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MISSION 1
Participants: Hanako, Amami, Clamor, Lucifer, Meng Yao, Shinobu, Gundham
Location: Courtyard
Date: 08/07
(ooc notes: I will state any possible content warnings in the subject line of the mod response when it comes up. If anything makes you uncomfortable, please tell me so I can back off and refocus the thread.
There will be no tag order, and a mod response will come after at least 6 player responses OR the next day, whichever is earlier. Please note this means that if you're absent for a day or more, the thread will move on, but I will pace things so that people aren't missing large plot beats.
For this mission, characters will icly split into two groups, and there may be an opportunity to remix groups later in the mission.)
Location: Courtyard
Date: 08/07
(ooc notes: I will state any possible content warnings in the subject line of the mod response when it comes up. If anything makes you uncomfortable, please tell me so I can back off and refocus the thread.
There will be no tag order
For this mission, characters will icly split into two groups, and there may be an opportunity to remix groups later in the mission.)
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Certain stones, including gems, tend to contain a bit of energy so I'd prefer we'd go for that. Obviously what I have is no good in that retrospect.
[ He'll put away the chalk right after. ]
If we're unable to place a talisman on it physically, it's always possible to improvise. Perhaps by folding it or using an array or combining our abilities in some manner - though whatever the case I imagine Kazuki would still need to wear the object we're using to repress that form with.
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[ He thinks about it for a moment, before taking his earring off and putting the clasp back on it, holding it in his hand. ]
I also have my hellhound earring. [ It certainly has a little stone in it too! ] It can also be worn- perhaps this might assist us as well.
[ He hopes the kind woman he babysat a pomeranian for will forgive him- but it's going towards a good cause, so possibly! ]
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( he says this like he's not, like, the only one here with no experience with the supernatural. anyway, amami's offers are on the table and he's not actually going to be involved in the process, so he trusts them from this point on. at least considering the entries so far, kazuki will be stylish whatever he ends up with. )
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[a binding seal to change his form, and then a few assistive seals to strengthen the binding... it'd be easier to repair or improve it moving forward, too. so even if this first attempt is a hack job, they can fix it when they get out.
now the gears are turning in his head... he attempts to dismount his bird, but even if Lucifer won't let him down he'll look to Meng Yao anyway] Would you let me see the binding talisman? It's not exactly the same, but magitech is partially based on sealing spells, in a sense. I might be able to scale it down.
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[ It wasn't one he hadn't considered yet, but that is why they're a group...they figure things out together. Even if the going has been rough, it's just how things are.
Anyway, when Clamor asks Meng Yao, he will come closer to the other with the talisman, and then hold it out to him. He can take it whenever because he probably came around the barrier, or something (logistics are failing me but what's important is that it happened.) ]
I'll put my faith in your success, then. I don't think it's impossible, if there's some sort of link.
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- Meng Yao + Gundham have the binding seals they brought with them, we're recreating that onto Shinobu's butterfly hairpin to try and replace Kazuki's mask (MY has pens/ink on him, talismans and all that)
- Clamor is slapping together a modified version of the binding seal that can fit on smaller stuff... this is probably an EXTREMELY hack job but look, it's fine, this is just a safety net and they can fix them later
- donated to the Things Kazuki Has To Wear Now: Shinobu's hairpin, Gundham's hellhound earring, one of Amami's rings, Clamor's pendant, and Lucifer has a small brooch of vague but probably nice design. MY aint got shit but it's fine since he's doing most of the work here, everyone else can give up a little something precious for now
- Amami's tiger's eye repels evil right... so they'll also use that, if they can. maybe just as part of the binding ritual to help Kazuki chill out and be less evil
- MY/Gundham/Clamor will do most of the actual binding magic stuff, Lucifer is on standby to use hexes if needed (is binding painful, idk try not to wiggle), Shinobu also on standby Just In Case... Amami is our mascot/cheer squad.
CAN they get Kazuki a new body with a human mouth and less bloodlust, c'mon team]
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Anyways I'm very glad the tiger eye was included bc that's exactly what it does and how can I not reward the display of teamwork with success? He gets his own body back with a human mouth and ???bloodlust??? that they won't know until he's let go from being stuck on the ground. Maybe he's just lying there not wanting to get up on purpose bc what are people going to say when they see him next and he's decked out and also has no eyes, it took all my willpower not to google image search a reference image for what that would look like. ]
we're giving him a cute makeover, next we'll do his hair and nails
Sir spirit... if you're feeling more up to it now, I believe we're in need of a talk. [no more lying, no more avoiding questions, give us the LORE
he looks over at Amami, since it was his questions that got interrupted before]
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wait are you fr... yes lets makeover kazuki i have an entire folder with nail designs for ami to do
oh but seeing clamor look at him all expectant, amami kind of... points at himself, like he's going "who, me?" and didn't expect to be called out to continue his interrogations. it's fine. he can come over and plop himself down on the ground too for their talks with kazuki, sitting cross-cross apple sauce with a smile that looks kind of sheepish but still rather pleased with this turn of events because he's assuming that this is? all working? it's fine. but lets be real, there's got to be a better way to do this than just throwing out blind guesses, so following up on clamor's words... )
It looks like we had the wrong idea before. Do you want to explain things yourself, Kazuki-san?
