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∎ ETRAYA MODS ∎ ([personal profile] etrayamods) wrote in [community profile] etrayamemes2025-01-02 03:19 pm

TDM 006



⏵ arrival ⏴

Arrival is absolutely not normal this month. Instead of a hospital bed, you wake in a tunnel with a large group of other people. These are the residents. A woman’s voice in an earpiece hurriedly clues you in with an apology.

I apologize; I had not planned to introduce you this way, but we are low on time. Please proceed down the hallway.

An image of a shattered pearl pops up on your personal HUD and rotates.

I am Aurora. You are joining many others on Etraya in order to save your world from destruction by completing missions. Your current mission is to find the pieces of this object that have become scattered in the library ahead of you.


For everyone else, coming in is much the same. The instruction goes out to head to designated areas immediately, where companion bots will escort the residents of Etraya down into the depths, the area beneath where much the same is explained.


⏵ disrobing ⏴


The tunnel eventually opens directly into the foreroom of an expansive library, painted in marvelous hues and patterns with skylights far above. There are wizards milling about, bearded and holding tomes, quietly chatting amongst themselves.

The reception area of the library has tall ceilings with equally tall doors Before you get too caught up in the scenery, a voice directs you forward. A gentleman, hunched and bespeckled craws out.

"Make a line! Make a line, everyone! You cannot enter the library dressed as you are... Come forward and give me your name."


The receptionist asks your given name and then hands over a box from underneath his counter. You can give him any name you want, he doesn’t seem to mind. It is tied with a tagged ribbon- labeling it accordingly. “The _____ robe of _______.”

(First Letter of Given Name) (Last Letter of Given Name)
A Controlling N Helpful A Melodies N Light
B Glimmering O Floating B Discretion O Mind-Reading
C Wet P Handsome C Growth P Climbing
D Gruesome Q Gullible D Grasping Q Jumping
E Observant R Ratty E Flying R Hurting
F Powerful S Adhesive F Reading S Guiding
G Psychedelic T Sweltering G Dancing T Bug-Speaking
H Swift U Cheerful H Shouting U Exploding
I Voracious V Anxious I Extracting V Complaining
J Soft W Likeable J Punishing W Dividing
K Keen X Ruthless K Creeping X Slapping
L Fabulous Y Dramatic L Walking Y Charming
M Fair Z Demonic M Listening Z Combustion


As you read what the contents of the box may be, they form inside- Looking and behaving as your character expects them to. After all, magic is all in the wielder’s mind.

Don your robes and enter the library.


⏵ unfamiliar familiars ⏴


For those without a familiar (like one hatched from an egg not too long ago) you may borrow one from the library counter. They all have strengths and weaknesses, but they will all assist in the very important mission. As you roam the library, they will make little indications that you are closer or further from finding a piece of the pearl.

Image Image Image
Pro • Hardworking
• Gives correct directions 75% of time
• Won’t run away from you
• Very affectionate
• Gives correct directions only when paired with another rat, toad, or personal pet.
• Gives correct directions 90% of the time
Con • Must feed bookworms • Will run away if too close to a cat • Does not care for you
• Sleepy
• Will run ahead
• Gets distracted by rats



⏵ the task at hand ⏴


With robes donned and creature in hand, you must now complete your mission. Find the pieces of the shattered pearl. As you enter the library, you may notice that it’s all very dim. There’s oil lamps around the place that may be moved with you to assist in your journey if your robes do not already emit light.

Break off and search the library. There is a directory at the front to point guests to all the different sections.

Wings of the Library
A General Works B Music
C Philosophy, Religion D Fine Arts
E History, Auxiliary Sciences F Language and Literature
G Magic, General H Science
J Geography, Anthopology K Medicine
M Agriculture N Hobbies, Recreation
P Social Science Q Military
R Political Science S Practical Arts
T Law W People
X Education Y Spiders


Each section looks enough like the last, though the books within have immense power. Pick up the wrong book, and you might conjure a dragon or a historical figure! You must persist and avoid making too much noise or breaking too many things.

Or else the Librarian, a tall mass of knotted fabric will confiscate your robe and usher you back outside. Your name will be struck from the list, and you must pick a new one to re-enter the library to continue the search.

You can try to fight back against him- he may be set alight with the lamp. But should you be starting fires in here?

⏵ NOTES ⏴


Any thread with 15 comments between you and another may be submitted to find a piece of the pearl. There are 20 pieces altogether, and we will determine if the mission was successful by March 28th. A post will go live on the OOC comm for this!

This mission occurs out of time, similar to how the spaceship had. Meaning, those currently in game can experience these events any time between now, and March 14th.

Please direct all questions to our mod queries comment!

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bubblegumheart: (pic#15925604)

apologies for not having a bat to offer you lol (library)

[personal profile] bubblegumheart 2025-03-01 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Unfortunately for the sourpuss loitering in the middle of the library and his cute little rat, Chrissy does intend to play along with this latest little errand.

