[hr][hr][center][img]https://s22.postimg.cc/6xwhnyhtt/8feea9672d571d4eceb088fcf045e88c.png[/img][hr][img]https://i.postimg.cc/C5rhbt11/207122.gif[/img][hr][@Nallore][@BlueSky44][@FantasyChic][@mnkee][@LadyRunic][@KazAlkemi][/center][hr][center][h3][color=ed145b][b]Present Day - The Castle: May 4th, 12,508 - 7:15 PM [/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][i] Nicely done on the cases. I've decided to push us farther forward in time than had been originally planned. Not everyone is going to receive a character specific update here. In fact, very few of you will - this will be similar to the start of the arc. I will include general notes about things happening at the Castle. Once we finish the wedding and a brief reception, we will then be time skipping again to the next morning. Anyways, let's get on with the show![/i] Throughout the Castle, things are beginning to wind down for the day. The Market has closed, given that it is just about an hour before sunset and the merchants wish to get home to their families in time for dinner. Kids are running around the Ramblings, completing various errands for their parents before they have to go home and finish their chores for the evening. Apprentices return to their homes after a long day of work - with the exception of those at Wizard Tower for the most part. Only the older apprentices there choose to live outside of the Tower. On Snake Slipway, a fight has broken out. A person with [b]Magykal[/b] ability had been blamed for spreading the [b]Sickenesse[/b] to a young child - and while it wasn't true, paranoia and fear were growing in the Castle. The poor young wizard was surrounded and branded with an M on their face for [b]Magyk[/b] as the crowd cheered, saying it was time for them to reclaim their Castle. Along Wizard Way, most of the businesses have closed as well. The Manuscriptorium - with the scribes perhaps relieved that Queen Valda hadn't come to inspect them - had closed early that day due to the break in. The scribes couldn't find much that had gone missing, but it would still be a bit of time until they knew for sure. The street itself is beginning to be lit by enchanted [b]Fyre[/b] in suspended iron posts along the way. The [b]Gothyk Grotto[/b] - also known as the Grot - is one of the few places along Wizard Way that is still open. The outcasts of the Castle have already started to turn up, ready to party the night away. The more mainstream crowd has gone to the reopened Winking Duck Tavern in the Ramblings, of course. For Wizard Tower itself, the first floor is abuzz with activity. There is a wedding happening soon and the doors are open to the public. Three Ordinary Wizards have been posted at the spiral staircase, ensuring that no one gets upstairs to where they are not authorized. The Stranger Chamber is ready to confine anyone who gets out of hand and most of the feast has been put into place. The Floor, of course, is in a rather chipper mood. Over at the Port, Captain James continues to attempt to make repairs to her vessel. The ice from Arnora had been a blessing, but ice did as it always does - and it had melted. They weren't in danger of sinking, but it would be at least another day of repairs until the [i]Aricie[/i] was seaworthy. There are a few more regular barges going between the Port and the Castle that are available, but once the sun sets, it'll be over to the Night Barge - of which there is only one. The Port Witch Coven House has not been disturbed since Fleur entered the Witch's Road. An invaluable technique, most use it to review memories and catch details they had missed. It was how Queen Valda had been able to "rewind" so to speak and hear the speedsters when Princess Luna had been abducted back at the Winter Solstice. However, it is more powerful than that. The Witch's Road exists [i]outside[/i] of time. It is a dimension