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March Event: De L'autre Côté de L'eau

MARCH EVENT: DE L'AUTRE CÔTÉ DE L'EAU
Who: Everyone condemned to the Water, and those who see fit to rescue them
What: A rescue is implemented!
When:Predominantly on March 19th
Where: Ai'tuoh, and the small islet just off its coast
Warnings: Mark as needed!
Just Sing For Me All Night

It's time for your captured comrades to be recovered, and by none other than your fine selves! While the Storyteller will detail the elements of said rescue below, they very notably don't say anything about how they plan for you make it through Ai'tuoh, and then to the islet off its coast.

You have their tacit blessing to make your way there however you would like. Through stealth, through diplomacy, by salting and burning the earth...whichever you prefer. It is, as it turns out, awfully difficult to discern the innocent from the perpetrators when they all look alike.

Whatever course of action you choose, bear in mind that there will be consequences. The Storyteller will be sealing off Ai'tuoh's mana pool once everyone who has been retrieved has come through, but that doesn't mean that the island will be gone forever.
And If I Shout For You, Never Doubt

While the details of the rescue's mechanics can be found in the Storyteller's explanation below, we ask that, if your character was captured and needs to be rescued, please let us know HERE. This will make it easier for other players to account for who might be their focus, and why!

A few guidelines for each of the groups:
[ ♆ ] Group One will be predominantly busy fending away militia, who you can assume will be pouring forth to protect the Water from these intruders at a fairly concentrated rate. Most of the fighting will likely be grouped around the Water itself, leading to a risk of being forced into the Water or slipping in yourself. The militia largely fight with spears, swords, and shields, but are not above attempting to sedate you if they can get close enough, to make it easier to tip you into the Water.

[ ♆ ] Group Two will be serving as the tether, meaning they will be holding onto the thread the Storyteller has provided. This means physically remaining on our side of the abyss and holding onto the thread very tightly, as well as mentally focusing incredibly hard on the Water itself. When the thread is deposited into the Water, it will open a dark tunnel into the surface itself, leading all the way through to the other side. The Water will not take kindly to this; it will attempt to close, and exert a tremendous mental pressure upon your mind to do so. In order for this portal to remain open, your focus must be wholly devoted to keeping it open. It may feel very much like a mental game of tug-of-war, and you may very well feel a very physical tug on the thread itself as well; you must be actively concentrating on bringing everyone home.

[ ♆ ] Group Three will then have to grab hold of the thread in some way or another and not let go as they're swept into the dimension and through to the other side. As long as they remain in contact with the thread, they will be able to make their way back and be immune to the soporific effects of the strange void, as well as detect the opening the thread makes in the landscape of the netherworld on the other side of the Water. If they let go, they will lose their way and be vulnerable to the somnolent effects, and must be drawn back by someone who is still tethered.
Just remember: once you've found who needs recovering, you cannot, under any circumstances, look back at them while you guide the home.

You simply have to trust that they will follow, and that will be what leads them back to you.

Event Timeline
[ ♆ ] March 19th: Characters are taken to the Standing Water, and the rescue is facilitated
[ ♆ ] March 20th: Monthly Storytelling occurs as usual
[ ♆ ] March 31st: Ai'tuoh disappears, and anyone left on it or in the Water will suffer a death
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shatteredlenses: Kata (Kata)

[personal profile] shatteredlenses 2018-03-26 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Ignis has to admit, despite the tactical advantage to having someone on the same side at his back, he's surprised that Ardyn remains after releasing his wrist. Well, it's an answer of a sort, isn't it? Not that there is really time to linger on that.]

As you command, Your Monstrousness.

[Electricity courses through Ignis' daggers again and he wastes no time putting their power to work, streaking toward a nearby guard, words drifting back behind him.]


Do try and keep up!
scourgingstars: (a darkness will block out the sun)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2018-03-26 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
Funny.

[The massive greatsword was thrown through the air as if it weighed no more than a dart, Ardyn following in a streak of light to cut down aother guard.]

I was just about to offer you the very same advice.
shatteredlenses: Scar-Listening (Scar-Listening)

[personal profile] shatteredlenses 2018-03-26 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
[He thought it was pretty funny. It's not his fault 'Your Majesty' is reserved for someone else.]

I'm not the one with the ancient bones.

[Once more in a group of guards, Ignis switches which binding he has on his daggers to Frost so he can take advantage of the wider-ranging effects.]

Do watch the ice. I'd hate for you to break a hip.
scourgingstars: (not a thing can be done with so few men)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2018-03-26 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
Hm. As if I'm so easily tripped up or defeated. Do recall who walked out of Altissia and who was carried, if you would.

[And there went a quick burst of Thunder, knocking back a handful that apparently thought strength in numbers was a good idea.]
shatteredlenses: Ring Bearer (Ring Bearer)

[personal profile] shatteredlenses 2018-03-26 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Ignis huffs under his breath, two quick blows of icy daggers sending several guards reeling backward away from him.]

Do recall which of us wielded the power of the Lucii and lived despite not having a drop of royal blood.
scourgingstars: (a darkness will block out the sun)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2018-03-26 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
Naturally, because none would dare rig those odds in your favor just to spite me. Brother dearest took pity on you and you know it.

