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PRESS ▲ TO SORA ([personal profile] oathkeeper) wrote in [community profile] middaeg2020-08-07 06:02 pm

[open] throw away the key and then

Who: Sora + You!
When: The month of Aguril
Where: Where these threads happen!
What: A catch-all for the month of August including closed threads inside. As well as near the end of the month Sora runs into some bad characters on the street and happens to get kidnapped by some desperate Dorchacht smugglers and possibly sold to the underground markets still trying to deal in the shady “monster part” trading business there. More info can be found here.
Warnings: kidnapping, violence, blood, tba

[A: first, we're goin' to set some bait]

[It’s a normal day in Aguril and the city is bustling with life as usual. One puca boy is making his way up the road with a paper bag of various fruits and vegetables in his arms and is heading back home to get them into the icebox. The summer heat doesn’t do much to Sora even with his body now covered in patches of soft brunette-coloured fur. But the heat might do something to his newly purchased greens and treats, so he wants to get them home soon. A rabbit has to have snacks!

He’s not quite paying attention to his surroundings enough and doesn’t notice a pair of cloaked figures just down the road amongst a grove of trees. There is a small clatter of wooden wheels against the pavement and Sora stops for a moment to look up at the cloudy sky.

That is when his vision suddenly blurs, and pain erupts against the side of his head as he's clubbed with a wooden bat. It happens so quickly that Sora falls like a sack of bricks. His shopping scatters on the ground and the two cloaked figures throw a black sheet over him and scoop him up. They start quickly retreating to the back alley where a wooden cart is waiting...

Perhaps you're nearby and happen to hear the clatter or odd noise. Maybe you see the whole thing happen. They are clearly amateurs. But they are amateurs who are now stuffing Sora's knocked out body into a wooden cage on a cart. Perhaps you attempt to rescue him but at this point of time they will get away. But that doesn’t mean you can’t rough them up a bit if you so choose!]


[B: inside a nasty trap and wait]

[People who are bonded to Sora will notice the sudden dullness in their bond with him first. There will be a strange static-like feeling that only gets worse when they try to reach across the bond to him. It is like he's inside the city still but there's something that is muting his monster signature and his location on the magical bond. If anyone tries to contact Sora through alternative means such as their devices no responses will be given. Which is strange because he always answers his messages!

Although there might be some ways to try to find out where Sora is. Witches who know how to tap onto Divination might be able to scry where he might be heading. Or better yet maybe a witch can start some sort of magical conversation with his sleepy mind.

Somewhere along the way Sora wakes weakly in his wooden caged cart and finds himself travelling ... somewhere?? He can feel the temperature drop several degrees so it feels like they might be leaving the city. Because of that Sora tries his hardest to gather enough strength (did they drug him or something??) to create a small little red butterfly with his Illusion magic. Who knows... Maybe it'll be able to communicate with someone. It should be able to write messages or even make a noise or two but it won’t last long!]


[C: when he comes a-sniffing we will]

[If you managed to follow the smugglers into the wilde and towards their den, you’ll find that they haven't left the place unguarded. The den is nestled up in a rocky alcove that is covered in cold heaps of snow and old broken tree branches.

Just outside of the den is a large feral looking hyena creature that isn't happy to see you. Long sharp fangs protrude from its lips and four spider-like eyes stare at you with clear angry intent. It growls at a higher octave than expected and takes a step forward.

You’ll have to deal with this first if you want to get into the den.]


[D: snap the trap and close the gate]

[Inside the cavernous den itself is the dank smell of odd leathers and rotting spices that hang in the air like it is all growing much too old. There are torches lining the cavern walls but it leaves the den dim and hard to navigate. Walking the narrow path that have been dug in is uneven on the feet.

Depending on how one explores the den it all comes to one central spot at the back. There are collections of jars, boxes and crates filled with who knows what. Some jars seem to shimmer with old dragon scales, rusted old weapons line the walls and various liquid and powdery substances sit murky in vials scattered about. ]


"Just get it over with already, bastard!"

[A voice rings out angrily from the other room. If followed, Sora can be found held down against his will across a large wooden table. He struggles weakly but the man holding him has a painful grip and a large meat cleaver held high in his other.]

S-Stop!

[Sora tries to struggle. But he can’t move well. They must have put something in his system to make him feel weak. The other man across the room reaches out and yanks Sora's long rabbit ears with one hand and slaps them against the wooden table with Sora wincing painfully.]

"Get the ears and then take off a foot. Have you heard how much a lucky’s rabbit foot can go for? Hurry up, the shipment has to go out tonight!"

[A rescue would be good! Anytime now!]

[E: wildcard]

[got something else? throw it down here!]
princessascended: (Everything is Awful.)

B

[personal profile] princessascended 2020-08-08 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
[It's immediate, of course. The second Sora vanishes from her mind, Kairi's response is utter horror. She snatches up her device and tries to text him.

Sora! Are you there?

