holographica: (arimoi)
holo ([personal profile] holographica) wrote in [community profile] arimoi2017-02-26 11:45 pm

New World New You

-> (1)

It begins with a bang; then, disorientation, darkness, dismayed voices, and spells that weigh down your limbs like heavy shackles...

The people keeping you captive seem as unsure as you are of what just happened, and argue and mutter amongst themselves, though they don't hesitate to restrain you, chain you to a pipe in the wall of this bottom floor of an underground parking garage, or lock you alone into a smaller room of the abandoned building where the summoning was held. You seem to unnerve them; they don't want to look you in the eye, and if they have to touch you to lock you up, they do so gingerly, nervously.

But maybe, once they leave you to yourself to go and argue and regroup in private, you're not quite alone? You weren't the only person to come out of the array. You have at least one companion in your confusion, one person restrained like you and not wearing the cultists' strange masks. Take comfort, take inventory, and prepare for anything.


-> (2)

The Joyous were prepared for you to attempt escape. Their preparations don't quite match what they got, but even poorly calibrated spells will do something, and the effects of knockout darts and magically reinforced walls don't discriminate. It's time to blow this popsicle stand...

...But you may want to take a moment to comb the area - once the Joyous have had enough time and reason to weigh their options, they'll run, leaving behind the incriminating results of their "botched" summoning. Those less able to escape confinement under their own power may need a hand, or to band together, or, at worst, to wait quite a while for locals to stumble across them...


-> (3)

You step outside into an unfamiliar town; small, sparse, just off a major highway running through the Neloi Flats. A perfect place for a cult looking for an unoccupied building, because there are a lot of those here, as though the town's peak has come and gone, leaving behind rusty signs for roadside attractions and a main street retinue of shops made of sheer stubbornness and spite.

There's not much direction here. There are locals, who will be confused by you, possibly wary and disbelieving. There's a temple, small like the village but likely to have charity you need right now. There's a highway, and following it in either direction will take you to one of two very different cities.

There's a whole country of possibilities before you, in fact. What ones will you chase, and will you do it alone?



[[As of this mingle: go forth and RP! You can treat this post like a game intro, or like a meme post; follow the prompt/s exactly, or alter the details to suit your tastes, or pitch a completely different scene in your own top-level. Let's get some stories started.]]
lostcompany: (18)

[personal profile] lostcompany 2017-03-01 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[He does not notice immediately. He does notice sooner than he otherwise might. Demon ears are sensitive things. After the fifth running step without echoing footfalls or Chiro's little pants, it's obvious.]

What th- OH, COME ON!

[Out of panic, he's running on instinct; fortunately, his instinct is to double back and head after Reira, because kids dying is bad]
soft_focus: (extra 01)

[personal profile] soft_focus 2017-03-01 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[AND SHE'S OFF! THE RACE IS ON!! REIRA HOLDING THE LEAD, SKIDDING THE CORNER AND-

Alright so she's probably not going to be in the 'lead' very long, but she at least keeps running. There is a slight feeling that she can tell where the disk is. Like some sort of...gut sensation, or a voice in her mind (that isn't Zarc's). Like something is calling-and it pays off, or at least it will, if she manages to avoid some cultists.

Which is unlikely, they're probably guarding that room.
] Ah.

[Oops.]
lostcompany: (17)

[personal profile] lostcompany 2017-03-01 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's Chiro who jumps in this time, producing a small bow and sending a small arrow right into one of the cultist's shoulders.

He screams, and they both scramble to run, because - they're nerds fixated on the apocalypse, not soldiers, let's be real.

One runs into Hallelujah, halfway down the hall behind Reira, and gets his hair singed. His chorus of yelps echo...]
soft_focus: (extra 01)

rEIRA NO

[personal profile] soft_focus 2017-03-01 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[OH THIS IS A MISTAKE-but, she's still running. She needs to get through that door, and hey...these guys are making for good distractions. The door isn't exactly locked either. So she'll be ducking in there to find her stuff, thanks-

Just ah.

Keep 'm busy, she'll join you soon!!!
]
lostcompany: (7)

[personal profile] lostcompany 2017-03-03 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Once those two are gone, Hallelujah and Chiro follow, and the door slams behind them. Hal sinks against it and wheezes, demon colors melting from his skin.

There's nobody else out there yet.]


This, [he pants] is exactly, what we don't need to do, don't ever do that again.
soft_focus: (Hair12)

[personal profile] soft_focus 2017-03-03 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Don't ever do what? Reira stands with her back turned to the others, distracted. She's clicking a device on her arm, and turning it on now-a long, holographic blade stretching across from it, the girl holding it upright while somehow keeping her right arm hidden still.] ...I won't lose it again, don't worry.

[That's

Not what he means.
]
lostcompany: (16)

[personal profile] lostcompany 2017-03-03 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh my god what the hell.

He runs his hands up his face and takes a moment to breathe, and sit, and brace himself for the next leg, and deal with this kid being ridiculous.

...Okay, he's up.]


Let's keep going.
soft_focus: (Trap activate-!)

[personal profile] soft_focus 2017-03-03 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
Mn! [She won't fall behind this time, don't worry! She'll even set a card if any trouble shows-though hopefully that doesn't happen. They just need to get out now, after all. Out and...well. Somewhere that isn't here.]