EVENT | LANDFALL | KITHIKA | BOTTLE

[cherrywood]

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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OOC INFORMATION
Landfall Questions | Approved Item Requests | Player Plot - Kryptonian Rampage OOC

CITY OF KEELIAI
Emperor's Orders: Miasma Explained | Marshaling the Forces | A City Under Siege | Halting the Scourge

INSIDE THE BOTTLE
Crossing the Swamp | Decayed Grounds | The Sullied Temple | Stone Idols | Item Discovery

THE WORLD EATER
Battling the Dragon | Soul's Poison | Kryptonian Rampage | The Guarded Pool | Weighing the Options | Aftermath

Comments

[bindsthedead]

"Good," Sabriel says, nodding towards the trees, "There doesn't seem to be any danger beyond the mosquitoes and the trees- so far. Unfortunately, making progress is- well, the trees start screaming whenever you try to burn through them."

She's not going to try to lecture Clara- it's too late for any of that. All she can do is help her get through this.

[parallels]

"I've just been walking through. Not quite good at fire yet." The last few attempts had left some burns. She bites her lip.

"But it's easier to get turned around that way."

[bindsthedead]

"When we're through with this, I'll help you get better at it. For now-" Sabriel draws her sword and begins to cut a path, carefully avoiding the- well, she really hopes it's sap- that begins to bleed from where the trees have been cut.

[parallels]

"You don't need to cut them," Clara said with a frown as she tried to ignore whatever was bleeding from the trees. "We can just try to dodge them." Though the massive cut on her face made it clear it wasn't as easy as Clara made it sound but she was a gentle girl by nature.

[bindsthedead]

"That's rather slow going," Sabriel pointed out as she realized just how battered Clara really was.

"We ought to stop for a little bit, though- is it all right if I heal you?" Open cuts in a place like this seemed like an exceptionally bad idea.

[parallels]

"Sometimes slow is the proper way to do it," Clara replied with a slightly clipped voice. She knew that she had been struggling but she'd be damned before admitting in. She ducked her head, allowing her hair to fall over her face.

"It's not as bad as it looks."

[bindsthedead]

"Still, it won't take long," Sabriel tells her, "And then you can follow me while I cut a path."

[parallels]

"I'd rather get out of here. Worry about other things later." Clearly she doesn't consider the state of the cut to be that concerning. And it isn't. The idea of being lost and alone in the swamp is much more worrisome to her than any wound.