New Moon/Zahliya Event START!

[mooninthewater]

NEW MOON, WHO DIS?

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"INVITATION"

Everyone will get a recounting from Mizuki about his encounter with the creature in the woods, regardless of whether or not you had your own run in it with. He knows it was brought up before, but he just wants to make extra sure everyone is up to speed! He gives a general outline of information that he learned from Ydalir, the Trader. (And, yes, he calls her that to everyone.)

One, the creature's name is Zahliya, but has many overall titles. His full title seems to be "Zahliya, The Purifier, He Who is the First Sentinel, the Grove's Guardian". It's kind of a mouthful, but Mizuki seems adamant you do your best to remember it all.
Two, "Purifier" seems to imply his capability to ward off and, well, purify corruption from the forest. This is obviously going to be very useful to the Grove as a whole.
Three, the fog is apparently at its weakest during that of a new moon, hence the timing. Which is tonight, Mizuki happily reminds you!
Four... "Zahliya needs our help."

He doesn't seem to elaborate further on that last point. Feel free to ask him about it, or just go to your fellow neighbors and be like "hey, what the fuck is that cryptic twink on about???" Regardless of what you do with that information, Mizuki strongly encourages your to meet with everyone at the edge of the fog closest to the inn tonight.

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GATHERING

...And by "strongly encourages", it means he will drag your dumb ass to the meeting if you need an excuse to have them actually show up. Mizuki seems very adamant about this. Zahliya is their friend now! We don't leave friends behind.

Mizuki explains that it seems relatively simple, all things considered. Simple relative to other things within the Grove, anyway. They just all gotta... "wish" for Zahliya. Sort of like believing in fairies, or calling out one's name for them to appear. Sort of.

He's certainly not going to lead in this, however. He's just here to provide the information! If anything, he's more hopeful that someone else will take the reigns from him the moment all knowledge about this is out there.

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OOC

The OOC post about this event is here. I figured I should make the post about it initially, considering Mizuki dug for the lore about Zahliya, but considering he is not the leader-type, he will simply defer to the group from here. This is helpful for both chaos reasons and so everyone can more easily be involved. I also left the first prompt open for any pre-discussions about this you'd like to get out of the way, though if you would just like to read through Mizuki's discussion with the Trader and handwave knowing it, I'm totally fine with that, too. Mizuki wouldn't make any attempts to hide information from anyone, assuming they asked him the question first.

Recap of the Event so far! (Click to Expand!)

• The event begins with characters learning and talking about how to go about the information above. Caoimhe's brought a song. Natsuno brought knives. BB brought herself (unfortunately). Add brought... medical attention. All's well!
• Until it isn't, as when the moon is at its zenith, there's a horrifying roar and two mysterious sets of footprints within the fog. Using the goggles from the Shopkeeper, Add is able to find a twisted looking creature and a humanoid. It's decided that it's now or never to call out for their Guardian friend.
• And he does, in fact, appear! But he certainly doesn't seem to be doing so hot...
• ...but taking care of him might have to come second to the very angry monster beyond Felicity's barrier.

Comments

[amethystic]

Alright. I'll be right back then.

( is karte around. can she just steal karte while she goes. she needs to replace her cardigan still so shes "using" karte even thoug karte is fundamentally useless as a jacket. )

[harmacy]

[Karte is probably eating paintchips somewhere but yeah she can find Karte and drape them over her shoulders like a boa, this is permitted]

[simplicitas]

[Leon following after Karte (sneklace) like oh we are going? We are going :0]

[amethystic]

( we're going on an adventure! to her room to get a bunch of supplies. but before she gets her kit shes going to crouch down and pepper leon's face in lil kisses. hi baby. you're baby! you both are!




okay getting her shit now- )

[simplicitas]

[Leon scrapes his fuckoff massive lion tongue against her entire face. scrrrtch. :3]

[amethystic]

You're lucky I haven't work makeup since the volcano, I bet it'd taste so bad.

( but otherwise! no complaints! she sets everything on a tray and then rather than carrying it like a normal person, she waves a hand and pink sparkles swirl around it, showing her carrying it with magic rather than anything else. back outside! )

actually i do have more tag/2

[harmacy]

[ok but BEFORE she runs off—]

... Also. There's something else I need to attend to tonight. I'll stay long enough to see what the patient is like, but if you could keep an eye on things...

