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lunaecalamitas2024-04-24 07:12 am
dadsandals) wrote in lunaecalamitas2024-04-24 07:12 am
The Great Musashi-ning
It's been three weeks since everyone's arrived in the wizarding world. Three weeks of a relatively peaceful time in the manor, despite the "death" at the ball and Ye Old Mika Feast. People have started to settle in, adapt to their circumstances and work on honing their magic skills.
On Wednesday, however, there is a disturbance.
It starts off very, very quiet. There's a low rumbling that can be heard in the distance at various times during the day -- rumbling that will grow louder, very quickly. The source of it is pretty apparent, and it's hard to ignore the giant round saucer-like object flying towards everyone at different times. A closer inspection of this object will reveal that it may or may not actually be quite familiar.
Musashi, the roomba, has gone feral, and will be in an off-and-on chaotic state for about 3 hours.
An encounter with Musashi can result in dealing with any of the following scenarios:
Musashi can be stopped in various ways, and when it's stopped, it will fall back asleep and go dormant again. These dormant periods won't last long, though. It'll keep causing mayhem up until the third hour is up...aka, when its master wakes up from his dream. Then, its magical energy will be cut in half and behave like a regular roomba again.
(OOC: I will leave roomba-stopping solutions very open-ended! You can trap it, smack it around a bit, engage in real combat, sing it a lullaby...the possibilities are endless, I just want people to have fun with it!)
On Wednesday, however, there is a disturbance.
It starts off very, very quiet. There's a low rumbling that can be heard in the distance at various times during the day -- rumbling that will grow louder, very quickly. The source of it is pretty apparent, and it's hard to ignore the giant round saucer-like object flying towards everyone at different times. A closer inspection of this object will reveal that it may or may not actually be quite familiar.
Musashi, the roomba, has gone feral, and will be in an off-and-on chaotic state for about 3 hours.
An encounter with Musashi can result in dealing with any of the following scenarios:
🚿 When Musashi is actively cleaning – in other words, if it's actively vacuuming up bits of rubbish on the floor – it will leave the floor completely spotless. This, however, comes at a price: It leaves a mysterious dust behind it, and inhaling the dust will cause your magic to go haywire for a short period of time. If you've learned repair-based magic, you'll over repair things in your immediate vicinity to the point where those items start breaking down. If you've learned how to make sugar from previous weeks, you may start to generate countless sugar crystals with no end in sight for a minute or so. Stuff like that. Good luck with cleanup!
🚿 When Musashi has nothing to clean and is just moving around, it won't just slide around like usual. It'll start zipping left and right, and has a good chance of hitting anyone in its path. It may also magically slip under your foot and transport you down the stairs, across the hall, or even from one end of the manor to the other – just as fast as a regular broom would. Hopefully you have good balance, because it seems like something about its hold on you is rather magnetic. You cannot simply hop off of the roomba. It'll require either an intense burst of some kind of magic, or outside help to get you off of Musashi's literal wild ride.
🚿 You may want to also keep an eye on items on your person while Musashi is out and about. It will feel compelled to suck up every object – and I mean every non-human(oid) object that it comes across. If it hits your leg and feels a key in your pocket? It will try to vacuum it up through your pants. It may even tear your pants in the process. Normally, it'd be easy to hold onto your belongings, but since this Musashi is magically powered, it will put up a fight.
A magically powered roomba also means that it has an unusually large amount of storage, so even things like knapsacks aren't safe!
🚿 Those who get their belongings stolen by the roomba may realize that their stolen items have been returned to the wrong person. You may even end up with someone else's belongings, yourself!
Musashi can be stopped in various ways, and when it's stopped, it will fall back asleep and go dormant again. These dormant periods won't last long, though. It'll keep causing mayhem up until the third hour is up...aka, when its master wakes up from his dream. Then, its magical energy will be cut in half and behave like a regular roomba again.
(OOC: I will leave roomba-stopping solutions very open-ended! You can trap it, smack it around a bit, engage in real combat, sing it a lullaby...the possibilities are endless, I just want people to have fun with it!)
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[Musashi the roomba zips down a hallway, moving with a speed that seems downright alarming. Possibly that's because of the large blue crystal that appears to be stuck to the front of it, where its efforts to suck the thing up have at last reached their limit.]
[More likely, however, it's because of what's chasing it. Mòrag sprints after it at top speed, or at least a person who looks like Mòrag if brilliant blue flames were pouring out of her body with wild abandon. More like a blazing comet than a human, her look of absolute fury spells no good outcome for the roomba once she gets her hands on it.]
I'll rip that damn thing apart!
[Is all that fury really justified by it simply nabbing a crystal, and apparently setting her on fire? No, there's more to this tale, as loose hair escapes the back of her hat. The roomba not only stole from her and sent her magic haywire, it also tripped her and stole all the pins she uses to keep her hair up in a neat bun beneath her hat. This affront to her dignity is the greatest crime of all.]
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Ginger dodges out of the way as she sprints past him, but then he's chasing her because - HELLO?? SHE'S ON FIRE?? He has no clue what's going on here. ]
Morag - M-morag, wait!
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[At least she knows better than to start hurling fire at it indoors, and very fortunately, the flames pouring out of her don't ignite or burn anything. A stunning or restraining spell might save her a lot of grief, but with her personality and history, physical violence is naturally her first resort.]
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[ Is she saying there's a monster on the loose? He thought the manor was safe - ]
At least wait for a healer!!!
[ He just keeps running after her. If she gets too far away from him, he might have to use his wings, ugh. ]
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[Real strong "call an ambulance, BUT NOT FOR ME" vibes over here. Mostly because the fire isn't hurting her, somehow.]
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Not it, YOU. What did it do to you?! Is that why you're on fire??
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[Nor does she particularly care, since in most cases, the death or destruction of the thing responsible will solve the problem!]
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… I think that’s something we need to discuss, actually!!! Ugh, how about a barrier to trap it in a room?
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Perfect! Circle around while I herd it left, then make to seal it!