Hello and welcome! This battle is to help Hy-Brasil finish her transcendence plot and finally rid her Wonder of left over chaotic energy that has been inhabiting the island for centuries.
This battle RP takes place IC on November 20th. It will OOC end on DECEMBER 1st.
Hy-Brasil has been working on her Wonder to try and bring it back to it’s former glory. During that time, she came into contact with Sidhe (described below) and has been struggling with a slow mental spiral. Things got very bad for her both in her personal life and as a Knight. She and the previous Knight, Cashel, had been working on a solution for her problem when the sidhe swarmed them. Knight Hy-Brasil was forced into a stasis as a way to protect and preserve her at the height of fighting off the swarm.
The two years of stasis helped reduce the effect of the sidhe’s touch, but it began to creep in again. She and Cashel found a possible tincture to help her, and Hy went about collecting all of the ingredients for it with the help of others. Unfortunately, the tincture turned out to be less effective for her because of the length of time she’d been under the Sidhe effects.
A last minute attempt at an old ritual turned out to be the most useful. With her pledge, Hy-Brasil Transcended and is not able to lift the fog surrounding her island. But with so many Sidhe gathered, she is overwhelmed and unable to banish them herself. And so an SOS was sent…
ROLEPLAY LINKS If you are really that interested in this story, below the spoiler are a few links to some RP's that led to this point. A more exhaustive list can be found in Hy-Brasil’s Journal
THE SIDHE Sidhe are non-sentient chaos energy that has been haunting the island with no way to be dispersed since the last Knight of Hy-Brasil existed. Their appearance is not necessarily human shaped, but more human height with an undefined body shape and tendrils that are, with all intents and purposes, arms. They are very ghost-like in nature since they are only left over energies. With the centuries of pent of energies, they’ve multiplied and grown in number. They are not capable of corrupting anyone, but their touch can cause a deterioration of a person’s mental health.
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Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:13 pm
THE FIGHT
The goal of this fight is to help Hy-Brasil get some control of the situation and be able to finally herd/push the Sidhe from the beaches and out into the open waters.
This will be a fairly relaxed battle. New prompts will be posted to keep things moving along. Each prompt will also include when the next prompt will be posted so you can all plan accordingly. Please do not save posts to back-fill later. If you miss a prompt, no worries. Just play catch up with dice if needed, and hop right back in.
Sidhe movements, destruction, attacks, etc. will be narrated in the prompts. Please do not assume what you’re character is/will able to do to the entities.
DICE MECHANICS Dice mechanics have been kept straightforward and simple, but if there are any questions or concerns, please reach out to me either here on Gaia or in discord.
Roll two 4-sided dice when your character is explicitly told to roll within a prompt post for incoming damage. (Rolling is only necessary when your character is called out to roll. Rolling is not done for player character attacks.)
Dice 1:
Even number = HIT Odd number = MISS
Dice 2:
Roll a 1 = Graze Roll a 2 = Minor Hit Roll a 3 = Moderate Hit Roll a 4 = Severe Hit
What a player defines as graze, minor, moderate, or severe hit will be left up to the RPer’s discretion. Don’t worry about it too much and just use these as a guide to help keep things fair and interesting.
SIDHE TOUCH If a character is touched by a sidhe, they may or may not have some difficulties which include a reduced mood level, echos of bad memories, hearing/thinking they see things in their peripherals that aren’t there, anxiety and depression. Most of these will be minor occurrences unless a character is repeatedly hit/touched. The more contact, the quicker these negative effects can happen.
POSTING FORMAT Please use the following posting format at the beginning of each characters tag to help streamline.
[b]Character:[/b] [b]Doing:[/b] [b]Damage:[/b] (This only needs to be filled out if your character is targeted. If it’s a miss just say Miss. Type HIT and then any details you wish to fill in on what damage you character took.)
Quote:
Character: Transcended Knight Hy-Brasil Doing: Attempting to dodge the attack and toss a heal out on [character name here]. Damage: HIT; Hy took a graze to her upper arm from the sidhe and has a minor scratch.
Any magic/attacks that are used, please spoiler them at the end of your post for easy reference.
Also, if you have a 4th stage character, they are MORE than welcome to be a part of this, I only ask that they not power up beyond 3rd stage.
As people find themselves teleported to the Wonder Hy-Brasil they can notice several things. First, they appeared on a rolling hill full of knee height grass with the occasional smattering of dainty red flowers mixed in. The sky above, a clear blue with a few clouds. The sound of what one would assume is the ocean can be heard, assumingly not far away. Following the sound, In the distance, down the hill the grass gives way to a stone shoreline where water is assuming to be crashing, but can’t be seen clearly past a haze of foggy white. Overall, a lovely scenic view.
The most pressing this to note is an Earth Knight standing down a large dark entity. The size difference is very obvious with the Knight looking very much like the David to the ghost-like entitie’s Goliath. The creature easily must be near 20 feet tall with a girth of 5 people standing shoulder-shoulder wide.
