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Re: The Old Forest Manor [P, technically]

Postby Saahs » 11/17/2014 9:29 PM

A sigh of relief escaped him. "Oh good. It'd be terrible to be injured here... Wherever here is." He shook his head. "It's not you - there's no light in here except, uh, the lights everyone's making themselves." As the woman strengthened her own light, his ears canned upwards, hoping it would be enough to catch a glance at their surroundings. The new vibrancy of the light made him squint, slit pupils shrinking in protest.

As his eyes adjusted, he offered the stranger a sheepish smile. He hadn't quite gotten the handle on facial expressions, so it was dreadfully crooked. His attention shot to the Stargoyle, completely unfamiliar with the creature. "What is it?" he quipped curiously. For a moment he was blinded to the predicament at hand, but only until someone was shouting for everyone to gather. Where? Which light?

He perked his head up, looking around for where the voice came from. He could already see three people where the man was heading, indeed around another light. "I think everyone's headed over there," the small thing told to the stranger beside him. "Here, let me try and..." Small bits of light began to draw to one another, growing into a soft violet glow, not strong enough to illuminate much, but it was enough. He was just thankful he didn't accidentally conjure the wrong thing instead. "There! Do you need help standing?"
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Postby Indigo » 11/18/2014 12:56 AM

Luckfoot blinked up at the one who had been crying, and said, "Pocket." It was the closest he could come to answering her question, at least in words. He looked around at the others as if noticing them for the first time, and held his wings up around him; he'd never been around so many live people at once before.

Arthur edged closer to the light, trying not to look directly at it. He didn't acknowledge the stranger's words, wasn't actually sure they were directed at him, and he still clung to the faint hope that if he kept quiet he'd get out of this in one piece. There were...other things he could do to ensure that, of course, but experience had taught him they were best used only in the most dire of circumstances.

He noticed the Stargoyle's discomfort and scooped him up in one hand, though without putting him back in his pocket, and murmured, "It's all right. You, at least, will be fine no matter what happens." Luckfoot stared blankly at him, which he hoped indicated understanding. It was hard to be sure, sometimes.  Arthur glanced at the others gathered near the light, trying not to make eye contact, and then busied himself bending his Stargoyle's wing back into shape.
[I...hope this is coherent, I'm a little confused about where everyone is.]
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Re: The Old Forest Manor [P, technically]

Postby Azura Rayume » 11/22/2014 12:29 AM

They quickly went from one light to three almost immediately after yet another voice instructed them to move toward a light, which added to her confusion of the situation. Distracted, she turned her attention away from the Stargoyle for a moment, though she made a note to tell it how cute it was when she got a chance.

"Wait, no, hold on." Rune said, squinting as she tried to reason though this. "I don't... Are they coming over here? Or are we going over there?" Something moved and spoke in the dark beside her, and she jumped slightly, huddling down closer to the wall. The little creature from before was gone, too, and now there was a roughly man-sized entity beside her. That, coupled with her confusion and fear of the situation had her shaking her head. "I-I don't think I need help, but I think I'll stay here until the humans over there figure out what's going on."



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Re: The Old Forest Manor [P, technically]

Postby zapdragon555 » 11/22/2014 11:44 PM

[From what I understand, there are currently three light sources in the room: Azura's character Rune, Nyxia's character Ryka, and Dyranthis' character 42-A (?). The characters currently near Rune are IndigoBook's Arthur and my Silas. The characters currently near Ryka are Bacon's Freylan and Dyranthris' 42-A. We need to get everyone together, haha. I'll be making a map of the manor soon for everyone's reference!]

Silas blinked at the commotion around him, and he frowned, then brought his fingers to his lips and whistled sharp and loud, trying to gather silence. "Excuse me, everyone!" he said above their murmured voices, waving his arms in the air, though it didn't do much good in the dim light. "Will the three people carrying--or, making, whatever--lights, please come together! And anyone else in the room, please come to the light!" He let out a breath, having said all of that in one, and he breathed in, panting a little. "Everyone got that?" he asked, a bit embarrassed at hearing his own voice so loud in the room.



