Fourth Wall: We Gather Here to Face the Dusk

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Fourth Wall: We Gather Here to Face the Dusk
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With the call for aid for the advent of the Suneater, the Academy has become one of the many operational centers around the world. The school while never having been quiet by any measure is now buzzing with extra traffic as those from all walks of life and not-quite-life gathered, preparing to literally fight for the sake of the world.

Whether the added souls were new to the supernatural, old faculty and students returning to the fold, or even legends whispered of in hush voices by those in the know, all are welcomed with open arms, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere despite the grim purpose of their visit.

A. Team-Build Exercises
To help with coordinating for the massive undertaking, team-building measures have been enacted, from trust falls to tag-team spars and even trivia bowls. Everything is designed to bring the disparate groups together to build trust and understanding...with varying results.

B. Breaking Bread
With the increase number of people needing to eat, the kitchen under the helm of Chef Hendersen aka Professor Bigfoot has been bringing out food from all corners of the world and the outlands - to make people feel at home - and for the daring to try the far more exotic fare such as Baatzou Surprise or Cumulus Puff from Celestia. And as it turns out - a speciality for the adults, they found some Ambrosia - drink and be merry.

C. Shop Talk
With the experience and wisdom of all sorts of trades and specialities being brought together, it’s only natural to want to exchange information and see what new innovations or experiments has been underway, or to get into impromptu competitions over whose ideas, spells or artifice will work better, especially if there’s money or bragging rights to be had.

Wild Card
If none of these appeal, make up a prompt of your own.

((ooc: This is the first fourth-wall log before the 5th Herald and opened for ALL characters current, past and not yet here. Feel free to throw any and all characters in to get a feel or get them established before the big battle.

If you'd like to make further plans oocly, we invite you to make use of the CR meme and AU planning meme!))

Comments

[felmier]

I'm sure! The Featherfall stuff should work!

[Things being bad ideas has never stopped Epel, unfortunately. Just ask Vil about the time the two of them got into a fistfight on the first day of school.]

And besides, we don't have to do anything super dramatic right from the start, right?

[stormsprite]

Iiiiiiit kinda has to be. I mean, if the wind's not strong enough, it ain't gonna pick you up. And it's prolly gonna have to be stronger than what I usually do cuz I'm pretty sure you're heavier than me.

[...]

Look okay if I end up grounded for goin' along with this you owe me lunch for at least a month. [Assuming, you know, they survive their impending doom.]

[felmier]

Okay, fair enough.

[... Hm. Well, you know what, if they don't screw this up, they have nothing to lose, right? Probably.

... Epel hopes. Either way, he's definitely fine owing her lunch for a month (... or more) and... honestly, he'll probably own up to this whole mess largely being his own fault if it goes wrong. Hopefully that'll help.]

Listen, if this goes wrong, I'll make it three months.

[Assuming the world doesn't end, but you know.]

[stormsprite]

[She's oddly-quiet for a moment, considering the option of just straight up refusing to do it anyway; he's clearly not planning to back out of this whole thing.]

'kay, so uh... [The wind starts to pick up, which might seem a little odd considering they're indoors, but that's just Celia starting to do her thing.] The way this is gonna work is I gotta get you through the whole course while you hit the targets on the way an' stuff. The floor is lava, though, so if you end up touchin' down we gotta start over.

Jump when you wanna start.

[felmier]

[Honestly? He wouldn't blame her if she said no. It is kind of daunting no matter which side of this whole thing one might be on. He nods along to Celia's explanation, then starts checking over his equipment.

... Which only consists of Epel's aforementioned Featherfall equipment, an armband that he had commissioned from another student. He adjusts the armband, takes a breath...

And jumps.]

[stormsprite]

[Immediately, that wind starts blowing several times harder from practically every direction not from above, picking up what few nearby objects that hadn't been nailed down or otherwise secured, and also leaving Epel suspended in the air.

For a few moments, that's all that really happens, until the intensity of the wind coming from each direction shifts just enough that he starts being carried toward the first set of obstacles, with a few marked targets situated there among them. He'll have to try turning himself around while suspended in order to really reach them, and that's where this actually becomes a test: can he do that while she focuses on keeping him up in the air, and can she adjust as she goes to account for his attempted movement?]