Nightwing descended down the dumbwaiter, and it was Lisandru's intention to look--just to see where the heretic was gone, to confirm whether this was or wasn't safe for Prisma to take them barreling down--but instead he saw dark wispy tendrils shoot out of the bottom of the barrel and latch onto the weird disturbing flirtatious faun and drag her down the dumbwaiter.
Lisandru lept back on instinct, starting with a, "We should go!" because honestly, they were just heretics and he was totally fine with leaving them if that meant he didn't have to go wherever down there was.
But then they wrapped around Prisma.
"Prisma! Get back!"
But she was lifted off the ground and in one fell swoop, pulled down the chute where the faun had disappeared to.
"PRISMA!"
In a moment of pure panic, Lisandru rushed forward, but found himself held back easily, Alister's arms wrapped around his back arm and yanking him backwards right onto his bottom.
"I NEED TO GET PRISMA!"
"You're not going down there, Lisandru."
"ALISTER! Did you see what just happened?! She could be in danger!"
"She's got those rabbit holes or whatever she calls them, right? Maybe she can just port away. But you're not going down there. We don't know what's down there and we're wise to stay away from those tendrils." Alister's voice was even and relatively calm, an odd match for Lisandru's current panic, and Lisandru looked back at him with a quirked brow as if questioning why he seemed so calm about this. Catching the hint, Alister just shrugged, before looking back at the weird chute.
"What are you gonna do anyway, flail at the darkness?" At this, he chuckled quietly at his own joke. "Just glad it's not us." He glanced over to the rakshasha in the room, that red-and-purple one. "Hey, we should get out of here."
Lisandru, still stuck on the floor, reached out helplessly towards the chute.
Where had she gone...?
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Strawberri Stardust
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Granny Smith
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 5:55 am
Eleora: Children's Bedroom 1 Eruza: 2nd Bedroom Diona: Attic Storage Room Spitfire: Main Hall
Eleora breathed a sigh of relief as the teddy bear was freed from her face. Now to get out of this room, and probably out of the house too! This was not what Eleora had signed up for. Okay, maybe she had... but she hadn't expected it to be like this. As she went to flee for the door, she couldn't help but hear the screams of the other pae in the room with her. Eleora paused watching as the other was slipping into a hole of darkness. She was too stunned in fear to do any act of rescue, and she had to get herself out of here! That probably just goes to the room below us... right? Trying to convince herself that this was true wasn't working though.
Eleora froze again as the toys turned towards her. For crying out loud! The flutter turned to flying, there was no way she was going to walk through all those toys (seriously, had there been this many toys in the room before?) and get dragged down like the mean pae had been. The flying proved to ill effect though because the toys just piled up on top of each other to block off the door and reach her foot. She fluttered her wings as hard as she could, but as soon as one of the dark tendrils of the hole touched her... well it was all downhill from there... literally. "No!!!!!" Eleora cried out, still hoping that someone would hear her cries and dash to her rescue, but her cries were quickly muffled as well. Like Zaden before her, she was gone.
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Eruza followed Estra to the dresser. "Yes..." he agreed thoughtfully. This house held a large amount of pae in it for the party as it was. How many actually lived here... or had lived here. He wandered over to the closet, leaving Estra's side. The male went through the clothes that was hanging up. It seemed like it had been a while since the clothes was touched. If someone did currently live here, there things were certainly being invaded without much thought given. Eruza didn't even think about the item belonging to someone as he pulled out a dress that caught his eye. "I think this would look lovely on you." He said with a corner grin.
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Diona's eyes widened when the other female called her smart. That... was something she had never been called. No, definitely not. It was a word that would potentially tarnish her reputation as a tipsy bartender, however the other female seemed to dig it, so Diona went along with it. She was trying out this whole... being a good mother thing... perhaps she could try out being thoughtful.
Diona's smile widened as the female grabbed her hand to run the rest of the way up the stairs. This was exciting! The excitement feeling went away as they reached the attic. There was just something creepy about attics. Diona squeezed Ophelia's hand tighter. "Yes... if I was looking to cause trouble and needed someplace to hide, this would be a good place." She said peering around the room. "Hello?" Diona called out, there was a mild shake to her voice as she did. Diona moved forward, not letting go of Ophelia hand, peering around the stacks of boxes and... junk... that filled the storage room to see if anyone was hiding.
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Finishing her natural acts in the bathroom, Spitfire head back out into the party, uncertain what she wanted to do next. When she came out the first thing she saw was the dancing shadows. How could you miss them? Her eyes moved up to watch them dancing above her as she moved further out into the main hall. What was in that drink she had? When the door burst open, Spitfire's eyes jumped there. Seeing the shadows that seemed to be taking the party by storm, Spitfire took a step back towards the restroom. "What the heck is going on here?" There hadn't been any of these strange shadows in the bathroom... and since the entrance was currently being blocked off by a ... shadow army (?!), what else was she supposed to do!
