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A ⦿ Soaking in Your Arrival  KERPLUNK, SPLASH!  You and your familiar have been magically pulled into the world of Avalon just above the Bay's waters. After plunging into the Bay, the rush of water fills your ears and soaks into every crevice of your body. You may find it hard to find a clear spot on the surface, as surrounding you are hundreds of fairy vallela, floating like tiny sailboats on the top of the water.  These vallela will surround you and begin to push up underneath, then slowly float you about three feet above the surface of the lake and carry you gently to shore... unless you thrash around or move too much, that is. Then they’ll drop you right back in the water, so be careful!
The Lady of the Lake seems busy this time around, having cast the spell to draw in the new arrivals and bailed, but the Rent-a-Ride at the top of the cliffs seems to be the only place around to go. The shores themselves are littered with new arrivals complaining their way up a staircase carved into the walls of the White Cliffs or getting acquainted with their new familiars. There’s no railing, be careful! Should you fall, a mysterious sand hand will reach out of the side of the cliffs to catch you. The hand will pat you atop the head twice before retreating back into the wall. This is the Cliff Beast; despite the name, he is quite friendly.

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B ⦿ The Caravan to Camelot

Once everyone is wrangled atop the White Cliffs, the handsome owner of the Rent-a-Ride, Archimedes, will distribute smart phones and a pair of ear buds and tell them to "Check the Shit Box,” referring to a hammerspace-like wardrobe that opens to each person's inventory. It’s enchanted by Merlin to recover possessions and pets from the lake before they become waterlogged. Before Archimedes can give his usual spiel, a special voice message is sent to everyone’s brand new phones.   ``Merlin here. Welcome to Avalon! I usually don't greet newcomers like this, but I wanted to make you aware of the situation we have here in Camelot.   Refugees from places called Celliwig and Lestari are currently living in Camelot, so we're a bit tight on space. It would be great if you could find yourself roommates when you get to Camelot. The Caravan ride is a great place to get to know to people. Built-in mini bars to break the ice and all… I'm not asking you to make lifelong friends or lifelong roommates. Just until we get this situation sorted. If you do end up making lifelong friends? Great! All the better. Anyway, that's all from me. Catch you on Insta.``

The man leading the caravan rolls his eyes and just expresses “There you have it,” before getting everyone going in modernized carriages pulled by horses. These carriages use fae technology that combats weight, so your character will be able to get in regardless. The carts have a smart thermostat, the promised mini-bar, and a mystical shield to protect from bugs. Characters can use their smartphones to connect to Camelot's internet service, @avalononline (AOL), to chat with others, learn about the world, contact Camelot Support (they'll answer any questions they can for you, including how to use the phone). Just be careful-- if you don't use those earbuds and start forcing everyone to listen to your nonsense, Archimedes may make you walk.

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C ⦿ The Red Spring

The journey from the White Cliffs to the City of Camelot is a long one, and the first evening you arrive you'll end up spending at the Red Spring, a booming resort town. Newcomers get free inn rooms for their one night stay on the way to Camelot, containing two twin beds, a bathroom, a mini-fridge and microwave, and a TV equipped with a couple of entertaining video games and movies.   Don't want to relax in the room? Take a dip in the communal hot spring. The waters have restorative properties that help horses and travelers recover quickly. It is known to relieve stress, improve energy levels, and mildly accelerate healing. It may be a little chilly when you get out though, so make sure you don't slip rushing back indoors when you get out! The springs are also home to a large training grounds just outside town limits, where there are teachers who will teach basic magic safety and help you discover what kind of magic you have together with other new arrivals. Try target practice, obstacle courses, meditation circles, and other ways to try to figure out just what you can do... if you didn't already have an accidental discovery on the ride there.

 

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King Arthur and the Queen of the Fairies have come to an agreement- if Camelot and the otherworlders cleanse the Forest of the Felled, removing all traps and wards that were placed up by humans of the past, they will be permitted safe passage into Elphame and invited to their Winter Solstice celebrations. The path to success in this task isn’t a smooth one.

 

A ⦿ Not Seeing is Believing
	After the initial failed venture into the Forest of the Felled due to the Fachan destroying resources, a new expedition was planned. All those willing to help are welcome to come along with the party, led by King Arthur and Glewlwyd.. but the party itself isn’t quite as welcome after the tricks pulled on the naiads last time. The naiads have summoned a basilisk that is slithering up and down the river, guarding it from passers.   Thankfully, Avalon basilisks are more along the lines of Medusa snakes than instant-death. If you catch their eye, you’ll find yourself instantly paralyzed.
It’s probably a good thing that there are many people around that it’s leaving people frozen where they are instead of eating right away… but in case you haven’t charged ahead out of orders, the party will be distributing blindfolds. The snake won’t try to eat the unparalyzed but crossing a river without your vision is no easy feat—it’s recommended you find at least one or two people to hold hands with, or perhaps travel up to the Pure of Heart Bridge if you think you can make it across. There’s always the option of fighting it, but a single bite from this creature would be fatal even if you manage not to give it a glance.

 

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B ⦿ A Cure on Cloud Nine
As with any mission, there are casualties. Those who survived their encounter with the basilisk far outnumber those who don’t, but there are plenty who unfortunately fell to its paralysis. It’s up to those who didn’t to save them. Thankfully, Arthur has the greatest wizard of all time on speed dial and is able to call up a consult about what they need to make a cure for the basilisk’s paralysis. In a stroke of luck, the flower necessary to make the medicine does grow in the Forest of the Felled last he checked. It hasn’t been seen in years since the forest has been virtually inaccessible, but there’s no reason it shouldn’t still be growing there.
The flower is called a Nimbus flower. It’s short, but the petals are wide and seem to flow out like gray clouds that end in a silvery blue lining at the tip. Au natural, they are known to cause euphoria and hallucinations when touched with bare skin, so gloves are handed out to pick them to any who don’t have them already. The effects fade away when heated, so cooked and mashed into a paste is the easiest way to administer them. However, that means finding and retrieving them first… a difficult task, as it seems that the various booby traps within the forest are blocking the way. Find your way through nets, log traps, snare traps, magical rope and vine binding traps, and just about any kind of booby trap you can think of (feel free to get creative) for both magical and regular creatures and you might be able to make your way to the flower field they grow in! Only then can you return and save your allies from becoming one of the forest’s felled.

