An old enemy emerges upon Carcear. (OPEN)

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An old enemy emerges upon Carcear. (OPEN) Mar 18, 2021 19:01:20 GMT -5

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Post by Phakk on Mar 18, 2021 19:01:20 GMT -5

Phakk took a look about the land of Carear before her, the well dressed girl gently bending down to pick up some of the ashy, dead and grey earth of the planet Carcear. This same earth stretched outward across from her for miles, reaching unto the horizon. Every now and then, a blackened and twisted tree or crumbling structure dotted the ever present grey, made darker by the lingering gloom and shrouded skies. A ghostly howl echoed through the twisted and corrupted landscape, shortly followed by a wind that buffeted her and forced the the girl to shield her eyes from the flying dirt. Phakk had never been outside of her home before. She had never known what sort of... desolation had lurked beyond its colourful walls until now.

"What... happened here?" She murmurs to no one in particular, well aware that she had momentarily left those that freed her behind to go exploring on her own. There was just something so... so... familiar about it all. A flash of greenery, the sound of... laughter? A feeling of- of- "Ah-!" She cries out in sudden painn, grabbing at her head as a pulse of her power exudes from the girl and into the space around the planet. Curling to the ground, Phakk's green eyes close as it felt like something was just- just tearing at her from the inside out. It ravaged and yelled, and screamed and raged, and she just- What was-

And just as soon as it started, it stopped, and the girl was left with no memory of the event. Blinking from where she found herself now on the ground, she shakes her head and stands back up again, staring out across that same landscape. Ruined and destroyed, with the very slight feeling of deja vu. With a small hum and a bit of curiosity, she hopped her way off of the cliff that the Shinjin was stood on, moving to float down and onto the landscape.

Maybe she could find out the history of this place? It was apparently her home.

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An old enemy emerges upon Carcear. (OPEN) Mar 23, 2021 20:53:23 GMT -5

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"How do I... Oh dammit! No I want to go over here!" Shakuhachi had taken his ship out on a few runs now but he was still trying to get the hang of it. This type of technology was unknown to the Namekian people; but it was also a great deal more advanced and right now that's what he wanted. His traverses into the great unknown had not quite been as fruitful as he would have liked but he knew that all it took was once advanced planet with a population of idiots or weaklings and he'd had all that he was looking for.

On one such flight while in a particularly dull part of space his monitor suddenly starting lighting up with potential. "What's this now?" He swung his chair over to read what was a detailed bio on a planet they were about to enter the atmosphere of. "Carcear? Nothing I've ever heard of." From the outside it didn't look like a whole much, but the information he was being feed looked promising so it was worth the risk. He immediately began landing preparations as he took his ship down to the surface of the planet to find a suitable landing spot.

As he did the feeling of disappointment suddenly washed over him. "Information in my database must have been out of date.... way out of date by the looks of things." He wasn't sure whether the air was even breathable; it wouldn't surprise him if it was toxic. He played things safe and stepped out into the desolate wasteland that was known as Carcear. "I doubt I'll find anything around here worth a damn, but that was a bloody long trip and I don't want to leave empty handed." With that the Namek began his search of the planet.

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An old enemy emerges upon Carcear. (OPEN) Mar 23, 2021 21:39:18 GMT -5

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Post by Phakk on Mar 23, 2021 21:39:18 GMT -5

It took Phakk a while to feel the presence of another outside of her new family, but once she did notice the foreign ki, it was as if a switch had been flipped in her head. No matter what else she tried to focus on, her mind always dragged itself back to that strange presence upon her home planet. Her home planet. That small distinction was enough to eventually warrant an uncharacteristic growl, the shinjin lifting off of the ground as she moved to fly through the air to meet whoever this stranger was. Was Carcear secretly rather popular? She couldn't imagine it was. Even to her skewed perception, it was little more than some sort of... long since destroyed world. A mystery to be sure, but... Why was someone here? She just had to find out.

