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Devil's Advocates (Saving the world...by burning it down!)

@The Jest Well then I won't use fear, just so there's no dissonance between player and GM. How does energy absortion / redistribution sound? I have a few ideas to limit the power level just in case it sounds too OP.

Devil's Advocates (Saving the world...by burning it down!)

@The Jest Sweet I'll get a CS up momentarily. Just a question real quick. Would a power revolving around fear be possible? In your first OOC post I noticed you said that "all mankind's evils were expunged from their souls" Now would that render others fearless? I just want to be sure I'm not blatantly ignoring your lore.

Devil's Advocates (Saving the world...by burning it down!)

@The Jest Oh this looks cool, you got any spaces left?

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Silas Asara

As he ducked a low-hanging branch, Silas sped up just so he could catch up to Vera before she could be swallowed by the great grey void once more. Since visibility was almost zero at this point, he didn't want to lose sight of his newfound friend. Vera seemed pretty nice, and she could take a joke unlike a certain wind elementalist Silas had met earlier. Just thinking about her earlier abrasive reaction made Silas appreciate the fact that he'd run into the much more easygoing Vera during the run.

"Well unfortunately, our chances of winning this thing heavily depend on luck, perhaps even more so than skill,"

Unfortunately, she was right, and Silas knew it. Any idiot could've picked the right path and arrived at the fountain with little to no difficulty. Their chance of victory was slim, but were they just going to lay down and accept defeat like that? HELL NO! We'll still win this thing, even if it takes hours! Silas thought to himself as the duo walked onward. It seemed that the enthusiasm wasn't restricted to just Silas, because soon after Vera responded in a way that made Silas doubt if his thoughts were just spoken aloud or not.

"Oh yes, of course. It'll be great to win this. We'll do our very best!"

Damn right we'll win this, I really like the way you think Vera! Or maybe you just really like he- NO. Stop it.

"My element is light, though, it probably wouldn't help even if there wasn't a rule about not using our powers. If you actually saw me using my light abilities as I can right now, you probably wouldn't be seeing anything after."

" A light elementalist has to bring a flashlight to see? Heh- that's pretty ironic."

The pair soon reached the crossroads, the journey certainly seemed a lot shorter whilst returning. Maybe it was because he'd made the trek with Vera? Maybe he was just exaggerating the length of the trip there in his head? Silas didn't know, and honestly he didn't care, so long as the backtracking was over.

"Oh darn, picking another path will be be so much harder now with this mist."

"Not really, you yourself said this thing was more based on luck than skill in the first place. So why not just pick a path and see where we end up? Who knows, Maybe we'll get real lucky." he said as he looked to Vera.

@Raptra

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@RaptraI AM ALIVE!!!!!

In all seriousness though, sorry about the delay on this one. Some family stuff happened IRL and as a result I couldn't get a post up for a bit.

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Silas Asara

I guess we have no choice but to turn back... Letting out a sigh Silas reluctantly followed the girl and began the journey back to the crossroads. Though having someone to make the trip with made the backtracking bearable, Silas was still pretty annoyed that they had wasted all that time on a dead end. His own self-annoyance was enough to make him lag slightly behind, and before he knew it his companion had suddenly disappeared into the all-consuming smog.

What the- She was just here! How the hell did she manage to slip away so quickly?

His thought process was then swiftly interrupted by laughter of all things, something he would almost expect in a creepy forest. This laughter however, was not creepy or eerie but instead it was the kind of laugh that almost sounded forced and overly happy. Perhaps it was one of the seniors trying to freak the first-years out, but instead of scaring him they had successfully destroyed the ominous night's atmosphere, at least for the moment. If that's your attempt at scaring us, you're doing a pretty shitty job! As if on cue someone grabbed his arm, causing Silas to freeze, but his instinctual fear fell away as the someone in question turned out to be the girl with the flashlight. In response he let out a half-relieved, half-annoyed sigh as he wiped the scared expression from his face.

"Ah, there you are love,"

"You've scared me than anyone else tonight." He said while letting out a slight chuckle.

"Hopefully the next path we choose will get us to the right place."

