Key Quest never will I forsake you


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It begins, as all things dark and macabre begin, in the dead of night.

Howling through the walls and windows, rattling beneath floorboards, chittering along pillars of marble.

A drizzle that has become a hard rain masks it, at first, battering against the Trinity Temple and its hallowed halls, but given enough time, no longer can it be ignored.

Screaming. Something within the temple is screaming, and it sounds absolutely terrified.



Welcome to the Key Quest.

This KQ is open to:

1. Characters of any level (within reason - don't be stupid and die, and pay attention to your level)
2. Residents of Stormbreak! If you are not a resident of Stormbreak, your opening post must specify how it is you've realistically made it to the city.

There are 4 open slots:

1. Anju
2. Remi
3. Seraphina
4. Lena

You have 48 hours to post your character arriving outside the Trinity Temple! So that nothing is missed, please include a quick summary at the bottom of your post, including any items that you're bringing with you.

REMEMBER: KQs are rewarding, but dangerous. They may cause death and/or permanent changes to your characters - join at your own risk!
Anju Rao
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#2
Anju

It begins at night. It's lucky then that night is when Anju is most active.

The Temple is not a normal pitstop for her, but it is a common building to pass by on her normal route. Riya flies ahead, a spot of gold in the moonlight, winging to and fro. It is she that hears the first cries, her far more sensitive hearing catching the screaming from within the weathered walls. Alarm flies across their bond, and Anju's feet stutter at the suddenness of it all, dark hair flying as she whips her head to find her sister.

There's no hesitation to her reaction as she sprints down the stone path, already pulling her trusty sword from where it is eternally sheathed to her back. Riya is swanning down ahead of her, throwing herself bodily into the doors to try and bash them open before Anju arrives seconds behind her, kicking out at it. Better to have a heavy-handed approach and regret it than leave someone to suffer in her opinion. "Who's there?!" Anju hollers as she does, praying whoever is screaming is even in a fit state to answer.

- - -


Riya throws herself against the doors and Anju comes behind to kick them open, yelling inside.

She brings her sword, throwing daggers, and light training armor (and Riya of course).
I am a kamikaze
Lonelier than a patriarch labeled liar
Remi Taliesin
the Bastion


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#3
wild in the silence; no way to make it right
Both men sit upright in bed as the echoes of screams ring out into the night. The look they give each other is comically similar; here we go again. Only it can't be we, given the small body snuggled between them in bed. With a nod from the Star that's permission as much as a desire to go back to sleep, Remi nods, slithering out of bed as quietly as he can. It isn't necessary really, given how dead to the world Mateo is when he's asleep.

Having just tugged on a light jacket, the alchemist looks entirely unprepared to deal with the sounds coming from within the temple. Even so, breathless and empty-handed as he is, Remi is quite sure he's capable of handling whatever is inside. And so, rather than waiting around in the rain, the alchemist reaches out to tug open the doors that Anju has already forced open.



Remi arrives with just himself, and follows Anju inside.
THE ALCHEMIST
i’ve been chasin the storm of a lovesick lonely lie
Speaks with a thick Italian accent.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
Seraphina Magnus
The Artificer

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Seraphina
the artificer
working the goldfields on the high sierras
the early snow began to fall
Screams. She hears screams coming from the Temple. And if that isn’t the strangest thing she’s heard in some time, she doesn’t know what is. It’s dark out and she finds that if it weren’t for the lights that lined the street toward the Temple, she wouldn’t know exactly how she got there. Levi flies above her, keeping an eye on everything around them, and she spies others arriving at the Temple.

Her steps quicken, but she’s mostly unprepared, wearing clothes to block out the rain and nothing quite armored and protected, all she has is her quick wit and her crafter mind to help here. Others arrive and Sera remains a step back. Her dragon joins Anju’s near the doors, blowing air at it as if it might help keep the doors open.

Sera, meanwhile, is virtually useless, hands clenched at her sides. “How can I help?” She asks to anyone in particular, unsure how her skillset might work in an instance like this.



Sera arrives with herself and Levi! Levi tries to help blast some air to help them keep the doors open.

LEVIATHAN - Mythical - Dragon (Air Blast)
buried treasure for my darling
under redwood trees so tall
Lena Magnus
Celestine Caretaker

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#5
Lena
and sweetest in the gale is heard
and sore must be the storm
It was the screaming that alarmed her.

Lena, never one to leave an individual alone if they were hurt, scared, or broken, could hear it resonate deep from within the world – and she slipped away from her apartments in the dead of night, clutching over what little she could grab in her makeshift basket. Bandages. Spare clothing. A few candles. She was movement and motion across the wet cobblestones, desperate not to slip, not to fall. Not until she got to where she could hear the ambience of thunderous wakes.

