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Xander [Quest]: Reborn on the Hellmouth
- Thread starter Judge Mental
- Start date
Duzzit
CSC 1st Multiversal Fleet Commander
- Location
- London, UK
I couldn't help but laugh.HelloIamMadness said:We need a Navi of our own. So, that we can listen
Judge Mental
Stranger In a Strange Land
[x] Opportunism. This is the first supernatural entity other than yourself that you've seen in this lifetime, at least that you're aware of. You can swat her later; first, you want answers.
Having a frantic fairy flailing in your face provokes flickers of fear and fury, but you force yourself to refrain from following through.
"Calm down. Please, stop. Please? Could you let go of my nose- Moblin, heel!"
Eventually, something resembling order is restored. The fairy has withdrawn to a knot on the tree and is blowing her nose on... something... while you sit in the grass nearby, with a firm grip on Moblin's collar.
"M'sorry," the fairy murmurs with another tiny honk. "I don't usually freak out like that. It's just... there was a time when every child on this rock under the age of ten could see and hear fairies for what we really are, and even the adults who were blind to us accepted that we were real, and made all the little offerings and acknowledgements. These days, even most children with magical talent don't believe we exist. It's all ghosts and demons and those smug bastard nature spirits..." She sniffles. "My name's Briar, by the way."
"Alexander," you introduce yourself. You give your dog a shake. "And this is Moblin."
"So I heard." Briar gives the two of you a long, searching look. "Do I want to know why a boy who can't even be five years old would name his dog after forest goblins from another dimension, that nobody's seen in centuries? Even if the mutt is ugly enough to have earned it?"
You blink. Another dimension? Really? You never doubted that your dream-memories were real, but the idea that they came from another world entirely never occurred to you.
[ ] Tell Briar the truth. You are the reincarnation of Ganondorf. Brace for a freakout.
[ ] Tell Briar the truth, after getting her to promise not to freak.
[ ] Tell Briar that you are the reincarnation of someone who lived in Hyrule.
[ ] Tell Briar that you don't know her well enough to feel comfortable telling her your story.
[ ] Turn the question around on her. What's a fairy from another dimension doing on Earth?
Having a frantic fairy flailing in your face provokes flickers of fear and fury, but you force yourself to refrain from following through.
"Calm down. Please, stop. Please? Could you let go of my nose- Moblin, heel!"
Eventually, something resembling order is restored. The fairy has withdrawn to a knot on the tree and is blowing her nose on... something... while you sit in the grass nearby, with a firm grip on Moblin's collar.
"M'sorry," the fairy murmurs with another tiny honk. "I don't usually freak out like that. It's just... there was a time when every child on this rock under the age of ten could see and hear fairies for what we really are, and even the adults who were blind to us accepted that we were real, and made all the little offerings and acknowledgements. These days, even most children with magical talent don't believe we exist. It's all ghosts and demons and those smug bastard nature spirits..." She sniffles. "My name's Briar, by the way."
"Alexander," you introduce yourself. You give your dog a shake. "And this is Moblin."
"So I heard." Briar gives the two of you a long, searching look. "Do I want to know why a boy who can't even be five years old would name his dog after forest goblins from another dimension, that nobody's seen in centuries? Even if the mutt is ugly enough to have earned it?"
You blink. Another dimension? Really? You never doubted that your dream-memories were real, but the idea that they came from another world entirely never occurred to you.
[ ] Tell Briar the truth. You are the reincarnation of Ganondorf. Brace for a freakout.
[ ] Tell Briar the truth, after getting her to promise not to freak.
[ ] Tell Briar that you are the reincarnation of someone who lived in Hyrule.
[ ] Tell Briar that you don't know her well enough to feel comfortable telling her your story.
[ ] Turn the question around on her. What's a fairy from another dimension doing on Earth?
ThatGazzer
Minds Eye Bind
- Location
- PNW
- Pronouns
- They/Them
[X] Tell Briar the truth, after getting her to promise not to freak.
avatar11792
Et Sic Incipit
- Location
- Planet Earth, North America
[X] Tell Briar that you are the reincarnation of someone who lived in Hyrule.
