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the watchers ([personal profile] grigori) wrote in [community profile] chasma2021-10-03 05:12 pm
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WEEK TWO MINGLE

otamo: week 2 mingle melodies of m̸̜̭̝̥̉̈́̃ë̴̱̪̣́͑̀m̴̫̀̌ǫ̴̝͔̞̉̈͠r̵̭͚̳͑́͋ḭ̶̲̋̇̒̔e̶̬̓̄̅š̷̮̪̙̈́͠ forgotten canals
36 Remain

Waking up this morning will reveal some unfamiliar surroundings. Gone is the ancient city—which many learned had come to be named Krankaz—and its salt-caked, rusted, ruined world. Your beds are more comfortable, your things stored away in much finer rooms where light filters in through stained glass. Did you miss sunlight? Fresh air? There's much of it to be found, here. But there seems to be... music faintly playing from somewhere, at all times? Sometimes, the song changes, but it's always of the same quality. How strange...

You all awaken in your beds—although they aren't the beds that you found yourself falling asleep in previously, and you might not even see the same face as you had the previous night. But one by one, as you filter out, you find yourselves in a dusty mansion, this go around. It's almost eerie, with the music in the background softly playing, but it's easy to tune it out as you begin exploring the new world that you've all found yourselves in.

Much like your previous worlds, this one seems a little sparse, in terms of population. Unlike the last one, though, you'll find other occupants—just not here, with you now. But the bright colors of moss, coral, flora, and fauna are replaced by the bright color of stained glass and greenery, a world filled to the brim with life in a different way. The soft rush of water can be heard everywhere along with the melodies of this city, little water mills constantly running even in the canals, though some of them and the machines here seem to be in a little disrepair. Shall we?



In the foyer of this grand mansion, your Watchers of the week can be found—the Celestials. They're ready to receive you, and hopefully see you through this week more safely than the last two. Good morning!

Baraqiel speaks up first, this time, thick cloak closed around themself completely to conceal their wings, and daemon perched eagle-formed on the banister of the stairs. "We've got a name right off for this one, unlike the last one. City's called Otamo—do all of us and yourselves a favor and don't break anything that actually keeps the lights on. Maintaining a city is hard enough without everyone bringing it down around us."

Daemon on their shoulder in squirrel form, Suriel has a smile and a wave for everyone. "It's a nice place, too! Or it was, once. And the music's great - just like being in a video game! Ah, but try not to break into everything? Or at least try put it back like you found it, please."

Resting on Shamsiel's head is their daemon, and they start the day with a polite smile for everyone. "And like always, we're here to help you however we can. So, please, you know how to reach us should there be anything you'd need."

That seems to be all, but before you're released off to go exploring—Baraqiel has one last thing to add: "They're too nice to say it, but I'm not: stop asking Suriel for anything involving blood, whether it's power-related or for food. If you want that shit, ask a different Watcher, and ask Suriel for something else."

Suriel has some quiet protests to that, but they seem to go ignored.


With the new week, travelers will find that they no longer have minor control of the four major elements. Instead, they'll find that they have an unbreakable connection to another participant, one that reveals something many of you work hard to hide. You feel what they feel, and they feel what you feel, both physically and emotionally. What will you do when faced with the terrifying ordeal of being known? This effect lasts all week.

Additionally, there's an aspect of this world you may want to take note of—around the city, primarily in the canals, are broken panes and shards of glass that are... different. These can be retrieved out of the water, or off the banks, or from broken fixtures to no detriment to yourselves. However, you'll find that interacting with them shares a fragment of a memory from your point of view with those around you, genuine and true. The music of Otamo adapts to each memory, and may drown out any spoken word in the memory (though you may play with the intensity of this, to allow for some dialogue to be audible), but with how most shards are small enough to be held in the hand, they have a transportable potential to them. You may bring your memshare to others, whether by accident or on purpose.

bloodyromance: (passions is on)

[personal profile] bloodyromance 2021-10-12 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds like it's saying that the worlds we visit get devoured after we leave, right? That's what I'm getting from this, at least.

I've been told by one of the watchers that officially we're supposed to be trying to be preventing the destruction of our own worlds here. Or they are, anyway.
Edited 2021-10-12 02:13 (UTC)
trickedges: (☽︎ the menace)

[personal profile] trickedges 2021-10-12 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, so it's official now? I was told fairly early on that what we do here may have farther reaching consequences than we expect, but it was just ... guesswork, then.
bloodyromance: (turn around)

[personal profile] bloodyromance 2021-10-12 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I don't know what the other set of Watchers've been told, but that's what I heard when I asked one of 'em in private.
trickedges: (☽︎ at the side of an illusion)

[personal profile] trickedges 2021-10-12 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
In any case, I'm not sure that they get devoured after we leave. They've been in disrepair for long enough that it seems strange our presence would be the thing that finally destroyed them.

The note to me sounds like the handwringing of people who didn't think to bother to try to clean up their own mess. If opening the windows through whatever means they used was the problem, they could have tried to find a way to reverse engineer that and close them again.
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[personal profile] rerouter 2021-10-12 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
You think so? It sounds to me like the reason any of this is happening at all is because someone left a door wide open. Like, the spectres were in Citagazze way before we got there.
bloodyromance: (stare)

[personal profile] bloodyromance 2021-10-12 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but I'm guessing they must've been limited if for some reason they hadn't just eaten their sodding fill of the children and adults.

I just know that the Watchers have been told there's some sort of interdimensional threat to us all. And by ending the conflict between Temporal and Celestial, we're putting a stop to it. Supposedly. Guessing they've been manipulated on some level at least.
Edited 2021-10-12 02:25 (UTC)
veraltwin: (Z14)

[personal profile] veraltwin 2021-10-12 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
They have been. I've been told that the Watchers were only approached by one leader, who recruited them to their purpose. It's all but certain that the leader who approached them twisted their words to make their cause sound just.
bloodyromance: (passions is on)

[personal profile] bloodyromance 2021-10-12 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods.]

And they've got no idea what the other team's fighting for.
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[personal profile] drinkingproblem 2021-10-12 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
Another end of the world threat, huh. I'm startin' to wonder if it's worth it if the place is going down anyway?

[A brief snicker -- it's hard to tell if he's serious, but then again he's usually spouting the most ridiculous things with a grin, so.]
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[personal profile] bloodyromance 2021-10-12 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
[He snorts.]

Yeah, no, I hear that. Somehow it always gets foiled anyway last minute, though. Funny how that works.
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[personal profile] drinkingproblem 2021-10-12 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a wide world out there, I guess. Always somebody who wants to keep the place around... You going to turn into a world savior now, Christmas guy?

[I. I guess that's what he is now.]
bloodyromance: (talking to you?)

[personal profile] bloodyromance 2021-10-13 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
Already did it twice now.

[Get good.]
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[personal profile] drinkingproblem 2021-10-13 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
So that's a yeah, isn't it... You're more hard-working than you look.

[Backhanded compliments...... also he doesn't want to get good, please?? That's way too much work for him.]