[Dark World Event] || [The Evil Realm] || [Open] || [2/3]

[great_king_of_evil]

Characters: Anyone who signed up for the Dark World Plot! Look at tag list for more details.
Setting: The 4th and 5th of March. Located in the Cursed Floors + Ganon's Tower (Floors 6, 7, 8, 12, 62, 65, 68, 70, 73 and 79 + Floor 75).
Format: Most likely action but left at the players's discretion.
Summary: Your character somehow got trapped in the Forest Floor of the Tower-- And it looks nothing like the Forest Floor the characters remember. It's the beginning of the Dark World. Some floors look pretty different from what they did before, some nearly identical. The only way to get out is to go through the dungeons that make up this Dark World.

All characters start out in the Dark Forest, then as they go throughout the forest, they magically walk into one of the three dungeons (the one they have been assigned to). By exploring the dungeons, they will acquire one of the three Pendants that lead to the Core of the Curse, from where the cursed floors can be ended. However, Richtofen is there and happy to make sure that won't be that easy.

Mingle threads are simply for Mingle, whereas the exploration of the dungeons, puzzles, etc happens in the Exploration threads. OOC information here.

Warning: While your character may survive fine and all, the dark world is a dangerous place with lots of monsters and puzzles to solve. Characters may get harmed or killed, but that is left to the players's discretion. Characters going through the water of temple may lose their patience and sanity.


Arrival in the Dark World
Here are simply listed the three different ways your characters may have gotten dragged into the Dark World. Note this can be a combination of many of these ways, feel free to pick how your characters arrived in!

• The character may simply have been present on the floor when Ganondorf cursed it. That's really… Bad luck? If that is how it happened, the character would have been immediately transported into the Dark Forest Floor. If they arrived before the 4th of March, they would have been unable to leave this floor for three days. Which may be pretty unnerving.

• The character may have been caught by a floormaster or wallmaster somewhere throughout the tower, and cast into the Dark World. Floormasters and Wallmasters are gigantic and creepy black, red or purple hands that come out from either the floor or the ceiling and take characters to another part of the tower, point in case the Dark Forest.

• They character may have found one of the black doors of Mordor leading into the cursed floors. Out of luck, a creepy black hand similar to that of wallmaster could have come out of from the door and have dragged them in.

• The last option is the simplest, Ganondorf hided in the shadows and cast a spell on you that teleported you right into the Dark Forest. This option is mostly directed to those who have past history with Ganondorf or who are known to be close of Princess Zelda, Link and Tetra.


Dark Forest -------------------------------------------- Mingle || Exploration

The Water Temple: Wisdom Dungeon ----------- Mingle || Exploration || Boss Battle
The Death Mountain: Power Dungeon ----------- Mingle || Exploration || Boss Battle
The Palace of Darkness: Courage Dungeon ---- Mingle || Exploration || Dark Self Battle || Boss Battle

Richtofen's Laboratory ------------------------------ Mingle || Exploration || Boss Battle

Illusionary Room
Ganon's Tower

Comments

The Death Mountain (Floor 68) || Power Dungeon || Boss Battle

[dark_world]

[ After having fought countless monsters and having gone through either the windy and dangerous mountain path with the dangerous rock slides, or gone through the cavern leading inside the volcano and faced no less dangerous condition-- You finally reaches the mountaintop. The sky is dark but there is barely enough light to see clearly.

And there in the middle of the small surface at the mountaintop lies the Pendant of Power, quietly floating in mid-air. The Pendant shines lightly and unlike anything else in the dark world, it feels as if positive energy radiates from it.

Maybe trying to get it is the final thing to do in order to find the exit from the dark world? There are no monsters around so it may look a bit easy. ]

[sacred_flamer]

[Luke had to stop once he reached the top of the mountain, bending over and clinging to his knees. W-wow... that was a hell of a climb... why did he need to do this again? Oh, right... find a way out... ect, ect...]

[After a moment, he finally straightened, wiping the sweat off his brow... and then spotting the sparkly shiny... whatever it was just hovering there like it was the most normal thing ever for a random gem to just be floating. Wow, he was tired; even his thoughts were starting to ramble.]

[Whatever; that whatever it was obviously had to be his ticket out of this place. He strode right toward it, ready to grab it and book it.]

[keybearer]

You sure that's a good idea?

[The lack of monsters is a bit too suspicious for Riku's tastes when he finally reaches the top. Taking a few seconds to catch his breath, he watches Luke march towards the stone, half expecting some kind of trap. A monster, an explosion... hands bursting up and latching his ankles.

