un: a civil serpent | video

[inferus]

( Emilia di Carlo's hair has seen better days.

It looks suspiciously nest-like, and one of her sleeves singed and torn. The further she and Wrath walk back into the village, the more she feels it: the mark of hollowed things. The withered trees and the dying river beds. ... To say they have missed out on recent developments is an understatement.

But they do not come without news of their own. )

We were able to go very deep into the volcano and discovered something in the process.

( For this rare moment, Wrath appears to be somewhat disheveled as well. His hair is out of place. There's light scratch marks upon his cheek. His suit is singed. His sleeve on the right sight has been entirely burned away, revealing a muscular arm. In his pocket, he carries with him a piece of what they found though he has little interest in mentioning that out loud just yet. He wants to understand what it is first, and so he glances at Emilia with a grim nod and then supplies further: )

At the center of the volcano, an apparent naturally made mirror is being used as a cork to hold back a mounting level of lava, a potent flow of magic, and an unimaginable number of spirits. The pressure appears to be mounting.

( ooc: vi and i had a hiatus in april, and this help explains the absence of emilia and wrath during that time. EDITED the following day when i realized i missed a detail about the volcano. it was naturally made from a large pool of dark water. )

Comments

[inferus]

The spirits appear to be imbued with the magic of the volcano - indistinguishable from the flow now being held back by the mirror. They are willing sacrifices from the past but not willing to be destroyed by the volcano, as previously believed, but to be a vessel for some of the magic within it. In doing so, they were able to relieve some of the pressure and prevent an eruption but died in the process. Eventually the magic could no longer be contained within their bodies and returned to the core of the volcano.

[song_of_fire]

So the sacrifice does serve some purpose that helps with the volcano? There must be something bigger that could contain that power, whatever it is?

Is it possible to repair the mirror somehow?

[Not that she's eager to piece it together.]

[inferus]

Over time, the sacrifices have temporarily relieved the pressure within the volcano. As for what more could contain the power, there's limited time to figure it out.

It may be possible. The issue comes in bringing material down that far. The heat means few can withstand being there - people or supplies, and the mirror could break during the length of the trip alone, erupting and killing anyone who made the trip below.

[song_of_fire]

I could withstand it. I'm not certain if the magic will be the same here, but I have done it before.

[This would be worse than a funeral pyre, but perhaps there was a chance that she could find that miracle again?]

I could try?

[inferus]

I am immune to fire where I am from. However, the core of the volcano had an effect on me.

Magic does work differently when transferred from our original worlds into this one, and so I would caution you on heading below, especially with no method to repair the seal. That is the most important point for us to discover - a way to repair the seal or relieve the pressure.

[song_of_fire]

Are there any ideas of how such a seal could be made?

[inferus]

A few individuals are throwing out theories, but there is really no way to know what may work ahead of time. There is dark water on the surface which I imagine would come into play in some way.

[song_of_fire]

Forgive me. I am anxious to help. Please keep us informed if there are any changes?

[inferus]

I will let you know. I plan to keep an eye on the core for as long as I can.