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☾ ⁺     ━━      STARTER CALL . . . 『   @starcall   』

⠀⠀⠀⠀ “  . . .  how disgusting .  a  misty  memory ,  a  haunting  face  &  by  far  i  find  yours  the  most  troublesome .    ”    the former viceroy smiles twisting into one that bears fangs and venom .  she leans into the woman's ear, clawing & pressuring the other's shoulder, a tone sweet like honey & as gentle as morning fog.   “   a rat like you who can't stay in their damn sewers.  you're pitiful for a vermin . you lament and don't let corpses rot in front of you . you're such a nusance .   ”   

⠀⠀⠀⠀her lungs growl out the last of the words ;  her voice shifting to one dripping in anger and annoyance. she lets go of the seer as quickly as she pulls out her pathetic excuse from pistol from her obi sash , waving it over the chest of the star's beloved warrior.    “   oh, if only it was real.  ”     the viceroy's words press against her teeth in a hiss  ;  oh !  how lovely it would be, indeed. . .  to see her coughing up her ichor like she once did.  but alas, she puts away the pistol. just like he did ,  they stripped her of everything ...  not that she had much to begin with. borrowed power & borrowed divinity,  how sad.

⠀⠀⠀⠀ “   honestly,  to vermin you're an insult. you will never know what it means to live like them.   ”     her lips purse into a scowl, her nails itch to rip out the heiress' throat, anger fueling her every bone. she's notably older than she was last time she saw her, that must mean she lived quiet sometime past her so-called death.     “   i care not for what happened after my death but i hope you've suffered just as much as i have.   ”    she pauses for a moment and laughs loudly in her face, her dull citrines smile with all the emotions she could muster. her fingers gently curve around lyra's jawline.     “   ah, who am i kidding? a princess such as yourself will never know what it means to be sold as a whore .   ” 

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⠀⠀⠀⠀ “  . . .  ”   she hardly turns, her eyes harshly glaring at the youthful male.   “   . . .  hmph .   ”    a huff pushes against her lungs as his whistle echoes off the mirror.    “   aren't you a noisy one ?  ”     the viceroy's words echo just as profoundly as her getas click against the glass like a shishi-odoshi ;  she leans her head over her shoulder. ' what an odd boy.'  she thought as fingers press against her lips in thought.  ' then again everything is odd about this realm '

⠀⠀⠀⠀ “   i care not for the design, if anything seeing my perfectly vivid reflection is more irksome than someone like you could even imagine.  ”     her lips purse into a scowl, gods play a cruel game keeping her in this fleshy prison.      “   you must be quiet awful with directions to be stuck in here for over an hour, boy.   ”    she lifts her wrist and flicks it to the corner of the room near the exit, a small sign was above the doorway saying exit.    “   after all, there were signs for every major hall.   ”   her tone remains empty and unbothered, as her ebony locks cascade over her shoulder.   “   well considering you made it to the end you should rejoice, you've triumphed your sense of direction to some degree today.   ”   a smile haunts her lips, lacking any sense of feeling. at least she'd try not to torment the poor lad.

Stumbling through the palace of ice, he scratched the back of his head, muttering to himself, “Isn’t this supposed to be a fun house? I’m not having much fun…” Although he did have a chuckle imagining Sif trying to get through the crystalline mirror halls, seeing himself look amused five times over. But seeing himself look amused as he walked along the halls toward a chime led to him seeing himself clutch his face as he walks directly into a mirror.

In his defense, the mirror looked like the entryway to a room full of statues, and as he was complaining (”Owowowowow-”) he turned around and walked into the room.

It was, in a word, amazing. At least that’s the word he’s use as the chime rang out - to signal his arrival, maybe? Whistling loudly, it echoed off the crystalline halls.

But it seems he wasn’t alone. An elegant-looking woman was in the room.

“Oh, hey!”

“Isn’t this place kinda cool? I mean, I definitely spent half an hour-” He looks at his phone. “Nope, a whole hour a bit lost in the mirror part of the castle. But this place looks kinda cool!”

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"If you do not descend into the depths you will never find the truth. Nor will you find the treasures within..." (Some explorer maybe idk Ofiuco made it up)

"Rise and shine. A new day of adventure awaits." Every piece of technology in the city that could broadcast sound and / or images whirred to life at exactly midnight, surely awakening any "early to bed, early to risers" long before they wanted to wake up. The voice was familiar in its monotone, but it didn't carry the robotic hollowness that it once had. That was because it was the voice of Ofiuco, who had recently undergone some changes to become one of the Stars herself.

She waited a minute before proceeding, giving the watchers and listeners ample time to wake up first. "I apologize for waking you, but as it seems to be the standard of the Stars to make these announcements at this unpleasant hour, I am expected to do the same. I take no joy from having to do so..."

