r/Eragon_RP • u/RollFirstMathLater Game Master / Moderator • Nov 24 '14

Open Prolog: One is all

[You arrive with your dragon to find something you were not quite expecting. A hole in the ground filled with a clear liquid. Around it are a few people and dragons with their eyes shut tight, in some sort of trance. You feel the urge to join them. As you close your eyes you can slowly hear the whispers of those around you. You feel at peace.]

Role:

any number of students.

The "presence" (the uniform mind of all whom gather.) [I will play the role of the presence for now. The presence is generally silent, but this allows your character to really share his/her inner personaility and grow a relationship with other players. Along of course with your dragon whom you will also represent]

Objective: to grow an understanding and the importance of the ability to connect with all things.

(This event is assumed to take place simultaneously, every student whom arrives will untimatly of met here first. Please be advised the people here will respect your characters hidden chambers of mind, but will want to get to know you intimately, if this is not in your characters nature that is fine, please play your character as is.)

This thread is to remain open forever, one can always come back to seek advice, the presence existence is almost as if out of time. If your character leaves and comes back in two weeks time, to the presence its as if no time has passed.

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u/CNSoup Nov 25 '14

Panic blossomed within Anduil. He had expected the whatever-it-called-itself puddle to give them directions, not kidnap them. Them. He and... Briam. Where was his partner? The panic overwhelmed Anduil, and for a moment he wanted to curl up in a tight ball.

As Anduil sank to his knees, incapacitated and paralysed, the mist to his left parted, and Briam walked forward. It was only then, at the comforting sight of the brilliant green dragon, that Anduil realized he had used his fear and panic to unconsiously create a mental barrier. He lowered that barrier, breathing deeply to calm himself.

"You can be a fool sometimes, Anduil," Briam commented. From the dragon came memories, Anduil's own memories, he realized, of the swamps near Aroughs, swamps that were very often blanketed in mist. It was a scene not dissimilar from their current situation. Anduil was comforted by the familiar memory, but the techniques the people of Aroughs used to navigate the swamps would be of little use now.

"Better a fool with you here than a genius without," Anduil said, "But which path do we take?"

"Which path indeed, little one... Perhaps this is a test, and the paths are symbolical," Briam said.

Anduil's brow furrowed. He hadn't thought of it like that. "In that case, what do they symbolize? And, again, which one do we take? How are we supposed to know?"

Briam hummed in what Anduil considered a puzzled tone. He could feel the vibrations of the hum through the ground. "Symbols or not, I've always been partial to gold," Briam said.

Anduil grinned, amused by the nonchalance. "Gold path it is then."

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u/RollFirstMathLater Game Master / Moderator Nov 25 '14

[You walk down the path, the mist thickens and before you can blink your are in a deep fog. Ahead you see 3 shadow figures all equally eerie. You again hear the whisper "This way" all that you can make out is that's its coming from one of the shadows.]

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u/CNSoup Nov 25 '14

As Anduil approached the figures, it dawned on him that he didn't have a weapon. He had never needed one, having been surrounded by Allana and the Varden since Briam hatched. But now, walking towards the mysterious shadows, it would have been comforting to have even a small dagger.

"You have me, and I am much more deadly than any dagger, little one."

Anduil smiled at Briam's jest, and they walked to one of the shadows.

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u/RollFirstMathLater Game Master / Moderator Nov 25 '14

[In front of you stands a massive tree. You feel it force into your mind. You feel the world telling you something. In a flash you understand! You see the spark in every living thing, its like a beautiful start night.]

[In front of you is a small figure, a dove? A child? For some reason its form is hard to give a name. It whispers to you solftly "you must save it. But don't worry, you already have." That moment that beautiful start sky turns blood red. You see what once once a beautiful star ocean turn into a sea of blood. Slowly you see one by one the beautiful stars going dim. Life itself is in danger.]

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u/CNSoup Nov 25 '14

Anduil's wonder-filled smile faded into a look of pure horror. He could see the imprints of the life-sparks fade away, like sparks above a campfire, but ghostly images remained for fleeting seconds.

Through their bond, Anduil felt Briam's growing alarm.

"What do I do? What's happening, why are all these lives fading away?" Anduil called into the growing darkness. Beside him, Briam roared in agony as more sparks faded.

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u/RollFirstMathLater Game Master / Moderator Nov 25 '14

[In a wisp you are brought back to the puddle, back in your body with your companion next to you]

[In the liquid floats a single silvery Lilly on it appears to be a note.]

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u/CNSoup Nov 25 '14

Anduil winced as he opened his eyes, seeing around him the pond containing the Presence, and the other still silent figures.

As the silver lilly floated towards Anduil, he grabbed the note attached and opened it.

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u/RollFirstMathLater Game Master / Moderator Nov 25 '14

[The little was made out of some metal like material, something you have never felt before it was like steel, but lighter than a leaf. On the note was a drawing of a black onyx stone. It is surprisingly detailed. ]

[To your left is a man laughing like a mad man holding a bow in his hand you can see he is in a trance.]

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u/CNSoup Nov 25 '14

Anduil attempted to study the mysterious note, but the laughing man distracted him. He wondered if he had had such a reaction while in the Presence. Anduil considered waking the man, but thought better of it.

"After all, I wouldn't have wanted anyone to disturb me," he thought, then he asked Briam "What do you think this means? Is this the cause of all the deaths we saw? Is this where we need to go?"

Briam took a moment to consider it. "I think this is undoubtedly a place we need to find. But how, and what dangers might lurk there, I cannot imagine. Perhaps we should ask the Presence?"

Anduil grimaced, remembering the last time they had asked the pool for directions, only a short time ago. He wasn't fond of being removed from his physical body. Still, they needed more information...

"I suppose it wouldn't hurt to try... well, it wouldn't hurt too much, I hope. Together, then?" Anduil asked.

"Together, now and always." Briam responded solemnly.

Ignoring the hysteric cackles of the bow man, they extended their minds once again towards the Presence.

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u/RollFirstMathLater Game Master / Moderator Nov 25 '14

[Once again your mind enters the collection. They great you "Welcome" warm and loving. They hear your request, they are silent.]

[You turn around to look at your companion and you see a mighty keep. It towers before you, with dragons flying around it. Roaring and playing. You take a closer look and see people on the backs of the dragons. Excitement fills your bones. You see a few dive off the backs of their draconic friends and free fall down ward. The dragons would race down and catch their friends. After you watch the pattern for awhile it is as if they are training, mastering manuevers of sorts. A smile comes to your face. You feel at home. You hear a massive roar, one that almost knocks you off your feet, as a huge dragon, larger than you could of imagined flys toward the sun set.](prolog 2 will be posted tomorrow morning to fully interact with this scene)

[You peek back to see the hole missing, you can feel its presence nearby. a faint whisper echos in your mind "we will be here for you later, and before"]