Opening her Wonder up to others made her hyper aware of the arrivals. Her head spun in the direction of their appearance and Hy couldn’t help the smile that danced across her face at their arrival. She had hoped that some would respond, but the turn out was more than she could have hoped for! Her momentary distraction forced her to narrowly avoid a tendril that whipped out towards her. The Transcended Earth Knight dodge and rolled through the knee high grass. As she rolled to her feet she raced to the arrivals.
“Thank you so much for coming. I’ll keep introductions short. I am Earth Knight, Hy-Brasil and I need to get that creature down to the shore and push out to sea after I raise the fog, but it’s putting up too much of a fight.” She spoke, her breath a bit heavy. “I am guessing it needs to be worn down before I can do anything about pushing it out to sea. Use whatever you can to help weaken it. Just try not to let it touch you.”
Hy didn’t get a chance to explain anymore as the large Sidhe shrieked. The sound was not something that could be blocked out. Even covering one’s ears did nothing as it seemed to project its anger and pain through the minds of everyone there. It could be felt all the way to each person's bones.
“Damnit!” Hy-Brasil cursed when it finally stopped it’s mental attack, but began to rush the new arrivals multiple tendrils whipping in all of their directions. “It’s attracted to living beings. It runs purely on instinct or need!” Hy swung her staff at the creature as it grew close to them. A very David and Goliath size difference, but the transcended Knight didn’t back down, even as one of the now six tendrils snaked out towards her. The censor danging on the end of her staff clinked and chimed as she swung it at the creature. The tendril sucked back into the creature as if avoiding touching the magical weapon.
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This ORP is now open! Feel free to post entrances. The next prompt will happen on Tuesday 11/21.
Powering up had become a nightly affair that now held a feeling a lot closer to duty than it did before. As a page, before the fight at the clinic, it had always been a matter of training, of figuring out the best way to survive what had happened to them, what was likely going to happen to them.
But now there was a sense of, well, owing. He owed his wonder, owed Lysithea, and had a role to fill for reasons greater than picking up random craft supplies off the street, or having a special soul. He was given power, real power, and it was time to use it.
Getting out of Hillworth was now something of a joke, and briefly, Halle wondered if there were other knights or senshi in the dorms, each with their own preferred routes in an out of the campus. He knew Lisse had his own, but sometimes he ended up leaving a little later, careful not to bother his apparently perfect roommate.
So he was ready to settle in for a wait at their typical meeting spot when suddenly he was very much somewhere entirely else.
There was another knight, a full and real Knight at that. And there was a monster. A...really, really big monster.
Push out to sea? At least she had a plan, and didn't waste time with complicated explanations.
"I'm Halle!" he called out, summon the small shield on his arm. And then, drawing on magic, slamming a huge version in front of her for the moment. "My magic's all about shields. Should some of us circle around to the water?" It might be easier to get it there, if it's instinct was pulling it along as well.
Squire: A simple wooden shield shaped like a unicorn head Defensive magic: summons a 6'x 12' version of the wooden shield, while it only blocks magic and physical attacks from one direction, it is a physical manifestation that also blocks line of sight as to what's going on behind it. magic pool: 45 seconds
xKolina
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:22 am
Character: Celadon, Page of Cybele Doing: Her best
Two weeks wasn't enough time for her leg to fully recover, but it was plenty of time to give her cabin fever. She was tired of staring at the same walls, thinking the same thoughts, and doing the same half-assed chores just to minimize time on her feet. She'd started sneaking out for walks, of course — that was how she met Ida — but that didn't satisfy her. It wasn't enough. She wanted more. She wanted to be helping someone. Anyone, really.
So when she felt a sudden urgency, a need calling to her in a way she couldn't quite explain, Kaðlín felt naturally inclined to give aid. One moment, she was lying on the couch and staring at the ceiling, and the next moment, she was on her feet on a lovely, scenic hill with a woman in green racing toward her and a massive, amorphous monster chasing the woman down.
So she was an Earth Knight. Suddenly Celadon felt that she should be making the best impression possible; she hadn't met many knights in general.
The other knight there had magic, and she felt a little worse for being unable to supply any of her own. He also had a suggestion to provide, though Celadon wondered if it wasn't a little far past the point of discussing strategy. She was still too new to these affairs to know, and this was the largest challenger she'd ever seen in her short life as a Page.
The creature roared and she winced, ducking down as she pressed hands to her ears. It did little to block the creature out. It sounded pained, as if wounded and lashing out at its hunters, and while Celadon understood and wanted to sympathize with that sentiment, she also felt a burgeoning desire to press the advantage.
"I'm Celadon of Cybele," she introduced as she straightened up. "I don't have any magic, but I can help out if anyone gets hurt." And she could throw her weapon, she supposed, but she wasn't sure she'd ever find it again with grass as high as her knees. She didn't like feeling useless, but she was quickly learning that it was a feeling she had to learn to be comfortable with as a Page.
