January Aftermath: What Would It Take

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JANUARY AFTERMATH: WHAT WOULD IT TAKE

Who: Everyone!
What: The sun is reborn; time to recover
When: January 28th and beyond
Where: Everywhere! Ensō, Monsun, Chol, and the Islets
Warnings: Please mark any additional warnings as needed!

Quiet Like The Snow


Come the sunrise on the 28th, the sun will launch itself into the air with a victorious shriek, its wings trailing plumes of fire behind it. The phoenix takes flight, reborn from the ashes. Though not all the shadowy beings have gone from the world, the reappearance of the sun is enough to make them slink off into the shadows- a fight for another day...or another evening.

Now, it's time for the hardest part. Now, it’s time to clean up.

Chol

The grounds of Chol have reshaped seemingly overnight- as the morning light filters down across the land, characters will find most of the land has been blackened and charred, with many fires still raging inland. The Jormun will assist anyone who hasn’t yet to the western coast of the island; where not nearly as much of the phoenix’s impact has been felt, and a safe corridor of passage to the mana pool resides.

The shores of Chol are littered with corpses, both shadowy and scaled, along with an even smattering of crumpled paper and splotched inkstains. Despite the triumph of the fight, it did not come without its costs. The Jormun gather their dead and prepare to mourn them quietly. Those who perished in the fight will not see the sunrise from this unique perspective, watching the murk of the night tint to soft, milky yellow and pink, and then to a glorious new day.

Munin will greet the survivors with a mixture of solemnity and relief, thanking them profusely for their help. There is not much more that her people can offer you, at this point - they must grieve their dead, and she must return to the sea to prove that she has cemented her worth as a leader in the eyes of the other Jormun - but that does not mean that your stories will part forever.

Ensō and Monsun

Ensō too, has seen its far share of battle. The full scale of just how much the Storyteller had kept at bay around the temple is revealed through the copious piles of shadowed corpses, several wane Jormun already at work on removing them. They assure anyone who seeks to assist that below the ocean, there is effective manners of disposal; such as large, active volcanoes to demolish the flesh before any untoward magics can give them new life.

Heat will slowly begin to return to the island, with slow coming to a halt and ice beginning to thaw. Whilst rugging up is still a requirement, characters will be capable of making their way back to the mostly unscathed islets to rebuild their own lives, or wherever else they may call home.

A notable change to Ensō, however, is as easy to find as looking up. Literally. Several floating land masses can now be seen high above the island itself- too far for anything distinguishable to be made out and too far for those capable of flight to reach. Those who watch these masses may be interested in how, over the course of a day, these strange masses seem to change shape entirely- almost as if they were simply a very unique cloud coverage that seemed ready to become a permanent fixture overhead.
Much like Ensō, Monsun sees little wear, past the additions of many felled creatures. Again, a party of Jormun are slowly navigating their way about the island-- though if they get to the corpses before Monsun’s native meat eaters do is anyone’s guess. In the stillness of the coming days, the usual monster attacks will seemingly dwindle to nothing-- even a god of Balance seems to understand the need for recuperation.

Additionally....
Though the Storyteller is once again nowhere to be found, exhausted adventurers will find three MREs in their packs, for anyone who could use a day off finding and preparing food. Currently, it's the best they can offer- though the Jormun promise that they will have their own spread to share after finishing collecting their dead.

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Event Specifics

[ ♆ ] The 30th will see the return of any who may have died throughout the duration of the event. All revived characters will awaken at the Storyteller’s temple; remember, if your character has died, let us know here!

[ ♆ ] Item trades with the Jormun can be found on the OOC plotting post here! The number of Jormun available will dwindle through the following weeks, leaving entirely on the 10th of February. Even if you were only recently accepted, you are free to participate!

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Comments

[attheclocktower]

[She's a bit surprised to be aske if she's all right, given how much she figured there were probably plenty of others with worse off injuries. But she doesn't brush off Hinata right away. Instead, she bites her lip, thoughtfully. It's worth noting that she keeps her gaze downward, shaded from the brighter sunlight.]

You were helping people out on Chol too, right? Ones who got hurt. [She pauses, then continues.] Did you see anybody who ran into one of those... giant black buglike monsters? That... tried to eat you.

[Ugh, even saying it aloud she knows it sounds bad, and there's practically an undercurrent of sorry, sorry, sorry in her voice.]

[thisisourfuture]

...no, I'm sorry. I mostly stayed in the clinic. There were a lot of wounded people and they needed every medic or healer they could get.

[He isn't sure why she's looking down. But she's asking about someone that might not have made it. Or they did. He's not sure.]

I only came out when they really needed more hands on defense.

[attheclocktower]

Mm...

[Not quite. This isn't exactly... super easy to talk about, though she think about Ignis and it gets easier; asking just for herself is hard, but asking for a friend?]

Both me and a friend of mine got um... we got caught by one, and... someone got us out. [Sorry, sorry, sorry.] It's... had some aftereffects, but both of ours were really different. I was sort of wondering if you'd run into it, or if the Jormun knew anything about it.

[thisisourfuture]

The Jormun will know something about it. I asked them extensively about what to expect and what creatures did what. I also treated a lot of various injuries. If you describe your symptoms I might be able to do something.

[Hinata crosses his arms over his chest and thinks back. Yes, he can identify injuries by the collection of symptoms.]

[attheclocktower]

For Ignis... I don't know if you've seen him yet. [Or met him, but Ignis has been here a while...] He had a hard time moving, and responding to things. He could understand what we were saying though. Asch said it had been worse when they first got him back.

[She closes her eyes. That wasn't a very good list of symptoms as she knows it, but she can't really... talk from Ignis' perspective. Answer any questions. She'll have to hope that whoever this is has met Ignis, or will get to ask him later.]

For me it's... It hasn't been like that. Instead it's been like... everything's been too bright, or too loud. Stuff I wouldn't really notice before... [She's wearing her gloves - it's been helping - but she takes one of them off now to scoop up a handful of dirt.] is really rough. It's been getting better, but it's still there.

[She closes her eyes. In some ways, this is both easier and harder than it would be to talk to Shion, list off her symptoms and what had happened. She knew that it often upset him, talking about all the ways she wasn't okay. That's less of a concern, here. But there also wasn't the level of trust and comfort built up.]

I don't know what might've caused it. When... when I was caught, I couldn't really tell anything.

[It honestly hadn't felt like she'd existed at all.]

[thisisourfuture]

Sensory overload. [Hinata murmurs.] I saw it several times during the week. I can’t treat it with medicine. A healer might be able to help. But it seems like it has to wear off. Try to put filters between you and your senses for a while. Anything to lessen the impact.

At night try to shut out all light when you sleep.

[Even the night time has some small light and against the backdrop of dark that has to be painful.] All things you probably already guessed but until i can find a plant to convert into the right medicine for it. That’s the best I can do.

[Hinata spreads his hands apologetically and sighs.] lining the inside of where ever your living won’t large leaves or woven walls could help a bit too. Try to test your sense of touch each day to note how fast the effects are fading.

[attheclocktower]

Was worth a shot, I guess.

[She sighs quietly. Given how Ignis had been, she hadn't been sure if there was much Hinata - or anyone - could do, and now she knew for sure.]

Healing's no good. It didn't help Ignis, or me either. I can do a little of it myself.

[So of course she'd been trying it periodically. If not to help with the hypersensitivity, then at least to help with the burns the Oolick's blood had left, along with the other bumps and scrapes she'd gotten.]

I'll try that though. Thank you. [And then, to make sure she's got it all...] Try to put barriers between myself and... everything, make sure it's completely dark at night, and test how fast it's wearing off?