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The Maze: Round 4: Devin & Tio

Devin & Tio Round 4
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Are data from the world of Sense,
In that case, valid evidence?
What in the universe I know
Can give directions how to go?
...
All Mathematics would suggest
A steady straight line as the best,
But left and right alternately
Is consonant with History......

Anthropos Apteros stirred in his sleep, his dreams impacted by... something outside. One of the people in his dream said a word, and with her word, she changed the story. Changed the ending. Changed what they

Another picked a flower. One he and his sister had seen once. How strange, his dreaming mind considered, that such a thing should happen. Ripples of confusion and grief flew out from the Slumbering Man and, the rain stopped. Suddenly, without warning, the rain was no more and, though the vestiges of it remained as their feet splashed on the floor, the sudden, bright light was glaring. It was so bright it blurred edges, made the world seem a briefly different place. Colours faded and changed, things shifted in hue and texture.

And from above, the crow cawed, signalling to all that the Wingless Man still slumbered.

"I hate hanging round here, waiting"
"Aye,"
"It's not like he's going to go anywhere"
"Nope"
"Don't know why they do it, really. It's not like he's going to get up and move is it?"
"Nope"
"Err, Jim... he's moving..."


Devin & Tio
Alone, Tio picked up the compass,. Devin, in the same moment, did the same with the feather. As they did, the compass started to spin and then it burst into bright, all encompassing light. It was so bright that they had no choice other than to turn their heads or close their eyes - to shield their vision somehow. The light was gone as quickly as it came, but then the two of them were in the maze once again.

And this time, they were together. Tio holding the compass which had, but moments ago been much more bright. Devin, holding a feather.
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Nothing about them had changed. But the Maze? The Maze had. In fact, the Maze had changed - a LOT.

For now they stood in a maze of mirrors.

And as the light from the compass died down, it seemed to become.... a ball. A bouncing ball of light which hit one mirror and bounced to the next in a random manner. As the Wingless Man dreamed, so things changed and moved. They had ten steps. Ten footsteps each.

On one of those steps, they saw a reflection of themselves. A different time. A different place. On another, the glass around them in one of the panes, shattered. Mostly, they stepped and did not see anything other than themselves.

And on one of the steps, the ball of light from the compass shot straight at them. Aimed directly towards them like a crossbow bolt, straight at the chest.

Which might be something they wanted to do something about, really.....


Rewards Achieved Last Round
Both
  1. All Must Do Objectives from Round 3 met.
    • Crystal Clear! You've got a crystal! Remember that later, it might be.... useful?
    • Got Direction We know where you're going...
    • All Can Do Objectives from Round 3 met.
      • Item Described! This item just increased in value. Well done!

    OOC Info

    Things to note!
    • I will post a plot post again this time next week: Monday 5th November
    • For this round -- and for reasons which may become clear -- your companion may be NPCd by you in your post.
    • You can also converse, of course, with each other.

    Objectives

     ! Message from: Must-Do Objectives
    Please note: You can use items you have previously picked up - they might help you![/b]
    1. Explicitly state what you do when the glass pane shatters
    2. Explicitly state what you see as you have a vision of your past.
    3. Explicitly state what you do as the ball of light shoots at you. Please note - dodging it is not possible. If it hits you, there will be a consequence - that might be positive, neutral or negative.
    4. You may work together as much -- or as little as your like!
     ! Message from: Can Do Objectives
    None this round.... the must do ones are too important.
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The moment that Devin picked up the feather, there was a light. It was so bright that he had to close his eyes for a moment in order to avoid going blind, and when he opened them again, he saw a man in front of him. A man that didn’t look at all like the man that he had talked to a moment earlier which was something that he didn’t appreciate as they had planned on braving the maze together. “You are not Siorey”, he complained, stating the obvious, before he did a double take.

“You are Tio!” he realized, remembering the adventure in the Sweetwine Woods – and what he had told Rynata during his brief stint as a fortune teller. He’d told her that the love of her life would be a blonde man with blue eyes – Rowan or Tio. For a moment he considered trying to play matchmaker – there’d probably never be an opportunity like this again – but on the other hand he kind of liked Rynata and wasn’t sure if he wanted to leave her to a man he barely knew. Maybe he’d dye his hair blonde and date her himself.