Judge Mental
Stranger In a Strange Land
[x] Tell Briar that you are the reincarnation of someone who lived in Hyrule.
"I think I'm a reincarnation of someone who lived in Hyrule," you admit to the fairy. "I have recurring dreams about it."
"Dreams involving Moblins," Briar says.
"Among other things."
"Tough break there, kiddo," she sighs. "Being reborn with memories of one of the dark times has to suck."
"It's not all bad," you reply. You gather a bit of magic to demonstrate. Briar's eyes light up.
"So that's why you can see and hear me," she concludes. "Hylians were always more perceptive about the real world than regular humans. Looks like some of it carried over."
A dark corner of your memory grumbles in irritation, but you do not correct the fairy's mistaken assumption. "Tell me something, Briar. If Hyrule's real, and in another dimension-"
"-how did we end up here?" she guesses. "I'm not entirely sure how you ended up crossing over, Alex, but as for me? I'll let you in a little, not-really-a-secret about fairies: we're no more native to Hyrule's world than we are to this one. The place we come from exists... well, not exactly outside the mortal worlds. It's like, if each world was a room, Faerie would be the hallway that connects them. Only it's a greenhouse. With animals."
"So, sort of like the Sacred Realm?"
"Oh, not remotely. That place? Totally cut off from everywhere except the Old Kingdom, even back before it got turned into a revolving-door prison for old pig-face."
That mental grumble? Just became a growl.
"That being said," the fairy continues, "while I may not know why your soul jumped worlds, I can take a pretty good guess as to how, and why you ended up reincarnating in this dump. You ever heard of a Hellmouth?"
As it happens, you hadn't.
Briar explains. From the way she bites her tongue repeatedly through her monologue, you get the distinct impression that she's giving you the "approved for all audiences" preview of a movie with at least a PG-13 rating. To sum up, Sunnydale is built atop a weak-point in the dimensional barriers - possibly naturally-occurring, possibly artificial - where several different realities touch and, to an extent, bleed over into one another. This creates a kind of "airlock" where beings native to one reality can survive under the conditions of another, sometimes indefinitely, sometimes just long enough to turn around and go back home. The phenomenon gets its name because the malicious, violent, destructive creatures collectively known as "demons" are generally the ones most interested in expanding their territories through such weak-points, as well as best-able to survive the often chaotic flux of energies involved in interdimensional travel. Disembodied souls can do it as well, which is what Briar thinks happened to you.
Your meeting with the fairy has given you a lot to consider. You'd like to talk more, but it's getting on towards sunset, and considering what you've just learned about vampires and other demons stalking the streets of Sunnydale after dark, you'd kind of like to get indoors.
"Good call," Briar approves, as she floats over and tucks herself into the breast pocket of your t-shirt. "We can talk more indoors."
You stare down at the fairy.
"What?" she retorts. "We both know you weren't about to chase me off."
...this is true, and you're kind of dismayed that she was able to read you so easily. Clearly, your diplomatic face needs work.
GainedMinion Partner, Briar the Fairy
Now that you have someone you can talk to about Hyrule, dreams, magic, and all that - someone who can actually answer you, and who won't think you're crazy - how will you spend the upcoming year?
Pick 2 courses of action.
[ ] Basic combat practice.
[ ] Basic magic practice.
[ ] More mental exercise.
[ ] More physical exercise.
[ ] More social practice.
[ ] Basic spiritual exercise.
[ ] More Moblin training.
"I think I'm a reincarnation of someone who lived in Hyrule," you admit to the fairy. "I have recurring dreams about it."
"Dreams involving Moblins," Briar says.
"Among other things."
"Tough break there, kiddo," she sighs. "Being reborn with memories of one of the dark times has to suck."
"It's not all bad," you reply. You gather a bit of magic to demonstrate. Briar's eyes light up.
"So that's why you can see and hear me," she concludes. "Hylians were always more perceptive about the real world than regular humans. Looks like some of it carried over."
