AL to FAL -- 5 AL to FAL -- 5 AL to FAL -- 5 + jokingly threatening to murder sylar and dump his ashes in jersey + and that is the worst threat either of them can think of which is, i've learned, very legit to new yorkers. jersey is trash. FAL -- 30 + spilling some of her daddy issues on sydney + but trying to help her figure out sark? operative word trying. + and then of course when it seems like sydney doesn't want her help, she flounces like human garbage. ATLANTIS MISSION -- 30 + [ every millimeter feels like progress. ] + haha broken laughter, little did she know how wrong she would be. she started out so happy and eager. + amara is her exit buddy + will save to be unaffected by the hypnotic pattern booby trap and a hella arcane lore check to figure it out. + tentacle phobia activate! aboleths are awful! + casting haste to give everyone an extra action + but then failing her fort save, twice, and dropping to 0 hp, conscious but disabled and drowning on air, that's fucking fabulous. + and then suddenly she can breathe water, thanks amara. but she's still at 0 hp so she's useless. + brushing off david's concern because she's fine, god, when she is very much not. + dropping some poseidon/atlantis deets from her obsessive research. figuring that the records are in the temple because it's the seat of the government. + finally asking if anyone has potions and taking david's that he saved all the way from russia. meant to be. russian potion saving the russian girl. + trying to stop david from being mind controlled, but she's not strong enough :( SHE TRIED + continued hella reflex saves. cat like reflexes is not a joke y'all. + casting dispel magic :D she's such a good. also a nat 20 on something that can't be nat 20'd is the actual worst tbh. + casting whelming blast, but it's beat by the will save. foiled. + putting mage armor on emma because she can't keep out of trouble tbh + well of useless knowledge about what kind of animals circe turned men into. THE MORE U KNOW + useless detect secret doors, which is lila's theme on this mission lmao. she's trying ok. that's what counts. + [ well, she deeply regrets not touching the thing. that is what her expression reads. damn i should have touched the thing. that is way better than benefit high beam, do you think it's easy looking this glowing and fresh faced with no sleep?
#teenagers. ] + being unable to keep her temper in check with poseidon because she has love curse trauma. :D + literally yelling "fuck, poseidon". + which gets her shackled in magic chains to the alter to live forever in the ocean and probably drown. + mercifully not turning into a pool of trauma and opting to remain pissed off so she can at least momentarily function. + subsequently getting emma turned into a kelpie. (which, fyi, is one of my fave celtic creatures, you're the best.) + [ lila seems too stricken to move for a moment as zatanna and david espouse the logic of it. the shackles that held her to the alter are gone, but guilt holds her there instead.
she'd only wanted to help amara, selfishly, so that every time she saw her she could stop being bombarded by the shame of remembering what she had done when she was cursed by shandra. she would think she was better and then there would be amara and lila could just feel it swell up inside her from this tangible reminder of greg and cassel.
they're no closer to saving amara and now she's ruined emma's life, too as amara starts to move though, she follows like attached by a tether, shamed gaze averting from emma. she has hook for comfort and if lila tried she would only make it worse. everything she touches turns to nightmares, she should have known better. ] + that whole pathetic tag tbh. + neurotically rubbing her wrists on the boat until the feeling of having chains around them goes away. and then pressing her nails so hard into her palms that she draws blood. a+ coping mechanisms. + ATLANTIS MISSION COMPLETED
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AL to FAL -- 5
AL to FAL -- 5
+ jokingly threatening to murder sylar and dump his ashes in jersey
+ and that is the worst threat either of them can think of which is, i've learned, very legit to new yorkers. jersey is trash.
FAL -- 30
+ spilling some of her daddy issues on sydney
+ but trying to help her figure out sark? operative word trying.
+ and then of course when it seems like sydney doesn't want her help, she flounces like human garbage.
ATLANTIS MISSION -- 30
+ [ every millimeter feels like progress. ]
+ haha broken laughter, little did she know how wrong she would be. she started out so happy and eager.
+ amara is her exit buddy
+ will save to be unaffected by the hypnotic pattern booby trap and a hella arcane lore check to figure it out.
+ tentacle phobia activate! aboleths are awful!
+ casting haste to give everyone an extra action
+ but then failing her fort save, twice, and dropping to 0 hp, conscious but disabled and drowning on air, that's fucking fabulous.
+ and then suddenly she can breathe water, thanks amara. but she's still at 0 hp so she's useless.
+ brushing off david's concern because she's fine, god, when she is very much not.
+ dropping some poseidon/atlantis deets from her obsessive research. figuring that the records are in the temple because it's the seat of the government.
+ finally asking if anyone has potions and taking david's that he saved all the way from russia. meant to be. russian potion saving the russian girl.
+ trying to stop david from being mind controlled, but she's not strong enough :( SHE TRIED
+ continued hella reflex saves. cat like reflexes is not a joke y'all.
+ casting dispel magic :D she's such a good. also a nat 20 on something that can't be nat 20'd is the actual worst tbh.
+ casting whelming blast, but it's beat by the will save. foiled.
+ putting mage armor on emma because she can't keep out of trouble tbh
+ well of useless knowledge about what kind of animals circe turned men into. THE MORE U KNOW
+ useless detect secret doors, which is lila's theme on this mission lmao. she's trying ok. that's what counts.
+ [ well, she deeply regrets not touching the thing. that is what her expression reads. damn i should have touched the thing. that is way better than benefit high beam, do you think it's easy looking this glowing and fresh faced with no sleep?
#teenagers. ]
+ being unable to keep her temper in check with poseidon because she has love curse trauma. :D
+ literally yelling "fuck, poseidon".
+ which gets her shackled in magic chains to the alter to live forever in the ocean and probably drown.
+ mercifully not turning into a pool of trauma and opting to remain pissed off so she can at least momentarily function.
+ subsequently getting emma turned into a kelpie. (which, fyi, is one of my fave celtic creatures, you're the best.)
+ [ lila seems too stricken to move for a moment as zatanna and david espouse the logic of it. the shackles that held her to the alter are gone, but guilt holds her there instead.
she'd only wanted to help amara, selfishly, so that every time she saw her she could stop being bombarded by the shame of remembering what she had done when she was cursed by shandra. she would think she was better and then there would be amara and lila could just feel it swell up inside her from this tangible reminder of greg and cassel.
they're no closer to saving amara and now she's ruined emma's life, too as amara starts to move though, she follows like attached by a tether, shamed gaze averting from emma. she has hook for comfort and if lila tried she would only make it worse. everything she touches turns to nightmares, she should have known better. ]
+ that whole pathetic tag tbh.
+ neurotically rubbing her wrists on the boat until the feeling of having chains around them goes away. and then pressing her nails so hard into her palms that she draws blood. a+ coping mechanisms.
+ ATLANTIS MISSION COMPLETED
TOTAL POINTS 75