Not An Event...Exactly

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As the day draws to a close on Day 257, the lightning in the sky gets erratic and more frequent than usual. The thunder strikes and rolls in long and short bursts. The astute (or bored) individual might pick up on a strange pattern that repeats itself five times:

A short strike, two long rolls, six short strikes, one long roll, and two more short strikes.

After that, the sky falls back into silence for awhile.

What caused it? Is the Wyld angry again? Was it a warning? Have your fellow candidates been up to something?

Good questions!

Which I'm not answering now.

Player Plot: Anakin's Explosive Adventure

[alphaophiuchi]

As of day 261, the odd team of Draco Malfoy, Anakin Skywalker, and Boyd Crowder will have created something of an explosive device with the intention of flinging it up into the sky and detonating it in hopes of 'making some noise' and breaking through the barrier between the Wyld and Niflheim at least temporarily. After all, wasn't that part of the reason they couldn't use the earpieces to get word out that they were stuck?

Maybe. Maybe not.

At any rate, the Wyld is already known to not take terribly well to things, especially when they might be perceived as a threat. Surely everyone remembers the storm in response to the magic use! This is much of the same, more of the Wyld responding to a threat before it gets out of hand. And while the use of too much magic might not be an immediate threat, a explosive device definitely is.

That's why, not moments after the explosion goes off, a rather large swarm of bees will come down from the direction of the rainforest, and drop down on whatever candidates they may find. They don't distinguish between those who participated and those who didn't, but there is one silver lining to it: they only affect those outside in the Meadow at the time of the explosion, mid-day on day 261. Anyone who gets stung by these bees will fall asleep immediately, right where they are, and dream of home. People can also get caught in dreams together, and as in most dreams, nothing will seem amiss - you don't usually notice weird things in dreams until you wake up, after all. Why should you notice that your friend is home with you? That's perfectly normal!

It'll be up to your fellow PCs to analyse the bees, which will drop dead after stinging someone, and maybe find a cure to wake people up again. Should anyone take a look at them, they'll find a particularly interesting neurotoxin causing the sudden sleepiness. There's a good chance that an antidote can be made from what's available in the Wyld, but they will wake up sooner or later. Just give it a day or so.

This is a player-run plot, running with mod team permission.

( FAQs under the cut )

If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask! Also, please use this post as a plotting post!