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etrayamemes2025-01-02 03:19 pm
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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. 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 _______.”
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.
 ⏵ 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.
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? 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! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
now's my turn to say sorry! cause... same
There's that envy again too. The same feeling they held towards the annoyingly heroic Loki. To give up your life, your freedom, for the sake of everyone else. Well, maybe they don't like thinking about how they technically did the same thing recently. It wasn't nearly as selfless of a decision, though. They were free to come and go as they pleased, and still plenty involved in Thor's story, instead of sitting on the outside.
"Fine, fine. I was trying to give you a bit of comfort if you did decide to let it go, but- I still don't think it can last. It's not like this matters outside of a philosophical argument. You're here, are you not? Focus on that instead."
No worries! Worth the wait.
That, of all things, hurts the most. Loki sacrificed himself to save the multiverse, sure, but more than that he did it so that Mobius and his friends could live.
This wouldn’t be quite so daunting if he were able to leave. If Loki were to find out those differences, it would be his turn to feel envious. But he supposes, in some ways, his time here in Etraya is exactly that, a chance to get away for a bit.
”You are probably right. Nothing lasts forever, even gods. Some day, I will die and then the multiverse will fall apart again. That seems just as likely as anything else.” Loki stops for a moment and then nods, a sad smile on his face. “I have been. It is part of the reason I feel badly. I should be trying much harder to leave this place, but I have found many things, and people I like here and I do not want to leave. I suppose that is typical though, isn’t it? Never could say I’m not selfish. Thank you though. I do appreciate the attempt to help me feel better about all of this.”