romania ♔ in the end of the night i can feel you breathe

[pickyourbattles]

♬ Night - Zola Jesus

WHO || Willow, Paige, Nathan, Henry, Aurelius, Dovan [Closed]
WHAT || The Knights travel to Romania to investigate a mysterious, magical fog
WHERE || Romania
WHEN || April 11th [back dated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

February in Romania isn't very comfortable, so hopefully everyone bundled up for this little trip into the countryside.  The appearance of a mysterious bank of fog into which several locals have gone inexplicably missing upon entering, has caused Wynn to speculate that it might be connected to the mist that appears when the Veil brings people from other worlds.  Could this be the first instance of a door going the other way?  If so, here's hoping it's a round trip...

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[ironsides]

Now, now, minds out of th' gutter, children. We've a job to do.

[somepagesturn]

[Paige awkwardly rolls her whip back up so she can attach it to her hip, still beet red.]

[olreliable]

[Willow will just turn the machine on to try to... forget about ... what just happened.]

[autorevive]

[nathan puts the stick in the ground and stops trying to torture ppl. bless.]

[wanttobeahero]

[ Thinking it wise to just not say anything at all - and also hiding his expression of partial horror because Why an anus? - after Henry gets his stick planted in the ground, he clears his throat and straightens, folding his arms loosely over his chest. ]

[pickyourbattles]

[ when they draw near enough to the fog line to plant the sticks, they'd each feel a chill of dread creep up their spine as they found themselves sensing the cold radiating off from the mist. for all the times in their lives that they've walked through fog, they would find this particularly surreal - as it doesn't move away in front of them, but rather sits there firmly in place, almost like a wall.

aurelius and willow spool up the machinery, and soft red lights flicker up at the tops of each pole. numbers began flashing across the readout, and there's a soft beeping noise intermittently as it transmits all the data it's picking up instantly back to knights hq. willow is able to interpret the data more or less as it scrolls by, enough to recognize that something is very, very weird here. this is something some very powerful magic, enough to be pretty much throwing off the machine, going beyond what it's capable of registering. ]

[somepagesturn]

[Paige backs away from the wall of mist, frowning deeply, as her hand goes to her cleric symbol pinned to her chest.] D-do you feel that?

[autorevive]

It's like a boner, but ... all over.

[olreliable]

Uh-- we may have a problem. I think this juju is too big for this equipment. [She glances to Aur.] See these readings? They're all over the place.

[pickyourbattles]

So it... it really could be the Veil, couldn't it? We might be the first people to actually set eyes on it this way.

[wanttobeahero]

This would be way more incredible if it didn't feel really...unsettling. [ He hasn't stepped back because there's not any danger, it's just not the most pleasant feeling. But it's also fleeting. ]

[autorevive]

Are we going to jump in? [nathan was born without the part of your brain that tells you when x-thing is a bad idea.]

[somepagesturn]

Not unless you don't wanna come out again. [if paige were a meaner person, she'd probably BE ALL ABOUT NATHAN JUMPING BLINDLY INTO IT, but she's not.

She drops her backpack on the ground and rifles through it until she finds her rope.] And if we have to go into it, someone should tie this around their waist and only go a little ways in just to see.

[because the magic of the Veil can be defeated by rope.]

[ironsides]

I'll go first. Tie me up, then.

[olreliable]

What? No! Didn't... didn't Wynn say people were going in and not coming back?? We can't just-

[ironsides]

Why do you think he sent us here, lass? He tried to make it clear to everyone what this would come to.

[autorevive]

Yeah! Even I remember that.

[olreliable]

But... [Look she was hoping the tech would save them from having to do the thing. Dovan seems nice and she would like him to not disappear forever thanks ;;

But she just sighs and makes a worried face, letting her protests end with that one last weak attempt.]

[somepagesturn]

[Paige looks deeply uncomfortable, but goes to tie the rope around Dovan's belt... or his middle. Or something.] Just... Try not to go too far in, Sir.

[pickyourbattles]

[ she can make a dex check to do so. aurelius is going to frown over the machinery with willow. ] I have a bad feeling about this.

[olreliable]

Me too. [She responds quietly. Without thinking about it, her hand seeks out his, holding on as she watches Dovan get roped up to go wander into the mist.]

[somepagesturn]

[she got a 13, which probably doesn't help nathan NOT think she's a dominatrix. WHY DO YOU KNOW HOW TO TIE KNOTS, PAIGE.]

[ironsides]

[ ♬ vanishing - a perfect circle

dovan tugs on the rope around his waist, making sure it's secure before nodding to them all. ] Now hold tight to th' end! Don't go droppin' it. [ with a wink at them, he turns, squares his shoulders, and heads off into the mist. the rope trails after him, going slowly taut in their hands as he gets further and further in--





and then suddenly the rope goes entirely slack ]

[autorevive]

We can't just — I'm going in after him!

[in a move that is incredibly stupid and yet still probably one of the more noble things nathan has done in his stupid ass life, he jumps in after dovan. ADIOSSSSSS]

[olreliable]

Wait-! [Willow shouts dramatically as Nathan dives into the mist after their mission leader. She doesn't run after him, though. In fact, she grips Aurelius' hand tighter in case he has any funny ideas and shoots Paige a look too. They might not have a choice, but she just wants to wait a second and think this through before they go jumping in.]

Should we call for back up?