“Do you have any idea where these have come from?” he wanted to know and pointed at the mirrors. He could see a ball of light as well, but he ignored it in favour of staring at his reflection in one of the mirrors, as a proper Blessed of Delroth should. He didn’t like what he was seeing at all though. The boy that looked back at him was approximately a decade younger and wearing cheap, plain and rather unfashionable clothes.

Devin made a face and turned away again. He never wanted to be like that again. Being poor sucked. “I hate that mirror”, he informed Tio, just as one of the glass panes shattered. He instinctively ducked and covered his head with his arms because he wanted his face to stay intact, and then he tentatively stood up again and looked around. The ball of light he’d seen before seemed to be moving. It was … it was coming straight towards them!

“Fek, fek, fek!” he swore. "Prissy, I could use a little help right now!" he informed his parrot as he wondered what he was supposed to do now. He had no interest in being killed by that thing, thank you very much! Since the light stubbornly moved towards him, no matter what he did and he didn't want to wait for a bird that could burp the alphabet backwards to save him, he grabbed the mirror he had received upon entering the maze and held it in front of his chest much like a shield, activating his Wings of Steel at the same time so that he’d have an additional layer of defense in case the mirror simply shattered instead of deflecting that stupid light that he wished would just leave him alone.

Didn’t it realize that it was not wanted here?
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  • Due to an encounter with a magical tree Devin has bright violet eyes.
  • Devin has fancy black claw-like nails. The Grafter Rakvald made them from the spines that grow on the dubaebo's back and attached them to Devin's hands.

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Devin owns a Ring of Reversal. He's always wearing it, unless stated otherwise.

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As he touched the compass a cloak of light emerged from the air around Tio and enveloped him, temporarily blinding him. Fortunately it soon faded, but when his eyes recovered from the sudden change Tio was surprised to find that he seemed to have moved to a different part of the maze. Now he was stood in a room made entirely of mirrors, and he wasn't alone.

"Aye, that's me!" Tio replied with a grin. "I don't know who this Siorey is, but I can pretend to be her if you like. I do fancy myself a rather good actor." He peered at Devin curiously. "Hold on... haven't we met before? Yeah... you were at that thing with the magic season tree! Devin right? Well fancy meeting you again here of all places."

As he looked around the room, Tio noticed that the reflections staring back at him in the mirrors didn't actually look like him, or at least his present self. They were images of his past; moments where his younger self had looked at his reflection in the mirror, a window or some other reflective surface. In most of them he was messing around, checking his teeth or doing some other flippant gesture.

But in one of them he was not.

Down in one pane on the floor a five year old Tio glared up hatefully at him, tears still trickling down raw red eyes. Tio recognized what night this reflection had come from instantly. This was the night his mother had revealed to him that he was a Yludih, the night he'd learned that the face he'd thought was his was nothing but a lie. He'd broken that mirror that night.

Tio spun around at the sound of splintering glass quickly enough to notice the ball of light shooting towards him. Unfortunately he was the sort of person who acted on gut instinct rather than think things through logically, and did not think to try and reflect it with his mirror of refract it with his crystal. His instincts said to dodge, and so he jumped to the side unknowing that the ball of light would hone in on his chest.
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Noticeable quirks your character can see when threading with Tio.

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Explodeibur

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Mercury

Tio has a masked alter ego who leads The Court of Miracles.

Enchanting Voice

Tio's voice has hypnotic properties.
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This Round, You're Somewhere Else!
Devin: HERE!

Tio: HERE!



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Review!


Devint

Overview

Sincere apologies for the delays here. I do enjoy reading Devin and I hope that you are soon back on the site and playing him! Enjoy the rewards.

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XP: 15 (not for magic)

Renown: 5

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Knowledge

Endurance: A bright, glaring light in the eyes.
Tactics: Protect yourself in multiple ways.


Tio

Overview

I love how Tio's response it to dive for cover! Very him - and very well played! Enjoy the rewards - did I mention I'm sorry for the delays!?

Points

XP: 15 (not for magic)

Renown: 5

Loot

Knowledge

Acrobatics: It's just a jump to the left....
Endurance: A bright, glaring light in the eyes.
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