"I sure hope so, I'm not exactly keen on being the last one to finish this run."

As the reunited pair made their way through the mess of gnarled branches and fog, Silas was focused on remaining alert. The seniors had already announced their presence by blasting the girl with water earlier, so Silas was determined to not be an easy target for them. He'd win this run, no matter what they decided to throw at him! The two talked as they made the seemingly arduous journey back to the crossroads with only the light from the girl's phone to dispel the fog.

"And well, I don't really know if things in other parts of this place are as exciting as what happened back there, but if I wasn't loud enough to wake them, I've no idea how loud anyone would have to be."

"We get eliminated from the run if we get caught by the teachers... I don't want to lose! So let's not get caught, okay?"

"So... I'm Vera, by the way, and who might you be?"

"My name's Silas, I'm a water elementalist. How about you Vera?"

@Raptra

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@Kalleth Didn't really mean to say that I was scared of Manilow in the first place, more so that Catherine just blew him way out of the water in terms of intimidation.

But then again there's always the forbidden shady shed of mystery

"THAT THERE ARE VERY BAD THINGS, THINGS THAT COULD SCAR YOU FOR LIFE, SERIOUSLY, IF YOU MAKE ANY ATTEMPTS TO GET AT OR INTRUDE UPON MY SHED! OKAY? DO NOT ASSUME THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF MAJORITY THAT AN EXTREME LEVEL OF PREJUDICE AND FORCE WILL NOT BE USED SHOULD YOU FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THIS DIRECTIVE."

@Kalleth

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@Raptra It's not exactly the best of posts, but I said I'd post and it's all I could come up with after today.

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The hand on his chest suddenly balled up into a fist, grabbing the scruff of his shirt threateningly. "You know what they say about the vacuum of space? No one can hear you scream..."

@Stern Algorithm

I am now much more scared of Catherine than I ever was of Jordan

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Silas Asara

Silas breathed a sigh of relief as the girl pointed the bright flashlight away from his eyes, blinking a few time to get rid of the stinging sensation that the beam had left. Unfortunately for him, any adjustments his eyes had previously made to deal with the dark were gone, hindering his vision further. It was only an inconvenience, but an annoying one for sure.

Keep moving, it'll re-adjust. Don't get put behind because of this. Seeing as that girl was headed down the same path, Silas saw no reason to not follow. It would be nice to walk with someone else for a bit, even if he was only going to stick around until his vision was restored. Someone else's company could only serve to disperse the tense and looming atmosphere of the night, and before he knew it Silas found himself talking with this girl.

"Ugh, this is ridiculous, - As if the dark isn't bad enough, but the mist has to be this thick? Like, how did you even get this far without a light?"

"It wasn't exactly easy but moonlight was working well enough, until this damn fog rolled in anyway. If it were just darkness it wouldn't be that bad, but once you put fog into the mix..."

For a while the forest was quiet, not ominous or creepy, merely quiet and peaceful. Was it because he was travelling with another student? Was his imagination the only thing that made the forest creepy in the first place? Silas didn't know the answer but at least the eerie tension had disappeared.

At least it had, until the girl he'd been following for some time screamed yet again. Silas couldn't help but flinch at the sudden scream, and his flinching allowed him to just barely dodge the backsplash of water that had impacted the girl in front of him. "I guess they got tired of messing with us subtly." The attack had not only alerted Silas, it was also a sobering slap in the face to be aware, the bastard seniors could be waiting behind any tree to strike. He would not let himself be an easy mark.

A call from ahead broke through the fog, the voice was familiar but it's message was bitter.

"Bad news darling, we've hit a dead end. We're going to have to turn back."

The message was met with an involuntary sigh. So we've just successfully put ourselves way behind... great The trek back to the crossroads would doubtlessly be much more difficult with the addition of the thick fog, but it would be better than giving up here and now due to taking a wrong turn. "Hopefully we're not the only ones who ran into a dead end. You think some unlucky kid woke the teachers up by now?"

@Raptra

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@Raptra I'll get up a response in a bit. After I deal with a hellish English exam that is.