05-18-2025, 12:12 AM
Land of Secret Flames: 8
- finally, new background (i am getting jaded, woo, lookit me go! i get excited at NEW backgrounds now, instead of just going wow! backgrounds! at all)
- i need somebody to love me like Maxwell loves his Gabriella. i could do with jewelry that is a memory of our first meeting and a whole ass island to wear like a bracelet charm
- uh oh, blue hole water is faintly glowing, reflecting also like a gemstone.
- i predict... we're going swimming in this chapter. i don't recall if i packed scuba gear.
- poetic? the blue hole is the sea's heart. reaaally now. as far as i'm concerned, i'm standing next to the sea's heart and he's in a devastating tux.
- oh god, they're really in love. slay me now.
- oh, more flirting with truth under the cover of lies and plausible deniability. i'm supposed to be moved by the love story so i have an excuse to talk to Gabriella and incidentally get closer to her adornments because ".. with such a complex background (Rafe rolling with the story of him being an illegitimate bastard child) its pretty clear that OUR love story is filled with obstacles," which... yeah. i probably don't even know half of them since i'm clean and innocent in this timeline so far. SO FAR YES WE CAN HEAR YOU SYLUS
- love, we're not even the same species. at least Max and Gab have that much going for them.
- oookay. we check out Gabs and her anniversary gift and... no energy fluctuations? like, at ALL? then what the hell did i feel while we were down on the pier when we arrived??
- shit, was it to do with proximity to the blue hole in the water, and nothing to do with what we were sent to investigate? or WAS there a proto/aether core in the gems to start with, but now its been removed to somewhere else? quick, girl, Resonate your heart out! you can find it like a twitchy bloodhound if you only try.
- aw, he's disappointed that i'm getting over the disappointment at the lack of solid conclusion and arrest warrant so fast. its okay, beloved, you can put your head on my shoulder some more just because if you like.
- yes, explain the comfort plan! please say it involved skinny dipping. lovely shore, the crashing of waves, cool water to soothe my sore heart...
- aww, sparklers! i love those. and he lights them with his fingertips. you are the best boyfriend ever.
- (so many screenshots of this guy smirking)
- what do you mean, shhh?
- oh, hiding time! EVER guys wandering our way?
- yup, i know those slimy voices. they're going to create chaos and then pilfer a collection room looking for the unnamed.
- well, it can't be the aether core, assuming one even existed at all. they want something on or in the island itself. has to be Lemurian... something that can't leave? ruins? a plinth with a sword stuck through it? big mosaic on the wall thats too big to transport, spelling out the location of the Fountain of Youth?
- we're gonna leap out from behind this rock and confront them? uh.. okay! i do better with guns, honestly. subterfuge is not my strong suit.
- that is SUCH a handy evol!
- METAFLUX SURGE! out of nowhere i might add. do these guys have like a panic button in their lapels or something?
- "Do you like treasure hunts?" boy, do i! is now really the time though?
- "recalling the rumors he mentioned about treasures in the blue hole, unease washes through me." finally! scuba time! c'mon girlfriend, lets gooooo. the worry and anxiety will wash right off.
- he.. picks me up and rushes to the water? wow. there's a visual! please do not take off like a bird in flight Rafayel, i can't fly!
- why did the monster in the blue hole suddenly decide now was a good time to bust out? i mean, i was kind of kidding but do EVER agents have a way to just re-phase reality at whim, calling forth Wanderers?
- either that, or Rafayel just called his water dog for some fun.
- (oh, this is terrible, level 15 cards and a healing wand for a weapon. pshaw. i can do this! i have so much faith in us)
- (naturally, easy 3 stars. i am so much better at combat and dodging than i was at the start)
