TERRACE Draft - Day 1

[lucetimods]

Who: All Draftees
What: Arrival at TERRACE
When: The first day, from 8AM to the wee hours of the night
Where: TERRACE!
Summary: Information post here
Rating: Varies on thread, please mark explicit material.

This post covers the first day, before the attack. Remember, characters here are not expecting an attack and are under the impression they will be going to Region 1 to fight. During this day, draftees will be restricted to T6 and T7 and not permitted access to other areas.

Be sure to tag this post appropriately: [canon] character name

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[herotypical]

"Are those our only two choices? Lumpdom or forward? No love for the time-honoured side-step?"

[complicatedliar]

"Oh, that's one of my favorites. Really, I like movement of any sort, so long as it is away."

[herotypical]

"What about less away and more towards?"

[complicatedliar]

"I think it would depend upon what I was moving towards, yes?" He smiled sardonically.

[herotypical]

"I thought it didn't matter, but that actually moving was the point of it all?"

[complicatedliar]

"I don't think I should like to move toward an unfriendly man with a giant hammer, for example. Away is much safer in general."

[herotypical]

"...And that sounds like a man speaking from experience."

[complicatedliar]

[He laughs.] However did you guess?

[The fact that the hammer wielding jerk in question is in the village no doubt helps.]

[herotypical]

"I have good intuition. Though I'm surprised he hauls the hammer out for the sibling rivalry. That is a little on the intense side."

[complicatedliar]

"I wouldn't characterize it as such. He's not my brother, to begin with. He deposed me and chucked me into a black hole. I think enemy is the proper term, and as such the hammer makes sense," Loki said dryly.

[herotypical]

Ah, yes. That old chestnut.

"I'm not sure hammers ever make sense. Not really my weapon of choice, to be honest. Seeing a troll come at you with one really ruins the charm."

[complicatedliar]

"I don't think I've ever seen a troll use something that sophisticated. You must have a smarter grade in your realm."

[herotypical]

"In his sorta-defense, he wasn't always a troll..."

[complicatedliar]

"Oh dear. How did he manage that?" ...this promised to be a hilarious story.

[herotypical]

"He pissed off a...very interesting woman. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. And sometimes scorned women like to turn their faithless lovers into big hulking trolls."

[complicatedliar]

Loki laughed. "I like her style."

[herotypical]

"Her style...wasn't bad."

She and Anya hadn't always been friendly. But..."She meant a lot to the group. Scorned womanhood and all."

[complicatedliar]

"I don't think I follow."

[herotypical]

"Sorry. I just mean...that was kind of her job. Finding scorned women and enacting vengeance on their behalf. Really bloody work."

[complicatedliar]

"...I will guess at this point that she wasn't an ordinary human. That's not the sort of job humans seem to have."

[herotypical]

"Vengeance demon. A wish granter. And -- granted -- she wasn't one for always. But after a thousand years of reigning bloody revenge, I'm guessing it's a tough gig to just abandon."

[complicatedliar]

"Fascinating." Now that was some power he'd like to investigate. And he was rather find of vengeance himself, even if others had begun to talk him out of specific plans. "Though I don't suppose she's here. How does one become a demon? I haven't heard of that add such before."

[herotypical]

"There are all kind of ways and -- honestly? Few of them are at all pleasant. In Anya's case, it took a particularly influential vengeance demon to notice how creatively she dealt with her pain. He offered a job -- goodbye mortality, hello fatalities. Despite the ick-factor, it's one of the kinder ways to go demon."

[complicatedliar]

"Hm, interesting indeed. In my experience beings such as that are quite stingy about sharing their power. But we've already established our worlds are quite different." He tilted his head. "What ways are less... kind?"

[herotypical]

"Being sired by a vampire seems to have very little in the way of perks."