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Tweak says, "Where's the kaboom?!"

??? (Nishi Jouichirou) (eaves_dropper) wrote in sabra_la_tau,
@ 2011-11-26 17:05:00

Entry tags:

!days 290-299, alice liddell, aoi 'santa' kurashiki, ashikawa mitsuru, maya fey, nishi jouichirou, sokka, wanijima akito

Who: Orion, Hydra, Apus and a lone Ex-Ophiuchus
Where: Gathering south of the ruins
When: Day 292-293, Curfew hours
What:

[Some minutes ago, curfew fell, the dampening darkness seeming deeper and thicker than it ever has. And one by one, outside of a few dorms, circles of small yellow lights flickered into existence, and each made their way to the rocks and fallen pillars that marked the front guards to the silent ruins of the Sacred City. As each catch sight of each other and puddle together, a young kid in black, bearing no light himself, glances over at Mitsuru, and then back at the group.]

... Apus? Hmm.

I assume we all know the plan?

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	Re: [Apus] eaves_dropper 2011-12-03 01:13 am UTC (link)
	[There is a stool there, short but functional, sitting below one of the cabinets ready to be stepped on. But really? That's always been there.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] byallmeans 2011-12-03 01:56 pm UTC (link)
	[Yes, yes. I know that. I wanted an illusion of a new stool, though. In the middle of the floor, by this water basin. Casting that now. :\|b] [...but that's a weird place for a water basin, come to think of it.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] eaves_dropper 2011-12-04 12:01 am UTC (link)
	[Isn't it though? That's probably why you put the stool there. Tripping over it in the middle of the night has always been a risk.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] byallmeans 2011-12-04 12:20 am UTC (link)
	[Probably. That makes sense.] [But anyway, it's time to test this illusion. Something simple, like a basket of mushrooms here by the stool ought to do it. Let's cast that now.:\|a] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] eaves_dropper 2011-12-04 12:29 am UTC (link)
	[Yeah, right next to the one you got earlier...?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] byallmeans 2011-12-04 04:16 am UTC (link)
	[........] [Pauses. Looks over the basin of water, and the two stools, and the basket.] [...................] [I have a better idea for an illusion, this time. Let's try a note that says, "This wasn't here when you cast the spell."] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] eaves_dropper 2011-12-04 05:53 am UTC (link)
	[It's a little dreamlike, when you see it there. The way that logic can work, somehow both dissonant and easy to accept. That it was there and it wasn't... but it's certainly real now, isn't it?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] byallmeans 2011-12-06 11:34 am UTC (link)
	[It certainly is.] [So that's your game.] [Now. Let's try to make a new one without using the spell- just drawing the power out and forcing it where he wants it to go, without the structure. This one will say, "This was the second test."] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] eaves_dropper 2011-12-06 01:19 pm UTC (link)
	[For a moment it floats in front of you, wresting free of your more comfortable controls. Words as you think them, passing thoughts deeper ideas glide around you and pop like soap bubbles in the air. Finally it settles, a single note, that was always there... the basin and stools are gone.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] byallmeans 2011-12-06 01:23 pm UTC (link)
	[...puts a hand to his head. That was not quite as expected. Still, it answers his questions.] [He leans down to read the note.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] eaves_dropper 2011-12-06 01:24 pm UTC (link)
	[Sometimes it reads "That was not quite as expected." But usually it reads "This was the second test."] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] byallmeans 2011-12-06 01:28 pm UTC (link)
	[Frowns at it for a minute- and then reaches out, carefully, to close the box.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] eaves_dropper 2011-12-06 01:31 pm UTC (link)
	[It's a moment before you do, the words rearrange themselves. "The power of the gods are no little thing. Will you use them or will they use you? I accept you little child." The note remains after the box closes.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] byallmeans 2011-12-06 01:59 pm UTC (link)
	[Picks it up, carefully, and reads it over one more time.] [Not sure if want. But he he folds the note and puts it into one of Orion's many pockets, anyway.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] righthandsmoke 2011-12-06 11:11 pm UTC (link)
	[Scowl's eying the note as he puts it away with some mild confusion, but mostly an uncertain sort of disappointment. From outside, it sure didn't seem like anything new showed up. . . . Or disappeared.] . . . No luck? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] byallmeans 2011-12-07 11:23 am UTC (link)
	...better luck than expected. I tried to use it to create an illusion, but I think... [Hesitates. Things are pretty jumbled, still. :\|a] ...I think it made actual things, instead. Or things that I can't tell apart from real, anyway. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] righthandsmoke 2011-12-07 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	Wait—seriously? But I didn't see anything appear. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] byallmeans 2011-12-07 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	I don't think I did, either. I think I left myself a message because I couldn't see it for what it was. It said, "This was the second test." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] righthandsmoke 2011-12-07 10:25 pm UTC (link)
	Huh . . . So whatever you made before just fit in too seamlessly to even notice? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] byallmeans 2011-12-07 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe. I can't remember what it was that made me think I needed a note in the first place, but I suppose that means I was right, after all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] righthandsmoke 2011-12-08 04:44 pm UTC (link)
	It has to. You wouldn't have a note like that for no goddamn reason. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] byallmeans 2011-12-08 08:52 pm UTC (link)
	It said, "That was not quite as expected," sometimes, too, but I'm not sure what about it didn't go the way I thought. Maybe the fact that they weren't illusions to begin with? In any case, we have our answer. All that's left is to check one more time, after the keystone's been destroyed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] righthandsmoke 2011-12-09 05:15 am UTC (link)
	Aa. We still haven't heard about a method that sounds like it'll actually work . . . but we'll come and see you as soon as we've found one that sounds like it might. I want to ask the dragon about it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Apus] byallmeans 2011-12-09 11:50 am UTC (link)
	The faster we get it done, the better. There's one more thing I wanted to ask you about, too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)