Making her way through the sky, the Shinjin eventually came to a small stop, floating high in the air as she spotted the source of the strange ki signature. A virtue of the majority of the land being a flat, grey wasteland meant that there was little to no cover, and she was able to easily spot a... green figure making his way across the wastes, a parked ship nearby. What was... she didn't recognise the race, with vibrant green skin and odd pink patterns sporadically placed along the limbs. Despite the odd sort of annoyance that filled her, Phakk wasn't one prone to violence, and simply began to descend until she hovered a little above the... green man. "Um... Hello! Who are you?" She eventually manages to get out, swallowing past her fear of confrontation.

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An old enemy emerges upon Carcear. (OPEN) Mar 23, 2021 22:10:29 GMT -5

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The Namek quickly realized that if his goal was knowledge and technological advancement then this planet was the last place he should be looking. The surface looked as if someone had blown the planet up then glued it back together. Maybe the people who used to live here were advanced; they may have had something valuable which Shakuhachi could have used. Whatever people they were didn't matter now though; they were long gone. Taking in the situation he decided he had seen enough and began the trek back to his ship.

That's when suddenly an unknown ki signature began to approach him. Was he sure that it was coming towards him? Yes, there was no mistaking it. This couldn't be a coincidence. Not only was something other than the Namek alive on this place, but they knew he was here and they were coming for him. Whoever or whatever they were they seemed around on par with Shakuhachi, maybe a bit weaker but still enough to put up a good fight. That's assuming they were looking for a fight; maybe there was some civilization left on this place that he had missed.

When the figure finally came into sight it appeared to be a... woman. That was interesting. Whoever he had expected to survive in such harsh conditions did not match what he was seeing. She appeared similar to some of the Earthlings he had encountered on Namek; what would an Earthling be doing all the way out here? In any case she wasn't wearing any protection and so Shakuhachi figured it was safe to breath, taking off his ventilation mask so he could better speak. She didn't introduce herself, instead asking the Namekian who he was.

"My name is Shakuhachi. I came to this planet in search of resources but obviously I'm not going to find any here. That is unless you can help me understand what's going on here? Who are you and what is this place? My ship seemed to indicate there was something more here, but I'm beginning to believe that was a mistake. Is there anything of value still left in this place?" Shakuhachi was asking a lot but he didn't want to waste the woman's time any more than he had to. He knew he was encroaching on her territory so for now he would try and play things by her rules.

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An old enemy emerges upon Carcear. (OPEN) Mar 23, 2021 23:24:56 GMT -5

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Post by Phakk on Mar 23, 2021 23:24:56 GMT -5

Oh, good! He didn't seem to be a meanie. That was... that was good! She could calm down now. Please. Yes. Okay. She felt her pulse slow, nodding at his words, before taking a look around. Even around them, the landscape was barren, dotted only with the blackened and crumbling trees that denoted the landscape, their leaves glowing a soft white for... whatever reason it was that had lead to such a state. "I'm... not sure myself. I... think that this is my home, but I don't remember anything that ever looked like this." Phakk admits, understanding that she was pretty much next to useless... before she blinks. "O-oh! Sorry!" She apologises, shaking her head. "My name is Phakk. It was rude of me to demand from you without introducing myself." Setting foot onto the ashen earth once more, she gives the man a small curtsy in her frilly pink dress.

"As for anything of value..." A twitch in her eye, but she ignored it. This world was barren, and he didn't seem like a bad person! She shouldn't be getting mad. "Well, there's some ruins dotting the land, so perhaps there are some things of note left there? I'm... well I didn't really explore much of the planet yet so your guess is as good as mine, but I bet if there's going to be anything it'll be in one of them!" Clnching he fist, Phakk puts on a determined face. She was going to be able to help with stranger! Speaking of... "U-um, also, if you don't mid...wh... what are you? O-oh my gods, i'm sorry, I didn't mean like what are you I just have never seen anyonethatlookslikeyoubeforeandi'mSOSORRY-" Her question immediately backfired, as Phakk's eyes widen and she quickly begins to wave her hands about, anger long forgotten.

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An old enemy emerges upon Carcear. (OPEN) Mar 23, 2021 23:39:10 GMT -5

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The stranger finally introduced herself as Phakk; in doing so she also revealed some of the oddities about her. When she gave up her name she performed some sort of act that involved bending at her knees. He hadn't ever seen it before and he wasn't sure what it meant, it must have apart of the greeting process for her people. He was a bit confused by it by offered his own in return, not wanting to offend the native. She also mentioned that she didn't quite know what this place was, but she thought it was her home. She must have come here on a ship as well.