Chung is a skilled healer, and Elsword knows basic first aid along with his magic. Three healers should be enough to handle the situation. Can I trust you with this?

[like. he's still planning to do what he needs to do anyway, but if Fel says no he's just gonna ask Chung and he wouldn't say no so it's fine it's the illusion of choice]

Re: actually i do have more tag/2

[amethystic]

Yeah, of course. He'll be okay with us.

( she offers a reassuring smile- and then steals his lizard. hers now. )

[simplicitas]

[Not to be gay but—]

Be safe. But you can trust me to hold down the fort while you're gone, heh.

[harmacy]

That goes for you as well—don't push yourself too hard. And if our guest turns out to be a troublemaker, I'll be expecting you to deal with them appropriately. Don't let your guard down, and don't try to make any reckless sacrifices. Is that clear?

[nagging like a worried wife no this is SUPER gay]

[simplicitas]

[Elsword voice: my wife (pointing to the most emotionally troubled man you've ever seen)]

I told you the other day, [when your finger was in his mouth, remember] that I wouldn't do anything reckless anymore. You don't have to worry about me. Just focus on what you need to do.

[harmacy]

Right. I know.

[dynamo is fidgeting a little behind him... trying not to make his anxiety show but sucks when u have telepathic robots like that.]

... I won't be long. If we're not back by sunrise... I'll try to leave trail markings, but don't leave without getting those glasses off the shopkeeper. It's too dangerous to wander around without them. I'll be careful, I promise.

cockblocks

[succiduous]

"Too dangerous", he says, without a single care as to if something will see him and murder him in the dark.

[Gnosis hands Add a cloak — he's not taking no for an answer on this, if Add doesn't take it the Liberi is going to throw it over his head.]

I purchased that from the Shopkeeper. He said it prevents you from being seen at all during the nighttime, and if you're headed into danger, it makes sense to keep this on your person. Your partner, [looks. at Add. Partner, Platonic, the same thing he tries to do when he brings up his own,] is worried about your wellbeing, as are the rest of us here.

how dare

[harmacy]

[i'm just going to assume he was wearing the cloak on the way over so Add can freak out for .2 seconds dont SCARE him he is FEARLESS!!!

clearing his throat, gently taking the cloak from Gnosis]

Your concern is unnecessary. I do have my own cloaking methods... but I suppose I can take it with me. [he doesn't wanna say a magic invisibility cloak is useful that sounds so lame ughhh...]

[succiduous]

[Yeah he was testing the effectiveness and it worked, clearly.]

Of course not, Doctor. Your contributions to this place are invaluable, that's all.

[The glint in his eyes says he sees past the façade. Gnosis is the same way.]

It would be remiss of me not to offer a helping hand. Stay safe.

[mooninthewater]

[ He's not a healer, so obviously this doesn't apply to him at all, but... ]

We're not going to stick around to talk to Mister Zahliya?

[harmacy]

We'll stay long enough to hear what he has to say... but we should be back before sunrise if we want to take advantage of the new moon. The sooner we leave, the more time we'll have to work with.

[yknow for the plan he hasn't properly explained yet

... and probably won't properly explain. because that would mean admitting he fucked up.]

[mooninthewater]

How long do you think it's going to take, in general? [ Whatever "it" is, anyway. Mizuki's not going to question it too much, he just wants to know if he can ask Zahliya any questions tonight... ]

[harmacy]

It depends, but the church shouldn't be too far away. We should be back before sunrise at the latest. If this is the night when the fog is "weakest", I'd rather not take any chances with it lasting through morning.

If I have to plan for a subsequent trip... well, we'll sort that out later. It may not be necessary if everything goes well.

[mooninthewater]

[ The where what now— ]

In that case, I’ll do my best to make sure everything goes smoothly. If you don’t mind me asking, though, is there anything specifically I should keep an eye out for? This doesn’t really sound like a stealth mission, but…

[harmacy]

... We don't what we'll encounter out there. Treat it like reconnaissance. Our goal is to reach the checkpoint and return safely. If the risk becomes too high, abort and return to the Grove.

[mooninthewater]

[ He thinks about this for a moment, then: ] Do you think… if the fog is weak, evil things might be freed from it, too?

[harmacy]

The reverse may also be true. [if the fog is weak, maybe the evil things inside will also be weak? hmm.] We can't know for sure, so we just have to prepare as best we can.

[mooninthewater]

In that case, I am to use at your disposal, Doctor Add.