[...Might've swung that greatsword a little harder than necessary that time.]
shatteredlenses: It's Come to This (It's Come to This)

[personal profile] shatteredlenses 2018-03-26 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I don't know about that.

[Touch a nerve there, did he?]


They were all quite ready to burn me down where I stood. Well, except for one, but his voice was much more familiar to me than your brother's would have been.

[After all, it was Regis who had set Ignis at Noctis' side to begin with. He was hardly going to stand there and allow him to be taken from that place so soon. Of course, as he thinks on it, Ignis realizes that there is no way the youngest of them could have convinced the Lucii to do anything himself. Perhaps if the oldest of them backed him, though...]
scourgingstars: (not a thing can be done with so few men)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2018-03-26 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
The point remains; you're hardly so special as to wield the power of kings on merit alone. You were just the only one in the right place and fool enough to try.

A willing tool, just like your precious king.
shatteredlenses: Survival (Survival)

[personal profile] shatteredlenses 2018-03-26 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Ignis takes down a guard with several more vicious blade strikes than necessary. Of course, Ardyn hits back with one of the few things he knows will push Ignis' buttons. He grits his teeth, pushing back on the emotions rising inside of him.]

It's fortunate then, that some tools fight back harder than others do. They aren't all so willing as you seem to think they are.
scourgingstars: (i know it's a long shot)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2018-03-26 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
And yet, no matter how hard one fights-

[Ardyn spoke lightly, knocking a guard down and bringing a heavy boot on them with a distinct cracking noise.]

-a tool remains a tool by design.
shatteredlenses: Unhappy (Unhappy)

[personal profile] shatteredlenses 2018-03-26 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Ardyn, he's starting to think you have a thing for stepping on people...]

There you go again just assuming things will never change. Hasn't that gotten boring after so many years? Just as a student can excel passed his teacher, a tool can becomes greater than its creator.
scourgingstars: (you're gonna bring yourself down)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2018-03-26 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
[maybe a little]

Oh, I never tire of seeing pawns struggle to break free of their purpose. Just ask the High Commander--why, dear Ravus was near-endless entertainment for me.
shatteredlenses: Silhouette (Silhouette)

[personal profile] shatteredlenses 2018-03-26 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
Goodness, I have big shoes to fill, don't I? I suppose I best get to work on surprising you so you don't get bored.

[Perhaps tired of being surrounded on all sides, Ignis dismisses his daggers and summons his spear in the span of a heartbeat. Despite the quickness, one guard manages to open a slice down his arm with his sword. Ignis doesn't act like he's even felt it as he launches himself up into the air.]
scourgingstars: (and not have to face the facts)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2018-03-26 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Meh, he wasn't about to play first aid today. (Ardyn idly noted that he had a bad habit of doing that where Ignis was involved. He'd need to work on that.)]

Instead, he cleared out his own immediate space with another Blizzard, twirling the greatsword in hand as if it were weightless.]
shatteredlenses: Stealthing (Stealthing)

[personal profile] shatteredlenses 2018-03-26 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
[It's probably fortunate that Ardyn has no intention of playing healer today because Ignis has no intention of stopping his attack over such a minor wound. He comes back down from the air, knocking back several guards and then follows through with a rather impossible looking cartwheel that lets him bring the spear around to take down the remaining guard that foolishly moved forward when the others went back. Spear swung around behind him, braced as if ready for another attack, Ignis stops to listen and then laughs.]

We may need a new battle ground.
scourgingstars: (and the city is out of time)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2018-03-27 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
...hmph. They can't even provide a challenge through sheer numbers? How terribly boring.
shatteredlenses: Of Course (Of Course)

[personal profile] shatteredlenses 2018-03-28 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Shall I request one of them sedate you?

[The corner of Ignis' mouth quirks upward.]

I'm sure that will make battle a least a little more challenging for you.
scourgingstars: (i see my red door)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2018-03-28 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
I've my genuine doubts that would work, without a functioning bloodstream.
shatteredlenses: Really (Really)

[personal profile] shatteredlenses 2018-03-28 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Ignis sighs, and his tone is one of a person this close to rolling their eyes.]

That was a joke. You do know what those are right?

[Like he would actually allow a guard to sedate one of his...fellows.]
scourgingstars: (taking my sulking to the masses)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2018-03-28 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, but if I was wrong I might actually be able to get some sleep. Wouldn't that just be delightful?

[too late ignis]
shatteredlenses: Question (Question)

[personal profile] shatteredlenses 2018-03-28 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Why must you be like this, Ardyn?]

You take a nap in the middle of this and I cannot promise I won't use your lanky arse as a place to sit.

[Make your choice.]
scourgingstars: (all a fire needs is a single spark)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2018-03-28 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
Hardly fair. Denying me one of the only opportunities I might ever have to rest, how terribly cruel.
shatteredlenses: Profile Smile (Profile Smile)

[personal profile] shatteredlenses 2018-03-28 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I'm hardly denying you anything. I'll sit...quietly.