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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] backwordscompatible 2014-07-01 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
[She leaned back a little bit, placing both hands behind her to support her weight.]

I agree.

When was the last time you did any public recruiting?
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[personal profile] wintershepherd 2014-07-01 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
I asked a couple weeks ago but no one really took me up on it. Then again, everything was still kind of shaken up so... that's probably why.
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[personal profile] backwordscompatible 2014-07-01 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Probably just bad timing.

What about if we tried together in a few weeks? Give everybody a chance to settle into their new places and then see whose heads have stopped spinning. I'm sure, between the two of us, we should be able to capture somebody's attention.
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[personal profile] wintershepherd 2014-07-01 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope so. Maybe we can ask about it on a post together?
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[personal profile] backwordscompatible 2014-07-01 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds like a plan.

And speaking of plans...all this suddenly has me in the mood for some ice cream. Wanna go grab a couple of cones?
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[personal profile] wintershepherd 2014-07-04 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
Like I'd ever say no to ice cream. We going to your old job place?
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[personal profile] backwordscompatible 2014-07-04 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
Nah.

I found this other place. It's all the way in Water, but they have the absolute best froyo this side of Asti. I think they might even make snowcones.
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[personal profile] wintershepherd 2014-07-08 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
Doesn't that kind of make you an ice cream traitor? Plus I can make my own snowcones, I like the froyo idea better.
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[personal profile] backwordscompatible 2014-07-08 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
[She was so tempted to laugh in his face at the traitor line. Jack, please.]

They're the ones who fired me, remember? As far as I'm concerned, all bets are off and all other places are fair game.

Plus I like the froyo idea too. Shall we?