Only to arrive well after some others, drenched and soused, panting from the exertion. The doors to the Temple were already opened, and she peered in, uncertain, unsure, following and trailing along Sera’s wake. “I’m here to help too.” In whatever capacity she could.

Hello? she called into the void, striving to utilize her abilities as best she could – uncertain if this was an animal, a friend, a foe, or something else altogether.

--

Lena arrives with herself and her basket of bandages, candles, and spare clothing! She follows Sera.

Lena tries to talk to whatever is screaming using her Attuned ability:
Can speak to rare creatures/companions/regular animals
that could abash the little bird
that kept so many warm


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There's a saying that's applicable here: Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

And whilst there are not likely to be any angels in the Trinity Temple (Caido is beyond such gaudy creations, though Vi might have a penchant or two), there are two fools. Two fools who are promptly thrown back out through the doors with a screech loud enough to cause a ringing in the ears.

Along with the noise, the doors promptly slam shut again, regardless of the efforts of any dragonlings to keep them open.

There is silence once more, but for the pounding of the rain, and then the screaming begins once more. Lower this time, more like a weeping, but with a definite edge of fear and horror about it. No Attuned abilities affect it whatsoever.

That went well, team. What next?



Anju and Remi have been attacked by an invisible force within the temple and have been thrown out! You will need to find a way to get inside - any future attempts to force the way in will be met by similar attacks.

Posting order is as follows:

Anju 37/51 HP
Remi 634/650 HP
Lena 60/60 HP
Seraphina 30/30 HP

You have 48 hours. So that nothing is missed, please include a quick summary at the bottom of your post, including any items or abilities you have used.
Anju Rao
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Anju

Alright well, can’t fault her for trying.

It’s a painful landing, but at least Riya is able to catch herself midair, wings snapping out and saving herself from the cold, rainy pavement. Anju isn’t so lucky. Scrapes from the cobblestone and a hard hit to the head aren’t enough to keep her down however, and she pulls herself off the ground with gritted teeth and a cold fire in her eyes.

”The windows,” she commands aloud for the sake of communicating her personal plan to the others regardless of their choices, and Riya obliges, keeping far enough away in case the concussive blast makes a reappearance as the dragon swoops down to the closest front window. A hot jet of fire is aimed at the window, and behind it flies one of Anju’s throwing daggers, hoping to shatter the glass from afar. No time to hesitate or question.

- - -

Riya shoots fire at the closest window, followed by Anju throwing a dagger to try and break it.
I am a kamikaze
Lonelier than a patriarch labeled liar
Remi Taliesin
the Bastion


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REMI
if you're not going to swim deep with me
Tossed unceremoniously back into the rain, had Remi ears capable of such, they'd be pinned against his skull. Ruffling a hand through his curls as he rights himself, he glances to his right to see at least one familiar face. "Artificer." He says with a cheerful smile, as if he hadn't just been attacked by an invisible something.

Watching Anju attack the windows, the alchemist frowns, though not disapprovingly. 'Care for a lift?' He asks with a nod toward Seraphina, as he shifts into his manticore form. Regardless of whether or not she accepts, Remi will fly up to the matching window on the other side of the door from where Anju is, scouring it with his talons to shatter it that they might enter that way.



Remi offers Sera a ride and then shifts. He goes to try and break one of the windows on the opposite side of the door from Anju.

Remoodles feats:

Magic: Kindred Spirit (Feat) | Spirit-attacks have disadvantage against him
Type: Dark | Rank: Basic

Magic: FEAT: Aint Afraid of No Ghost | Has advantage against spirit-based creatures.
Type: Light | Rank: Basic

get out of my waters


Coding base by Sky!
Speaks with a thick Italian accent.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
Lena Magnus
Celestine Caretaker

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Lena
and sweetest in the gale is heard
and sore must be the storm
And here was where Lena immediately felt useless.

Nothing talked back to her; but the weeping was present, confined and remaining locked and chorded away. “I don’t know what it is,” she murmured to anyone listening – struck numb and dumb as Anju and her dragon worked in tandem, and the unfamiliar man went sailing along as a massive beast.

And she was nervous for her sister, and everyone around them.

While the rest could plunge along the windows, the youth was forced to stay put. What if only the main doors were effected? Big churches and temples often had other means of getting in, right? "I'll go see if I can find another door!" She shouted into the rain, uncertain if anyone heard her.

So she hastened along the sides of the building, attempting to find another means of entry.

--

Lena looks for another entry point along the building!
that could abash the little bird
that kept so many warm
Seraphina Magnus
The Artificer

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Seraphina
the artificer
working the goldfields on the high sierras
the early snow began to fall
They go flying and Sera remains there with her sister, quite easily, and if it weren’t for Remi and his greeting — a worried smile sent back to him — she’d have uselessly continued staring at the doors that prevented them from entering. But thank gods for the demigod, at the offer, an immediate bob of her head and a click of her tongue to return Levi to them — she waits for Remi to shift and hops on his back.

