re_alignment | DOUBLE PILLAR ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SKY

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!event: pillar

DOUBLE PILLAR ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SKY

[It extends upwards as far as the eye can see, vanishing directly into the Lambda. Markings adorn its rough, worn surface, too ancient to read. The material itself seems new, however--a contradiction in forms. All who approach will hear its rhythmic thrumming, a noise pulsing from it with a lulling and dangerous tone. Around it the earth is broken and crumbling, and pieces of debris from the junk pile radiate outward...some of it charred as if burned.

Will you approach?

Examine?

Climb the precarious looking footholds?

Or fall victim to something equally sinister...]

Note: This is the Pillar interaction post! A mod will be observing any threads made here, and will occasionally post with a response from the pillar depending on which actions you take. It is strongly suggested that you approach the pillar with a friend, as the effects of the Pillar's influence are not always pretty. (Also, it's difficult to hold a conversation between a character and a piece of stone.)

BE WARNED--many different outcomes will be administered here. If you don't want your character to be killed/injured/possessed then clear your post with Saeru before making it. All effects (yes, even death) will be temporary (IE not lasting more than three days).

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[What is it and where did it come from? Hot Rod isn't sure he wants to know. The uneasy feeling only grows as he comes closer. It's an odd sensation, both beckoning and repulsive.

He stops at the edge of where the charred remnants of debris begin, glancing down uncertainly before he lifts his optics towards the pillar itself.

Maybe...maybe this was a bad idea.]

[Rose was also observing the pillar when she saw Hot Rod not far from her. Normally she would had gone closer all on her own, but the vibes this thing gave off told her that would be a bad idea at the moment.

[She looked to the large mech and then back at the pillar.]

What do you think of this thing?

[Startled as he is at first- wow, was he that out of it?- he's a little relieved to find he's got company out here at least.]

I don't like it. I'm not sure how to explain it, but... [He shakes his head, glancing at Rose.]

Do you feel something...I dunno, off about it?

[She glanced back at him.]

Yes. Something is very off about it. It is like something dark is radiating off of it.

Yeah...

I was kind of hoping that was just me, but now I have to wonder that this thing might be what had Prima concerned earlier. ...which really doesn't make things any better considering I haven't heard anything from any of the Firstforged since this thing appeared at the end of that freak storm.

I wonder if they disappeared in order to find a way to deal with it.

[Though she doesn't sound quite hopeful.]

Do you think it is also responsible to the way some people have been acting lately?

[Rodimus, you will definitely notice that it feels like the darkness that Prima showed you before. Rose, as well, will find that its noise reminds her of the noise that made it difficult to think as she approached the badlands.

It also seems to want you both to come closer...]

Given that everything seems to happen around the same time?

[His attention's drawn back towards the pillar, and for all that he thinks it's probably better to get away from the thing, he finds himself stepping forward.]

It's linked to it...somehow...

[The noise did sound familiar, but it took her a while to realize where she heard it before. Mainly because she never heard the call of the Badlands inside Haven.

[She gripped her Dragoon Spirit, and tried to remember some of the techniques that Wing taught her to keep her mind clear before she followed Hot Rod.]

I have a feeling it may be linked to other undesirable things on this planet as well...

Yeah, I hear you...

[Whether he's talking to the Dragoon or the pillar is anyone's guess.]

[Her grip tightened around the small orb as they got closer, doing her best to fight the call.]

I wonder what those markings on it could mean...

[Now that they were closer, she could see them more clearly.]

[One other thing that the both of you may notice...is that the pillar definitely must extend some distance below the ground. It may even go far enough down to reach that open area Prima took you to, Hot Rod...

Meanwhile, the markings look very distinct and beautiful. It's a shame that this pillar is clearly heralding something ominous, because there must be a language associated with some of the symbols which would be interesting to learn about.

The Pillar does particularly like you, though, Rose. Maybe it senses something familiar in you, because the closer you go, the more it seems to...tremble?

It definitely wants to be touched.]

[It helps to have another voice there, something else to focus on aside from that unnerving tug from the pillar. He shakes his head.]

Can't make anything out of it.

[Hot Rod looks towards its base, slowly stooping by the cracked earth. If it goes as deep as it extends above, that can't be good.]

[Having someone else around does help, but Rose is starting to struggle in keeping her head clear. If push comes to shove she may have to summon her armor. It helped in the Badlands, maybe it would help here?]

