#isola event down you go

[wldrose]

@capnskullkid

Run and don't stop. Keep running.

You'll be my eyes and ears. Make it to the control room, but you won't be fighting that thing.

Go. I'm right behind you. I promise.

Hey...hey, Kugisaki....Kugisaki! KUGISAKI NOBARA, WAKE UP!

The loud siren noise fades. During the time at the spaceship, she hadn't realized how loud the sirens were. She supposed amidst all the chaos that ensued and the adrenaline that ran through her body to keep her moving, it was easy to miss it. She had heard it at the beginning. The first initial blare of it and then...

Kugisaki opens her eyes, greeted by the bright fluorescent lights and she groans. Panic DOES rise in her chest when she's only able to see from the one eye, but she remembers almost instantly as to what happened. The alien back then. Ah, she messed up. It's blades and its whatever else it protruded out of it really did mess the side of her face, didn't it? With a weak hand, she places it over on the right side of her face. Bandaged up pretty good.

Where's Vash? Where's Itadori and Fushiguro? Vash.....was he able to get help? Did he....did he make it?

And a sense of dread, because what if he didn't? What if she was the cause of his death? She could have left her partners. You know you couldn't. They would've been in the same situation as you were. Vash and you couldn't do anything to them. What makes you think Fushiguro and Itadori could?

They were strong, they had the tools, but so did Vash. So did she.

Lifting her weak body up to situate her back against the headboard of the hospital bed, she reaches for her phone and fingertips glides against it, pushing the phone closer to the edge and plop, it's fallen on the cushioned rug.

"Shit..."

[sxnburst]

@nicawlette

"Nicolette, does it hurt?" Sun blows on Nicolette's scraped knee from the earlier fall.

"It looks like it does. Here, I know how to make it better." It wasn't much, but it was something that he's learned from watching one of those movies back at his new home. The thing that he learned from watching them movies? He presses his lips softly onto her knee and allows it to linger there before pulling away, "there you go! I heard that the pain goes away when people do that. How does it feel now, Nicolette? If you're still hurting I don't mind carrying you."

[daxned]

@cursedbylove

"...I've been here I believe twice already." She admits. Who would have thought that dam-bi could sound so irritated? "I've been trying to leave, return to Sukuna's side but every time I find an exit, I'm led to another section." Not to mention whoever was with her during her forced adventure were no longer with her. Sukuna was first and then Badou, Eiden, and the strange man....

She finds herself with Okkotsu Yuuta this time.

"In case you were not sure. You're not limited, but the stronger you are, the stronger your enemies."

[wldrose]

Seeing the second alien has Kugisaki's mind immediately wondering how? Why? None of it matters, but her brain can't help but come to all these conclusions. The goo that she dealt with? The attack she had caused using Resonance? Maybe the alien had gotten desperate enough to summon another of itself?

THIS. FUCKING. BLOWS.

Even with this feeling that envelops her, she feels so helpless. Nothing is working!

Not---

Vash?

Kugisaki reaches a hand out, but instead of grabbing it, he's SHOVING her through the door that was barely wide enough to fit someone of her size in, "Hmh!" she grunts when bottom makes contact with the hard cold ground. She looks up, quickly getting back on her feet to help Vash. Even though there is a sense of dread sprouting like the flowers back in December, she doesn't have time to just sit there and stare at Vash--watch him bleed these black substances from his ears, eyes, and nose. Any openings, where ever she looked on Vash, she can see them just oozing.

"Vash! Come on, just a little bit---" She reaches, grabbing hold of anything of him and she pulls. Even if they were to bring the alien with them through that portal AT LEAST there is a chance that it won't make it to the other side and if it did, then a chance and possibility that the Stars would be stronger---STRONGER enough to actually do some damage keeps Kugisaki hopeful!

★ --;; The gash in his calf burns each time his foot collides with the metal grates, but he does not stop. Just a bit more, almost there--

When he comes to the fork in the hall and rounds the corner, he finds himself caught between the two halves of the creature-- one rapidly approaching from the rear, the other blocking off his path to the door Kugisaki's still forcing open. His boots squeal against the floor, eyes wide and mind running a mile a minute. There's got to be some way through this thing, but that pipe trick definitely isn't going to work for a third time, and the half that's in front of him is still stalking towards Kugisaki.

