ironwood: (MALICANT / chain)
ɪʀᴏɴᴡᴏᴏᴅ ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ ᴇsʜᴀɪ ([personal profile] ironwood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2014-11-19 04:12 pm

ENDPLOT | ROLL THE BONES, PART 2

Characters: ALL!
Date: Mid-Late November
Location: In the Dreaming
Situation: It's either Malicant or the Foreigners... and their worlds.
Warnings/Rating: Add warnings as needed.

Locating the Vilii Stone has been dealt with and now it's time to take on Malicant directly. It's a relatively simple interpretation that proves the answer to the conundrum of how to share the object between all involved: shatter it, and make sure everyone has a shard. It clears any remaining taint of Malicant's essence from those who still more it and makes said evil furious. They're all feeling it now-- the throbthrobthrob of his telepathic presence has swamped the caverns where the stone once lay, and the only safe harbour is the Hotel. There's only so long even the Hotel will be able to withstand that force.

Inside the Dreaming, that force can't be felt. Inside the Dreaming, the caverns are reflected on long smooth lines, riveted by sinew and muscle, a true combination of the realms in this space that becomes a living maze to work against them. There are many offshoots, and when the Foreigners arrive in the Dreaming they will find themselves separated, both willingly and unwillingly, three or four apiece to each individual set of caverns that seal behind them. They're going to have to move fast and defend one another. Their collective power is all that remains between Malicant and everything else, and every part of him must be defeated.

He's waiting, but he's not without a plan.

The Foreigners will find that they are facing the embodiments of their greatest fears and weaknesses. An enemy they were never able to defeat, a friend who betrayed them, a fateful event that they couldn't outrun, even a physical feat they could never overcome. Malicant has had a long time to study them, to befriend them as Asti, to gain their trust and exploit their secrets. Where there are individuals, these embodiments will be targeted and where there are groups, they'll be something that encompasses multiple forms.

But the Foreigners are not without recourse: they are in the Dreaming Realm, a plane shaped by willpower, by desire... and even to a degree, by the very fears they are facing. The Gha'nal venom will allow them to manipulate what they perceive as the "reality" around them, and the shard of Vilii Stone they've been given will become a weapon or tool fitting to the situation, to help them.



LINKS
Part 1 - Beneath The Shell/Midnight Hotel | Part 1 - Malicant’s Tools/The Vilii Stone | OOC - Plotting Post


OOC
So here's the final log! There's a lot of freedom for players to write what they feel will be their biggest obstacle to overcome, and how Malicant will appear to be challenging them. The common traits to what all players are going to face are listed in the description above. This log will be open until the end of the month, at which point an interim log and OOC post will be going up.
gathersnomoss: (surprised)

Re: Sokka | OTA

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2014-11-27 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Zelgadis had taken the approach of trying to run past his own demons. So far, it was only serving to encourage it. Faces of people he lost were taunting him as he ran.

It was almost a relief to see Sokka and the dying girl, until his conscious mind pointed out that 'idiot, don't assume that Malicant thinks you're so special and only attacked you'.

He drew up short. "Hey," he said aware that that was the wrong thing to say, but hell if he knew what the right thing was.
theideaguy: (sad)

I am so late. ;_;

[personal profile] theideaguy 2014-12-01 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
"There was nothing we could do!" Sokka shouts back to Yue, unaware of Zelgadis at that moment! "I did everything I could! I tried to stop you!" But as legitimate as all those statements were, as much as he and she had done everything in their power to prevent the death of the Moon Spirit Tui and, eventually, Yue, the stigma of her death still tainted Sokka's heart deep down, and his insecurity of having not overcome it still haunts him long long after.

But Yue would have none of it; the vision continued to speak her ominous threats. "I had to give up my life to save Tui because you failed me. You failed my father."

It's then when Sokka drops to his hands and knees, practically broken over the stinging truth. "Yue..." It's only then when he hears Zelgadis' greeting and sees his presence. He looks briefly over his shoulder, a tear streaking down his face before just looking down again. "She's right," he says both to Zelgadis and to no one. "I failed her."
gathersnomoss: (thinking)

Re: I am so late. ;_;

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2014-12-06 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"So, what are you going to do about it?" Zelgadis asked. He probably should say something inspiring, but when he had been in Sokka's shoes, nothing had helped. Even moving forward didn't, but at least he'd had a change of scenery.
theideaguy: (brave)

[personal profile] theideaguy 2014-12-17 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
"What can I do about it?" is Sokka's response as he looks backwards to where Zelgadis is. "That's all past history, said and done with. I can't go back and change it! I mean, if I could, I would, but..."

His complaining eventually ends with a sigh. "There's no way to go back and bring her back to life. And I'm never going to be able to forget that."
gathersnomoss: (serious)

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2014-12-17 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Zelgadis listened, and nodded. "I mean... you can't change the past, but you can change the person you become in response to it. For better, or for worse. After I lost some friends of mine, I tried the whole 'loner without anyone to care about'..." His mouth twitched. "Had trouble sticking with it. I managed for a couple of years, but I learned I couldn't work with people without starting to trust them and like them a bit. Or hating them and leaving. Apathy took work to manage."

He still could take advantage of friends, but Lina did that right back. And one of the benefits of trusting people was that he could sleep deeper at night knowing he could count on backup.