EVENT: ORIGIN'S ORIGINS

[fairwind]

Who: explorers!
When: Day 31, night
Where: The Jungle

[The sun has gone down when the heroes receive an unmarked message:

This Star has secrets you should know. If you want to find them, follow the light.

Should they look outside, they will in fact see a light -- a thin but bright pillar rising from the overgrown town out in the jungle.

It's still raining, still covered in frogs, but there's definitely something going on.

And in the direction of the beach, there's also a faint, bell-like ringing. But that's not what's calling you right now... is it?]

[PREMINGLE ★ NOTES ★ SESSIONS ★ AFTERMINGLE]

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Re: PREMINGLE

[rolebreaker]

[ something happened and he comes out alone.

he doesn't actually notice immediately at first. he's too annoyed at the entire situation, he's too focused on returning to the train, he just assumes that Morning is behind him.

and maybe she was. maybe he didn't even hear her scream when she got caught by the thorns. either way... he realizes too late.


and he freezes. and stares, eyes wide and near vacant at the entrance to the basement now covered completely in vines.

ras.exe has stopped working please reboot your computer. or don't. ]

Re: PREMINGLE

[unaffective]

[ sort of

stops mid-step as she catches sight of him, similarly frozen if. much less covered in vines by far. is it the vines that catch her attention? something else? mysterious ]

Ah -

You're...

Re: PREMINGLE

[rolebreaker]

[ he starts-- a step back as his eyes snap from the vines towards elaine's face.

it takes him a moment. it's questionable if he even remembers her face but ]

..... you're that woman from, [


christ. his head hurts just trying to remember. ]

The one who doesn't know how to make jokes.

Re: PREMINGLE

[unaffective]

That's rather -

[ well. that's true, for one thing, she's still learning even now, but more importantly - ]

... You recognized me.

Re: PREMINGLE

[rolebreaker]

[ ... a mistake.

not easy to fix. should he? if she's here then that means he hasn't been completely redeemed. it means that life-- or whatever you could call that existence-- from before was still chaining him down. ]

I don't know. [ I don't know what you're talking about. somehow he can't bring himself to form the full lie. ]

I don't remember your name at all.

Re: PREMINGLE

[unaffective]

Whether or not they were exchanged - I can scarcely claim to recall such myself, but you...

You're Breeze's elder brother.

Re: PREMINGLE

[rolebreaker]

[ destrơ̂̒̅̇̔̈́͡y
no.

what was he thinking just now? ]

..... so you remember. [ this is definitely not a situation he wants to be in. ]

We were supposed to be redeemed.

Re: PREMINGLE

[unaffective]

We were.

At the very least I may claim such - I left that place some time ago.

Re: PREMINGLE

[bondkeeper]

[ will he start working again if a chain wraps around his throat and fucking electrocutes him ]

Re: PREMINGLE

[rolebreaker]

[ first of all he was trying to talk to your (ex???) (girlfriend???) (teammate??????)

second of all he doesn't even have his surplice.

not that that matters to her of course. there's no honor or love lost between them.


it sure fucking sucks for him though as he didn't even see it coming. he doesn't even have the time to be surprised by the chain before the electricity surges through his body. and he gasps out a strangled sound, falling to his knees. blindly grabbing for the chain itself, to try and wrench it away even as his fingers twitch from the shocks surging through his skin.

what the fuck sophie. ]

1/2

[bondkeeper]

[ just starts fucking laughing. peals of it, deep and loud and obnoxious and wholly unrestrained ]

Gahahahahaha! What the hell are you wearing? What is that? Holy shahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Hahahahahahahahah!

Re: PREMINGLE

[bondkeeper]

[ once her laughter peters away, her voice shifts to something higher, softer, utterly void of humor. ]

What the hell are you doing here.

Ras-ma-ki-mou.

Re: PREMINGLE

[rolebreaker]

[ as if he's going to answer that. as if he can answer that. somehow the laughter is even more aggravating, ringing through his head for far longer than the aftershocks. it just drives him to move-- reaching up as her laughter dies down, to grab the chain still connected to his throat.

even without his surplice he's still a specter. he pulls on the chain-- aiming to either pull her closer, or pull himself up to his feet. he'd brought a shard of glass with him from within the ruined basement. as he rises to his feet he scrapes it from where he'd dropped it on the ground. it probably cuts into his palm. he doesn't even notice. he's lashing back with it. ]

BOND

[bondkeeper]

[ she might as well, right? all she has to do is think about it. ]

Come on, let's see what you're really made of.

[ goading is easy.

the Andromeda cloth is primarily powerful as a defense.

the chains surge and spiral into the path of Ras's hand, blocking the blow even as Sophie winds back her own arm to aim a punch at his face in the moment when they disperse again ]

Re: BOND

[rolebreaker]

[ the glass breaks upon contact with the chains. unsurprisingly. he should have never attempted to rely on anything besides himself. the shards dig deep into his skin and the blood burns as it flows, but not as much as his blind anger.

phoenix-- bennu-- doesn't need any form of defense. he just needs to burn himself out until the end. sophie's fist connects with his jaw and he stumbles, but he doesn't stop. he grabs her by the wrist and pulls down to twist it back, using his size and momentum against her. to close the distance. he'll grab her by the throat with his other hand. if he's lucky there will still be glass left in it. ]

Re: BOND

[bondkeeper]

[ makes a choking noise, with a futile instinctive jerk as she tries to pull away - and the chain still looped around Ras's neck constricts in turn, electrocuting him again ]

Re: PREMINGLE

[desirestruth]

Sir?

[Hi hello smol woman coming up to him. Sir you appear to be wearing something ridiculous and experiencing PTSD, she's a little concerned.]

Re: PREMINGLE

[rolebreaker]

[ hi hello he's having a time. he's about to have even more of a time soon.

he doesn't respond immediately. but eventually his eyes shift towards her. ... and he breathes out. ]

What is it?

[desirestruth]

...Are you injured? You don't seem to be alright.

[rolebreaker]

.... I'm fine. [ curt. not exactly sharp, just. ]

I made it out. ... my teammate didn't.

[desirestruth]

...[She follows his gaze to the vines. Plant matter is usually not a problem, but she suspects this won't be that easy.

Still, she has to try, doesn't she?]

Stand back. I cannot guarantee this will work.

[rolebreaker]

[ .... i mean sure okay. but. ]

She's already dead.

Re: PREMINGLE

[bowtiedbones]

[counting one out of two unicorns.....]

Oh, oh no— Did she...?

Re: PREMINGLE

[rolebreaker]

She died. [ curt and abrupt.

moving on. ]

Where do your dead revive?

Re: PREMINGLE

[bowtiedbones]

There's healing pods on the second floor of the clinic car. It's the first car behind the driver's. That's where the dead can be brought, but since she died outside she might wake up in her room.