From being an Abandoned who had rarely left the Hollowed Grounds, to embracing the call of adventure, to dying and being reborn first as an Ascended and then as an Ancient, Maea has gone through quite the amount of changes in her life. One thing remains common, though, in her attempts to find out just where she belongs; she’s always had a craving for knowledge which has brought her to so many places and to meet so many people here in Caido. We can’t wait to see what else is in store for her!
Congratulations, Maea!
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Court of the Fallen was created in October of 2018 by Odd, Honey, and Crooked.
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Oh, Remi. You paid so much attention to the sky. If only you'd been looking below...
Looking at her compass, Alina wills see that the needle is pointing more south than west.
Remi and Ronin both feel the sandstorm stinging at their eyes once more, but the sharp pain is nothing compared to the hell that may yet come.
Under the surface of the sand a rumbling has begun, and before any of you have a chance to react a great, dark figure appears from the sand, its massive jaws gaping and snapping at the Dark Star and his nimbus. Fortunately for Ronin the relentless winds shove him and his nimbus just out of reach, and the rows of teeth close on nothing but sand and dust.
For now.
Your randomly assigned order is: Ronin, Alina, Remi
The wind buffets Ronin, who is HIT
The wind buffets Alina, who RESISTS
The wind buffets Remi, who is HIT
Remi suffers MILD HALLUCINATIONS for two more rounds
"I'm not sure he's ever alright," Ronin mutters to Alina honestly, though there's a smile in his voice that can only be heard. To Remi, he sends a hint of confusion and maybe a little concern. Are you saying there are dragons out here? he asks his husband - before a landshark tries to take a bite out of him.
His alarm will thrum hard through the Attuned bond, and he barks out "Hold on!" to Alina just as the nimbus is buffeted to one side. Wincing against the harsh conditions but able to spy the land shark (how the fuck can you miss it), Ronin directs his nimbus higher and slows down a bit.
Land shark! he calls to Remi. Around him, celestial light appears, and he directs the starbolts down towards the creature beneath them.
Ronin calls a warning to Remi and shoots starbolts at the landshark!
Magic: Shooting Stars | The user may summon celestial energy as a projectile. Control is excellent, and multiple projectiles may be created at once.
Type: Light | Rank: Mastered
Grunting at Ronin's explanation, Alina just shrugged. As the compass needle began to shift, though, she frowned. "We're headed mostly south," she informed Ronin. However, her eyes soon strayed past him to watch Remi. Wings still tucked tightly into her body, she peered at the manticore as he tried to gain some altitude.
Of course, then everything seemed to start to fall apart: the landshark appeared and jumped up towards the cloud. Fumbling, she put away the compass and gripped the cloud as directed. Then, with hands made clumsy through their coverings, Alina took out her bow and arrow. She nocked it and tried to fire it at the beast, though she was pretty sure all she'd do was annoy it. However, she didn't have many other options.
Alina stays on the cloud, keeping her wings tight to her body. She tells Ronin they're headed southwest, then takes out her bow and tries to shoot the landshark when it appears. Her entire body except for her wings are covered in cloth and her eyes are covered by goggles.
Animals know to respect you. During PQ/PQ+/KQs/Drops, animals roll with disadvantage against you. (In order to use this, make sure to note the ability at the bottom of each post)
11-10-2020, 04:21 PM (This post was last modified: 11-19-2020, 04:49 PM by Remi.)
REMI
the lullaby
walk me home in the dead of night
I'm saying there's a Jata out here. Remi sings back, his voice more musical for the hallucinogens sweetly singing through his veins. Indeed he continues to see the Governor swanning through the storm. Despite the sand stinging at his eyes, the manticore roars a greeting. Nice weather we're having. He calls to absolutely no one at all, sounding quite chipper.
As Ronin calls Land Shark! the Lullaby just chuckles through the bond, his senses dulled and soothed by the poison in his system. How predictable. Remi chimes back, unaware of his husband and Alina's near-miss with the beast.
Shifting back into his body though retaining his wings so that he might use his magic against the creature, Remi flies above the nimbus using Ronin's star bolts like a target through the storm. Sending the ghost of his manticore shift down toward the ground, the massive beast will try and collide its body with the landshark once it rises again.
