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daybreakacademy2019-06-11 07:05 pm
sauerfacedcyborg) wrote in daybreakacademy2019-06-11 07:05 pm
Spirit Tracks
Who: Ziggy, Nekane, Kisara, Minako, Serena, Bai Lin, Doreen, Keith, Ryuji, Ren Amamiya
What: Trying to calm a train, possibly via suplexing
When: June 10th
Warnings: Death-related stuff, possible stirring of traumatic memories
[Boarding the train is easy, perhaps surprisingly so, given how many of the mission group are fully alive. Once on board, however, they'll find that the cars don't even passingly resemble the outside structure of the train, arranged in a confusing mess of doors and cabins. The ghostly passengers drift about, passing easily through walls as they move through the train, mostly indifferent to the boarding team.
Mostly. Some of the spirits will try to approach the living, wearing the appearance of people they know to have died, and try to convince them to settle down and join them in the ride to the afterlife. Their arguments can be compelling, especially to those who have lost loved ones, but not supernaturally so. Conspicuously, they don't try to touch the targets of their arguments, and move away from attempts by the living to touch them. If someone should make contact, the illusion breaks, and the ghost is revealed to be nothing more than an unfamiliar interloper.
To anyone not immediately distracted by the dead (or the valuable cargo), something is obviously amiss as soon as they board. Sigils are painted on windows, or chalked onto the walls and floors of the cabins. They radiate obvious magic, and those with the knowledge to identify it will recognize it as a form of necromancy.]
What: Trying to calm a train, possibly via suplexing
When: June 10th
Warnings: Death-related stuff, possible stirring of traumatic memories
[Boarding the train is easy, perhaps surprisingly so, given how many of the mission group are fully alive. Once on board, however, they'll find that the cars don't even passingly resemble the outside structure of the train, arranged in a confusing mess of doors and cabins. The ghostly passengers drift about, passing easily through walls as they move through the train, mostly indifferent to the boarding team.
Mostly. Some of the spirits will try to approach the living, wearing the appearance of people they know to have died, and try to convince them to settle down and join them in the ride to the afterlife. Their arguments can be compelling, especially to those who have lost loved ones, but not supernaturally so. Conspicuously, they don't try to touch the targets of their arguments, and move away from attempts by the living to touch them. If someone should make contact, the illusion breaks, and the ghost is revealed to be nothing more than an unfamiliar interloper.
To anyone not immediately distracted by the dead (or the valuable cargo), something is obviously amiss as soon as they board. Sigils are painted on windows, or chalked onto the walls and floors of the cabins. They radiate obvious magic, and those with the knowledge to identify it will recognize it as a form of necromancy.]
Pre-boarding
This hopefully won't be a combat mission, but be cautious regardless. The dead are often buried with a number of defensive spells and curses meant to deter grave robbers, and we have no way to be certain who or what aboard the train may have defenses of that nature. Keep focused as well; be aware of the possibility of painful memories arising, and try not to let your emotions overcome your better judgment. Focus on logic and planning, and you will be successful.
If anyone has anything they'd like to say or ask before the train arrives, now is the time.
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If a ghost attacks what's the best way to repel it?
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She wasn't actually a holy woman, and she couldn't repel the undead like a Candle might be able to, but dressing as a monk instead of a warrior monk made her feel more ready to face the dead.]
Anything that is actively powered by magic that gets in our way, I can probably deal with. Magic has trouble sticking to someone with my training.
Ghosts...we'll see.
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Don't touch anything remotely Egyptian looking, those tend to hold curses for anyone that dares to move such a thing. If you're not sure, just... ask, I'm more than familiar with them, obviously. [No, stop.]