Within the husk of Scholomance accumulated a great and malevolent entity, born of all the distrust and disdain and dislike of all those who attended the once-bustling institution. With no soul to claim its own, the entity bartered with Blaine, Scholomance's prior knight. Together, the pair moiled and toiled within the institution to enact a single means of recreating life. They would know the breath of their surroundings once more, alive with whimsy in their breast. They need only finish the last of Blaine's research to do so.
But the wonder Scholomance knows no master. Even those who spent a lifetime among its floors knew not the intricacies of every safety protocol instated, or every policy required. During the deepest fathoms of their research, there came a simple process overstepped. The halls of Scholomance groaned to life, and from its whorling actuators expelled a summons to those of Earth. The machine, a great column of crystallized magic that extended floor to ceiling, exerted the ancient powers it still possessed to quarantine the Ossuary from the rest of the Scholomance campus and isolate the threat, though not before a handful of strangers arrived. Those who heeded the bizarre calling found themselves phasing into the depths of the wonder, while those who didn't simply knew that Saturn grew bright that night.
In the top floor of the Ossuary, great gothic arches framed the windows on each of the four sides. Enormous detail peppered the architectural detailing among the dome ceiling, Chipped paint whispered hints of a grand mural that once spanned the whole of the dome, while outside of it the tiered remainder issued smaller, equally eroded tales. Numerous grand columns supported the heavy roof. Careful tiling provided an aesthetic feel that drew one's attention to the very center of the room, where three steps sunk the floor into an oval. At the center stood Blaine, and around him orbited the ethereal creature that formed of the wonder's fermenting malice and regret. He worked feverishly at an object sitting on the ornate altar, no larger than a foot tall.
Scholomance stood to the north of him, frozen by one of the pillars. He reached the great campus no more than seconds ago, and knew immediately the sight he beheld. He watched Blaine with a snarl frozen beneath his mask as a dozen people phased in around him, familiar and unfamiliar in their appearance. He very nearly took no notice. He looked to the creature, wrought of bone with great horns adorning a humanoid skull, a work of spines and bone articulated into long clawed arms, with great contempt.
"Blaine, there are no second chances at life. Whatever you think you're doing, whatever you expect to accomplish here - it can only end in failure. It always has. This creature, this monstrosity you're working with isn't going to change that course. Death is beyond the manipulations of mankind. You will not live twice." He looked on from where he stood, hesitant to cross paths with the creature.
"I've had a dozen lifetimes' worth to compile my research, Scholomance. Perhaps it is not you who should cast down my endeavors so readily - you, who has failed to produce any invention, any magic, any improvements from within these walls. You, my successor, shall bear witness to what it means to be a true knight of Scholomance, and from you I shall reclaim my Knighthood.
"You will distract me no further," he finished, as he set upon the tempering of the glass surrounding the curious object. "He will have no interruptions. His power is the defining variable that will push my endeavors to fruition. You will see, Scholomance, and you will weep for your wrongness." A hand stretched outward then, brushing off Scholomance's interference, and the creature Sabazios whirled about the man violently.
Finally the squire tore his gaze from the ghosts of the wonder, and turned his attention to those who joined in fits and starts of teleportations. "If the lot of you were sent here to assist, then help me stop my ancestor. Help me stop that damnable thing that's puppeting him."
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 1:55 pm
Information
Rules
RP's standard DBDB (Don't Be a DoucheBag) rules apply! If you're unclear of what these rules are, or if you think one of your RP decisions may go over badly, feel free to PM! There are no judgments here.
Please read over the mechanics for the event before posting!
I reserve the right to make any plot decisions regarding the event and its course.
Please bold text that requires my input as the event's DM and quote me. The quoting part is especially important since I tend to miss things (and if I do miss a quote, please let me know! It is not a personal affront; I do have trouble weaving through notices occasionally).
Mechanics
Pro-Scholomance: If you want to reach grid number 5, you must pass a roll check to evade Sabazios. Roll a 1d6 to try to evade the monster. 5 and 6 will pass Sabazios without damage, 3 passes Sabazios with five damage to your character, 1 and 2 only incur five damage (you do not pass Sabazios / you remain in the same grid number that you attempted from). There are no limits to the number of tries you take to reach the center of the grid.
