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ᴄʜᴇʀʀʏᴡᴏᴏᴅ ʜᴇᴀʟᴇʀ ᴍɪʟʏɴ ([personal profile] cherrywood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2014-02-12 12:08 am

EVENT | LANDFALL | KITHIKA | BOTTLE

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 INFORMATIONCITY OF KEELIAIINSIDE THE BOTTLETHE 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!



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
duelkatana: (don't try to ᴡᴀʟᴋ away)

[personal profile] duelkatana 2014-03-02 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
Like a beacon, his eyes are drawn to the figure in purple leaning against the mirror. He squints in the dimness to make her features out, but long before the shadows smooth away into the background, he knows who it is. The voice gave it clean away.

Her posture might be right, even her folded arms, but her smile isn't. Leonardo's seen it but a handful of times, and yet the grin curling her lips isn't the light, friendly teasing of only weeks ago. It's something else entirely - wholly at home in this dark world that's swallowed them up.

"Who are you?" Surely not whom she appears to be... but then, who?
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[personal profile] superieure 2014-03-02 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
'I'm hurt, Leo, I thought we were friends,' says the figure, simperingly, her eyes are snakelike, cold with contempt. 'You didn't get a proper gift either. What happened to common courtesy?' She raises a hand. 'Monsieur Carosella! If you'd please tend to our guests.'

Monet herself is still, watching as a large bald man twice her size, with John Lennon glasses, lumbers towards them. His movements are slow, sluggish, and on instinct she takes a step closer to Leo, so that they can move back to back and fight if necessary. Strong Guy is exactly as his name suggests: neither of them knew the limits of their strength.

With a start, 'You're controlling him.'

'Don't you?' says the other, turning her gaze to Leo. 'The way you have him wrapped around your finger? It's not that different. I'm surprised you haven't already tried with him.'
duelkatana: (we're brothers with the stars tonight)

[personal profile] duelkatana 2014-03-03 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
The moment that giant man saunters out of the darkness, Leonardo slides into a fighting stance, reflexively drawing closer to Monet even as she does the same. Whoever he is, he looks like he could easily face off against Hun in a battle of the meatheads... and win.

Yet although his eyes never leave the man, his attention is snatched away by the mirror-Monet's words. She opens a floodgate of realizations: Monet can control people. That's her power as a mutant. And the implication seems to be that she's been manipulating Leonardo, wrapping him around her finger just the same - only through mind games. He doesn't want to believe it.

"Monet." Calmly, he begins a slow, inching circle around the enormous man, gaze never breaking from him. "What's she talking about?"
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[personal profile] superieure 2014-03-03 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
'She's lying,' Monet hisses back, a half-beat too quickly, eyes moving between Leo, Guido, and the other her. 'I'm a telepath, I have the capability, but I wouldn't -'

'You wouldn't?' The mirror-her smiles. 'What about Mordo? What life is he living?'

'He'll be dead before he knows!' she shouts, fists clenching. 'He tried to kill Father, he had it coming!'
duelkatana: (believe ᴍᴇ)

[personal profile] duelkatana 2014-03-03 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps the most disturbing thing to Leonardo is how quickly Monet's lost her composure. As long as he's known her up until this very moment, she's been cool, calculating; radiating an undertone of danger and intelligence with every word she spoke. This is different. He doesn't understand what's going on or who these people are, but he gets very quickly that this is something personal. Something that cuts deep enough to get this kind of reaction out of her.

He's never heard the name 'Mordo' before, and it seems to slash into one of those personal scars in Monet - but frankly, it doesn't matter to him right now. Not nearly so much as the immediate threat.

"I'm asking one more time: who are you?"

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[personal profile] superieure 2014-03-17 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
The other one turns towards him, smiling cruelly. 'Isn't it obvious?' she says. 'I'm the one in control.'

With a cry of rage, Monet flies at her, swinging wildly. She rebuffs every motion, they have the same fighting style: each move and countermove is anticipated perfectly. It's a grotesque stalemate, and there's no sound besides the thud or fist on flesh.
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[personal profile] duelkatana 2014-04-08 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
Leonardo moves in sync with Monet, his feet hitting the floor the second she flies forward to attack. For a few seconds, a minute, maybe more, he watches the fight progress, circling them so that each exchange of attack and block are in full view.

The problem is obvious within moments. This fight is going nowhere.

Leo watches closely as he circles, studying every movement he can until - there. An opening, a breath's pause in the stalemate. He sprints forward and launches into the air without a second of hesitation, aiming a kick straight at the purple-cloaked Monet's chest.