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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.
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[...There was still more tunnel to get through so it's possible he will figure out more if he keeps going. The water doesn't concern him too terribly much. Daemons don't drown that easily, though on the other hand if the tunnel got flooded in that'd be unfortunate.]
[What had Emizel more uneased was the wind. It could just be normal wind, or...] Is someone down here..?
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That depends on what you count as someone. [ One of the shadows cast by the shrine's candlelight is different; it keeps its shape a little better. It has red pinpricks that shift and waver in the mass of its form. It watches him with what seems to be curiosity. ]
And what brings you to such a place? [ It's not an unwelcome intrusion, he supposes. But he wouldn't have expected Emizel to bother with a human, even a dead one. ]
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[And yet, despite clearly seeking for something to speak up, Emizel was startled once he got a reply back.] I--uh.
...Someone I know is might be trapped here.
--Well, maybe not here specifically. I don't know where he is.
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I'm afraid that you'll have to go much deeper in, if that's what you're looking for. This is a maze, which makes it terribly annoying for visitors.
[ It's just a natural consequence of how he is, the way he lives his life. ]
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[Needless to say, he is curious about the shadow too. If it is was it says.]
...You're in there? But then how are you out here too?
[Probably had to do a lot with dream nonsense.]
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Not something I could do in the waking world, but I suppose that's how dreams are.
Is there something you'd like to ask? Or will you continue on?
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Do yo know the right way through the maze?
[Look, he's going to cut through as many corners as possible.]
[...Nothing else, Ekkehardt was welcome to come anyway. This was his body after all.]