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Seven Horrors ([personal profile] sevenhorrorsmods) wrote in [community profile] sevenhorrors2025-10-09 07:55 am

[feeling homesick?]

Who: the student body
When: October 9
Where: anywhere outside!
What: set fire to the rain
Warnings: some people might get chewed on by a fox

[On the morning of October 9th, a bright, almost ethereal glow flares from the rooftop]

[It lasts but a few seconds and can be seen from anywhere outside, as well as through the windows of the school. though it dissipates quickly, small bursts of light remain scattered in the sky, slowly floating down to the earth below. they are. . .]

[. . . small tongues of blue fire? they dance in the air like playful sprites, wiggling this way and that, inviting you closer with their whimsical shimmies. should you get too close to these sprites, you will hear a familiar voice echoing in your head. it is the voice of someone very close to you! someone you cared for. someone you once loved very, very much. someone you miss. someone you would do anything to see again]

[touch these tongues of blue flame, and that same person will appear before you, smiling with their hand extended. you will feel compelled to take it, almost as if you are in a trance. almost as if you cannot resist]

[the apparitions of your loved ones will attempt to guide you into the forest. characters who touch the flames will be reduced to a dreamlike state and compelled to follow them. this trance can be broken by another character with either a) a solid punch/stab/any kind of inflicted pain or b) a kiss. this knowledge is not known ICly, so you better get to experimenting!! if the trance is broken, the apparition will vanish in a whirlwind of blue fire with an irritated shriek, leaving nothing behind but a sense of loss and forlorn longing in the character who was affected]

[should a character's trance not be broken before they reach the woods. . . well. the apparition of their loved one will smile wickedly as it sprouts blue fox ears and three fluffy, blue tails at its back. its eyes will turn white, its teeth sharp, as its entire body shifts and morphs into a four-legged kitsune with blue fur and white-socked feet. the trance will be broken right as it attacks, as it attempts to sink teeth into its victim's neck and tear them limb from limb. whoops! looks like you got suckered into a miniboss fight!]

[the kitsune are pretty quick on their feet! they are difficult to hit, and their bites hurt, leaving an icy-hot sensation crawling across the skin at the site of the wound. they cannot be killed, but they can be injured with typical weapons (their blood oozes dark black), and they tend to balk when faced with more than one opponent. if you have a friend with you to fend them off, they are more likely to flee than not, curling up into balls of fur and popping out of existence with a bright blue spark of heat. the buddy system will be invaluable here!]
pissandvinegar: (sakuramochi 5)

[personal profile] pissandvinegar 2025-10-19 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
Friendly, ah. Then, the feeling is mutual.

You have a good protector. She strikes me very much like a sword, after all. Pure and loyal.
bowtiedbones: (60)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2025-10-19 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
[that pulls a smile up. it's small, but it's there!]

She's a good girl. Familiars are like... they're with you for life.
pissandvinegar: (sakuramochi 13)

[personal profile] pissandvinegar 2025-10-19 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ very much like a sword indeed. ]

I'm grateful that you have her. I'm glad you weren't hurt.
bowtiedbones: (39)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2025-10-21 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks.

Um… and thank you for saving me too. Thanks for not letting me go with him alone.
pissandvinegar: (sakuramochi 5)

[personal profile] pissandvinegar 2025-10-21 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Merely this one's duty as a cultivator.

... This spirit's deception was particularly cruel.
bowtiedbones: (101)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2025-10-21 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I really thought it was him… But he wouldn’t have acted like that at all. J—…

Eomer doesn’t do dangerous things. He’s not a mage, he’s a physical therapist. He would stay further from the woods than I do.
pissandvinegar: (sakuramochi 41)

[personal profile] pissandvinegar 2025-10-21 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
It had a hold on you as well. A trance that kept you from questioning such things.

[ after a moment, a little awkwardly, he slips his hand up from her back to her shoulder, pulling her a little closer. a little more like a hug ]
bowtiedbones: (97)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2025-10-21 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
If I see it again, I’m going to beat it up myself.

[she shuffles a half-step closer and a little bit of the tension eases out of her shoulders, at least enough to huff that weak threat]
Edited 2025-10-21 18:49 (UTC)
pissandvinegar: (djune 3)

[personal profile] pissandvinegar 2025-10-21 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope to see that.
bowtiedbones: (59)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2025-10-21 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I’m a sword novice, but I have spite on my side. I’ll show that fox that girls fight dirty.

[grr! grr! tuxie bobs her head like a good little hype man, yeah! yeah!]
pissandvinegar: (sakuramochi 93)

[personal profile] pissandvinegar 2025-10-21 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ bursts into laughter, rich and surprised and honest and just a little mean ]

Ahh, and what right would a fox have to rebuke you?
bowtiedbones: (94)

[personal profile] bowtiedbones 2025-10-21 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[she puffs up to make another threat, but! he's laughing! and she starts laughing too]

Absolutely none!
pissandvinegar: (sakuramochi 50)

[personal profile] pissandvinegar 2025-10-22 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh. she cheered up. he didn't even know he could do that. his voice goes a little soft ]

Exactly so.