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EVENT #6: By Heaven or Hell
By Heaven or Hell
THE STORY SO FAR...
During the month of Innoseri, the Pleroma and Kenoma were mobilized to the city of Venera to investigate a mysterious affliction of the residents. They were succumbing to a strange apathy that slowly disconnected them from the reality, to the point that many would lose interest in even necessary activities to live. They ran the risk of starving, dying of dehydration, or simply wandering into danger with no sense of preservation.
By entering the city, both sects were exposed to the effects of the illness, which turned out even worse for Aions. In a twist of fate, it was during that time that the Pleroma Aion Estinien met his end at the hands of the Kenoma Aion Makoto, shattering his Innocence-petrified body. It was this act of profane violence that summoned the god-like creature that has caused the illness, sending a great metaphysical scream echoing across the city, demanding to know what had been done to it's child.
The winged being now colloquially known as the Innocence Entity manifested for the first time, in the form of a great cloud of wings floating above the city. It turned it's attentions to the gathered Aions, striking down any that challenged it, enraged by the acts of violence committed in the city it had hopes to envelope in a haze of endless peace. Abel, a Pleroma who had come to Estinien's defense, realized that the entity seemed be acting to protect Estinien, who it considered its ward after he succumbed to the illness its power invoked. Abel beseeched his allies to stay their hand and begged the Innocence leave him and the city be.
The Innocence Entity was reluctant, arguing that life without its 'blessing' would be filled with suffering and strife. Abel, Himeka, Ryunosuke, and Alphinaud, the four Pleroma present at the time, insisted to it that life was worth living despite that pain that came along with it, and promised they could care for Estinien in its stead. Accepting their vow, the entity bound them all to a contract that would be broken if they failed to shield him from suffering. It left Venera and the illness faded.
Last month, the Kenoma were deployed to Venera and to Godsblood with the intent of culling dissenters and citizens who showed disloyalty to the empire. During this conflict, the capture of Ryunosuke and Thoma drew Estinien into a battle against several Kenoma. Outnumbered and disadvantaged, the pain and panic Estinien experienced summoned the Innocence Entity once more. It possessed Estinien's body, using its power to dispense of the Kenoma challenging him, all while lashing against the Pleroma it saw as having broken their vows. This divine punishment fell upon Abel and Himeka as they were facing off against Ciel and Emet-Selch in Godsblood. Taking advantage of their suddenly prone enemies, the two Kenoma delivered them to the Regent.
The Kenoma had long-since hoped to capture Estinien, to use his connection to the entity as a weapon against it, but now the perfect bait had fallen into their hands. As the Pleroma rally to save their captured comrades, the Kenoma prepare to turn circumstances to their advantage, and to perhaps eliminate the Innocence Entity's threat once and for all...
❖ INCLUDED EVENT PROMPTS
MOD NOTE: All characters who go participate in the event log will be awarded 1 Token, so please make sure to mark that on your AC. You will not receive the token if you don't claim it. For new players, they will be permitted to spend this token for use during the event, though this will only be relevant for those with the Normie Discount.
We would also like to be clear and say that the outcome of this event has been predetermined by the players most closely involved (Himeka and Abel will escape, Estinien will be captured) but everyone else's fates will be up in the air. The event itself will go up and take place on August 17th.
By entering the city, both sects were exposed to the effects of the illness, which turned out even worse for Aions. In a twist of fate, it was during that time that the Pleroma Aion Estinien met his end at the hands of the Kenoma Aion Makoto, shattering his Innocence-petrified body. It was this act of profane violence that summoned the god-like creature that has caused the illness, sending a great metaphysical scream echoing across the city, demanding to know what had been done to it's child.
The winged being now colloquially known as the Innocence Entity manifested for the first time, in the form of a great cloud of wings floating above the city. It turned it's attentions to the gathered Aions, striking down any that challenged it, enraged by the acts of violence committed in the city it had hopes to envelope in a haze of endless peace. Abel, a Pleroma who had come to Estinien's defense, realized that the entity seemed be acting to protect Estinien, who it considered its ward after he succumbed to the illness its power invoked. Abel beseeched his allies to stay their hand and begged the Innocence leave him and the city be.
The Innocence Entity was reluctant, arguing that life without its 'blessing' would be filled with suffering and strife. Abel, Himeka, Ryunosuke, and Alphinaud, the four Pleroma present at the time, insisted to it that life was worth living despite that pain that came along with it, and promised they could care for Estinien in its stead. Accepting their vow, the entity bound them all to a contract that would be broken if they failed to shield him from suffering. It left Venera and the illness faded.
