tushanshu_logs | EVENT | LANDFALL | KITHIKA

Characters: ALL!
Date: February 12th - 28th
Location: Kithika, inside the bottle
Situation: The discovery of an artifact from the first war against Malicant reveals the land of Kithika within a dimension of the Death Plane... and just happens to be contained inside a bottle.
Warnings/Rating: Please indicate content warnings in subject headers as applicable.

OOC INFORMATION ♦ CITY OF KEELIAI ♦ INSIDE THE BOTTLE ♦ THE WORLD EATER
Arriving in Kithika is unpleasant for the most part. Transport through the glass vessel deposits you in the middle of a thick and murky swamp, with air so hot and humid it feels as though one is breathing through a wet towel. This is a place of perpetual night and there are no celestial bodies visible overhead through the twisted vines to break up the blackness, making the only light visible that which comes clumps of marsh fungus that emit a steady glow in a variety of muted colours: pale blue, whitish green, watery mauve. The only other light comes from those who can generate it themselves and that will reveal numerous broad-leaved trees, in some places standing too thick to move through. Below, knee-deep water laps in swirls at their legs, accompanied by the occasional slithery feel of something moving in the bracken against wet limbs, gone before it can be identified. A variety of strange noises from creatures of the swamp fill the air with buzzing and hoarse croaking, interrupted by the screech of mosquitoes the size of hummingbirds darting past and hungry for a meal.

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OOC NOTE: Characters will not be able to progress past the Temple and the Grounds for 48 IC hours after which point, the way to continue onward to find the dragon will be discovered. The second log will be posted on the 17th, to help spread out the tagging. Thank you!

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All is still and quiet until a loud curse is heard through the branches and man falls from the sky.

Gabriel lands in the murky water and stays a moment before he fishes himself out, sputtering and shaking his long hair like a dog. "Dammit, that was the third time!"

Growling a little, he vanishes...

And then falls again about a foot away from his original area. "Dammit!" Guess he's gonna walk instead.

Sharon chuckles nearby and shakes her head. Her white catsuit was designed to withstand muck, but even in the darkness of the bottle, it isn't as white as it usually is. Her hair is still held in a bun. She's used to living and fighting rough.

"Wanna try again?"

... If only he had a good, flirty comeback to that one. Instead, his usually amazing hair was just matted to his grumpy face. "Yes, but past experiences say that I shouldn't."

Something that could stop an angel's wings - an archangel's wings - was something to be wary of.

Okay, okay. To business. Enough teasing the drowned cat.

"Are you hurt?"

"No." He shakes his hair again, before throwing it back with one hand. Seemed he was dry again just that quickly.

Yet, he was more or less serious of the situation. "I can't fly through."

"No kidding."

Someone else who can fly. Good to know.

She nods her head back to the trees.

"Wanna leg it like the rest of us, superhero?"

"No," he grumbled again, but waded over to her, making a big show of how difficult it was. Excuse him, he's terribly spoiled and since this wasn't exactly one of his wars, he also didn't give too much of a damn besides of a change from his usual Wednesday nights.

"I guess we could go ahead and try, though."

"That's the spirit." She grinned and trudged ahead toward the trees. Even though training and some experience had prepared her for rough terrain, and her uniform is at least keeping her comfortable, she isn't making a show of how difficult it is to navigate the swamp. Holes are hidden beneath the water, and there are dead branches and such to trip over. Nonetheless, she works her way through, leading Gabriel toward the trees. Somehow she doubts he's had as much experience with this sort of terrain as she has, and she wants to make it easier for him.

As they get closer to the trees, she palms her knife. The trees look more sinister close up.

"You ready for this?"

"Ready to watch you stab a defenseless tree to death?" Cause that's what it looked like. In this place, he was pretty accurate anyway.

Gabriel just folded his arms, prepared to be as useless as possible. "Sure. Go at it."

Flying over the swamp is probably the best idea until it doesn't work. Kyle tried and gave up when the screaming got too much, and resigned himself to just walking and and glowing until he found something... or the other around. So far he hadn't been eaten, which he supposed was a plus to staying in the city.

'Dude!' he snaps, as Gabriel's landing ends up soaking him in disgusting swampy water. 'What are you doing?'

Gabriel rose from the water, hair matted to his face, as he glared at the other guy. "At least I'm doing something. What are you doing? Getting wet?"

Excuse him. He's had an annoying day. "I can't fly."

'Neither can I, you don't see me soaking the nearest innocent bystander,' he snaps back. It's a testament to how long he's been in Keeliai that he doesn't even blink or give it much thought that Gabriel was trying to fly. There were too many metahumans, or supernatural beings, or goodness knew what. At least Eshai'd known how to pick.

'Besides, walking seems to work better.'

"Better?" He'd argue that, good sir. "I have yet to give up the good fight, okay? I don't like being nerfed down."

'None of us do,' he says, more evenly. Being stuck in Keeliai without having the luxury of using as much power as he wanted... and not being able to use it to leave was a thorn in his side, but Kyle tried to live with it. As far as he could deduce, Gabriel was in a similar situation. 'But the flying.. you're just wasting your time. Might as well stay in one place.'

EVENT | LANDFALL | KITHIKA | BOTTLE

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