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[opening_act]

Who: Anyone
When: Day 1, Afternoon
Where: The Arena
What: With any luck, answers.

[ You've met each other, and at least some of the confused amnesiacs have ventured out into the closest thing the sealed city has to open air, outside the dormitory building they woke in. The arena loomed large, the biggest landmark the city had to offer, and at some elected to explore the large building.

For those that didn't, the grand flash of light that fills the streets, coming from the direction of the Arena may call attention to it.

For those already there, the blinding light that suddenly blazed into existence is impossible to miss, pure and bright. If they closed their eyes reflexively, they may not notice, but the observant might notice that the flash left no afterimage on their closed eyelids. For those with their eyes left open, they will find the light doesn't hurt, or diminish their vision when they look away, though they still have difficulty seeing into that burning core.

Not long after, the light starts to dim. At the core of it, a mass of brilliant wings, too numerous to count keeps itself aloft in a constant whirr of motion and feathers. Or— maybe that's wrong, in certain moments there are no pure white feathers but stripped musculature, raw and writhing, with far too many eyes hidden amongst the folds.

Will you approach? ]

Comments

[paintwithallthecolors]

[ staring into the bright light definitely didn't seem like a bad idea ]

Ah- excuse us.

[opening_act]

[ the light fades, and proves you right. nothing bad occurred, and now standing there instead is a woman, the mass of wings consolidated into a human form. ]

None needed. After all, what is a show, with no participants? Welcome, welcome!

[paintwithallthecolors]

... Thank you. Do you know where we are, Miss?

[opening_act]

The name of this grand stage you have stepped onto is Raqia!

[paintwithallthecolors]

So it really is the place from the journal. Is Raqia the only place like this, or were more built? Do you know?

[opening_act]

Unfortunately, I wasn't given the troupe history. I was only called to present the current show!

[paintwithallthecolors]

Oh, that's okay. So-

[ I eavesdropped a bit, tugs at his collar ]

I guess that means we're "Erelim"?

[opening_act]

Ding ding ding! We have a correct answer!

[paintwithallthecolors]

But is it really necessary for us to compete? Wouldn't it be better if we could all work together?

[opening_act]

You'll get to work with the other Erelim! Rivalry makes things more exciting.

[paintwithallthecolors]

[ ... ok that's actually fair ]

So... what kind of competitions are they?

[ somehow I feel like these teams are a little uneven for like, sports. ]

[opening_act]

That depends on the actor that takes the stage. All the same makes for a dull show!

[paintwithallthecolors]

[ um ]

By "actor," do you mean which of us are competing? Or who is arranging for the competition...?

[virtuesandweiss]

[ hanging back away from Exael, watching his teammate conversing with her ]

[paintwithallthecolors]

What do you think?

[virtuesandweiss]

Sounds like it's too easy.

[paintwithallthecolors]

There's no mention of how many times we'll have to compete. She hasn't even said for sure that one team will "win" and receive the miracle all for themselves. I'll ask, but...

[virtuesandweiss]

Yeah. Nothing would be as simple as it sounds.

[paintwithallthecolors]

But because we're missing a lot of details it's hard to think of how to approach things from here.

[virtuesandweiss]

Details will come. Can't keep everything secret once the ball starts rolling.

[paintwithallthecolors]

Mm. I guess for now we just have to work with what information we have. There's a greenhouse.

[virtuesandweiss]

So we won't starve. Good to know.

[paintwithallthecolors]

I know neither of us would know how to garden, but do you want to go look with me? Maybe we can figure something out.

[virtuesandweiss]

Sure. The other one of us wants to bring the outside in. Not a bad place to start, for that.

[paintwithallthecolors]

[ hehe ]

That's a good thought. If we can find seeds, we can bring in pots and boxes.