 

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C ⦿ Paralysis, Paralysis, and Paralysis Again
	With the basilisk episode behind everyone, everyone is set into small groups or pairs and given a sector to patrol and clean up. For the most part it goes smoothly, save for a few curious fae who followed the party in causing mischief here and there. Ultimately, they understand that everyone is here to benefit Avalon, so they don’t cause too much harm. Everyone is able to have a smooth trip the rest of the day, though are asked to return to camp by dark for safety. After last time, who knows what else may come out at night. Everyone is provided with a thinly-stretched stew and some rustic bread for dinner. It’s after people begin to fall to sleep that things start to get unfortunate again. Most of the wards and traps are impossible to differentiate the details of, so an unwitting party accidentally released a pack of sleep-paralysis demons that had been trapped in the forest long before it became known as the Forest of the Felled.
This demon sits on a sleeping person’s chest and enters their mind, filling them with inescapable nightmares as the demon feeds off of their positive thoughts and emotions, slowly sucking out all feelings of love, happiness, and self-worth. Even if they wake up, they’ll find they are unable to move. Insomniacs and cognitive mages are going to be the best weapon against these creatures—insomniacs can attack the demons from the outside and guard cognitive mages who can dreamwalk into the sleeping victim’s dreams and convince them they’re only dreaming and to wake up. Some of the NPC insomniacs get together to perform a ritual to allow cognitive mages to cast others into dreams as well, so go quickly and help those trapped in nightmares of their own design!

 

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If you're not the type to wander off into the forest and want other ways to help, no worries! There are plenty of tasks to be done back in Camelot and the nearby areas that are much safer. Ish!

 

A ⦿ The Floor is Lava
With the city of Camelot being overcrowded still, but many things having at least been stabilized and worked out temporarily, attentions have turned to building projects to get the people of Celliwig and Lestari their own space back. Nobles have been tasked with governing townships of these refugees and creating new homes.. but to that end, people need to help create those homes first!   Various building sites near but just outside Camelot or the Celliwig ruins have been set up, but the best tactic seems to be to have crews work on them one at a time, so most people
are at the same initial one, just outside of Camelot.  Unfortunately, some idiot saw all the construction potential as a platforming opportunity and cast what can only be described as a “The Floor is Lava” spell, after the children’s game.. but much more realistic. It doesn’t seem to affect the buildings or furniture, but it’s hot as hell and people are trapped on half-built foundations because no one’s quite sure what it’ll do if you fall into it. Each building seems to have a set-up candle circle to keep the game going though, so hop from platform to platform, using furniture, beams, ropes, or anything else you can manage to get across to get to these locations, break the circle, and free buildings from the lava. And DON’T fall! (Though if you do, don’t worry- though it looks like you explode in a fiery twister to those around you, it just teleports you outside of the play area.)

 

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B ⦿ Hungry for More
	With only Camelot’s farms left in tact, there’s not quite enough food left to go around with Celliwig and Lestari refugees having mouths to feed through the winter as well. This has lead to another type of project that people have really been working toward in Camelot… creating more food.   In fact, there are a number of spells and potion recipes going around on TikTok based on experimental cloning magic.   One of the most viral videos has resulted in a potion based on the Cereus de Anima flower that uses an extract you can order online to make your own potions and “dopplegang” your food.
As with many popular TikTok trends, it’s not the best idea and has landed some people in dire need of help. #DoppleDinner is the tag to use if you’ve run into unexpected trouble using the potion:   ·        accidentally creating a temporary clone of yourself ·       accidentally creating endlessly replicating food that fills up the entire room until you can’t manage to get out of the door ·        food that seems to animate and turns around and try to eat the caster   Those seem to be some of the biggest problems this potion has created… or if you’re not caught up in the trend, you might be one of the rescuers going around to help people get out of their own doppledanger.

 

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C ⦿ Magical Flu Season
	Unfortunately, flu season happens just as much in the magic realm as it does in the regular realm. People are starting to get sick all around Camelot, especially with the more condensed population making it easier and easier to spread disease.   One such disease is the magical flu—a variation of the flu that has a rather alarming change of symptoms from the original. Headaches, chills, sweating, sniffles, and coughs? Sure. The magical flu passes up the grosser excretions though, and instead many mages find themselves excreting magic unexpectedly.
Uncontrollable, accident casting is running rampant with those infected, and it’s causing a lot of problems. The only cure is a good healer, so you’d better hope you can hold in that sneeze on the way to see a doctor… or else you might end up casting whatever magic you’ve landed with on anyone around you.

 

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Comments

Questions

[avalonmods]

[rustyhonesty]

Re: magical flu. Do animal mages accidentally attract animals to them or would they rather sneeze animal parts on themselves.

[whosaysdajare]

also re: magical flu
i guess siphon magic users would just suck up other people's magic, as a symptom-- would that like, make other sick characters and the siphon user themselves worse or better or nothing much?

[mayoninofukucho]

Can the sleep paralysis demons be killed/harmed by conventional means? Or would one have to magically banish them or such?

[emet_sulk]

Does the Avalon basilisk have any venom worth collecting for use in potions and such?

