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magician
20 years old
pirate
played by saito
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Post by SEBASTIAN on Dec 24, 2014 1:16:07 GMT
he wasn’t here for fun, the rain wouldn’t allow for that. though, the prospect of what was to be gained allowed him a smile. his smile was a signature that he did not sign often, and his person was an existence he sought to make forgettable. at least to the general public and his cloak, enchanted as it was, ensured that. regardless of that he still had connections here, there and all over the world – but hardly did he have friends. the person he was going to meet now was one of the rare few who could be seen as such.
she was waiting for him on the rear ship in a small fleet of zeppelins. black smoke marked the destination and a streamline descent brought him to it within minutes of spotting it. he wouldn’t be staying and she wasn’t inviting him aboard.
“It’s a straight dive from here, hold on tight.”
ALYA KARIMI
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Civilian
HUMAN
22 years old
SCIENTIST
played by REDOX
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And they all said I was mislead But now the odds all stand beneath me
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Post by ALYA KARIMI on Dec 24, 2014 4:28:09 GMT
i am an astronaut her multi-layered jacket still wasn't enough to protect alya from the cold. she sneezes twice and blows her nose on a striped handkerchief before burying her face into her scarf. nevertheless, she peeks her head out when she hears the telltale sound of another ship. alya grins brightly at the man and shouts loudly so that she wouldn't be drowned out by the sound of rain. "heyaaa! are sure you don't want to come in and have a cup of hot chocolate before we get started? i think we might even still have some coffee left over if the captain hasn't completely raided our stock!" this wasn't actually strictly her department's ship by any means, but most captains didn't mind a few researchers like her -- as long as she didn't make too many demands. several prints of the excavated tablets lie in the cabin, safely away from the elements. alya wasn't really supposed to be showing them openly to civilians, but everyone knows that all the best stuff happens off the record. she just has to make sure that nothing will end up exploding in her face later. "you still haven't told me where we're headed, by the way!" adventures were fun like that - and she's known sebs long enough to know that he wouldn't be wasting her time, not with a setup like this. SEBASTIANmade by redox of gs |
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pirate
played by saito
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Post by SEBASTIAN on Dec 24, 2014 6:08:00 GMT
he isn’t a friend of the rain and the rain doesn’t care for him much either. but that isn’t all that attributes to the sense of urgency in sebastian’s demeanor. perhaps its anxiety or just caution, he is a pirate after all. an enemy of irkalla, and more specifically to their zeppelin fleets. the offer of hot chocolate or coffee is tempting, but he must not forget where he is. “stand in front and see,” goggles, he retrieves a pair from his pocket and holds it out to her. “we’re going down, a straight dive.”
their ride, sebastian’s vehicle of choice is his very own creation. a skyboard, utilizing technology and runes to achieve flight. this wouldn’t be the first time alya’s seen it, but it would be her first. how lucky for her that this first time could be the last time.
ALYA KARIMI
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Civilian
HUMAN
22 years old
SCIENTIST
played by REDOX
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And they all said I was mislead But now the odds all stand beneath me
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Post by ALYA KARIMI on Dec 25, 2014 5:36:53 GMT
i am an astronaut "okay!" she smiles brightly and slips the goggles over her head . alya is excited. of course she is. she had been the girl who had nearly broken both of her arms trying to create a makeshift zipline along a couple of cliffs. she had nearly succeeded too, if only a couple of mountain goats hadn't come along and undone her handiwork. she's no expert on magic, but nothing about the skyboard's balance looks off to her. it's taken sebastian all the way up here, and she figures that he's got at least one backup plan if things go awry. "gimme a sec!" she dashes in to grab a leather case of papers and reappears in a couple of moments. alya turns around one last time to wink at one of the crew members nearby. "it'll be our little secret!" with that, she steps boldly onto their ride and readies herself for adventure. "ready when you are!" she hollers, ignoring the slight chattering of her teeth. SEBASTIANmade by redox of gs |
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Witch
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pirate
played by saito
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Post by SEBASTIAN on Dec 26, 2014 17:00:14 GMT
alya runs off and sebastian huffs, he puffs and huffs again ‘cause there’s nothing he could do to stop her. for whatever reason she has gone to get something, and despite his unease he hopes she’ll bring back a snack, maybe even coffee if he’s really lucky. but that’s not the case when she returns, and he wasn’t expecting anything, really. “ready,” he replies, “make sure you keep your mouth closed, and I’ll get you back before anyone notices.” this was a promise he could most certainly keep without a problem, after all being forgotten was a specialty of his. and without further ado the dive .
at first the descent was slow giving sebastian time to adjust his feet and instruct alya too. “down, hard,” they were fighting the wind to gain speed, momentum. rain accompanied with strong gusts of wind added a splash of danger, but nothing they couldn’t handle. hands around her waist, he was holding her now, “learn forward, we’re a little off.” they had been diving for a while now, relatively speaking, and soon they would hit the ground unless they pulled up. the sense of impending doom had already upon him, there was no doubt to him that she felt it too. “soon …”
almost simultaneously the board begin to glow and on the ground a two rows of lights lit up like a runway. “pull up.” the dive ended in a sudden jerk, control lost, regained in the next moments and they pulled into a slow descent to the ground within the next minutes. around them the runway illuminated the destination and from the looks of it, it wasn’t much but what appeared to be a giant hole in the ground. a wild guess would put it as an abandoned excavation site.
