Cloaked Mystery

@the_lost-journal

Rina ——— Elderstrand (w/ Jirah and Rosemary)

”Call me Fleet,” said the leader of the group. “There’s no time to expkain everything, but we are here to help you. If you stay, they will kill you. We need to leave. Now.”

Fleet turned and started down the alley, beckoning them on. The others followed. Rina glanced at Jirah and Ro…[Read more]

It should start storming, too. So not only will our characters be confused, afraid, and fighting for their lives, they’ll be soaked! Doesn’t that sound delightful?

Yes.

@beth-torres @highscribeofaetherium

Ilahna

Ilahna hesitated, her instincts were telling her to run, but where would they go? Fighting might be their best option.

Mustering her strength of will, she selected one of the warriors, and slammed her Strings into its mind with all her might. A beam of colors flowed from her mouth to its…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle @rae @raxforge @grcr

So, your characters are inside the city? Within the wall? Well, I’m thinking of having the city go on lockdown, which may provide some lovely drama. That would also be a good opportunity to send in the NPCs if you’re ready.

@highscribeofaetherium @beth-torres

Ilahna —— Elderstrand (w/ Klethen and Everett)

Ilahna’s heart raced, and she didn’t drop her defenses. Suddenly, she could sense more than two minds around her. There was another group, moving closer. Four of them.

Finally, she dropped one of her Strings, allowing her to speak.

“We’re not alone.”

She…[Read more]

@rae @raxforge @ellette-giselle @grcr

Just let me know when you’re ready, and I can send another group of NPCs to meet your characters. No rush. If there’s anything you want to have happen first, you can do that.

@the_lost-journal

Rina —— Elderstrand (w/ Jirah and Rosemary)

The five Ironwalkers charged towards Rina, who braced herself for a final stand. But halfway there, they suddenly stumbled, falling forward on top of one another. Rina realized they had tripped over a rope stretched between buildings like a tripwire. The figure of a person peeked…[Read more]

@everyone

I don’t want to spam people with tags this morning, but I’ll add this message to make it a bit more noticeable.

The above post contains some important information for everyone.

@the_lost-journal

Rina —— Elderstrand (w/ Jirah and Rosemary)

One of the guard’s rushed Rina with his sword, but she kicked him in the hand through a portal, knocking it from his grip. Now unarmed, he threw a punch, but Rina opened a portal that caused his fist to be redirected into his own face.

“Retreat!” shouted one of the guard’s,…[Read more]

@rae

Oh, I was under the impression that your group was right outside. But I’m not in that one, so I haven’t been paying as much attention. I was referring to the other two.

Oh, also, I put together a google doc that contains a list of all the characters, as well as their description, so if you ever need to know what a character looks like or who they belong to, you’ll be able to easily check. I’ll try to update it as there is need.

I’m not going to post the link right here, because it will stay on the internet…[Read more]

@raxforge @rae @the_lost-journal @grcr @whalekeeper @loopylin @beth-torres @highscribeofaetherium @hybridlore @ellette-giselle

I’m thinking about sending in the NPCs sometime soon. In particular, for the two groups in Elderstrand, I think a good time to do that will be coming up.

For the other two groups, it can happen when you want it to. I…[Read more]

@highscribeofaetherium @beth-torres

Since I got here first, I will take the liberty of declaring that Klethen was the one that got knocked down. (Sorry, Klethen.)

Ilahna —— Elderstrand (w/ Klethen and Everett)

Out of nowhere, something knocked into Klethen throwing him to the ground. Ilahna scrambled backwards, beginning a low tune to…[Read more]

@beth-torres @highscribeofaetherium

You’re welcome to have your character join me and Jonas’ if you want (unless he objects for some reason).

I don’t object.

And @jonas, I know it’s my turn to RP, but my brain doesn’t want to right now 🤷‍♀️

That’s fine. I just did that so that you would have the opportunity to if you wanted to.

@highscribeofaetherium

I suppose. I’ll just open things up for you to take this where you want.

Ilahna ——— Elderstrand (w/ Klethen)

Ilahna glanced back and forth down the darkened streets, and dread returned again as she remembered how lost she was.

”I…I have no idea.”

@highscribeofaetherium

When lifting something, a Strings appears as a glowing outline around it, or at least—for larger objects—a partial one on the side it’s pushing from.

I think I’ll wait to reply, because I’m not sure where they should go, but it looks like there might be some commotion in another area of the city, so they could get attra…[Read more]

Rina —— Elserstrand (w/ Jirah & Rosemary)

Rina dropped to the ground and peeked around the corner. “Hmm… that’s—what? Five, six, seven, eight of them? Eh, I think we can take ‘em. What do you say?”

@theshadow

Alright!

@the_lost-journal

Rina ——— Elderstrand

”Okay, then,” Rina said. “You don’t think there are more of these guards around? You search on the ground. I’ll follow on the roofs.”

Rina dropped through a portal and onto the roof of one of the buildings. She scanned the nearby streets, but didn’t see anything. The city spread out…[Read more]

@highscribeofaetherium

It took so long because when I was writing it I KEPT TAPPING OTHER LINKS (on accident, obviously) THAT TOOK ME AWAY AND DELETED WHAT I WROTE 😤😠

A common lament.

Ilahna —— Elderstrand, building roof

Ilahna frowned. “I…used my Strings.”

Levitating with Strings wasn’t necessarily easy, but it was fairly common for s…[Read more]

@highscribeofaetherium

Ilahna —— Elderstrand, on a roof

This stranger was decidedly odd. His look of non-comprehension, Ilahn gathered that he didn’t know what “4th Voice” meant. That meant she must be somewhere far from home, with an entirely different cultural hierarchy. But then, Klethen claimed not to know this place either. How did two…[Read more]