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Re: The Old Forest Manor [P, technically]

Postby Nyxia » 11/27/2014 9:42 AM

The light floated in front of Ryka as she began to walk, leading Freylan towards the gathered group. "Yes, we should. It would be a good idea for us all to be together and try to figure this all out." Once more Ryka chose her words carefully as she spoke, not wanting to let on her own fears of what might be happening. Sigurðr moving up to Freylan's left side in a guarding way as they went, the old Baskerville sniffing every so often as though checking for something unseen. Encompassed by Ryka's light the grey of his muzzle showed, giving him a softer more gentle look. With the spell she'd casted, Ryka could see for sure that the room they were in was pretty much empty save for a few bits of furniture pushed off to the far end of the room.

She could sense the nervous tension coming from the Freylan as she gripped her hand, "It'll be alright." Normally Ryka wasn't a comforter, in fact she was normally the one in blind terror. Right then though neither Crina nor Drake were there, which put it on her shoulders to try and stay as calm as possible. Silently she pushed a bit more energy into the spell, her eyes beginning to glow a vivid shade of green as she did. The light brightened giving them a slightly larger circle of light, though Ryka didn't know for how long she could manage to hold on to it. In response Ling, who had been silent for a good while, chirped in delight as the light washed more of the darkness back from them.

As came to the group Ryka made a silent count of the people she saw, six counting them as well. A small group, but still better than being alone. "Is this everyone?" She couldn't help but wonder, this was after all one room of who knew how many. Her light still shown brightly, though she would soon have to let it go as she was already feeling the drain.


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I'm a hazard to myself
I'll break it to you easy
This is hell, this is hell
You're looking and whispering
You think I'm someone else
This is hell, yes
I am in hell



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Re: The Old Forest Manor [P, technically]

Postby Baconwizard » 11/28/2014 6:02 PM

Freylan gripped back on Ryka's hand, grateful for the comforting touch of another person. The Baskerville scared her a little; Freylan jumped as she realized that it was sniffing at her leg, but it was docile enough so Freylan relaxed. She even tried to smile at the grey-muzzled dog. Squinting through the darkness, Freylan looked at the other people collected around the lights. "I-I think everyone's supposed to be gathered here," she murmured back to Ryka, not sure if she was answering the other woman's question properly. Her cheeks grew a little red, and Freylan fell silent, looking around at the other people with big brown eyes.
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Re: The Old Forest Manor [P, technically]

Postby Saahs » 12/17/2014 5:25 PM

""I think we're going over there?" he assumed, glancing to where the original light was. His trail of thought was interrupted as a third voice, which belonged to Arthur, spoke up near him. He pipped in surprise, but recollected his focus so the witchlight wouldn't dissipate. His efforts to try and piece together what exactly they were all meant to do were once again cut short as someone let forth a sharp whistle. Just what he loved to hear. But the loud and obnoxious noise was followed by more instructions, thankfully.

Well, at least he understood how to group with the others bearing lights. And it seemed one of them was already moving to another. Carefully, he pushed himself to his feet, to be surprised by a soft metallic groan coming from his back. ... Well okay then. Pointing towards where one of the people with a light was (being Ryka), he said, "They seem to know where to go, so that's where I'm going." He was starting to feel that so long as no one was left absolutely alone in this place, there was little risk of danger. So if he went a head and gathered with the others, Rune could follow when she was able to.

As he caught up behind Ryka and Freylan, he made sure to give the two of them space, as well as the others as they grouped together. It dawned upon him rather quickly that he was fairly short. His neck was starting to hurt from looking up at all the others. His head flicked this way and that, trying to squint into the darkness to see if anyone else had yet to move closer to the growing collection of lights.
when that light goes out this eve,
some will run, and some will grieve.

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trails of insecurities.

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Re: The Old Forest Manor [P, technically]

Postby Azura Rayume » 12/29/2014 10:18 PM

Since it seemed a decision had been reached, Rune decided it was best to comply with what everyone else was doing. By now she had assumed that these people were the ones she was going to meet in the woods, as that would be the only explanation as to why there were all here if no one knew who the others were, which meant that it would probably be best to cooperate with them. In the end, this might turn around in some strange way to at least partly address the forest protection thing the meeting had been in the first place. At least, she hoped it would be. Using the concern for the woods to draw people into some weird trap or whatever this was was very displeasing.

