[Open] The Mark of the Herald

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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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[stavros]

[This cannot stand. It's hug time, small bat, even if it's awkward and soft.]

As I'm sure many do. ...You know, there was somebody once who was stolen from her life much the same.

[It's an old story, and one she's heard and memorized over the years.]

Used as a pawn to move others along the path that would make a bitter and power-hungry man into a monster. And while her beloved gave up everything to fight, she still could not be saved. Yet thanks to an alchemist, her soul was bound to something that could, and was able to continue the fight for hundreds of years against the man who had sealed her fate and many others over time.

Perhaps you're much the same. Yet you aren't sitting in my big brother's weapon locker. You are yourself, time-displaced bat or not, and you fight for the world as you always have. I do wish you'd had a happier ending. Yet you still may, the way things are now, as may this world.

[standless]

[....

He does not, actually, know the story. The consequences of being out of sorts for a century! But he won't insult Kokoro with such a correction. Instead...the vines start to fade, as the tiny bat is held close in a hug.

He doesn't say anything, but... ...it does feel like things are getting lighter at least.

Perhaps they'll get to wake up soon?]