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Peter Pan ([personal profile] dreamshades) wrote in [community profile] maskormenacelogs2016-01-03 12:12 am

The New Neverland

WHO:EVERYONE (EDIT)
WHERE: Heropa or AKA Neverland
WHEN: January 3rd to 5th
WHAT: The rescuers invade Neverland to end the fiendish Peter Pan's plot
WARNINGS: Death is likely to happen, fighting, swearing, probably just going to be 14+ kind of deal.



The time has come to stop Pan. After posting this to the network Peter has all but challenged the imPorts: either look away and don't bother his paradise or come try and stop him.

Preparation

The jungle stands tall and mighty, a fearful and ominous sight to be seen. One can only hope things go smoothly, but this is Neverland after all, a land of endless possibilities which means endless unknown dangers. Take the time to get ready, plan and storm the jungle....you'll need it.

Entering Neverland
You cross the threshold of Neverland's barrier and everything you once knew has all but changed. Where day use to stand all there is is but a perpetual night. You're not sure how you know this but you get the feeling that despite how many days that may go by in his land time will hold still, day will never come. Dark skies with blinking stars and an eerie moon is but your only light here.

The sights before them are this, a jungle, humid and warm. Where Winter's chill had been has all been snatched away by what would be a mild tropical heat. All there are are trees, vines and large leaves far for the eye can see. It takes only a bit of searching to find sources of water and food a like, but remember not everything may be safe to eat. Careful of thorny vines, for it may be Dreamshade, a deadly poison that inhabits Neverland.

If you manage to find the horizon what appears to be a massive lake of water surrounds the entirety of Neverland where no other land can be seen beyond it. An illusion? Perhaps, but who can say with a curse.

For our heroes, our rescuers this may seem odd if not unsettling. For our cursed? It's nothing new, glorious to some maybe but nothing new.



Riddle me this

Wandering the jungle for Peter's riddles? Continue to do so as they will not be given easily. For Peter has set up challenges that would crush and break the weakest and strongest of hearts alike.


The echo caves
The jungle of Neverland is deep and perilous but none such as the Echo caves. Dark and cavernous holes that go deep into the island, the entrance remains open to all who brave it. How the unlucky stumble across it is different for each. Is that Peter Pan gadding you to come catch him and running inside? Or is it someone you cherish most dear fleeing inside from you? However it happened, inside is damp and dark. The name does not lie for the caves do echo, but not with the sound of your own voice or noises caves make but the voices of others. You hear it in your brain, creeping in like a tangled vine telling you the only way out is to reveal the darkest secret you hold close to your chest, that no one must know. All victims of the cave must say their secret or else be trapped within its walls forever....but not without a catch. Revealing the secret does not simply get you out. For those that you are with now must resist the temptations of the sweet and venomous voices that speak into their ear. They suggest to let their feelings out, to act upon rage or despair or some other hideous feeling towards the secret teller and the secret they held. If all resists though and all secrets let out the secret riddle is spoken and if one has it, the map is unlocked.

The riddle being: I'm separate but close, I am small but I am big.

Dark Hollow
Stumble through the darkness and one would surely find light somewhere, wouldn't they? Perhaps from torch light from Peter's followers? Or even the forever full and silver moon in the sky? But, the further you journey into this part of the jungle, the more the light dies. Light that people conjure also snuff out as quickly as they were lit.

Take a pause to try and get the light back but it only takes a second to look away when they come out. Shadows, living shadows, come out from behind trees and from out of dark corners. They circle like sharks in the water around the victims who so stupidly wandered into their hallow. Welcome, to Peter Pan's den of stolen shadows of unfortunate victims.
They lunge without a thought, attacking and clawing at the people invading this space. They throw sharpened wooden spears, try and grab and throw people into trees and worse off, steal your shadows to add to Pan's collection. They make no sound, only faint and ghostly whooshes accompany them as they fly about. Fight them if you can, but if fire is introduced or a container with a flame they make short work of these evil creatures....and once capture or made to flee they're ghostly whooshes become hollow voices, whispering silently: The only form of rescue they have is a message in a bottle when they are lost but live on me.