Pro-Sabazios: You can expand Sabazios' power by 'conquering' squares! Your character must simply move to the square and roll a 1d6. If your character rolls a 5 or 6, they will receive a buff from Sabazios that gives +20 HP to their current total and +5 damage to their damage output. Numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 provide no effect. That character must remain in the grid square for 24 hours in order to claim it; if their HP reaches 50% of their maximum, they will be expelled from the square in any direction! Please post in the bolded header text that your character is staking a claim on grid (x) so that other players may respond accordingly.
First stage characters have 100 HP and do 10 damage. Second stage characters have 125 HP and do 15 damage. Third stage characters have 150 HP and do 20 damage.
Creativity is rewarded. This event is not on rails, therefore players have a lot of leeway in how they affect the event. This means that characters do not have to attack Sabazios at all if it's not in their personality to do so! If a character so pleased, they could completely ignore the action and just wander around Scholomance. Conversely, they could also try to level the entire top floor of the Ossuary. Anything goes!
Magic has some weird effects here. The Wonder of Scholomance has been heavily saturated with magic over its years of service. This results in interesting reactions when further magic is pumped into the environment. Characters who use their magic may randomly be targeted for magical reactions! Similarly, Sabazios may trigger random effects throughout the battle!
Map
This map will primarily come into play with monster attacks, as they will blanket one of the grid squares. Please have a general idea in mind of where your character is at!
There are four stairwells to this area located in grid numbers 2, 4, 6, and 8 respectively. Sabazios and Blaine are located in grid number 5. Characters are free to venture to any of the grid spaces over the course of the RP, but there are special rules regarding grid 5!!
Posting Requirement
In order to keep things uniform and easy to read for everyone, I ask that people follow a posting convention to keep others informed of which character is doing what and where they are located.
Please bold your character's name and title at the top of the thread including their location sector. Please quote people who are in your same sector if you are using magic that may affect them, or if your character is speaking to everyone in the area. Please bold the use of magic or speech in your post that pertains to everyone in the sector. Everything else is up to you! If you have specific size or color tags for different characters, keep on using them! Just please keep the header with your character's name and location above / outside those color tags.
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Scholomance, Squire of Saturn // Sector 04
Blah blah things wow look at this dump who even decided a wonder like this was a good idea w/e I guess I'll keep walking oh wait "hey guys there's some kinda weird trap right here".
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At the bottom of your post, please quote players in the area that this pertains to. You can spoiler this or leave it showing!
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 1:56 pm
Attending Members
Assisting Scholomance
Kaefaux
Sailor Cassiopeia
tefla
Sailor Myrrha
Ruriska
Sailor Centisima
White Trickster Rabbit
Sailor Enif
a-disgruntled-dragon
Sailor Skoll
T e b i k ii
Sailor Zhou Yi
Sami-Fire
Sailor Sadachbia
Whimsical Blue
Super Sailor Eros
Pixie Nyxie
Eternal Sailor Methone
Noir Songbird
Page Aokigahara
shyanimegirl
Page Aptera
Kolina
Page Hy-Brasil
Fiction1119
Page Tortuga
shibrogane
Knight Camlann
Aurelius Ambrosius
Knight Hyperborea
Assisting Sabazios
Nuxaz
Lt. Aluminite
Pixie Nyxie
Capt. Pyrophanite
Sunshine Alouette
Capt. Aquamarine
Guine
Capt. Jet
Ivynian
Gen. Schörl, Super Sailor Haüyne
Beejoux
Sailor Ceraskia
Ghouliboo
Sailor Dia
Saint Sergio
Super Sailor Eris
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 1:57 pm
Updates
Sabazios looses its first attack! [x] Sector 05 got gassed! Sabazios goes ethereal and moves to Sector 02! [x] Blaine reappears!
Hyperborea, Trans. Knight of Cosmos// Sector 02 open for interaction Hyperborea had felt a force calling her some place when she was out on patrol that night. She knew enough about this sort of thing to know that if some some cosmic force was calling her to a place in space something important was probably going on. So the transcendent knight of cosmos let herself be pulled away from the Earth.
The place she ended up in was wholly new to her. She noticed that she was not the only person brought here. She listened to an unknown Saturn squire yelling at his apparent ancestor in the center of the large room.