That old fear, that helplessness is whispering in his ear that no matter what he does he will be useless, but he's got to try, got to get over there and get Kugisaki back through the portal to the city even if it means putting himself in the way, he's got to he's got to--

Without his bidding (when was the last time it hadn't been of his own volition?) his feathers sprout forth in a violent ribbons and walls, battering against the alien's form and pushing and pushing and slicing--

His vision is already going black with the force of it, the exertion, and as the dark liquid of his own corrosion beading in the corners of his eyes begins to spill over he thinks at least I'll go protecting someone else. His whole body begins to ache, to burn with its decomposition.

Still, he stumbles forward, eyes wide and yet unseeing, and shoves Kugisaki through the door.

"Go," he manages, voice distorted. It's dripping from his ears now, black blood sliding down the curve of his jaw. The portal is right there, would yank them back into the bottom of that gaping maw in the middle of the city-- but the alien is pushing back, forcing its way through the gaps in his feathers no matter how many more sprout forth from his failing body, and his heart feels like it's about to implode in his chest.

"I'm right behind y-ou. I pro-mise."

[serialvx00100000]

EVENT ∞ DOWN YOU GO (space biome)

∞ "This is annoying. I didn't know I'd get assigned a random teammate if I went in alone." The teenaged drone didn't seem to be concerned at all about the decrepit space station that they were stationed in. Nor was she visibly concerned about whatever monster might have been lurking in the shadows. For a Disassembly Drone, this was basically just another Tuesday.

The yellow eyes on her HUD squeaked as they looked over at the other individual assigned to the same biome. "Name and skills? If we're going to get through this, we should start by knowing what we can do."

[purewhitedevil]

random starter - @caliburn​ 

Perhaps one of these hole-things did not end on where it should be than being outside of the fields, in a village but something worse. They were ended up inside a goblin-nested elven fortress, surrounded by several corpses which were all female. One who was like, shoved up entrails like a pig, other was burned alive and another were a pincushion which explains the arrow landings and the other one recently via suicide.

What an ironic setback. Either these must be the locals from a ward that got here or merely villagers, nobody knows.

“Talk about bad landing.” Albedo waggled her head off to see that it was only lit up because of the corpse-filled torch around their east. She wakes up the female white-gowned servant next to her.

“Wake up. We need to get out of this place before...” What do you know, goblins just got back and they seemed not to be friendly but vicious with those grins on their faces.

3F was drawn, she’s ready to behead goblins and out of this place.

[infiernogarde]

closed starter - @blackmagi​

Somewhere in an empty capital, at the center of it as there are no people around here. Just empty houses, buildings other than the city statue standing there and a fountain. Hikaru had ventured enough on her own as she needed a rest on one of those stone chairs that surrounds the fountain.

She only scratches her head behind as she drew off Escudo just to be cautious on hidden danger. Felt like there is someone else around but it was only Judar. That guy she had met long ago.

“It’s just you. You ventured yourself alone as well?” It was merely a greeting but Hikaru haven’t noticed that she was followed by a winged dragon up in the skies.

[heclingmuzik]

"Wha..." He doesn't have to repeat himself. she understands clearly. Mad Hatter isn't like a ghost or anything, but somehow Ismael can find it somewhere to understand at least some part of what Break is saying. They're connected. "Like a soul." She says soft.

"Okay, alright." She says with a stronger resolve, "We'll stick with this plan. I'm sure we're going to find that perfect timing. Use Mad Hatter to keep it distracted." It's a good thing this space ship is large enough for Mad Hatter. They'd both plummet back down to Earth if that weren't the case. "Once in the control room, grab whatever you can and grab on tight and don't let go." Ismael sighs and rubs her hands together, "Are you ready?"

BREAK HAS TO THINK ABOUT THAT ONE FOR A MOMENT. neither he nor his chain really know where they are, despite ismael's best attempt at explaining it. a concept so foreign to his own world is hard to comprehend, especially in the middle of what is essentially a battlefield. either way, though, it shouldn't matter.

   ' mad hatter isn't technically ... present. it's incorporeal. you could only see it because i willed it to. ' an exchange, going hand in hand. where does he begin? where does mad hatter end?