But had she been living here for a while? Or was she just a visitor? If she had a permanent residence then no doubt there must have been some livable area around here. She didn't came to meet him on any sort of spacecraft so it must have been close too. She did mention some ruins scattered around though; unlikely to be anything to study but perhaps some relics that could fetch a decent fee. At any rate it was hope that maybe this trip wasn't a complete waste. If that didn't pan out then perhaps the base of operations for this stranger could provide something for him.

He wasn't quite sure how much he could trust their Phakk yet; she acted quite strange. She went on to ask who he was, claiming she had never seen someone like him before apparently stumbling over her own sentence. She apologized but this only left the Namek confused. "I am a Namekian. Few of else choose to leave and I doubt anyone who could here so it doesn't surprise me that you don't know. I don't know if this planet holds anything for me but perhaps you could take me to see some of those ruins you had mentioned; it sounds like there's some promise to that."

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An old enemy emerges upon Carcear. (OPEN) Mar 24, 2021 0:40:50 GMT -5

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Post by Phakk on Mar 24, 2021 0:40:50 GMT -5

"O-oh! Right. Namekian. Okay. Na-me-ki-an." She nods her head, committing the word to memory as she took Shaku in some more. What a odd race! But they seemed kind of nice, at least based on her extremely limited experience with him. From what she was able to glean, Shaku seemed to be an... eplorer of some sort? Oooh, maybe a treasure hunter, like Lora Craft! That would be so cool! "Well, I can show you to the largest one i've seen! It seems to be the most in tact of the lot, but I'm not sure if anything will still be inside. Whatever did... this to this planet was pretty thorough." As if to prove her point, one of the nearby trees collapsed, turning into little more than dust before any of its blackened pieces properly hit the ground and floating away in a howling wind.

Once again floating into the air, Phakk waits for the namekian to follow her. She'd spotted the structure o the way over, a large and towering spire made of black stonework that was crumbling into itself. It had looked... pretty scary, so she never went near it, instead focusing on tracking down Shaku's ki signature. If he chose to follow her in the air, she would begin to slowly guide them back the way they came. If he could not or would not fly, she would do much the same, just at a far slower pace. "So... what do you do, Shakuhachi? What's a... a 'resource'?" She asks the namekian as they travelled, eyes sparkling and curious. What if he really was a treasure hunter? How cool would that be?!

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An old enemy emerges upon Carcear. (OPEN) Mar 24, 2021 0:53:40 GMT -5

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The more the Namekian got to know this Phakk the more her oddities shone through. She hopped up into the air and began making the journey over to whatever this ruin was. Shakuhachi took flight to follow her, where she asked him another question. She wanted to know what a 'resource' was. Just who exactly was this girl? Had she just been born? Maybe whatever her species was give birth to grown children and her parents will be around here somewhere. Whatever the case may be he didn't want to give away all of this motives so he tried to be careful with his words.

"I don't know how to explain this to you but I'll do my best. A resource is something that you use, typically as an input for something greater. Where I can from the people are heading for a bad time and they don't even know it. I want to help them through it but right now I'm not strong enough; I don't have enough resources to complete my task. That's why I started searching distant worlds to see if I could bring back help. Before we make it to this ruin of yours you better tell me what we're in for. Aside from else what else is alive on this rock?"

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An old enemy emerges upon Carcear. (OPEN) Mar 24, 2021 3:04:12 GMT -5

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Post by Phakk on Mar 24, 2021 3:04:12 GMT -5

"Oooh.." Phakk nods, understanding what he meant. It was a noble thing, she supposed, to want to help prepare one's people. Although she wodered why he had decided to strike out on his own, then. If his people couldn't see it, wouldn't it have been better to actually... show it to them? Maybe there was something to it that she didn't understand. Phakk was rather new to this older galaxy, after all, and she wouldn't pretend to know how a lot of things worked. Especially not things that terrified her, like social construct. "Hm... Others? As far as I know, only my family, and we'll be leaving soon anyway. They're over by my home, which is... pretty far away." She gestures in a direction to the north, even as she angled herself to head more east.

