event: portal seven | the void

[mayfield_mods]

The final portal doesn't seem to be a portal at all. It's a glitch hole.

Located on the lawn of the library is a hole much like the ones that have plagued every new location for the past week. As with them, it hurts your eyes to look at too long, but even if you should muscle past the pain and stare straight into it, you can make out nothing on the other side. Nothing, save for a shifting, twitching, swirling void.

Unlike the portals, which were vertically placed like doorways, the hole at the Library is strewn across the lawn: if you want to enter it, you're going to have to jump. Of course, there's no guarantee it will even lead anywhere. Touching the hole or sticking your arm in doesn't have any effect: you'll pull your arm out unharmed. As far as jumping in completely goes, those who jump in disappear from sight. As long as you're on the Mayfield side, there's no way to tell what lies beyond the hole.

There's only one way to find out.

[ooc: Feel free to roleplay up to the point your characters jump in, assuming they do. A single group subthread will be created in a few hours revealing what happens on the other side.]

Comments

[ex_seventh238]

Just ask Nagato-san to shape you something. She can no doubt describe an entity that will be of far more use than any of your limbs right now.

[Yuki'll find out soon, if Merem's retained his abilities as a Planet Terminal - and willing to take that suggestion up.]

[splitthebaby]

Yuki isn't human. Therefore, I can't grant her wishes.

[Sorry to put a damper on that plan. Ciel, you're the only human right now.]

I could just walk on over and find a human from over there who would be willing to take ownership of one.

[tenderoblivion]

[Ah. ...Yes. Merem had mentioned this ability of his before, though the idea of using it to create something to defend them hadn't occurred to her. It's all for the best - Yuki has an exceedingly dull imagination.]

Wishing for the assured survival of all currently present is not feasible?

[ex_seventh238]

Or I could simply pass on anything she may have to say back to you. These 'restrictions' don't mean very much here. [Completely deadpan serious as she talks, too. This can totally fly, :|

...

But right, there was this talk of a crocodile with a pink bow once upon a time, wasn't there...... She glances back at Yuki.]

It doesn't work like that. Merem needs to be informed of all the specifics - or parameters, if you will, that a creature should possess in order to bring it into existence. You would be the best-suited to list all the requirements it ought to meet to assist most efficiently with the defense. These can then be adapted into fantastical traits after.

[splitthebaby]

Yes. And I require a human because only they can tap into the collective unconsciousness of humanity and allow me to draw whatever it is out of the Land of Fantasy.

[Shrug.]

[tenderoblivion]

...Understood.

[Yuki will lower her eyes briefly before returning her gaze to Ciel.]

A creature ideally adapted for defense would have identical dimensions as the safety zone scaled down to a sufficient degree to minimize the possibility of being lost to natural void fluctuation while still retaining a size capable of covering everyone within. Locomotion must be smooth and predictive of the velocity of the movement of the safety zone. A permeable membrane would allow for the exchange of gases necessary for human survival while remaining impossible to puncture or injure. Ideally, the membrane would be semi-transparent to allow for visibility of those within. Stability must be high. All attack must be deflected without affecting the trajectory of the creature's movement.

[No imagination. All she is proposing is a smaller impenetrable bubble inside the bubble.]

1/2

[ex_seventh238]

[...

so basically another barrier


y e p


as a human not utterly devoid of imagination, it's... pretty obvious to see once Yuki's done. Ciel isn't lax enough to rub her face though, so she's just going to


look thoughtful for a moment while she keeps walking and absently continuing to fling Keys in the meanwhile. They're still nailing reaching hands with flawless accuracy, so that's something right...]

2/2

[ex_seventh238]

A creature similar to King of the Sky, but seven to ten feet of length in size. Semi-transparent in appearance and mobile in mid-air, it should have the ability to produce oxygen, or at least effectuate a process that turns other gases like CO2 back to that. Whether it has a mouth or not is not important, but it ought to be capable of emitting sound waves on a frequency that the human brain can process and trigger a distracting effect so that the influence of the voices may be minimized. It should also possess flexible and retractable limbs, so that people may latch onto them and be pulled back towards the center just in case. Make it so that it can leave its skin behind to serve as a shield also, and give it the ability to regenerate quickly like a worm regrowing parts of its body back no matter how the main body is injured.

How does that sound?

[Sorry Yuki, your original concept has to be reworked a little, but hopefully this is still doable...]

[splitthebaby]

I cannot give it the ability to regenerate but I can compensate for that using natural effects.

[Well, she asked for it. Thankfully, ten feet is within his Mayfield set limits. Instead of firing giant laser beams of doom, the front protrusion now vibrates and constantly adjusts the vibrations to the environment to help with that sound issue.

Instead of regeneration, if it gets harmed, it just shrinks in size to compensate for the lost amount of....jelly, effectively healing the wound. Hey, it could probably hold people in the jelly.]

[tenderoblivion]

[Fine. Be creative. No one had ever said it needed to be a feasible-looking organism. Yuki will blink twice at the sudden appearance of the unusual creature before nodding.]

That will suffice.

[Organic creatures were certainly very interesting.]

[ex_seventh238]

[we're just trying to box down your pointers into something remotely organic-looking, alright. don't hold it against us, 8X

Giving a small nod to Yuki before peering back at Merem.]

Will it be intelligent enough to roam on its own?

[splitthebaby]

Of course it will be. But you know they're drawn to bad luck so try not to be a problem, Ciel.

[Haha, low blow.]

Perhaps we should leave it to Yuki to make sure it's placed most effectively.

[tenderoblivion]

There.

[Yuki will point towards the weakest section of the bubble, the area she had pointed out earlier.]

[ex_seventh238]

[Merem gets a LOOK. LOW BLOW THAT WAS. Ciel'll stay quiet and just watch though, ready to go back to the other spot Yuki mentioned. You heard the lady, son. But that set aside... Mm, looks like they're more or less done, here.]