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Tweak says, "I saw seven birds."

The Judges Of Sabra La Tau (sabra_la_iudex) wrote in sabra_la_tau,
@ 2010-12-19 12:03:00

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!history, allen walker, claude c. kenni, edward elric, excel, gokudera hayato, howard link, johnny rayflo, kiryuu zero, lady, minami ikki, nakayama yayoi, rabi, sumeragi kururu, syaoran, wanijima akito, yamamoto takeshi, yuffie kisaragi, zexion, {gaara}, {kokuto mikiya}, {lenalee lee [1]}, {rezo the red priest}, {tsuchimiya kagura}, {uruki}, {zim}, {{{akatsuki chika}}}, {{{bianchi}}}, {{{date masamune}}}, {{{frey wilhazen}}}, {{{geddoe}}}, {{{leonard 'bones' mccoy}}}, {{{marla mason}}}, {{{toboe}}}, {{{zelgadis greywords}}}

Who: Everyone
Where: In the Sacred City
When: King’s Year 199, Mid Winter
What:

[It had been a slow start through the fall. Nations full of people needing to settle and find shelter. And many despaired... how could such an enormous project be completed by the end of a mere two seasons when most were still milling about supplies and accommodations?

But as they do, gears shifted as the temperatures rose... as night became a nostalgic memory... Natural ingenuity blended with mad genius with simple practicality and by early winter, the great keystone... a project of masonry that had taken nearly as much time as the construction of the great stone walls themselves was complete and secured into place for the rest of the walls to be completed around it.

Construction had slowed ... even with ants to carve and carry, even with machinery of steam and clockwork and nearly a quarter of the world in labor.... the hours that COULD be worked became less and less... and working became less of a normal function and one of devotion, heroism and madness.

But today.... the last blocks had been placed, the keystone was in place and ready... Since last night the world has been thrown into blessed darkness. The air is uncomfortably warm, but no longer scalds to breathe, and the light comes from torches and magic.

Today, many people have gathered below the keystone, eyes turned upward.

Today, the supports are removed.]

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	sabra_la_au 2010-12-19 11:47 pm UTC (link)
	[The rocks and rubble shift and move under your questing hands. ... a soft light and a feeling a power, far, far weaker than the one you just experienced radiates from below your fingertips even if obscured from sight.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_mind_group 2010-12-19 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	gathering his strength, then, to shift the rubble as best he can, trying to uncover....whatever it is. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sabra_la_au 2010-12-20 12:06 am UTC (link)
	[It is a symbol, still glowing... as you stare at it, it becomes a simple coin, on the face of it a skull wearing a top hat. The power you feel through your fingers is disinterested, almost resigned.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_mind_group 2010-12-20 12:08 am UTC (link)
	picks it up, thinking for a moment, then heads for the throne (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sabra_la_au 2010-12-20 12:10 am UTC (link)
	[The throne is enormous, smooth, as if born from the very rock itself. It could easily seat a giant with room to spare.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_mind_group 2010-12-20 12:31 am UTC (link)
	hmmmm. weighs the coin in his hand, then sets it gently on the throne. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sabra_la_au 2010-12-20 12:34 am UTC (link)
	[It simply slides off of its own power.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_mind_group 2010-12-20 12:37 am UTC (link)
	catches it before it hits the ground, and sends it a questing thought; a request for guidance and an offer of aid. Gentleman? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sabra_la_au 2010-12-20 12:40 am UTC (link)
	[As you touch the symbol and invoke the Gentleman, The Final Hand, The Nameless One, The Eternal, the symbol is cool in your hands and then begins to crumble. You feel no divine presence, just the soft sound of a sigh. "If you’ll excuse me..." ... It and any sign of the God are gone.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_mind_group 2010-12-20 12:45 am UTC (link)
	...right, then. extremely unsure if that was a good thing or not, but... (Reply to this) (Parent)

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