Remi chats with hallucinogenic@Jata, shifts back into his body while keeping his wings, and sends his manticore-shape toward the landshark to try and do cold/poison damage.
Magic: Ghost Shape | Can summon the ghostly echoes of his former shifts (lion, raccoon, octopus), non-mythical creatures in his current biome, and a manticore. These will last for 3 post per thread, cause fear and cold damage; the manticore ghost can also cause poison damage.
Type: Dark | Rank: Mastered
because i can't be alone with all that's on my mind
Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!
Speaks with a thick Italian accent.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
Is it Jata? Is it anything? Whatever dragon Remi is chasing makes absolutely no reply. Down below, however, the landshark drops back beneath the surface of the hard earth - though not before taking a blazing burst of damage from Ronin's starbolts. Unfortunately for Alina it disappears before her arrow can land.
And when it reemerges a second later, there is the massive ghost manticore, a perfect target for a furious beast. With a weird unsettling howl it surges back up, dark teeth snapping around the ghostly figure. They do no damage, but instead the shark itself convulses in cold and pain, thrashing back onto the ground and vanishing into the dust.
Meanwhile, Ronin's nimbus continues to be spun around by the wind. This time it is he who smacks into a cactus, its long spines pricking him gently through his shirt- but ah, that's enough. Just like his husband the Dark Star will begin to see things that aren't there, though in his case they are more convincing, less dancing shadow and more detailed spectre.
If there is one silver lining to be found, it is that off to the south a four-legged figure appears. The creature is one Remi and Ronin may recognize as a qilin, though a different color from Amalia. Like a mirage it ripples and flickers, brightly lit against the storm. Before you can be sure it's there it turns and strides into the wind.
Will you follow it? Stay and fight the landshark? Continue pushing west?
Your randomly assigned order is: Ronin, Alina, Remi
The wind buffets Ronin, who is HIT. He blows back into a dream cactus, and suffers HALLUCINATIONS. These will last three turns unless healed.
The wind buffets Alina, who RESISTS
The wind buffets Remi, who is HIT
Remi suffers MILD HALLUCINATIONS for one more round.
Ronin attacks the landshark and HITS
Alina attacks the landshark and MISSES
Remi's ghost manticore attacks the landshark and HITS
The landshark attacks the ghost manticore and MISSES
Oh this is going swimmingly. Spinning and dazzled and hearing Remi have a conversation with absolutely no one at all, Ronin is trying to heed Alina's words and straighten up enough that she can advise them which way is west, when cactus spines prang him through his coat and other protections. "Ow," he announces; somewhere behind him (or above? below?) a landshark howls, and his husband does battle.
Before he can decide to finish off the creature, making sure it can't come after them again, something else catches his eye. It isn't Jata, it isn't a qilin... it isn't even an it. It's a them. People. Swathes of them, marching forlornly across the sand. There are people down there, in the dust storm, he whispers through the Attuned bond to Remi, utter terror in his voice. "We have to save them."
Giving Alina no warning this time, the Star drops into a freefall with his nimbus, trying to get close to the ground so he can corral the suffering wanderers.
Ronin hallucinates that there are people wandering the desert below, and tries to save them.
Alina growled as her arrow missed and the landshark dove. Thankfully, it seemed occupied by the spirit beast or whatever it was that had suddenly appeared that looked like Remi's shift. Putting away the bow and arrow, she watched the other strange creature that had appeared in the sandstorm, some weird mix and match critter that she had no name for.
Then everything got even worse. Ronin hit a cactus of all things and started acting strangely. Narrowing her eyes at him, she put her bow away. "Save who?" she shouted, to be heard above the wind and hopefully by Remi.
Then she shrieked as they started to plunge. "Ronin no. Stop. There's nothing down to save." She grabbed his shirt and clung to it, hunkering down, keeping her wings in, and trying not to topple off the nimbus. "Remi, a little help? Something's wrong with Ronin!" Seeing the approaching groun reached out with her minimal magic, prepping a spell. If the landshark reappears, she would try to flash lights and blast sounds at it in the hopes of distracting it from landing another attack.
Alina asks Remi for help and clings to Ronin, pulling her wings in tight. If the landshark reappears, she will to distract the landshark from attacking by using her glamour to make bright lights and loud noises. Her entire body except for her wings are covered in cloth and her eyes are covered by goggles.