Last month, the Kenoma were deployed to Venera and to Godsblood with the intent of culling dissenters and citizens who showed disloyalty to the empire. During this conflict, the capture of Ryunosuke and Thoma drew Estinien into a battle against several Kenoma. Outnumbered and disadvantaged, the pain and panic Estinien experienced summoned the Innocence Entity once more. It possessed Estinien's body, using its power to dispense of the Kenoma challenging him, all while lashing against the Pleroma it saw as having broken their vows. This divine punishment fell upon Abel and Himeka as they were facing off against Ciel and Emet-Selch in Godsblood. Taking advantage of their suddenly prone enemies, the two Kenoma delivered them to the Regent.
The Kenoma had long-since hoped to capture Estinien, to use his connection to the entity as a weapon against it, but now the perfect bait had fallen into their hands. As the Pleroma rally to save their captured comrades, the Kenoma prepare to turn circumstances to their advantage, and to perhaps eliminate the Innocence Entity's threat once and for all...
❖ INCLUDED EVENT PROMPTS
◆ BURNED AT THE STAKE: In an effort to force the Pleroma's hand, the Regent will be scheduling the public burning of Abel and Himeka in Achamoth. After the failed public execution in Godsblood, why not try again! This will be set up to occur in a public square near the Citadel. The Pleroma will be in a race against time to save them before both their bodies and their shards are destroyed.
◆ INNOCENCE ON FIRE: As the Pleroma enter the city, the Innocence Entity, previously disinterested in fighting on behalf of Aions it considers oath breakers, will seemingly have a change of heart. It will offer its power to Estinien who will, in turn, temporarily ascend to boss monster level during this siege, wielding both the power of the Innocent and the Firebrand. This will be run as an official boss encounter in collaboration with Estinien's player, the mechanics of which will be explained along with the post. In addition, the radiance of the Innocence Entity will rob most Achamoth NPCs of their will to fight, leading to a conflict largely between Aions. Those of the Innocent Legacy will receive strange communion from the entity itself, which they can respond to as they will.
◆ FIREBRANDS RISING: As if summoned by the Pleroma's rebellious actions against the Regent's empire, Pleroma Firebrands participating in the raid will be blessed with additional power that will amplify along with the strength of their defiant conviction. This power can be extended, to a lesser to degree, by those fighting alongside them that are inspired by their example. In opposition, the Firebrands of the Kenoma will hold a natural resistance to the Innocent's assaults, and will find themselves with the ability to 'inspire' limited amounts of NPCs into defying the power robbing them of their will. In general, all Firebrands will feel supernaturally uninhibited by all that would hold them back from achieving their desires, whether those bonds be emotional or physical.
◆ INNOCENCE ON FIRE: As the Pleroma enter the city, the Innocence Entity, previously disinterested in fighting on behalf of Aions it considers oath breakers, will seemingly have a change of heart. It will offer its power to Estinien who will, in turn, temporarily ascend to boss monster level during this siege, wielding both the power of the Innocent and the Firebrand. This will be run as an official boss encounter in collaboration with Estinien's player, the mechanics of which will be explained along with the post. In addition, the radiance of the Innocence Entity will rob most Achamoth NPCs of their will to fight, leading to a conflict largely between Aions. Those of the Innocent Legacy will receive strange communion from the entity itself, which they can respond to as they will.
◆ FIREBRANDS RISING: As if summoned by the Pleroma's rebellious actions against the Regent's empire, Pleroma Firebrands participating in the raid will be blessed with additional power that will amplify along with the strength of their defiant conviction. This power can be extended, to a lesser to degree, by those fighting alongside them that are inspired by their example. In opposition, the Firebrands of the Kenoma will hold a natural resistance to the Innocent's assaults, and will find themselves with the ability to 'inspire' limited amounts of NPCs into defying the power robbing them of their will. In general, all Firebrands will feel supernaturally uninhibited by all that would hold them back from achieving their desires, whether those bonds be emotional or physical.
MOD NOTE: All characters who go participate in the event log will be awarded 1 Token, so please make sure to mark that on your AC. You will not receive the token if you don't claim it. For new players, they will be permitted to spend this token for use during the event, though this will only be relevant for those with the Normie Discount.
We would also like to be clear and say that the outcome of this event has been predetermined by the players most closely involved (Himeka and Abel will escape, Estinien will be captured) but everyone else's fates will be up in the air. The event itself will go up and take place on August 17th.
misa amane | kenoma | lover
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i think dokja would opt for talking first, pvp if absolutely necessary since..... this is misa..... and despite the pleroma being like hey she is DANGEROUS, he'll be like How Bad Could It Possibly Be
but i'd be so okay with any petrification and if need be/it gets to that point i can pull someone in to help him while she gets away!!