The fae wobbled to her feet, teetering slightly before walking toward the other lights. Her progress was slow- walking was not her preferred manner of locomotion, and definitely not right after being knocked out- but she did eventually make it to the rest. She stood in silence for a moment, twining the toes of her bare feet around one another, before she decided to break the awkward silence. "Soooooo... What now?"



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Re: The Old Forest Manor [P, technically]

Postby zapdragon555 » 12/29/2014 10:48 PM

Silas blinked as more and more people began to walk into the soft glow of light, and he was able to get a decent look at their faces, now. There were more people in the room than he expected. Well, that was good, he supposed, though it meant a lot of people were met with the same fate. "Alright. That's much better," he said, putting his hands on his hips as he looked at each of them with his one-eyed stare, smiling brightly at them. "So if this is everyone... then I guess we're all here for the same reason, right?"

Silas thought to himself for a moment, fiddling with the string of his eyepatch above his ear. "I reckon it would be a good idea for us to stick together from now on. See if we can find our way out of this. I know there's a door back there," Silas said, pointing in the direction he'd walked from, hoping it was the right one. "Er... around there. And there's a hallway beyond that..." Silas paused, then blushed slightly in embarrassment, chuckling and rubbing at his head. "I woke up in a different room, see... had to wander around a little to find you lot."



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Re: The Old Forest Manor [P, technically]

Postby Nyxia » 12/31/2014 9:43 PM

Ryka blinked at the man for a moment, wondering what to make of him. In a way his words confirmed her thoughts about people being in other parts of this place, but a part of her wondered quietly if he was somehow part of them all ending up here. More than likely he was like the rest of them, stuck in a strange place with no explanation of how he'd ended up here either. "It may not be everyone, after all you did wake up somewhere else." For a long moment Ryka couldn't see the door he pointed towards, but she remembered hearing it closed. "I don't think there is anyone else in this room." She was speaking to the kuhna who seemed to be giving the room a look over. Sigurðr seemed to be considering everyone there, though he didn't actually look very fearsome sitting there looking them all over.

"That's a good question, what do we do now?" She had a good many more questions that she could have added. Sigurðr had pushed his side against the woman who'd had the original light (Rune), watching as his master reached out to offer her an arm for balance. Ryka realized she was starting to get a little dizzy as well, the light was starting to make her tired. "I have to let mine go for a bit." They had two lights, so her's wasn't going to cause chaos if she let it go for a few minutes to rest from it. "I'm sorry, but if we need it again I'll be able to call it back." She wasn't that experienced with prolonged uses of her magic, which was why she let the green light die out slowly.


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How can you all even stand?
And why is there joy in this poison? Oh
Faking smiles and confidence
Driving miles to capture this excitement
I can't take anymore

You're never gonna get it
I'm a hazard to myself
I'll break it to you easy
This is hell, this is hell
You're looking and whispering
You think I'm someone else
This is hell, yes
I am in hell



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Re: The Old Forest Manor [P, technically]

Postby Baconwizard » 12/31/2014 9:57 PM

Freylan blinked as Ryka's lights went dim, and she waited for a moment for her eyes to adjust. Still gripping tight to the other woman's hand--Freylan felt as if she might collapse if she let go--Freylan took a deep breath. Staying in here wasn't good, was it? It was tiring Ryka out, and probably the others as well. "Wouldn't... it be better to move out of here?" She piped in, trying her hardest to pitch her normally-quiet voice to a volume that others could hear. "Th-then we can see each other better..."
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Re: The Old Forest Manor [P, technically]

Postby Saahs » 01/06/2015 12:23 AM

As his gaze wandered the dark room, his thoughts began to follow suit. Was anyone in the room behind their being there? If so, why? A few of the voices were vaguely familiar, but he couldn't put his finger on why. Had they all been in the same place (again) before they were seemingly plopped in this place? If so, what had they been doing? What was the motive for relocating them to... wherever they were?