Layout Feedback

[avalonmods]

We're still working on the layout, as you can see. We've widened the prompts a little more, made the images a little smaller, and used different colors on the bolds for action/key info. We also added the "At a Glance" image at the top. Not quite the same as the summaries, but hopefully more helpful based on what we got back about them! Let us know if you have any other thoughts!

[notquitetamed]

Not sure what is causing this, but when I open the cut on my reading page I can't see anything past the "view top levels only" part. Had to actually click on the entry to see the rest. I'm using the default reading page style and tried this both in Firefox and Chrome and the issue was present in both.

[glossophobia]

I'm having difficulty reading the "At a Glance" image clearly with the resolution being so small and even if I zoom in on my screen the font used becomes blurred and doesn't exactly help. If possible, I would recommended making it a larger quality or using a larger font, or returning back to using the regular text versions of the summaries that were used before.

[silky_bearing]

On the default layout Merlin's gray is very hard to read because it's so light. Maybe going a little darker and/or with a color would make it a bit easier?

Also some of the blue text is a different but very similar blue. Idk if that was intentional but if so it would be easier to differentiate if it was like blue and green or something.

Susie | Deltarune

[facebite]

1. CARAVAN TO CAMELOT
[Should you have the misfortune to be joined by a big purple monster in your carriage to the city, she spends the whole trip scowling, chugging sodas from the minibar in one gulp, belching loudly, listening to the introductory spiel on her phone without earbuds (they don't fit dragon monster ears, okay???) and generally being unpleasant company. Her familiar is no better, a big hellhound with a spiked collar who slobbers and snores his way through the trip on the seat next to her.

Internally, though, said big purple monster is facing a dilemma: if she needs to find someone to share a room with her tonight, what is she supposed to do? No one will want to share with her, especially when there are so many humans around, but it also wouldn't be fair if she scared people off and hogged a room for herself. Maybe she should just sleep outside...

She catches the eye of the person sharing the carriage, and just when she's debating whether to pluck up the courage and ask, she gets nervous, bares her teeth and snaps:]

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?!

[Nailed it.]


2. NOT SEEING IS BELIEVING
[Susie... doesn't really understand the full story behind what's going on with Elphame or what the big deal is, but a goal is a goal! And she's trying to get better at the whole good guy thing. Even where Dark Worlds aren't involved, this is still a saving the world thing, right? So as much as she's itching to fight the basilisk and has her axe at the ready, she understands that just getting across without getting paralysed is the easier and more peaceful option. Having been given a strip of black cloth to cover her eyes, plus a spare, she finds someone who might look particularly reluctant and stomps over to them.]

Hey! Hurry up and put this on. Then we're going across!

[She doesn't seem to be leaving them with much choice, practically shoving the blindfold into their face.]


3. A CURE ON CLOUD NINE
[Of course, even with the best intentions in mind, some fell prey to the basilisk, so again Susie jumped at the chance to help. Or rather, she charged off alone to go look for the nimbus flower without fully listening to the warning about booby traps... which is how you might run into her, stuck in a net in an awkward pose, suspended from a branch in the air. The net is so effective (or maybe she's just way too big compared to the intended human or fae-sized target) she can't even move her arms to reach for her axe. Chomping through the rope is no good, either, so she's just stuck... hanging out here...

When she spots someone approaching, she just squints at them through a gap in the net.]

Sup.

[She's practically daring you to make fun of her. Go on, do it.]


4. WILDCARD
[Write your own starter! Feel free to hit me up via PM or moonsilver to plot or chat. Chapter 2 spoilers probably won't come up, but if you'd like to avoid being spoiled anyway let me know.]

[sometrash]

[ Well...while he doesn't look like he's about to laugh at her, he does look like he's considering turning around, walking away, and pretending he didn't see anything. It's nothing personal, he just doesn't want to get caught up in something even weird...er than this situation already is. Besides, even if Raon isn't here, Cale already has his hands full with one dragon (and two cats, werewolves plural, and every person that's been following him around for one baffling reason or another) back home. He doesn't need another headache.

He weighs his options, considering the pros and cons. He's really just. Giving it more thought than he probably needs to. Damn it. Cale can't exactly just leave her like that. Like all dubious choices, it would just come back to bite him later, maybe literally. He can feel it in his lazy bones. And he would just...he would feel kind of bad, okay????

He glances at the top of the net, pulling out a knife as he follows the rope to where it's tied around a nearby tree. ]

If you land on your face, it's not my fault.

[ He cuts the rope. ]

1! aaaa susie <3

[letmewin]

( Normally, Asriel avoids seeing who may have arrived in this world. The idea of seeing someone from home besides Frisk or Chara is ultimately something he doesn't want to do -- he doesn't want to hurt them anymore. He had other reasons for venturing out where he did, but that's neither here or there. What may be more important right now is the fact that he's sharing a ride with who he very much suspects is a monster.

... But, he also knows far better than to ask. From what he knows, the term monster is something that people see as more of a dangerous thing. So, instead of thinking about how to ask, he greets her quietly instead. The carriage only jut started to move forward when he speaks. )

Uhm... Howdy, there.

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[corruptedsave]

[Chara wasn't paying much attention to whoever was joining them in the carriage, at least not at first. They do stare though when they do finally notice Susie, mostly because this is a monster they don't know.

Of course, when she yells at them they just give her a flat look before answering.]

A monster, is what.

2 - Because I wanna hold hands.

[pacifiststrength]

[She has seen stranger things. She knows she has. She's experienced stranger things, but just because that's the case doesn't mean she wants to invite more of it. To go from one world to another and then to this new one, Noelle's head spins with a multitude of questions that she has no answers to.

Susie isn't the right party to be asking questions of either. She's an all-action, no nonsense sort, after all. Just the right amount of intimidating.]