For those watching on a screen, the android holding her hand out to the side with her palm flat could be seen, upon which a screenshot seemed to rest. A screenshot that was undeniably of the hole in the city's centre, but something was different. It was lit up! "As you can see, an anomaly has opened in the city's centre. I have deployed my remote version to investigate, but to no avail. A lift has been set up to take you down to the bottom."

The images that floated above her hand changes as she described different things. It lingered on an image of the older version of Ofiuco hastily putting a lift together though, before the image changed to one of a large, glowing gate at the bottom of a huge pit. The bottom of the hole that no one was allowed to see.

"I am unable to send my remote body through that gate. And as my scans have confirmed, the world on the other side of that gate is unstable. Uncharted. Every time someone enters it, its design and layout are different. We need you to do the charting for us. I understand that we're... I'm asking a lot, but you will be rewarded for your efforts. Please." The broadcast ended, but something didn't feel quite right.

Why did Ofiuco seem so concerned?

OVERVIEW

Welcome to our newest event, DOWN YOU GO! Inspired by dungeon crawler and roguelike games, it will have your character (either by themselves or with a party) exploring a variety of environment in pursuit of answers and treasures. But mostly treasures. Here are all of the features of this event:

four unique biomes to explore

each biome has its own mechanics and circumstances

a random buff / debuff system

a grand prize to be received at random once you've reached a certain word count with your event threads

abilities unlocked while within a biome, though difficulty scales accordingly

BIOMES

Each biome is unique and features different gimmicks, enemies, and a different challenge to overcome. Outside of the descriptions provided below, you have complete control over how the biome's size and how it looks, as well what is inside of it (such as things like poisonous swamps or lava pools). The challenged you encounter and how you overcome them are also up to you!

FANTASY A biome inspired by fantasy. A series of caverns and open forest clearings that are rife for exploring. You are liable to find standard fantasy fare here in terms of monsters, so everything from goblins to dragons is on the table. This is also the biome most populated with monsters in general, and will be the most combat focused. The stronger the characters that enter this biome are, the more dangerous and ravenous the monsters will be, and they will not be so easily killed even by overpowered abilities.

SPACE A biome inspired by space horror. The setting is an abandoned space station deep in the depths of the void. You must navigate the halls of the space station while being pursued by a murderous alien creature that will not stop until your whole party is dead, while navigating the risks of using abilities in a place where destroying one window could kill everyone. Feel free to customize the alien however you'd like provided it isn't just a licensed alien from an existing property! Just make sure it's a suitable challenge, because the alien cannot be killed. It will pursue you until you reach the control room where the treasure can be found.

SEA A biome inspired by pirates and ocean-related myths. Completely submerged within the depths of the ocean, this biome's gimmick is that your character has been adapted into a new form to thrive. They have become a merfolk, obtaining fish traits to help them move about the dark, underwater caves. They are rife with undersea monsters that can take advantage of their speed and experience vs your character who is still adjusting to their new underwater abilities. You're free to customize your character however so that they can function underwater!

JUNGLE A biome inspired by old adventure movies. While monsters are scarce, the caves and open jungle are plagued with numerous traps that seek to immobilize your character, if not kill them outright. It's also extremely hot and humid. For the sake of fairness, any mobility related abilities will be disabled in this biome, as well as any that provide invulnerability. Be as inventive as you want with the traps! Now is your chance to be chased by a giant boulder!

COMBAT SPECIFICS

Every character will be returned their abilities and weapons for the event while within a biome, but remember difficulty should be scaled according to how powerful the characters exploring are so that characters cannot steamroll it. While most of them are caves and tunnels, they're still extremely spacious for fights, barring the space station considering its unique threat. The corridors there are much tighter.

For characters that have no powers, the Fantasia system will be active and they can access their Fantasia forms while within the biomes. For those of you who weren't around during the Fantasia War event, you can still make a form for your character! You just need to pick one of the races from this post, and your character can then use any of these spells!

BUFF / DEBUFF SYSTEM

Within each biome a series of chests can be found (aesthetically reflecting the biome's theme). When opened, this chest provides a buff or debuff to the entire party. We've put together a wheel here where you can roll for what that buff or debuff might affect them. Of course this isn't something we can control, so if you just want to pick one for narrative purposes that's also fine! We just wanted to include the option. The list of buffs / debuffs you can receive can be found below:

ATK + / ATK- An increase or decrease to the strength of all of the characters.

SPD+ / SPD- An increase or decrease to the speed of all of the characters.

INVINCIBILITY All characters are invincible to damage and knockback for five minutes.

HEAL ALL All characters in the party have their health restored to full.

