[OOC] Feral

[Banshee298]

Hey guys. Wondered if you would have me back? Pum around anywhere?

[wild-kitsune]

Banshee298 said
Hey guys. Wondered if you would have me back? Pum around anywhere?

Pum hasn't made an appearance yet officially, but the word's been sent out and Pum's been in Feral too long to just let it end like this

[BurntBacon8r]

WK, did you happen to save that post with what Gael found in the library? The cache doesn't have a copy of it.

EDIT: Scratch that, found a copy in my email. Posted in a spoiler for everyone's benefit, since I'll probably reference it in my next post:

feral research

Compared to the tomes surrounding it, "A Study of Feralism: Unusual Cases" was easily overlooked. The leather tome barely passed the 100 page mark, and even then much of the space was dedicated to illustrations. In truth it wasn't due to the author's laziness, but rather was a testament to just how little feralism was truly understood. Each page carefully detailed cases beyond what was often observed in daeva going feral. Elemental daeva in particular were highlighted, as their turning was often far more violent, almost never leaving a body behind to examine. By comparison, the only documented daeva hybrid feral seemed little more than a madman at the time of his death, running the streets biting and scratching men, women, and children alike until finally being taken down.

Towards the end the author shifts focus, having functionally run out of documented cases to cover, and instead begins to cross the written cases with geography. In many cases the appearance of a feral elemental revealed a once-hidden tribe in the wilderness. Most documented cases seemed to occur around the larger cities and towns, particularly in the west where ferals were often captured and experimented on.

Across all the books, if one were looking carefully enough, they would notice that although cases of feralism seemed indiscriminate between males and females as well as largely by region, it was surprisingly rare in daeva of the avian variety. In addition, while the rate of change varied wildly, the most severe cases were almost always among aquatic daeva and elementals.

Although the leather bound tome suffered from a lack of information due to scarcity, the tomes brought by the librarian on the ancients seemed scarce for a different reason entirely. At a high level everything seemed there, but time and time again the books made reference to "the last account" which seemed missing from the book. Indeed, entire pages had been removed or heavily redacted, the juiciest of information most likely carefully stored away in the restricted section where it was far less likely to become damaged or destroyed.

What is covered talks of an exceedingly advanced race of people predating all three of the races, indeed before any of them even existed. Accounts speak of a beautiful people with minds as sharp as diamond. They looked not unlike a cross between seraphim and humans. In fact, it is their superficial similarities that lead primarily to the seraphim idea that they descended from that superior race. Although written histories recovered reference magic heavily, it was always within the context of some machine or golem. In fact, not a single reference of the long-dead race using magic innately could be found.

The people, originally referenced as the Virdeus, lived in great cities in the sky, as well as deep underground in massive interconnected caverns. Few ruins of these supposed beacons of advancement have ever been discovered, with conspiracy theorists claiming the entire history was invented by the seraphim as a way of claiming superiority over the other races. As for how they came to vanish from the world, the books contained nothing, not a single mention of it, although certainly anything titled "the last account" might contain further clues.

[Pumirya]

I am here, finally.

[Kassarock]

Can anyone give me more info on the research lab that Neon busted into in Aldarich?

[wild-kitsune]

Kassarock said
Can anyone give me more info on the research lab that Neon busted into in Aldarich?

Sure, it's a large underground facility running underneath a fairly wealthy and influential part of town. It's run by one of the council of the righteous (I forget who, honestly), and its purpose is to systematically attempt to find a cure for feralism through magic. Ferals as well as potentially feral daeva are captured and experimented on, and where possible bred to minimize the number of "free roaming" daeva who have to be experimented on. It's a very dispassionate, scientific endeavor, and the prevaling belief is sacrificing a few dozen or hundred daeva to find a cure is better than letting it wipe out the entire race. That being said, they don't want to be wasteful which is why they try to get as much use out of their experiments as possible.

We haven't explored the whole facility, but it contains long underground tunnels, holding rooms where magical sigils keep the daeva asleep and healed in between experiments, breeding rooms where captive davea are forced to reproduce to create a new generation of "caged" daeva to experiment on, and various chambers where they conduct their magical experiments.

[Pumirya]

Hello, hello, yes, I am here actually. :-)

[wild-kitsune]

Pumirya said
Hello, hello, yes, I am here actually. :-)

Huzzah! Let the youtube links flow!

Pum, I couldn't remember EXACTLY where we left off with Torva/Hagumi except that her mom was consoling her, so I jumped forward to later in the night for convenience. I figured you'd want Hagumi to say something on the situation before it transitions to the next day.

[Rtron]

Now what to do with Daren....Wandering the city it is!

[BurntBacon8r]

My CS's are all up on page 1! I rewrote Sel's quite a bit, although the general gist of it is still the same. Aldris received some pretty major updating too, so now bow experience is actually a thing, and he's a little less wimpy. Gael is mostly the same with an updated abilities section.

And they all have theme songs!

Linky

[Harbringer]

Alpharius is almost done too

[Rtron]

Finally. Posted.

[Pumirya]

@WK: I'll see if I have the last post saved, since it could work at a later time in the evening.

[Pumirya]

Of course, I dont'. Ah well, no worries then. :-)

[wild-kitsune]

Looks like avatars are back, although it's almost a shame to give up such high quality ponies >.>

[WitchChild]

my post will be up tomorrow or through the weekend

[Rtron]

wild-kitsune said
Looks like avatars are back, although it's almost a shame to give up such high quality ponies >.>

Almost. Derpy pony will be missed...occasionally...as soon as I get off my lazy butt and actually find an avatr.

[Pumirya]

You love the derpy pony, and you know it,

[Rtron]

Pumirya said
You love the derpy pony, and you know it,

I do. But in the way one loves a stupid dog(like courage!). So lovable...yet so derpy.

[Rtron]

My computer's monitor appears to be broken. Hopefully I'm wrong, but for now it seems that I won't be able to write for at least a little while just a heads up.