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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.
glowsferatu: glow, wait (Who Wants To See Things Blinding White)

[personal profile] glowsferatu 2013-09-05 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ it can't squawk, at least for that. but it certainly does its best, spreading its wings and flailing wildly as it falls to the ground. kanaya finally manages to pull out her sword, but has to drop it until it cools, just staring at the giant chicken and wondering how exactly to kill it. ]

I won't be able to deliver a finishing blow like this!

[personal profile] promised_victory 2013-09-06 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Saber, on the other hand, manages to get her sword to slice through the legs, disabling the thing.]

I shall do it. [Gloves are a good thing, besides:] It does not look as if it is going anywhere if you wish to wait for your blade to cool.

[And then she raises her sword and brings it down, hoping to cut the thing cleanly in two to put it out of its misery.]
glowsferatu: rude, omg (pic#6499828)

[personal profile] glowsferatu 2013-09-06 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ her leather gloves only get her so far on insulation, but she toes her sword off to the side, just as saber's blade comes down. the chicken's far too big to half with one sword stroke, not while they're both depowered, but it certainly cuts open at the front, fire and viscera pouring out of the wound. ]

[personal profile] promised_victory 2013-09-09 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
((ooc: Sorry for the lateness. RL ate me. Also, apologies about the last tag. I had a brain melt and kept thinking the chicken was only the size of a turkey for some reason.))

[Certainly not while depowered. Saber overestimated her own strength, as she is too used to being able to send mana forth to her sword and limbs to deepen the impact. But she does manage to gut the chicken and step aside as the viscera pours out. Her hands burn from the heat, but she holds on tight for long enough to remove the blade.]
glowsferatu: rude (pic#5797273)

[personal profile] glowsferatu 2013-09-10 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ kanaya finally picks up her sword again, coming around to make a succession of quick jabs in its side until it finally stops moving, but the job's already been done. it's starting to smell roasted now, and she can feel her blade overheating again. she steps around to the front before dropping it again. ]

Should we try putting it out?