[Open] The Mark of the Herald

[thewatchers]

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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[hattersgonnahat]

[A bit, yeah. She had a few more things to look into now, once out of here.]

[...Speaking of.]

I think I'm ready to wake up now.

[Not exactly sure how to do it yet, but it kind of seems more possible at the moment.]

[stavros]

[Kokoro looks up and around for the portal out.]

All right. And while your future may hold great fear... you have my support. Let us commence!

[hattersgonnahat]

[Should Kokoro go back to the steps of the bookstore she should find a portal leading out. Whatever does lie behind those doors itself shall remain a mystery.]

[Puella gets up. She's not exactly sure what will happen if she walks through it too, or what will happen if she does wake up while Kokoro was still in here.]

Y-you go first..!

[stavros]

[She hesitates, but nods.]

Very well. I trust I'll see you out there.

[And with that, she's gone.]

[hattersgonnahat]

[The portal closed as soon as Kokoro leaves it. Back into the real world. And nothing else really happens for awhile.]

[Until Puella mutters something, then moves a bit.]

[...Passing out on a book for so long is apparently not the most comfortable thing, but other than that, she was fine and awake.]