   ' it's not influenced by its surroundings in this context. i don't think it should be able to get sucked out. ' lowering the hand at his chin, break steps a bit closer to ismael, lettings mad hatter's shadow wrap around his arm for a brief second, testing his reach. ' the only problem we might come across is that i can't be too far from it when it's visible to anybody else. we're connected. it would retreat back to me, once the distance is too large. '

   silent, for another moment, break mutters with a breath of firmness: ' it's a good plan. we just have to time it right. '

[isolaradiale]

At the stroke of midnight, everyone was ejected not only from the biomes but from the hole itself, placed around the gap's outskirts. The elevator was gone, and at the first sight of someone talking about jumping down a woman's voice boomed over the speakers. "I wouldn't do that. Point Zero's functionality has returned to normal, so doing that would lead to certain death." It was Ofiuco's voice, and she had just casually dropped the official name of the hole without much fanfare.

"You're now free to return to your daily lives, thank you for partaking in our experiment and we hope you get some use out of the treasures you found. Until next time." Based on her phrasing this was where the transmission was about to cut out, but it went on a short while longer with muffled conversation between the Stars incoherent in the background. But there was one sentence that was clearer than the rest, and it undercut the implication that the Biomes had been their doing.

"How did NULL create something within the city? They shouldn't have the ability to do so. Could it be that soon... KSST!"

CONCLUSION NOTES

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[doublemasked]

The jungle was densely packed, and the humidity certainly didn't go unnoticed, but much like every other biome, there were unique challenges presented, and he certainly wasn't one to say no.

But what really caught his eye was the cave entrance, hidden by vines, which were cut through. The doorway almost shone in an odd way as he grinned, lifting a boot and giving a harsh kick to it, bursting the latch open.

"Oh, wait, was that a puzzle - shoot." A frown as he looked at the mechanism, not looking up but not entirely ignoring the footsteps approaching.

"Good news and bad news, adventurer!"

"The good news is, I found an entrance to a place with probable treasure! The bad news is, I definitely activated a trap!" Rumbling started from the cave entrance, jingling the door on its hinges.

"Oops!"

@princevirtue

[cometform]

“Hmm… Maybe I should go to that space one I’ve heard people mention— being up in the stars sounds like a fun time… … Wait— didn’t someone say it nearly scared them to death? Can’t be that bad… right?”

[bxsiliisk]

Once he's sure the other two are close to him, Romanus nods and adjusts himself to where both Byleth and Gyess are able to grab one of his handles. {"Hold on."} He speaks in draconic and descends deeper into the deep blue sea.

The shipwreck had fallen deep under and luckily Romanus' eyes adjusts real quickly under the darkness of the sea. "Rhea." Romanus speaks. There is no need to call out for his voice travels far on its own. "Are you hurt anywhere?" Tail slides against the Ocean's bottom, sand created slightly murkied water in turn.

"We should get out of here before more of those annoying pests decides to come." He isn't sure if they will. THAT was a lot of tiny skeleton people after all! Regardless the best course of action would be to get familiar with their surrounding and figure out where to explore next.

@rose-goldscales

⚔️ //  in  the  flurry  of  salt  and  sea  ,  dark  and  light  collided.  draconic  beasts  ,  their  forms  gargantuan  and  better  befitting  the  skies  ,  swirled  around  the  ocean  depths  like  creatures  of  the  night.  but  byleth  knew  them  well.  (  like  stepping  into  a  hazy  memory.  a  city  of  ghosts.  faces  she  couldn’t  place.  names  on  the  tip  of  her  tongue.  all  gathered  in  celebration  of  the  goddess  who  slumbered  somewhere  below...  ) 

          she’d  greeted  the  young  one  with  open  arms.  nodded  to  the  swirling  black  creature  who  swam  to  meet  them.  and  then  her  eyes  returned  to  the  immaculate  one.  as  the  sunken  ship  was  crushed  beneath  the  belly  of  the  beast  ,  byleth  could  not  help  but  raise  brow.  her  expression  contorted  slightly  ,  revealing  the  smallest  upturn  of  the  corner  of  her  lips.  it  was  an  UNCONVENTIONAL  SOLUTION  ,  but  an  effective  one.

            (  and  perhaps  ,  she  could  not  help  but  muse  ,  there  was  the  PROMISE  of  even  a  modicum  of  progress  to  be  made  yet.  )  she  took  the  clawed  hand  offered  to  her.

            “...be  swift  ,  romanus.”

@bxsiliisk​

[fatalmenace]

starter - @blankslateprotagonist

They have found a cave around the forest as Kronya wouldn't want to be the one leading, maybe this one can. She looked brave and has... creatures or something. Might be treasure, who really knows but dangers lurk in caves.

"Can you go inside? I'll follow you, don't worry."

