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

[lookedtothestars]

[He slows, and paying attention to his surroundings, Jor-El suddenly turns, ready to intercept and grab Kon.]

I have no plans to kill you. Don't make me injure you further.

[backinakidflash]

[The first few slams against the tree go without a hitch, save the one in Bart's breath every time his upper body hits it with superhuman force. The snapping sounds are the tree, right? It would hurt more than this, but his head is fogged. And it hurts anyway. The fourth attempt - something almost instinctual kicks, and his body goes through it instead, his neck slipping out of Superman's grasp.

He hits the ground, skidding and rolling a few feet with the transferred momentum. When he stops he's on his back, struggling to breath because his chest feels like it's made of lead. It hurt more than his head did, even as it darkened with blood. He can see Clark, still on his feet. Still tidy, he thinks, as his brain can't quite reach words like unhurt and clean. He's almost. Standing over him.

If the world was going to snap back into focus, now would be a really good time, but it wasn't. Too busy burning out at the edges of his vision. Trying to get up stalls when he makes it to his hands and knees, caught between lungs that really want to cough up this blood and a body that can't quite handle it. They are so screwed. The only reason he has time for this at all is because his mind has given up his tenuous grasp on 'normal' time. A glowy young male that looks suspiciously like Bart blinks into existence, crouching down in front of him.]

Get help. Rob. Kyle.

[It's barely more audible than mouthing the words, but the figure nods and takes off running. They'd know what to do. Bart slumps downward, folding til calves met thighs and thighs met chest, his forehead almost touching the ground.]

[andaway]

[All of Bart's musings and actions happen far too fast for Kal's brain, and he takes a few moments to catch up. Few, precious moments he should have been using to try to take the kid down because he knew, as soon as he got back to himself and processed what was happening, they were probably doomed. So one second he had the kid in his hands, and he was about to do some serious damage-

the next the kid's down on the floor, away from him, hurt but still alive and there's a... blur... a yellow blur running (flying?) away from them, to safety. He isn't sure what's happening but he knows, whatever they do they can't let get the blur get to wherever he's leading.

It takes him around 10 seconds to realize he can't possible even see what he's following, let alone catch up. So he's soon next to the kid again, kicking him so he's turning over with a sneer.] Tell me what that was and I will make your death quicker.

Maybe.