Oh, uhm—

[At first she can't even see what Susie's practically thrusting at her, but when she puts two and two together, her uncertainty is palpable in her expression.]

Is this a good idea? I don't know about this... What if we fall off?

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[candyapplechild]

Aah...!

[ Eri came along with the many others going to see the new arrivals, though she'd... unfortunately gotten separated from the people she knows. Still, she knew what to do! Just get on one of the caravans!

...and then she chose the caravan with Susie in it. Yaaaaaay!

Yeah, all of the noise Susie is making is a good way to catch attention... and unfortunately, Eri doesn't know to not stare.

And so now the big purple dinosaur(?) is yelling at her! Did she do something wrong!? In any case, she immediately flinches back. ]

I-I'm sorry!

[ Don't worry about why the small human has a horn coming out of her forehead. ]

Wildcard- Red Springs Inn

[icedream]

[Noelle was on one of the last caravans heading to the Red Springs that evening- and by the time she arrived, she was practically staggering from exhaustion, just following the direction of the guides without really letting herself think. Between the disturbed sleep and the weird dreams it was no surprise, was it?

But all her energy immediately came flooding right back as she saw a familiar flash of purple not too far from her.]

S- Susie...!

[And yup, the poor gay deer was going to trot right over to her. Was it really her??]

3

[actless]

[ Kris has been having an unfortunate time up till now. There had been no sign of Susie, no sign of Ralsei, no Darkners running around looking to pick fights on behalf of their rulers. It was beginning to look like this wasn't a dark world at all, which...sure. Alright. But where does that leave them?

Following on some kind of quest, hunting down some flowers, is where. Unfortunately, they got a little lost on their trek through the woods. It's fine.

The bushes rustle nearby. Given the situation, any kind of rustling is ominous, but the source is made evident pretty quickly: Kris, leaves sticking out of their hair, looking relieved to see a familiar face. ]

Susie, you okay? You look...stuck.

[ Can they offer you some moss in this trying time? ]

Satoko Hojo | Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sotsu

[dothehomework]

1. The Caravan to Camelot

[Satoko does not know what the hell a smartphone is.

She's been willing to roll with most things so far, including this—what other choice does she have? But she is still turning the device over a few times in confusion when the message from Merlin suddenly starts playing. Now she has to take the time to process this instead, apparently.]

Wha—a roommate? Is this thing serious?

[The look she gives everyone else in the caravan is one of obvious disdain. A real teenage delinquent giving you the stinkeye moment. But, who knows. Perhaps you are similarly inclined, and can strike a mutual deal.

Or maybe you just know how a smartphone works and are willing to teach someone who came from the near-past. On a non-committal level.]

2. A Cure on Cloud Nine (part one)

Oooohohoho~! It's pretty lucky for all of you that you managed to call in the Trap Master just when you needed her! Don't worry. I can guide us through this schoolyard diversion, without fail!

[The amount of smugness radiating from this girl as she enters this heavily booby-trapped area is off-the-charts. And it is largely deserved—as far as any trap achievable by normal human means goes, her senses are uncanny. Witness as she sidesteps patches of grass that look too suspicious! Gasp in awe as she disarms trees of their ropes before they can grab hold of anyone! Heed her wisdom as she suddenly grabs you by the shoulder as you pull ahead in a reckless direction:]

Hey, dummy, back off before you fall in a pit! Honestly. To think that an artist of my caliber is working with a gaggle of amateurs! At least for this sort of mission. If I were the one directing the flow of traps, that would be another matter entirely...

3. A Cure on Cloud Nine (part two)

[...but all good things must come to an end, and all trap knowledge gained in the human world must inevitably crumble when faced with a fantastical other world. A path Satoko was sure she could stride with confidence turned out to have magical vines involved, and now she's strung up in a situation that she's usually on the other side of, dangling off of a tree branch. (Generously, the vines are holding her too tightly for the upside-down position to cause any impropriety in her wardrobe. Not that this is helping her escape attempts.)]

What—?! Ohhh, come on! This isn't how this is supposed to work! Magic is cheating! It's cheeeeating! This doesn't mean anything! Let me gooooo!

((OOC: oh right, I will overall try to avoid more than superficial spoilers for Gou/Sotsu in these threads, but feel free to opt in or out of them))

cure on cloud nine (part one)

[tsumtsuki]

[ Tsumugi is trying his best to be careful, really. But between how well some of these traps are hidden and his untrained eye, he's bound to slip up somewhere.

Or nearly slip up, to be more accurate. He's caught off-guard by Satoko, ] Huh? [ blinking in surprise when he feels the sudden weight on his shoulder. At the mention of a pit, he looks down at the ground and... oh. It takes a moment, but the patch of dirt there does look different, doesn't it. Whoops. ]

Sorry about that... but thank you. [ That could've been bad! ] Do you mind if I continue following you?

Jade Leech | Twisted Wonderland

[mushroomaficionado]

Arrival

[Jade doesn't know why he's in the water, though it's fortunate that he's in his true form. Possibly a little intimidating for you, also newly arrived and valiantly swimming, or perhaps trying to.

Jade's been watching from below before he decides to be generous and actually offer a helping hand. Breaking the surface, he gives you a greeting.]

If you want, I can pull you along. After all, it is dreadfully cold in here and you wouldn't want to get hypothermia. Or drown for that matter.

[Or maybe you do. Jade won't exactly fight you on it.]


Red Springs

[It's been a lot to take in of course, but Jade is ever adaptable and by now he's adjusted. Not accepted really, but adjusted. He's just thankful that he was able to get his legs back. It would have been a horrible and embarrassing mess otherwise. No one wants to see an eel man slithering along the ground.