[troubleisafriend]

@moraypower // DOWN YOU GO

The twists and turns of the forest the path had led them through eventually had given way to a great stone mound, a large portion of its face eroded away into a gaping mouth that seemed to sink downward into the earth as it went- a cave! The place didn't seem too damp, which would prove a boon for her inky companion, as would the torches that lined the walls as they went further inward. The place didn't seem particularly affected by man besides the presence of those lights, so no sense of safety or lack thereof could be ascertained for sure.

Then a sudden gust through the air- whoosh!- and one of the torches had been extinguished. Then one more. Jester had seen enough- she could tell when they were about to be ambushed. A quick murmur in Infernal, and some pink-and-white swirls of divine energy materialized before her, twisting around before bursting to form her signature Spiritual Weapon- the spectral lollipop, floating about fifteen feet in front of them while she looked around for their oncoming adversaries.

"Hey, Frye...? You can see in the dark, right? Cause if whatever these are leave us blacked out before they attack, I might have to use a spell to light up the area again if you can't."

[tremorstep]

@glitchmasterslittlepuppet | EVENT STARTER: Down You Go

"...I don't get it. What are we in?" Toph had a hand planted to the cold metal floor- luckily they'd become nearly as easy to read vibrations through as a more stony surface ever since she invented metal bending, but clearly her method still needed some workshopping. While she could feel the tremendous metal vessel they were inside of...that was it. Nothing beyond that, no waves to wash them ashore, no stand to be buried deep down. It's like they were just floating inside an empty void.

She rose to her feet, half-turning to Cosmo with a frown. "Well, whatever it is we're looking for, I can at least see about helping us get around. No real danger from monsters either- near as I can tell, there's only one other living creature here."

[daxned]

"..." She lets her head linger there for a moment, almost a tad bit hesitant to raise her head. However, if he saw that she really took his words to heart and knew something like that wouldn't happen again, she'll take it. She'll raise her head, nod, and then proceed to follow him.

When she's by his side, it's almost on instinct, a past child Dam-bi who'd reach out to hold her father's hand as they walked down the village. Her small tiny hands in her father's large protective ones.

...

Dam-bi doesn't. Instead, she places that one hand through her hair and she holds for a second.

The mounds of flesh, bones, and blood does not deter her from advancing forward with sukuna. Sights like these are not new. Hell, she'd be the cause of half the destruction in her world. Whether because she had lost control or people got what they deserved for coming for her.

This nervous feeling though. It travels through her small body. She has to admit she is nervous. Not as much frightened. Not anymore with Sukuna here, but...She's nervous because no form of attacks were good enough to deal damage.

The Sapling, despite hearing the alien breaking free, continues to point with its long splindly leg of the control room. They are close as they continue to advance down the hallways and the Sapling wiggles out of Dam-bi's grasp and quickly runs its way in that direction.

"We're close." Dam-bi alerts, her pace quickening just slightly.

ㅤEven as Dam-bi's footsteps faltered, Sukuna did not stop walking forward, but the clacking of his soles slowed to a halt upon hearing the child apologize, and he peered back to observe the top of her bowed head. Silence stretched between them for a heartbeat, the cursed spirit's eyes half-lidded as he studied the girl to appraise the honesty of her repentance -- and, following a tense moment, he decided that he approved of what he saw. His humorless, lazy smile returned to his lips.

"If you understand, then there's no problem. Now raise your head." Once she obliged, he turned to resume his path, raising a finger to beckon her to follow him again.

As they progressed deeper into the ship, the density of the stale carnage clotting the walkway with cold meat and coagulated blood increased until he was stepping over limbs and gory puddles to progress -- yet in spite of the mounds of tangled carrion strewn before him, he remained as relaxed as he would be in a patch of sun, indifferent to death-scenes in the way humans were bred to perceive them. It was by virtue of being alive that he could bear witness to those who had fallen--acknowledging death affirmed the certainty of his life.

The Sapling continued pointing them toward the heart of the vessel where the pollution lay thickest. He inhaled the decay in the air, filtering any lingering death-curses into his marrow-- then paused. Distantly, he felt a reverberation in the atmosphere, then heard the vessel groan deep within its walls--a sign of thermal inconsistencies. Despite the implication of what he detected, he merely rumbled a laugh to himself. "Took it long enough."

Only a few corridors away, the beast was pulling free, drawing the vacuous cold of space into the ship.