"I don't think there's going to be any sort of danger in the building. It just kind of looks... you know! Like a ruin! It's pretty spooooky... But I didn't sense anything from it. Plus.." She gestures around her, at the devastated and barren wasteland that stood as Carcear's landscape. "If we haven't seen anything yet between the two of us, I doubt there's much else out there." Continuing to fly, the pair of them would quickly sight what she had seen earlier: A crumbling, ebony tower. Roughly cylindrical in shape and with its roof mostly collapsed inward, the tower stood for hundreds of feet into the air, dominating the local landscape. A monument... or a testament to... something. She didn't know. "See?" She murmurs, coming to a stop. "Spooky."

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An old enemy emerges upon Carcear. (OPEN) Mar 24, 2021 3:15:37 GMT -5

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The young lady indicated that there weren't any other living creatures that she knew of, with the exception of her family. He did not remember her mentioning a family earlier. If things went south that meant she'd have back up - something that Shakuhachi would keep in mind. As they continued to fly their destination soon came into sight. Over the horizon a powerful image began to take shape; a shape which sent shivers down his spine. In his view stood a tower much greater in size and scope than any he had ever come across before; nothing on Namek compared.

Although it had clearly seen better days there was a certain degree of majesty captured in it's frame. The Namekian could feel that long ago a powerful people did great things here, but now? Now it was nothing. Those people had gone and all that stood was their memory. There was a certain feeling of intimidation that permeated the air, though when he turned to face Phakk she did not seem to hold the same degree of fear as he did. It made sense when you thought about it; this was her territory after all. She'd probably come across this place before.

He did his best to hide those feelings though; this woman may not have appeared to be any threat but he would not fall for such an illusion if one were there. What could he hope to find in here? Unlikely anything up to date. He had hoped wherever she was taking him would be in better condition, but on this planet 'better condition' wasn't really a thing. He had come this far though; no point in turning back now. He slowly approached the door and prepared to enter, but then stopped. He turned back to his tour guide. "This is your home; why don't you lead?"

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An old enemy emerges upon Carcear. (OPEN) Mar 24, 2021 3:26:50 GMT -5

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Post by Phakk on Mar 24, 2021 3:26:50 GMT -5

"I'm not sure I would call it my home." Phakk murmurs, despite ann almot happy growl of approval at the back of her mind. Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, she nonetheless takes the lead. This was her first time outside of her home and on the planet of Carcear proper, after all, so she hoped to treat it like an adventure! Just her, and this new friend she had made. Wow, it really did sound like something out of a plotline, huh? That was cool. Touching down onto the dead, sandy grey earth that seemed to be omnipresent, Phakk looks towards the doors, frowning at the depiction on them. Before the pair of them stood a pair of titanic, steel double doors that towered far above them. A carving was built into the doors, depicting a strange scene. On one side, what looed to be a wave of... odd looking tendrils? They were surrounded by shades of black, and seemed to swallow up the majority of the door, even crossing over onto the other, which instead depicted a variety of smaller figures. They stood, faced against the encroaching swarm, with a singular figure up the front.

This single figure was drawn with far more detail than the crowd behind them, depicting them raising a sword high above their head. A rapier, one that apparently shone and ate at the encroaching... "Dark." She murmurs, completing her thought aloud. "This is... kind of scary." She murmurs to Shakuhachi, even as the petite girl moves to attempt to open the doors.

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An old enemy emerges upon Carcear. (OPEN) Mar 24, 2021 3:53:54 GMT -5

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She seemed okay with taking the league which was what Shakuhachi wanted. If they came across anything unexpected then best leave it to the expert; though some of the comments she was making made it seem like she wasn't quite the expert the Namekian had hoped for. When they both got to the door there were markings on it; a primitive form of communication. Hieroglyphics like this were definitely unexpected for the Namekian who was beginning to think that maybe this place was even more of a backwater than the first impressions had lead him to believe.

