out of options for who i can be

[promittere]

LIGHT UP THE FIREWORKS

Lazuli seems… agitated, this morning. Not so much in the sense that he’s irritable (because that's just normal, really), but it seems as if something has gotten under his skin. He keeps looking up, out the windows or out over the horizon, and it seems eventually he grows tired of whatever it is bothering him. He accosts whoever it is that seems to have little to do this day, gathering a group of competent (...?) wizards.

“I need you to come with me,” he says, arms crossed and a furrow between his brows. “Something’s not right, even more than things usually aren't right.”

Vague, but do you really have the option to ignore him? You can certainly try, but it won’t get you anywhere. You’re being dragged onto this impromptu excursion whether you want to go or not. Lazuli drags the group to the elevator, using a mana stone to transport everyone to the Northern tower. On the other side is the same snowy wasteland that’s always there, and nothing seems amiss no matter how hard you strain your senses. Lazuli seems to get even more tense, though, summoning and mounting his broom.

“Follow me. We can talk while we fly, but we don’t have long.”

OOC NOTES

🌙 Welcome to the mini-event! This isn't going to be anything too crazy and not likely to impact the trajectory of the game too terribly if you spend the entire thing just fucking around and finding out, so just have fun! If you play your cards right, though, you might find yourselves a new ally.

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[promittere]

[There are paths through the forest, left there by those who have tried to hurry their way through, and the natural gaps between trees, but there's nothing that seems especially out of place from outside of the forest that would point them in any particular direction... They're going to have to enter and explore, first.]

[revengier]

It seems like we'll need to go inside to really figure out what's going on, doesn't it?

[ Ugh... he really doesn't want to. He'll look towards the others before first taking that step into the forest itself. ]

Be sure you have your protective charms on you. [ ... ] Shall we?

[annihilator]

[Onwards we go!]

Yeah, c'mon, let's get explorin'!

[dyingtohealyou]

Hey, careful. Everyone have their wards against toxins up?

[foresightis2020]

Of course.

[ gotta be prepared!! ]

[revengier]

I've been casting them ever since we learned we'll need them.

[ He's being good. No more curses. ]

[foresightis2020]

[ Well, that seems lovely. Between everything looking like something foul is afoot and no-spirits-are-us happening, hrm... ]

Yes, let's make a move on.

[ He will match Kurapika's steps, and just...kind of summon Starfall Reverie into his hand. You know, just in case?

As for protective magic, he's already made sure to put some on. ]

[jorunna]

[ Nods! ]

[promittere]

[Entering the forest, nothing immediately jumps out at them, and they're not met with a wave of crushing despair or magic. It's nothing like what Kurapika's experienced while off getting cursed in Central, where the air was heavy with dread and anxiety... The world is just quiet like the dead.

The deeper into the forest they go, the more things seem to divert from the familiar for them all. The withered trees begin to fade in color, as well as the ground they're walking on, until all that's left is white tree trunks, white dirt, and white snow falling from the sky, the forest growing sparser as they continue on.

It feels as if the life has been drained from the forest, but it's not like what the moon fragments have done.

Though now it seems they have a heading—they can see something large in the distance, that almost looks like a man-made structure.]

[foresightis2020]

Hmmm...I wonder what exactly caused this?

[ That sure is an odd...ity.

But, it doesn't mean it's anything comforting. No, not anywhere near that. By the way, as they're walking and things are further changed in regards to a fade in color, are they able to sense any lingering magic/spirits at all?

Or is there still nada?

How big is this structure, while we're at it? ]

[promittere]

[Nothing that he can sense, no.

The structure is towering, to the point it feels like they should have seen it long before they even entered the forest.]

[foresightis2020]

[ Ominous vibes intensify...

...Does it have any color in particular from where they are? Or would there need to be steps taken closer to even gauge that? ]

[promittere]

[It's the same bleached white as the rest of the forest is right now.]

[foresightis2020]

Well, we are not going to be seeing anything else just by standing around.

[ If, for example, one ventures somewhat closer, can there be anything else noticed strange around its closer general surroundings? ]

[annihilator]

Yeah, I don't see anythin' off from here. May as well go see what's up with it.

[He's coming with, let's go!!]

[promittere]

[Jing Yuan continues approaching the structure, and it feels like he crosses some sort of threshold because, abruptly, he hears a ringing in his ears and his head throbs. His vision blurs, and when it clears...

Color has returned to the world, but not much. The ground around him is rocky and black, and the structure is a deep, rusty red, with something black coiled around it like an elaborate facade.]

[dyingtohealyou]

[He's watching Jing Yuan from a distance, does he notice anything change once Jing Yuan crosses that threshold?]

[foresightis2020]

...

[ Jing Yuan shakes his head just a bit at that. ]

Did anyone else feel that? Did you...?

[ His aborted question to Malice, but it also applies to everyone else.

Red, huh? And black. This is quite odd in a myriad ways, enough to have made him stop for a moment. Does this building even have a door? ]

[revengier]

[ It's strange, watching the color practically fade from their surroundings. Kurapika holds out a hand, catching some of the snowflakes falling from the sky and landing amongst the dead trees.

Ah, but eventually... it seems like there's something ahead. ]

See that?

[ He points to it, though he doesn't make a move towards it. ]

[annihilator]

Huh. You think that's the cause of all'a this?

[revengier]

It very well could be. It feels wrong to see something manmade in a forest like this...

[annihilator]

Yeah. Who would'a come all this way to build somethin' like this?

[Hey mods, anything off about the tower that he can sense/see from here? Or is it the same unnatural stillness as before?]

[promittere]

[Nothing he can see from this distance! It looks very spiky, like someone was a big fan of Gothic architecture, but it's the same bleached white as the forest and seems just as quiet.]

[dyingtohealyou]

[Squinting into the distance at the structure. Does it look like a building, or something else like a sculpture or...?]

[promittere]

[It looks like a building! Mostly.]