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1/19/2022 11:57:06 PM
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[spoiler]Would it be possible for me to still join?[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Chain Chain[/spoiler] "I'm not going to-" And Autumn explodes in blinding light as the ringing drowns out all other sounds. Then your senses return. You find yourself standing within the courtyard as it should be, a fountain where the obelisk stood, great hedges around the perimeter, and the sky above the light blue of early morning with an orange glow building to the east. The temple still lies ruined, reconstruction abandoned long ago. You see a few civilians around aswell as several other hero types. Rory and the others stand beside you and Autumn is gone, but the other one stands a bit away looking around a bit confused, then her eyes widen. "Oh, that was odd," then she looks back up and slowly reaches for the sheath slung over her back, "might not mean much, but none of this was me. Something else is going on over there."
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“I…and how can we trust you?”
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Sheathing the sword, she smiles and shrugs, "Not really up to me is it?" Then she walks over and sits upon the edge of fhe fountain, watching people disperse. Rory looks up to the sky, then glares at her, "I gotta get back to my people, but we'll be coming for you later." And he turns to leave.
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Quena glances to him, then to the woman. “So…if you won’t attack me then…what was his full deal?”
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"I'm not sure, I have a lot of vague memories that aren't quite mine. It's like trying to recall a dream. How long has it been since you've watched a sunrise?"
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“That’s..huh. And uh…” she thinks. “Maybe a few months? At most? Why?”
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"Oh neat, its been awhile for me. And it's a bit relevant considering..." and she points to the growing light over the cityscape.
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Quena glances to it and nods. “Mhm, I should grab a hat…and find out if my bike is still working.”
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"Yup, stay safe and don't get crispy!" [spoiler]To be honest all I prepped for this was a chart with a bunch of random encounters and the premise being "Winter Solstice = Longest Night Of Year! Maybe I do some spookery with that?" Everything's been improvised and the ending was always just sorta "You survived yay!" This wasn't supposed to be anything serious with plot, just something to get back into the feel of it... sorry! [/spoiler]
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[spoiler]Another chain[/spoiler] "I wasn't born a vampire," he shrugs as if that's common, "Anyway I'm gonna go find my people and hold up som-" He turns to leave in the opposite direction but stops. Ahead within the mist a large shadow is stalking across the road, the silhouette of a big cat with six legs and long tendrils upon its back.
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“I-“ Quena stops speaking, and tries to head up closer to Autumn. “What. Is. That….it certainly doesn’t look like a stage prop.”
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You catch up to Autumn, the creature keeping pace emitting a series of clicks, "[i]Tck, tck, tck, tck. Tck... Tck... Tck...[/i]" And she turns to it, her pale face a brighter shade of pale, "That's a very bad thing. We should probably run." The head emerges, gray fur, several milk white eyes, a smile full of needles, and tilts its head curiously.
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“…got it.” She tries to make a massive ball of shadow yarn, and run away from the monster.
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As the trio flees the nightmare ignores the sbadow yarn and pounces after! Autumn begins conjuring more flame as Rory just curses. Ahead a group of civilians appear armed with makeshift weapons! They see three vampires sprinting towards them and are, naturally, scared shitless!
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Quena sees them. “Gah! Those poor people! Autumn, is there any way you could…uhm…give the cat a short intermission?” She tries to have shadows raise as a temporary guard for the civilians.
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She turns back and slams her staff into the road, raising a wall of flame across the street and traveling up the sides of buildings. "Oh, I hope no one was in there..." Rory keeps running up to the civilians with hands and bat in the air, "Be cool! There's worse than us out tonight!" Then turns back, "Should we all keep running or...?"
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Quena nods. “Definitely! I don’t know how long that thing will stay behind that curtain of flames before a bow!”
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"It will hold for a time, but yeah we should skidaddle!" And Autumn runs past Rory, who waves the four civilians on, "Let's go!"
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“Mhm!” Quena starts to run ahead.
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Everyone runs! A scream emanates from behind as the nightmare leaps through the flames to give chase! And then, everyone bursts through the mists into a clear courtyard before the ruins of Temple of Bernthal. Mists swirl around the area like the eye of a storm and the violet moon shines down from above. At the center of the courtyard stands an obelisk of dark ice, and beyond it two wooden doors sway in the breeze revealing a staircase with a flickering flame within.
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“I…is…that the way to the…the final act?”
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"The what?" One of the civilians asks. "That's the undercroft," Rory responds, "friends and I sometimes hang out down there. They moved all the bodies when they were renovating, so it's not too rank. Not sure about the lights." Autumn approaches the obelisk.
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“I-uhm- be careful!” Quena says. “I…don’t assume you know what that’ll do!”
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"Not yet but with a bit of time I might figure it out." Rory was leading people to the crypts but stopped at the door and turns back, "The bad vibes Autumn gives me? They're way worse down there."
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“So…*dont* send people down there!”
