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daybreakacademy2020-08-03 03:47 pm
thewatchers) wrote in daybreakacademy2020-08-03 03:47 pm
[Open] The Mark of the Herald
Mark of the Herald Part I
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Despite certain disruptive events and ominous visions in the preceding month, August is seemingly still free of any problems.
That’s quick to change, however. Starting from the third of the month, strange, circular marks begin to appear on human students around the school - and, indeed, humans around the world. Those affected begin to feel incurably drowsy, something that no magical or mundane solution can seem to cure or relieve; eventually, they’ll fall asleep entirely, whether they want to or not, and enter a state of magical stasis. Not even nonhumans are immune, though whether they’re marked seems to be much more erratic.
Those who remain awake or are otherwise spared by the mark are free to do as they wish - the Academy won’t ask them to do more than keep themselves safe. But where each marked person falls in slumber, a portal will form; a strange tear in reality, offering glimpses of a surreal, nightmarish plane that differs vastly from individual to individual. One thing is certain; the cause of a victim’s seemingly endless sleep and these portals are linked somehow, and the only way to find out exactly how is to go through...and the only ones capable of doing so are those who are still awake.
This log can be used as a catch-all for event-related threads. The information for this event is here.
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[Kokoro runs down the street, even if Puella's clearly going to outrun her. Whatever the kid's after, she should be chasing, too. And if Puella starts jumping on buildings and such... well, Kokoro needs to get better at that stuff anyway.]
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[She had a feeling of being watched for awhile now but since she couldn't find the source of it, she just kept running anyway. Besides, finding it was more important anyway.]
[But the next time Puella did turn around on a whim, she did see someone, and came back to her senses. Slowing down now.] ...Kokoro?
[A better question would be how did she got here. But no, of course she would be here!]
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[Kokoro waves, halfway up the edge of a low building, and catches herself before she slips. She pulls herself up onto the roof.]
I know not what exactly is going on here. Is this the eventual fate of the marked? Aside from being kidnapped by cultists...
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[Puella's face froze for a bit, as if what had happened in the real world had finally caught up to her. She hadn't quite put it together that this all had been a dream yet, not many generally do while they were dreaming...]
...O-oh, so that's what happened. [A sheepish look. She remembers the marked now. She had seen and heard cases of those with the mark passing out. So, she had been...marked too then?]
[No, Puella doesn't know what exactly it means either, or what it is going to entail or how to break out of it. If anything she was somewhat apologetic for being affected too. ...Sorry.]
[--But also, with Kokoro being here now, this was kind of perfect. There was so much to share!]
You can help me! [She eagerly grabbed both of Kokoro's hands with hers.] I have to go to Time's End!
[It's here, it's close by, she can feel it...]
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Very well. Lead the way, if you know. This is your realm, is it not?
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[She lets go, but still, feeling pretty happy to have someone here.]
[Walks out to the edge of the roof, in the direction she wanted to head to next. If memory serves, which is was....very very fuzzy at this point, it was somewhere over in this way.] I've seen it once before, a long time ago. Something was blocking the inside, but maybe I can get in this time!
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I didn't get to try everything before, and now I have a lot more!
[And she's not alone, either.]
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[She continues to follow, roof-hopping and looking around at the lonely, cold city.]
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It's been awhile since I had any of these dreams! ...I didn't think I could get them anymore.
[It must've been because she was reading all those history books, probably.]
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Might it relate to your search for Time Pieces, then?
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It's gotta be! I did ask them what Time's End even was awhile ago.
[She had been trying to figure out where it used to be in the real world, since the building was probably long gone by now. Though it is possible it still exists!]
[That's why her table was covered in maps and history books of England.]
[--But that's right, she hadn't explained that part yet.]
Apparently it was a bookstore a few of them owned a long time ago. It was a normal bookstore but it was also a place they would hang out and talk. Sometimes even have meetings there at night!
I think one of them might've hid a Time Piece there.
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I was gonna start looking after I got more clues, but in a way, this kind of better!
[Hops to another roof. Everything is still on track, other than still the occasional "glitching" of the scenery. Which is either something Puella can't see or is not bothering to address.]
...Unless I accidentally start dreaming of something else.
[C'mon, not dream self, stay focused!]
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[Kokoro climbs onto the next roof, though she stumbles and avoids falling when the piece of roof in front of her briefly glitches out.]
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But these sorts of memories were in the Time Piece too.
[She safely jumped off the roof and down into an alleyway. If the memory does serve, it was just around this corner...maybe.]