Stay safe, Lena!” She calls to her sister, fingers gripping into Remi’s mane tightly so she doesn’t lose her seating. And then they’re off, heading toward the windows that Remi tries to use his talons on. She sends Levi along with him, sending another blast of air to it to try and push the glass away, hoping that it might weaken the glass further to gain some sort of entry. “We can try the roof, too, perhaps?” She suggests to Remi in case it doesn’t work.



Sera gladly hops on Remi’s back and Levi tries to blast air into the window Remi attacks! She also suggests trying the roof if that fails.
buried treasure for my darling
under redwood trees so tall


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We'll say it again for the people in the back: any future attempts to force the way in will be met by similar attacks. So it is that broken windows receive the same shrieking anger blasted out at those who attempt to get inside with violence.

Remi, shifted as he is (and ridiculously strong and quick) manages to avoid any whipping fury from whatever resides within the temple, and Sera is also shielded from it as a result. But Anju is caught by a spray of broken glass - it opens up a nasty cut along her collarbone and her neck, narrowly avoiding doing some real damage.

As for Lena? She does indeed find another way inside - another door, tightly shut, with something screaming nightmarishly within the temple. This looks like an entrance into the cloister, towards the back of the temple, and it's probably locked. Probably. What will you do?



The presence within the temple attacks Remi and Anju. It misses Remi, but it hits Anju! Lena finds a door towards the back of the temple.

Posting order is as follows:

Anju 31/51 HP
Remi 634/650 HP
Lena 60/60 HP
Seraphina 30/30 HP

You have 48 hours. So that nothing is missed, please include a quick summary at the bottom of your post, including any items or abilities you have used.
Anju Rao
Captain

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Anju

The burn of glass against her throat is unnerving, but not enough to get her to stop. Casting her gaze sharply against the front of the building and seeing no other entrances, she hisses out an angry breath and turns to run after Lena, worry mounting as the girl disappears from view. She’s standing around the back near another door, and Anju is relieved to see she doesn’t appear harmed.

”All we can do is try it,” she grunts grimly. She has no wings like Remi, and they certainly can’t burrow beneath the stone into the foundations. Placing her back against the wall this time to shield her throat and other sensitive areas, she gestures for Lena to back up, and twists the handle to try and throw it open. Riya hovers near Lena, ready to blast anything that may emerge - if it even opens for them.

- - -

Anju runs around back to meet up with Lena, puts her back to the wall and tries the door. Riya hovers near Lena prepared to defend her if the door opens or anything comes out.
I am a kamikaze
Lonelier than a patriarch labeled liar
Remi Taliesin
the Bastion


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REMI
if you're not going to swim deep with me
Glass is thrown at him and Sera, but with thick fur and agility both, Remi seems to have kept the worst of it from doing any lasting damage. That doesn't stop the roar that pulses from deep within his rib cage and out through shark-like teeth, a warning for whatever is within to quit it. Sera suggests the roof, and not knowing what has been found below, Remi complies readily.

Like some gothic fairytale, the manticore lands on the slanted roof of the cathedral, sea-glass stare looking for ways in which they might enter: an open balcony, a turret with an entrance? a broken window? Doing what he (arguably) does best, Remi thinks.



Remi follows Sera's suggestion and flies to the roof and thinks. Aka, Remi would like to use his INT 1!

Remoodles feats:

Magic: Kindred Spirit (Feat) | Spirit-attacks have disadvantage against him
Type: Dark | Rank: Basic

Magic: FEAT: Aint Afraid of No Ghost | Has advantage against spirit-based creatures.
Type: Light | Rank: Basic

get out of my waters


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Speaks with a thick Italian accent.
Force and magic can be used against Remi without permission.
Lena Magnus
Celestine Caretaker

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Lena
and sweetest in the gale is heard
and sore must be the storm
Lena, with really no concern for her own wellbeing, sighed with relief when she found the other door. Seemingly out of nowhere though, Anju came sprinting down before there was an opportunity to try the door, to see if it was locked, and bombarded towards the surface – forcing the Caretaker to simply back away.

Out of the line of fire, perhaps, tucking herself against the rest of the building. In the meantime, however, she grabbed hold of a wad of bandages and offered them out to Anju, afraid of how close it was to perilous other areas on the dragoon’s neck.

If they couldn’t get the door open, would Sera be able to manifest something? She thought and thought, but with her sister nowhere in sight, she couldn’t voice the notions.

--

Lena tucks herself against the building and out of the way of the door. She offers Anju some bandages.
that could abash the little bird
that kept so many warm


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