by Solapse » Tue Oct 01, 2019 8:33 am
The capstone for Vox Arcana and using all of the knowledge we had gained the past 2 years to attempt a massive 3 rituals and create glittering shrouds.
Kyle: "I've never seen someone go for so long without one mistake in a ritual."
Also, finding out we were accidentally doing sevra instead of jasul and leading to a unintended but interesting effect.
I am so proud of what Merry, Zen, and I accomplished as Vox Arcana. We started with nothing but a dream and through years of hard work became a ritual powerhouse. <3 my fellow Arcanists and those who believed in us enough to help us out a bit along the way.
Completely ignoring magic & mages for a few fights.
Fighting against Macone in the dream realm
Nightmare Mordicai: "Magic Death"
Zen: "Reflect"
Nightmare Mordicai: "Reflect"
Zen: "Reflect"
Nightmare Mordicai: "Magic Shield. Neat trick."
Having an actual dream about the quality "us time" Kierdyn and Solapse would spend together every Saturday morning at rises for years doing component walks and just talking. And then looking up to see nothing but an empty path in the woods, the sound of the wind blowing and leaves rustling almost deafining. Then, "Wake up Solapse, Casper is here!"
The exchange with Casper, and not fully understanding what he is doing and why. Even seeing him in tears marching off. Then when he came back and attacked, the battle was going against Casper & Pindust, in a moment when Solapse had Casper's attention...
Solapse: "It's clear you aren't going to win this Casper!"
Casper: "I know."
Then Solapse understood.
Casper's ending. I think it went perfectly. Tragic meloncholy was the only way for Casper's story to end, considering everything. It didn't ever matter to Solapse that nobody else understood why he stuck by Casper for so long, but I think in that moment some people finally got it. My head was spinning right after and all I could do was scream. Sometimes you can do everything right and still fail. Sometimes the only way to end suffering is through death, and the best you can do as a friend is to hold their hand as they step into the abyss.
Practicing my lines for Merry's finale in the woods for an hour.
Deciding that I would just get over my singing anxiety and go for it.
Realizing it was all worth it to see Merry's reaction at his sendoff.
Merry's whole ending in general was amazing. I was left with a gaping hole and constant sadness, only able to sort of wander around in the dark by myself for hours after.
Argue being the only person I felt comfortable enough to sit with, in the dark, while carrying this sadness. And then teaching Agrue how to be stealthy and sneak up on some of Macone's minions shortly after.
Finally feeling compelled to say something at a Darius rite. Let no one say Solapse has not learned passion at Crossroads.
"Are you too a seeker?"
*Show us what lies beyond The Veil*
Aurum
Jasul
Intelligo
-Silence-
Vidi
Vis
Binus
Plane seeking so hard that Zen & Solapse became untethered to the waking material world. Being Troll-apse during that Flanstrom fight and getting my ass beat within 1BP of my larplife by a Jeff Shepard npc a few times because I had to RP seeing double/triple, swirling colors, my vision flipping between third & first person, and occassionally feeling like I was falling.
Hearing personalized LoV "Death to living" calls, I chugged one of the highly underrated, Imitation Death Extracts, that Taiah made. The confused look on the face of Chuck when I replied, "NOT LIVING" to "Solapse, death to living" was priceless.
Everything about Solapse's ending. Having years of consistant effort accidentially pay off and being able to create a ritual, on the spot, to define Solapse's destiny was unexpected and way cooler and more amazing than anything I thought possible.
Spiritus
Muto
Vidi
Sahm
Einsu
Kathor
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One foot in dreams, one in fortune, one hand in the waking world, one in the ethereal,
The Dreamstalker Oracle arises.
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Walking back as an Oracle with Merry & Ardread, expecting them to poof away as figments of my mind at any moment (I told Merry/Scott about my dream on Saturday and thought he was gonna use it against me). Being both angry and overjoyed when it wasn't.
Solapse: "YOU ASSHOLE! DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU PUT ME THROUGH? I THOUGHT I WAS NEVER GOING TO SEE YOU AGAIN!"
Zolapse, Droplase, Alapse, and Lalapse. Most of all, being able to leave pieces of Solapse within the world.
Taking Zen on a ride into the stars.
Watching Zen spend all night and into the day theorying, collecting the resources for, and then performing a rit to create an item that would insta-perm Fiddy. I was so proud that I could watch and happy that I could help, whispering the incants and having them reverberate through the waking and dream world, culminating in DREAM TURBO RITUAL MODE.
Taking Arc on a ride beyond the Veil.
One last secret mission to flank Fiddy with Lance.
Zen: "BY MY RITUAL MASTERY, frunk YOU FIDDY." (I'm slightly paraphrasing this)
Dream phasing in and out to surprise hug people.
Passing on Casper's tabard to Morvos, the new captain of the waterguard.
"I phase to dreams one."
"I phase to dreams two."
"I phase to dreams three."
"I'll see you in the stars."