It didn't dawn on him that people were talking. Though he could hear the hum of words, none of them truly reached him. The creature was in too deep of contemplation to be paying attention to anything going on around him. That was, until someone spoke directly to him. Oh crap, someone was talking to--"Pip!" He jumped a little, ears canting upwards in surprise. "Oh, uh, alright. That's good." He nodded his head, ears drooping in relief. And embarrassment. Pay attention you goof.

People's lights were beginning to drain them. He didn't feel tired quite yet, but if a majority of the light bearers wore out soon, that would mean trouble. "I agree, it'd be better if we tried to find a, uh, less dark room?" He was pretty sure there wouldn't be much light anywhere here, but surely there'd be some rooms that had windows or something? "Someone said something about waking up in another room, right?" Dangit, he really should have paid attention. "Do you think we should see if there's a way out there or look for another way?"
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Postby Indigo » 01/06/2015 12:52 AM

Arthur hadn't been listening, focused on repairing his damaged Stargoyle, but he was startled by the dimming of the light--perhaps it wasn't a significant difference, and he hadn't been looking directly at it, but it certainly didn't help his vision predicament. Rather the opposite. He had a vague impression of the forms of the various strangers around him, and where they were, but that was all. "I agree. About finding a less dark room, that is. Blundering about in here is probably inadvisable."

It seemed clear at this point that, whoever all these people were, they were not responsible for his presence here. Either that, or they were all excessively good actors, and that seemed like an awful lot of trouble to go to just to deter one mortician. But that only raised further questions--why were they here? To be perfectly honest, he wasn't even sure why he was here--or, rather, he was here because he'd found the conservation project slip in someone's pocket, and as they didn't seem to be in need of it anymore, and he was at least as interested in conservation as the next person, he thought he'd turn up to the meeting. But whether everyone else had been brought here from the same meeting, he couldn't say.

He ran his thumb over Luckfoot's wing, and the Stargoyle peeped at him. He didn't know exactly what was going on, but he was most likely going to need all the luck he could get.



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Re: The Old Forest Manor [P; Azura's turn!]

Postby Azura Rayume » 01/15/2015 1:03 PM

Rune wobbled slightly as something brushed against her leg. A quick glance told her it was some kind of very large dog, and she had to fight the urge to pet it. Animals were a weakness of hers; every one of them deserved love and attention, and she was going to be the one to give it. Right now, however, she had to concentrate on what was going on around her. She kept an ear cocked to the conversation but continued to watch the dog, just in case she would have a spare moment to scratch it behind the ears.

One other light went out, and the one the guy who had been near her was still going strong. If these were mortal magic users, it was only a matter of time before they began to get tired; magic had a habit of draining the users. As long as she was remotely close to some kind of nature, she would be fine to go on for as long as they needed, so long as nothing else interfered with her magics.

"I like the idea of finding some light, too," she said, her head popping up momentarily. "Maybe we can find somewhere with some light, and find a way out from there?"



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Re: The Old Forest Manor [P; Azura's turn!]

Postby zapdragon555 » 01/16/2015 1:05 PM

Silas listened to the murmurs of agreement that seemed to resonate wholly through the group, and he smiled, glad they were getting somewhere. His brows knitted slightly as he noticed one light go out, and he nodded, figuring they should get out of there quickly. "Okay. I can lead everyone over to the door I came out of; it leads to a hallway, and the room I came from is on the other end. There's a buncha doors lining the hallway, too, but they're all locked," he said with a small frown, then made a decision, reaching out to take the hand of the first person he could reach for, which would be Ryka's. "Everyone grab hands and follow my pull, alright? Then we can maybe get a few introductions. It's hard referring to everyone as 'hey you' and 'you there,' especially in the dark." With those words and a sheepish grin, Silas began to tug the group in the direction of the door, which he opened into a very cold rush of air, shivering slightly as the chill, dark hallway greeted them.

[Just to speed up movement I might move your characters with Silas as long as there is a consensus to move; if anyone has problems with it you can have your character stay behind and catch up whenever you like!



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