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CyberConnect Corporation ([personal profile] cccorp) wrote in [community profile] altimit2023-11-11 06:55 pm

⬣//A Mirage, Exposed - 11/12

Who: █████████
What: Deception, revelation.
When: 11/12
Where: Root Town Of Unknown Origin
Warnings: Death, violence, others to be added as needed.





Overnight, the Root Town without a name explodes into a cacophony of noise. There’s a rhythmic one-two-three of hammers, but looking for the source proves to be fruitless, as if something - someone? - is hiding the construction site from view. The noise lasts for hours, and so the sense of foreboding only seems to grow stronger and stronger. It’s the third week, so by now it might be natural to wonder.

Is this going to be where we meet yet another advancement of the Wave?

Eventually, the noise stops. The islands go quiet beyond the whistling wind that never stops. Minutes pass, hours pass, and then there’s a scream.

Finding the source of the scream isn’t all that difficult - at the end of a rickety bridge there’s a pale, crumpled shape on the ground. Gray hair, ivory robes, ghostly skin that’s even paler than usual - the only color is the bright red blood that covers his face and stains his robes.

Owen is dead.

A bloody trail can be followed across the bridge, to a large amphitheater that wasn’t there the day before. Rows of seating lead down to a raised stage covered by curved arches holding up a roof large enough to keep the stage dry and hide lights and the mechanisms for the curtain. A deep blue curtain hangs, closed and hiding the stage from view. An orchestra pit sits in front of the stage, seats empty.

Someone stands in front of the curtains, a scythe in hand. Their blue cloak and hair almost blend into the curtain, but the dull, yellow eyes are unmistakable.

It’s strange, isn’t it? How long has it been since you’ve seen Anaido…?
sicklysweet: (pic#14878131)

[personal profile] sicklysweet 2023-11-13 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
[The shadow is very distressed! By Sinclair trying to steal the drumsticks! It will try to hold onto them as long as possible, but he will be able to steal them if he's determined enough.

And now he is +1 pair of drumsticks. Good job, Sinclair. The shadow might be fretting a bit now that it can't do its job.]
insinning: (nervous; uneasy with this)

[personal profile] insinning 2023-11-13 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh my god he's become a thief. Sorry shadow. Is there anything he can notice about the music now? Otherwise he's going to that space under the stage, avoiding the tree's radius. HIEN WAKE UP ALREADY]
Edited 2023-11-13 05:49 (UTC)
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[personal profile] sicklysweet 2023-11-13 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Sinclair is a CRIMINAL. The shadow would probably be crying, if it could, but the music sounds about how you would expect with two of the players out of commission. The orchestra is trying to compensate, and if you didn't have any knowledge of music you probably wouldn't notice the lack of a backing beat, but it's obvious to anyone who would notice something like that.

But armed with his drumsticks, he an go check out underneath the stage. It's a bit dark, but it seems to be a storage area, as there's not really anywhere above the stage to keep anything.]
insinning: (neutral; focus on the food)

[personal profile] insinning 2023-11-13 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
[HE'S SORRY SHADOWY MAN...HE MIGHT TAKE SOME MORE LATER THOUGH.

Sinclair, armed with his maracas elective knowledge that he doesn't even know exists, does notice something off...But doesn't do anything about it yet.

Into the storage area he goes, as he pokes around the boxes and the like. Is there anything that stands out at all?]
sicklysweet: (pic#14878130)

[personal profile] sicklysweet 2023-11-13 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
[CRIMINAL!!!

The storage area is filled with props and costumes, meaning the amphitheater could host almost any sort of themed stage production you could imagine, so if Sinclair isn't feeling the execution vibes going on right now he could certainly take up some props to change the atmosphere a bit!

Or he could also take a break from fighting Innis and just play dress up. Glamour is the real endgame, after all.]
insinning: (flustered; melting in the heat)

[personal profile] insinning 2023-11-13 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
[If it weren't for the people on stage... he'd set this place on fire. Alas, if there's nothing for him to do here, he'll go back out and steal more drum sticks]