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expiationlogs2024-07-02 07:39 pm
theskyaccepts) wrote in expiationlogs2024-07-02 07:39 pm
I've Been Through the Desert on a Horse with No Name
Who: Tsuna and you!
Where: In the Desert
What: To complete his sentencing, Tsuna has led an expedition out into the desert to find the ruins of Tresed, and see if anything has changed Last time
Warnings: Risk of injury and possible death, hallucinations, monsters. Additional warnings to be added if needed.
OOC Notes:
-You do not need to have responded to the OOC Interest Check or the IC Interest Check to join in. Please feel free to dive right in!
-Timeline wise, ICly the expedition will return prior to the 15th so that we're all back for the event, but please don't feel you have to rush anything
-On a more personal note, while there is a risk of death with this expedition and if that's a direction you're interested in going for please do, I would also like to keep the body count to a minimum if possible. The ramifications of leading a bunch of people to their deaths is not necessarily something I want to play out with Tsuna at this time. Thank you!
The Expedition and Scouting Parties
The thing about deserts is that they are harsh environments. Unforgiving, some might say. The sun beating down, the wind whipping sand, the sound of monsters making their way through the desert. It's not the kind of place anyone would really want to go into, and yet, Tsuna is determined. Whether it is the effects of his sentencing or his own backbone finally making itself known, he has led this group into the desert for answers. It's not easy, and it weighs on him, but his face is set as he sends out small scouting parties, consulting maps and other information that he has, hoping to find the ruins of Tresed.
Sandstorms are prevalent in the area, so small scouting parties are being sent out to try and find some paths through it. Going out too far runs the risk of getting lost, injury, or potentially death. There are some monsters about, but they also have to contend with the storm.
The Oasis
But eventually, relief comes. An Oasis is discovered with clean, fresh water and edible vegetation. A respite from the harsh winds of the sandstorm. It's a chance to catch their breath and consolidate what they have learned so far. But as is so often the case in this world, things are quick to go awry. Mirages, of course, a key part of any desert expedition, start to appear. Images from that previous trip out to the ruins.
If you were on that previous trip to the desert, you've seen these images before but something about them seems off, wrong, not quite right. Warped, some might say.
If this is all new to you, you're seeing something that's happened before. But if it is wrong or right, who's to say?
But it might not matter if you've been in the desert before or not, because this vision is from the perspective of one of the Shadow Creatures that attacked before, and were ultimately killed. It comes with feelings of aching hunger, despair, and mindless fear in those final moments.
Or maybe it isn't an image of the desert at all. Maybe it's something far more familiar. An image of home, in the past, the present, or the future.
The Message and Returning Home
A message appears on the Chosen's tablets. Text, barely legible but undeniably a message:
FIND ME
But despite searching, and Tsuna will want to be thorough, the source will not be found, and they will be unable to trace it.
It's not much, but it is something. And they can return to Aldrip with that knowledge. One thing is clear though. They are not done with the desert yet.
Where: In the Desert
What: To complete his sentencing, Tsuna has led an expedition out into the desert to find the ruins of Tresed, and see if anything has changed Last time
Warnings: Risk of injury and possible death, hallucinations, monsters. Additional warnings to be added if needed.
OOC Notes:
-You do not need to have responded to the OOC Interest Check or the IC Interest Check to join in. Please feel free to dive right in!
-Timeline wise, ICly the expedition will return prior to the 15th so that we're all back for the event, but please don't feel you have to rush anything
-On a more personal note, while there is a risk of death with this expedition and if that's a direction you're interested in going for please do, I would also like to keep the body count to a minimum if possible. The ramifications of leading a bunch of people to their deaths is not necessarily something I want to play out with Tsuna at this time. Thank you!
The Expedition and Scouting Parties
The thing about deserts is that they are harsh environments. Unforgiving, some might say. The sun beating down, the wind whipping sand, the sound of monsters making their way through the desert. It's not the kind of place anyone would really want to go into, and yet, Tsuna is determined. Whether it is the effects of his sentencing or his own backbone finally making itself known, he has led this group into the desert for answers. It's not easy, and it weighs on him, but his face is set as he sends out small scouting parties, consulting maps and other information that he has, hoping to find the ruins of Tresed.
Sandstorms are prevalent in the area, so small scouting parties are being sent out to try and find some paths through it. Going out too far runs the risk of getting lost, injury, or potentially death. There are some monsters about, but they also have to contend with the storm.
