first pact ❖ {down the rabbit hole we go}

[pactum.livejournal.com]

[A boy with frightened green eyes and dark clothing appears on the Plane.] Wh-whoa! Where am I…? [Then he looks down and notes the absence of floor. Vertigo strikes, the boy yelps, and he falls onto his back.] Ow… What kind of place is this? A dream…? The pain seems pretty real, though…

Marta? Tenebrae? Colette? Anyone? [He scrambles to his feet.] Marta! Marta! [He doesn’t seem to be in any danger, but being stuck in a black expanse isn’t good, either.] I can’t believe we got separated… what if there are monsters? I don’t know how to do this by myself!

… Okay. Breathe. I’m a man, not a dog. I’m a man, not a dog… I’m a man. Not a dog.

[with a bit more determination] I can’t leave them alone. I— I’ve gotta find them!

[He takes off in some random direction. Mind stopping the poor boy before he runs himself ragged?]

[ooc: in ur comm, spammin u w/ intro posts]

Comments

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Well, there was Wonderland, Agrabah, Atlantica, Hollow Bastion... They're all pretty different.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it.

I was on my way to [a slight hesitation] Palmacosta, so that we could take a ferry across the water. I don't know what the other half of the world is like.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Yeah? Do you have a reason, or are you just traveling?

[pactum.livejournal.com]

[He shakes his head.] We're... looking for something that can help restore the balance of mana in the world. With everything going as it is... the world will die. So we have to do this.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Mana?

[pactum.livejournal.com]

Mana is the energy that people draw on to cast magic. But it's in everything that lives, too. Monsters help regulate mana, but they're running wild right now, so... Lake Sinoa dried up, and there was a forest fire in the south last year...

It's only getting worse.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[So it's like the blood of the world's heart? EVERYTHING comes back to hearts for this kid, don't'cha know.]

Do you have any leads?

[pactum.livejournal.com]

[Ahahaha. It's still applicable!]

Yeah. But someone else is racing to steal the cores before we can get to them, and he's really, really strong. He spared us last time, but I don't know if he'll do it again. So we have to work as quickly as we can.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[Which makes it all the funnier.]

Cores?

[pactum.livejournal.com]

Um... they're like the eggs of the things that control the monsters. They can make monsters act weird, apparently.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Why would someone want to make that happen, though? Don't you all live in the same world...?

[pactum.livejournal.com]

[His kindness wears down a little more, showing that stubborn streak he isn't even aware he has.]

The person stealing them... He's working for the Church of Martel. All they want to do is to oppress the people of Sylvarant. They don't care about anything except killing people. That guy-- Lloyd Irving burned Palmacosta, and he killed my parents!

[Wow, Emil can yell. Who knew.]

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[... D:]

I'm sorry...

[pactum.livejournal.com]

[He quiets down a bit, realizing he's stopped walking.]

Sorry, I... I really hate him.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[Stops as well, turning to him.]

You don't need to apologize.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

[He just stands there, head bowed for a moment... then he takes a deep breath.]

We should keep walking.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

... Sure. C'mon, I think I see something up ahead.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

What is it?

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

A building...? Hard to tell.

[Say hi to the bar, boys.]

[pactum.livejournal.com]

It... looks like the inside of a tavern.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Huh. Wanna check it out?

[pactum.livejournal.com]

Ah... sure!

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[Nods, and starts heading off in that direction~]

[pactum.livejournal.com]

There's no one here... that's odd.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's closed?