((it's a good thing I learned my lesson last time and kept a backup of my post on a notepad doc, or that would have REALLY sucked))
"ﾁ̡́̀͏͟ﾆ̷̛͡͝ｽ̸̡͠ｶ̶̸͟ﾐ̵̕ ̶̛͠͏͘ﾏ̶̶̡ﾁ҉̴̧͘͜ ̶͠͡҉̨ﾁ̶̡͟ｶ͏̵̡ ̴̨͝ｽ̷̴͢͠ﾅ҉̵̨͞ﾐ̢҉̶̢ﾗ̶̢̀͘̕ｶ͏̢̕ ̵̴̛͠͠ﾁ̛͠͠ﾉ̷͡ ̧̢ﾁ̴̶͢͝ﾐ̕͢͞͞ ͏͢͡͞ｶ̵̀̕ﾁ̷͘҉ ̷͜͏ﾉ̢͏͟ﾁ̴̡҉̴̛ ̵̢̨̀͞ｶ̨ﾐ̵̴̀͜͟ﾁ̵̴͘ｸ͜͞҉͡ﾆ́͘͡ ̸̢̢ﾗ͏̕͘͠ﾐ̧͠ ̸̴͝҉ﾆ̧͠ｸ̵ﾐ̨̀͠ ́͏͞͠͠ﾁ̨̀ﾉ͜͜͞͞ ҉͝ｽ̕ﾐ̡͘ｶ̸͏̵ﾗ҉́͟҉͟ｽ͏̷̷ｸ͡҉ｶ̶̵̨͟ﾁ͟͝ﾆ̨͠͠ ̴̢͜͝͞ﾁ̸͘͘͢ﾐ̨̢͡ ̴̡͞ﾐ̵̨ﾆ̨̀̕͜ﾗ͏͘͏̸̛ﾁ͢͜ｽ̸͢ｶ̶̡̛̀͞ｽ̵̨҉͜͠ﾁ̵̴͠͏̷ｶ̕͝҉͡ ̸̕̕͢͞ｶ̛͏͏ﾁ̴͘͏ ͘͢ｶ҉̴̸̛ﾁ͟ ҉҉͠ﾁ̀͡ﾉ̀ ͡ﾆ̧́͟͡ｸ̷̧ﾐ̷̶͠͞ ͢͜ﾗ̶̷̸̛ ̴̛́҉̨ﾐ̷͠ﾅ̀͞͝͏̨ﾐ̸̧͟ﾁ̷̶̡͏̢ﾁ̷͠҉̧ﾆ̛̛͝ｽ̵͠͡҉ﾉ̛̛ﾓ̶͝ﾁ̡̡̡͟ ̛̕͜҉ﾉ̷͞͡͝ﾁ̸͝͡ ͠ﾐ̸ｸ҉̛ﾆ͏̴ ͜͞͞ﾆ͏͡ ́͜ｼ̧́ﾁ̴͏ ̸̀͡҉̛ｶ͟ﾁ҉ ͜͝ﾁ̷ｶ̶͜͡҉̷ｸ̕̕ﾁ̶̸͏̴̀ｽ́́̕͠ｶ̸̢͘͠͡ｸ͝͏҉҉͞ ͢҉ｷ҉̡҉͝͏ﾐ͡ﾗ̷̸̨͜ｾ̷̢ﾄ̴̨ﾗ̷̀͝ ̵̴ﾐ̨͞͝ﾆ̵̕͞҉ﾉ̀̀ﾄ́̕ﾁ̨̀͢͟ﾁ̵̵́ｸ̶̷̀ﾐ̷̶͜͞ ͟͡͞ﾁ͜͠ﾁ̧͜ﾁ̢͡ｸ̵̴̶͝͠ﾆ́҉ﾐ̵̢́͝ｽ̶̧ﾄ̷̢ﾓ̶́͘͠ ̧͝ﾆ̵҉͘͏ﾐ́͜͏͘͜ﾁ̕͢ﾁ̶͠ﾅ̢̡͘̕͝ﾓ͢͏́́ｽ͘͢͡ﾉ̵̛͢͟ﾐ̡͢ﾁ͘͏̡́͟ ̵͘ﾗ̵̀͠͡ ̧̀̕͟ﾁ͜ﾐ͘͢͠ ̧̀͠ﾐ̸̶̧̛͘ﾗ̵̸̧ ̡ﾁ̵ｾ̴̢̢̀͢ ͟͜͝ﾘ̸̵̧̕͜ﾓ̶̧́́͠ｽ͜͝ｽ̸̸̀͢ﾁ̛͝ﾁ̴͏ ̴̨͏̶ﾁ̵̢͜ﾉ̸͢͡ ̧͘͢͟͝ﾅ̴̸̷̛ﾐ̵͞͠͞͝ﾅ̡̡͢͡͡ﾁ͘҉̵̴̨ﾓ̶̨͢͝͠ｸ̴̶̛͝ﾉ̀͘͠ｶ͞͠ﾐ̵́̕ﾁ̕͢ ҉̨͜͡ﾆ̸̨ ̕̕͝ｽ̛͝͏̛ﾁ̵̸̡͟ｶ̷͘͡҉ ̶̡̢̨͞ﾁ̷̢͠ｶ̛̕͟ﾉ̨̛͟͢͠ﾐ̴͢ﾁ̴́̀͢ｽ̷̛̀̕ﾅ̧̨̢͢͡ ̧̀ﾓ̢͜͝͝ﾁ̷̸͠ ̴͟͞͠͠ﾁ҉̷̛͢ﾐ̸̷̛͡ ̵҉̧ﾆ̷̸̷̵͜ﾐ͞ ҉̨͡ﾁ̢͝ｶ̷̨͠ ̷̡́͠ｲ̀͜͏҉҉ ̶̡̧͟ﾓ̷̛͘͞ﾁ̵̕҉ ͘͏ﾐ͝ﾆ̀͞͝ｸ̨̛ﾁ̷͏ｶ̵͜͟ ̸̡͠͠ﾁ̷̧̕ﾐ̴̢̀́ ̢͏͟͝ｾ̸͠ﾐ̷́̕͜͠ｽ̸̧̨͟ﾁ̀̀ﾆ̢͜ ̧̡ﾁ͝ﾐ̵͡ ͏̷͝ﾆ҉̴̕ ̴̴͞ﾉ̢͏͏ﾆ̡̕͜͡ ̷̶̸̸ｾ̧̛͘͟͢ﾁ̢̀͟͞ ̸̨͠ﾁ̵̴̷̨ｽ͏̛̕͠ﾓ̸̴̵͜ﾘ̢͏ﾁ̴́͢͠ｽ͏̴̀ ̷̵͞ﾆ̧͞ﾉ̴̛̕͟͢ ̨̛̀͝ﾐ̕͞ﾁ͏͏̨ ̶̛ｷ̸̴̧̕ﾗ҉̧͢ﾗ̴͝ﾄ̡͠ﾐ̶̴̧͜ｾ̴̧͟ ̨͏̴̷̛ﾁ̷̡̨͢͟ﾐ̸́͜͟ ̸͠ｸ͢ﾁ̢́͝͏́ﾄ̨́͘҉ ̸̷̨̡ﾁ̸̨͢͝ｶ̴̷́͝ｽ̴̷́͢҉ ̀͘͘ﾁ̡́͜ｾ̡́̀ ҉̵̶̧͘ﾁ̴̧͘ﾐ̸̡͘ ̕͠ﾁ҉̢̀ｾ̴̧͞҉ ̷͘͜͜͞ｸ̵̴҉ﾄ̢̀ﾆ̶͜͜͠ﾆ͏̶̢̛́ ̵̴̨́ﾁ̴̡͞ｶ̡ ́͜͢ﾓ̴҉́͜ﾁ̷̶́ ͜͏ｽ̧̕͢ﾁ̵̷͝ﾉ́̀͢͢͡ ̛̕ｼ҉̶̢̛ﾁ̸̕͏ ̡̧͢͢ﾉ́͞͡ﾁ͏̡ｽ̷̀͜ ͜͞ﾁ̵͠҉̨ﾐ̕ｽ̨̧̕͟ｶ̸̧͏̵̀ﾅ͝͞͠ ̨͠ｸ̀͞ﾁ͢͡ﾄ̷̴̴͘͟ ̧̀͡ｽ̨́͘͝ﾆ̵̧̡͟͝ﾐ̸̶̧̢̡ ̵͜ﾉ̸҉ﾁ͏̡͏ ̷͏͡ﾓ̕͏̨̀ﾁ̴̴̕͟͜ ̢͜҉ﾆ͢҉̕͠ﾄ̶̢̨ﾆ̶͟͢͝ｸ̶͢ ̶̵̢͘͜ﾁ̶̡ｾ̷̧ ̛̀͢ｶ̡̛͘͞҉ﾐ̕͝͠ﾆ̷͘҉̸͘ｸ҉͟ ̴̶͘͜ﾗ̨͜ｽ̵̶̵̧͞ﾐ͝҉ｶ̀ﾅ̷̡͘͘ ҉̨ﾁ̧̛̀͘͟ﾓ̶̸̨̕ ̶̧͝͝ﾁ̶ﾓ͝҉҉ ̴̨ﾓ̧͡ﾁ̵̀͘͡ﾁ̧͝ｽ̸̕ｽ̀͢ ҉̶́̀ﾁ̸̷͠ﾐ͏́͝͞ ̢̧ｸ̡̧̢͟ｶ͝͏ﾁ̴̀҉ﾐ̸̧͜͢҉ ̢̛́́̕ﾉ̶̧͜͠ﾗ̷͘͜ ̶̨ｽ̢̛͟ﾗ͢҉̡̀͞ ҉ﾗ̕ ̸̡͏ﾁ͝҉̸ｽ̴̀́͜͠ ͞͏ｾ̵̛͟͝ﾁ̧͏̶̢͞ ̶̷̸͞ﾆ͏҉̢͞ｽ͘͢͜ﾐ̴̧ｾ̷́͜͝ﾁ̶͞ ̶͘ﾓ̧͠ﾁ̡̕ ̡́͠ｽ͏͡͏ﾁ̸͜͞ｽ̡̕҉̢͘ﾓ̵̶ﾘ̴̀̕ ̵̷̨ｶ̧͡ﾁ͢ｽ̵̴̸͝͝ ͞ﾁ̷͘ﾓ͘̕ ̸́͜͟ﾄ̡͡͏ﾆ̕͡ﾆ̷͟ｸ̸̢́͡ ̴̶͠ﾅ̀͝ﾓ̸͠ｸ̶̨͢ﾁ̵͟͟͠͝ｶ̴͢ﾐ̶̛͡ﾉ̨͟͏̕ﾐ̀͏ﾁ̸̸̢̧̛ﾅ̨́͠ ̶̵̶̀͞ｽ̛͡͝ﾆ͏̶̶ﾁ̵̛̕͘ｶ́́͏͘̕ﾐ̶̧̢̕͠ ̸̀̕͠ﾓ̴̷̀͡ﾁ̛͜ ͝҉͝ﾓ̴͡ﾉ̡̛ﾁ̴́͘ﾐ͏̢͢͠ﾅ̷̧̕͜ﾅ̀̕͞͝͠ﾁ̧́͡͡ﾐ̡̧͘͝ｸ҉̶̨̕ｶ͘͟͞͏͏ ̡ﾁ̷̸̨͠͝ﾐ̀͡ ̢́̕ｾ͘͢͠ﾁ̸̛ ̴͝ｸ̸̨̛̕ﾆ̶͟ ̶͟͢͟ﾓ̸͟͞ﾁ͢͟ ̶ｶ̧́̕͟ﾗ҉̡̨͢͝ｽ͘̕ﾅ̷̢̡͜ﾐ͏̀͜ ̷̀͞ｸ́҉̨ﾉ̡̡́͘̕ｶ̶̶̶̡̀ﾆ̶͡͠ﾆ̴̨̕͞ﾁ̶̸̢́͝ﾁ̸ﾐ̧͢͡ ̧̀͜͝͞ﾄ͜͡͝͞ﾉ̶̨ ̸̧͞ﾄ̀͢҉͟ﾉ̡́̀͜ ̸̢͠͝͠ﾁ̡͜͡ｾ̀͝͠ ̴̨̨ﾁ̸̷͢҉̛ｸ̵̡ﾄ̕̕͠͏͞ ̡̧͢͠ﾁ̶̛̀ﾉ̶̕ｽ̵̢͟͡ ̷̡͟͞ﾉ̶̴̧͢͝ﾗ̷͟͏̡͡ ̷̵̡̛͜ﾐ̢͝ﾁ̵̢̢̡ ̶̨̀͞ﾆ̴̡͞ｸ̴̀͜͝͡ ̷̡͜͞ﾗ̵̕͢͡ ̛ﾁ̴͟͠͝͞ﾉ̀ ̸̕͟͟͝ﾉ̸̷͜ﾆ̵̴̧ ̧̡́́͞ﾄ̶̀͞ｸ͘͡ﾁ͏̷̕͟ ̧͝͝͡ﾉ̶͏̸̢ﾁ̕͜ﾄ̴̷̧͡ﾁ̷͘͟͞ﾆ̷̵̛͠ﾐ̷̢̛́͜ｸ̷̷̧̀ﾐ͏̛͘͞͝ ̛̕͏̕ｽ̢͠ﾉ̛̛́͏ﾁ́͢͜͠ ̨́͟͢ｶ̴̶͟͡ﾁ̷̷̡͡ﾁ̴̢͘ﾆ̵̷̢͏̶ｸ̷͏̷ ̵̢͘͜͜ﾐ̢́͞ｶ̶͟͠͠ｽ͞͝͏̢̢ｽ͠҉ﾁ̴́́͡͝ｶ̵̧̛͟͞ﾗ̶̵͡ﾁ̶͡͠ﾆ̀͘͠͏ ̸́͏ｶ̨͝ﾐ̵̨͡͡ﾉ̷̸ｸ̷̨̧͜͢ﾁ̸̧ﾁ̴̷̢́ｶ̸ ̶́ﾁ̛͏ﾐ҉̵͘̕͞ ̴̢͠͝ﾁ̷̷̧͝͞ｾ̶̸̧̧̀ ̷͢͞͡͞ｶ̛̛̀ｽ̨͟҉͢ﾁ̵̡͢͜"The song grows darker as she is shown to stop in front of the adventurer's hall, and meet a group of people outside. She then goes with them and the background changes first to the forest, then to the darkness of a cavern, lit by torches carried by the group. and slowly, the song itself fades from hearing, though you can still faintly feel it pulsing around you. The group slowly walks forward into a cavern lined and lit by engraved, glowing green tiles. as they walk forwards, one of the group's members stumbles, and there's a loud
Clickand a slam of stone upon stone behind them as the cavern becomes sealed shut by a large block of the same make as the tiles.as most of the group stops and tries to hunt for a way to raise the block, to reset the trap, the girl and one other move forwards, deeper into the cavern. they find a collection of small huts, made out that same weird glowing brick, and walk to them, standing just outside the doorway and looking in without going inside. The first contains weapons and armor, racks lining the walls. an entire arsenal's worth. The next contains a large, spinning, diamond shaped rock, being struck by beams of intense green light emitting from the lower corners of the room and emitting another beam directly up into the ceiling, into some kind of indentation too far away to see what is inside. next is row upon row of tombstones, and engraved tablets lining the walls. the next of the seven buildings is lined with books. a library of some kind. The building after that is smaller than the rest, and inside is a single pedestal, a thick book resting upon it, open to a page about a quarter of the way though. As they are looking in, suddenly her companion, an orange-haired man wearing armor and carrying a large spear, swears, and hurls the girl into the room, spinning around before she lands with another audible
Clickand the entrance is blocked with a similar giant green block as happened before. the block fills the entire view of the area, as the man from before can be heard to scream. and scream. and scream. and scream. before even that fades to blackness and silence. even the pulsing in your ears that was telling your Lelia was still singing fades away.
