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Entry tags:
- blue exorcist: yukio okumura,
- coco: héctor rivera,
- final fantasy xv: ardyn izunia,
- final fantasy xv: ignis scientia,
- fragile dreams: ren,
- hyper light drifter: the drifter,
- marble hornets: tim wright,
- marvel: bucky barnes,
- mass effect: legion,
- mushi-shi: ginko,
- original: erika fisher,
- osomatsu-san: jyushimatsu matsuno,
- pokemon sun & moon: guzma,
- red vs. blue: agent washington,
- red vs. blue: leonard church (alpha),
- ✖ good omens: aziraphale
April Undercurrent: Breaking Barriers
APRIL UNDERCURRENT
Who: Everyone!
What: Normal boundaries are made malleable, for a time
When: April 3rd to April 19th
Where: Everywhere!
Warnings: Please mark anything as it comes up!
What: Normal boundaries are made malleable, for a time
When: April 3rd to April 19th
Where: Everywhere!
Warnings: Please mark anything as it comes up!
Keep Me In Your Clouded Mind
As days pass, and the Water begins to exert their pull, your surroundings will begin to grow hazy, almost dreamlike. Though some might find this sensation to be unpleasant, the feeling will soon pass, and the world will seemingly right itself. Perhaps a fit of vertigo, and nothing more...?
But come the morning of April 3rd, the island's skies and seas will paint themselves anew in faded guises - every colour it's possible for a sky and sea to be, from sunrise to sunset - bleeding into each other like ink in water, until the horizon vanishes. And from that vanishing point, where sky and sea meet, you will begin to see...rafts. Rafts bearing familiar paper lanterns - some crumpled, some stained from their crash into the water, but recognizable all the same.
Remember those lanterns that you made last month? It turns out that they've actually served as beacons. And, as those rafts drift closer, you might find that the lights you set free, forged in your grief and longing, have managed to guide the subjects of that longing to you...at least for a time.
They might even be you, though not as the island has made you. Perhaps they're the person you once were, or the person you will be. Who knows what the tides may bring?
To distinguish such temporary visitors from those making a more permanent stay, those brought in by these strange waters often look faded or filled with an ethereal light. They may also have a strange translucency to them, though this will not affect their ability for physical contact, interaction, or their solidity.
This month, no special tasks are required of you other than to interact with these new visitors, whether they bring you joy, grief, or the mutual, fleeting bond of a first meeting. The more you accept them as part of your lives - temporary as they are - the more power you produce.
Their stay might be short, but their impact is no lesser, and recognition of that is necessary to pave the way for Elytlan's arrival.
We'd like to welcome anyone and everyone to LifeAftr's Fourth Wall Event! We'd like to start things off with a few points of clarification, if necessary:
As days pass, and the Water begins to exert their pull, your surroundings will begin to grow hazy, almost dreamlike. Though some might find this sensation to be unpleasant, the feeling will soon pass, and the world will seemingly right itself. Perhaps a fit of vertigo, and nothing more...?
But come the morning of April 3rd, the island's skies and seas will paint themselves anew in faded guises - every colour it's possible for a sky and sea to be, from sunrise to sunset - bleeding into each other like ink in water, until the horizon vanishes. And from that vanishing point, where sky and sea meet, you will begin to see...rafts. Rafts bearing familiar paper lanterns - some crumpled, some stained from their crash into the water, but recognizable all the same.
Remember those lanterns that you made last month? It turns out that they've actually served as beacons. And, as those rafts drift closer, you might find that the lights you set free, forged in your grief and longing, have managed to guide the subjects of that longing to you...at least for a time.
They might even be you, though not as the island has made you. Perhaps they're the person you once were, or the person you will be. Who knows what the tides may bring?
To distinguish such temporary visitors from those making a more permanent stay, those brought in by these strange waters often look faded or filled with an ethereal light. They may also have a strange translucency to them, though this will not affect their ability for physical contact, interaction, or their solidity.
This month, no special tasks are required of you other than to interact with these new visitors, whether they bring you joy, grief, or the mutual, fleeting bond of a first meeting. The more you accept them as part of your lives - temporary as they are - the more power you produce.
Their stay might be short, but their impact is no lesser, and recognition of that is necessary to pave the way for Elytlan's arrival.
♆ FOURTH WALL EVENT ♆
We'd like to welcome anyone and everyone to LifeAftr's Fourth Wall Event! We'd like to start things off with a few points of clarification, if necessary:
[ ♆ ] This is an IC event. All characters will remember the fourth wall event and any characters that pass through it.
[ ♆ ] You are free to enable and post with absolutely anyone! For this event only, all rules regarding doubles and duplicates are to be considered null and void. Doubles, CRAUs, player-made AUs, original characters, whoever you like who can be brought to interact with the islands is free to do so! Characters who might be re-visiting from their past experiences in LifeAftr can recall as much or as little of their time in game as you like.
[ ♆ ] Please be aware that visiting characters will likely notice that their powers have been slightly or greatly dampened. While they will probably still be capable of smaller or more ordinary things, any game-breaking or world-ending powers will have no effect on these shores. You are free to nerf them even more if you want, though! We certainly won't stop you.
[ ♆ ] Only members of LifeAftr will have posting access, but all characters and players outside of the game are welcome to comment anywhere in this log, unless a player wishes to opt out of the event entirely.
[ ♆ ] This does include posting to the network, over at
[ ♆ ] We ask that any visitors be mindful of our game rules. Most characters will likely be arriving on the island of Ensō or the islets just off of its coast - feel free to read up on those pages for more information, and don't be afraid to ask questions!
