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ᴀʟᴅᴇʀᴡᴏᴏᴅ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴀɴᴅᴇʀ ᴇᴠᴀɴᴅᴀᴜ ([personal profile] alderwood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2014-05-31 10:25 pm

EVENT | GUIDING LIGHT

Characters: ALL!
Date: June 1st-5th, 2014
Location: Keeliai, all sectors
Situation: Following Evandau's announcement about the soul lanterns and new housing, the Foreigners are shuffled around while Malicant's agents try to complicate this as much as possible!
Warnings/Rating: Possible mentions of violence from the cultists, plus various characters' reactions to moving.

LINKS
Fire Sector | Earth Sector | Metal Sector | Water Sector | Wood Sector | Cultist Shenanigans | Speak with Eva & Celaunn | OOC Plot Post

The new Basswood Commander, Celaunn, stands watch outside of the building with one ready hand resting on the hilt of her sword while her protectorate goes inside. A prodigy of magic as she is, liberating all the Foreigners' souls right out from under Malicant has left Evastelei far more expended than any of them care to admit. She looks as tired and worn as Evandau sounded on the radio post, but she tries to cover it with good humour, much as can be mustered given the situation. Eva's sent out messages to the ones whose essence she's felt resonate for each address and upon arriving, carries the lanterns into the new units whether they're all present or not... she's a busy lady and when this is all done she might just sleep for a week.

"Couldn't rightly explain some of these set-downs," Eva says as she goes about hanging the lamps up in the central part of the house. For most of the units, this equates to the main living area, though sometimes in the kitchen or unfinished room -- the layouts on each building has variations, after all. "One of those things you just have to feel, I reckon. Never figured Evandau much for leaving new bottles of wine on the pillows after all, so this will have to do."

While she's in the buildings, she'll run her hands over the wards built into the walls, letting them light briefly with various colours of light depending on the purpose, a symbol-based language not unlike runic illuminating at her touch and then fading to invisibility again.

"Now for these," she'll continue once she's sure she has all their attentions. "These are the best I could do on short notice, what with the Creature throwing all his resource at breaking Eshai's spells. That's why none of you could get into the Throne Room few weeks back-- that was a right bold move on your parts, by the way. See if you can't talk tall and smileless up there," she jerks her head toward the front of the building to indicate Celaunn, "into learning something from it. Chilu's are too by the book."

She'll explain how the lanterns are strengthened by proximity of those whose soul they house, and the dangers of staying away from them (particularly in a Dreaming state) for too long. "You don't want the Creature coming to rip you out of here," she says, jabbing them in the chest for emphasis, a deep frown distorting the burned scar on the one side of her face. "Be something like putting your insides through a wind shearer. Don't recommend it, that's for certain. Are you paying attention? Don't be moving these anywhere. With the power of these, I can understand why Eshai wanted to keep them close but keeping them from you... well, it wasn't the only thing she and I disagreed on."

Once she's satisfied that they've got as much information as she can provide at this time, she'll remind them as Evandau did: these lanterns are their Keeliai anchors and should they be destroyed, it won't be a trip back to their worlds that they can look forward to. "Without these, I can't keep you from being lost for good," she'll add seriously. "Good luck with them."
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[personal profile] apologiesmyking 2014-06-11 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
I am. I live in Room 1C. You must be who Hawke spoke of? It is good to meet you.

[Always best to start things off polite, he thinks. He tries to be as unthreatening as he can be.]
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[personal profile] alterer 2014-06-11 11:34 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, so you've met him already. That makes things easier.

[He's a little strange, in her opinion, but so far nice enough. Might as well introduce herself properly.]

I'm Nilin. I'll be in 1B.
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[personal profile] apologiesmyking 2014-06-12 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, he told me you would be interested in introducing yourself properly, rather than him doing it for you.

[He seems to think highly of her and Kaldur found that reassuring.] My name is Kaldur'ahm, but I'm told "Kaldur" is much easier to pronounce.
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[personal profile] alterer 2014-06-14 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
Polite of him.

[She's known Hawke for a few months now and considers him a good friend. Kaldur, well, meeting new people can't hurt.]

Kaldur'ahm... You're right on that, no offense. I'll run with Kaldur if that's alright.

[Of course, he wouldn't of offered the shorter name if it wasn't. Nilin's just being polite.]

So, have you been here for long?
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[personal profile] apologiesmyking 2014-06-20 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
It is more than fine, really. [Atlantean naming conventions are not for everyone.] I have been here for over a year myself. At times it feels like nothing at all, although others...not as much.

Yourself?
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[personal profile] alterer 2014-06-21 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Nilin shakes her head.]

I've only been here for a few months. Too long still, in my opinion, but there's things to be done before we return, I guess.
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[personal profile] apologiesmyking 2014-06-27 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
We will be here as long as we are needed, or as long a the magic of the late Emperor holds. [Which may not be as long as this world may need, Kaldur knows.]

Despite the tension of our situation, it is more hopeful now than it was when our enemy last struck at us.