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Nessa ([personal profile] warpweft) wrote2021-05-18 06:51 pm
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[popdrop] H1: Spectre & Poppy

[The first thing you notice is how dark it is. It’s really, really stinkin’ dark. You can’t see anything. Even if you naturally have the ability to see in the dark, well, not anymore. Which may be the second thing you notice - any powers you have, any magic is gone. Silenced. You can’t feel it, similarly to when you’re in the theme park, with an additional sense of anxiety and loss surrounding the inability to tap into it. Even a heightened sense of emotion won’t bring them back, like it might in the theme park. If you have other powers of some kind, enhanced physical capabilities or the like, they’re either gone or significantly reduced as well. You feel extremely normal and it doesn’t feel good.]

[Whether you stay still or stumble along in the dark, at least it’s not too long. You eventually catch notice of something illuminating the darkness. You find yourself drawn to it. It's a small spherical glass object. Near the edges, it's black, but bits of purple and violet appear, gradually brightening and swirling together in a spiral shape at the center. The spiral at the center is bright enough to bathe you and the surroundings in a soft violet light. As you get closer, you can feel voices coming from the sphere. You can’t tell what they’re saying, but maybe if you were closer. You feel a deep desire in your stomach to just…reach out….]

What are you doing?

[The voice, a woman’s voice, comes from behind you. You didn’t hear anybody approaching, but you’re immediately filled with an intense sense of foreboding. You turn and look, but you can’t see anything. The darkness is once again overpowering, the violet glow from the object next to you being the only thing that isn’t swallowed up by it. All you can make out in the darkness is what may be someone’s face and…two eyes. With nothing in them. Pitch-black.]

You touched the Heart…

You touched MY Heart!?


[There’s a lot of anger and it’s not making that sense of foreboding go away. The darkness and the person(?) inside it advance towards you, slowly engulfing the violet glow around you. Just when you’re thinking you’re gonna have to decide between fight or flight, here — something moves.

Towards you.

You feel something punch into your chest and before you know it, you’re on the ground, searing pain running through your upper body. A few things briefly pass through your senses. You hear a loud scream. If you tilt your head up, you can see a long black spike…embedded in your own chest. And you can taste… …yup. That’s your own blood.

That’s about as far as you get before consciousness leaves you.]
feralshepherd: (....)

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[personal profile] feralshepherd 2021-05-19 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
[That....isn't the worse. She's had mind invasions before, but its certainly the nicer version of it.]

....it was hardest for her. [There had been Sympathy Of A Sort.]

That way?

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[personal profile] taking_pains 2021-05-19 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
[He closes his eyes - begins to picture the memory]
voidhearts: (N03)

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[personal profile] voidhearts 2021-05-19 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
...mmn. Dealing with something like that at a young age....

[She trails off and lets out a sigh. She looks down the hallway.]

Ah, yes. There's three rooms down there. Um. Feel free to take what you need.
feralshepherd: (?)

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[personal profile] feralshepherd 2021-05-19 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
She'll have help. [Whether this is Good Help Is Highly Questionable.]

....should I bring a knife?

[I mean]

[Just in case???????]
voidhearts: (N02)

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[personal profile] voidhearts 2021-05-19 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
...I...can't think of any reason why you would need one?

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[personal profile] voidhearts 2021-05-19 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
Okay....

[Once you’re ready, Nell closes her eyes and murmurs something to herself for a couple moments. A soft purple light surrounds her hands and, eventually, surrounds Puck too. He lifts a paw up and whaps it on your forehead.]

[It's quiet for a moment. You can feel something in your head, but it's...subtle. Gentle. Trying to be delicate while it's in there and not mess anything up, so the process takes a few moments....]

[And then the glow is gone. Nell's eyes open again. She takes in a breath, a small smile curling on her face.]

That looked like a lot of fun. [Pie looked good, too.]

[One of the doors down in the hallway can be heard opening. Nell perks up and looks in that direction.]

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[personal profile] feralshepherd 2021-05-19 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Shrugs.] Its good to know.

I'll see if I can find an important item to her.

[Tooo the hallway.]
taking_pains: (Insight)

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[personal profile] taking_pains 2021-05-19 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Glances that way, as well]

May I go...?
voidhearts: (N07)

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[personal profile] voidhearts 2021-05-19 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
[She nods.]

Yes! And...feel free to take whatever you need to. I hope it helps you.

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[personal profile] voidhearts 2021-05-19 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
[The hallway has three doors, one of which is currently open. The other two are closed and... ...locked.]
feralshepherd: (?)

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[personal profile] feralshepherd 2021-05-19 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
.... [I won't try to pick those YET.]

[Into the open door.]

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[personal profile] voidhearts 2021-05-19 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
[You enter Nell's room.]

[Nell’s room has a bed, a desk and a dresser. On the floor there’s a stack of books and a tablet that mostly seems to be for playing audiobooks. In one corner there’s a big stack of music in a bunch of different mediums. There’s neatly compiled stacks of CDs, cassette tapes and there’s even a stack of vinyl records. And there’s a cassette player, a CD player and a record player all kept neatly next to each other as well. There’s even a guitar laying against the wall next to the stack of music.

On the desk, there's a loose stack of a few papers and photos.
On the nightstand, there's a framed photo.
There also seems to be something on the bed, under the covers.]

