Octagon - Another Purpose - Game Thread.

The man's gaze moved from T'Jekyll to Mandoric, and then to Zinobia.
He smiled coldly, and nodded to the party, and then said something quietly to the old woman, who's eyes were tied to OOLIN.

He said:
"By Daar's design, we are obliged to grant you Settler tokens, guidance and passage to the point you are qualified for.

Concerning Settler tokens and The Rule of Resettlement ..."

He nodded to the old woman and she gave him something.

He exclaimed the verse, his voice was mesmerizing, and everyone felt like this voice, with combination of the tone and tempo, and ambience of surroundings reached deeper places of their emotional selves and their "souls":

"As the eyes are path to one's soul,
Through them one's Mark will emerge,
Tie one's fate to only purpose,
And to It one will be loyal"

Now the man had stack of dark gray stone plates in his hand, triangle stone pieces with size of a human's hand. He put the stack on his right hand, and the stones started to move. Six perfectly gray stone triangles raised from his hand to the air and started to levitate few inches above his hand, moving by circle trajectory. With each second the speed of the stone's movement increased, and few moments after they dissolved in the air, leaving six white light balls in their place.


Sorry, made it with mouse, not profesionnal illustrator.

Suddenly those six "energy-light" balls started to move towards the party and in fraction of the moment entered into each one's eyes - first OOLIN's, then Nyom's, then Ronna's, Mandoric's, T'Jekyll's and then Zinobia's. It felt like fast blinding flash. And nothing more. Everything else was usual. No change. No pain. Nothing. It simply happened, and did not left any noticeable change, feelings or knowledge.

While the party was caught and mesmerized by what he just performed he made two wide movements with his hands. He was calling for someone to come from the fog. Second after, from the thick fog behind of the meeting group emerged four men, who were levitating on big triangle boards. They were approx. ten meters above the ground - two from left and two from right. They had quite big cannon-like things in their hands, and they were aiming their cannon things directly on our shocked and confused party. They stopped at right and left sides of the party, in the air, and now were levitating and aiming their cannons, ready to use them, if need will arise.

The man exlaimed:
"As Daar's Design we must provide you the passage and the guidance you qualify for.

As, according to what we see, feel and understand, following Daar Se's Dogma by which The White lives, we can not accept you to The White.
So only option you qualify for is to be introduced to the Doorkeeper, who, following The Rule of Resettlement, may hear your pledge or your puprose call, may answer question, and will open The Door's passage to the White's Edge.

For your safety and for safety of your belongings we advise to keep yourself moving and following our guidance, or certain exceptions granted to you by The Rule of Resettlement will be nullified.

Please follow us."

Two soldiers with triangle-shield lances made Far Step movement and relocated themselves 20m behind the party, on the trail.
Four soldiers with cannons are levitating at sides in the air, aiming towards the party.
The meeting group turned and started to move deeper into the fog, while some white soldiers moved to its back and white, wing-like shields emerged from their backs, probably covering those gray-hooded children and women from any attacks which may came from our party's dirrection.
Some of white soldiers from the meeting group kept their former positions and are standing still, probably waiting for party's movement.

M1T1 Everyone's turn required. New round.
If party wont resist the only option is accept man's offer and to start to move.
T'Jekyll loses 1 Might point from his Might pool due being not practiced with wearing armour he wears (already updated).

Convoy ignored T'Jekyll's question and it left unanswered.
Party moved, and all the convoy moved as well.

Everyone moved keeping complete silence, walking by central trail.
Soon party noticed alot of side trails branching to right and left. They started to see people - all other people in area were wearing the white troop armor, or were women wearing gray hoods and walking bare feet. Very few looked towards the party, and majority intentinally ignored the newcomers, going with their eyes after the guard procession and the leader instead.

The landcape had noticeable feature - there were no signs of any building, depsite that alot of people have been around. Everyone kept silence, walked, watched leader and his convoy progression, and very few, mainly white-clad soldiers watched the party advance.

