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Antumbra Mods ([personal profile] umbralant) wrote in [community profile] antumbrac2020-02-09 03:09 pm
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WEEK 6

WEEK 6


Five weeks. It's been five weeks, and twenty-seven has now dwindled down to eleven. And while only two passed this week, this trial may have been the most devastating in its own way, as threads of patience frayed and fragments of trust fractured. Nevertheless, if The Lady is to be believed, that may very well have been the final set of sacrifices that she was waiting for, so perhaps the end is in sight.

Of course, the fact that everyone is still stuck in Krakow means that it's not over yet, and who even knows what's happening over in the Twilight?

And so, some more changes are in store for this week, even if it may not be the same ones that you've gotten used to. For one thing, the fog stays put and no new areas of the city are revealed under the light of the lampposts. Secondly, The Lady is nowhere to be found in the city, with her bookstore office vacated and abandoned with nary a trace as to where she went. And third, the clock tower will no longer operate, which-- well. Actually that's not new at all, but it certainly may make it difficult to keep up with the facade of passing days. At least the moon still serves as a reminder of that, gibbous phase waxing into something fuller over the course of the week even if the color looks a bit off.

It may not be a fresh new start, but it's not time to give up yet, is it? After all, you are all Survivors.

[[Welcome to Week 6! Note that there are no new locations this week, but feel free to make top levels at your discretion, and remember to note it in your header if you plan on investigating any locations. As alluded above, The Lady will be unavailable, while Rembrandt will still be around on Monday and Tuesday before disappearing for the rest of the week.]]
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baitless: bringing a hand up to his face thoughtfully. (chai... just means tea...)

[personal profile] baitless 2020-02-12 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I examined the lampposts throughout the city and did not find... that much of interest, though I should note that they're eerily uniform. They seem solidly built, and I could not find any dents or defects on them. The other thing of note is that they produce something of an eerie hum, which I assume isn't normal, and attempts to verbally address any potential soul inside were fruitless.
inordertobelieve: (stern: glasses removal)

[personal profile] inordertobelieve 2020-02-12 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Granted those souls seem to have been turned into power sources, so the question is if they are even sentient anymore to begin with.

[ Being a lamp seems like a pretty... dead thing to be, if you ask him. ]
baitless: an expression that can serve as either deep frustration or, perhaps, some level of grief. who can say. (i am so tired all of the time.)

[personal profile] baitless 2020-02-12 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
That was my thought, as well. Presumably all we can do for them at this point is... well, release them.
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[personal profile] psychophant 2020-02-12 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[seteth talked to the lamps.........]

I spoke to Shin about the lamps, actually. He told me that the Lady installed more of these lampposts around the city. Those who had been attacked by the creatures were missing part of their souls, and were too unstable to survive escaping the Twilight. Shin apparently ate whatever was in the bulb in order to sate his hunger, which seems to have stabilized him well enough to make the transition from the Twilight. He also mentioned that he was nearly killed by their ally when he awoke in the Twilight because she thought he'd become like those blue-eyed "manifestations". He apparently only lost half of his soul as well, and he was quite irritated by the whole ordeal.

[He also ate plants, but you know what, that is not something any of us want to think about today.]

There's no guarantee that things will be the same on this side, but if you were unable to find any more information from the lampposts, then perhaps we should examine the bulbs closer.

[just eat a lightbulb seteth, just do it]
baitless: an expression that can serve as either deep frustration or, perhaps, some level of grief. who can say. (i am so tired all of the time.)

[personal profile] baitless 2020-02-12 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
...you know, I am really not surprised to hear that Shin decided to just eat what very well may be a piece of someone’s soul, but here we are.
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[personal profile] psychophant 2020-02-12 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I really wish I could have seen that. It sounds like they were having an interesting time over there.
baitless: an expression that can serve as either deep frustration or, perhaps, some level of grief. who can say. (i am so tired all of the time.)

[personal profile] baitless 2020-02-12 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I... think I am happier not knowing, myself.
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[personal profile] psychophant 2020-02-12 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[you're no fun, grandpa]

That's fair enough.
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