...
and then it comes back.
The next scene is of the cave entry, and the girl can be seen to stumble out, with the occasional thin streak of white in her hair now, and she proceeds to vomit, before cleaning a knife on the grass beneath her, putting it away, and stumbling forwards. her clothes are dusty and torn, and as she comes closer to your viewpoint, you can see blood on her lower left leg and upper left shoulder.
The background changes and the music begins to fade into hearing again, yet somehow you can't hear Lelia's words as the girl, who it has become pretty obvious at this point is Lelia herself, moves ahead with bandages covering where she was hurt, and she is shown returning, alone, to the same city as before. Followed by her standing at a cemetery, laying flowers on a grave. After that she can be seen to play her music again, first on the street but soon upon a stage, and although you can't hear anything from this scene, she is surrounded by crowds of cheering onlookers, and she looks delighted and proud. then she is shown on the streets, walking, when suddenly someone slams into her and she is sent tumbling onto the ground in the middle of the street. she stands up and looks around at the people walking right past her, nobody even slowing down to try to help her. and then it happens again, though she manages to keep her feet this time, until as she's trying to recover it happens a third time, from yet another, completely different, person, and she lands on her face in the mud. This scene fades into seeing her waving her arms in front of a shopkeeper's face, silently yelling at him until he notices her with a start, and finally talks to her. of her standing on the street singing, ignored by everyone who walks by. of diving away from an onrushing cart, barely avoiding being run over.
The next image is that of her standing on the same streetcorner as before, but this time with the dancing shadows you saw as she began her performance, and this time a crowd stands around her, and a smile is on her face. yet in momentary images you see the background far away begin to blur, and additional strips of white appear in her hair. this happens over, and over, the blur distance coming closer, and closer, until her hair is entirely white, and beyond the edge of the crowd strange, dancing images can be seen. sometimes leaping in amoungst the crowd members. the crowd fades from view, and Lelia can be seen to no longer be playing, and yet the blur, the twisted images, the drunken haze filling the world around her, remains.
she can next be seen walking, the background changing over and over. sometimes cities, sometimes wilderness, yet almost always on the road. but unlike before, the background isn't clear. it's twisted, nonsensical. the sky changing colors at random, weird, misshapen things poping in and out of vision. faint ribbons of colored light threading their way through the air. everything except for the immediate area around Lelia giving off the impression of some drug-addicted dream, of nonsense and insanity. finally, she is shown in a city, with people running past her, twisted into strange shapes and blending in with the insanity surrounding her, yet remaining even as they draw close to her and are returned to reality, pass by as she steps out of their way, and keep going to become misshapen things again as they flee.
finally, the image shifts to one of the ship, but with everything distorted except around Lelia, and what can be heard is:
"And then some. You're looking at the remainder of my fleet. Everyone else is dead. "
"We're throwing in with you lot. So, your companions are our companions. "
It's an easy to remember scene, yet this time everything is twisted and crazy, it growing worse the farther away from Lelia you look. and then finally, the world fades to blackness once more.
reality slowly reasserts itself, as you blink and look around, still slightly disoriented from the extremely-heavy-duty illusion that had consumed the room, I return to my place leaning against the wall, and wait.
I'm pretty sure that explains everything that I want to say.
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Topic: Adventuring Party, Act 1: A Tale Of Two Hamlets (Read 37594 times)