CAMPUS WIDE EVENT: EVERYTHING AND THE KITCHEN SINK

[intercom_voice]

[Hopefully everybody likes waking up outside.

Because as it were, in the middle of the night when everybody had been asleep or lulled into a sudden one by the sheer weight of the air around them...the Campus disappeared in its entirety. Left behind was only the cool surface of the concrete foundation.

For now it seems the residents were left to fend for themselves in the wilderness of the island. Not even the voice from over the intercom would comfort them.]

((ooc: the school has disappeared, along with all the NPCs and everything that was inside! no opt-out areas this time around. The temperature is cool during the day, and colder at night.

The event will last until October 20th, and I'll post a closer to signify it. Everything will be returned to its rightful place then.))

Comments

[stealshinies]

Because you swore over an onion, that's a binding oath! [Not that he wouldn't go back on something he swore if he needed to.] And you misunderstand. You can keep your human form. You can change your form, after all. This isn't a matter of form, but of soul.

That monster is your Ka, after all! You can't learn anything if you don't embrace it. You're holding yourself back. Your potential is hampered by the unwillingness of your Ba to act!

[A beat.] ...There, I taught you something else. Three favours!

[moderndaydragon]

What even is -- no, nevermind.

[She doesn't have any idea what the hell he's talking about right now, just rubbing her eyes and stopping right in her tracks. She has no idea what he's gotten onto now -- how is holding onto her humanity holding herself back? -- and she's not going to ask right now. She's not so sure she wants to owe his guy any more favors... or learn whatever way he's teaching it.]

I'm done.

[And she'll be turning on her heel and going somewhere else now, thank you!]

[stealshinies]

...Hey, where do you think you're going?! [He barks out at her, voice much harsher and irate than before.]

[moderndaydragon]

[And something about that voice sends chills again, but she shakes her head.]

Away from YOU! Where do you think?

[stealshinies]

H-haha, you fucking idiot! [Time to lie his way back into this agreement.] If you want to turn away from the only person who can help you--go ahead! That dragon will consume your piss-poor soul from the inside out!

[moderndaydragon]

[And that has her stop right in her tracks, looking back at him.]

What the hell are you talking about?

[stealshinies]

The three parts of the soul have to live in harmony, after all! [He spreads his arms, chest heaving. Come on back, Karasu...he's not done with you yet.]

Even if you think you're neglecting it...it'll grow! And then, will you be able to control it?!

[moderndaydragon]

But it is me. How could it grow if I was just ignoring it?

[...But the fear is already written on her face. No way. It couldn't... but she's already had trouble controlling its instincts, with Malik. Could it really...?

Shit.]

[stealshinies]

[He speaks lowly, knowing the answer the question eve before it's stated.]

If you ignore your hatred...does it stop growing?

[moderndaydragon]

[Suddenly, she can't swallow. It's hard to just breathe, and she's so keenly aware of that pressure in her soul, the energy that feels warm and welcoming but is now frightening her.]

...No. No, it doesn't...

[Could it really do that?]

But that dragon and I, we're the same thing! How would it...

[But no, she doesn't need to ask. It's the same as with hatred. It's something that can consume you wholly, will consume you wholly, and it's just an emotion. How much worse could an actual supernatural dragon do...?

There's silence for a bit as she struggles, then -- wordlessly -- she turns around to fall back into step behind him.]

[stealshinies]

[He lets her struggle with herself a moment, that malicious grin of his only growing wider when she submits.]

...Good girl. [Bakura turns back around, leading her once more.

Poor, poor Karasu. Woven around the finger of a thief like a piece of silken fabric. He'll make a robe worthy of a King out of you...

It wasn't the Ka that influenced the soul, after all. It was the memories of the Akh and the inherent morality of the Ba.

He leads them to a cave and stops at the entrance.]

[moderndaydragon]

[Unfortunately, Karasu has never had a good support system or friends, so she's very easy to wrap around someone's finger. It just so happens that the Thief King has found a weakness to hit, preying on her fear even as his future self preyed on her affection.

She doesn't respond, just keeping her head down in a way to hide her face with her hair and pulling that pelt around her a bit tighter. She stops when he does, just shifting to shake her feet a little.]

[stealshinies]

[Bakura gestures towards the inside of the cave. He wonders if this is the one he bested that Nobody-Ka in, hehehe... The ability to utilize the darkness was a powerful weapon, and an exercise in testing honing the senses!]

Transform and navigate through the darkness!

[moderndaydragon]

...Why, exactly?

[Yeah, she's submitted to it, but that doesn't mean she's not going to question it.]

[stealshinies]

Are you serious? Just fucking do it! Who's the teacher here?!

[moderndaydragon]

All right, all right! Sheesh...

[She pulls the skin around her a bit tighter, if just so it will go with her, and focuses on that energy, though it's a little hard to let it flow this time.]

[moderndaydragon]

[Navigate this place... right. At least he picked a big enough cave for it. She holds her wings tight to her side, moving into it to try and peer around in the darkness.]

[stealshinies]

[Bakura takes a seat on a nearby mound of dirt, folding his arms as he watches and allows his eyes to adjust to the darkness.]

Oh, and don't break anything.

[moderndaydragon]

[She gives a snort at that, her tail "accidentally" knocking down some of the stalagmites opposite Bakura. Really, if he's expecting her not to break anything, he's going to be sadly disappointed. It's hard enough to leave things intact when she can see, much less while she can't now.

...especially since she just brought down a couple of stalactites by smacking her head right into them. Owww.]

[stealshinies]

Hey! [Bakura jumps slightly, yanking his foot out of the way of some falling rocks.] What did I just tell you?! Learning to keep your damn clumsy self under control is part of the training!

[moderndaydragon]

[She gives him an irritated growl at that, glaring back at roughly where the voice came from. The urge to knock her tail into the ceiling is high, but she suppresses it out of a mix of feelings.

As it is, she slowly tries to go forward, carefully inching her way to avoid knocking the entire ceiling down on top of them. Much as she wants to see him get hit with a rock right now...]

[stealshinies]

Oh, another thing! Those rocks are pretty sharp, h-hehe~ If you knock them over, they might kill you.

[Making a sweeping gesture from his seat.] Think of it as incentive!

[moderndaydragon]

[...You're lucky she doesn't want to actually hurt you, or she'd swing her tail for that. She's pretty sure rocks can't get through these scales, thanks...

But she's being careful anyway, trying to feel her way through the cave. One branch causes her to stop, a claw going out to feel around. Yeah... that's too small for her to get through. And it's too tight for her to turn around.

Beep beep. Backing up dragon now! ...and she ends up sending another shower of rocks by smacking into the wall too hard.]

[stealshinies]

--?! Didn't I tell you to watch what the fuck you're doing?!

[Bakura jumps to his feet at the slight cave in, pressing himself back against the wall to avoid a few rocks that would have otherwise hit him.]

[moderndaydragon]

[There's a sound from her that he could easily be mistaken as apologetic, but is half snickering too. She may have to rely on this guy not to die, but that doesn't mean she won't take pleasure in the jackass getting jumpy.

That done, though, she's tired of smacking into rocks, so she gets out of the damn cave, at least managing to avoid causing any more collapse as she shakes the rocks and dirt off. Bleh.]