of its own, a plane crafted out of pure [b]Magyk[/b]. In most scenarios, it appears to be a softly glowing road through a dense and dark wood. To use it, simply concentrate on what you wish to find - and it will [b]Appear[/b] to you once you walk long enough. It can be used to communicate across time as well. For example, a witch in May of this year might run into another using the Road 10,000 years in the future. Ghosts can manifest themselves on this plane, provided that they are witches. And should something be wrong with [b]Magyk[/b] itself? It can manifest in this place... and be destroyed. [url=https://i.postimg.cc/T1sZQXXK/Scarlet-Witch-Vol-2-2-Anka-Variant-Textless.jpg]Another witch[/url] on the Road appeared to Fleur within moments. "You are not who I expected," the witch said simply. Her scarlet cloak billowed behind her slightly, as if disturbed by a wind. [hider=Notes on the Wedding][b][i]When:[/i][/b] 8:30 PM - arrive by 8:15 PM on May 4th [b][i]Where:[/i][/b] Wizard Tower - Great Hall (First Floor) [b][i]Who:[/i][/b] Bruce Banner and Myth the Muse [b][i]Ceremony:[/i][/b][list][*]Invocation and Dedication to Thor, God of Thunder (goat) - [i]to summon the attention of the gods[/i] [*]Sword Presentation - [i]the groom must present his bride with a recently recovered sword of his ancestors[/i] [*]Second Sword Presentation - [i]the bride then gives the groom a sword that she had carried with her down the aisle. It does not need to be a familial relic (note: the bride must also wear a crown at all times)[/i] [*]Exchange of Finger Rings - [i]the bride and groom recite vows and petition for a blessing from Thor. The rings are placed on the tip of the exchanged swords[/i][/list][b][i]Post Ceremony:[/i][/b][list][*]Bride Running - [i]all guests will run from the Great Hall to the Auxiliary Hall where the feast has been set up. It has direct access to the courtyard. The group that arrives last has to serve spirits to the other group (i.e. bride's side v groom's side).[/i]We [*]Wedding Sword - [i]when the bride arrives, the groom puts his sword on the threshold. He picks her up and carries her over it, so that way she cannot stumble.[/i] [*]Luck Test - [i]once everyone is in the hall, the groom has to plunge his sword into either a supporting pillar or roof. The luck of the marriage is supposedly correlated to the depth of the scar he makes[/i] [*]Feasting - [i]this can last for days.[/i][/list] [u]Anticipated Attendees (NPCs Shown Only)[/u] [list] [*]Marya and Medea Magnisky [*]Millicent Clarke, Host of Hecate [*]Richard Laine, Trophy Husband [*]Thalia Maehers, Time Dragon [*]Zekarra, Tiny Dragon [*]Runa, Goddess of Lies [*]Lance Banner [*]Astrid Banner [*]Nova Banner [*]Halley Banner [*]Klara, Goddess of Water and Love [*]Thor, God of Thunder [*][url=https://i.postimg.cc/K8n5yKnH/baldr-by-righon-d46rynf.jpg]Baldur, God of Light[/url] [*][url=https://i.postimg.cc/jdD8Bdgp/Eostre-edit-FB-800x420.jpg]Nanna[/url], Goddess of Joy and Peace (Bruce's maternal grandmother)[/list][/hider] [hider=Notes on the Sickenesse][i][color=ed145b][b]Rhys[/b][/color][/i]:[list][*]First Symptoms: May 4th [*]Current Stage: [color=ed145b][i][b]One[/b][/i][/color] [*]Symptoms: Minor fatigue, headaches. All around feeling awful but can still function more or less normally. Some [b]Physik[/b] remedies can help ameliorate symptoms temporarily. -1 on all physical checks.[/list] [i][color=ed145b][b]Arya[/b][/color][/i]:[list][*]First Symptoms: March 29th [*]Current Stage: [color=ed145b][i][b]One[/b][/i][/color] [*]Symptoms: Minor fatigue, headaches. All around feeling awful but can still function more or less normally. Some [b]Physik[/b] remedies can help ameliorate symptoms temporarily. -1 on all physical checks. [/list] [i][color=ed145b][b]Valda[/b][/color][/i]:[list][*]First Symptoms: April 22nd [*]Current Stage: One [*]Symptoms: Minor fatigue, headaches. All around feeling awful but can still function more or less normally. Some [b]Physik[/b] remedies can help ameliorate symptoms temporarily. -1 on all physical checks.