Oct Event Log - Portal Chaos

[serpentinthegarden]

The glowing portal shuddered before slamming shut behind them. It had seemed like a good idea at the time... go through the portal in order to close it from the other side. And it had worked! The portal was closed, the school was safe but the heroes who had worked together to close the portal were now trapped on the other side. 

[ OOC - This is the IC log for this. Consider it a freeform playground, take these prompts and run with them or come up with your own. ]


Through the Portal
( Loki, Crowley, Alec, Beetlejuice, Sho )

Silence fell as soon as the portal closed leaving the small group standing in the middle of a crossroads. The ruined archway that ran along the top of the cliffs hinted that there might once have been more of a civilization in this world but now there were only the two pathways, one that ran down the hill into the face of the brilliant red glow that hinted at a flow of magma beyond and one that curved up a hastily cobbled together set of stairs. Of course they were free to stay right where they were as well, here in this craggy passage with the imps peering down at them from every rock and crevasse.


Rescuers
( Aziraphale, Harry, Lena, Eleven, Mal )

With the battle won most begin to relax. There was the wounded to see to and the damage to the school to repair... but gradually the more tuned in students start to notice the missing. Roll calls that were taken but never completed for some were not around to answer to their names. Then one of the injured students comes to and mentions having seen the missing students disappearing through the imp summoning portal. Clearly they were trapped on the other side and it was up to their fellow students to work out a way to bring them back!

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Through the Portal

[serpentinthegarden]

[whose_son_am_i]

In hindsight, having an actual plan would've been useful. Loki stayed on a wary guard, given the imps that were peering at them weren't attacking. Odd, considering how ravenous they'd been on the other side of things. So why. So many why's...

"Does anybody have an idea on how to determine where we are, or how to get back?"

[creepyoldguy]

"Normally, I'd suggest drawing a door," Beetlejuice rasped cheerfully, weighing the pros and cons of eating an imp.

[serpentinthegarden]

"Drawing a door... That ever work?"

Crowley stalked out from behind the other two, giving the imps staring at them a good long look of his own. One had to do things like that in order to keep imps in line or they simply went wild.

"Anyway it's obvious where we are." To a demon anyway, "We just need to find a way back. You guys favor right or left?"

[scotch_egg]

"Christ. What is this place?" Alec couldn't let Anthony go alone. Not like this. Yes he was banged up, arm in a cast, slightly disorientated and dizzy with the damn whip dog whining at him, but regardless he was here. He tugged at his collar, flushed with heat or perhaps illness.

"If those things attack us we're fucked."

Though it would probably just be him. He didn't know about the other guy.

Alec Hardy Sidequest

[serpentinthegarden]

OOC - Taking place after This

[whose_son_am_i]

Well---that was all entertaining in its way. Also annoying, and frustrating. "Ugh." Was all he could say in response to show, absolutely done with the other's nonsense. "You two figure out a way out of here, I'll get him." The god addressed Crowley and Beetlejuice, before heading back down the mountain towards Alec.

Unsurprised to find him catching his breath and on the ground, still injured. Loki was mildly impressed he was conscious still. "Well. Can you get up on your own?" Arms crossed, expression closed off aside from a bit of disdain.

[scotch_egg]

He felt it. Hated it even moreso because he deserved it. He remained where he was, staring up, gathering what meager strength he had.

"Yes. Now piss off. I don't need your help." Well he did but he didn't want it.

[whose_son_am_i]

"You know, as someone who's a good liar--I'm offended by just how BAD that attempt to lie was." Loki raised an eyebrow. "I suppose you'd rather we just leave you here in Hell?"

The Rest of the Group

[serpentinthegarden]

Taking place after this.

Re: The Rest of the Group

[creepyoldguy]

"Holy moly is that fella dense. Should we let nature take its course? I'm thinking we should let nature take its course."

Beetlejuice was frankly impressed at this level of delusion, and was hoping the large demon would use Sho as a toothpick.

