THE SQUAD DOES AN INTRO - [modplot] [event]

[wildermods]

THE SQUAD DOES AN INTRO
OOC POST
In their homeworlds, they suddenly hear water flowing over stone, the wind through the leaves, and the gentle rattling of Kodama. The hushed sound of treetops waving in the breeze lull them to sleep whether they want it to or not, and in what seems like a dream they fall through a tunnel that passes through layers of dirt and roots and then through seemingly endless boughs of trees.

During this impossibly long fall, spirits whisper in their ears. They tell them that they must save the Wilderlands and the Green. They tell them that they will be given the power or weapons to do it - or that they're already strong enough as they are. They tell them that in the times they're not needed, they may find themselves trapped in the faerie realm known as the Brugh, but that the mirrors will let them speak, and the mirrors will let them see.

And they tell them that they're about to become lost in the forest and that there are others like them, just as lost.

When they wake up, they find themselves in the ruins of an abandoned city; the forest has overtaken it, threading new life through the decay, but the green of the leaves and vines pales in contrast with the broken buildings and streets. Every single building in this city was once a vibrant shade of emerald, and even now, after the slow ravages of time, the green ruins glimmer like they're hewn from precious gems.

The only things that aren't that bright shade of emerald are the statues. Countless statues are scattered through the abandoned city, shaped like men and women and children and pets, all dressed in 1900s era Earth-style finery. These figures are extremely intricate, almost too detailed to be believably carved by a human hand. Many of them are smashed and broken.

Some of the statues don't look human. Among the humans are little beings shaped like china dolls that are made of stone like the rest, instead of porcelain. And in the middle of the city, standing near each other are three strange petrified figures: an axe-wielding man that looks like he was made of metal before being petrified, a man who looks like a human-lion hybrid, and a living scarecrow. All three have expressions of surprise or anger on their faces.

When the characters are brought into this place, the magic that brought them in seems to have trouble getting them all in the same place at first. They find themselves spending brief amounts of time in one spot (sometimes just minutes, sometimes longer) before they're teleported again. Each time they teleport they find themselves near someone new, someone just as lost as them. Those that don't speak the same language may find some difficulties communicating, but over time, the magic of the Wilderlands will kick in, and plant a whole new language in their heads. This magic works faster the more they emotionally connect with other and find understanding without words.

The teleportation keeps zapping them in different places all over the city -- and sometimes outside it, where they can see an abandoned road made of yellow brick that trails off into the distance. Fortunately, the people they keep getting paired off with seem like normal people just like them, and beyond that, they're entirely alone in the ruins.

Probably.

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OOC INFO
✦ Post in actionspam format. Plots and mod-run events in the game are meant to be in actionspam format to keep a brisk pace.

✦ Please see the OOC post linked up top for more information about the event.

Comments

[followingdawn]

[ Blink. ]

What kind ((of)) name is Superboy?

[ Look, superheroes aren't a thing in his world, let him have this moment to wonder what the hell. ]

[konman]

[Kon beams slightly and his words come more clearly in the world's language.]

It's a very cool name that a very awesome person let me have.

[Chalk another one up as being from a world without superheroes. Probably. Because his superhero name isn't that weird as far as superhero names go.]

My world has a lot of heroes, but the bad guys we fight sometimes try to go after our families and friends, so we put on disguises and take up fake names when we do hero stuff. That way they don't know how to find out where we live or who we care about.

[followingdawn]

[ The stare Sothe is giving him looks like it's somewhere between impressed and thinking that he's full of shit. ]

They don't just go after everybody?

[ He just walked out of a war, the idea of someone not going full scorched earth on the other kingdom is bizarre. ]

[konman]

They do that too sometimes but it's really obvious so all the good guys gather together and kick their butts. They have an easier time hurting us if they go all sneaky and go after someone we care about.

[A pause.]

Some people are really powerful where I come from. It's hard to beat the good guys when facing them head on.

[followingdawn]

Your world sounds weird.

[ Okay, occasionally the Battle of Good Versus Evil™ gets kind of personal, or down to small groups, probably. (He's not sure he'd call the Mad King's War anything so simple, even if it did mostly come down to "King Ashnard be crazy.")

Still, the idea of small groups of really powerful people having individual fistfights seems like a really weird way for big fights to go down. ]