The Oasis
But eventually, relief comes. An Oasis is discovered with clean, fresh water and edible vegetation. A respite from the harsh winds of the sandstorm. It's a chance to catch their breath and consolidate what they have learned so far. But as is so often the case in this world, things are quick to go awry. Mirages, of course, a key part of any desert expedition, start to appear. Images from that previous trip out to the ruins.
If you were on that previous trip to the desert, you've seen these images before but something about them seems off, wrong, not quite right. Warped, some might say.
If this is all new to you, you're seeing something that's happened before. But if it is wrong or right, who's to say?
But it might not matter if you've been in the desert before or not, because this vision is from the perspective of one of the Shadow Creatures that attacked before, and were ultimately killed. It comes with feelings of aching hunger, despair, and mindless fear in those final moments.
Or maybe it isn't an image of the desert at all. Maybe it's something far more familiar. An image of home, in the past, the present, or the future.
The Message and Returning Home
A message appears on the Chosen's tablets. Text, barely legible but undeniably a message:
FIND ME
But despite searching, and Tsuna will want to be thorough, the source will not be found, and they will be unable to trace it.
It's not much, but it is something. And they can return to Aldrip with that knowledge. One thing is clear though. They are not done with the desert yet.
im so sorry. so so sorry my god
Wait, did you get hit in the head? Do we need a doctor?
[ without waiting for an answer, he cups his hands around his mouth and yells, ] Heeeeey, is there a doctor around? I think Psychic Girl's got a con...... concasse??
[ luffy that's sanji's attack move not a concussion — ]
PLEASE DON'T BE this is so funny to me....
And considering she's determined to not let him get out even a single word more that could be heard by everyone around here, Ange pulls her foot back to kick him against the shin. Luffy can take it, she figures, if he's apparently secretly super strong and competent despite being a total idiot. ]
Shut up..! [ She hisses, at least having seemed to regain some of her thought process in the middle of all this.. ]
I'm fine! I'm just-- I-It's--!!
[ The redhead stammers, unable to find the right words. Her cheeks are slowly starting to grow more and more red with a flustered blush. ]
I don't understand you!
hskfhdfh OKAY GOOD
at least he stops yelling, instead turning back to look at her. ] Hey!! What was that for??
[ and then, as it's her turn to yell, luffy just... pauses and tilts his head. and then just laughs. ] What, that's all? What's there to not understand! I'm me!
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It startles Ange enough that she almost wants to kick him again, but she refrains from doing so for now. She doesn't look any calmer because of it though, still staring at Luffy with the same offended fluster as a moment ago. ]
There's so much to not understand!
[ The fact that he doesn't seem to understand as much only makes him weirder. Ange likes to think it'd be obvious for literally anyone else! ]
I mean, how are you even so strong?! How can a guy like you deal with a monster like that so easily?! [ Let's start there.
Because all of the other, much more weirder stuff is something she'll probably need a little more to process first. Especially everything related to friendship. ]
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anyway!
once he finally gets himself under control, it's to aim a grin at her, something fierce and unyielding. ] Cause I'm strong!! I spent two years being trained by old man Rayleigh. I'm gonna be the pirate king... and for that I need to be able to beat whoever tries to stop me!
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(And that's not even counting the weird sunlight thing just now, which Ange can hardly even notice in the middle of the rest of her shock going on here.) ]
You can do all of that after training for two years? [ Not that she'd know what it's like, given that she's never done physical training, but surely-- ] That's impossible! Are you pulling some sort of weird prank on me?!
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[ and perhaps that sets things better in perspective — he has been living in a literal jungle, fighting animals twenty times his size, fighting his brother in order to get better, and better, and better... being trained by rayleigh, and then hyogoro later, those were just adding to all of his training from before.
and so he crosses his arms and declares, ] I don't lie.
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She reaches up with a hand, rubbing at her temples like this is the only way she can do as much as ever try to process any of this information. It's hard. ]
I think the world you come from must be just about as weird as this one.
[ It's the only explanation. How else could someone like him get that strong? It'd never work that way where she comes from. ]
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but now that they're good with this, ]
So, you okay?
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But - let's face it - it's not as if Ange will suddenly become good with this. She really doesn't want to think too hard about whatever kind of world could have spawned Luffy. It must be an incredibly crazy world.
So she drops the topic too for now. Thoughts about this weird world can haunt her mind later. For now-- ]
Yeah. I'm alright.
[ Confused? Sure. But physically alright, she can't deny that.
.. to a point where she figures she does have to say, even if it absolutely sounds like she has to awkwardly force it out: ]
.. Thanks for saving me. [ Just d-don't get any weird ideas, Luffy!!! ]