Postby QuicksilverFox85 » Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:36 am
Gemini
"Ill explain in depth once we get up top." She said gently, she kept her eyes on the chamber as they moved out of it.
They could see a few other ghosts starting to appear as they left but the Thrysus didnt let them linger, not with what she saw.
They had time to consider what they saw because they didnt waste a lot of time talking about it.
Once they got to the ledge she had kelvin go up first, then Solomon and she climbed along side Solomon almost as if she was insuring he was safe.
She pulled herself over and looked over the ledge before gathering the stuff "Lets get back to the Jeep too. Distance is a good idea my friends"
Kelvin
Kelvin kept at a solid pace as they were heading out, making sure Doug and Gem could keep up but getting them out of there most ricky tick. Once they made it topside he looked back towards the cave entrance, making sure that none of the shades had followed them out before heading back towards the Jeep.
"Solomon"
I kept looking back, expecting to see something like shadows pouring over the walls, an army of the dead chasing us. Anything like that. She had to have seen something awful to act like this, to run like this. I didn't know her well but she didn't seem like the type to back down from a challenge. So when told to run I ran, I still wanted to know why. I still HAD to find out what was down there and why.
Gemini
Hauling the ropes she marched to the jeep "Spirits and ghosts are two different things. Ghosts come from humans and animals I guess, I don't know much about ghosts. Not my department, I am not moros like you. Spirits, the are other things. Almost alien. Trees can have a spirits, the clouds, sunlight. Concepts can be spirits. Pain even has spirits. They can urge you to do things, can possess you. I think Ghosts can too but again, not a death mage...but spirits...they do not have human morality. Now, the world has a few layers, the layer that you death mages can see, and then the layer that everyone sees, and then the layer that the Thrysus can see..or anyone with spirit. They feed from those emotions, pain spirit feeds from pain for instant...a suicide spirit would feed from suicide" She stopped at the Jeep to motion back to the cliffs "Suicide cliffs. Any way. The Area is what is called a Wound. Spirits are kind of twisted here. I didn't know it was a wound until I saw those spirits. I dunno if they had not noticed us or what but they had the ability to urge us to kill ourselves"
Kelvin
"Not so much animals, at least from what I've come across. Ghosts do have the ability to affect those around them; usual poltergeist tricks, along with possessing people if the situation's right." Kelvin nodded along as they made their way to the Jeep. His eyebrows went up a bit at the mention of the Wound, glancing back towards the caves again. "Sounds all kinds of pleasant..."
"Solomon"
"Yea what's a wound? Can it be healed? What's it entail exactly? What causes it? Are we worried about that isn't there some juujuu you can do to shield us from that. If you see it you can hurt it right?"
Don't know if this would be enough for Belphegor but it was a start at least. Not exactly what I was hoping for, I imagine the Wound is what got the doctor but I still kind of wanted to know what else he found down here.
Gemini
She leaned against the jeep for a moment. "Oh yeah all kinds of pleasant" She pushed off and started to take gear off and put it away.
She looked at Solomon and offered him a little smile at his questions after question. She pulled the back of the jeep down and pulled herself on it as she considered how to answer
"Wounds..believe they are caused by great atrocities. If I remember correctly" She shrugs "Dunno if it can be healed"
She breathed in and said "You say your pretty much newly awakened. You don't know what Seer is, or a Pentical mage. Or the 5 paths" She motioned between them "Moros, Thrysus, death and life..but your jumping in both feet to learn about a Arcanum that is your inferior arcanum. Harder for you to understand. But let me ask you this, you can see the ghosts..can YOU hurt them?"
Kelvin
Kelvin let her handle the Spirit questions, that being her bailywick and not his. The man's curiosity did bring him up in the Moros' eyes, at the very least; it was good seeing him try to figure all of this out rather than cowering away from it.
"Solomon"
"Well if it's tied to the natives I can probably guess what the atrocity was or was related to."
He said as he himself stripped off what gear they had loaned him and put it back into the jeep while shoving his gear into his own bag.
"Inferior arcanum? I'm just trying to understand what's happening and why we seemingly ran for no reason. The only thing I know I can do right now is see every aspect of an object and one time I shrouded an area in darkness. I tried to see if I could listen to that little girl to no avail. so I doubt I can hurt them."
Gemini
Like kelvin his questions and not letting fear rule him and also elevated him in her eyes. She gave a slow nod "Possibly, would take some digging to find out the answers but we do not have the proper stuff for it now"
To the second she made the sound mmhmm "Yeah. Each tower allows those who sign their name there access to its two spheres of influence. For Moros that would be death and Matter. But it also has a Arcanum, a sphere of influence that it does -not- understand with ease. In this case, Spirit.
I am a Thrysus, a life mage...we deal with Spirit and ..yep, Life. But the mind influence is harder for us to pick up"
She breathed in "You ran because your smart enough to trust the person who can actually see the spirits. There is a law in our society, if you do not have the power don't mess with it and if the person who your with does, pay attention to what they are saying and doing. When it was the ghosts I was letting you guys field it. But when I saw the spirits there, well...But, sadly...while I am a very skilled life mage, I focused on Mind so my spirit was lacking. I can see them, I can talk to them, I can even identify them. Hell I can wake them up. but I can not destroy them, harm them, or even command the yet. Hence why we left.
I am going to see if another Spirit mage will want to come back and look"
She looked him over "You will need to learn. About your path, the Pentical and the orders. You dont want to mess with Seers those are ..well...they are something I rather dislike because they harm people, they keep them from seeing the truth, like you can. They would have happily kept you from the tower" She went around the jeep "I want to introduce you to Orion and probably a sentinel or two"
Climbing in the back she said "Kelvin would make a good mentor for a Moros"
Kelvin
Kelvin gave a small nod. "Better to make a tactical retreat and come back with the proper tools to handle the situation then keep charging in and end up dead or worse."
He tossed the rest of his gear in the back of the Jeep and got into the driver's seat, checking to make sure that everyone was settled before he got the Jeep running and heading down the road. At Gemini's comment he gave her a quiet amused look, then looked over to Solomon. "Not opposed to the idea."
"Solomon"
"That makes sense, now that we have a better idea of what we're dealing with we can come back better prepare to handle it."
When she stated the rules he nodded but also shrugged.
"Seemed like common sense, spelunking was already out of my wheelhouse, I'm not going to ignore the voice of experience when it tells me to run. Assuming you can trust who you're with, no offense. I at least haven't seen any reason not to. If you do come back let me know I still want to figure out what happened down there.
"More than happy to listen and learn, no harm in it."
He looked to her his face pinched in thought when she said seers harmed people by keeping them asleep.
"That point is debatable. I've worked with a lot of unsavory characters in my past, you give them the abilities you have and can you imagine the carnage it would bring? Can you imagine gangs instead of using ak's pouring lightning, flooding lands? To quote men in black a person is smart, people are dumb panicky animals. Is it possible that these abilities are as much a curse as they are a gift? Great power and all that? I've not yet made up my mind on this matter yet honestly."
She mentioned a sentinel and his jaw clenched and hardened.
"I'm ok not meeting any sentinel's. Sound like cops. Authority figures and me don't tend to get along to well."
I disliked those with power usually. Those with authority, those with power usually tried to oppress those beneath them so they could keep their power. In m line of work I ran into one to many corrupt cop on Russian payroll.
"Considering my skill set I'd probably focus on matter. Not opposed to the idea either, we'll see how things shake out I guess, don't want to jump the gun."
Right now I was stuck between them and Belphegor. I had to play the ends against the middle for now until I saw what either side was offering, trying to get out of me, and what they were about.
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