slow breath, Alex nodded her agreement, eyes flickering to the paper that was procured. Taking it between her fingers, her eyes skimmed the contents as she listened. "Alright. I'll call them all today -- as soon as possible." It had been three weeks. Was her boss even still alive...? Chasing away the thought abrupty, she nodded again. "When should we be ready by? I'll make sure everyone meets here."
It was like Alex was finishing his sentences for him, she picked up on his line of thought pretty quickly. "Tomorrow morning at the break of dawn - 7am. I am arranging for a bus to take us all the way there, it will be a long 8 hour trip and we will reach there late in the afternoon." The elder man paused for a moment, realizing that the time of their arrival would be so close to night. But they don't have a lot of choices at the moment. "Is that possible?" Stern eyes look at Alex for confirmation, he knew this was a little sudden and last minute, but they can only do their best now.
Plucking a pen from her pocket, she quickly jotted down the information on the paper supplied, giving another affirmative nod. "It'll be done." The time get there was almost unimportant by comparison to the task at hand. She wished she had wings to fly there immediately, but she had a responsibility she had to tend to. "Those who can make it, will. And we'll see you at seven, ready to go." With her task given to her, she was set to have it done, leaning in to press a parting kiss to Jeremy's opposite cheek. "Til then." And with a grave expression, she jogged towards her office, preparing for the worst.
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Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 8:50 am
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Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 6:21 pm
[1] This meta event works similarly to the Hedge Maze last summer. You can say the Hedge Maze was a test run for the meta. But there will be some significant changes to the system.
[2] Each group will get their own threads to RP in. Your RP opponent or what I prefer to call 'Game Master' will be the shop mule Anachrophobia who will be replying in the form of RP prompts to give you challenges and reply to your reactions.
[3] The shop mule will start the thread, but the participants will be the one to start the RP.
[4] The groups this time had been predetermined, you don't get to choose who to go into the jungle with. IC-ly, it is Jeremy trying to equalize the amount of people in each group and the fire power/strength to fight. The method of deciding who is in which group, is half randomized and half personally assigned by me.
[5] There will be no number or dice rolling, but on the spot random rolling could be prompted by the Game Master in certain situations. So pay attention.
[6] You and your team can decide the posting order. The Game Masters don't really care.
[7] THIS RULE IS IMPORTANT!!!!!! When it is your turn to reply in the RP, you only have 3 DAYS (aka 72 hours) to reply. If you don't, the Game Master will butt in and remove your character from the meta permanently. The next person in the posting order will have 3 days from the Game Master's reply to reply as well.
[8] The rule above only applies to characters. If you signed up two characters for the meta, congratulations!! You got a second chance. If you didn't, goodbye. However, the Game Master chooses who to KO.
[9] As this is a time sensitive RP event, please do not be pressured to write long elaborate RP posts. You need to progress through the jungle and not linger. That also means, please do not expect long replies from the mule either.
[10] Only characters that had been signed up for in the Meta sign up thread can participate in this Meta event.
[11] The Game Masters has a secret timeline, to decide what major incident that will happen to bring the meta forward. So just keep on roleplaying, the jungle isn't an endless loop of horror, there is a goal.
[12] When the Game Master enters your RP rotation, they are part of the RP rotation! You are not allowed to skip over a GM post or conveniently forgot about them because you're too excited. Game Masters will delete your extra posts if this happens.
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Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 7:41 pm
Stepping up to a small pedestal, the six foot two man in his early sixties clapped his hands loudly to get everyone's attention. When everyone's eyes were on him, he began to introduce himself. "My name is Jeremiah, you can call me Jeremy." The group was just the right size for his voice to reach when he speak loudly, so he don't need to use a megaphone. "I am a close and long time friend of Kyou's, and I am the one who organized this search party."
"According to the villagers, Kyou departed from this village heading due north. So we will be heading in the same direction." He pulled a map from one of the pockets of his hiking vest before he continued. "I've marked down seven search grids on this map." Unfolding the map, he pointed to the seven areas he marked with a blue pen. "We will be divided into seven teams, each team will have four people and we will search according to our grids, all heading north. This is so we cover as much ground as possible."
Folding the map back up again, he motioned to a pile of supplies stacked up next to a black board. "You could pick up the map - two for each team at the supplies area over there later. Along with the following to aid you in the search."
One Lightweight portable tent
Two compasses
One lighter and a box of matches
One hunting knife
One Multitool
Some Tinder
Two flashlights
A basic first aid kit
A sewing kit
Four bandanas
A few fish hooks
A survival guide for newbies
"Of course, if you brought along sufficient supplies, you could opt to drop a few things from your supplies package if you want to." Then from a utility belt on his waist, Jeremy pulled out a bright orange flare gun. "This is going to be the only way we could communicate between each team. When your team is in peril danger; when a man is down, fire a red flare and the rangers and villagers over here will come to your aid. You have six red flares, including the one already loaded in the gun, just in case. The green flare." He said the following parts more loudly as he lifted the green flare up. "Only use it when you had found Kyou!! This is important, DO NOT GO NEAR KYOU when you found him, even if he seemed like on the verge of death. WAIT FOR ME!!! I will head on over as fast as I could."
Even though he worries for Kyou's life, Jeremy also worries for the safety of the participants. He is the only one here that had went on fel hunts with Kyou before, and only he know for sure what to do if they really did found the fel essence with Kyou. Which he thinks is the most likely scenario right now.
"This is how you load the flares." Jeremy went on to demonstrate how to c**k the barrel open, taking out the red flare within and replacing it with another red one, then cocking it back in place. "To fire it, just c**k back the hammer here like this, then pull the trigger while aiming at the sky." He further demonstrated without actually pulling the trigger, then he gently clicked the hammer back.
"It's late afternoon now, only a few more hours until night. When it's dark, it's best to find somewhere to make camp. Do not wander around at night!! It's dangerous." He could not emphasize that enough in this case. Since he had already heard some stories from the villagers.
"Okay, now you can go and pick up your supplies. The team info is on the blackboard next to the supplies, you can depart into the forest when you're ready. And uhm... what else.?" Jeremy thought for a moment before speaking again. "Oh remember to bring lots of water! There's a well at the edge of the forest, you could fill up your bottles there."
"Stay safe everyone!! And God speed!"
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Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 7:41 pm
Team AZul + Alex
Revontulet + DoucetteEirdirsceol (moved to Team E) Team BXiu Sevilin + We'rika Lette Team CLazarus + Jeremiah Basil + BanterDuncan Team DLuLu Prajna + DavidLukaTeam ERivener Isobel + AxelRonan Eirdirsceol Team FMelisande Cruz + Anita Harrison Troxel Team GZeke + Anya Iorek Rhedefre
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Posted: Mon May 02, 2016 11:23 pm
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