POISONOUS FOG A poisonous fog amasses within the biome that slowly drains the health of all party members and obscures the surroundings. Can be cleansed with the right abilities.

GRAVITY+ / GRAVITY- Gravity increases or decreases slightly, altering the ease of movement. (If in the sea biome, reroll)

FORTITUDE Every party member is shrouded with a barrier that can negate all damage from the next attack received.

DIVINE INTERVENTION Revives a fallen party member with the group. (If no one is fallen, reroll)

WELL RESTED Everyone's energy levels are restored. It's easier to forge ahead!

OFIUCLONE SWARM Summons a swarm of ten Ofiuclones during your next enemy encounter to aid in battle.

TRANSMOGRIFICATION Everyone in the party is changed into a random animal for ten minutes.

GOOD VIBES During the next enemy encounter, everyone's overall stats are increased. You feel like you can take on anything!

GRAND PRIZE

You're only required to make a single event post or drabble to be eligible for event participation, but we are also offering a grand prize to everyone who reaches 1000 words* across all of their event threads. This prize is random, and for each person that reaches this point we will be spinning a prize wheel to determine what you receive! Every character can only receive this prize once, but if you do not like your initial prize you get one reroll. You can also exchange your prize in for a Star amount equivalent to its retail price and put the money towards an item or items you do want!

The included prizes are as follows, all taken from our Galaxy marketplace:

shielden ring

companion star

polymorph star

cosmogills

starcycle

mysterious blueprints

1000 stars

*You do not need 1000 words before the event ends. So long as the threads are started before the event period concludes, you can cash in for this prize whenever you hit that milestone. In the case that a thread partner drops in the meantime, you can continue the thread in a new thread or drabble with that person separated provided you link back to the original in the first post. We will not be awarding prizes until the event period has ended.

EVENT FAQ

WHAT HAPPENS IF A CHARACTER DIES WITHIN THE BIOME? Accidents happen! Your character will simply respawn at the beginning and will be able to catch up with the others by trekking through the explored areas already. This may be more difficult in some biomes than others.

HOW ARE ENEMIES BALANCED WHEN CHARACTERS OF VARYING POWERS ARE IN THE SAME PARTY? Every group of enemies will have at least one foe that is equivalent in strength to your strongest member and will aggro to them. Unless your weaker members aggro the monster themselves, in which case? Good luck! If your strongest character has abilities that are considered "gamebreaking" like the ability to alter reality and so forth, this enemy will be immune to those abilities.

WHAT ABOUT THE ALIEN MONSTER IN THE SPACE BIOME? It cannot be hurt or killed even by your strongest party member. Run!

CAN WE USE A FANTASIA FORM IF OUR CHARACTER HAS ABILITIES OF THEIR OWN? In the case that those abilities would not help them in a combat situation, then yes!

ARE OUR CHARACTERS ALLOWED TO CHANGE THEIR FANTASIA FORMS? Sure thing! That information is stored in the Intraverse, so they could go in and change in whenever they like so long as it remains within the limitations of the Fantasia System.

CAN WE USE ABILITIES THAT WOULD "CHEAT" THE SYSTEM? LIKE BEING ABLE TO JUST TELEPORT TO THE END? Abilities that would otherwise break the spirit of the event are disabled even if your character has everything unlocked otherwise for the sake of fairness.

DO WE NEED TO RANDOMIZE THE BUFFS / DEBUFFS FROM THE CHESTS? As mentioned, you don't need to, but we hope you will as a fun mechanic! It isn't like there's a way for us to check if you actually did it randomly, and your threads are your own.

DO WE NEED TO CLAIM THE PRIZE TO GET PARTICIPATION? Nope! That prize is just a little something extra if you choose to shoot for it. Participation requirements are normal. And remember, you don't need to claim the prize by the event's end. You can finish it whenever so long as the thread is started before the event concludes at the end of the day on February 10th.

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    starter call !!    i’ll cap this at   FIVE   for the time being...                  ❪    exempt for castmates / ff muses too, ofc.   ❫  

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  yotsuyu goe brutus   . . .    『   the witch of doma   』

☾ ⁺       ━━━━━━          of  FINAL FANTASY XIV .

      HYURIAN   ▪   THIRTY - TWO   ▪   SHE/HER 

▪   〈 一 〉    tragically and an internationally known as a bitch, she is ruthless and has little to no remorse for her actions. no, she will not apologize, that's not her style.

▪   〈 二 〉   went from being an orphan, to being sold off as the unfortunate wife of an asshole noble, to being sold off again to a pleasure house, rising from courtesan to a spy for her country and then eventually turning into a traitor and killing the current regnant of doma with her bestie, zenos ( not rly ), then he lets her act as the acting viceroy of the very country she wishes to pummel into the ground !

