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[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]

[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? ]

[annihilator]

Yeah.

[He's here, claws at the ready in case of danger.]

Like everythin' shifted, yeah? Just remember what Laz said. Don't take what ya see at face value.

[foresightis2020]

[ Luckily there seems to be no attacking as of yet, but he doubts that will not remain for long. ]

...Of course.

This must be where such advice will truly come in handy.

[annihilator]

Yeah. Keepin' us on our toes, huh? Guess we'll have'ta watch one another's backs!

[...hey speaking of, are our friends gone on this side or can Malice and Jing Yuan still see the others?]

[promittere]

[They can't see the others, at least not right now. Or hear them, either.

It feels like they have crossed over to somewhere else entirely.]

[promittere]

[Malice sure saw it too! Anyone who crosses over with them, will, too, which they might want to, because from Ahito's perspective Jing Yuan and Malice have disappeared.

Also, it doesn't seem like there's a door, but it seems like there's a spiraling ramp on the outside of the structure.]

[revengier]

[ He's watching right with Ahito so... ]

...Did you see them disappear?

[dyingtohealyou]

...Yeah.

Illusions, or a trap...?

[jorunna]

Should we... take that ramp?

[ points to it as the mods noted. ]

[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.]