descent

[cancrymods]

growing heavy for the vintage

Like flakes of snow, the days spent in the Sloth Layer slowly but surely begin piling up. Life here is quiet and easy, even with the anxiety that comes with needing to move onto the next layer. But as the days drag out, so do the mysteries at play here – with the gradual uncovering of the odd doppelgangers and the seeming lack of any way to proceed to the next layer, it leaves the Executors at a loss for what to do. Until one day, everything changes. It comes entirely without warning – the ground lurches under everyone's feet in a sickeningly familiar way as a brief but violent earthquake rattles through the town. Then all of you feel it; a snapping sensation deep from the very foundations of Purgatory followed by the most cataclysmic impact any of you have experienced in your lives – or unlives. Snow explodes up from the ground, houses creak and lurch and the whole layer seems as though it might shatter apart under your feet. It seems like it's going to last forever. Then, finally, it stops. The silence that follows is even more pronounced in comparison to the hell-rattling noise from before, but as some semblance of calm starts to return, you realize several things. First is how eerily quiet the town is. Surely after all that, you'd hear a Specter or two... but there's nothing. Secondly – a splash of something wet strikes your cheek. Then again. Until it becomes clear that the weather has taken a sudden drastic turn and in place of the gentle snowfall from before, the heavens have opened with a torrential rainfall. Why? Possibly because of the steadily growing heat you suddenly feel burning up through the foundation of the layer and radiating out through the town. Will you investigate?

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[daughterofthemark]

Get her, Dame Galea!

[Attack Order. But the situation that makes that an obvious step to take also suggests that maybe Veil doesn't actually want to be riding Galea right now and in fact maybe everyone should very specifically not be doing that.

So.

Veil's fellow Executors may have noted that she has a certain tendency to act on impulse. If something seems very clearly like the right thing to do, she'll just do it, especially if it's time-sensitive. Frequently, upon closer examination, one can find a clear line of reasoning that led her to her decision even if she didn't spend much time on it, but that does little to overturn the initial impression that she just did the first stupid thing that popped into her head.

So rest assured, Veil is probably trying to trick the hostile dragon into accidentally biting herself, or get in some blows with her nice blunt staff that doesn't need to pierce through armored scales, or something. There's definitely some reason she's jumping onto Samael's back.]

[ourtomorrow]

VEIL-SAN!

[ Everything is happening so fast! What can he do? What can he do?!

He can think, maybe, for those who aren't.....

And he can spot Veil, in case this ends badly! ]