She nodded at the man's request for help. She wasn't happy about fighting an ancient knight but this one was clearly unhinged, perhaps he had stayed here for too long and his starseed needed to makes its journey to the Cauldron to fix his mental problem or perhaps this was just a bad knight. She didn't know but now wasn't the time to try to figure out the why the Saturn squire needed help.
She tried to make a run at the ancestor but she was smacked back by the skeletal monster. "Should have figured it wouldn't be that easy." She said rubbing the spot she had been hit in. It didn't do too much damage but it still hurt. She took hold of the helm of her dress and tore it so that she wouldn't have to worry about tripping on it. She summoned her staff to her hand and readied herself for a real fight. She tried to slam her staff down on the weird skeletal monster but it failed to connect. Hyperborea moved back quickly. Maybe the ancestor needs to be defeated first. Damn magic. She thought to herself as she tried to think up a plan to get by the monster.
Methone, Trans.Eternal senshi of Aurora Borealis // Sector 8 Open for interaction!
Methone had been to saturn before. Once with Monty, in the pile of bones and a mountain of ash. She had thought it was a setting once, from the movie silent hill but had also felt a deep and weird attachment to the morbid decor of Saturn.
She knew she was on Saturn again, when she was teleported into Scholomance's wonder and despite him being a team member, had never been to his wonder. She just knew though, because it fit Saturn so well.
If she was called here to assist him, she would do her damn best as one of the vice captains. She knew some of his struggles with the wonder, but she could've never understood how bad until she saw the monster.
Her goal was to find her team member though. She looked around the rooms of the location she had been dropped in, attempting in sorts, to avoid the monster without going towards whatever it guarded.
Sailor Dia, Corrupted Senshi of Candy // Sector 07 Open to interaction
While she might have considered traveling as a pastime or hobby, world traveling was something entirely new for the senshi of candy. She'd been teleported before - once, during the battle in which General Queen Apatite perished and shortly after that, when General Labyrinthite had tossed her into the warring fray that followed. So when black heels found themselves no longer on the alleyway concrete, she hesitated.
A hand stretched out to steady herself against an adjacent wall, but not before her sixth sense started tingling - there were powerful auras surrounding the area, belonging to both friends and foes.
One single gumdrop fell into her palm and she squeezed it gently. She'd stay put in the corner she'd been dropped into, defending her section as best she could. Should a senshi or knight appear, well, she'd do her best to attack back in any way she could. But should an enemy of the senshi appear - an enemy of her enemy was a friend, after all.
Or something like that. She couldn't think too terribly hard, not when sounds of fighting echoed through the hallways.
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 6:44 pm
Hy-Brasil, Page of Earth // Sector 03 Health: 100 Hy-Brasil had never felt a pull quite like it before. Instinct took over and before she really knew what was happening she had left the familiar streets of Destiny City and was surrounded by what was probably once a very beautiful room. She stood wide-eyed as she took in her new surroundings, having no clue what-so-ever where she was. Whatever was going on she was quite willing to chalk it up to more of the strange Knightly magic. It was an easy enough solution and let her focus on more important things, like the creature and the man it circled in the center of the room.
The sound of a strange voice pulled her attention to her right, and Hy-Brasil’s eyes focused on the partially masked man. Upon first glance she would have easily mistaken the dark purple clad man as a negaverse agent, but upon closer inspection the symbols on his persona and the power signature confirmed he was nothing of the sort. Another Knight then, but of higher rank than herself.
The quick exchange of words helped fit some more puzzle pieces into place for her. She was in someone else’s Wonder, and by the sound of it, the Wonder of the masked squire. She hadn’t even traveled to Hy-Brasil yet, she sure as hell wasn’t expecting to travel to someone else’s. Well, it was another thing she could check off on the list of things she’d learned. Visiting other wonders was a thing. Good to know. Maybe it would be useful information for the future but right now she had other things to mull over. Like, how the hell was she suppose to help with this problem that’s arisen?
Hy-Brasil had never really been a fighter. Hell, the most she could muster was a quick move or two to get herself out of a tight bind with a pushy man at a club or on the street. This...this was something else entirely.