The map will be unlocked if it has not already.

Mermaid Lagoon
Water, is a valuable thing to have and in a jungle where it is hard to find? Well, worry no more because a pure spring of the clearest blue water stands before you. Drink, refresh yourselves or just be cautious as with the other dangers of Neverland it doesn't matter. Because the moment you arrive at this spring it's power takes effect.

What use to be foliage and water around you turns to the fears that haunt your very heart. They live and breathe before you, speaking to you, being there before you. It's just like Crane's fear gas all over. Allies may appear to be monsters and what do we do with monsters? The fears are yours and only you can act upon them appropriately.

However, through your own will or the strength of those beside you can help you cut through the dark mirror. When it shatters the fragments of the broken illusion sing to you and you hear the words of a riddle:

I am a horror in which all mortal life makes.

The map will be unlocked if it has not already.

Otherwise you may flee....but you will never hear the shards of of a fear triumphed sing.

Grove of Pixie dust trees
The horrors of Neverland truly never cease, do they? But, rest must be taken if you wish to stop Pan, isn't it? These grove of trees seem nice, don't they? Nothing harmful about them. That would be a naive to think because once more does Neverland play it's evil. The dark magic of this place seeps into your senses, poison that fills the mind and the heart. Shadows of dark and deep regrets that left a wound on your heart that never healed take form here and become solid. It's like a film you relive far too vividly.

The regret may burn in your heart and make you want to flee and you can but the brave face their regrets and admit and accept them. Once you do the regret fades away speaking in the voice of those you let down of the last piece of the riddle:

You may not use me when you think, but you're awfully glad I'm there.

But, you should run, who wants to face their regrets? It'll just mean Pan can keep his paradise.

For the cursed
But these troubles and riddles are for those pesky Rescuers. Peter's cursed victims will have been informed to stop the Rescuers from making it to these locations.

Other things to do

Shadows like in the Hallow roam the island.
They appear as any other person, someone you love, miss or anyone under the sun. They may find you heroes, you rescuers, they may not but if they do they have things to say. The shadows will try and make the Rescuers despair or they will ask for you to leave Neverland with them to go home. The lies they say sound convincing and they'll offer a hand for you to flee with them. Take it, and the shadow will smile evilly and begin to try and rip your shadow from you so you may join the pile of Peter's victims and have your shadow join his fold. Having friends will help ignore the shadow's influence or perhaps they can just go the forward route and just shoot it.


The hunt is on
Lost Children and Peter's employees you have an important task of hunting the defectors, Cursed adults and children not affiliated with Pan, and the Rescuers themselves. For fun or for duty of course. Cursed imPorts are armed with their own own powers and weapons with dreamshade, a lethal poison that will kill they are a force to be reckoned with, otherwise all the regular citizens who had been cursed will only have bow and arrows, swords, spears, and other primitive like dipped in the fatal dreamshade. The poison can be cured but only with plenty of healing or the waters of Neverland on deadman's peak. Be wary of them dear Rescuers because you may stumble upon on of the camps Peter's Children or employees have.


Stir the memories
It's only a matter of time until you run into someone you knew. However you found one of the cursed, coming across their camp, in the wilderness, however it is only a matter of time. If a rescuer's connection is deep with the cursed old memories may surface a bit and cause conflict inside the other. It's not enough to break the curse but maybe it's enough to for them to side with our dear heroes...or fight harder against them.

Campsites
Like the music Peter's played before there are camps that play the same entrancing music. Far stronger than it was over the network it compels you to come join in the fun, rescuers. Forget your troubles and just have fun and dance...but be aware that if you stay too long you'll be dragged away and locked up. Resisting is possible but are you capable of doing that.