For now though he's been content to take in information, observing not just his surroundings but his companions. They are all strangers despite being thrust into the same situation, so naturally he wants to gauge what everyone can do.

Right now he's at the training grounds, naturally observing others and practicing here and there.
He'd managed to figure out early on that he knew healing magic, which fascinates him to no end. So here and there he's offering to use his new ability to help.

Being generous does have its advantages.]

To think I have to relearn all the basics yet again. It's truly a tragedy.

[He chuckles as he attends to whatever small scrap or burn or other mishap you suffered. Really it is a tragedy for a student from a prestigious magic school to be in this situation. All that progress has been lost in a single moment. But, there is also something exciting about starting from zero.]

A Cure on Cloud Nine

[Heading into a forest to find some really weird and potentially dangerous plant? Jade volunteered instantly. Exploring the wilderness and collecting rare flora is one of his hobbies and there's so much to see here!

Really he probably spent at least half his time staring and gawking at various critters, mushrooms and other plants, occasionally pulling out his notebook and jotting something down. It's just a shame he's not able to take back anything other than their target.]

I hope I can come here again when matters are less pressing-[He just barely notices a trip wire in time and then steps over it. That could have been bad.]

I half want to see what that does, don't you?

[Is he asking you to volunteer as tribute? How could you ever think such a thing? Does he really seem like that sort of person?

Maybe.]

Wildcard

[He's free to help out people with the magical flu and other similar things since he's going to want to play around with healing magic some more. Also from prompt A, I'm willing to have him save multiple people, though he might expect a favor later on.

Honestly I'm open to all the prompts or having people play around with the ones I already put up. Feel free to message me either on this journal, at kanetsugu or at Joy#8142 on discord if you have any questions or want a particular prompt.]

Red Spring

[dottedline]

--and if I could just leave a flyer or two here where the new arrivals might see them, that would be wonderful. I'm always looking for help, after all.

[Maybe Jade hears a familiar voice coming from inside the inn. Maybe he doesn't. Either way, Azul is hardly paying anyone any attention at all when he steps out to the training grounds to deliver the order of "energy potions" ordered not from Golden Silence but from the alchemist next door. He only agreed to help out so he could bring flyers to the inn.

God, he hates having to do all of this spreading the word and recruitment on his own.

Back to the new arrivals as he sets the box down and starts to pull out some of the bottles, he calls out:]

If you're starting to flag, there are energy drinks.

Hessian-Lobo | fgo

[hessianlobo]

I – Making a Splash

He’d since dried off after drudging himself out of the lack. The Hessian stopped to survey the area, no Lobo, he couldn’t feel the wolf though. Somewhere nearby, along with the feint presence of Griffin still embedded in himself. Of course he was no longer a servant, and possibly no longer a spirit in general. He felt alive… but still lacked his head.

That was troubling.

Slowly the Headless Horseman makes his way through the lakeside mist. His shadowy, wraith-like form silently moving, no sound being made or heard. Predator-like, less like a man and more like something other. Searching for the wolf, searching for their scythes… searching for something else.

II – Now Gather Round While I Elucidate

They had since left the caravan behind after getting an idea of what had occurred. The Horseman mounted up on the King of Currumpaw, his now familiar and rode off. Even in their current state the Rider knew and felt the need to get away from others that radiated from the wolf. It was late now, and they were nearing Camelot. The sun had long since set on them as they wandered down the road.

They know where to go, even if they themselves don’t wish to go there. It was important that they did.

The Horseman held the twin blades in his hands as they wandered down the long, dark road. Just as silent as when they first left the caravan.

II – Ghosts Are Bad The One that’s Cursed is The Headless Horseman He’s the Worst (Basililsk)

Well, this was cute. The Horseman seemed amused? It was difficult to tell due to the lack of a head, but the man’s shoulders seem to shake not with fear, but with mirth. No head means no eye contact, means no paralysis. There probably couldn’t be a worse matchup for the poor snake.

One scythe lashes out to catch the snake off guard as it lunged for another person. Lobo in the meantime lunged to dig his large fangs into the reptile’s side. Congrats, you now have the worst of the spooks on your side.

III – Demons Take One Look and Groan and Hit The Road for Parts Unknown (Sleep Demons)

Yes, another amusing sight for the rider. Demons that had begun to terrorize the campers. He’d shacked up away from the group initially, only to be drawn by the moans and screams by the sleepers like a moth to flame. A scythe flashed out and sliced off a demon’s head.

His large figure hung over the lifeless body of the demon, and that of the sleeper. His shoulders shaking with mirth once more. Though this time something more deep and guttural sounding echoed from him… a laugh. A grotesque, twisted attempt of a laugh. As best as he could manage without a mouth or much of a throat.

Close by Lobo was on the prowl. The large wolf now ready to clean up the mess that its rider makes.

IV – He’s Out Lookin’ for a Head to Swap

He wandered through the streets of the city on top of Lobo in the late afternoon. They were both tired by now. Something that neither had felt for some time, the Hessian, perhaps more so than Lobo, felt semi-elated to feel life being breathed into him. Even without his head, and with that whip of flame occasionally flickering from the stump of his neck.

The grumble of their stomachs was loud, belying their silent approach down the city streets. People giving them a very wide berth. Not that either minded; in fact they preferred it. Of course, their precense would probably cause more than a little distress for any who might see them.

[WILDCARD]

[ooc: I’m pretty much just voicetesting (ha!) him right now. But if you don’t see anything you like here feel free to either let me know or simply start something else up wholesale and I’ll do my best to follow along.]

IV

[fujimaru]

On the one hand, Ritsuka no longer needs to near-desperately consume a huge amount of calories daily to compensate for her lack of magical circuits. And she's nowhere near as active as she was in Chaldea, so that food would only be going straight to her gut.