[/list] [i][color=ed145b][b]Atkin[/b][/color][/i]:[list][*]First Symptoms: March 12th [*]Current Stage: One [*]Symptoms: Minor fatigue, headaches. All around feeling awful but can still function more or less normally. Some [b]Physik[/b] remedies can help ameliorate symptoms temporarily. -1 on all physical checks. [/list] [i][color=ed145b][b]Fleur[/b][/color][/i]:[list][*]First Symptoms: March 14th [*]Current Stage: [color=ed145b][i][b]Two[/b][/i][/color] [*]Symptoms: Significant fatigue, abdominal aching, nose bleeds, bloody stools. You can get by if you live a sedentary life, but people can tell there's something wrong pretty immediately. -3 on physical checks, -1 on Mental Checks. [/list] [hider=Documented Stages][color=ed145b][i]Only those with a [b]Physik[/b] skill or who make a successful check will be aware of these stages. Message the GM for a check if needed~[/i][/color] [i][color=ed145b][b]Stage One[/b][/color][/i]: Minor fatigue, headaches. All around feeling awful but can still function more or less normally. Some [b]Physik[/b] remedies can help ameliorate symptoms temporarily. -1 on all physical checks. [i][color=ed145b][b]Stage Two[/b][/color][/i]: Significant fatigue, abdominal aching, nose bleeds, bloody stools. You can get by if you live a sedentary life, but people can tell there's something wrong pretty immediately. -3 on physical checks, -1 on Mental Checks. [i][color=ed145b][b]Stage Three[/b][/color][/i]: Skin turns pale or grey, eyes turn black, veins turn dark. All symptoms of stage two exacerbated. Most have to remain in bed at this point or risk worsening their health further. -5 on Physical rolls, -3 on Mental. [i][color=ed145b][b]Stage Four[/b][/color][/i]: Comatose. All symptoms of stage three are still present. Stage four always advances to stage five within one week. [i][color=ed145b][b]Stage Five[/b][/color][/i]: Death. [/hider] [hider=NPCs - Named][color=ed145b][i]Date listed is when initial symptoms began~[/i][/color] [list][*]Esmeralda - May 4th - Stage [color=ed145b][i][b]One[/b][/i][/color] [*]Blaise Rowland - February 21st - Stage One [*]Marya and Medea Magnisky - May 2nd - Stage One [*]Bernice - February 21st - Stage [color=ed145b][i][b]Two[/b][/i][/color] [*]Jarvis Yule - April 17th - Stage [color=ed145b][i][b]Three[/b][/i][/color] (Location Unknown) [*]Constance Langdon - May 2nd - Stage [color=ed145b][i][b]Two[/b][/i][/color] [*]Asha the [b]Magykal[/b] - April 28th - Stage Three (Confined to Bed Rest in the Big Wild Land) [*]Badger (Rhys' Apprentice) - April 30th - Stage Three (Confined to Bed Rest in Rhys' Home)[/list][/hider] [hider=NPCs - Unnamed][color=ed145b][i]Date listed is when initial symptoms began~[/i][/color][list][*]Ordinary Wizard - March 30th - Stage Four (Comatose, housed at Wizard Tower Sick Bay) [*]Ordinary Apprentice - February 25th - Stage Three (Confined to Bed Rest at Wizard Tower Sick Bay) [*]Ordinary Wizard - February 10th - Stage [color=ed145b][b][i]Four[/i][/b][/color] (Comatose, housed at Wizard Tower Sick Bay) [*]Ordinary Wizard - May 2nd - Stage Three (Confined to Bed Rest at Wizard Tower Sick Bay) [*]Ordinary Wizard - May 3rd - Stage Three (Confined to Bed Rest at Wizard Tower Sick Bay) [*]Ordinary Wizard - May 3rd - Stage Three (Confined to Bed Rest at Wizard Tower Sick Bay) [*]Ordinary Wizard - February 2nd - Stage Three (Confined to Bed Rest at Wizard Tower Sick Bay) [*]Ordinary Wizard - April 10th - Stage Three (Confined to Bed Rest at Wizard Tower Sick Bay) [*]Ordinary Wizard - February 5th - Stage [color=ed145b][b][i]Four[/i][/b][/color] (Comatose, housed at Wizard Tower Sick Bay) [*]Ordinary Wizard - May 1st - Stage [color=ed145b][b][i]Four[/i][/b][/color] (Comatose, housed at Wizard Tower Sick Bay) [*]Young Witch, Age 12 - February 14th - Stage Two [*]Young Witch, Age 14 - February 5th - Stage Two [*]Ordinary Apprentice - February 2nd - Stage [color=ed145b][b][i]Three[/i][/b][/color] (Collapsed on Wizard Way) [*]Ordinary Apprentice - February 3rd - Stage Two [*]Ordinary Wizard - April 22nd - Stage Two [*]Ordinary Wizard - February 8th - Stage Two [*]Ordinary Wizard - April 4th - Stage Two [*]Ordinary Wizard - February 11th - Stage [color=ed145b][b][i]Three[/i][/b][/color] (Collapsed at Larry's Dead Languages) [*]Ordinary Wizard - March 27th - Stage One [*]Ordinary Wizard - February 12th - Stage One [*]Ordinary Wizard - March 31st - Stage One [*]Ordinary Wizard - May 2nd - Stage [color=ed145b][b][i]Four[/i][/b][/color] (Unconscious on Alchemie Way) [*]Ordinary Wizard - February 21st - Stage One [*]Ordinary Wizard - April 1st - Stage One [*]Ordinary Wizard - May 1st - Stage One [*]Ordinary Wizard - February 23rd - Stage One [*]Ordinary Wizard - March 6th - Stage One [*]Ordinary Wizard - April 16th - Stage One [*]Ordinary Apprentice - May 3rd - Stage One [*]Ordinary Apprentice - March 17th - Stage One [*]Ordinary Apprentice - May 1st - Stage [color=ed145b][b][i]Two[/i][/b][/color] [*]Young Warlock, Age 6 - February 2nd - Stage One [*]Young Witch, Age 12 - February 27th - Stage One [*]Young Witch, Age 9 - May 4th - Stage One [*]Ordinary Wizard - May 4th - Stage [color=ed145b][b][i]One[/i][/b][/color] [*]Adult Witch - May 4th - Stage [color=ed145b][b][i]One[/i][/b][/color] [*]Adult Witch - May 4th - Stage [color=ed145b][b][i]One[/i][/b][/color] [/list][/hider] [hider=Deaths][color=ed145b][i]Date listed is date of death~[/i][/color][list][*]Death of a One True Coven Witch - February 7th [*]Death of an Ordinary Wizard - April 30th [*]Death of an Ordinary Wizard - March 31st [*]Death of an Ordinary Wizard - April 12th [*]Death of an Ordinary Apprentice - May 4th [*]Death of an Ordinary Wizard - May 4th [*]Death of an Ordinary Wizard - May 4th [*]Death of a Young Witch, Age 16 - May 4th [*]Death of an Ordinary Apprentice - May 4th [*]Death of an Ordinary Wizard - May 4th [*]Death of an Ordinary Wizard - May 4th [*]Death of an Ordinary Wizard - May 4th [*]Death of an Ordinary Wizard - May 4th [*]Death of an Adult Witch - May 4th[/list] [/hider][/hider][hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=9B30FF]Arya Rincewind[/color][/i][/b][/h1][img]https://i.postimg.cc/HkTkyQ3F/KwE0.gif[/img][hr][color=9B30FF][b]Location:[/b][/color] The Palace - the Library[/center][hr] Arya had never quite felt this invigorated, ever since Klara had used her [b]Magyk[/b] - though Arya was skeptical it truly was [b]Magyk[/b], it [b]Felt[/b] different. She could tell that Klara had easily become incredibly important to Cuyler and that no word of caution on her part would convince Cuyler to guard his heart. He was not as formal, cold, and distant as she was. She was a glacier and he was the sun. Due to the insistence that she remain at the Palace from her condition, Arya was in the library reading her way through Queen Valda's collection. More specifically, Arya had found a book in there detailing the beliefs of the Land of Long Nights. It was incredibly out of date, written in [b]Olde English[/b] but she was managing to decipher it. The ExtraOrdinary Wizard was not alone in the library. "Arya," Rowland greeted, coming into the room. He looked a little tired, but there was still a twinkle in his eyes and a bit of a spring in his step. In fact, Rowland would have been there sooner had he not been on a date. It had gone very well and he had spent the night - hence his absence until this evening. [color=9B30FF]"Rowland,"[/color] she replied, her eyes watering as she got up and hugged her mentor tightly. He hugged her back, sitting down on the sofa with her and he rubbed her back slightly as she sobbed into him. "There, there, little one... I know my beard is unkempt today, but it shouldn't be bad enough to make you cry." She couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time now. [color=9B30FF]"I'm doing everything wrong, Rowland... I-I do not know what to do. And I believe I have lost Cuyler as well to a stranger."