Event || A History of Light and Darkness

[eternitymods]

Who: Brave Explorers and/or Those Poor Souls Being Dragged Along by Friends
When: Oct 15-30th
Where: Thilmit Border Post, inside the Old Heranean Doll Museum
What: The Heroes of Light received a strange letter, and are now being asked to investigate the strange occurrences at the old doll museum.
Warnings/Notes: OOC Post Warnings for Spookiness, Creepy Dolls. Post toplevels for each group. Please post warnings as needed for memory fragments and exploration. For random numbers, use the dice functions on Plurk or Discord.



The Old Heranean Doll Museum is a small building, but somehow the dark, dusty windows and poorly maintained roof give it a menacing feel as you approach. The sign says, "OPEN"...although, as you approached, you think it might have been turned to "CLOSED".

The door creaks as it swings open, though there is no one from the museum to greet you as you enter. A cold breeze blows in behind you, sapping any lingering warmth in the room. The building is dark, and cobwebs are starting to form in the corners of the lobby and on the velvet rope stanchions that guide the flow of traffic in and out. Out of a shadowy corner, a large centipede skitters across the floor and into a crack low on the wall.

At the reception desk, one of the antique dolls sits, unmoving, unblinking. That goes without saying. Its eyes do not follow you as you enter.... The hairs prickling up on the back of your neck are just coincidence, that's all.

There is another doll perched on the wooden brochure display stand near the door. It's strange that the curator leaves the display pieces out where visitors can touch them....

As you enter, you hear something whistling through the air toward you a moment before it makes a impact. A tiny pebble, too small to do any damage other than a brief stinging. During this moment of distraction, the door slams and locks.

When you look at the spots where the dolls were perched a moment ago, there is now just empty space. There is movement in the shadows, and the nearly imperceptible sound of tiny shapes creeping around.

As you move past the lobby into the exhibits, a sign above the entryway declares:

Welcome to the Old Heranean Doll Museum. We hope you enjoy our historic Heroes of Light displays.

Comments

[wheretheresawill]

Terra gratefully stops fiddling with his sword and holds it properly, moving himself toward the front of the group as a shield for the more fragile among them. Moving his heavy blade in a familiar configuration, he activates Rampart to boost everyone's defense - not by a huge amount, but every bit helps.

"I'm not great when it comes to magic, but try to get it to attack me if you can."

[chocobosnap]

"Can you even attack a ghost?" Prompto said in a rush, the surprise is evident, but he reacts like he's used to things popping up on him.

He raised his gun and took aim.

rolled Ollie

[shinra_dog]

With a crackle and pop, the elemental attacks Olivier, shooting a small bolt of lightning out from itself to hit the man in the chest.

Reno dodged to the side. "Shit, what even is the opposite of lightning here?" With swift hand symbols, he retaliated with a Fire Ninjutsu. "You okay there, Hunter of Love?"

[charming_jerk]

"Um... water spells?"

Maybe getting everyone and the surroundings wet might not be the best idea when something's hurling lightning around.

Johnny opts to Last Charge the elemental, thinking similarly to Prompto - he wasn't even sure if it was going to hit, but it was worth a shot.

[wheretheresawill]

"I hate when they're resistant to physical damage..." Terra's magic power isn't going to win any prizes, but he gives Saint Cross a try anyway. He's spent his fair share of time chipping away at elementals frustratingly.

[chocobosnap]

It might have been resistant to damage, but that didn't mean it wouldn't take any.

Prompto unleashed Trigger Happy finishing it with a little whistled tune. Old habits died hard.

[kuposcreed]

Bonnie had the same worries as Johnny, but she had a feeling it would be a bad time if the dolls caught fire too. "I'll give it a try, kupo!"

Her paws flashed in a flurry of cute flailing that was the closest she could muster to hand seals. But in the end her toebeans were indeed dexterous enough to form her Ninjutsu and a small jet of water shot at the elemental!