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

[shorttempered]

Mark took a huge gasp of air as soon as he was pulled from the swamp. Being able to hold your breath for hours was useless if you didn't first inhale any air before having to hold it. The gasping is followed by coughing, because apparently he sucked in some water and his body wasn't too fond of that. Once the coughing subsided, he wiped his mouth off onto the back of his hand and gave Teddy a sheepish grin.

"I swear to god I'm not normally like this." Mark winced. Something didn't feel right. He reached up to touch the lobe of his ear. Upon examining his hand afterward, he found blood. Great, it ruptured my eardrum.

[hulkintraining]

While Mark worked to catch his breath Teddy swam on his side, slowly and steadily bringing them closer to shore. He was a decent swimmer, but he wasn't used to swimming in this larger, bulkier form. Much less with the additional weight of another person. But he managed to keep them afloat.

"Good to know." His breathing sped up the longer they went, making conversation strenuous. But when he noticed the blood he couldn't help but react with concern. "Are you alright?"

[shorttempered]

Once Mark caught his breath, he lightly tapped Teddy on the arm to say you can let me go now.

"I'm fine." And almost to prove it, he wipes his hand off on his costume. Yup, that makes it all better. "The shrieking was unexpected."

[hulkintraining]

He pulled his arm away reluctantly and let Mark swim on his own. Teddy didn't look like he believed the other guy one bit about being fine. But it wasn't as if he could do anything about it. He couldn't heal other people unfortunately.

"Can you still hear okay out of that ear?"

[shorttempered]

Man, this stuff was gross. Hesitantly Mark pulls himself out of the water and hovers, stopping just inches above it out of fear the trees would start screaming again if he went any higher.

Mark gives Teddy his best look of confusion. "What?" Then after a second, he smirks. "Just kidding. I can hear fine. My inner ear is just a little oversensitive because of my powers."

[hulkintraining]

Teddy pulled himself out of the water behind him but remained grounded for the time being. He carefully wrung the worst of the water out of his clothes with clawed hands. Unfortunately, it helped little and his clothes clung to his form uncomfortably.

"Jerk." He grinned and shook his head. "Well, that will make getting you through a little difficult. And very uncomfortable. Unless...you think you could get through without having to cut through the trees."

[shorttempered]

Luckily for Mark, his tailor makes all of his suits adaptable enough for anything shy of a nuclear blast (and if Art could prepare for that, he would), so the water's already sliding right off. That's pretty much the only thing in his favor right now.

"Tell me about it, but I don't know of any other way. Walking through without cutting the trees, I mean." He sighs. "How have you been doing it?"