A dark corner of your memory grumbles in irritation, but you do not correct the fairy's mistaken assumption. "Tell me something, Briar. If Hyrule's real, and in another dimension-"
"-how did we end up here?" she guesses. "I'm not entirely sure how you ended up crossing over, Alex, but as for me? I'll let you in a little, not-really-a-secret about fairies: we're no more native to Hyrule's world than we are to this one. The place we come from exists... well, not exactly outside the mortal worlds. It's like, if each world was a room, Faerie would be the hallway that connects them. Only it's a greenhouse. With animals."
"So, sort of like the Sacred Realm?"
"Oh, not remotely. That place? Totally cut off from everywhere except the Old Kingdom, even back before it got turned into a revolving-door prison for old pig-face."
That mental grumble? Just became a growl.
"That being said," the fairy continues, "while I may not know why your soul jumped worlds, I can take a pretty good guess as to how, and why you ended up reincarnating in this dump. You ever heard of a Hellmouth?"
As it happens, you hadn't.
Briar explains. From the way she bites her tongue repeatedly through her monologue, you get the distinct impression that she's giving you the "approved for all audiences" preview of a movie with at least a PG-13 rating. To sum up, Sunnydale is built atop a weak-point in the dimensional barriers - possibly naturally-occurring, possibly artificial - where several different realities touch and, to an extent, bleed over into one another. This creates a kind of "airlock" where beings native to one reality can survive under the conditions of another, sometimes indefinitely, sometimes just long enough to turn around and go back home. The phenomenon gets its name because the malicious, violent, destructive creatures collectively known as "demons" are generally the ones most interested in expanding their territories through such weak-points, as well as best-able to survive the often chaotic flux of energies involved in interdimensional travel. Disembodied souls can do it as well, which is what Briar thinks happened to you.
Your meeting with the fairy has given you a lot to consider. You'd like to talk more, but it's getting on towards sunset, and considering what you've just learned about vampires and other demons stalking the streets of Sunnydale after dark, you'd kind of like to get indoors.
"Good call," Briar approves, as she floats over and tucks herself into the breast pocket of your t-shirt. "We can talk more indoors."
You stare down at the fairy.
"What?" she retorts. "We both know you weren't about to chase me off."
...this is true, and you're kind of dismayed that she was able to read you so easily. Clearly, your diplomatic face needs work.
Gained
Now that you have someone you can talk to about Hyrule, dreams, magic, and all that - someone who can actually answer you, and who won't think you're crazy - how will you spend the upcoming year?
Pick 2 courses of action.
[ ] Basic combat practice.
[ ] Basic magic practice.
[ ] More mental exercise.
[ ] More physical exercise.
[ ] More social practice.
[ ] Basic spiritual exercise.
[ ] More Moblin training.
samdamandias
Apprentice Plane Wizard
[x] Magic.
[X] Social exercise.
[X] Social exercise.
ThatGazzer
Minds Eye Bind
- Location
- PNW
- Pronouns
- They/Them
[X] Basic spiritual exercise.
[X] More social practice.
We will grow more and more intimidating as we age, as I understand it, so we'll need the social skills for later.
[X] More social practice.
We will grow more and more intimidating as we age, as I understand it, so we'll need the social skills for later.
Ardion Prosili
An (im)Perfect Cell
Can we have a social action of talkingtothe minion fairy?
- Location
- East of Sun, West of Moon
[X] Spiritual Practice
[X] Magic Practice
And we have a fairy - just the thing needed for both things! Well, sort-of, kind-of. We probably should consider telling her about us being "Old Pig-Face" before something inevitably reveals it anyway. Just a thought. Consider it bonus social practice.
[X] Magic Practice
And we have a fairy - just the thing needed for both things! Well, sort-of, kind-of. We probably should consider telling her about us being "Old Pig-Face" before something inevitably reveals it anyway. Just a thought. Consider it bonus social practice.
Vindictus
XENO
- Location
- Texas
We get practice at a rate of 1/4 in all areas- So, every four years, the stats will all go up by 1 in addition to whatever we're focusing on.Aloysius said:
MacroDaemon
Lachrymose Lapis
[X] Basic magic practice.
[X] More physical exercise.
[X] More physical exercise.
King Arthur
The Once and Future King
[x] Basic spiritual exercise.
[x] Basic magic practice.
[x] Basic magic practice.