( they're friends now... fambly... you can trust them...! )
should've had kazuki eat all of you
...You have seen what I am and what I've done. There is no pardoning me of that. Moments of gentleness and kindness do not excuse one's true nature as a beast.
[ So no, in his opinion, y'all very much had the right idea of a man-eating monster who should've been slain on sight. The fact that he kept on existing all these years, the ghost of a man and a spirit of a monster, could only have been selfishness. ]
...I truly loved my students. That bond is my tether to this world. You never had a chance of breaking it.
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[ As a cultivator he should've ensured Kazuki was slain (not that he has a black or white morality anymore that goes to somebody else), but also...well, in the end he's judged that the threat level currently to them is now lower. Or it appears to be.
Meng Yao may have acted a little impetuously in regards to the mask deal, however unlike the tree incident he can't say he feels like he regrets it all that much. For now, he'll be likely one of the few still standing, keeping an eye on him. ]
It's good to know that there appears to be some good in you, though. I'm sure you want at least a chance to make up for what you've done.
[ He says nothing else because he doesn't know what else to ask, so he'll just ... leave that as is. ]
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...I understand where you come from. I'd like to think you and I are similar — damned by fate and circumstance yet monstrous in more ways than one. It's...
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It isn't easy, ever, to be torn between your impulses as a beast versus your desires as a man.
[And then he pauses, letting that linger for a moment, and shakes his head. Time to give up on his vindictiveness... maybe there can be two horribly demonic murder entities at this school after all.]
...What can we do to help you?
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[he's spoken to Noah enough times about revenge... and he has his own regrets as well. it's easy to accept a punishment decided by others. the far more difficult choice is to seek your own redemption, to live with your choices and try to make things right.]
... The wisteria tree in the courtyard. Is that where your students are now? [is that why he lingers, tending to the plants? because they've joined the souls in the tree?]
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… I am also willing to support you in whatever capacity I am able.
[ But if he steps out of line… well, she’s got a sword and she’s definitely not afraid to use it. ]
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...Some of my students have been lost, but still some remain bound to that tree, my old friend. It is not enough to bring them back. And what I wish for is for things to go back as they were, impossible as that may be.
[ He turns his head towards his mask/where he thinks his mask is/he can't actually see so he's maybe looking at a blank spot on the ground but that just makes him look contemplative. ]
That mask was supposed to suppress the beast within, so I may walk along others without being an endangerment. There are times when that control slips: when there are too many people around, during the night in the darkness...
[ He turns towards... somewhere near where Amami was sitting, to the best of his knowledge, but since Amami didn't speak up this round, it's a hit or miss. ]
You once asked me about the boundaries between the school and the courtyard, lad. Please understand it was for your own safety. Now that that boundary has been weakened... what you are doing here must be absolute. A binding without any mistakes, or end me where I stand.
sdr2 spoilies beware
More questions, then: Is there a specific binding process we must do? If so, what happened during the first attempt that went wrong? Just to ensure that we prevent it.
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Binding is not my area of expertise. I am a gardener.
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The supplementary seals should help strengthen the effect, but if there's a flaw in the primary binding seal... patchwork can only last for so long. Eventually, something will give. [which would translate to dead students, in this scenario. not good.]
What details can you remember? Did you know the person who performed the ritual? Where it was performed, the time of day, if there were any interruptions or surprises... please, anything that might give us a clue.
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[ and actually, now that he thinks about it, maybe this is one of the major flaws. It had never occurred to him back then, when it involved so many of those precious to him coming together for his sake. ]
It was done in the courtyard, both night and day under the wisteria tree... It was painful, and it took a long time. I was not conscious for much of it, and I suspect I'd have fought back in the process.
[ Do other people's blood mess these sorts of rituals up? ... It couldn't be helped. ]
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but Lucifer can't read minds so this is my tag to say that he's nodding and thinking. Hmm...]
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Your students must have cared for you deeply, to take so many risks for your sake.
[he's quiet for a moment, thinking.
scouring the last of our collective ooc braincells.there are a few things they can try, things that might buy them more time to find an answer... but waiting would bring its own risks. if they had more time, more help...]... Would they help you again, if you asked?
The flowers of the wisteria tree... I've noticed they have a calming effect. [he's slept under it before. kinda morbid now that he knows why, but] If those spirits would lend you their aid, would they be able to help?
[if they could put the gardener to sleep, he wouldn't be able to struggle nearly as much. less risk, less mess, and... if that's what the spirits wanted, who would Kazuki be to refuse? would his former students still want to see him happy, to see their failed ritual completed?]
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Honestly he should've checked a moment ago. It's something every cultivator should after they finish up with such things. But they have been here all night and nobody is perfect.
As the others are making their suggestions and questions, Meng Yao has a comment of his own. ]
Pardon this one, but there is always also an option of inscribing a binding or supplemental array to our work in the clothing if somehow what we have done still hasn't been adequate.
[ Given how strong the spirit, he supposes it'd make sense that it may be that there would require more strength and multiple suppression techniques. The same principle has been applicable when dealing with spirits/fierce ghosts, and the like back in his world, after all.
The other option he supposes is redoing the ritual but right now? They're all tired and, uh, yeah. ]
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Behold, A Summary
oh thank god a summary