[You can explore this room or return to the Living Room.]
taking_pains: (Incandescent)

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[personal profile] taking_pains 2021-05-19 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
My thanks.

[He inclines his head, slightly, and heads off toward the hall]
feralshepherd: (????!)

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[personal profile] feralshepherd 2021-05-19 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
[BOOKS]

[Immediately to look over the books.]

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[personal profile] voidhearts 2021-05-19 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a few textbooks, in varying subjects at varying levels, from probably well below Nell's age (she looks, what, like, late teens?) to a little above it. They all look like they were procured at the same time, though.

There's books on social skills, how to fit in, how to show confidence.
There's a book on how to develop useful studying habits.
There's "For Dummies!" books on...a lot of different stuff. Technology, transportation, etc. etc. And how-to books on an equally wide range of subjects.

....and there's some YA fantasy aaaand yup. Hidden at the bottom is a couple romance novels. Yes, they're about witches. Oh, this one is about a witch who falls in love with a dragon that can turn into a cute boy!]

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[personal profile] voidhearts 2021-05-19 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
[The hallway has three doors, one of which is currently open. The other two are closed and... ...locked.]
taking_pains: (Next)

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[personal profile] taking_pains 2021-05-19 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Heading to the open door, then]

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[personal profile] voidhearts 2021-05-19 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
[You enter Nell's room.]

[Nell’s room has a bed, a desk and a dresser. On the floor there’s a stack of books and a tablet that mostly seems to be for playing audiobooks. In one corner there’s a big stack of music in a bunch of different mediums. There’s neatly compiled stacks of CDs, cassette tapes and there’s even a stack of vinyl records. And there’s a cassette player, a CD player and a record player all kept neatly next to each other as well. There’s even a guitar laying against the wall next to the stack of music.

On the desk, there's a loose stack of a few papers and photos.
On the nightstand, there's a framed photo.
There also seems to be something on the bed, under the covers.]

[You can explore this room or return to the Living Room.]
feralshepherd: (????!)

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[personal profile] feralshepherd 2021-05-19 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
[....I wanna read most of these.]

[OKAY, she will skim through the social skills one.]

Can ask her later, right....
taking_pains: (Quizzical)

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[personal profile] taking_pains 2021-05-19 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
[He has no idea what the CDs, cassette tapes, or records are for, so he heads toward the desk, to look at the papers and the photos]

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[personal profile] voidhearts 2021-05-19 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's a book giving advice on how to fit in with people, how to talk to them, reading social cues, common phrases, etc. It basically comes off as advice for someone who has no idea how to talk to people. As you flip through the book...images start to filter into your mind.]

[Nell is sitting on her bed, reading the book. You enter the room and take a look at her. She looks a little younger than she does right now. Mid-teens as oppose to late teens.

"How is it going?" You ask.

"It's...going fine," she says. "I-it's just...it's kind of a lot. What if." She purses her lips. "What if I mess something up?"

"Then you mess something up," you say. "Nobody expects you to do everything perfectly on your first day of school, Nell. I didn't." You wave a hand. "It's just a small class with other people who are in...similar situations. Just do your best and if you feel overwhelmed, call me." You give her a smirk. "Look at me. I was in the same situation as you and now I'm a highly respected academic. A genius, that everyone flocks to. A master of both the mundane and magical," you say, sparing no amount of superlatives for yourself. Goddamn, you're great.

That gets a smile and a giggle out of Nell. She nods.

"Y...yeah. I'll just do my best." She takes in a breath and you can see her releasing some tension. "Thank you."

"Any time," you smile back and leave the room, leaving her to her reading.]

[Then, you're back in Nell's room, kneeling next to her books.]
Edited 2021-05-19 20:19 (UTC)

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[personal profile] voidhearts 2021-05-19 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[It looks like an itenerary. There's a schedule, a list of places to go and photos of those places. Museums, galleries, parks, boutiques, lots of stuff like that. There's a letter included with them.]

[Dear Agnis,
Here's some places I thought we could go to. If there's anywhere else in Manchester you'd like to visit, please tell me and I'll look up everything about it! We can't wait to see you and I'm so looking forward to meeting you in person for the first time! <3
Love,
Nell]

[You acquired Trip Schedule.]
feralshepherd: (Fond)

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[personal profile] feralshepherd 2021-05-19 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[....this is a very good book.]

[Maybe she can ask Hex for a copy. And on the others.]

[Oh-]

[That's. A familiar scene, in a sense.]

[Hex is kind of cute.]

[Let's see the papers and photos on the desk.]

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[personal profile] voidhearts 2021-05-19 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[It looks like an itinerary. There's a schedule, a list of places to go and photos of those places. Museums, galleries, parks, boutiques, lots of stuff like that. There's a letter included with them.]

[Dear Agnis,
Here's some places I thought we could go to. If there's anywhere else in Manchester you'd like to visit, please tell me and I'll look up everything about it! We can't wait to see you and I'm so looking forward to meeting you in person for the first time! <3
Love,
Nell]

[You acquired Trip Schedule.]
feralshepherd: (Fond)

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[personal profile] feralshepherd 2021-05-19 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[................!!!!]

[MUSEUM! GALLERIES! PARKS!!!!!!]

[She wants to go. '-']

[She will Keep This, see what Nell's says.]

[Let's look under the covers, maybe there is more cat]

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