He's not making any sudden moves just yet, opting to keep his Keyblade at his side and watch from afar.]

[lightofhumanity]

[While the battles here had been a little strange, chaos wasn't worn out when he reached the top of the mountain. After all, he had dealt with much worse in his life. He was made to deal with worse.

Quickly, before Luke took the gem, he spoke.]

I would not touch that gem until you both have rested and recovered a little. It could summon up even more monsters.

[unkindnessof]

Agreed. There's no possible way for it to be as simple as just walking up to and taking it, after what we had to go through to get up here.

[What is it with the red-headed protag types, really. Raven, for his part, hasn't relaxed at all yet. Like others present, he's keeping distance from and warily eying the pendant with sword drawn, ready to move at a moment's notice if need be.]

[dark_world]

[ Luke would find no difficulty running to the pendant, nothing getting in his way. However as he found himself close to the pendant...

Suddenly a gigantic column of fire would from the sky and unto the pendant-- The radius of this column of fire was the size of the human body. However the column of fire didn't stay still and moved to try and burn Luke alive. It would do so for ten seconds before the column would extinguish, so Luke would better manage to run very fast for these ten seconds if he wanted to live.

Meanwhile they all could hear the distinct noise of a rock slide. If they looked back, they would see the paths through which they came from were now closed by huge, unmovable rocks.


Looking up, it could be seen something moving high in the sky was the source of the column of fire. ]

[sacred_flamer]

[Luke could really move when properly motivated, and SUDDEN BLAZING HOT COLUMN OF FIRE was very good motivation! He hauled ass back toward the entrance, to where the others were standing, ducking behind the kid with the white hair that had spoke first, as if that would protect him from being a melted lump of redhead.]

...oops. S-sorry...

[keybearer]

It figures. Things are never that easy...

[SIGH. Well, if there's fire and rockslides involved, then that can only mean trouble. Rolling his eyes, Riku thrusts his Keyblade into the air. The others may notice a cool breeze wrapping around them-- don't panic. Aeroga's a solid defensive spell, and he's got a feeling they're gonna need it.]

Meant to join this party last night...is it alright if I slide in here?

[keywrite]

[There's a fifth person joining the fray, just ahead of the falling rocks--just avoiding getting crushed by them. Hi guys, what did you do to make the mountain angry?]

Yes, all characters from this dungeon can join this thread any time!

[dark_world]

[ Another column of flames would fall on the general area for ten seconds and sweep around-- And the flying things would become bigger as if it was slowly coming down. The Pendant of Power is steaming, anyone trying to grab it now may as well have their hand getting atrociously burnt.

They can also hear a monstrous shriek coming from the flying thing-- Those slightly knowledgeable in this domain will be able to identity it as a dragon's roar. ]

If no one objects...?

[friendlyfiend]

[Pshh, burns? Burns are for people who aren't immune to heat and flame.]

"Oi! Any bashers who can't take the heat, let us firewalkers draw the enemy's attacks so you can strike!"

[Among the erupting flame and falling rocks, a smaller figure flies toward the peak at a fast clip, appearing and disappearing erratically as it tries to dodge debris. As he comes within hearing range of the group, the arcanaloth calls out to them and then angles his dive toward the searing-hot Pendant. He may be more of a defensively-oriented caster than an offensive one, but if he can catch that shrieking guardian's attention and keep it occupied with debilitating spells, he can give the less fireproof members of the team opportunities to do some damage.]

Of course not~

[sacred_flamer]

[Luke raised a hand to try and protest against someone going straight through the flames, but... whatever this guy was, he seemed to be handling himself well enough. Well then.]

[Luke let out a breath, before unsheathing his sword again. Okay, just because he was tired, didn't mean he had to slack off. The white haired kid was already protecting them, so...]

All right... dragon. Fire. Do any of you use ice artes?

Nooooot at all.

[unkindnessof]

My techniques are nonelemental, if that's what you mean by 'artes.' It's usually the weapon itself that's enchanted, but...

[Lovely, just what they need: a wyvern(?) raining even more fire down on them while they can't quite yet return the favor.]

I wonder... can we shoot it down? If we can restrict its movement...

it's alll good~

[keybearer]

I've got a few spells that might help with that. Graviga might pull it closer to our level, or I could try shooting some wind against it. And as for ice...

[He grins, turning his eyes towards the dragon, while the air cools around the tip of his weapon.]

You could say I've got it covered.

[doctor_dismemberment]

[Everyone will hear a voice loud and clear, mocking what Riku just said in a high-pitched voice.]

'You could say I've got it covered,' oh, look at you! Such a big boy. I am sure that you'll be able to take down the dragon all by yourself, hm?