ALYA KARIMI
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Civilian
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22 years old
SCIENTIST
played by REDOX
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And they all said I was mislead But now the odds all stand beneath me
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Post by ALYA KARIMI on Dec 28, 2014 18:08:46 GMT
i am an astronaut alya nods excitedly. "yes, cap'n!" her teeth continue to chatter, but it was more from the cold than any real sense of danger. the adrenaline is something to lean into, not shy away from. she's a quick study - any adventurer to the lands beyond the eastern shelf would have to be.she moves experimentally, but boldly in the little space that they have. "hoooooly shit, holy shit holyshiii-" there's laughter in her voice, and alya can't help but feel that the risk of being discovered by her superiors was worth it for the rush. "goddess, sebs, do you ever think about how cool it would be if you put these out into the public market?" alya leaps off of the board as soon as it comes to a complete stop, ready for their next adventure. "what's this place? don't keep me in suspense, cap!" that's what she says, but nevertheless she rushes forward to meet her destiny. she inspects the hole with a scientist's eyes before deciding that it was probably safe to approach. alya takes one of the rope tools from her belt and attaches it to the side of the hole. whatever the drop, it shouldn't matter if she can get a foothold. SEBASTIANmade by redox of gs |
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played by saito
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Post by SEBASTIAN on Jan 2, 2015 12:05:11 GMT
he agrees that a sky full of these boards and riders would be pretty cool, dope even. “for now, the fun’s all mine,” he replies playfully following her to the pit. there isn’t much to it, at a distance it looks like a regular hole, up close it looks even more like a hole, below is a drop that you can’t quite measure with your eyes. a little test could give you a fair gauge of how deep it is, but alya isn’t worried about heights. she just nosedived from a zeppelin, she wasn’t afraid then she wouldn’t be now.
“good thinking,” he expresses lightly with an all-knowing demeanor, “but you won’t be needing that to get down.” there is a grace to his fall and perhaps a charm or two as he jumps down the pit. his landing comes with a splat, splash or splosh. “i’ll catch you, the ground’s a bit muddy wouldn’t want you getting dirty.” it was merely a gesture on his behalf with no intention to actually be followed through if she did jump. not like it mattered the muddy ground would break any fall of hers, if she decided to jump.
once she had descended, sebastian would lead her through a small passageway that in turn would lead to your staple three-underground-tunnel crossway. inspection of the area would reveal little, there are traces of life in the cave mostly belonging to animals – maybe a monster or two dwells in the underground, but nothing regarding alya and sebastian’s business. “here, this one,” he’d instruct her after a while pointing her towards the tunnel at the far left, “lead the way.”
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Civilian
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22 years old
SCIENTIST
played by REDOX
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Post by ALYA KARIMI on Jan 5, 2015 7:29:07 GMT
i am an astronaut she turns around just to pout at him. "oh, poop. what a fun-killer you are." but she's no stranger to the sentiment. sometimes people needed a place to get away, and those places tend to shrink when people start edging each other out. (she's still not sure if she's doing the right thing, but she's not doing the wrong things either. she has to believe that's enough.) alya watches him with curious eyes before jumping into the pit herself. her jump isn't perfect, but that's not the part that matters. she lands into the mud like a cat, able to right herself from any imperfect dives. a girl who worked in irkalla should be able to manage that much, and there wasn't always a tour guide when she was in the field. she's excited, but she moves smartly. her pace is brisk, but nothing sudden enough to disturb the local wildlife. there's still a nasty bite scar on her shoulder from her teenage years, back when she was too foolhardy to know any better. they reach a chamber eventually. even alya, for all her careless disregard for precedent, falls silent at the sight of three mud men locked into the stone walls like a jigsaw puzzle. age had been harsh on them-- a couple are missing various limbs. the third is missing its head entirely. maybe it wouldn't be too much to hope that there would still be enough to reconstruct-- "goddess." she mutters as she walks towards the constructs. then she remembers where they are. "sebastian -- can you check for magical traps?" she's fine with the basics, but she doesn't want to damn them both carelessly. none of the carvings on the walls look like anything recent. SEBASTIANmade by redox of gs |
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played by saito
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Post by SEBASTIAN on Jan 5, 2015 22:56:54 GMT
he isn’t surprised by anything, perhaps because he’s already seen it. but there are still plenty of mysteries to be had, much to be discovered and much to be desired. “I wouldn’t have brought you here if it wasn’t safe,” his voice isn’t very reassuring and the fact that he’s keeping a distance doesn’t help either. it’s not the constructs alya should be worried about, not now anyway, it’s the writings on the wall. engravings, scribbles, drawings, scratches and all manner of sort can be found on the chamber walls, of course. all are old, some are recent, most are faint but only a handful are distinct. if she were run her hand across it she would feel nothing, but if she tried to cross it out she would feel heat like a scorching fire or a waning flame.