Whatever it was that Blaine had been focused on in the middle of room must be important, but why? Was it the focus of the creature’s power? A few others were hopping into the fray, doing what they could with the magic at their disposal (And other doing what they could to thwart them) but Hy-Brasil, instead, decided to see what there was around her. Was there something useful laying around? Something that might be used as a distraction of any sort? She shuffled around, stopping to observe columns and any debri on the ground. She eyed the peeling paint and fallen plaster for something. The gothic feel of the room was gorgeous and something she instinctively wanted to try to memorize for her own pleasure later on. Assuming the place didn’t fall down around them with the magic that was being flung around.
”What the ********??” Jet gaped as he looked around, pulling his knives from subspace as he prepared for whatever might be coming. He had no idea where he was. He was trying to stalk after a senshi in an alleyway, but now he was suddenly here. In this weird place. With a lot of senshi and knights and… some kind of weird not-youma monster.
Where was this place?? He never knew a place like this on Earth even existed.
Jet grit his teeth together, backing up into the shadows as much as he could. He only just recently got his cast off. He didn’t want to get injured so soon after finally being able to use his arm again. And where the ******** was anyone else?? He’d been on patrol with Aquamarine. Had he not been taken away to this place, too?
For now, it would probably be best to regroup and see what was going on. It looked like some of the senshi and knights were attacking the monster-like creature. He was tempted to try and help it just because.
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 9:48 pm
Aokigahara Page // Sector 02 HP: 100
Aokigahara felt the tug, the pull, and he had yet to refuse one of these strange summons. They had also yet to lead to anything other than intense danger, but apparently that was just sort of...his life now, if his experience the past three months were to be believed.
He was not the only one here, and he recognized few - but he did know Scholomance, well.
And if that was his ancestor, that meant this must be his Wonder. Also apparently host to some kind of malevolent force. Just like Aokigahara.
"Fantastic," he said, and then he looked over at the other Saturn Squire. "You never mentioned your ancestor was Herbert West," he said, tone heavy with sarcasm. Because frankly, some bizarre attempt at necromancy was going on here. He took a step closer to the center, eyeing the swirling monster, and the other person near him and Scholomance.
"You," he said, addressing the very young-looking Knight in white, alight with rainbows "I apologize, I don't know your name - what is your magic?" Strategize with what was available, which might not be much, and he had no proper clue what enemy they were facing, anyway.
Damn it all.
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What exactly was this place? Myrrha had been on patrol when the strange feeling of being summoned came over her. Realizing that she could not ignore the call she closed her eyes and let the sensation wash over her. With it came a fleeting moment of disorientation before she felt herself on solid ground once more. When the senshi of scents opened her eyes once more she quickly came to realize that whatever power had brought her here, it was not of Earth. This place was foreign to Myrrha. Where was she?
Reaching towards the sky with her arms in an effort to stretch her back Myrrha began cataloging the area she was in: mainly making mental notes of things she could use as landmarks if she chose to travel. In her perusal she became aware of other order signatures around her and, more worryingly, those of chaos too. It was from the area next to hers that she could feel an aura of chaos. She was definitely not alone in this place. She wanted to explore but then her ears picked up the sounds of conversation and it became clear as to why she'd been brought here. So the knight and his monster needed to be defeated? Then she would try her best. She darted towards the center of the floor where the monster was and felt herself get swatted back. Obviously she needed to think this through. ----- HP 100 (can do 10 damage)
Aptera, Page of Castor // Sector 02 100 of 100 HP | capable of dealing 10 damage [open to interactions]
She was still very new to all this magical living, but Aptera couldn't help but feel that there was certainly no end in sight to what was there to learn about being one of a planet's knights and all the rest of all this.
And yet, she still endeavored to continuously absorb any knew information she encountered, listening despite when initially hearing there was a trend of not understanding right away. And usually as well, it took a while, ranging from various yet all notable degrees of time, before information clicked into place like assembling a huge puzzle with numerous pieces bit by bit.
And today as well was certainly no exception as a day of more learning. First, there was a call. A pull tugged at her and she wondered to where or what was she being requested to arrive at or address or both. And when she closed her eyes and tried to figure this out, she opened them and saw that she had arrived, standing not where she had not been before she momentarily dismissed her vision.