However, with our dear cursed individuals this is your respite from the hunt. Peter may be here to talk with you, to reassure or to plot. But, this is also your time to socialize with your cohorts and remember how much you enjoy Neverland.

MISC
Anything and everything goes in this section. Come up with things to do in Neverland. A breather, a fight, your own plans whatever you make of it. Just remember to keep it in the confines of Neverland.

(OOC:Update: Information on the plot here, the plot is now open to everyone. Details may be found here as to why.)

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[personal profile] resipiscent 2016-01-04 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
[When he meets Kaneda he's got a few slices along his arms, courtesy of sticks and leaves, but nothing life-threatening. He's been lucky enough to avoid the dreamshade, though he'd probably try to avoid thorns either way. There's a wound on his scalp, too, something he's already closed with Cure, but it's stained his hair, matting that part of it to the side of his head.

Riku doesn't say anything, just settles heavily beside him, shrugging his backpack off and digging through it. The Keyblade disappears from the spot he dropped it, and after a moment he sets a little box down next to Kaneda's leg -- it's more bullets, as ordered. There's a second one, too, these ones different than the other ones.

Once that's done, he lets out a sigh, then digs in the little front pouch on his pack and pulls out... a peppermint. That goes into his mouth and then he's looking up from the backpack to Kaneda's face.]


Looks like you're in one piece.
rassera: (This is mine)

[personal profile] rassera 2016-01-04 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
[When Riku shows up, Kaneda's heart couldn't have been lighter if he tried. There's something about seeing him show up--maybe the fact that whenever he did, he always was there to bring relief--that made his mind more at ease. He notices the cuts, and the blood, but also knows that if Riku was in need of extreme medical attention, he would've healed himself by now.

Kaneda sits up straight when that bag drops by him, hands immediately snatching the bullets when they're set down. As if they'd disappear if they were left out too long.]


Same to you.

Run into some old friends?

[There's a certain bitterness with that. Because...well, he certainly has.]
resipiscent: (facepalm)

[personal profile] resipiscent 2016-01-04 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
[He's right about that, because he's done that already. His clothes are slightly singed and he's surprised, honestly, that he didn't get his hair burned off. Asshole drove him right into the most flammable terrain possible...

Riku nods, and he's smiling, but it's as bitter as Kaneda's words, because holy shit. He runs his hand through his hair, frowning when it comes back with flakes of dried blood on it.]


Something like that. I don't think we were ever proper friends or anything. Any of them try to get you on their side?
rassera: (This makes him look super competent)

[personal profile] rassera 2016-01-04 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
[If Riku's words didn't tell, his body language sure did. Kaneda watches as Riku pulls moves so similar to his own. The way he runs his fingers through that hair, the way he positions himself. The bitter smile that he seemed to share.

It's as plain as day.]


...

[A hand reaches up and presses against that tender spot on his chest where Kazu had hit him. It was hot, and throbbing, and he can only imagine what kind of bruise is lying underneath that shirt. A part of him doesn't want to look.]

Yeah, but we knocked him out.


He's with us now.

[And they'd keep him knocked out for as long as they could. Sabriel could probably conjure a sleeping spell.]
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[personal profile] resipiscent 2016-01-05 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
[He looks up at the noise of something shifting, eyes flicking back up to Kaneda, who looks... rough. He nods, willing his magic to return at least a little faster, because it's not him that needs it, at this point. He's got his own brand new bruise, along his jawline. Closer to his ear than his mouth, though.

Riku pauses, uncertain how to explain this.]


I... think I nearly killed Professor Callaghan.

[The alternative was death for himself, but... the image of the puddle of darkness Callaghan literally puked out, the sound of his voice when the darkness hit him -- it's got him spooked, truth be told.]
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[personal profile] rassera 2016-01-05 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
Eh, who doesn't want to kill a teacher some days?

