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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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	breaking_waves 2010-12-20 12:07 am UTC (link)
	[--W. Whoa wait. Kneeling down, peering into the Water's surface] Ah . . . (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sabra_la_au 2010-12-20 12:11 am UTC (link)
	[You see a glowing symbol in the water, a bright, single droplet of water.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	breaking_waves 2010-12-20 12:13 am UTC (link)
	Waterbearer... [reaching to try to touch it] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sabra_la_au 2010-12-20 12:16 am UTC (link)
	[Your fingers slide into the water, and you feel filled with a simple feeling of openness, as if all natural barriers have slid away. Your fingers brush metal, and you get a sense of anticipation.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	breaking_waves 2010-12-20 12:22 am UTC (link)
	! [grasps the metal and pulls at it] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sabra_la_au 2010-12-20 12:22 am UTC (link)
	[It comes free easily, water pouring down your arms as you hold it.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	breaking_waves 2010-12-20 12:24 am UTC (link)
	What is this, boss? Waterbearer?... It feels like you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sabra_la_au 2010-12-20 12:26 am UTC (link)
	[You feel something reaching out to you as you speak that name.] (Reply to this) (Parent)

sabra_la_iudex
2010-12-20 12:37 am UTC (link)

[As you touch the symbol and invoke the Waterbearer, He of the Rivers, He of the Spring Rains, Keeper of the Oasis, the symbol becomes like water in your hands. You brush for a moment, a presence unimaginably larger than your own. For a moment, just a moment, you feel formless, difficult to hold, like you could stretch out into forever and never feel even the least bi-

And then its gone.]

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sabra_la_au
2010-12-20 12:38 am UTC (link)

[As the symbol of the Waterbearer is touched, it turns to water in the bearers hands. They are still for a long moment, their form flickering once, just for a moment as if they were made of water, before solidifying. Before them, a large clay pot grows and begins to overflow with a rush of fresh water. It sinks into the small stream and vanishes as the hungry ground drinks it. In the distance, you see streams beginning to flow throughout the great city, rushing into rivers and pooling into a lake.]

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	type_0 2010-12-20 12:43 am UTC (link)
	[OH THANK THE GODS IS THAT REALLY WATER? Screw you guys I am just... running and dives right into the closest river he could make himself into and AHHH OH MY GOD IT REALLY IS WATER. ... just... stays underwater for a really really long time oh gods. Screw you guys and your rubble. I mean. Yeay gods.] (Reply to this) (Parent)

	breaking_waves 2010-12-20 12:45 am UTC (link)
	[Gasps, staring ahead, first at nothing and then at the spectacle as it moves from him, springs up everywhere and he just--] (Reply to this) (Parent)

	breaking_waves 2010-12-20 12:46 am UTC (link)
	[laughs, a short, awed noise, then a lot warmer, his hands spread.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vaticanpieninja 2010-12-20 12:48 am UTC (link)
	[Gosh that's hard to miss, what with Zero diving into a river that came out of nowhere] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	breaking_waves 2010-12-20 12:56 am UTC (link)
	[CAME FROM MAH PATRON ♥ Sinking into a stance of reverent prayer after he's done laughing, though not done smiling.] You're giving this to us, huh? Have we done it? With this much... Thank you... Thank you. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	type_0 2010-12-20 01:42 am UTC (link)
	[A while later he resurfaces, and he looks healthier already. Like the water has been absorbed through his skin and he's puffed up and re inflated or something. There are no words, just. Bursting with happiness and relief.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vaticanpieninja 2010-12-20 01:53 am UTC (link)
	[Gonna come stick his feet in the water then] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	type_0 2010-12-20 01:55 am UTC (link)
	[yeahhhh no. Grabs your arm and pulls you in.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vaticanpieninja 2010-12-20 01:58 am UTC (link)
	[hdksfhsploosh--shoves at] I don't breathe water like you-- (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	type_0 2010-12-20 02:00 am UTC (link)
	... just enjoy it, sir. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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