On the other hand, she still likes snacking, and she's been taking advantage of the past couple of months in Avalon to look up cute little cafes and bakeries and other little hole-in-the-wall eateries that don't exist after the end of the world. She emerges from a little French-style bakery with a loaf of bread, a couple of meat buns, and a precariously-balanced box of day-old pastries.

With her burdens, she sees the crowd parting, but not why. It doesn't bother her, though; of course she just casually walks out without worry, and even takes a couple of steps forward before she sees--oh.

Surprise?!

She can't dramatically point when her arms are full, but she does almost drop the box of pastries, staring.

"You...?!"

Noelle Holiday | Deltarune (Elemental/Healing probably)

[icedream]

1) Arrival

[Initially, Noelle had been reluctant to sleep that night- worried that a vivid nightmare would be lurking just around the corner- but despite how long she'd slept at the library, the exhaustion hit her faster than she expected.

This new dream found the deer girl shrieking as she hit the waters of the bay. And for a moment, with the icy cold water and all of those odd creatures swarming around and around, she couldn't see anything...

By the time she'd snapped back to her senses, they'd already carried her gently over to the shore. Nudging her until she scrambled off and gave them a sheepish smile.]

Oh- um- thank you!

[Shivering, she took a look around the beach. It looked like the only way to go from herre was up! So she jogged to catch up to the nearest person, hoping she could tag along with them until she got her bearings.]

Excuse me- did, did you just arrive here too? We could travel together, if you wanted...!

2) Training Grounds

[So, by now, Noelle had been given the rundown on what the world was and how it worked, even if she couldn't shake the idea that this was some very strange dream. A strange, frightening dream-

If what the guides had told them was true, though, they had all been gifted magic on their arrival here. And in that case, what was important was getting stronger.]

...but that's easier said than done, isn't it?

[She rubbed her hands together, clasping them against her chest a moment, before holding them out in front of her and trying to focus- if she could just push her worries aside and make her magic appear, then-]

3) Not Seeing is Believing

[So, the task was to- try and not think about the big scary snake that was probably slithering around nearby, let's not think about that- and cross the river blindfolded.

...It would be easier if she could just use her magic to stop the river, right? But- that would hurt the people already in the water, wouldn't it?

And so, she rung her hands together before taking one of the blindfolds and turning to whoever was next in line. This felt wrong somehow, to put herself in the hands of another like this, and the sharp, twisting feeling in her just wouldn't go away.]

Um- I wonder if there's another way to do this...?

4) Paralysis, Paralysis, and Paralysis Again

[Exhausted though she was from the day's events, Noelle felt restless enough to wander around the camp, taking some comfort from the cold night air. Some people were already asleep, and everything was quiet, until-

...What was that?

Something strange was sitting on the chest of someone nearby- something terrifyingly dark and ominous-

Noelle thrust out her hands, ice magic bursting out and shooting at the creature. That enemy needed to be stopped...!]

X) Wildcard

[OOC: Hit me up or ping me @ ArchangelAmy#4540 on Discord if you want something in particular. For prompt 4- happy to have her helping a cognitive mage/going into a dreamscape too! I'll do my best to avoid overt Chapter 2 spoilers, but give me a heads up if that's something you really don't want.]

Arrival

[candyapplechild]

[ Eri came along with everyone else to help out with new arrivals. She did, after all, want to help people out! Besides, if she hadn't been brought along, she might've tried to sneak along regardless.

So, there she is, trotting along the beach (completely distracted by the footprints she made in the sand) when Noelle comes along. ]

A-Ah, hello! [ Alright Eri, you've got this... ] I-I'm not new, but I came here like this too!

Nie Huaisang | Chenqing Ling (light/green magic)

[sanbuzhi]

BAY: And I'm free, free falling.
There's an art to fainting, especially if one is doing so in an attempt to seem surprised by a revelation of some kind, and Nie Huaisang is well practiced in it. The motions are almost automatic, now: eyes rolling back as the knees start to bend, twist to the upper torso so that it's his thighs and hips that hit the ground first, then his upper body, in order to insure that his head doesn't strike the ground too hard.

That's the plan, anyway. Except this time, he doesn't hit the ground at all. Instead, once his eyes are closed and his knees start to buckle, it's not ground that meets his side, but open air. The movement sends Nie Huaisang tumbling over himself as his eyes shoot open, arms pinwheeling during the approximately five seconds he has to realize that he's falling straight down towards a body of water. Not exactly having time to consider an actual proper course of action, he starts to scream, but barely has time to get out more than something like a yelp before suddenly his mouth is filled with water as he impacts with the surface, sinking beneath it immediately.

Panic sets in and the previous pinwheeling turns into an incredibly ineffective attempt at a dog paddle. The robes he's wearing are, as it turns out, rather heavy when soaked with water and considering that he's rarely ever swum in his life (and never successfully,) it's an all around distressing situation. With some more flailing, Nie Huaisang manages to get his head above water with a loud gasp; though he feels himself sinking again immediately, which only makes him flail harder.

"Help! Help, I can't swim!"

At least, that's what he's trying to say. How much of that is actually getting across is another matter, considering it sounds like he's gargling saltwater. Fortunately for him, though, he is lifted out of the water, coughing and spitting and still flailing a bit until he's unceremoniously dropped onto the beach by his escorts.

Don't mind him, he'll just lay here for a moment, staring at the sky.

CARAVAN: NHS phone home (or not)
Now fully out of the bay and up onto the cliffs, Nie Huaisang is taking this moment to stare down at the odd contraption in his hands. It's like nothing he's ever seen, felt, or had contact with before--and also some man's voice came out of it. Honestly this is just so much. At least he has his fan on him now, and a change of dry clothes that he'd been more than happy to get into. The whole outfit is a bit lopsided, which is Less Than Ideal, but it's better than still being in those wet clothes.