Or well, she would if she hadn't lost track of the cat they'd given her. It's tragic, really, considering how much she'd been looking forward to befriending it. Which means she's going to have to resort to asking around.

Starting with this guy.]


Have you seen a cat run this way?
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[personal profile] copsormasks 2025-03-01 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Jason re-crosses his arms on his side of the Batmobile.]

Fine. I'll call if I find any trouble.
copsormasks: (059)

[personal profile] copsormasks 2025-03-01 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
I don't even know you, asshole. [Jason glares at the taller man.]
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<3

[personal profile] copsormasks 2025-03-01 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Jason glares at the newcomer, tucking his rat in closer to his body.]

No.

[He has, but just. Doesn't care.]
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[personal profile] leastdramatic 2025-03-01 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Nope. Still not intimidated. He's not liking that there's a younger and angrier him around though]

Yeah, too bad I can't say the same for you. I know about the family business and the night shifts. That's why we gotta talk. You're not the only Gothamite here.
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[personal profile] copsormasks 2025-03-01 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Jason dumps his robe on the floor and follows the other.]

I don't know what you're talking about.
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[personal profile] leastdramatic 2025-03-01 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
Has the old man clipped your wings yet?

[It's a guess given how old his younger self appears to be. It would around the time when his own relationship with Bruce deteriorated]
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[personal profile] copsormasks 2025-03-01 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Jason is instantly furious.]

Oh yeah? You want to rub it in too? That I'm not fucking Robin any more?
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[personal profile] leastdramatic 2025-03-01 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Welp. Jason was trying not to let too many things out in the open. Tim can't get mad at him for this]

No point. Already been through it. By the way, we got two different versions of him here.
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[personal profile] copsormasks 2025-03-01 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
What the fuck are you talking about? [Jason kicks his robe out of range before rounding on the stranger.]

How do you know anything about me?
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[personal profile] bubblegumheart 2025-03-01 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
Have you been standing here for very long?

[She's already looking around in an attempt to spot the ginger tom. What are the odds that no cats have come this way?]

Don't worry. He won't eat your rat.
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[personal profile] batsymbol 2025-03-01 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
If that's what you want.

( He's usually contacted when someone wants something anyways, so. He's used to it. )
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[personal profile] copsormasks 2025-03-01 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Jason is practically curled up in his seat as he looks out the window.]

Not what I want. It's what you want.
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[personal profile] copsormasks 2025-03-01 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
No. I just walked over here. [Another lie, but he can't be bothered right now.]

I'm not worried about my rat getting eaten.
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[personal profile] batsymbol 2025-03-01 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
I told you what I want. The same courtesy I'm giving you.

( Heading in closer to the apartments, he sighs. )

What do you want, Jason?
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[personal profile] copsormasks 2025-03-01 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Jason is quiet for a long moment before he replies,] I want to be fucking Robin again.
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[personal profile] batsymbol 2025-03-01 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
( Hm. )

You wouldn't be the only Robin here.
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[personal profile] copsormasks 2025-03-01 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Jason shakes his head, but a part of him is heartbroken.]

What, Grayson slump back into the role?
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[personal profile] bubblegumheart 2025-03-01 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
Okay.

[Chrissy has no reason not to take his words at face value, so that's what she's going to do.]

Well I'd be worried about him being eaten. I don't think they're normal animals. Does he have a name?
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[personal profile] batsymbol 2025-03-01 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
No. There's two others who have taken up the mantle in a different Gotham. They're both here as well.

( Although Tim is more Red Robin now, he thinks. )
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[personal profile] copsormasks 2025-03-01 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
Rat.

[Jason tilts his head ever so slightly toward her.]
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[personal profile] copsormasks 2025-03-01 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Perfect. Just perfect. Jason is looking at the apartments, ready to open the door at a moment's notice.]

Never fucking mind then.
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[personal profile] batsymbol 2025-03-01 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
Jason.

( It's said gently. )

I know it's strange to have another here with your name or mantle that isn't you. ( There's a much older version of himself here and, when he'd first been told that, he hadn't known what to feel... still doesn't sometimes. ) But that doesn't invalidate your existence or your role as Robin. You're just as much Robin as either of them. Just as I'm just as much Bruce as the other one is.
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[personal profile] copsormasks 2025-03-01 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
Whatever. [Jason is ready to have this conversation over. To him, Robin isn't attainable any more.] Let me out.
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[personal profile] batsymbol 2025-03-01 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
( He wonders sometimes how the other versions of himself do this. To have so many bats and birds around him... it's tiring. Especially when he's still so young himself with this role. Being surrounded by so many who know some version of you while you haven't a clue who they are... it's exhausting and often times, leaves him feeling behind. It's no wonder he disappears to his Tower some days and doesn't come out; he misses Clark.

Sigh on his lips, he slowly pulls the Batmobile up along the edge of the sidewalk close to the apartments and puts it in park. Sitting there. Hands on the wheel. Staring off ahead as he waits for him to get out. )