Event 4: Spring Hope Eternal

[letsplayamod]

Down to half your group's size, afflicted with hallucinations of faces long gone, you've certainly been put through a lot these last few weeks.

What's a bit more?

Upon the morning, a great clatter comes from the temple. A few pegasi have once again fled from the stables on their floor, seemingly distressed but unharmed. The cause becomes more apparent the lower you venture. Deeper and deeper down into the temple, the colder and windier it gets...

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[sweetsynergy]

[Man. Would've been good if she'd kept her combat suit on for this. Say what you will about Aegis, they made a comfy, insulated spacesuit. But Vanity slips on her twin fists, chiton flapping in the chilled wind.]

[And- waits for backup, for once, before descending to the lower floors.]

[brokenhabit]

[ Colder and windier...?

Well she was heading down anyway for swing time so may as well see what's going on this time. ]

[taintedfayth]

[Man whose outfit is just Tits Out when he's the high priest of the temple that houses Shiva, completely unbothered by the cold--]

What will we encounter this time, I wonder...

[letsplayamod]

[Smart thinking. Looks like the cold is coming from the fifth floor judging by the sudden blast of... snow? Snow in Vanity's face.]

[letsplayamod]

[Swing time will have to wait, it's time for action now..!]

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[sweetsynergy]

[Okay, Seymour's pretty good backup. Vanity squints through the snow, trying to see.]

"Could be worse, could be acid snow."

[And ignore the peanut gallery.]

[latinumsbetter]

[Quark is moving to catch up as he spots Leb heading downstairs]

Leb, wait up--

cw: hallucination

[sweetsynergy]

Gee, maybe it'll be something nice for once.

"That wasn't supposed to be a pun about ice, right V?"

[Vanity inhales sharply, matching forward to the stairs and pointedly not looking at the girl shadowing her.]

SO ANYWAY LET'S CHECK IT OUT HUH.

[murchada]

[she is also scurrying hey gang--]

Can't Typhon take a break one week?

[stringup]

[ Wow. It's been over a year since she was in the North, so this honestly feels like home (whether that's a good or bad thing is another question).

Time to head down and see what's up. ]

[letsplayamod]

[What you see through the blur of sudden, indoor fucky weather is the worst of it coming from the elysian fields.

Inside is a mess. Weather swirls unnaturally around the cypress tree in the center of the garden. What's more, the automatons that typically roamed the floor are acting a bit... quirky. They trample through the fields, slam into walls and each other. They swing their arms wildly, erratically tumbling over themselves. Whatever's happening here, it's affecting everything.]

cw: hallucinations

[taintedfayth]

Indeed.

[He is studiously ignoring the man - well, they're clearly not human, but - lingering behind him, but he doesn't seem to have that much to say to Seymour either, so it works in that respect.

Fuck off, dad, he's following Vanity.]

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[fillets]

[ WELP, ALL THE ENERGY SIGNATURES ARE GOING ONE WAY, TIME FOR HER TO ALSO SUBMIT TO THE INEVITABLE

Thankfully, she's not actually affected by the cold, but it does give her a bit of disquiet on the mental level. How does she know this is real, and not just a herald of the man of the north, here to mock her? ]

This is real, isn't it? The cold winds.

[sweetsynergy]

[That can't possibly be good. She's just going to. Edge towards the cypress tree, keeping her head on a swivel for any flailing robot limbs.]

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[sweetsynergy]

[And, seeing the scene in the Elysian Fields-]

...so how sure are we this is real, and does it actually make a difference if it's not?

cw: hallucinations

[taintedfayth]

[... hmm. Seymour purses his lips, considering.]

Given that we are both feeling the wind, it would seem that much at least is reality. We can only surmise that the rest is as well.

[And, watching the automatons stumble around:]

... I believe it would be unwise to behave otherwise.

[raisethemoon]

Oh, that - is certainly strange.

How marvelous - now if we could only get rid of the sun entire -

[ Adds Nightmare Moon, who is also here. Luna raises her voice a LOT. ]

VERY VERY STRANGE INDEED!

cw: hallucinations

[sweetsynergy]

Canned if we do, canned if we don't, yeah.

[Sucks.]

Watch my back, yeah?

"You saying that is either real funny or just sad, not sure which."

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[pariunt]

[Astarion has not been in a good way since Tuesday. He's clearly on edge, followed by the figure as he is. The voice that hisses near him.]

How dare you ignore me, boy!

[True to those words, Astarion ignores him, though he's shaking slightly.]

It figures even a horse with wings would be skittish.

[sweetsynergy]

[Okay, she can't lie? Dark(er) Luna looks pretty damn cool. (what's colder than-)]

YEAH PRETTY FUCKING WEIRD.

[raisethemoon]

[ okay first of all hey ]

cw: hallucinations

[taintedfayth]

But of course.

[He's already got his staff in hand... not that he needs it to cast, but it does also work as a melee weapon in a pinch, and with those automatons on the fritz the way they are, he doesn't trust that it might not need to serve that purpose.]

[yourheroine]

Boop boop...chilly...

[She's gonna head down tailing Vanity, since she has enough sense to figure she should probably tackle this with a group.

Eru follows this time too.]

[pariunt]

[He's not referring to you???

You're a person, obviously.]

[yourheroine]

...two of them...

[Aoi, there is serious context to this one.]