He's also not sure what to make of the wispy, spirit-like canary that sits contentedly on his shoulder. Another thing he's simply just not going to question right now. Instead, he's just going to open that fan and flutter it nervously as the carriage rolls on.

MAGICAL FLU:
Nie Huaisang is having A Time. First, he found out he had to have a roommate of all things, and then that roommate brought home some kind of strange illness that made a whole bunch of water appear every time they sneezed. Which was often. Said water didn't go into a bucket or a bath or anything helpful, of course, but rather spilled out into whichever room it was in, soaking the apartment from top to bottom. The next day, Nie Huaisang had woken up to a pounding headache and flashing lights. An investigation (aka sitting up in bed and groaning) proved that the flashing lights were a result of his magic apparently starting to go awry. The illness has only gotten worse from there--and after making his way to the living room, carpet squishing under his toes, he's ended up collapsing face-first onto the couch. Any visitors will come in to find that the lights have progressed into a multitude of colors, and Nie Huaisang has taken up permanent residence on the couch, it seems, only because it gets him out of the ankle-deep water in the living room.

Bay

[mushroomaficionado]

Jade looks down at the man, who looks half dead from his swimming adventure in curiosity. He sometimes forgets how ill equipped humans are to just be thrust into a body of water like that.

And this one, with all his layers of clothing seems to be in a terrible state. Jade kneels down beside him after a moment, deciding to be at least somewhat decent. He cautiously reaches out to touch the man's forehead. "Are you able to breath?"

Albedo | Genshin Impact | Alchemy + Light (maybe)

[chalkdrawing]

Training Grounds

[The geo crystalfly settled neatly on Albedo's head, riding along the braid as he sat cross legged on the ground with a book in hand. He sketchbook and charcoal also sat nearby including some chalk. He wanted to read up on the alchemy of this world as much as possible and so far, it did not appear to be like khemia at all and yet somehow familiar all the same.]

Fascinating.

[Much of it seemed to have the same foundational roots, potion making and converting materials, things like that. But, unlike khemia, there was no instance of creating life. Then again, much like with every other nation that was above ground, there was no need to sustain and create life when it was already abundant. It interested him all the same. He did not have a cauldron or anything of the sort yet, so potion making may be out of the question but perhaps using one of the sigils in the beginner's section would do.]

Hm... where to start?

The Floor is Lava

Oof!

[Albedo did not really understand the game, but he did understand that he had been unceremoniously booted from it as soon as he apparently touched the lava due to slipping off a piece of furniture. He landed very hard on his back, dazed and wheezing from the breath being knocked clear out of him. He winced, holding his chest to try and get air back into his lungs.

He hadn't been here when the battle apparently went down, but he did feel he could help with the attempts at rebuilding. He was no carpenter or anything, but considering how often he was alone he had to learn a few things in case anything broke in his own home. But just how was this helpful?! He groaned, sitting up.]

Wildcard

[You know the drill, just hit me up if you want!]

training grounds

[facebite]

[Albedo will notice a shadow looming over him before long, and... a crunching noise, followed by a deep voice.]

This is the training grounds, not art class, nerd.

[This tall monster girl swiped some of his chalk when he wasn't looking and is now... eating it...??? She's also looking over his shoulder at the sketchbook with a nonplussed expression.]

ichiro yamada | hypmic | elemental/bargaining probably

[ichibukuro]

1 ⦿ The Caravan to Camelot

[Ichiro has mixed feelings about this all. It still feels like a dream in the first place, and if it’s not then he’s concerned about his brothers back home. Knowing that they’re “frozen” in their world doesn’t ease his worries at all. He’s supposed to be there for them no matter what.

On the other hand, it might be a relief to be in a world where Chuuoku doesn’t have a vice grip on everything and everyone. His mic had dropped out of the “Check the Shit Box” and he could still feel the power humming through it but it didn’t seem like he would need it here - at least not for the same reasons as back home. It’s weird, but feels good. It feels a little guilty too.

He can dissect those feelings later. Right now he’s being told over the phone that he should get a roommate upon arriving in Camelot and being shuffled into a carriage. Whelp.

Sitting furthest from the mini-bar than the other occupants of the carriage, Ichiro tries to strike up a conversation.]

...Is there any soda?

2 ⦿ Not Seeing is Believing

[Volunteering for a quest like this after only being in Avalon a laughably short amount of time, and without a complete understanding of his magic, is probably ill advised. But Ichiro never claimed to be the smart one in the family and he wouldn’t be Ichiro Yamada if he wasn’t doing some sort of odd job to help someone out.

He’s not a huge fan of being blindfolded but he has enough faith in himself and his mic (if that even still works here. that’s something he should figure out too) that he should be able to handle whatever happens to him or his partner.

Speaking of his partner... Ichiro turns to whoever that may be.]

Alright, let’s do this. We may be strangers but we’ll have to trust each other to get through this in one piece.

[He looks confident, though!]

3 ⦿ A Cure on Cloud Nine

[Being one of the ones who survived the basilisk, Ichiro is back in the forest to tackle part two of the quest. Finding a flower in a forest shouldn’t be difficult but he hasn’t found any flowers and, instead, has found many traps. It feels like there’s a booby trap around every corner and tucked away under every pile of leaves.

He’s been doing an okay job of avoiding them, though. Ignoring the one or two that he’s had to wrangle himself out of. It’s fine!

Ichiro just happens to be passing by, planning to remain solo for this mission, when he spots another adventurer (you!) and what lies in their path.

Surprise, surprise: another trap.]

Hey, be careful! [He rushes into action. He grabs hold of the adventurer's arm, pulling them back against his chest before they can step into the trap.]