No response. Okay. fine. She has other recourses. Snatching up her best mirror, she stares down into it and begins a Divination ritual. It's effortless. Those four months studying the art have made it all too easy for her to find out where he is, and where he's going.

Or rather, where he's being taken.

Oh no.

She bursts out of her room, panic in her eyes, screaming three words to the whole house.
]

Sora's been kidnapped!
darkcharge: (102)

[personal profile] darkcharge 2020-08-08 12:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ If you would have asked Vantias about this several months ago, he wouldn't have thought that he'd be doing mundane things like shopping and going out on these little excursions either. It just seems so normal. So domestic because no, there isn't the same sort of urgency here. No war. No Xehanort.

No need to try to get at Ventus. ]


Only after we get what we need done.

[ Sora has this really nasty habit of getting him side tracked! ]
darkcharge: (115)

D - feat. Mira

[personal profile] darkcharge 2020-08-08 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The moment the bond had been dulled, Vanitas had known something is wrong. After Sora had gotten on Van's case about purposefully doing it, there's no way that the Puca could have! ...Well Sora probably doesn't even know how anyway. The worst part is, of course, that the more he tries to tap into the bond to locate the other, the more resistance he's met with.

And Vanitas? Oh does he not handle it well. He's on edge all over again, moving about every inch of the city like an animal on the prowl. Violently making demands.

So when he does get a clue as to the whereabouts of his first Bondmate? Of course Vanitas is going to go. He's going to chase after those idiots who thought to have crossed him by taking that which is his. Vanitas himself is near seeing red, thinking of only how to make these people pay for anything that they might have done or haven't gotten to do just yet. His footfalls are heavy and loud on the cavefloor as he follows the voices up ahead.

They aren't going to get away with this. ]
inlikethebrume: (Power)

surprise motherfuckers, they here to get the dumb bunny

[personal profile] inlikethebrume 2020-08-08 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's hard to see someone go through the same worry and pain she once did. Moreso because the one in question is her family and she would do anything to help him; he's important to her as well and so did the bunny boy who has gone missing. Flashes back to the Rathmores come to mind and Mira wastes no time grabbing her armor and going after her son.

Besides, two enraged sword using Witches are better than one.

Mira keeps to Vani's flank, being his backup so to speak as her hand does not leave Shadowbringer's handle and watches for any kind of ambush or enemies to come their way. They'll get Sora out of whatever hellhole this is...but Mira's not holding back on the ones who took him.]
sparkstrikes: (355)

d, sorry for my novel :)

[personal profile] sparkstrikes 2020-08-08 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lightning is in the middle of a job reluctantly handing out fliers outside of Karen's Patisserie when the strangest thing happens: a small, red butterfly flutters up just as she's about to shove another piece of paper at someone, smacking right into it and flapping the flier in her face instead, almost like that was completely intentional. It glides up to her nose, through her fringe, and then back down through the hair draped loosely over her shoulder before it flies away... only to come back and do it again as she watches.

And again. And again.

She swats it but misses, sending it teetering into the air, but it recovers quickly to repeat its pattern once more. At some point, it's as if it grabs onto her hair and tugs, like it's trying to pull her in another direction, away from where she's rooted to the ground.

That isn't the strangest part, of course, because as it flutters past her ear, she hears a small voice. "Sora! Sora!" it calls, but that's all it says, before it escapes. Her eyes narrow at that, watching as it pops in and out around the corner of the store. If anyone had told her before to "follow the red butterfly", she would have scoffed and shrugged them off as crazy, but... this one seems insistent, not leaving her alone until she decides to follow. So, that's what she does.

With her sword in her sheath, she leaves her post as the flier girl and chases it, picking up the pace as its movements become more erratic, while it leads her to the city gates, and then... outside. Her stomach sinks. Something didn't feel right before, but something sure as hell doesn't now. Its tiny voice continues to call out his name, again and again like a prayer when they arrive at the opening of a cavern. To spare the gritty details and not turn this into a full-page word document, Lightning makes quick work of the hyena at the entrance with her sword. The butterfly is nowhere to be found, but it's her gut that tells her where she needs to go—she rushes inside, not bothering to keep quiet, footsteps thundering against the rocky floors, until she hears voices.

Lightning pauses to listen, carefully lowering herself to peek into the room. What she discovers makes her stomach turn—the jars of scales, murky vials, and crates. It doesn't take a genius to figure out what this is. She can only barely make out Sora's messy hair hidden behind the larger man's back, while the other one grabs hold of his ears.

"Get the ears and then take off a foot."

She grits her teeth, pulls out her sword, and wastes no time at all in firing a warning shot with her gun and startling them before stepping unabashedly into the light, still wearing her frilly apron covered in happy-faced croissants. Somewhere in the distance, dramatic music swells in true Final Fantasy fashion.]


Sorry, but I'll be taking the whole package.

[wow so cool!!!!]
lostinshadows: ([36])

D

[personal profile] lostinshadows 2020-08-08 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[He had been suspicious when something just didn't feel right to him. When Vanitas ended up leaving at some point, too, Lavi just grew more suspicious.