And she had started listening even before her eyes had opened. Thankfully, she was not alone. To converse or join in the commencement of attempting to get past the foe, that was the question that crossed her mind first. It was her nature to usually not be first inclined to initiating conversations really. Thus, after a quick survey of those around her that revealed who she knew to any measure: Scholomance, she decided on an added attempt first at confronting the barrier before them intent on keeping them from advancing. Scholomance requested for aid and she decided then to endeavor to provide what help she possibly could.
And so, she charged forward. Then, upon catching sight of an attack sent her way, she managed to dodge it, more out of luck than anything else she reckoned. But, if she was being completely honest with herself, a large part of her was sincerely hoping any luck she had did not run out or perhaps increased. And while she was at it, she also hoped other strengths she had got a boost and quickly. A key step in that direction, she recognized, was mindfully aiming to keep her wits about her. So, she opted to do so now through one small scale step at a time before attempting to try getting more complicated with her approaches, at this time angling herself so she had the opponents and the direction she had come from in her presently scanning field of vision.
Sailor Centisima, Senshi of Centipedes // Sector 7
The call had come while he was out on patrol, having just stopped at a taco stand for a quick snack. His hand outstretched, a five dollar note trapped within his fingers and he had lifted his head, frowning at the strange new sensation. It was a summoning, that much he knew without having to be told and he didn’t fight it, even after that whole nonsense with dragons and eleventy-billion youma. "Okay," he said, for nobody's benefit than his own and then he wasn’t out on the street at midnight anymore. He was just glad the taco guys back had been turned.
Centisima took in his new surroundings with crossed arms and raised eyebrows, gaze shifting from Scholomance, a familiar figure even as he realized he didn’t actually know the guys name. You carry a guy away from near certain death and you don’t even get his name, let alone his number. It was a tragedy.
They’d work that out later, first there was s**t to be done. Primarily it seemed defeating the creepy bone monster thing and the guy, Blaine. Centisima didn’t know jack about Knights. he hadn’t even known they were an actual thing until very recently and he could only guess at how this was all going to go. It couldn’t be any worse than what he’d been through already.
"You got it, boss!", he called, saluting Scholomance across the room and then taking a look at his immediate space, focusing in on the other close aura. It wasn’t a good one. Though when he turned to face that direction, she almost looked just like a senshi. One of those corrupted ones, he supposed.
"I should probably be kicking your a**," he told her, pointing his finger. "So don’t make me come over there." Wow, she had a lot of hair.
Tortuga, Page of Jupiter // Sector 5 through luck of the die 100 HP: Able to inflict 10 damage
Tortuga was disoriented and bewildered. The page had been out in the city searching for those who needed his help, ever since becoming a knight he had taken to the streets not to fight but to heal. So many were injured because of this strange war, this war that he thought he was going crazy over at first. He might not be a doctor like his cousin but he could at least help so each night he packed a small bag of medical gear and went looking for those in trouble. This night he had felt it... a tug... a request and when he mentally accepted it he had ended up in this huge room with a bizarre creature protecting a person in the center.
He might not fully understand what was going on but when a fellow knight said that the guy in the center needed to be stopped Tortuga silently agreed. The page rushed up to a senshi (Myrrha) who had just tried to pass the creature only to be swatted back, “Are you ok?” Even while asking the girl if she was fine the page was watching the creature. Timing his own attack.
Seeing the perfect moment, and not really paying attention to the risk of his own skin, Tortuga made a dash for the center, and the guy there, barely avoiding the demon on the way. The page realized something a little too late however… what was he going to do once he got past the bone demon? Without a better though the page placed his weapon against his lips and blew, a loud piercing shrill echoing in the chamber from his whistle. He hoped the sound could at least distract whatever the guy, Blaine, was doing, or at the very least distract the creature that was protecting him.
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he asked if she was ok then skipped out... >.< silly boy[/quo te]
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-waves- hi i believe you are close to him now ^.^' kinda
Hyperborea, Trans. Knight of Cosmos// Sector 02 Hyperborea was about to try getting pasted the beast once more when an unnamed Saturn page to called out to her. Her momentary distraction from this earned her a smack from the bone monster. She moved back so that she could answer the page.
"The name is Hyperborea and my magic is an explosion of blinding starlight, but it is indiscriminate. If I use it in here everyone except me will be blinded for a short while." She explained.