[serpentinthegarden]

He was thin enough to be a toothpick...

But Crowley was less focused on Sho than he was on the place Alec had once been standing. He had confessed recently about his lack of time. A few months and that was it. When Alec had been in hospital he couldn't have foreseen the giant demonic mountain he was about to attack or the whacking great fall he was bound to take... maybe he hadn't had months left, maybe Alec was dead already.

"I never asked him to come..." A harsh whisper gained a touch of heat, fear over what Alec's fate might have been flashed to rage, which was then directed to the only people nearby, "I never asked any of you to come!"

Sightseers in Hell! How could that ever have gone well?!

Crowley's anger began to build. His fury caused the magma to boil more intensely as the fires of Hell to rose up around them. But the mountain demon wasn't sitting still for this. The large demon on the mountain stretched his wings to send those attacking imps raining down around them like hail. Frozen in little balls of ice the imps hit the ground hard, some shattering out of their icy prisons to reach out and swap sides... clambering over which ever unlucky adventurer they happened to land on. Crowley was pulled to the ground by a horde of the creatures before whatever retribution he had been building up to could be unleashed.

[grim_heaper]

Sho's Noise were taking care of most of the imps that fell on or around him. But letting them do that for him would be passive.

And boring.

And not his style.

"INFINITY!!!!!!" He yelled. His original power teamed with the adapted magic of Diatu doubled up as massive energy burst out from the ground behind him. Not only did it fry the imps imp-ressivly, but a bright light was beginning to glow from within his form...

Rescuers

[serpentinthegarden]

[temptationaccomplished]

Obviously Crowley wasn't 'dead;' Aziraphale was certain he would KNOW if Crowley had gotten himself discorporated, but he was terribly worried that Crowley was laying somewhere in a ditch, bleeding and alone and--

The frazzled worry was redirected once word began to spread about a group of students who had sealed the portal with themselves INSIDE. THAT sounded like a demonic plan if ever Aziraphale had heard one (and he had heard many). Of all the harebrained, idiotic-- Crowley had done some foolish things in his time, but this was astoundingly bad even by his standards.

How many students had gone? With the injured and recovering scattered around the campus, it would take far too long to get a proper roll-call. A dozen? Surely not that many people were THAT stupid. Maybe half a dozen, the more foolhardy among them, or those with something to prove...

They didn't even know WHERE the portal went to, other than that the imps had come out of it. Attempting to Sunder at random seemed like an even stupider idea than what had gotten them into this mess. If there was something to focus on, somewhere to direct his efforts...

Two years ago, Aziraphale had attempted to summon Crowley into this world with sundering magic. When that had failed, they had swapped bodies for a time. Not entirely the worst sort of outcome if summoning Crowley failed. Perhaps on the other side, Aziraphale might even be able to open a portal back.

Or at least Crowley would be safe.

"In light of recent events, I suppose it would be in bad form to suggest summoning a demon?" Not that he intended to take No for an answer. "Good, right, well." Time to start on those glyphs.

[phoenixwiz]

Harry has been learning a lot about Glyphics since he got to Diatu and he hopes that what he has learned for the last few months can be of any help. The young man didn’t bother to argue since he assumes that Aziraphale knows what he is doing very well, so he will just stick with it if they want to save the students stuck in Hell.

Besides, he is pretty used to breaking the school rules just to get the job done and save the day, which sounds very Slytherin of him.

“So which glyphs should we try to use first?” he asks the angel as he brings out his Glyphics notebook and begins to pour through the notes to see if there is anything the rescue team could use for the mission.

[mal_contented]

Mal had finally gotten her own form back and had been passing through - totally not looking for injured to heal, nope. Not at all - when she over heard...

"The two of you cannot possibly be that stupid," she said, flatly, coming over, arms crossed.

Then again, now that she saw which two it was, perhaps they could.