4 ⦿ Wildcard

[[Anything else? Hit me with your best shot.]]

2 I PRETEND I DO NOT SEE IT

[groundzeroes]

[Rei doesn't usually embark on these kinds of quests: acting behind the scenes is more his style. Still, it's better to go all hands on deck after that disaster with the dragon and the stone giant. King Arthur can say "jump" and they'll ask "how high," at least for now.

Damn if this surprise basilisk isn't a pain, though. Now the party is torn between rescuing the paralyzed and actually moving onto their destination. Ugh.... well, whatever. Princess got her exercise in already, it's fine. Rei's ready to head back to town. Better grab some poor frozen sap and call it a day--

Then Rei sees Ichiro, and everything else falls away.]

...Yeah.

[Thank the fates Ichiro was putting on a blindfold; Rei can close the distance between them in just a few strides. Thank the fates Rei ended up with dark magic; distorting his own voice is but the work of a moment. Those two things are all he can be grateful for: the rest of Rei curses them for trying him like this.]

Hope you've got good reflexes, kid. Think we'll have to dodge in the dark a little if it notices us.

[Of course his kid is here. Of course he's at the head of the party, running right into danger. That's just like him. Bullheaded, selfless. How long has he been in Avalon? How did Rei miss him? Did he only just arrive and immediately throw himself on the front lines? How utterly predictable.

Rei takes Ichiro's hand in his.]

You ready?

riza hawkeye (fullmetal alchemist) | light / green magic

[custodire]

1 ⦿ B Caravan to Camelot

[ Riza's life has been full of all manners of strange and unusual things in her life. The daughter of an alchemist she'd known how easily reality could change— but there were always principles behind it. Science. Even to those beings that were undying, as improbable as they were, there was a source and that source could be broken down.

Or so she understood.

But being unceremoniously dumped in a lake with strange fairies bobbling about around it wasn't something she could. Nor was watching as a giant hand reached out to save someone who fell down the cliffside flight of stairs. She could try to practically resolve what they are — But she can't and so her head spins.

She does a good play of managing it. As a woman who always had the mentality of "seeing was believing," being forced to address it immediately meant she wasn't as stunned as she could have be. At least until she's been offered a strange device and accompany pieces, too tiny to be anything of use.

A number of the gathered appear at ease with the technology, she noted, ordering a newly reaccompanying dog to heel at her feet. A breath and she approached as the last of the caravans gather:]

Excuse me for the intrusion. I apologize in advance if I'm wrong, but you seem to know more about this than I do. [She raised the phone in show. ] What are they?

[They can't be anything dangerous for so many of the others to immediately start using them, but despite how the glass illuminates when she places a finger on it she's little in the way of understanding it. It's what you get when the earliest forms of a telephone are all your world has. ]

2 ⦿ C The Red Spring

[ The hot springs would have been favorable, but she decided not to go there. Her body felt stiff between long ride and past injuries, but it wouldn't do to let her guard down— Even if this was probably the best time to do so on the way to Camelot. ]

[No, this town promised teachers, and she was going to make the most of it. The siren's call of the hot springs only a distant, fleeting thought as she stood on the edges of the training ground. There were already others trying to learn about the gifts— if you called it such— they were given.]

[She looked down at her hands and wandered if she should really test them out now— if she actually had something more. It'd be a funny quality, whatever she had, given she'd always just been the alchemist's daughter.

Someone stepped away from the field and she gave half a smile as she offered a container of water — a task she'd gladly taken on when one of the instructor's asked. ]

You seem to know what you're doing. Have you always had magics like this or did you find out by chance?

[It's as much genuine curiosity about the other person as it is a personal question. She's yet to begin to figure out her own and, perhaps, by the end of their day here should try to get a hint. Or maybe doing so would simply tell her exactly how far away from her own world she was. ]

3 ⦿ A The Floor is Lava

[ Rebuilding efforts she could do. They handled it Eastern Command all the time and they were planning the restoration of Ishval. The work wasn't easy, but it was something she could do. Something she could busy her hands with and should have been a relatively mundane, daily task. ]

[So far that had proven right.]

[Until today and her morning getting significantly uprooted when someone shouted something from below and there was the sound of clambering— and one good look down from the half-built upper floor of a building shows the entirety of the bottom floors and ground completely covered in the molten sea. She's never seen lava, but she doesn't need to to guess what it is or that something red hot means dangerous. ]

[At least it didn't seem to be destroying the newly reconstructed frameworks, but still.]

What in the hell?

[ It's muttered more to herself than any nearby people. Stepping back from the edge where she had been standing, logic and military training takes over. Not that she was particularly trained for the floor is lava — not at all.

But she was trained for looking for escape routes and all signs of vantage points.]

There.

[She gestured to the end of the beam where a rope hangs from a crane. It's nearly a ten foot gap to swing across, but it's the only way across. ]

We'll have to run and jump to get the rope, but the momentum will carry us across.

[Unless they decided staying where they were for the rest of foreseeable time was a better option in which case all the more power to them.]

4 ⦿ ? Wildcard

[Surprise me! Sorry if none of these prompts are very good! I was screaming in nerves, but I'm excited for any and everything you might want to throw at me!]

[OOC Feel free to PM me on DW. I'm new to the platform so I don't have a plurk yet. You can add message me on discord at hibari#0001 if needed as well. Thank you for having interest in roleplaying with me! I hope we can have fun together.]

3

[flapsin]

[Sometimes the nearest person just happens to be a duck. One who talks and wears a shirt! He takes in the human woman's suggestion and nods.]

Good thinking! It looks tricky, but it just might work. [Drake's used to trying out death-defying stunts frequently as Darkwing Duck, so he thinks that maybe he can make it!]

Are you up to the task itself? If so, we should get moving. Not a second to waste!