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Brave New World Mods ([personal profile] bravenewmods) wrote in [community profile] bravenewworld2015-07-17 09:32 pm

Descent into Darkness

As the characters arrive, they will find what appears to be a rather deep cavern. Upon entering, the caverns are quite narrow, with twists and turns everywhere and different tunnels that all seem to be interconnected. As characters travel deeper within the caverns, reality around them will start to warp, they will start to see and hear things that aren’t necessarily there - images of old enemies, past failures, voices of condemnation, visions that strike at the soul and core of the characters. Once this begins, it will only increase in power and volume, demanding it be confronted, lest they be trapped within these caves forever.

[OOC: This event will run for a week. All characters who enter the caves will be subject to some of their deepest fears, darkest demons, and most abject failures. To overcome them, characters must help each other out, finding their purpose through strength of character and resolve to move forward. In general, these visions should require characters to come to grips with themselves. Illusory images and voices can and will appear and can take any number of forms, depending on what is most appropriate to a character. Additionally, characters may thread with each other and are encouraged to help each other out to overcome these personal demons. For those who wish to take part, they are able and encouraged to narrate their own personal demons, which will be on display for everyone who enters their thread. IC threads may be made in this post.]
faithfulflame: (Rei Gentle)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2015-07-24 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
But, is it really the way you want to do that? Shouldn't you be...maybe inspiring faith in your own way? Rather than living the way someone else did ages ago?

[She may have some serious personal insight here...]
miracle_miko: (pic#8917776)

[personal profile] miracle_miko 2015-07-24 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know how to do it any other way...

[ She lowers her head deeply, feeling ashamed, feeling useless. ]
faithfulflame: (Rei Sweet)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2015-07-24 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Dear...

[Rei smiles gently, leaning in closer.]

You don't have to know a way. You just do things. You act as the spirits, the gods, and as your beliefs guide you. You have a path you can forge on your own. That's what I do. We don't have any guidelines in my faith. We just have...faith?
miracle_miko: (pic#8917816)

[personal profile] miracle_miko 2015-07-25 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sanae looks up suddenly, surprised by what Rei is suggesting. ]

You just have faith? That's all? And others follow you?
faithfulflame: (Rei Posing)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2015-07-25 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. As a leader you must have faith. Faith inspires trust.

[She laughs softly, almost as if she wonders why this is a surprise for Sanae.]

When you have their trust, people will follow you. At least, that's what's happened with me. If you don't have faith, if you're doing something your heart isn't fully in? Then they'll see that, and they won't trust you to lead. And being a priestess is being a leader, you know.
miracle_miko: (pic#8917753)

[personal profile] miracle_miko 2015-08-03 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
But only the strong get to lead. It isn't about faith or what you believe in, it's about how strong you are. Like the Matriarch...

[ It was a bit different in her order, but at the same time there were many parallels between them and the Valkyries. She had to be strong, but she also had to inspire and invigorate others. She had to be faithful, and prove that their ways were right. ]

I... I never thought about a leader being someone you can trust. And my heart is fully in it! I may have strayed from my path a bit, but not a day goes by that I don't think about what I'm here to do!
faithfulflame: (Rei Elegant)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2015-08-03 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Then, Sanae.

[No honorific. No more treating her like a child.]

You know what you have to do. You've got to become a faithful leader people can trust in. Because trust is strength. You don't have to be strong alone, if you have the trust of the people and Pokemon around you. I'm strong, but only because I have my friends and my family and my Pokemon with me, the things that trust me.

I know you can have those same things. You can be as strong as me and my circle. You just have to believe. Really believe with all your heart. That's the spark that inspires trust and faith. Not the teachings someone forced on you, or how strong a fighter you are and not the number of followers you have. Those have no meaning, unless you really, really believe.