Cloaked Mystery

@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]

@the_lost-journal

Rina —— Elderstrand

”I’m Rina,” she said. “And don’t worry. I am also horribly lost. I mean, where I cone from we don’t ever see that um…what do you call it?” She glanced up. “Pit? Abyss?”

@grcr

None of them are super chaotic. The 2nd is probably the most, followed by the 3rd. But with the 4th, there are the logistical issues of getting onto a roof. But if you want to wait, you can do that and then see how things stand when you’re ready. @ beth-torres’s character isn’t in yet, so that might be an option later as well.

@grcr

Yeah.

If you need a group to RP with, there’s one group that consists of Marcel, Sara, Felicity, and Ellis on their way to the city; another group near the city consisting of Baron, Leon, Julian, Flare, and Ben; a group in the city consisting of Rina, Jirah, and Rosemary (although she just left); and Ilahna and Klethen are on a roof…[Read more]

@highscribeofaetherium

Ilahna —— Elderstrand

Ilahna took a step back in surprise as the man on the other roof suddenly appeared on hers through some sort of…hole.

“I am Ilahna Myhothia Anodel, 4th Voice,” she said. “And you?”

Based on his clothing, he definitely wasn’t a noble. He couldn’t be any higher than 2nd Voice, she supposed. But…[Read more]

@raxforge

That’s nothing. I was gone for only three hours earlier and there were four more pages when I got back.

@hybridlore

Eh, it is a bit vague, but what I’ve sort have been imagining is that a Voice has to be a melody line of some sort to generate a String. The individual movement of the music is what allows the String to move, and the notes of a chord are kind of locked together in a way that doesn’t allow that. It makes sense in my head, but maybe i…[Read more]

@hybridlore

I don’t know much about harps, although from what I understand, they seem like the closest thing to a piano in the string family, so, yeah, they should be pretty good. Guitars are good at chords, which since they consist of multiple notes should technically mean that it manifests multiple Strings, but I may want to treat chords a bit…[Read more]

@hybridlore

Thanks!

Yeah, I don’t know violin very well, but I have heard that. (I’ve also heard it can do three but that it would be even harder.) However, Ilahna actually hasn’t used her violin yet. As a quirk of the magic system, she literally has more than one voice, so she’s actually singing four parts at once. The exact number of Voi…[Read more]

@the_lost-journal

Rina —— (Elderstrand)

Rina furrowed her brow as the two began to bicker. Her sword slowly degraded into fragments, which fell to the ground.

“Seriously, what’s going on here?” she repeated. “And as a matter of fact, where is here?”

@loopylin @whalekeeper @hybridlore

Ellis —— (Edge of Deepwild)

They’re hopefully not robbers? Soulmight repeated. Wouldn’t she know?

Ellis, as usual ignored the sword. “Good,” Ellis said, waiting for the owners of the voices to appear. “So, am I.”

@highscribeofaetherium

Ilahna —– (Border between Deepwild and Elderstrand)

Finally, Ilahna found the edge of the forest. Unfortunately, it was marked by a high wall. She stopped humming and let her Strings collapse. She looked up, examining the wall. It was about 50 feet high. She could probably make it.

She began a new melody, manifesting…[Read more]

@whalekeeper @hybridlore @loopylin

Ellis — (Edge of the Deepwild)

Ellis was forced activate his sword in order to get through a particularly thick clump of brambles. Soulmight sliced through the bushes with satisfying efficiency, leaving the ends of the branches sizzling quietly. After a minute or so, he suddenly stumbled out of the trees.

He…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

How many people are in that group? Three?

Maybe I’ll have Ellis meet that group, and Ilahna can find her way into the city and meet @highscribeofaetherium‘s character?

@the_lost-journal

Rina —– (Everstrand, outskirts)

Rina instinctively made a portal as something came flying towards her face. An arrow shot out of a second portal behind her and embedded itself in the ground, quivering ominously. There was someone who appeared to be a city guard shooting arrows at two people who were somehow on the side of a…[Read more]

Phew! Done. So, it looks like the only characters that have not met up with anyone yet are Ellis, Ilahna, Klethen, Marcellus, and Everett (who hasn’t been added at all yet.) My two are in the forest, and seem to be the only ones, so they may just meet up with each other.

@whalekeeper

I mean, that’s a good thing, but then on the other hand, I now have to read four pages. : |

My goodness! Where did these four pages come from?!?

@ellette-giselle

Yep, weapons are allowed!