▪   〈 三 〉   yotsuyu is pretty much the epitome of grace and beauty, belie a heart of stone and a will to survive by any means. she is a cruel, sadistic ruler but, acts docile at first glance. the second she opens her mouth its purple prose ft. a whole tsunami of insults if you look at her the wrong way. yotsuyu doesn't exactly know how to pull her punches in front of anyone except for zenos, that much is a fair warning imo.

▪   〈 四 〉  reminder :  she's a literal war criminal, btw.

▪   〈 五 〉   will step on you and you will like it.

▪   〈 六 〉   smokes like a fucking chimney, lmao.

▪   〈 七 〉  she went through a little amnesia phase where she was as innocent as a dove.......... but she ended up regaining her memory after attempting to commit s*icide, she ends up murdering her abusive step-parents with a short sword bc they were trying to sell her off again for money.  :)

▪   〈 八 〉  got tricked into becoming the vessel of tsukuyomi by her younger brother, thus became a god for a little bit, "died" via her shitty brother shooting her because he was highkey jealous of her, killed that step-brother, enjoyed stabbing him with cool floaty moon swords, thought she died now she's well... here. 

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prior to the reserve, here's yotsuyu goe brutus from ffxiv. her app can be found at /app, thank you and have a great day!

Welcome to chilly Isola Radiale, Yotsuyu!

You’ll be housed in APARTMENT 307!

You will be given a toy pistol.

Enjoy your stay!

– ⋆ canopus.

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# kimono  …   an  affiliated    𝐲𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐮𝐲𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐬       of     𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐱𝐢𝐯 ,      as  sculpted  by  aria .  established   in  january  ²⁰²³ .   this  is  the  story  — about  a  girl  who  suffered,  crawled  & clawed  through  her  miseries ;   rised  to  a  seat  of  power .  thriving  off  the  hatred  for  her  own  people ,  her  blood  that  boiled  with  the  heat  of  her  wrath ,  driven  to  lunacy  by  her  own  vengeful  crusade ;  only to  lose  herself  in  the  end  of  it  all .  oh  dearest,   tsukuyomi yotsuyu ,  the  pitiful  witch  of   doma ,   the  woman  who  wasn't always  hateful ,  but  rather  a  woman  consumed  by  her  own  lonesomeness and  depression .                               note:      please use the tag     #kimonoaria                          due to my url, it'd be near impossible to track my threads . * indies are welcomed, but i will be prioritizing my group.

  yotsuyu goe brutus   . . .    『   the witch of doma   』

☾ ⁺       ━━━━━━          of  FINAL FANTASY XIV .

      HYURIAN   ▪   THIRTY - TWO   ▪   SHE/HER 

▪   〈 一 〉    tragically and an internationally known as a bitch, she is ruthless and has little to no remorse for her actions. no, she will not apologize, that's not her style.

▪   〈 二 〉   went from being an orphan, to being sold off as the unfortunate wife of an asshole noble, to being sold off again to a pleasure house, rising from courtesan to a spy for her country and then eventually turning into a traitor and killing the current regnant of doma with her bestie, zenos ( not rly ), then he lets her act as the acting viceroy of the very country she wishes to pummel into the ground !

▪   〈 三 〉   yotsuyu is pretty much the epitome of grace and beauty, belie a heart of stone and a will to survive by any means. she is a cruel, sadistic ruler but acts docile at first glance. the second she opens her mouth its purple prose ft. a whole tsunami of insults if you look at her the wrong way. yotsuyu doesn't exactly know how to pull her punches in front of anyone except for zenos, that much is a fair warning imo.

▪   〈 四 〉  reminder :  she's a literal war criminal, btw.

▪   〈 五 〉   will step on you and you will like it.

▪   〈 六 〉   smokes like a fucking chimney, lmao.

▪   〈 七 〉  she went through a little amnesia phase where she was as innocent as a dove.......... but she ended up regaining her memory after attempting to commit s*icide, she ends up murdering her abusive step-parents with a short sword bc they were trying to sell her off again for money.  :)

▪   〈 八 〉  got tricked into becoming the vessel of tsukuyomi by her younger brother, thus became a god for a little bit, "died" via her shitty brother shooting her because he was highkey jealous of her, killed that step-brother, enjoyed stabbing him with cool floaty moon swords, thought she died now she's well... here. 

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“I desire violently, and I wait.”

— Anais Nin

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“Where death becomes, red lips are stained. You taste of calloused hands, fingers laced. This, the gospel of truth, we are lost believing a belief no more. Doomed are we to seek an absolution we will never touch.”

— Ave Maria, gratia plena | p.d

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i try and i try and やってみま...そして私は試してみますす

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