Descent into Darkness

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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.]

Comments

[cyborghands]

Did you come here alone?

[He looked a little young to be wandering through these caves on his own. Maybe he should help him find the way back out, if not accompany him through the caves.]

Foolish.

You can't protect anyone.

[Funny how this guy doesn't seem to notice those voices. Maybe they're just in your head?]

[untalented]

[He wasn't that young. Although he was short in stature and as slender as a bellsprout caught in a strong breeze, he was still a man in his twentieth year-- but the dissonant sound of the voices had him looking around like a child wary of some shade hiding in the closet.]

--I came with a friend, [he admitted, shaking his head.] But we got separated with all the twists and turns. She's a young blonde woman in a blue dress, if you've seen her.

[Maybe he really should just ignore the voices. They didn't seem to be intended for him, and the stranger didn't seem to hear them at all.]

[cyborghands]

[You look small enough that he's going to be concerned, sorry Waver. He shakes his head.]

Sorry, I haven't seen her. I can help you look for her. What's your name?

[untalented]

...She might also be a Honedge right now, come to think of it. She's a Shifter.

[He scratched his cheek thoughtfully while he spoke, glad for the distraction of wondering how Shifter's even worked.]

My name's Waver Mackenzie, [was the reply, autommatically using the name of the family he was staying with out of habit at this point.] What's your's?

[That's a detail he might need to know if they trekked further into the cave.]

[cyborghands]

[Ah. So a blonde woman in a blue dress, or a Honedge.]

Takeshi Hongo. It's nice to meet you, Waver.

[He doesn't offer a hand as it's not the ideal place for formalities, among other reasons. He's wearing thick gloves, and the black marks under his eyes hint at him being Enlightened.]

[untalented]

[Waver could tell that Takeshi was Enlightened with just a glance; it was one of his particular talents and, although he had been trying to be more polite with it since entering Union, all of his senses were on high alert in this cavern. Although he couldn't quite define what sort of Enlightened Takeshi was, knowing that his new companion was likely much stronger than him was enough to put Waver at a little more ease in this cavern.]

It's nice meeting you too, Takeshi. Now-- do you have any idea which direction we should go?

[Besides the dim light from his spell, there was darkness all around them. And, since Waver didn't anticipate entering the Labyrinth of the Minotauros, he didn't bring along the proper equipment to mark their path.]