Skógur flicked his tail in agitation, he did not like this. He was not sure if the fae wanted everyone gone, or just him and trelos as they seemed to be the only demons. Turning to the two in the room who could not hear the voice, the rakshasha repeated the words the fae had just spoken. "He" The feline like demon gestured to the fae in his hand as he spoke. "said 'Be gone, demons. You have been warned.' " He paused for a moment unsure of what to do. "Forgive me for stepping on you earlier, I did not know what you where. Do you happen to know who invited us here?" The warning made him nervous but he wanted to see what the others would do first, and maybe see if he could learn something from the angry fae.
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((OOC: sorry this is so late Dx)
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 8:19 am
to the Catwalk
K'nai watched the mask and feathers float around mid air for a few moments until they all fell to the ground and the wailing became worse. Seems the faun's idea hadn't pleased the kid, neither did his offer, and that only seemed to upset the Rak more. "That's enough, I want out! This house is insane even for my tastes!" he spat, going over to try at the door again, when things....changed?
He glanced over at the painting as it seemed to hoist itself into the fauns arms, the child urging her to leave because of something coming. K'nai snorted and hissed, wondering why the brat hadn't been concerned about him, but the Rak had little time to think about it. The door on the opposite end had slammed itself open and the faun was now tugging him out the door. He made to jerk his hand back, but she had already let go and was fleeing for her own safety. He snorted in disgust, cracking a small amused smirk, but what caught the corner of his eye intrigued him more.
As he moved farther onto the cat walk, he began to see what was going on below. Darkness, save for moonlight, and spirits dancing, seemingly without a care. Other's rushing in from the door with weapons armed. And some crazed fae with a.... was that a sword?! Chuckling darkly, K'nai's face lit up as he peered down over the railing more. "I retract my previous statement.......now THIS is a party!" he grinned maliciously, all fangs bared in his crazed grin as he laughed loudly.
((popped into my head while typing, had to post it >,> )
The red and white painted stallion had been so focused on the shadows at the dance floor. He had been almost paralyzed, watching them go about their business as if the rest of the pae in attendance didn't even exist. Slowly their dancing began to rise up off the floor and they seemed to be hovering about the heads of the others. His attention was only shifted when he felt someone bump into him.
Reaching out, he felt for his little sister, turning his gaze now towards the door as even more shadows began to pile in, this time carrying what looked like weapons. "Oh great apple jam! What kind of party even is this?!" he gasped, trying to yank Sapphire back as she tried to talk back to the shadows.
Could shadows even hurt living pae?
He wasn't going to stand around and find out.
Reaching around for DJ, he grabbed hold of his brother and tried to meanuver the small group in the dark. "Mighty brave of ye sis, but I'm thinkin its time we find Granneh and be gettin' out' here." he fussed, though turning and taking a step the wrong way, one hoof bumping into the apple barrel, causing the red stallion to lose his balance and fall right into the tub of water.
Seruta
for DJ
EvilSilverDragon
Rose
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 10:23 pm
CHIMNEY ROOM
At the request for forgiveness, the faerie simply snorted at Skógur, giving him a succinct version of what he was willing to forgive him for--that was to say, nothing at all. Skógur's attempt at asking questions was met with a cool expression, about as lacking in warmth as the hand Skógur was holding was.
"Yes."
That apparently didn't mean he was willing to give the full scoop, though. Instead, he just tilted his head, watching for a moment.
Then, almost robotic, he snapped to attention and declared, much louder this time, "BE GONE!"
If the rakshasha looked around themselves carefully, they may have noticed tendrils starting to snake up from the ground...
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 1:25 am
CHIMNEY ROOM
Trelos looked back and forth between the non raks in the room and his kindred. "I think I am inclined to leave as we are being requested" he says loudly when he notices the tendrels. He backs towards the door pullin Ahi with him and motioning the other to follow "dont you agree skogur" he was avoiding saying anything about the tendrels to the others who couldnt see them
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Calendula
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 3:45 am
CHIMNEY ROOM
"Agreed, Trelos" He responded his fur starting to stand on end as he watched the tendrils. Releasing the fae from his hand, which was uncomfortably cold by now. Skógur carefully moved closer to Calendula. "This way Mi'lady" Following the other rak's lead he was hoping he could lead her around the tendrils and out of the room without telling her they where there.
