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heartswillbeone ([personal profile] heartswillbeone) wrote in [community profile] allsoend2014-04-06 04:06 pm

Black Gardens

Who: Anyone and everyone who wants to participate
What: Finding and destroying the pieces of heart that Xehanort has planted!
Where: Starting at Sora’s station, then going into the darkness
Warnings: Likely fighting, desperation and other forms of violence


Everyone arriving at Sora’s station of awakening would notice changes right away, even if they weren’t attuned to the darkness. The ever-present light shining from above had grown dim, barely lighting the glass below. The glass itself was still warped in its continual changes, but individual pieces of it were beginning to grow a bit darker.

Someone would have to stay behind to anchor all of the others, and to keep a watch on Sora’s heart from here. But beyond them, in the seemingly endless darkness, lay shards of heart deliberately planted and hidden. With each passing moment they were growing larger and digging roots deeper, threatening not just Sora, but every other heart inside him.

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Your characters can begin the hunt for the heart pieces that Xehanort has planted in the darkness of Sora’s heart! Unfortunately, finding and then eliminating them all is going to be no easy task. They’ve been hidden in the darkness very well, and even having an idea of what to look for, the fact that they’re planted in darkness at all makes them difficult to sniff out. What’s more, because they’ve been rooted in deep, it will take some effort to completely remove them...Keyblades and any other weapons available will likely be necessary.

To that end, this is how things will work: teams of 2-4 will go out into the darkness to search for the heart seeds. Characters should not travel alone, or else they’ll be lost. At least one character can be left behind at Sora’s station, both to serve as an anchor to call back anyone in the darkness, and to be able to tell easiest whether there are any remaining seeds left. But be warned: any anchor left behind will likely be involved in some combat, too!

For those in the darkness, those capable of looking can take one turn each to ‘scan’ the feelings of the surrounding darkness and see if they can pinpoint a heart seed. With each turn, they will have anywhere from a 1-in-3 to a 1-in-10 chance of finding one, depending on the seed. If they locate one, they can then begin the process of uprooting it and destroying it. If they find a particularly difficult one and are not well-equipped to handle it, they can use themselves as anchors to call over others to help. If no team can locate one during their turn, they can keep traversing the darkness and trying over and over until they locate one.

Time is working against them, though. The more turns it takes for them to locate a heart seed, the larger it will grow and the more difficult it will be to destroy it once it *is* found. Heart seeds left for too long may even fight back when attacked, or make themselves impossible to remove without also hurting Sora. If any one piece is left long enough to truly threaten Sora’s heart and identity, then Kingdom Hearts may step in to do something about it...and characters would *not* want that, as it would mean a terrible end for everyone. And Sora’s heart won’t be safe until every heart seed is found and eradicated!
defrostedpride: (a fine day for SCIENCE)

[personal profile] defrostedpride 2014-06-06 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Even looks at the scar where the shard used to be with satisfaction. "And stay gone!" He doesn't care much about Sora's heart as such, but considering that it's his current place of residence...he prefers minimal Xehanort.

"Shall we proceed?" he asks Dilan, somewhat rhetorically as he is already reaching out with his senses, looking for another disturbance like the one this shard gave off.
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[personal profile] radiantlance 2014-06-09 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Minimal Xehanort is definitely preferable, if they must remain in Sora's heart. Dilan doesn't quite given in to the temptation to address the scar left behind himself, but there's a nod a Even's question. They've managed well enough with the one, and there's nothing to suggest that they'll have any problems with any future shards.

"Certainly," he adds a moment later, as he reaches out with his own senses as well. Now that they know roughly what sort of a disturbance to look for, perhaps it'll be easier to spot the next one.
defrostedpride: (i was denied! tenure!!)

[personal profile] defrostedpride 2014-06-24 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
"...I wish I could be surprised," Even says. All in all, this is rather more what he was expecting than the previous seed. The nice thing about anticipating the worst, one supposes, is not being unpleasantly surprised. "Suggestions? You're the guard, after all."
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[personal profile] radiantlance 2014-06-27 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that's almost certainly not what Dilan wanted to come face to face with. Especially not when he knows how invasive this kind of darkness can get. It's going to be a lot of work in digging this one up, and a fairly thankless task besides, at least until they've actually managed to get this seed dealt with.

"We'll need to find a way to dig it out of the surrounding darkness, if it should even be possible. The... infection won't be cleared if we can't manage that, and I'd prefer to not have to return to do this at a later date. Additionally, as much as I hate to suggest it, we may require the assistance of someone who is capable of using either light-based magic or the Keyblade itself."
Edited 2014-06-27 20:11 (UTC)