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I should hope there aren't any monsters about; some of the other realms that opened up weren't so peaceful.
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[Puella keeps walking down the sidewalk, where there was less snow. She was being a tad more careful though, the glitching was getting more frequent, severe. For microseconds orange lines of foreign text would flash, but it was gone before she had a chance to read it. ...This had happened before. It had happened the other time she tried going inside the bookstore. The thing that kept it locked.]
[...Speaking of which, there it is.] ...!
We found it!!
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How do you suppose we open it?
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[Too bad the dream never mentioned anything about secret passages or what not.] We could try breaking the door?
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[More glitched writing appeared around the door and street corner. Runes. Their runes, presumably. This was just like last time. Alas, it was still impossible to read it.]
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[Kokoro follows the writing around the corner.]
Perhaps there's another door?
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[She walked forward and was about to say something as more letters appeared in front of her. Briefly scrambled, but finally, some of it managed to correct itself.]
[And it wasn't great.]
Something...Something's wrong.
[She stepped back to heed the warning, but it might have already been too late. There was something...here. They definitely weren't alone anymore.]
.̷̛̗̻̋͐͂̀̚̚.̸̩͊̈́͝.̷̳̠̜̤̠̘̩̭͍͔̔̓͒́̏R̶̝̗̔̆̈́̀ĩ̴̧̪̝͈̮̟̮̝̙͇̈ḟ̴̡̢̢̛͔̪̰͙̙̩͗̈́͋̈ẗ̷̻̜̬̙͔̱́̏͘͜.̵̨̖͓̘̩̰̝͚̈̓.̷̢̨͍̣͕̺̪̚.̴̢̘̤̳̫̫͇͐́̒̔̒w̸͈͙͙̬̫̯̩͗͛́̈́̅͘ͅǎ̸̡͚̠͉̫̟̹̖͐͆͐͆͘l̴̛̰͖͚̼̘͇͇͈̾̽̂̏̐̒̾̈́̓ͅǩ̵̡̢͔͈͚̠̰̜͂͛͊̉̆ͅẹ̷͈̤͙͐̈́̾̎̕r̵̬͒̏̂͝.̶͎̮̫͎̮̞͙̞̯̓̈́́͐̍̀̎̈́.̴̰̘̗̗̺͗̈̀̄̍͘͘͜͜͠͠.̴͓̗̦͈͈͗
[A voice echoed. A sound of many distorted voices actually, making it even harder to comprehend it as they all seem to overlap each other. The scene began to darken into nothingness, as something behind her was slithering across the ground. Out of sight, undetectable.]
I̶̡̢̧͖̬̘̋͠ ̸͕̗̰̪̖͕̦͇͐̾͆͗͠h̷̦̤̫̀̑̉͘a̶̳͙̦̻̝̯̎́͗̈͜v̴̡̱̼̩̫̖̞̳͂̕ĕ̵̺͓̺̎̌̿̓͝ ̴̛̤͈͔͙̺̭̽̀͋͌̂͑̓̄f̵͔̼̖͆̎͛̿ȏ̷̢̢̢̪͕̩͇͙͕ͅu̴͉̞̗͇̣̔̐́̐ń̷̖͕̥̞̾̊͊̑͊́͝d̷̢̧̡͙̼̲̝͔̳̄̆̈́́̔̌̃́͘ ̵̣̻̖͍̈́̀̔̾̈́̑͘̚͝y̵̦̩̻͐̂͊̇̓̀̾o̷͉̝̬͓͒͌u̸̫̣̰͋͛͛͊̈́͌̚!̶̧̡̢̭̯̟̬̝̗̒̑̓̾̌̀̕ͅ
[An oily, dark red and black substance flung itself at Puella to knock her over. It seemed inclined to keep her pinned down, while the rest of the shape still lingered in the darkness.]
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[Kokoro hurls a bottle of holy water at the substance, following up by lashing at it with the whip at her side.]
Whatever a rift-walker is, you will not have her or anyone else!
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[The rest of the sludge was starting to take a shape. Just...a very misshapen shape, as it raises itself higher. Two eyes start to form at least.]
ơŋɛ ʂɬąŋɖʂ ცɛʂıɖɛ ყơų ŋơῳ, ąŋɖ ყơų ཞɛʄųʂɛ ɬơ ʂɛɛ? [The voice has gotten a bit easier to understand, at least. And it raises it's head more.] ơཞ ƈơųƖɖ ıɬ ცɛ ıɬʂ ƙɛყ ıʂ ɧıɖɖɛŋ?
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Gonna speed it up a bit
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