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 5:15 am
Main Hall
Sapphire Rose's scolding of the shadows was ineffectual at best. Her finger wagging went nigh unnoticed, not a single shadow stopping to look at her --
That was, until one suddenly zoomed in front of the three of them and stayed, for a moment. Black as pitch, what was standing in front of them was truly a shadow, inky like nighttime and featureless as an endless abyss. It did not speak, for it had no lips, and it did not look, for it had no eyes.
It pushed out a hand, then, towards Sapphire Rose, before zooming towards her --
And blipping right by the three of them, charging towards the hors d'oeuvres as if it had never noticed the words of the young teen faun in the first place.
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EvilSilverDragon
Sapphire Rose
Fea Line
Red Gemseed
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 5:33 am
DJ - Main Hall heading outside! because NOPE!
DJ wasn't about to let the two lose grip of him. The shadows were scary enough!
But then they started... dancing?
His nerves began to settle and he quickly found himself getting lost in their gracious sways. That is... until the army came bursting through the door.
He gasped softly, wanting to clasp a hand over Rose's mouth but found himself unmoving. It wasn't until Red mentioned something that DJ nodded.
"Yeah - we should probably go and find her.... fast...."
He turned his gaze towards where he remembered seeing Granny dart up stairs, but the darkness around them didn't aid in finding them. He lifted a hoof to move, but quickly found himself frozen again as a shadow came for his sister!
In the flash that it charged, he darted to place himself between the shadow and Rose, hoping to take a blow for her... however, he blinked in surprise when nothing came. Tilting his head behind them, he saw the shadow go after the food.
"Oh Good!" he breathed, forcing his heart back down into his chest. "DadSaidGrannyCanTakeCareOfHerself. Let'sGo!!"
His words had come out in one long string of a ramble and he quickly grabbed Rose's and Red's wrists, tugging them towards the door.
Morena: Crawlspace Sapphire Rose: Main Hall by the exit
Watching the light, the fea sat calmly. Whatever it was would get to her in these tight spaces so there was no need to get excited. Blue eyes squinted in the dark still searching for the source of the light. That’s when the scratches on the wall became visible.
For a time she tried to figure them out. The first one she guessed as some form of Mommy maybe. The M, R, and N were fairly easy to see. Was it her name on the wall? No, impossible. With things scratched out here and there it was very unlikely she was even seeing the letters properly.
Feeling like she was in front of a comet. Her distraction came to a crashing in when the sped up light rudely blinded her! Her! How dare whatever that was blind her?! All she could do was blink in the darkness as there wasn’t even light to help her eyes readjust. Something was going to pay!
Between the source of the steps in one direction and the voice in the other, there was a real debate. Partially she wanted to stay right where she was and face down whatever was making the ruckus. The desire for revenge over the thing that blinded her overruled. Gritting her teeth she picked up her dress as best she could to start and crawl down the crawlspace towards where the light originally came from. Along the very awkward path, she found the kunai. It wasn’t doing near the job she needed it to on her dress in an attempt to shred it in order to make things easier for her. Even though it failed, it was unique so she took it with her moving down the crawlspace the opposite direction from the foot stomping behind her. This was not a retreat, this was picking the fight that was more personal. Nothing could stand in this crawl space so what did heavy foot stomping matter to her? *******************
Glaring at the shadow, she stomped her hoof as they completely disregarded her. She heard her brothers, one ear going back in the direction of either one when they talked, but still felt the urge to speak up for the weapon shadows. It made no sense why they didn’t just turn around and leave after she told them too!
Then one of them seemed to approach her. She could see it moving, though it made no sound. There was a moment she was sure her heart stopped. The Shadows couldn’t harm her, they weren’t real. She reminded herself of this while unable to move. It was then, before it could get to where it could touch her, that suddenly she was seeing red. Her big brother had stepped in! Braver with him there, she truly intended to try another telling off when Red said they needed to get Grannie, DJ seemed to have the same idea wanting to leave with their grandmother before he decided she could take care of herself.
That was true, Grannie was one of the toughest mares ever! Before she could protest, she really noticed Red’s predicament. Pulling against her other brother she protested, “We have to get Red out of the barrel!” Not a chance she could do it on her own. That didn’t stop her from taking one of Red’s hands and pulling, bracing her hooves against the barrel. “Dj, help me get Red out.” In the moment, the shadows were nonexistent. All she was concerned about was her big brother. Later, this was going the be a riot.
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Morena in the crawl space, and Shadows that wouldn't obey a teen for Sapphire
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Red
Seruta
DJ-loven the Nope!!
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:29 pm
Dining room -> Second floor stairs
The harpy only let go of Louhi's hand once they had managed to open the door, and even then it was simply to slam it closed behind her. Glancing around, she looked for something to perhaps force it to remain as such, but in the absence of such a thing she instead started to briskly walk away.
"Come with me."