[It's dark humour at best, the smirk on his face as he leans his head against the tree they're leaning by. Because in this situation, you grab for anything that an lighten the mood at least a little.]

Not like you had a choice, you know.
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[personal profile] resipiscent 2016-01-05 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kaneda's trying to do the same thing Riku does for him -- and while normally this would work, all he can do is smile weakly, shaking his head after a moment.]

No, I know. But I also could have left before I did... what I did. I, um. He uses electricity, right? So I cast Thundaga but I filled it probably halfway with darkness.

[Why did he do that? He knows it was the only thing that would have worked, save fighting him physically, which wouldn't have worked because he could just magnet the Keyblade out of his hand. And going hand to hand would have just been stupid.]

The -- sound he made. And... the way it effected him, I've never seen that happen.

[He's half babbling, but he's gotta tell somebody this, and Kaneda's a good candidate for that.]
rassera: (It's not hopeless)

[personal profile] rassera 2016-01-06 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
He was in pain?

[He knows exactly what Riku's saying. The moment he fought Kazu, it was one he wishes he didn't have to win. Because that meant Kazu had to lose, and for these 'Lost Boys' as they called themselves...losing meant death.

Thankfully, they'd both avoided that.


Kaneda's not one usually for physical contact. It's something he's just now getting used to, himself. But when Riku babbles like that, when he's usually the one so few on words...he knows that he needs someone to tell.

So he listens, reaching up and putting a hand on that shoulder.


A silent gesture to let him know he's here.]
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[personal profile] resipiscent 2016-01-06 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
Well, yeah.

[Of course he was hurt. But --

He opens his mouth again and then he's stiffening when Kaneda touches him, because who -- no one does that. Minato and Sora and Kairi, were she here, and that's about it. He's pretty sure it's him that's off-putting and not everybody else, because something about touch is... strange, for him. But after the initial pause he relaxes again, or at least, back to the state he was in before.]


But it -- I think I...

[He shakes his head again, as if it'll help him find the words.]

He was seeing something, I think. And then he puked it up. I think because he took it in with the lightning.

I've never seen that happen.

[He repeats it, like it'll change something.]
rassera: (He's gone...)

[personal profile] rassera 2016-01-07 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
[He didn't even consider, or think about it as a matter of fact. It was just something that happened, an involuntary motion when he heard Riku talk like that. For someone who seemed to be his emotional damper, the one who always told him to slow down, hearing him speak so much was...

strange in its own right, too.

But he listens.]


It freaked you out like hell, didn't it.



[At least, that's what it sounds like. His tone, the way he's trying to reason with it in his head...]
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[personal profile] resipiscent 2016-01-07 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
... yeah.

[There's a pause before he continues, sucking in a breath.]

I don't know what I was thinking.

[Riku is usually pretty good at saying things without wasting his breath -- right now, though, he feels like he's been just saying whatever comes to his brain first.]

I should have left then, probably. I kind of -- inadvertently threatened Pan to his face. So he grabbed onto the Keyblade and tried to electrocute me through it. Had to take a Corridor out of there.
rassera: (Kiss the ground)

[personal profile] rassera 2016-01-10 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, it's not like you knew that'd happen. Don't be so hard on yourself.

[Kaneda leans forward, arms resting on his knees as he looks at Riku, trying to look into his dyes past that mess of silver hair.]

Pan's...


He didn't pull off this curse by luck. The asshole's playing games with everyone.
resipiscent: (smile)

[personal profile] resipiscent 2016-01-10 11:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Riku nods, lets out a huff of a sigh. He looks up at Kaneda, who sounds like he's trying to make him feel better, and he smiles quietly.]

Yeah. Sorry. I know I shouldn't take it so seriously. But -- there could be lasting damage, you know? Using that in self defense could end up affecting him even outside the curse. I don't want to do that to anybody if it's not desperate.

["That asshole's playing games with everyone", says Kaneda. Riku lets out an amused noise.]

