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Tweak says, "dip it low girl"

Sonozaki Renju [園崎蓮珠] (lotus_beyond) wrote in disappear_plot,
@ 2009-12-15 22:30:00

Dungeon Crawl - Crimson Lotus Academy
Who: Exploration Team and S!Renju; individual threads for K1 and Tom
What: Pre-dungeon, such as it is.
When: Early August, fairly soon after the existing Shadow threads.
Where: Multiple locations in Renju's dungeon.
Why: Supplementals.

Since everything that happens in the dungeon (besides the K1 and Tom threads below) will be happening in chat, there will be no "pre-dungeon" in the usual sense. Instead, since Renju's dungeon will be working a little differently from most, I'll be using this space for ground rules.

1. Insofar as is possible, OOC talk should stay in the OOC chat. If you have any questions, please keep them either there or to IMs with me.
2. Speaking of IMs, private IMs will be getting abused, especially during the first dungeon session. Please be aware of this and prepare accordingly.
3. This dungeon will be fairly wall-of-texty. Long posts will be split into chunks with ellipses linking them.
4. Important information will often be communicated via OOC chat. Please either pay attention to both or, if you can't, let me know so I can pass it on individually.
5. Bossfight-specific: Anyone who is not okay with unpleasant but temporary physical things happening to their characters or is potentially squeamish about reading about that sort of thing should avoid the bossfight or talk to me for specific details.

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ofmanydevices
2009-12-17 03:36 am UTC (link)

Tom had finished his search of the outlying areas of Paradise. And Keiichi wasn't there. He'd made sure to outfit himself in his long black coat, his pair of leather gloves, and a scarf. Even still he felt the cold. It'd only made his developing cough worse, and he could feel a runny nose coming on, but still he continued.

Before stepping into the dungeon, he pulled a pad and pen.

Couldn't find Ito outside of the dungeon. He couldn't be too far in. Will check first floor, if I don't find him, I'll wait for you before continuing."

Tom taped the note nearby where the team might find it, and set out to look around the dungeon.

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	lotus_beyond 2009-12-17 05:35 am UTC (link)
	The corridors were, for the time being, empty. There was no sign of Keiichi, nor even of his passing. Indeed, it was some time before there was any sign of anything besides Tom himself. When it came, it was as sudden, sharp footsteps on the tile close behind Tom, followed by a familiar but warped voice. "You came back." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ofmanydevices
2009-12-17 05:43 am UTC (link)

Tom froze. He really had hoped to avoid the Shadow's attention. And now here it was. Tom tried to calm himself. Reminding himself that the shadows had never demonstrated the ability to shift into the monster form without the victim present. It didn't mean that they couldn't, just that it was unlkikely. The real danger was the environment. The shadow could warp that at will.

He turned to face the shadow, fingers slipping into his pocket and touching his phone. He coughed for a moment and then fixed the shadow with a neutral expression.

"Did you honestly expect me not to?"

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lotus_beyond
2009-12-18 12:53 am UTC (link)

"No." The Shadow seemed displeased by this fact, but it was true. Expecting any of them to stay away would be mere wishful thinking.

It stopped not far from him, its arms folded, fixing him with a faintly disdainful gaze. It was a look that Renju had directed at others before, though never aimed at Tom. "Why did you come back alone? You know how dangerous it is here."

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	ofmanydevices 2009-12-18 01:13 am UTC (link)
	"I wasn't going to force the others to face your world unprepared. But if Ito-san is here, then I need to save him." Tom turned away from the shadow to continue moving, then paused for a moment and looked back at her. "I'm going to save him, and Renju." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lotus_beyond 2009-12-28 10:11 pm UTC (link)
	The Shadow simply stood back, eyes barely peeking out from behind the curtain of hair that hid them. "Whether you find Ito doesn't matter." The corners of its lips turned up just slightly into a mirthless semblance of a smile that was far colder than their surroundings. "But you won't find what doesn't want to be found." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ofmanydevices 2009-12-28 11:26 pm UTC (link)
	Tom turned and looked at the Shadow directly. "Renju. I am not going to leave you. No matter what you say to me, or do, I will never give up on you. I promise." He turned and started to move on, back into the frozen wastes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

lotus_beyond
2009-12-29 01:04 pm UTC (link)

One moment, the space in front of Tom was empty. The next, the Shadow was standing a few feet in front of him, looking distinctly unimpressed. It seemed that it wasn't about to concede the point that easily. Then again, it had all the time in the world to argue--or at least two weeks...

"You don't seem to understand," it responded, sounding faintly annoyed, and leaning on the last word as it typically did. "You care about something that never cared for anyone else, least of all you. Don't you remember what it said to you and your true self in your home, when the others were talking about how you're all nakama?"

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ofmanydevices
2009-12-29 04:29 pm UTC (link)

Tom slipped his hands into his pockets and took a step past the shadow. He continued walking, but spoke as if the shadow was with him the whole time.

"I'm pretty sure one of us lacks the gift of understanding, but I don't think it's me. But here's the thing. Before, I never asked. When I wanted to be on the team, but refused to be, it was because no one ever invited me."

He turned to look at the Shadow then,

"But I never asked either. And even with that, you were still there, telling me to be part of the team, to take care of myself. I understand that you don't feel the way I did, and I don't care. You came to save me. You still came into Paradise with everyone else and brought me home, you wanted to learn how to fight so you could deal with this.
So you think don't have a strong emotional connection to anyone. But you're actions speak differently. And maybe I'm wrong about that, but you and I can talk about it, when it's not so cold."

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