Now I really do wish that at least one of the First Forged had stayed. They may know what it all means...

[Without realizing it she raises a hand as if to touch the surface of the pillar. Her hand stops just a few centimeters and hovers there, as one part of her mind tells her it is a bad idea to touch it, but she can't quite make herself to put her hand down.]

[Based off the feelings you've both had in the past, you'd know that touching it is a very, very, very bad idea.

However, the closer you get, the louder it 'hums,' which is distracting in an of itself--like a Siren song. Your choices now are few: Either you will end up touching the pillar, or you'd best pull away and get far from it now.

Granted, if you leave, you'll never know what touching it might accomplish~]

[No, he doesn't like the feeling at all, but it beckons to him, and that hum seems to echo in his head, especially now that he's so close. He isn't sure how long he's remained crouched there, momentarily losing track of things as he's lulled by the sound, both dreadful and still somehow alluring.

It's with a jerk of his head and a gasp that he snaps back to focus. His balance is off with the motion, and although his head is at least clear of touching the pillar, cursed reflex has him snapping his hand outward to push himself steady- unfortunately against the one thing he'd initially been meaning to avoid.]

[The sound of Hot Rod's gasp she turns her attention towards him. It is just enough of a distraction to ignore the call for a moment and lowers her hand. But now she has other things to worry about, like Hot Rod being the one touching the pillar.]

Hot Rod?

[She doesn't like this. Not at all.]

[The moment that Hot Rod touches the pillar everything changes.

Externally, Rose would notice his optics darkening--not as if the light in them has gone out, but as if it's now emanating a black color instead of blue. It's almost like a virus...and Rose would be sensitive enough to the darkness to recognize it transferring, extending into Hot Rod.

Bizarrely, the pull to get in contact extends to Hot Rod as well, as he's now emanating the same 'attraction' that the Pillar is.

His Glyph also has become quite dim.

~~~~~

Meanwhile, Hot Rod...everything makes a sudden sort of sense to you. The Pillar isn't bad.

It's not bad at all.

Rather, it's a gateway extending to the Lambda, a call that is inviting everyone to return to where they're meant to be...and you are now its herald. Your goal, for the next 'day,' is to pass this knowledge onto as many individuals as possible. A simple touch will be enough, you'd know, to communicate the information you've learned.

Anyone you do manage to touch will be similarly inflicted with both the desire to spread the 'Lambda plague' by touching others, and then to return to the Pillar and attempt to ascend it to the Lambda.

After one in-game day, this feeling will fade and you will return to normal.]

[He makes no response to Rose, stiffening in his initial reaction once he comes into contact with the Pillar. It's not moments after that he seems to relax, perhaps just as his eyes and his glyph darken.

Why had he been so cautious about this thing? This was their answer, something they'd been looking for!

Hot Rod lifts his head slowly as he looks up towards the Lambda where the pillar seems to extend far and beyond.]

[Rose doesn't like this. Not at all! As she watches his eyes go black, she senses the darkness from the Pillar flow into him. And, as a result, she feels the same pull from him as she did from the Pillar. It only made it harder to resist the call.

[She steps back from Hot Rod and the Pillar and brings the Dragoon Spirit to her chest to summon her armor. Hopefully the darkness of the Spirit will help her resist rather than only speed up the process of giving in. It almost made her wish that she was the Dragoon of Light rather than Dark. With one already succumb to the Pillar, she's a bit desperate.]

[Almost seeming reluctant to pull away, Hot Rod lets his hand fall away from the Pillar as he stands, turning his head in the Dragoon's direction.]

Rose?

[What's with the armor?]

[Will, it helped a little. Not much, as she still had an urge to touch the Pillar and/or Hot Rod, but she can ignore it a little while longer. Probably won't go away completely unless she gets away from both of them.]

Your eyes... What happened when you touched the Pillar?

[He starts towards her, head tilted slightly.]

I...

...I was given answers. This Pillar- can't you feel it? It goes straight up through the Lambda- it's a way for everyone to go back to the place they should be!

[She steps back again and arches a brow.]

Answers? And you believe it? What I feel from that thing, and now you, is nothing but darkness.

I was a little leery about the whole thing too, but it makes complete sense now! You just need to touch it and you'd understand-

[The Autobot advances, reaching towards her.]

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Pillar time

/SCREAM

/runs and hides!

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