ALYA KARIMI
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Civilian
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22 years old
SCIENTIST
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Post by ALYA KARIMI on Jan 9, 2015 23:21:18 GMT
i am an astronaut she trusts him. of course she does, since alya always expects the same from everyone in turn. she figures that he's just being polite. or shy. sebatian seemed like the type. alya dashes ahead, but stops just short of a museum-appropriate distance. she examines the statues carefully, but with a challenging kind of fire in her eyes. the kind that interrogated the past as heavily as she did the present. what kind of people built these? how skilled were they? alya didn't come into the world with much pre-installed reverence for the past. she only recognized when they were useful. she takes out a single small eyeglass to check if she can read the inscriptions. no such luck. someone bookier than she was might know what to do with them. her training only allowed her to recognize which branch of ancient text that she might need to look up. she can call in an expert from there. "what do you make of all this stuff, sebs? think you can make clay men fly?" it was a joke, but she wouldn't be too surprised if he could. SEBASTIANmade by redox of gs |
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pirate
played by saito
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Post by SEBASTIAN on Jan 18, 2015 7:36:07 GMT
“well that’s a thought,” he says coolly walking to her side. “but we can do so much more than just flying clay men.” eyes rolling his finger presses against one of the inscriptions and it begins to illuminate. red, a flicker, a spark, his finger runs down the inscription and it begins to fill with color, the grounds shaking, rumbling, something is opening, something is collapsing. hell is about to break loose along with a couple of rocks from above, and just when it seems hell has arrived – nothing. in fact, there’s a wide open space and the wall which kept the creatures was … gone.
his fingers were pressed against inscriptions on an invisible wall? the creatures remained in their positions only suspended in air? as if the wall was still there just invisible. but that wasn't what was truly surprising. rather it was the grand opening and … giant. if that’s what you could call it, it was massive, made of rock, the lower half of its body submerged in the earth and its upper body hang pierced by an enormous lance. though its body seemed lifeless, its eyes were a pale purple and glowed like a fading light.
“magic. it was alive, is alive.”
ALYA KARIMI
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Civilian
HUMAN
22 years old
SCIENTIST
played by REDOX
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Post by ALYA KARIMI on Jan 22, 2015 8:09:34 GMT
i am an astronaut life. there's the magic word. there's the word that draws alya closer. like a prayer. like a wish made on the first frosty morning of winter. she barely hears sebastian's warning. "goddess." she breathes before running straight for the giant. she doesn't trip any traps, fortunately. alya runs around the entire stone construct the way that she would admire a vehicle. "holy shit, holy shit, holy shit, the guys working their asses off in zaqar would fuckin' piss themselves if they saw this!!" as would any other rational being, really. "i'm gonna call you...J." she just liked the name, really. alya looks up at the lance stuck inside of J. "how do we get J out?" because that's clearly the rational thing to do when stumbling upon such a scene. the entire golem is rock. alya sees no reason that a lance would possibly disrupt its functions the way that stabbing a human in the heart would. she looks carefully at the lance and decides that she cannot determine the material from her height. how on earth are they going to transport this if she can't even figure out how to get up to that height? that's when she remembers sebastian's hover device. that's when she remembers the runes. alya turns around. "hey, do you think we could cram enough runes in to lift J out?" SEBASTIAN made by redox of gs |
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20 years old
pirate
played by saito
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Post by SEBASTIAN on Jan 30, 2015 10:00:15 GMT
he’s still mystified by this room. it’s a room one does not come across often, it could barely be called a room. this chamber has offered him a lot in the sparse time that he was here. still has much more to offer, but for now his time with it has come to an end. it now belongs to alya who is, unmistakably on a different mindset than him. “get it out …” the thought hadn’t crossed his mind, at least – not taking the entire thing out.
sebastian’s following alya’s footsteps now, hands behind his back as he inspects what she has inspected. eyes are wide, his gesture is mocking, but genuinely he wants to see what she has saw. “I haven’t thought about it, but.” thinking, he’s thinking now and focused on the giant. now the ceiling. “we can work something out.”
“bring a zeppelin to our location and by then I should have excavated our friend here.”
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SCIENTIST
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Post by ALYA KARIMI on Jan 31, 2015 21:22:10 GMT
i am an astronaut sebastian has barely finished speaking when alya spins around so fast it's a wonder that she doesn't get whiplash. she prays with every ounce of her being that she has enough official clearance to do as he says. the cavern echoes with her speedy footsteps as she breathlessly runs towards the entrance. alya retrieves a high-frequency whistle from her pocket and blows hard. the zeppelin arrives about thirty minutes after, and it doesn't yet occur to alya how many favors she's about to owe the captain. "this better be good" he grunts, but he wouldn't be here if he didn't have any trust in their junior affiliate. "this way!" she points in the direction back to where the chambers were. SEBASTIANmade by redox of gs |
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