Base Illusion: Can create minor sensory effects within a 5ft radius
Type: Grey | Rank: Basic
Animals know to respect you. During PQ/PQ+/KQs/Drops, animals roll with disadvantage against you. (In order to use this, make sure to note the ability at the bottom of each post)
11-11-2020, 11:00 PM (This post was last modified: 11-19-2020, 04:49 PM by Remi.)
REMI
the lullaby
walk me home in the dead of night
Listen, if this is about what happened at the beach...do you want to talk about it? Is it about being Governor? Remi has no idea why the normally upfront and verbose Flood is now suddenly taunting him, and then ignoring his calls.
Cocking an ear away from hallucinaJata toward Ronin, the alchemist turns his gaze down below. Amidst the monochromatic storm he catches sight of the qilin. However jumbled as his mind is, the shape of it brightly calls to him, his eyes not responding quickly enough before his mind is already made up. It's fine. Amalia is with them. Look— He points toward the qilin, just as the storm swallows her up again.
Alina's concerns only distantly wind their way into Remi's thoughts. Ronin looks fine to him. Drop dead-gorgeous, infact. Gods if he doesn't love a man on a cloud. "What do you mean?" He calls back unhelpfully, as hallucinaJata passes behind the fae, earning a glare from the alchemist.
Below, the ghost!manticore continues a slow prowl, ready to pounce upon the landshark should it show its face again.
The ghost!manticore readies itself for the landshark again. Remi tells Ronin that the people in the storm are with Amalia.
because i can't be alone with all that's on my mind
Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!
Speaks with a thick Italian accent.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
11-13-2020, 05:56 PM (This post was last modified: 11-13-2020, 05:56 PM by Random Event.)
The wind continues to howl, and thing spin out of control.
Ronin flies his cloud towards ground, where the crowd of helpless figures is imagined, but beneath which the landshark is very real. It's been tracking you, and now it surges up once more, leaving a fine mist of red blood interspersed among the sand. Wicked teeth snap at the pair on the nimbus; Alina 's distraction muddles it enough to keep it from biting the Dark Star, but the fae herself is less fortunate. Its jaw clutches onto her leg, cutting deep and threatening to take the whole thing off.
It might have, too, but then the manticore is on it. The ghostly apparition grabs the shark by its fin before it can fully close its jaw, yanking it off the Fae. With a terrible howl the creature places one massive paw upon the shark's abdomen, raising its tail high. Before the storm becomes too thick you see it bring the barbed end down. There can be no doubt that the shark is dead.
Remi has been tossed around by the wind again. No longer in manticore form, he finds himself flung into a cactus once again, the spines sticking in deeper this time. Instead of fading his hallucinations will become more severe. Oops.
The storm has picked up, decreasing your visibility significantly. Thanks to Ronin's glow Remi can make out him and Alina, though the same cannot be said in the other direction. Ahead the shaky silhouette of the qilin stands half-obscured, throwing her head in a clear indication to follow before stepping deeper into the storm.
Your randomly assigned order is: Ronin, Alina, Remi
The wind buffets Ronin, who RESISTS. He will suffer HALLUCINATIONS for two more rounds.
The wind buffets Alina, who RESISTS
The wind buffets Remi, who is HIT. He blows back into a dream cactus, and suffers HALLUCINATIONS. These will last three turns unless healed.
The landshark attacks Ronin and MISSES
The landshark attacks Alina and HITS
Remi's ghost manticore attacks the landshark and HITS
Ronin hears sharks and sees people, and also what looks like a weirdly coloured Amalia in the distance. He can also smell the copper sharp tang of blood, the Star shaking his head sharply as if trying to clear the fog in his mind. But that doesn't work, not even slightly, and he hisses out a sigh as the nimbus slows and touches to the ground. "I don't like it out here any more. There are too many people," he grumbles, turning only to see that Alina is covered in blood.
"Oh, fuck," he remarks, blue eyes flicking up to spot what he thinks is the shadow of the dragon Remi said he saw earlier. "Ohhhh. Sunjata. We'll be alright after all." He smiles and points, before suddenly remembering the state of the Fae. "Hold on," he mumbles, shoving up his sleeve to reveal an arm tattooed with constellations. Pressing his fingers to what he instinctively knows as Virgo, he summons the celestial figure to offer a healing touch to Alina.