[Richtofen sounds incredibly amused by all of this. He's nowhere in the area, but from the way he's talking, it's clear that he can see and hear everything that's going on.

His voice goes from pleasant to scathing in an instant.]

Ha! Good luck with that.

[And then it switches back to pleasant just as quickly.] I will enjoy watching you all burn and die~

It's fine with me too!

[lightofhumanity]

[chaos smiled at the person rushing towards the hot pendant. He might not have been the strongest person in the group, but it was brave that he should act as a decoy for everyone else. chaos would join him normally..but the people here might need his help. However, he did call out to the mouse-like person.]

If you need any help, please do let me know! I am not the only one here who can take the heat.

[He then turned to the rest of the group, ignoring Edward. Normally, he would have shot the person a telepathic message, but that might give him away. He had to use these things only when it was necessary.]

I can create ice balls and boulders, as well as a few other things. We shall probably be fine.

[chaos readied his hands, preparing for the dragon.]

[sacred_flamer]

[Luke rolled his eyes skyward.]

I am really starting to hate that guy...

[He let out a breath, rolling his head on his shoulders. Okay, it was time to be serious now. This... he needed to take charge; he was supposed to be a leader, an ambassador, an heir to the throne. This was his chance to actually do that.]

[This was his chance to grow up.]

All right. Casters to the far back. Be ready to move if any more rocks come down on us. If any of you are long range, hang back and take the opportunity to shoot, but focus on watching out for the fonists.

[Did... did that sound good? Did that sound leader-ish? He wasn't sure, he hoped it did...]

[dark_world2]

[ Following Richtofen's mocking of them all, the dragon would sweep the area with another column of fire as it was slowly coming closer to the ground, finally revealing itself to them.

The Soul Dragon: Almargorok was easilly dominating them all in size, as was expected from a dragon, its claws big enough to easilly catch and crush a human. With its large wing it created a wind meant to keep A'kin and other away from the pendant while it swallowed it, one way as another to keep them from getting it.

The dragon wouldn't stay long close to the ground, however they may see a red spot on its back, an obvious weak point. ]

[lightofhumanity]

[chaos watched as the dragon tried to blow back A'kin and as it swallowed the pendant. There was only one way to get it now. Kill the dragon. chaos hated to do it..but if there was no other way, then there was no other way.

He saw the red spot on its back and, snapping his fingers, sent two beams of energy towards it.

He heard Luke, but chose to not obey at this point. He had no idea what a 'fonist' was, and it was obvious that Luke needed to clear up his vocabulary and orders so that people from other universes could understand him. He was obviously new to being a leader.]

[puppy_lancer]

[And then, someone...or rather something barrels past the group, charging at the dragon even through the fierce winds.]

[It has a vaguely humanoid shape, but is covered in bulging, twisted, pulsating muscles and veins. It had long abandoned its upright posture and was running on all fours. Its dark blue hair stood on end and its glowing red eyes seemed to shoot sparks. As it opened its mouth to give bestial shrieks, it sent out what might have been a wave of pure rage and killing intent.]

[Trapped in this Dark World, Lancer had finally given into its rage and allowed himself to become more beast than man. Right now, its target is the biggest living thing on the floor. In other words, the dragon.]

[keybearer]

[When the winds came, Riku snarled, pressing his feet firmly against the ground and leaning against the air currents. As the dragon came rushing down, he thrust the Keyblade upward, bringing down several pillars of electrical currents in the form of a Thundaga spell. Whether or not it hits, he'll be keeping his eyes peeled for any sudden moves and throwing up his Keyblade to block if need be.

He's not exactly planning on staying in the back, though. Why should he, when he's more than used to being a front liner?]

[sacred_flamer]

[...wow, they already weren't listening. This was going to suck.]

Guys! Stick with ice! And yeah, aim for the red spot!

...and someone stop that crazy blue haired guy!?

-> Mindlink threadjacks ahoy!

[bloodyashes]

[And here's a short comment through that connection - ]

/If you're going to take charge, don't forget to keep yourself out of harm's way, too. Other people are relying on you./

[Asch's voice is a bit strained, but also... approving? Either way, he closes the connection quickly, so that the pain won't distract Luke from the incoming battle.]

[sacred_flamer]

[Luke muttered under his breath, pressing a hand to his forehead. Yeah, like no one would notice him just glowing then, right Asch?]

[Ugh... but he did have a point. He totally would have charged in head first if Asch hadn't said anything.]

[Not here]

[bloodyashes]

[Idiot. Your original is facepalming so hard rn.]