EVENT | LANDFALL | KITHIKA | DRAGON

[cherrywood]

Characters: ALL!
Date: February 12th - 28th
Location: Keeliai
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
For nearly two days the brave quest takers have been sequestered at the sullied Temple and its grounds, the thick jungle and swamp preventing them from leaving. There are faint tremors that run through the ground and in the middle of the third night, the ground gives a great heave, jostling everyone from their rested states. In one of the Temple rooms, a sinkhole has appeared to reveal not spongy ground beneath, but a dark tunnel leading down into the earth. It doesn't take much to widen the entrance and follow the gentle downward slope that leads out to the north, and a walk of about two hours (which surely would feel like longer to those who don't enjoy being trapped in low, dank places) leads them under the swamp itself. By the time the tunnel slopes upward, the muddy ground has turned hard and packed with small chips of rock and sand; the terrain above is changing and as they emerge upward through a fissure in the ground...

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OOC NOTE: The Aftermath comment will be unfrozen and its direction posted on February 23rd, based on the outcome of the other threads.

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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

[hulkintraining]

Giant robot shaped? Yeah, we have some of those in my world to. [He nods in understanding.] Never really fought one myself though.

[He looks at the corrupted spot Kyle points out before shaking his head.] Not yeah. I was going to try. But...I'm not even sure where to start, honestly. All I really have are my claws. [He's not fond of the idea of having to touch the stuff.]

[imaginate]

What, don't tell me you have superheroes too, now.

[He says it in jest, but he wouldn't really be surprised. Many are from worlds like his, or similar.]

[He gestures to them both to get closer, and then rings up a giant glowing claw himself.]

Good idea - let's see what happens when we touch the stuff.

[It's the best plan, isn't it? The construct touches goo and sinks, the liquid around it bubbling angrily, and starts spewing goo at them.]

[hulkintraining]

[He raises a brow, like he's trying to determine whether the man is kidding or not, before nodding.] Yeah. What? You think I always go around looking like this? [He says it in a teasing tone.]

Uh...okay. Why not? [He watches as the glowing claw forms with interest and gets himself ready to help. What he isn't expecting is for the goo to spray out at them.]

Oh, gross!

[imaginate]

[Kyle chuckles, while fending off the goo with a new construct: a shield.]

I'm from space, everything looks "like this".

[The pustule stops spewing, and he peeks over, gingerly, grimacing. It's grown larger.]

Sorry about that, by the way. Not the best plan.

[hulkintraining]

Huh? You are? [He really shouldn't be so surprised. Even in his world there are alien races that look uncannily like humans.]

That is so wrong. [He looks at the now larger pustule with distaste and disappointment.] What do we do now?

[imaginate]

[He points to the symbol on his uniform. He no longer wears a mask, but the rest of it remains the same as home.] Green Lantern Corps. Speedy pizza delivery, spontaneous karaoke, and intergalactic peacekeeping, y'know how it goes.

[Despite whatever personal issues he's had with it all lately, he'll always be proud of who he is and what he does.]

No worries if you haven't heard of us specifically, not a lot of people have, but the job description's a pretty common one.

[He looks at the pustule.]

Well... let's go find a smaller one. Maybe something around there'll help.

[hulkintraining]

Intergalactic peacekeeping? So...you're like a police force in space? [Having never been to space himself, he's not sure what to think about it. Everything or person who comes from space tends to want to take over the Earth. Including the two species he's a hybrid of.]

I haven't, but that's not really surprising if you stay in space. [Not to mention the possibility that they're from different universes altogether, which is likely.]

You think so? What if they just keep getting bigger? We could end up making it worse.

[imaginate]

Yeah, independent of any interplanetary governments. Ensures neutrality.

[Or as neutral as they can get, they're equal opportunity assholes.]

Well - let's hope they don't get bigger. Have I mentioned I hate this gunk? I really do.

[hulkintraining]

Sort of like SHIELD. [Except in space. He sort of says it without thinking. He's really not fond of talking about SHIELD.]

I'm not a fan of it either. It's all fun and games until someone gets gunk in the eye.

[imaginate]

That's a good name but it doesn't sound... [he makes a vague gesture with one hand. Teddy's tone is worrying :C]

Luckily it's not radioactive gunk - and if it isn't I hope I didn't jinx it.

[hulkintraining]

Uh, it's...complicated.

[He shakes his head, a slight grin appearing on his face.] That's really not helpful.