Nectaris was ready. Maybe people could say that she wasn't really much of a fighter, but that wasn't true! She just tried to talk things out when she could, and help people, and use the power of love and friendship and all of that good stuff, but if that didn't work?
Like, if there were giant ghosts looming over someone who Nectaris assumed was really nice and cool? Which, was what she found when she answered the sudden call out of curiosity?
Yeah, she could start kicking some butt.
She wasn't even going to be distracted by the outfits of the kid who looked like he was in boystyle lolita, or by the page who looked suspiciously like Cybele. No, she was just running forwards.
"My magic is like, moonlight themed? It burns things, it might help?" she said, edging forwards, although she stopped for a second behind the squire boy's shield. She could only be so helpful from back there, though.
"But I gotta get close."
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Kolina
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:28 pm
Character: Erytheia of Cosmos Doing: Talking and preparing Damage: n/a
After what had happened on his own wonder last year, Erytheia had told himself that, if another knight ever needed help on their wonder, he would answer the call without question. Especially, if the help needed was against Chaos. It was the least he could do to repay the debt that he owed all who came to his aid.
So when the call came from an Earth knight, Erytheia had not hesitated to answer.
“Erytheia of Cosmos.” His introduction was short as he realized the problem they had come to solve was already at hand.
He saw a page, a squire and a knight, all of which he had seen before in other fights against Chaos. He’d keep an eye on the page. Not having magic at that stage could prove to be cruel on the part the Code. He remembered what it was like during his first battle off world as a page — or, he remembered some of it.
He’d been knocked unconscious very early on.
“My magic is for support. I can heal, but also shoot arrows.”
Character:Knight Drombeg of Earth Doing: Getting ready to beat this shadow chaos whatever thing's a** Damage: N/A
Drombeg had been at his own Wonder when the message had come in and he didn't hesitate to answer it. He had only taken enough time to put on his cloak that he had taken off for easier training before he accepted the teleport.
He had to admit, within a few seconds he could definitely say that he liked this Wonder as well and kept a mental note to get in contact with Hy-Brasil later. He had hardly met any other Earth Knights, he would have to remember the names of the ones he had met in passing at the very least.
He drew his sword, getting ready to take a swing at whatever this thing was. "Drombeg, of Earth. My magic is more for confusing and distracting enemies, but my sword can still be used to hit things when it's needed." He only wished it was sharper, but he supposed that would have been too violent.
Disengaging from the Sidhe, Hy stood with her staff and censor in front of her. With no movement happening she chanced turning herself to the group agao. People were ready and willing to offer help and Hy was immensely grateful for it all. With the amount of people showing up, her faith in being able to purify the Sidhe grew.
There certainly was an eclectic gathering of magic to go with the users as well. “If we can get it closer to the water, that would definitely benefit us.” She said, confirming Halle’s idea. It was a good starting point.
“Any and all magic or weapons will help. Whatever we can do to wear this thing down. We just need to be careful to not injure each other as we attack.”
She looked to the page, Celadon. “Stick close to others then. Even if you don’t have any useful magic, your eyes and ears can help.” Her eyes flickered to Dromberg and Erytheia.
“Let’s try to draw it to the sea and see what happens. Shields to help direct it if it goes off course. Weapons and offensive magic to help push. Just do your best to not get touched by…”
Hy-Brasil didn’t get a chance to continue as the Sidhe began moving again and beelined right for them all.
Character: Big Sidhe Doing: Using it’s tentacle like arms to attack the entire gathered group.
The gathering of so many people in one place seemed to confuse the creature for a few moments as it stayed in one spot as if studying them. Not that the creature had any real eyes to be certain that it was watching, but it was safe to assume. Perhaps it was a sensation of knowing? Or the thing was projecting somehow, but a clear decision was made when it went from being immobile to rushing towards the group that stood like one giant beacon to it.
After all, what was better than one living being, but multiple?
Multiple tentacle-like arms protruded from the amorpheus body. Most of the appendages didn’t generate from where most people would consider the ‘arm’ areas. They all flailed around like small whips before lashing out. Three of them in total reached out to the group. Was there precision or was it merely a blind attack? It didn’t much matter with people grouped together so closely. They were all fair game and all just as equally tempting.
Roll for Damage
Meighei
Erytheia
Strickenized
Celadon
Stari_maga
Nectaris
Meighei rolled 2 4-sided dice:
2, 1Total: 3 (2-8)
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 1:19 pm
Character: Erytheia of Cosmos Doing: Herding and shooting Damage: Hit - Graze
Perhaps they had no time for the usual pleasantries. The creature before them certainly did not. It spared no time in targeting the three that were simply standing there.
A graze to his shoulder reminded him to get moving. For a half second, he thought he felt something from the Sidhe…
He shook his head. No time for thinking. Time to run.
Being so packed together as they arrived was not good. They’d need to spread out.
“I’ll try and herd it toward the sea with my arrows.”
Kolina
Forgotten Spell: A magic arrow fired at a single target within 20 feet. It appears like a shooting star in flight and disappears on impact. It deals blunt force damage. It has three uses.