[ ♆ ] This event will only last up until April 19th. At that point, all characters who have been brought to the Fourth Wall event and are not currently in game will fade away. Due to the ethereal quality to them while on the islands, the temporary nature of their stay will likely be apparent. That being said, this log will remain open once the event itself is complete - backtagging is both welcome and encouraged.
[ ♆ ] As the game will be entering endgame shortly after this event, we will not be opening Applications after the event unless you are a returning player who would like to be present for endgame.
[ ♆ ] If anyone has any questions about this event, please ask them HERE!
Color in My Sheltered Mind
Of course, there's a lot going on in the background as well. You're free to use this log as a catch-all for the duration of April's Undercurrent Event, as well as any of the other minor events listed on our Monthly Rundown post. And, of course, you are always free to create your own individual logs and posts as needed.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them over on the Questions header on our Monthly Rundown post!
Of course, there's a lot going on in the background as well. You're free to use this log as a catch-all for the duration of April's Undercurrent Event, as well as any of the other minor events listed on our Monthly Rundown post. And, of course, you are always free to create your own individual logs and posts as needed.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them over on the Questions header on our Monthly Rundown post!
April TimelineLOGS ● OOC ● STORIES ●
MAIN NAVIGATION
[ ♆ ] April 1st: "Make Libations" begins and lasts until April 10th
[ ♆ ] April 3rd: "Breaking Barriers" begins and lasts until April 19th
[ ♆ ] April 12th: "Isn't It Dreamy?" begins and lasts until April 21st
[ ♆ ] April 20th: Elytlan arrives at the archipelago
[ ♆ ] April 22nd: "Got Your Goat" begins and lasts until March 31st
( CODED BY BOOTYCALL )
same shit different day
[...Okay. Cool. Cool cool cool cool cool. There was definitely something magical there--not quite a Servant, not quite...not? It wasn't the sort of thing Waver had ever quite sensed before, and he couldn't quite pin down how to describe it. Much less combined with the weird and unearthly glow they both had. Shit was suspicious, was more or less his assessment.]
You sound as out of sorts as I feel right about now. [Calling attention to himself probably wasn't the wisest choice, but god forbid Waver Velvet ever think before he spoke.] Before you ask, I don't know where or what this is either.
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Ah, honest and to the point. I suppose that is how we need to be in order to figure this place out, but first is there a specific way you would like to be addressed, oh Fount of Knowledge? My name is Regis. Or it was. I suppose people will be referring to me as 'The Father' now.
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[This just kept getting weirder. At least that wasn't a Servant class he'd ever heard of before, but Waver wasn't sure if that complicated matters or not. He frowned in uncertainty, on his guard but chancing a look at their surroundings rather than keep watching Regis quite so closely.]
I'm...just call me 'professor', most people do.
[Better that than 'your lordship' or god forbid, his name.]
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...however long that ends up being. Noctis has much to learn still. Who knows how long that will take.
In any event, he is tired of titles, even if they aren't being used to address him. Still, if that is what the young man wants, it would be wrong to deny him.]
'Professor' it is then.
[He takes a few unsteady steps closer, though he seems more interested in seeing how his own body holds up to it than providing any kind of threat to his companion.]
Shall we move inland to see if we find anyone else? Perhaps someone who didn't just arrive by rickety raft?
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May as well. We're not going to accomplish a whole hell of a lot just standing here. [Waver sighed, fingers drumming restlessly on his own cane before starting to walk away from the shoreline.]
You going to make it alright?
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[Look nearly being cut in half by a huge sword is not exactly a good way to die.]
The cane's not all for show, I'm afraid.
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Yeah--in the same boat as you, no pun intended. At least we won't have to worry about keeping up with each other.
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[Regis turns to start making his way slowly off the beach.]
Was it injury or accident that caused yours to slow down?
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Y'know, I have a student who asks me about it at least once a month. I think he just likes hearing what answer I'll make up next--last time it was 'a bear tore it off and i beat it to death with what was left'.
[waver, why.]
Truth is, it was a little bit of both. Landed myself in some trouble ten years ago and the damn thing never healed right. The kind of teenagers I deal with seem like they're nigh-indestructible these days, so I guess I was just unlucky.
[He shrugged, not looking too bothered by the matter.]
What about you?
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I got into a tangle with a sabertusk when I was younger. It healed up fine at the time, but later the Crystal took its toll on me starting with it. Magic can heal, but it also can harm.
[Especially the one who is acting as a channel for it.]
No great power comes for free no matter how much people with to think it does.
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...yeah, no kidding.
[Weird to be openly talking about magic, but far from the weirdest thing around here. Whatever bullshit Second Magic he'd walked into, there wasn't much to do but go along with it.]
I'm a mage myself--nothing too special, but enough to know it's not an easy field of study.
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Well, depending on how this world works, it might, but that's not really hit him yet.]
Magic has been a part of my family's bloodline for a very long time. It was a gift given to help us protect something that had been entrusted into our care.
[He chuckles softly.]
A gift and a curse. I hope your magic is less of a demanding taskmaster.
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Eh...it's not so bad, most of the time.
[And some of the time it just sucked.]
That's a new one, though. Usually with old magic families the preservation of magic knowledge itself is the point. Have to say I like the sound of using it for a reason a hell of a lot better.
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There is something to be said for preserving knowledge, but what is the point in having magic if you do not use it for a purpose? Any normal person can record and safeguard history, but when only a few wield magic it makes no sense for them to focus on such a thing. Not when there is so much more they can be doing. It sounds as if these old families of your world are quite a selfish lot.
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...heh. You sound like somebody I knew when I was a kid. Though that probably says a lot about how rare it is for me to meet someone with common sense.
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It sounds like you are better off here than back home, wherever here might be. Of course, I could be completely wrong considering how against common sense our arrival has been.