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i'm crying they can definitely talk for a bit, maybe if dokja approached her somewhere where she couldn't easily get away (room with only one door, an alleyway, a roof... idk something like that), she'd probably be amenable to talk for a bit/stall for time while she brainstormed how to escape, before just making a run for it..... dying at dokja being like 'how bad can she be' meanwhile misa is like 'i hope this guy doesn't rip my arm off???' since she saw what happened to gen
but i'd be very down for things to turn towards pvp/petrification at the end of their interaction if u wanna...!! she would really only go for his legs to keep him from chasing after her, if that would be ok with u, and ofc i am open to her getting hurt in the process of her escape 👀
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but yeah some place where he can corner her would be great..... honestly it doesn't even have to end in a pvp I DON'T KNOW I GO WHERE THE WIND TAKES ME i just want to play with you and misa
and for dokja to cement his "i don't like her" feelings
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BUT OKAY SOUNDS GOOD!! i'm not tling this event so i can set up a closed starter for us maybe?? of her being somewhere... catchable.... so they can have a lovely, not at all bad chat and we can both fly by the seat of our pants from there!! unless you are tling in which case i can go there and/or wildcard you 😈
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BUT YES I'M VERY EXCITED
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I WILL SET SMTH UP FOR US SINCE I'LL HAVE A thingy up for other closed starters, i will ping u on plurk when it's ready hehe🥳🥳🥳
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she'll be hopping around the city so they can definitely run into one another at some point amidst the chaos... maybe post the burnening but before the boss battle???
also i'm sorry i'm sure u have gotten a lot of qs like this but what is the level of awareness of his defection that she would theoretically have at this point, would she still reasonably be able to believe they were on the same side or has he already Actually jumped ship by leaving the city prior/changing attunement by this point 🥺 i'm good with either way but want to make sure i am following ur timeline!!
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also it's really up to you and what you think would be more fun for you/misa! timeline-wise he is still officially kenoma when he goes back to achamoth (he was t1 kenoma when he left) and then he's unattuning for like an hour to untouched and then attuning to pleroma after that, so theoretically you could have misa bump into him at any point. as far as IC knowledge, so far the only one he's admitted to for sure that he left is ciel (though i'm sure other people have Assumed that he left) so really however you wanna swing it is fine by me, if you wanna have misa be delusional and just pretend he's off on Business(TM) and super busy or that she actually knows For Sure
i realize that's not super helpful, i just like giving people options
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i have thought about this and i think she would probably gaslight herself into thinking he was away on business for the period that he was gone from achamoth, so she would likely think everything's fine by the time of the raid.... i'm going to say her seeing him unattuned is best for the dramatic pain route, because she will still be able to delude herself into thinking he can come back from it and it will hurt me, personally
if that sounds good to you, are you doing closed starters or something for this event... i am happy to write a closed starter or wildcard you as well!! 😈
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i honestly have no idea if i'm doing closed starters or not, i will check in with the people i have plans with and see what they are doing and report back to you!!! also one q: since i need him alive so he can die later, would misa disengage by herself at some point....i'm just not sure if they're both leaving with her still deluding herself that he'll come back or if she'll be hurt enough that she'll just leave him to die there bc he's unattuned and largely useless
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so i'll come up with some way for her to leave him there post finding out if that works?? 🤔🤔
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but if not she can just get him a considerable amount and we can go from there!! would thoma fight back at all or would he try to diffuse the situation instead 👀
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also, will you be top-leveling this event? i won't be, so i can either come to your tl, or we can do a closed starter situation!!
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alternatively, we could also do something pre-raid with looking for good places to do long range attacks from/places to hide out plus learning a bit about each other's powers, if that might be a better place for them to start off cr... i am open to either or any other suggestions you may have!!
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HMMMM... Either of those options could jump start us pretty well, I think? Havoc is super down with the idea of getting people endeared to her through debt or favors so she would stop her attacking to go help if it seemed like Misa was about to get into danger on her hypnowalk, but she also would not mind getting some pointers about long-range sniper spots from someone who has been in Achamoth longer!
So I guess it just boils down to whether you're interested in a more high-strung, potentially shorter thread that would probably end ig with them both getting back to work orrrrr a potentially longer one with more set-up and talking?
I'm game for either!
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if that sounds okay to you, i can probably write up a starter for this, since misa will be the one hypnowalking HAHA just let me know if that sounds solid!!
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I would love a starter, thank you!
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