[travelpants]

Meanwhile, Lena is pretty busy at the moment and not saying a word at the moment: she is trying to sketch up a plan for the summoning thing for the angel to look at for this rescue. Granted, she hasn't been on anything that could spell danger to anyone, but it doesn't mean that she is willing to help.

Her cat familiar Marly is napping beside her: curled up into a ball and purring in bliss after the fight with possessed wizards and imps in the school. Now she doesn't have Glyphics as part of her schedule for the time being, but she is probably one of the few Sundered who has an artistic talent, so she could learn to see how glyphs work in real time.

Tree-girl sidequest

[serpentinthegarden]

About that time one of the other students who had been secretly spying on the proceedings leaned too far out on the branch of the tree they were sitting on, you see they had opinions.

"Well, I think you ought to tell the Headmaster."

There was one of those in every group, wasn't there?

"Either that or..."

There was a sickening CRACK as the branch gave way and sent the student tumbling head over heels to the ground. Her scream was legendary... but the drop wasn't all that far really. It's up to you if you decide to catch her with your magic or let her land on the by gravity's good graces.

Re: Tree-girl sidequest

[mal_contented]

Mal swore under her breath as she saw the girl falling. Though by any non-Auradon/non-Isle standards "Dalmatians" wasn't really a swear word.

Blame Carlos.

But instinct took over and she didn't have time for her spell book. She pulled her wand and cast the first spell she could think of.

"Stop her fall
Stop it fast
Catch her now
set her down gently at last!

Ugh, not her best work.

Her eyes glowed green and green trailed from both her wand and her lead fingertip as her spell reached to slow the girl's fall.

Which of course left Mal mad at herself again. How was she supposed to get a bad girl rep if she kept saving people? UGH.

[serpentinthegarden]

The spell might have been a touch rough but it did the trick. The young magical student floated peacefully to the ground with not even a hair out of place. Still she stood and straightened her robes before speaking.

"Thank you. As I was about to say... you could always use one of the old airships. That and some kind of transport spell might be enough to get your friends back from wherever they went. We could probably find one in the library, unless you have already learned one?"

[mal_contented]

"Don't thank me," she growled. "These boots are new leather," she lied, tossing her hair back. "I didn't want to get blood on them till I broke them in."

"And... what friends? All I know is we were under attack, then I find these idiots talking about demon summoning. Someone had better tell me what is going on, and soon!"

[phoenixwiz]

Uh oh, the girl is now dangling for her life with the branch possibly breaking at any moment. Even if he wants to tell her otherwise about the rescue plan, Harry pushes any objections aside to save the girl. There is no way he’s going to let her fall down and get hurt as the result.

Utilizing his kinetic magic, he immediately teleports the girl from her free fall and onto the ground with her feet planted firmly on the ground. Percy then turns his head a bit in curiosity and lets out a small hoot as he checks on her to see if she’ll be alright.

[serpentinthegarden]

"Whew," The girl took a moment to straighten her skirts and fix the sleeve of her robe, "Thank you, that might have been a nasty fall."

She took a deep breath and looked around as if some one might be listening.

"I couldn't help but overhear your rescue plans, mostly because I was eavesdropping... Do you really think that would work?"

[phoenixwiz]

“Hey, um. I got to be honest with you, but I really don’t know: we haven’t even started the rescue just yet,” Harry tries to get her side of the story, “On the other hand… If you have problems with the plans, then you might want to tell the man who come up with them in the first place.”

To be fair, Harry did have some second thoughts about trying to summon back the other students from being stuck in Hell. He is worried that they might bring back the imps by accident if they take one misstep. Maybe the girl could have some ideas that they could use.

If he had stayed the way he was back home years ago, he would’ve be recklessly jumping in first without thinking twice, but with what he went through in Avalon, he had become very cautious and sometimes doubtful of things at times. It doesn’t hurt to get other people’s opinions before they can go through with the rescue right away.