Though her voice was commanding, it was deceptive to her actual emotions. Where were they actually going? Passing by the office, she made no motion to enter the rooms on either side of her. Instead, to the stairs she went, and in the stairs she stood. Looking to the demon, she nearly cracked a smile as she commented, "What do you suppose was the matter with them?" For all the rushing adrenaline, she sounded strangely normal.
Amasis
Library
Glancing up silently as the other pair left as quickly as they had come, her eyes nearly glaring at them, urging them to go. "Well... That was fast." she commented, not entirely to him, but not necessarily to herself either. "Dun't sweat it; other than m' daughter, I haven't seen any others in many seasons..." Oh yeah, she had two daughters... no matter... Not like the second was useful in any case. Giving him a light pat on the shoulder, she walked away a few steps before turning around to look at him, hand on her hip in the generic tsundere fashion. "Let's see how large this room actually is." She probably would have referred to it as a library if she knew the term.
"C'mon, it can't be that big, right? Maybe there'sa nicer place 'n the back."
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 6:37 pm
Crawl Space
A dark and husky whisper accompanied the footsteps. "Mo -- reeee --- naaa"
".... come back to me." The words seemed to take form, no longer sounding like a whisper in the dark. It was a voice Morena might even recognize. It was remarkably similar to Victor's.
Ahead of her, where Morena scrambled to reach the light source another whisper; softer and more feminine, but also afraid. "Don't let him get me! Help me!"
(( Morena now has a choice, and Ru, you get to decide her fate. She can continue on and 'save' the girl and become possessed by a lost fae girl's spirit which will sometimes take over so she can search for her lost family, leading Morena astray. She'll seek out the companionship of other children, and she'll feel a kindred spirit with the children born of this event. She'll want her mommy most of all. She is also full of hate towards those that did this to her family, so even glimpses of shadows that remind her of the big feathered wings she last saw while alive will trigger her rage. This possession is not permanent, but it will require either a notice or related shop event to cure.
Her other choice is to face the phantasm that is approaching from behind. Her fate will be the same as Zaden, Eleora, Nightwing, Granny Smith and Prisma should she let the dark tendrils reach her. She will be consumed and dragged into the dark abyss. She'll be unplayable for the rest of this event RP.))
EvilSilverDragon
Morena
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:10 am
Crawl Space
She paused her movements when she heard what sounded remarkably like her name. Shifting to sit back on her heels, the green fae looked over her shoulder back to where she had come. There was no way it was her name, this had to be her mind playing tricks on her. Then, then she heard it more clearly. It spoke to something within her, memories of another time.
Even now years since, she could remember building the home she shared with her one time lover. She remembered being free, feeling more alive. Feeling loved too. The shadows made a mistake, whatever was trying to pull at her picked the wrong shadow to pull from her past. Her heart had once belonged to Mo and Lethia but never to Victor. With a shiver she challenged the disembodied voice, "I never belonged to you." Defiant blue eyes attempted to pierce the darkness but failed to do so. She still expected to see the other male.
No, she needed to find a place where she could stand and fight!
The second voice was clearer. Sounded like a young female to her. It wasn't the female voice she expected after what she had just heard. Not in the least altruistic, she had no intent of exactly saving the the other. The shadows, oh those had to pay for her predicament.
It had been a long while since she raised children, but still remembered how to put on the 'mom' voice and get them to do what she wanted, "Shh, Morena is here. You don't have to be afraid of him. He needs to be afraid of me! We'll help each other, now." It wasn't the quickest going in the world but the Fae continued towards where the light had been, the source of the sounds. Light would be good, it was easier to fight with light. If the voice could get her out of the crawl space where she could move around to fight, then the shadows would know why they hide!
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After struggling with this one, gonna go with saving the child.
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 9:02 am
EVERYONE
It was strange, really, that the shadows seemed utterly uninterested in doing anything to the pae there, all crowding around the food table and trying to get some of it for themselves. Others appeared to be dancing themselves, perhaps to the beat of their own terrible rhythm.
But one thing remained.
The main hall was dark and eerie, and it was spreading from the bottom to the top, and from the top to the bottom, tendrils reaching out from the attic and grabbing vaguely at anything in their general direction, reaching towards the stairs and eventually down, or up from the floor, swirling through the other floors.
The house was becoming overwhelmed with the sense of cold and dread, ice forming over their collective hearts as they may have tried to escape.
It was nearly oppressive.
The shadows began to blend into the background, becoming just part of the scenery, or what little there was left around them, the shadows bleeding into each other and taking over everything eye could see.
Throughout the mansion, it sounded as if it was right against their ears, all of them, the sinister cackle that seemed to take just too much delight in what everyone was suffering through. It grew louder, and louder, earpiercing and heartchilling.
