cruxisa | OPEN POST: THE ANNIVERSARY

THE ANNIVERSARY

[It's been exactly two years since Mithos took over Paradisa. That's two years of delightful massacres, scaring people into the Dead Zone, and manipulating former friends with the ageless face of a Kharlan hero. Two years of your character struggling to hold onto life as they know it while under the shadow of a fearsome ruler from another world. Two years of scraping to get by, cowering in the Dead Zone, waiting for a chance to go home or a death that Paradisa can't-- won't-- give.

There is nothing planned for today, though there are a few whimsical sort of changes that Mithos called for. The angels are on security detail as usual, policing the grounds; however, Mithos and his closest subordinates may be stepping outside. There is a grand feast set up in the ballroom... but angels don't eat, so it's really just for show. The place has the air of a graveyard party where even the dead decide not to attend.

There is an undercurrent of anxiety tonight, a breath held in anticipation. Something is about to happen, and even the insects are quiet.]

CASTLE GROUNDS
INSIDE THE WALLS
THRONE ROOM
BASEMENT
THE OUTSKIRTS
TOWN
DANY'S CAVE
DEAD ZONE SETTLEMENT
THE FOREST

[ooc: HUGE OPEN MINGLING POST for characters who either reside in the castle as angelic little zombies, or people who are returning for whatever reason. Please don't threadjack something without notifying the muns in advance!

You are free to make your own sections if you'd like and I'll add them to this post :)]

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...Right.

[Because they're stuck out here in the Dead Zone, because even after all this time, they still haven't found a way to take down Mithos.

Will it be another four thousand years, this time? Will any of them be sane by then?]

[Yep. The lapse of silence makes it very easy for Reno to read]

Please, our boredom is hardly your fault.

[Just a raised eyebrow, snarkbuddy. It so totally is his fault for not stopping the guy who drove you all out here.]

[NOPE. HE IS FROM FINAL FANTASY WE DO NOT PLAY THE SYMPHONIA GUILT GAME. IN GAIA WE JUST ALL MUTALLY AGREE THAT ITS "ALL OUR BADS" AND MOVE ON]

Seriously, if anything blame that asshole at the border that forces us to go through customs.

[MYCROFT!!!]

Customs? On whose authority? [That's, like...the most ridiculous thing he's heard in years.]

He changes his story every time. Last time I went down there it was "The Concerned Citizens That Have No Interest In Your Petty Squabbles Empire".

But he's got a customs booth set up right on the quickest and safest path into the Dead Zone, so we have to deal with him.

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...Because the madman and his mindless servants who have taken over the castle are clearly agents of a petty squabble.

[Oh, that's right. Even with the world gone to hell, the residents of Paradisa are still insane.]

What's the point? I mean, what is he getting out of it?

Have you met bureaucrats? The angels probably didn't take him because they couldn't notice a difference with the emotionless state...

[Always a constant in this place!]

No idea. I think he's a bored troll.

[That comment makes him snicker. Still, he shakes his head at the pointless idiocy of it all.]

How well-fortified is he? [Yuan no.]

Bullet proof glass booth, a blockade, wheel spikes for anyone who tries to bust through the blockade- and oh a pack of trained velociraptors for the really testy people.

...Luckily, I've been able to get down there to sort it out before it's ever gone that far.

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Wonderful. And I suppose the trained raptors explain why the angels haven't taken him, either.

When you say you sort things out, does that mean you've found a way to bargain with him?

Who knows. I've never been filled with enough genuine concern for his well-being to look into it.

That or tell him to knock it off. Depends on the situation.

I might drop by and have a chat with him on my way back, then.

Good luck, he's a serious pain in the ass.

[A grin that's more like a baring of teeth.] Then I suspect I'll enjoy returning the favor to him.

[He smirks and makes an amused noise]

Now that's more like the ornery old man I know.

[He chuckles.] I've always had a problem with authority figures, ask anyone. At least authority figures that thought they should have authority over me.

Oh don't think I've forgotten. I would've never gotten away with giving you commands.

[The memory makes him shake his head.]

...When we first met, I thought about trying to recruit you as a minion.

Ha, that's 'cause you have an eye for quality, yo!

You were the only one accomplishing anything useful. There were residents at the time who I could have theoretically called on and given orders to, but one of them was useless, the sane one was most useful keeping the first in check, and the other two were less than trustworthy in any setting.

[Gotta love them DGC, man.]

Ah, that sounds like the typical Paradia line up all right.

[Just throw in the teenage hero and the preachy superheroes, and you got it covered]

Well, I would've had to said no- but it's flattering to hear all the same.

[He shrugs.]

Back then, I hadn't adapted to being on a level with others yet. Seems to have worked out for the best in the end, anyway.

Yeah, I like being your friend more than your subordinate, I gotta say.

Agreed.

[It's been a long, long time since he last formed a friendship this...comfortable.]

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