[/color] "If that's true, then he didn't deserve you, my dear - but I doubt it," Rowland said soothingly. "Now, in my experience there is no problem the two of us cannot solve in a library - so shall we get cracking then?"[hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=ff0000]Myrus Silvers [/color][/i][/b][/h1][img]https://i.postimg.cc/s27zHxn5/tumblr-mbvs6xtddl1qat9xro1-500.gif[/img][hr][color=ff0000][b]Location:[/b][/color] The Palace Boat Launch[/center][hr] Myrus had gone outside, taking in the fresh air. He used to love sitting with his father on the docks, watching as ducks and the like would swim on past them. It was one of his happier memories. Fendrel had explained to Myrus that he had a big sister, Valda, who would return home one day - and that if he were ever lost, Valda would appear to help him. It was a nice sentiment, especially compared to the truth that his sister had been kidnapped and brainwashed. Sitting on the edge of the launch, Myrus glanced up for a moment at the banners with the Castle's colors rippling in the breeze. His mother hadn't been one for coming out here, but he still remembered the trip they had taken together before her death. The sea had always inspired him, mostly because it was a gateway to the world - a world he had seen very little of. He then looked at his hands, grabbing a small pebble carefully that he had brought with him. [color=ff0000]"Come on, Myrus, you can do this,"[/color] he whispered to himself with a shaky voice. Slowly, his hands began to glow, as did the pebble. Instead of filling him with fear, anxiety, and dread as it had before, it made him feel... [i]powerful[/i]. He flung the rock up into the sky, watching as it exploded and the small bits of debris landed into the river. There was a slight smile on his face and a tear fell down his cheek. [hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=#cc33ff]Antonije Magnisky[/color][/i][/b][/h1][img]https://i.postimg.cc/8zCBbrzn/giphy.gif[/img][hr][color=#cc33ff][b]Location:[/b][/color] Wizard Tower - the Great Hall[/center][hr] Antonije had practically been dragged away from attacking the Floor. It continued to taunt him whenever he had to walk through there to get something Bruce asked for. While Bruce was the so called Master of the Cosmos, apparently he couldn't just teleport everything he needed to where he needed it. It made Antonije wonder if the man was purposefully trying to give him boring and pointless tasks. He had just finished grabbing the swords, incredibly tempted to see if he could juggle them, when he noticed his sisters trip over something and they fell. [color=#cc33ff]"Marya! Medea!"[/color] Antonije called out, running towards the front of the hall - still carrying the swords. It was a dumb thing to do, but his brother instincts were overriding his common sense and he ended up stabbing himself in the left calf with one of the swords. However, he gritted his teeth and just set the swords aside, bending down next to his sisters. [i] [color=#cc33ff]Dude, we need another one of your apples, now![/color][/i] he screamed telepathically into Lance's mind. Meanwhile, Runa, Halley, and Astrid were all inside with Myth, helping her get ready in the dressing room on the first floor. [color=ed145b]"You look beautiful,"[/color] Halley complimented her soon to be sister in law, smiling at her. [color=ed145b]"Have you thought of names yet? No offense to my mother, but Brucey's name is awful... Bruce Baldur Banner is such a mouthful."[/color]