Ronin hallucinates a dragon and tries to heal Alina in between worrying about all these people in the storm!
Type: Light
Shackles of the Virgin: Summons the Virgo Constellation for one post. The constellation is semi-transparent and appears as a beautiful celestial figure. May heal at a Basic level. Exists as a constellation-tattoo when not in use, but manifests in golden shackles when used.
As the landshark boiled up from the ground, Alina unleashed her paltry magic at it. Then she howled in outrage and pain as its teeth sank into her leg. Thankfully, the spirit critter came to do battle and actually managed to slay the shark, which was one less thing to worry about. Too bad she had a lot more to deal with.
Gritting her teeth against the agony, she took a deep breath. "I don't see any people." Raising her voice, she yelled, glaring right back at Remi. "He's seeing things, people, that aren't there. Including someone named...Sun...yadda?" Her tongue tripped over the unfamiliar sound. As the Dark Star rolled up his sleeve, she hunkered down again, keeping her wings pressed against her body.
She pointed at the shadowy figure of the mix-and-match critter. "Why don't we follow that thing?" she shouted at both men. With that, she pressed down on her wound, trying to staunch the bleeding.
Alina suggests they follow the qilin. She stays on the cloud and keeps her wings tight. Her entire body except for her wings are covered in cloth and her eyes are covered by goggles.
Animals know to respect you. During PQ/PQ+/KQs/Drops, animals roll with disadvantage against you. (In order to use this, make sure to note the ability at the bottom of each post)
11-13-2020, 06:35 PM (This post was last modified: 11-19-2020, 04:50 PM by Remi.)
REMI
the lullaby
walk me home in the dead of night
'No, Sunjata is definitely here!' The alchemist calls back just as he's hurtled down and toward another cactus. It stings, the needles pressing through his clothing and into his skin once again. The small bites of pain aren't the real worry though, as his hallucinations deep once again. Sunjata's dragon form is now accompanied by another, one pale white with blue eyes. The Lullaby growls under his breath, not pleased to see Jigano here. But of course in the middle of a sand storm, he doesn't quite have the time to ask the Sage just where the fuck he's been.
Amalia! Remi calls into the storm, shifting back into his manticore body now that his magic wasn't needed. With ears flat against his skull and his eyes narrowed to slits, Remi will try and take the lead, using his larger body to act as a sand-barrier for Ronin and Alina.
Remi sees Jigano as well as Sunjata as a dragon! What fun.
He shifts into a manticore and hovers in front of Ronin and Alina to protect them from the winds as they fly forward after "Amalia".
because i can't be alone with all that's on my mind
Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!
Speaks with a thick Italian accent.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
The glittering figure always seems able to keep just at the edge of your visible range, shining like a beacon in the storm. Together you follow, and as you do you can feel the force of the gale winds fading, the elements still obnoxiously present but unable to shove you off course.
Through the whipping dust you begin to see a looming, motionless... structure? A cave, perhaps, with an opening wide enough for you to enter (in human form). The qilin seems confident, looking back at you before slipping into the mouth of the cave and into the dark safety within. Will you follow her?
Your randomly assigned order is: Ronin, Alina, Remi
The wind buffets Ronin, who RESISTS. He will suffer HALLUCINATIONS for one more rounds.
The wind buffets Alina, who RESISTS
The wind buffets Remi, who RESISTS. He will suffer HALLUCINATIONS for two more rounds.
Fucking hell, are they still doing this? Ronin is distracted by his own constellation, the beaty of the celestial figure snagging his focus for longer than should be necessary. It's only Remi's cry of Amalia! that has him looking over his shoulder, squinting through the dust - and as he does, the Virgo figure fades from sight, her work done. He just about catches the qilin, noddiing at Alina and making sure he is still, in fact, sitting on the nimbus. And that she is too.
"Ama!" he calls as well, urging the cloud across the grounds amongst the dragon and all the people. Alina will experience it as Ronin weaving and trying to dodge around obstacles that aren't there, but... well. That's the price you pay for bumping into a cactus that causes hallucinations, apparently. The mouth of the cave is in reach, and unless the Star is stopped, he's headed straight for it.
