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

[nerdylilspidey]

"Around here? I'm guessing anything is possible."

That thought alone made Spidey frown inwardly. Once upon a time, his exciting crime-fighting life consisted of stopping muggers and bank robberies, rescuing people from massive evil mutant-caused floods, putting an end to the world domination plans of grown men in ridiculous costumes. He'd thought that was crazy. But this? This was on a whole new level.

"Maybe at the end of all this, there's some whacko in a tree costume who'll explain his grand master plan to us." That at least would be in the ballpark of 'normal' in a day of the life of Spider-Man.

[spideyfanone]

Yup, sounded about right. "Is there any chance you could get a tree costume looking like anything other than the costume for the weird kid in a second grade Thanksgiving play? Not that I've ever noticed supervillains have high sartorial standards." He'd seen some pretty cool looks on people trying to kill him, but back home... Well, even in a hyper-advanced technotopia, New York attracted every weirdo with delusions of grandeur and enough of a super power to rob a bank. And his Spidey had had a lot of the same rogue's gallery.

[nerdylilspidey]

That comment actually made Spidey laugh, the mental image too hilarious not to. "Not gonna lie, now I'm seriously hoping they'll look exactly like that."

A villain like that would give him a field day in the joke department. How would he be able to resist something like that?!

"Bonus points if they actually start reciting lines from a play. Oh, my God, I hope it's something Shakespeare. Wait wait- What if it's an Ent?! How cool would that be?!"

[spideyfanone]

"Wouldn't a troll be more likely? I mean, since trolls were Morgoth's evil bootleg ents, like orcs are bugged up elves?" Because intimate knowledge of The Silmarilion is a completely normal thing to have. "...Also I kind of hope not. That monologue would last all day." He hops over a particularly nasty, aggressive root. Stupid trees. Evil Ents. Bah.

[nerdylilspidey]

Under the cover of his mask, Spidey was grinning. As surreal and weird as their current situation was, the very fact that he was getting to talk Tolkien with someone en route to the Great Danger sort of lifted his spirits.

"Okay, point. But trolls wouldn't mesh so well among trees in a swamp. Too big, clunky, and loud." He ducked and sidestepped a branch that swung in his direction, picking up the pace in his step. "Even Olog-hai would be like, way noticeable... Unless it's like, an evil Entwife. Controlling the rest of the forest to kill us or whatever."

[spideyfanone]

It did seem a little like a safe corner of the internet had fallen into the swamp level of the confusing, pointless video game of life. He wasn't just fighting evil with Spidey (or at least jumping over roots and landing in mud that might possibly be evil). He got to nerd out, too. This was like a daydream during Social Studies. "This seems like more of a Huorn thing. You'd have to seriously corrupt an entwife to get this. I mean, their whole deal was tidy cultivation of stuff. This is much more of an Old Man Willow thing, now that I think about it. Where's Tom Bombadil when you need him?" He liked Tom Bombadil, damn it.

[nerdylilspidey]

Tom Bombadil. That made Spidey laugh again. Of all the things he thought would be happening today, in this bottle, this was not one of them. Not that he didn't enjoy it. He was enjoying it an awful lot more. It kept him oddly focused.

"This is totally a Tom Bombadil thing. If we could summon him to help out, that'd be awesome."

[spideyfanone]

"Seems kind of rude to try and scare up one of the Valar like a level nine wizard with delusions of grandeur. Though I guess he probably wouldn't mind too much." Yeah, he knew his esoteric Tolkien theories and obtuse and largely useless Dungeons and Dragons details. God, this was surreal. But awesome. And he almost didn't mind the evil tree thing anymore. He was sure it wasn't personal or anything, and wet feet weren't the end of the world. He'd have dealt with a lot worse for this conversation. With Spider-man. He barely fought off the urge to fall into stunned babbling again.

[nerdylilspidey]

"Y'know, I think I'm gonna have to leave the summoning to someone else. Just in case. And also because I'm totally a level seven rogue, not a wizard."

He couldn't help himself; Spidey liked this kid. They spoke the same language, they understood each other's references- and bounced off of them. It was great! He wasn't the only total nerd on the turtle, and that was automatically exciting.

[spideyfanone]

So weird, but he was really only able to keep talking by acting blase about it. "I have a couple levels of rogue, but D&D really doesn't have a techie class. I did once customize a fighter in pathfinder to be the mechanic on the crew, but I think I broke my DM when I sent her a fighter with an intelligence of eighteen." He smiled at the memory. He'd been too much of a social pariah to have anyone to play with in person, but online... Well, something to do between attempting mad science in his parents' lab and following super hero exploits with wild energy. "Now if we're talking Shadowrun, I'm more of a technopathic decker..."