CASTIEL (angel of thursday) (
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Entry tags:
- castiel; the hanged man,
- commander shepard; judgement,
- dean winchester; the lovers,
- geralt of rivia; the hanged man,
- gideon nav; strength,
- istredd; the high priestess,
- jesper fahey; the wheel of fortune,
- kyle; the hanged man,
- louis de pointe du lac; the lovers,
- lucifer; the devil,
- michael; the emperor,
- nanaue; the fool,
- obi-wan kenobi; death,
- steve rogers; the hierophant
@everyone (cw: pit shrine related gore)
It’s time we address the behemoth released from the shrines.
For those who weren’t in the pit, we shared the cavern with 4 occult shrines that produced a steady flow of blood. When the exterior of each was removed, a second was beneath - an armored figure with a spiked halo knelt in prayer, bleeding from empty eye sockets. Save for one other - a standing, armored skeleton-like humanoid carrying the upper half of an iron maiden, and wielding a spiked ball at the end of what appeared to be a chain of its own small intestines.
When the last of these shrines were opened, pillars of writhing flesh struck through the pit’s ceiling. Later, it was apparent these were the monster’s legs, and some were crushed underfoot when it began to retreat from its cage.
Proximity to the shrines caused a flood of sinister whispering and visions of a shadowed figure, and those of us succumbed to the ritual’s effects felt a certain draw to them. It’s unclear if the acolytes were hoping we’d interact with these shrines, as they never intervened, but the monster’s escape caused the eventual collapse of the pit and did them no favors.
Did anyone in the rescue team see where it went, after it broke off from the cavern? Best we learn what this creature is and what it’s capable of before we encounter it again.
There will be a cross-faction book exchange and research effort hosted in Istredd's domain regularly. Please come by if you’re interested in helping with this, sharing books not available in your faction, or any other pursuit of this world’s knowledge.
And, if anyone’s seen Dean Winchester - in the Horizon or otherwise - Sam, Jo and I would appreciate a word.
For those who weren’t in the pit, we shared the cavern with 4 occult shrines that produced a steady flow of blood. When the exterior of each was removed, a second was beneath - an armored figure with a spiked halo knelt in prayer, bleeding from empty eye sockets. Save for one other - a standing, armored skeleton-like humanoid carrying the upper half of an iron maiden, and wielding a spiked ball at the end of what appeared to be a chain of its own small intestines.
When the last of these shrines were opened, pillars of writhing flesh struck through the pit’s ceiling. Later, it was apparent these were the monster’s legs, and some were crushed underfoot when it began to retreat from its cage.
Proximity to the shrines caused a flood of sinister whispering and visions of a shadowed figure, and those of us succumbed to the ritual’s effects felt a certain draw to them. It’s unclear if the acolytes were hoping we’d interact with these shrines, as they never intervened, but the monster’s escape caused the eventual collapse of the pit and did them no favors.
Did anyone in the rescue team see where it went, after it broke off from the cavern? Best we learn what this creature is and what it’s capable of before we encounter it again.
There will be a cross-faction book exchange and research effort hosted in Istredd's domain regularly. Please come by if you’re interested in helping with this, sharing books not available in your faction, or any other pursuit of this world’s knowledge.
And, if anyone’s seen Dean Winchester - in the Horizon or otherwise - Sam, Jo and I would appreciate a word.
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Still, if it surfaces anywhere near civilization, there's no way it doesn't attract attention.
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I suggest we learn what it is and what threat it poses before it surface again.
Wanda recommended your art skills when we discussed having illustrations done of elements of the pit - the shrines, altar and monsters. Would you be willing?
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[ So with any luck, they don't have to treat it like a threat, though Steve's aware that might be wishful thinking. ]
Oh, yeah, I can give it a shot. [ It's not like he has much better to do while he's resting up. ] I'll do some preliminary sketches, though I don't think any of us saw that monster in its entirety. I might need a few other testimonies to get the full picture.
[ Crime scene recreation art of a giant monster. This is just his life now. ]
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[ hopefully the monster just wants to fuck off to it's own happy hole in the sea somewhere and live like a kraken, but his worry isn't alleviated. ]
No, even through the gaps in the ceiling, it seems we only saw it's legs. With any luck, the legs were the majority of it's form. I'm happy to provide testimony if you require it, though we had similar views of it from the vine cluster.
[ the legs were huge enough. otherwise, that thing is massive. ]
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[ Which seems to be the case, given that they'd had to take very specific actions to open those shrines. ]
I'll ask around to see if anyone else got a different view of the big monster. I should be able to sketch out the shrines and the other monsters with a decent amount of accuracy, though I think you probably got a better look at the one we trapped since you and Geralt had an encounter with it.