Passage [active/OPEN]

[beautifulrondo]

Character(s): Open
Content: The stakes are high and the only way to go is up. People have come to this floor looking for a door, but what will they find when they go through?
Setting: Clusterfuck Floor (the highest one so far)
Time: Nighttime
Warnings: Depends on who replies, I suppose. XD
Note: Multi-thread format. Form up whatever groups you'd like! Once the door is found, I'll edit a note in here letting people know what thread to have their characters run to if you all want in on the opening action. You're looking for a giant tower, as jumbled up and mismatchy as everything else in the world. There will be the usual Castle Oblivion door somewhere in there, and you are free to write the tower however you like.

The door opening sub-thread can be found here!
Please don't worry about posting order during this thread. We're trying to push through on into endgame, so if you have an opening for your character to post in/your character has something to say, have them go ahead and say it.

Comments

[sparkwithinme]

Twilight was quick to approach the strange new orb... though not TOO close. She circled it, closely examining it.

"Well, it's definitely different from those other orbs... very different. I wonder what it does," she commented aloud, looking thoughtful. Was it also a transportation... thing?

"Not that I think anypony should try touching it yet," she added.

[lovesamidboss]

"Good luck," she had told Krichevskoy before he left. He might need it.

Gwen walked around the perimeter of the room, trying to find anything else of note, but nothing else stood out. The different colored lights held much of her attention.

"No, I wouldn't try to activate it yet. I'd be more comfortable with some other firepower before we try anything." She's also be more comfortable with her family present, but any extra aid would be nice.

[trademark_skull]

"Hopefully we'll have that much time to sit around," it was also still concerning that there still hadn't been a single sign of the Organization yet either, as far as Emizel was aware of. They surely must have known they were here, so why were they no where to be found.

"It's been way too quiet."

[magicissrsbznz]

To fill the time until Krichevskoy's return, Chrono set about analyzing the sphere with his Device and a few small data-gathering spells. "The energy it's constructed from appears to be in a stable form for now. That's not saying it won't change as soon as someone touches it, but comparing its signature to the orbs we've encountered before suggests that it serves much the same purpose - physical translocation of whoever touches it. Possibly everyone else in the room too, as big as it is."

If he was at all discomfited by the talking pony or the being lurking in the shadows (hi, Hades), he didn't show it. "We should rest up while we can. There's no telling what's on the other side of that thing."

[sir_doctor]

He was a bit later than he would have liked to have been, but to say this place was distracting would be an understatement. There were more than a few chunks of familiar structures and terrain he'd seen so far. The Doctor hadn't been able to come up with any reason for it all though. It seemed a bit like, however, someone's messy closet. Like bits of unusable parts had been just thrown here, so to speak.

Anyways, he'd rushed up the tower as soon as he found out it was the place to be. He was a little disappointed to find the door already open, but what was through it certainly hadn't been what they'd been expecting, was it?

Not that anyone knew what to expect, but still.

"So, this is it?," the Doctor said, as he arrived in the room with the large orb. "...Not much is it?" Pulling out his sonic screwdriver, he also started scanning the orb, curious to see if he could scan what it was--or if it was going to have to be another of those magic, explainable things.

[keep_my_promise]

Luke didn't want to say he was disappointed at this, seemingly final room, but it definitely seemed lack-luster compared to what they'd had to go through to find it. Although, of course, there was no telling where the large orb could possibly take them... if it was a teleport device, anyways.

He hung back, leaning against the wall. He didn't know anything about this sort of stuff, so it was best to keep out of the way, he figured. Glancing to Tear, he kept quiet, just ready to do whatever he had to when a decision of what next to do was made.

[keybladedancer]

"Sorry we're late."

Aqua stepped into the room, keyblade in hand still, from removing a few more Heartless from the tower on their way up, to ensure the path would be clear for any of the others on the way behind them.

She'd never seen an orb like the one that floated in the room.

[halvedhowl]

"Something 'not much' can still be dangerous," Blue comments. She's taken to leaning against a wall after getting there, arms crossed, peering around like she's waiting for anything to jump out at them. At least she recognizes many of these people. The Doctor, the boy she climbed the tower with, the pony she remembers from a Paixao alley. Others felt familiar, too.

[divine_storm]

Loud footsteps resonated across the room before Priere finally erupted in. She hadn’t been paying attention to what had been happening at all, instead having focused her attention on the small pissed off demon back on the lower floors. So of course, when Krichevskoy mentioned that the final door was opened and that he was getting Laharl out, she simply dashed off before he could do anything else.

She still wasn’t sure just how the kid would react, so for her own sake, she’d better be able to arrive before him. Luckily, it seemed as she did beat the two of them to the door. Hopefully this would give her time to catch her breath before everything started.

[keyofthesky]

Sora shoved past the growing crowd at the door, and walked down the hall to the glowing orb. He hesitantly reached a hand out and looked back at the crowd.

"Come on, let's stop Xemnas!"

Sora then touched the orb.

[paixaomods]

The room teeters away when the orb activates at Sora's touch, the white walls blurring apart, a dizzy feeling to the gut. When one recovers and the world seems to stabilize once more, one might find their location to be familiar.

The whole group who was in the room now finds themselves standing in, what was, The Elysian Fields. They appear long dead, the lush, white grass having withered away. The mysterious lights have also vanished, save a similar glowing, orb shaped distortion that floats behind them, offering a way back. In the distance the church, St. Destino, looks like it's barely standing. The nearby river has dried up, the surrounding ocean is nothing but sand and rock, stretching out as far as the eye can see.

And there it stands: the familiar domes of Paixao remain largely intact, but there are large tracks and signs of crumbling. The Paixao that stands here appears to be abandoned and in ruin.

Above the ruined city, hovers a floating castle; familiar symbols displayed on its exterior, but it's dwarfed in comparison to the heart, that almost resembles a moon, that dominates the sky. Teeming with power, its golden light makes gives everything a mid-day glow, despite the surrounding darkness.



Distant noise filters down from the sky above, the only sound in the otherwise desolate fields. It accompanies the static of power from the heart moon...

Voices.

So many different voices, but what are they saying? They ebb and flow in volume, fading into unrecognizable murmurs. But why can't you understand them?

[OOC]

[paixaomods]

((Continued here.))