The figure marked on the wall was quite foreboding, and rather on the nose. "A warning perhaps?" Whoever created the markings were long gone; he wasn't going to let it scare him. He placed both hands on the door and tried to force them open, but they wouldn't budge. Whatever was holding the doors together was probably the only thing left working in this place. He inspected the door for a minute before discovered slot for a key for which he certainly did not own the key for. Frustrated, he placed his finger in the hole and used his key to destroy the mechanism.

Satisfied with his work he pushed on the door once more, with it now opening for them two of them. The doors creaked intensely as they swung open; so much so that if it went on any longer the Namekian may have passed out. Shakuhachi didn't bother searching for a light switch in this place, instead he concentrated ki into his hand to create a light for them. With that the tower properly became visible, and the two passengers on this ride could behold all it's glory. Just the first room alone was as tall as he remembered Guru's hut to be.

This room was no luxury space; nobody took their children for a vacation here. Whatever this tower was it had a purpose, a terrible purpose. The center of the room contained a stone circle tall enough to reach the Namekian's chest, and around the circle were several pedestals placed at even intervals. This was a table; the purpose of this room must have been some sort of meeting hall. There were very few signs of life to be found here, but on the table there were still a few scraps of paper remaining with more hieroglyphics.

He tried his best to make out what they were saying but there were clearly pieces missing or likely too decayed to be readable. From what he could make out the first piece seemed to depict a warrior going to battle a large beast. The warrior is a typical heroic night with plate armor and a long sword while the beast is being recognizable at all; as if the author couldn't dare to put to life his own thoughts. The next piece shows the warrior falling in battle with a terrified crowd running for their lives while the beast pursues them.

The Namekian is now intrigued by this; he quickly looks around for how the story continues but it's not easy. It seems the more he goes on the more deranged and incomprehensible the story becomes. What he believes to be the next in line is very damaged; all it shows is bodies. Then it shifts to a room... it looks like the room they're in? The stone table is shown with several men standing around it. In the center of the table stands what Shakuhachi thinks is the beast but now it's nothing more than a mess of colors.

The men are scientists? Maybe magicians? Probably a mix of both. They're casting some sort of attack at the beast, and then... that's it. Those three scraps are what's left. The Namek can't find anything else on the table that gives him the answer. Behind the table leads a spiraling staircase. Shakuhachi tries to read the other rooms but a foul energy repeals him. He falls to the ground and wipes blood away from his nose as he recovers from his stagger. There's something here; whether it's alive, dead or something else he doesn't know.

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An old enemy emerges upon Carcear. (OPEN) Mar 24, 2021 4:20:02 GMT -5

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Post by Phakk on Mar 24, 2021 4:20:02 GMT -5

Phakk herself wasn't sure what to make of this place. Following in after Shaku, she found herself not needing the light he provided, eyes beginning to glow a baleful orange as she found herself perfectly capable of seeing in the dark. She followed the same story as he did, although picking out smaller, almost... illusory changes to things. A rapier as opposed to a longsword, or paintings on what he had claimed to be empty. One depicting a figure, the same one as shown on the door outside, storming into the darkness. Of this same figure, somehow... different, yet with a mess of colour in hand that lead onto the net scene depicting those figures stood around it. "This place gives me chills." She murmurs to him in the dark, following along the storyline. She wasn't entirely sure what it meant, but whatever it did mean definitely wasn't good.

She watched as he went around the room, discovering (or rediscovering) what may have happened here, up until the Namekian suddenly keeled over, blood dripping from his nose. Gasping in shock, Phakk went to make sure he was okay, her hands already glowing with healing magic. "Are you alright?" She asks, looking around as she reached her senses out, and getting... nothing in return. No sign of whatever might have affected him this way. Just another room nearby, and the staircase beyond the table. "I... I think we should leave. This place seems dangerous." She looked around some more, trembling from... she wasn't sure. Not fear. Something... something else.

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An old enemy emerges upon Carcear. (OPEN) Mar 24, 2021 4:39:56 GMT -5

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The Namek took a few moments to gather himself; he couldn't even hear what she had said to him. whatever power this place once held was gone but not forgotten; it's memory haunting. He finally got back to his feet and placed a hand against the wall to support himself. As he did he discovered even more markings which been almost completely filled in and covered with dust. He began frantically wiping the dust away and soon a face could been seen coming through. Then came the body, and after that came... came...

