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deercountry2023-03-13 08:29 pm
entreats) wrote in deercountry2023-03-13 08:29 pm
(open) you're looking at me like you don't know who i am
Who: Ange, Ruby, Break, and anyone who knows any of them.
What: Corruption turned Ange into a true Umineko witch who decided the best way to keep the people she loves safe from this town is to drag them into a pocket dimension.
When: For a while in March.
Where: Ange and Ruby's house-turned-small-pocket-dimension.
Content Warnings: Potential violence if anyone acts particularly antagonistic. Potential talk of violence or gore. Other warnings will be added when things pop up.
Perhaps you have seen Ruby's odd network post and decided to check things out. Or maybe you're just wandering around Trench and notice that Ange and Ruby's house suddenly looks.. different.
The house has been completely overgrown by way oversized roses, big thorns growing out of all the stems, completely obscuring the structure that's supposed to be underneath it. If you get close enough to the cluster of roses, you may feel your connection to any of the three people inside suddenly pull you in. (Please note: only people who know either Ange, Ruby or Break will be able to enter the pocket dimension because of this!)
If you give in to the sensation, everything around you might go black, and when the light returns, you seem to find yourself in.. a hedge maze. A rather odd one, though. As you stumble through it, you may suddenly find yourself in random rooms, and then back out of them into the hedge maze once more. The Moss King's wild plants seem to have even invaded corners of this place, so you might want to watch out you avoid having those snap at you. Retracing your steps through the labyrinth feels impossible, like the way is changing up behind you with every step. Some rooms make perfect sense - like a neat and elaborate kitchen, or a library - and others seem to consist of nonsense with stairs leading upside down or to nowhere, or gravity not working in a specific room at all.
Flying throughout the entire maze are golden butterflies. They seem to fly with direction, and if you follow them, you might find them leading you to one of the people you were looking for..
What: Corruption turned Ange into a true Umineko witch who decided the best way to keep the people she loves safe from this town is to drag them into a pocket dimension.
When: For a while in March.
Where: Ange and Ruby's house-turned-small-pocket-dimension.
Content Warnings: Potential violence if anyone acts particularly antagonistic. Potential talk of violence or gore. Other warnings will be added when things pop up.
Perhaps you have seen Ruby's odd network post and decided to check things out. Or maybe you're just wandering around Trench and notice that Ange and Ruby's house suddenly looks.. different.
The house has been completely overgrown by way oversized roses, big thorns growing out of all the stems, completely obscuring the structure that's supposed to be underneath it. If you get close enough to the cluster of roses, you may feel your connection to any of the three people inside suddenly pull you in. (Please note: only people who know either Ange, Ruby or Break will be able to enter the pocket dimension because of this!)
If you give in to the sensation, everything around you might go black, and when the light returns, you seem to find yourself in.. a hedge maze. A rather odd one, though. As you stumble through it, you may suddenly find yourself in random rooms, and then back out of them into the hedge maze once more. The Moss King's wild plants seem to have even invaded corners of this place, so you might want to watch out you avoid having those snap at you. Retracing your steps through the labyrinth feels impossible, like the way is changing up behind you with every step. Some rooms make perfect sense - like a neat and elaborate kitchen, or a library - and others seem to consist of nonsense with stairs leading upside down or to nowhere, or gravity not working in a specific room at all.
Flying throughout the entire maze are golden butterflies. They seem to fly with direction, and if you follow them, you might find them leading you to one of the people you were looking for..
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[ Ange doesn't know whether or not Vira-Lorr saw the plants while trying to get to her in this maze - or maybe Ruby already took care of all of those. Ange sure hopes the other did, but on the other hand.. it's not like she wants to leave that task entirely up to Ruby.
Especially when it's something a witch should be handling. ]
I have been trying to find from where he's trying to pierce into this reality, but I haven't been able to find it. There must be some sort of gap he is slipping through.
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[She grunted and sighed. Yeah, she'd seen a few of the naughty plants that Ruby hadn't gotten to quite yet. She'd get there, but it definitely showed there were sources from the outside world sneaking in.]
You don't think it is the means by which people visit such as myself, do you?
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At least - despite the odd inhuman attitude that isn't quite like Ange - it does seem like she's reasonable enough as long as no one is pushing back against her plans.. If anything, it feels like Vira-Lorr is helping them here, so Ange has nothing to protest. ]
It could be. [ It's her answer to the latter question, and she glances off into a particular direction. There's just hedge maze all around the sea of golden flowers that surrounds them right now, but it's like Ange somehow knows the entrance is in that direction. ] I would close it off, but then people like you wouldn't be able to reach me.
[ And that's counterproductive. How else is Ange going to get all her friends here to keep them safe? ]
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No, you're right. Even if that is the weak point, it would defeat the purpose of keeping us close and safe to close it. Some form of warding or protection might do the trick, if you can cause it to focus on plant problems.
At the same time, because this world is your creation by will. The firmer and more solid your resolve, the more solid it should be. Meditation may also help, yes? Certainly you're showing far greater power already. But refining it could help.
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[ Ange releases a breath as she says it. Not quite a sigh, since she doesn't seem to emote quite as strongly in this form, but an exhale all the same. It's the conclusion she seems to arrive at after following Vira-Lorr's line of thinking and combining it with her own knowledge. ]
That won't do. I have to be at least as powerful as those Pthumerians. If I can't rival them, then no one can be safe.
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[Shhhh, don't mention to Ange that Vira-lorr was totally gambling on how multiple people also meant that they could start wearing down that corruption collectively. She wasn't sneaky like that. Never!]
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Though there's something about what the other is saying that makes Ange let out that same breath again - not quite a sigh, but close.
And it's not just due to Ange's usual reason of wanting to avoid social interactions. No, this is-- ]
I'm not so sure of it. Most people aren't being as helpful to me right now as you are, Vira-Lorr. [ Hey, at least it does indicate that Vira-Lorr's own approach seems to work, since Ange is actually listening to her and conversing with her right now. ] It's like they don't understand what I'm trying to do for them here.
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[Which wasn't to say that she was on board. It was that... she sympathized. This part of Ange? It wasn't inherently different from one of her own weaknesses. She could be very sympathetic towards it, and she definitely hoped that turning an ear to her friend would help at least a little bit. It certainly couldn't hurt.]
You are still Ange, and what you want isn't a bad thing. I'd like to see if I can help you accomplish the protection of yourself and your friends. [She smirked.] Not that I'm not a tiny bit selfish in appreciating the protection as well.
[Of course, subverting certain problems in the name of protecting Ange from herself fit within it, but since when was she ever free of being guilty of twisting words a tiny bit?]
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So it feels much better when the thing that Ange feels is supposed to happen happens. When a friend tells her she's right. Ange's shoulders seem to relax, and her lips curl up into a smile that doesn't seem malicious in any way - even if it might still look a little off, with her eyes not being able to betray any hint of emotion in their current state. ]
Let's get to work then.
[ Ange stands up, holding out a hand towards Vira-Lorr. ]
I will show you around. We can see all the potential weak spots for ourselves and see what we can do about them. I know I can count on you.
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Yes. Find the right weak points and we can probably put up the defenses needed to secure this realm you've created much better. You'll have your haven formed in no time.
(OOC: I definitely don't mind playing that out, but we can also handwave that Vira-Lorr takes time to try and be supportive like a good Night Walker. Sneaky little witch in't she?)
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