He's a brat. We'll give him hell.
rassera: (SMILIN')

[personal profile] rassera 2016-01-11 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Listen to ya, we're in a damn war and all you can think of is how the other guy's doing.

[It's meant to sound like a good thing, if seemingly incredulous. For all Riku's talk about being corrupted by darkness, he sure did give a damn about people on every side of the fight.

Maybe that's why. Riku's been ON that side.]


Riiight? This is why I hate kids!
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[personal profile] resipiscent 2016-01-12 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
[He lets out a huff, smiling gently.]

Well, technically, he's not really on the other side. Whether or not I had to fight him, he's going to come out of this curse the person he was before it, and I don't want to... screw anybody up, you know?

[Riku turns his head to Kaneda as he speaks again and then he lets out a laugh.]

I think it's just this kid in particular.

[Considering Kaneda's entourage of twelve year olds.]
rassera: (UGH LIFE IS HARD)

[personal profile] rassera 2016-01-13 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Guess you've got a point there. Kazu started snapping out of it when I hit him upside the head.

He passed out before anything else, but...they're fighting as badly as we are.

...


[Okay, yeah, you're 2/2 here.]

Yeah. DEFINITELY this kid.
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[personal profile] resipiscent 2016-01-13 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah.

[He nods, stretches his arms out in front of him for a moment, then settles.]

I'd argue over any other kids, though. Considering.
rassera: (He's gone...)

[personal profile] rassera 2016-01-15 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, kids aren't so bad if they aren't Pan.

...


I don't know if he even IS one. Sabriel thinks he's much older than he looks...
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[personal profile] resipiscent 2016-01-15 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Riku considers this.]

... Hard to say. I... she could be right. If he's capable of this level of magic, then...

I don't know. Whether he's ancient or not, he doesn't seem to have matured past about nine or ten. So, it doesn't really matter.
rassera: (Ridiculously happy)

[personal profile] rassera 2016-01-15 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Kaneda's face freezes for a moment, looking at Riku for a split second...


Before his back lands against the trunk of that tree they're next to, holding his sides as he laughs.]


Probably not even!
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[personal profile] resipiscent 2016-01-15 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
Heh.

[He lets out a little huff of laughter himself, reaching to dig in his bag.]

Don't laugh too much, somebody'll get offended that we're badmouthing their saint.

[Riku tosses something small into Kaneda's lap -- it's a hard candy, wrapped in plastic. He eats one himself, scanning the area now with a smirk still on his mouth.]
rassera: (SMILIN')

[personal profile] rassera 2016-01-20 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Kaneda's eyes widen as he goes to catch the candy, missing by a long shot as it lands in his lap. Reflexes were pretty shot after Kazu did a number on him.]

Saint.

[With a quick pull, he unwraps it from the plastic and pops it in his mouth, smiling gratefully.]

Well, even kids got to play pretend, right?
resipiscent: (uhh...)

[personal profile] resipiscent 2016-01-21 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, guess so, huh? We're such good sports.

[Now that he's had two pieces of candy he can feel his magic energy mounting up a little. He lifts a hand, casting Cure over both of them. It's just a small one, but it's enough to make the electricity burns along his arms look a little less angry.]
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[personal profile] rassera 2016-01-25 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[And there it is, the soothing feel of Cure. One he's gotten to know all too well in his time here. And it never stopped being a salve to a burn--quite literally, with the frostbite streaked across his arms.

The redness starts to fade, if only a little, and Kaneda can feel the pain subside for the time being. Desperately needed relief, in his opinion.]


Right? Letting him have his little fantasy...

[There's an unspoken thanks somewhere in that sentence, even if you can't see it.]
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[personal profile] resipiscent 2016-01-26 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Riku can tell. He doesn't need him to voice it. He scoots over, pressing his own back against the tree. Hard to sit up straight without something behind you.]

Well. It'll be over soon, so. Guess we'll let him have it while it lasts.