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abraxaslogs2021-12-09 08:07 pm
photophobic) wrote in abraxaslogs2021-12-09 08:07 pm
Study Sessions Mingle Thingy!
WHO: Castle Thorne residents, old and new!
WHAT: A mingle log set in the study room Kylo set up for awakening connections to the Singularity through group meditation. When not in use for group meditation sessions, the room is kind of Kylo's... office? where he works on his own projects, but he's made it available for any of the Summoned to use.
WHEN: wibbly-wobbly ongoing! Sessions occur periodically and are open to all.
WHERE: Castle Thorne
WARNINGS: None at present! If something comes up in your thread, please warn in the subject lines and/or let me know so I can add them here.
(This is something of a mingle log, so feel free to use this space for anything you like. I'll be putting up top-levels for interacting with Kylo specifically, please feel free to do the same if your character would be willing to help others get to the Horizon for the first time or would otherwise have use for a relatively private environment in Castle Thorne!)
Accomplishing anything at all here in Abraxas will require better understanding of the Singularity— and if Kylo and the other Summoned brought in during the first wave of Ambrose's project to touch it by proxy have learned anything, it's that the answers to their questions are much more likely to be found beyond the border of the Horizon than in Thorne's library. There's only so much to discover by studying the effects of the Singularity on this world, or even the countless others it touches. Perhaps it's better to go direct to the source.
For this purpose, Kylo has secured one of the castle's many rooms for use by the Summoned— a space where they can gather and explore their shared connection to the Horizon in relative safety, avoiding the potentially hazardous trek to the physical artifact at the very heart of the world. During sessions and at personal request, the room is open to anyone who would like to visit the Horizon. Outside of them, the room is reserved for Kylo's personal efforts to study the Singularity. Sometimes, the work goes on behind closed doors. A group of Thornean mages — Kylo's recently formed task force — gather here on occasion, but are notably absent unless specifically requested.
Beyond the common architectural notes of high ceilings, intricate stonework and rich (if somewhat faded) tapestries, the main feature of the room is the collection of sumptuous cushions spread across the floor. Drapes cover the tall windows, while the soft illumination of magical lamplight lends the space a still, restful air. Alongside one wall is a table laden with pitchers of water and tall glasses, bowls of fruit and similar light refreshments, while a large bookshelf displaying a growing collection of bizarre magical artifacts and pair of long couches with a low table between them have been set up along the other.
Meditation is the key to entering the Horizon, and that's far more easily achieved when everyone's comfortable.
WHAT: A mingle log set in the study room Kylo set up for awakening connections to the Singularity through group meditation. When not in use for group meditation sessions, the room is kind of Kylo's... office? where he works on his own projects, but he's made it available for any of the Summoned to use.
WHEN: wibbly-wobbly ongoing! Sessions occur periodically and are open to all.
WHERE: Castle Thorne
WARNINGS: None at present! If something comes up in your thread, please warn in the subject lines and/or let me know so I can add them here.
(This is something of a mingle log, so feel free to use this space for anything you like. I'll be putting up top-levels for interacting with Kylo specifically, please feel free to do the same if your character would be willing to help others get to the Horizon for the first time or would otherwise have use for a relatively private environment in Castle Thorne!)
Accomplishing anything at all here in Abraxas will require better understanding of the Singularity— and if Kylo and the other Summoned brought in during the first wave of Ambrose's project to touch it by proxy have learned anything, it's that the answers to their questions are much more likely to be found beyond the border of the Horizon than in Thorne's library. There's only so much to discover by studying the effects of the Singularity on this world, or even the countless others it touches. Perhaps it's better to go direct to the source.
For this purpose, Kylo has secured one of the castle's many rooms for use by the Summoned— a space where they can gather and explore their shared connection to the Horizon in relative safety, avoiding the potentially hazardous trek to the physical artifact at the very heart of the world. During sessions and at personal request, the room is open to anyone who would like to visit the Horizon. Outside of them, the room is reserved for Kylo's personal efforts to study the Singularity. Sometimes, the work goes on behind closed doors. A group of Thornean mages — Kylo's recently formed task force — gather here on occasion, but are notably absent unless specifically requested.
Beyond the common architectural notes of high ceilings, intricate stonework and rich (if somewhat faded) tapestries, the main feature of the room is the collection of sumptuous cushions spread across the floor. Drapes cover the tall windows, while the soft illumination of magical lamplight lends the space a still, restful air. Alongside one wall is a table laden with pitchers of water and tall glasses, bowls of fruit and similar light refreshments, while a large bookshelf displaying a growing collection of bizarre magical artifacts and pair of long couches with a low table between them have been set up along the other.
Meditation is the key to entering the Horizon, and that's far more easily achieved when everyone's comfortable.
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But being here has left him feeling-- unstable. Unmoored. What is the point of it all? What is he supposed to do when he is all alone?
So Rhy sits with Kylo at the invitation, if it can be called that, mostly because he feels he should. He is still searching for... something. There has to be a way to reach Kell.
If he can't do it in this flesh and blood place, maybe he can find a way in there.
"I'm told this is a place only those from other worlds can access. Tell me how it works."
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Kylo watches Rhy with a particularly steady gaze, curious about something himself— but for now, he's the one being asked a question.
"The Horizon is only for us, it's true," Kylo tells him. "There is a physical, tangible object in this world, the Singularity, that surrounds itself with another... layer of existence. The Horizon. We can enter it physically, or access it through meditation on our connection to the Singularity. Yours..."
He pauses, examining Rhy closely. Whatever he sees there is clearly worthy of note, if not comment or explanation.
"All of the Summoned have a connection to the Singularity. We have to access the Horizon to activate it. I have an active connection, so I can... carry you. With me."
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"Is the Horizon a way to access its power? Can it help us reach to other worlds?"
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"We're still exploring the limits of the Horizon," Kylo offers. "It appears to be something like a dream. Reality there responds to our desires, allowing us to create anything we would like... but our creations remain inside it when we leave. If it is a way to use the Singularity here in this reality, this world? We haven't discovered the method to control it yet."
Rhy's question about other worlds is a little more telling, however. Kylo's lips pull into a twist of a smile, not entirely pleasant.
"All the Summoned were brought here from other worlds through the power of the Singularity, but none of us know exactly how it was accomplished. Ambrose is keeping that secret close to his chest. But. If he could learn the method..."
He trails off, leaving the rest unspoken. Surely, anything Ambrose was able to accomplish should be something any of the Summoned could learn, given enough time, effort and access to the same resources and materials.
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His lips twist with distaste, but Rhy says nothing. Only nods.
"Assuming it can even be reversed. But I'm getting ahead of myself. I understand what you're saying: we're all stuck here for now without a way to reach anyone who'd miss us."
And a whole lot of people are going to be missing Rhy. His parents are surely frantic. Maybe it is a good thing, after all, that Kell ran. Because Rhy has to pretend, for now, that he believes Kell is all right despite the last moments he can remember in the orchard. The pain. He'd thought, naturally, it had been Kell, but--
The mages here had told him that he is connected to their Singularity now. That it brought him here. Maybe that pain hadn't been Kell's, after all. Maybe it was whatever had dragged him out of his world, away from his brother, and into this place. Maybe Kell is free of him, at last.
A few moments pass, uncomfortably, in silence as Rhy gets lost in his thoughts. It is unlike him, but no one here knows what is really like him anyway. He needn't wear the face of the good-humored prince here.
"...you were saying? About taking me into this Horizon?"