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daybreakacademy2019-11-12 12:20 am
unpocoloco) wrote in daybreakacademy2019-11-12 12:20 am
What You Take With You part II: Reflections In The Fog
Who: All those on the What You Take With You mission and everyone else (who OOCly wishes to join in)
What: An important artifact is brought back only to immedaitely activate. Further details are here.
When: November 10th
Where: Daybreak Campus and around Soliel
Warning: Warn in headers as appropriate
On November 10th the recovery team sent into the Outlands makes their return with the obsidian mirror. Thus far it hasn't seemed any different than any other obsidian mirror, nothing spectacular about it beyond its age and where it came from. But Daybreak was only called to retrieve it, not anything more. The spell is worked to open the path between the Outlands and Daybreak, allowing them back. But as this happens, the mists rise up as they often do when the two worlds intersect. The team might even see it ghosting over the mirror before catching their own reflections in it. A light flashes over its surface and in that instant, the mirror activates.
Just one look in any reflective surface throughout Soliel-- a mirror, a window, a bit still water-- and people will be struck with sudden dizziness, a feeling of being knocked back, and then darkness. You'll find, on waking, a dark and desolate landscape full of smoke and fog. It'll be hard to tell where one is going. You won't be alone. People all over the academy have been brought into this vision. You may run into them, but even more likely, you'll run into the spots of color that cut through the fog.
And dwelling with this color? Why it's you. But better. Or maybe, much, much worse. It seems the mirror has something to show you. But is that something a promise? Or a threat...? Learn its lesson and you may escape both the shadowy realm and a terrible fate in your future. What image will you leave on the world?
What: An important artifact is brought back only to immedaitely activate. Further details are here.
When: November 10th
Where: Daybreak Campus and around Soliel
Warning: Warn in headers as appropriate
On November 10th the recovery team sent into the Outlands makes their return with the obsidian mirror. Thus far it hasn't seemed any different than any other obsidian mirror, nothing spectacular about it beyond its age and where it came from. But Daybreak was only called to retrieve it, not anything more. The spell is worked to open the path between the Outlands and Daybreak, allowing them back. But as this happens, the mists rise up as they often do when the two worlds intersect. The team might even see it ghosting over the mirror before catching their own reflections in it. A light flashes over its surface and in that instant, the mirror activates.
Just one look in any reflective surface throughout Soliel-- a mirror, a window, a bit still water-- and people will be struck with sudden dizziness, a feeling of being knocked back, and then darkness. You'll find, on waking, a dark and desolate landscape full of smoke and fog. It'll be hard to tell where one is going. You won't be alone. People all over the academy have been brought into this vision. You may run into them, but even more likely, you'll run into the spots of color that cut through the fog.
And dwelling with this color? Why it's you. But better. Or maybe, much, much worse. It seems the mirror has something to show you. But is that something a promise? Or a threat...? Learn its lesson and you may escape both the shadowy realm and a terrible fate in your future. What image will you leave on the world?
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Like always. [Giving GV one heck of a smile, Desi turns and gets ready to lead the way, rather than follow like she normally would have done before.] I haven't tried looking over this way very much yet, have you?
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[That smile... that was more open and broad than he'd usually see. ...She wore it well, he had to say. And with her moving in front to take the lead, he found himself following along quite easily. Wandering through the mists without any real indication of where they were going felt a lot more... bearable.]
By the way... uh. I'm not used to seeing you with your hair down when you're out and about. It... looks good that way.
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Ah, grazie~ [There's a brief pauses as she considers something.] But I'm not the one you should be saying that to, am I?
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...Guess not.
So... you're a vision of Desi for sure, then. I thought so... but after what I've seen so far? Trying to deal with that more carefully. Could still use some work, I guess.
[That doesn't stop him at all from keeping along with her, though.]
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From what I've come to understand about all of it, though... I think I'm who she wants to be. [And she thinks he's already figured that part out.]
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...Definitely for the best we were both careful about it, though.
Still feels weird meeting someone's idealized form. I hope this isn't like invading hers, or your, privacy.
[He actually feels a little embarrassed thinking about that. It obviously just sort of happened, but... at the same time he couldn't help but wonder if this was something she'd rather keep private.
...Even if, really, it was actually a pretty logical extension of what he knew about her. It's not like it was really that far out of an assumption. But making the guess and meeting a manifestation of it might be apples and oranges ethically.
He hoped that wasn't a headache coming on.]
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As far as I've seen, those of us that exist here are because we somehow found our way to this place, and since I exist, that means the real Desidera is here too. [As well as one more vision that, thankfully, GV hasn't crossed paths with. And, probably, there are some visions of him to be found here as well.] She'll likely have come to the same conclusion about all of this that I did by now, so she's probably aware that people could meet me. Were it anyone else, she would probably take issue with it if she found out, but it's you, so it should be fine.
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[Not that he probably would, but he'd rather hedge his bets to respect her. Perhaps somewhat unfortunately, though, most of the implication of if it's him might have gone over his head.]
...Your eyes are brighter than hers. Actually brighter, not like... ah, you know.
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Ah, they are, are they? I wonder why. [Judging by her tone, she certainly does know why.]
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[...Why did he suddenly have a sinking feeling that he might just dig in the wrong places and not realize it until he either stepped on a land mine? Or summoned some sort of fiery, winged beast from a long forgotten pit? She definitely had to make this complicated...
Still, he knows her well enough to know that tone, and looks her over one more time.]
...I might have an idea. Probably has to do why you let the horns grow out too. The only thing I don't know about is why the marking on your arm is gone.
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With that knowledge, though, the fact that it's not present on this one probably raises even more questions.]
They weren't terribly thrilled with having a daemon in the family. [Oh. Well. Questions answered?]
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...So they disowned you because you are what you are. What kind of family does that?!
[Having never known a blood-related family of his own, hearing that fills him with a real sense of anger. How could they do that to her? Their own flesh-and-blood relative? Family was supposed to be there for each other, no matter what, right?
...Unbelievable.
After a moment, the steamy anger cooled, turning colder, more matter of fact, but still plain.]
...Their loss. They don't deserve you if they treat you like that.
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[GV knew that Desi's mother had kept her sheltered, which...wasn't great, but she at least didn't abandon Desi herself, and she was the one who saw to bringing the girl to the academy to get the help that was needed, when she realized how unprepared she was.]
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...It's still a load of horsejitt. They never should have put you in a position that you had to make that decision.
But for what it's worth... sounds like you made the right one. And I'm glad your mother at least didn't turn her back on you.