Again the Namekian feel to his feet. As he look up at what he had uncovered he couldn't make sense of it. There was no words to describe because it was nothing, but at the same time something. It moved and it spoke and it penetrated his mind with such power that he couldn't take it any more. Something in this place had gotten inside of his head and it didn't want to leave. Instead it wanted him to go further; this power wanted the Namekian to uncover it. What was it? What did it want? Why was it trapped here?

Shakuhachi didn't know the answer to any of these things; all he knew was that something was compelling him to travel up the stairs and press forward. He wasn't able to concentrate of anything other than that right now. He had a feeling his partner may have been concerned or even had left but he didn't check that, he couldn't check that. He tried to rush but ended up stumbling instead, and then crawling up the staircase to find himself in the next floor. This floor wasn't the top, but it did get him one step closer. This room was a library, or at least it used to be.

There were stone shelves lining the walls with what looked to be like books. When he tried to grab one they all felt empty; for most of them only the material which lined the covers had survived. "I need to... find it. Where is it?" At this point he wasn't even sure what he was looking for. He started throwing down books from the shelves in a flurry until finally he grabbed one which still contained a few pages. He collapsed onto a nearby chair and opened the book. His vision was blurry but he did his best to make out what it said.

This was strange. The writing in this book wasn't in hieroglyphics anymore; instead it was written in the common language. However that didn't mean it was easy to read, far from it. The writings probably came from a mad man with the way the words were written backwards, upside down and barely even in a line. But for some reason it made sense to him; as if it had been written by him in a past life. "You... you have it too, don't you?" Shakuhachi quickly jumped out of the chair and onto the ground as he heard an unfamiliar voice.

"Who the hell are you? I thought there wasn't anybody else here? She tol-" The figure came into light and revealed nothing more than a ghost. "You're not the first to be captured by the allure. There's something here... It's evil! It wants to come out, but it needs your help. It needed my help too, but I wouldn't, I couldn't help it. But your stronger than me! You don't have to go the way I did. They; the ones who did the unthinkable. They thought this might happen. The left notes here with the incantation to set your free. Now you must find it."

Shakuhachi had probably gone insane at this point. He didn't really know if the person he was talking to was even there. For all he knew whatever had gotten into his head had created the spectre as a trap for him; but what other choice did he have? Right now his hope lied on extracting this plague from his mind or else he felt he was doomed to lose it. Even more frantically now he tore books down from the shelves, and then even the shelves themselves came down. "Find! I must find! Where are you!?"

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An old enemy emerges upon Carcear. (OPEN) Mar 24, 2021 5:09:43 GMT -5

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Post by Phakk on Mar 24, 2021 5:09:43 GMT -5

Phakk simply watched as this went on, her confusion and concern mounting to extreme heights as she attempted to follow after the Namekian, chasing him as he scrambled like some sort of beast up the stairs. "Sh-Shakuhachi! You're hurt! You need to sit down! Wh-wh-what has gotten into you?!" She asks, looing around as they entered a... library. This... She stopped paying attention to the namekian for a moment, even as he seemingly scrambled around, pulling out a variety of books that faded to nothing but ash, and finally seating himself, staring at one of the few that hadn't immediately disintegrated at a touch. This place felt... familiar to the Shinji. At the back of her mind, a singular bell tolled, but for what she couldn't tell. She knew for a fact she had never been here before. She had never left her home upon Carcear until only recently. But still... an odd feeling of deja vu.

Snapping out of her reverie, Phakk looks over just as Shaku seemed to be... talking... to the air? Wait... She narrowed green eyes, as a haze of purple light seemed to form for a moment in front of him. What was- Her train of thought was thoroughly derailed as all of a sudden he was tearing at the walls, ripping out books and the bookshelves themselves, yelling about finding something! "Sh-SHAKU!" She calls out, voice warping just for a moment without her knowledge, as the haze found itself obliterated by a pressure it no doubt recognised in the moments of its re-emergence. "Please! Get a hold of yourself! I don't know what's g-going on, but you n-need to calm down and think! Listen to my voice. Follow it. Don't be caught in... whatever this is."

Last Edit: Mar 24, 2021 5:10:01 GMT -5 by Phakk