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capemods ([personal profile] capemods) wrote in [community profile] capeandcowllogs2013-08-26 02:56 am

ASTHENOA

WHO: The imPorts trapped in a video game.
WHERE: The virtual world of Asthenoa.
WHEN: 10AM August 26th to 11PM August 31st.
WARNINGS: Violence and fighting. Alert me of anything else for updates.
SUMMARY: A comedy of errors: imPorts are trapped in a Vulcanus-made video game.
FORMAT: As you like it.



Asthenoa is a land set on lush rolling hills under a bright blue sky eternally streaked with clouds. The only celestial variance comes during the nightly setting, where an eternally yellow full moon partially hides behind those clouds. The people of Asthenoa may be human, or elven, or dwarven, or they may have animalistic features, but none of that is of great social concern. Asthenoa has always been this way. The heart of the land is a medieval town set upon one of the highest hills, and the middle of that town sits a majestic stone castle. The busiest part of the town is the center, which hosts the marketplace. There you can buy necessities, or meet the blacksmith and other artisans at their working studios. Beyond the artisanal studios are the taverns and the inns.

Beyond the cheerier inns is a place called The Shriveled Shrike. If you head to the second floor and knock on the third room door thrice and rub your knee against the handle once, it will magically open and expose to you a staircase. People of the Rogue class know this inherently.

The staircase is five flights long. It leads to a black market in a mile long, mile wide underground bunker, where gambling and other darker magicks are indulged. You might meet a necromancer or three. You might run into trouble.

If you were to step out beyond the town, you would have to cross a moat via the drawbridge. It’s always closed up at nighttime, you can only pass during the day.

Beyond the moat (where serpents might swim) is a hilly pasture. Beyond the pasture is an enchanted forest. Strange things happen in these gnarled woods – this is where mystical creatures lurk. Acres of dark wood house sparkling lights and floating orbs and very unusual flora. The fauna includes many mythical beings, including centaurs and fairies and griffins. There could be even more hidden within secret caves or pools of darkening water.

You feel the need to venture past this alluring wood. You feel it deeply.
swordedpast: ♦ opening: vita port (like Arthur on Excalibur)

FOR RIN

[personal profile] swordedpast 2013-09-01 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ Archer is getting really tired of this volcanic labyrinth.

At this point, he's covered in numerous vile things: blood, humanoid guts, insectoid guts, and squashed pumpkins. He's been tromping through the woods, and now through this labyrinth, for days while clad in heavy platemail and lacking superstrength.

He leans heavily against the wall of the passageway to recover from his latest fight, and at the last moment, he remembers to put his helm securely back on.

It's a good thing, too, because seconds later, he hears someone approaching. ]

butterfies because lbr rin is a vampire okay

[personal profile] gandere 2013-09-01 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ Kind of hard to not hear Rin approaching. She's screaming and flailing her arms as she leaps over obstructions in the dirt. Behind her is a swarm of butterflies though why would anyone scream about that? ]

They're trying to suck my blood!

[ Once she recognizes the familiar armor, she's diving right back into the spot he once held her in. The guy's protected her from pixies already, why not blood-sucking butterflies? ]
swordedpast: ♦ carnival phantasm (the sword will decide.)

[personal profile] swordedpast 2013-09-01 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ His arms fold back around her. It's funny how easily he does that. Funny, and perhaps just a bit familiar.

One arm stays around her, while the other lifts to swat at the butterflies. Despite their sharp butterfly teeth and their great size, they can't really do a whole lot to him. He is, after all, in full plate armor. It's gotta be good for something.

Still, they keep coming. ]

[personal profile] gandere 2013-09-01 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ Even if she wants to think on how familiar this is, her focus is caught up in the battle around her. Lifting her hands to cover her ears, she tries to drown out the incessant buzzing. ]

Make them go away! Please.
swordedpast: ♦ official art: miscellaneous ((the sword is the axis of the world))

[personal profile] swordedpast 2013-09-01 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Stupid. It's stupid, but how can he resist that voice?

Archer swings his sword at the vampiric butterflies. A broadsword isn't really meant for fighting insects, even ones the size of a person's hand, but he does his best. Rin is asking him to.

A couple of them fall, sliced in two or crushed. The others keep battering against his armor, trying to get at his and Rin's flesh. ]

[personal profile] gandere 2013-09-03 12:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Are they..?

[ Opening her eyes, they dart around in an attempt to follow a couple of them as if she could help somehow. She's completely useless unless she transforms and even then it was more of a hindrance due to a lack of experience. How is she expected to try to bite someone if she's never bitten anyone before? ]

Ugh--this is so annoying. Why couldn't I have been a fighter?!
swordedpast: ♦ sprite: fate/unlimited codes (they all hold swords)

[personal profile] swordedpast 2013-09-03 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He almost says it. He draws a breath to do so. It's fine that you're not a fighter, Rin. I'm your sword, and you can use your talents as you wish. But he catches himself at the last moment and just swings more bitterly at the butterdies.

Finally, the last one falls, crushed by his sword. ]

[personal profile] gandere 2013-09-04 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ She doesn't let go of him right away, in fact she refuses to let go at all. ]

This is the second time you've...

[ Come to her aid? Is this what its like to be in a city of heroes, she wonders. A place where if she was unable to fight, that someone else would swoop in?

A world where she doesn't have to fight for herself. She should be angry over this loss of control, but as of this moment it feels right to take comfort in it. ]
swordedpast: ♦ opening: vita port (like Arthur on Excalibur)

[personal profile] swordedpast 2013-09-04 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ He makes a small, frustrated noise, almost a "hmph," distorted and muffled by the helm.

And he crouches, not quite shaking her off yet, to pick up something on the floor. It's a wing of a fallen butterfly--no, it started out that way, but as he picks it up, it rustles in his hand and falls over his gauntlet like silk.

He should give this to Rin now while he has the chance, he thinks. ]

[personal profile] gandere 2013-09-05 11:54 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[ Why does she have to keep thanking this person? Is she scared he'll stop coming to her rescue the moment that she does?

She's not exactly paying attention to what he's doing, but out of the corner of her eye she catches the color of the fabric. ]


I should really get on my way.
swordedpast: ♦ sprite: fate/extra (l'épée est l'axe du monde)

[personal profile] swordedpast 2013-09-06 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He straightens up, and before Rin can go, he starts to hold out the strange handkerchief.

But it's too late. Light overcomes him, and he simply fades out of existence.

Level up? ]