He hasn't seen Sora lately.

That's not new. Sometimes there'd be days when they won't run into each other, but he's always been quick to pick up on the little things. Or rather, all it took was seeing some strangely odd men coming to this den. His ears perks a bit when he hears those voices, but what stands out to him most of all is hearing Sora's voice. He recognizes the tone; it was the same kind of voice Sora used on him when he tried to hurt him.

He's never dealt with hunters before.

But he also can't just leave Sora like this either.

Lavi mulls over his options. He...doesn't have much. Being a puca, he might become a target himself. On the other hand, the last thing either of them really need is a certain Witch coming in here all blazing--

Actually, that sounds like a good idea.

But first: Lavi picks up the closest rock he can find and throwing it at one of their heads.]
darkcharge: (226)

[personal profile] darkcharge 2020-08-08 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ When Vanitas hears Sora's voice coming from the other side of this makeshift door? He sees red. All of that rage that had been simmering under the surface, barely contained only because Mira is there, is explodes. Hopefully these hunters won't mind - not that Van cares - that their door is going to be blown apart. Vanitas is blasting it with a fireball.

He isn't even really fully taking in the scene before him as he breaks into the room, so blinded he is at the moment. Then again he doesn't need to be told what's going on, really. ]


Get your hands off of what's MINE!

[ And just like that, Vanitas casts a blade of wind. The one holding that cleaver? There's not going to be a hand there at all in the next moment, the spell cutting through it cleanly. ]
darkcharge: (121)

[personal profile] darkcharge 2020-08-09 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Clothes first. You'll be fussing with your ear the entire time after it's said and done. I know that's what I did.

[ Also makes trying things on harder. More likely for something to get caught with Sora's silly rabbit ears. ]
princessascended: (You're joking)

[personal profile] princessascended 2020-08-09 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
[The bond may be nigh-useless, but her magic isn't. She's got him in her mirror, him and his general area. But that's not enough to track him down.

As she waits for the others to respond to her desperate shout, she casts another spell and tries desperately to find where her boy actually is, where they're taking him. If she can find the name of the road, or a familiar building or... something. Anything.
]
inlikethebrume: (Darkness)

[personal profile] inlikethebrume 2020-08-09 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
Oh we knocked but the door was wide open. You certainly do not mind us making ourselves comfortable, do you?

[Vani is plenty angry for them both and she doesn't even blink at the severed hand flying off into the unknown; in fact, she's surprised he didn't aim for the heart. Seeing the poisonous flames from the other Witch makes Mira's own aura flare up in dark flames, levin energy crackling around her.]

Come now, if you can overpower a innocent puca, neither of us should be any issue, yes?

[It's the same tone she used with the arachnes in the Underground and she only snipped off some hair then. This? Oh no, this is going to end in blood. With Shadowbringer raised, Mira wastes no time to aim right for his unguarded chest. No magic for this attack, just simply her own strength as she immediately goes in for the strike. If they enjoying carving up poor creatures for their parts, let them know how it feels to be on the other foot.]
Edited 2020-08-09 01:30 (UTC)
darkcharge: (138)

[personal profile] darkcharge 2020-08-09 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It is going to end in blood. Hasn't it already started? Maybe the entire reason for severing the hand is so that he can get some sick satisfaction from seeing it. Regardless, Mira is the one with the quips today. Vanitas has no mind for it. He hasn't felt this extreme of an emotion in a very long time... And without the ability to shed it? Naturally it's just grown to the point where he cannot contain it.

Mira seems to have the Witch under control. So Vanitas is going after the man that would think to lay hands on his Sora. His Bondmate. His his his his. All that matters is making that one suffer. So it's not only Mira crackling with electricity. Van is too as he lunges for the butcher now bleeding out, Void Gear at the ready to exact a little bit of vengence. ]
darkcharge: (95)

[personal profile] darkcharge 2020-08-09 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh he might be, it's true. However Sora is a hyper, fussy little thing. Vanitas doesn't think that Sora is going to be able to keep his hands to himself.

Van snorts at the Puca nudging him. He nudges right back. ]


Careful, brat.

[ There are plenty of shops to choose from. In the end money won't really be a big deal. Vanitas is pretty good at being out and about to receive funds.

The tug on his hand isn't a surprise. Sora usually does. ]


You "guess" doesn't sound all that confident, Sora.

[ But fine! They'll check this one out first. ]
lostinshadows: ([107])

[personal profile] lostinshadows 2020-08-09 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[This is where some of his training with Bookman has paid off.

Stealth has always been one of his more stronger points. A Bookman is supposed to be like a ghost, after all. Or a wind just passing through. Never meant to stand out enough to leave any long lasting impressions, but able to disappear when needed, too.

He just needs his instincts to stop making him want to tense and freeze up.

Lavi slinks away, practically hugging the wall while moving behind any bigger objects that can conceal his form, too. He listens closely to any footsteps that might come closer to him, but he picks up another rock while he moves.]

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