Everything around was covered by unnaturally thick fog. Soon party saw children running - girls, wearing same gray robes. Their hoods were un-tied, and the girls were completely naked under their hoods.
Then they saw more females washing something in the fog, on edge of visibility, at left side. Hooded silhouettes holded something and washed it using tubes. They dirrected the water coming from the tubes on object they washed, but it was unclear from where the water comes and what they are trying to wash.

Mandoric result > few notes
Then the main trail came to kind of crossroad with three different directions coming from it - all the procession took the middle one - and continued to walk with silence, and the guards continued to follow the party on their boards, aiming the cannons towards them.

The party heard sound of screaming woman. It was.... as she were giving birth. Somewhere some woman was giving birth - and as confirmation soon everyone heard childs cry. It was from right dirrection, but the origin of the sounds was completely covered by thick fog.

Seemingly all the area served as living area as well, but, as it did not had any building, all living areas privacy was provided by fog which served as natural wall, and natural landscape, it's swamps were only furniture of those "living areas".

They advanced further as they heard another female sounds - females were moaning. It was very loud moans coming from same direction. Seemingly, those women were pleasured or had intercourse somewhere on party's right side, behind the curtain of the thick fog, and were deliberately making loud moans. Those sounds followed party for some time and then dissolved in the fog behind them.


SOUNDTRACK : MUSIC HERE

They continued to walk, and it became darker. The evening was coming, and twilight was descending on the landscape - and not so abundant natural day light was slowly dissolving as they advanced. Soon they heard the female chorus, their song was full of melancholy and was haunting. It was shamanic, ritual, mesmerizing. It came from all dirrections, but the women in front of them kept silence.

The group in front of them turned right, and as they advanced, in front of them our party members saw big triangle platform emerging from the fog. On distant, sharper angle was not big pyramid-like pavillion, with octagon-shaped conical roof.

Near it was strange figure. It was incredibly tall man - around 2.5 meters tall - and he was levitating in the air half meter from ground's surface. He worn long robe, which changed it's colors slowly - from white to dark gray - different shades of gray. He had no hair, and very calm gaze, which was dirrected on approaching party.

Levitating convoy surrounded the party, while others moved aside, allowing to the party to pass and to approach levitating robed man and the pavillion.

The leader of whites said: "Please. You can talk to Doorkeeper and to use The Door, as Daar's Testament."

As party made few steps towards the man, he opened his mouth and very low tone voice emerged:
"Please come. I am The Doorkeeper bound to this place to serve to Daar's Design and The Octagon as it is. You are at Tonus Gatehold, at entrance to The White - Domain of Loyal to Daar Se Dogmats and Daar In Serenitas, they rule this place, and you are bound to fulfill their rules as well as Daar Testament prescriptions.
As Daar Testament states, you may have or may have not questions, and may have or may have not chosen puprose.
As The White marked you as "Unfit" you have only one way opened to you - passage to the edge of their domain, to The White's Edge.
Please note that you bear exceptions to any local rules of any entity of The Octagon, and you are new-bound Settlers, and your basic Settler rights enforced by Design of Daar Na and The Octagon as Daars Design. But please note that your Ressetlement Rule exceptions are temporary and will expire after certain amount of time passes. After that your tokens, provided to you by Dogmats, as stated in the Rule, will be nullified.
According to The Rule, you are marked as one Resettlement, and you need majority of your Resettlement to pledge for Dwelling and to pledge for Joining to any certain entity, as each one sees his or her purpose, additionally to requirement to be accepted by the entity itself.
The Rule assume you will need guidance, and I can provide answer of one sentence for each one's pledge. The Rule prohibit extensive guidance as it may hurt the purpose, which Settlers choose for themselves.
Please - pledge for guidance, and if you already pledged and recieved it, or if You do not require it - please enter the Door."

He calmly pointed towards the pavillion.

New round. M1T2 - Up to two repliques/posts by character. Everyones input needed. The Doorkeeper waiting for question or for party members entering the pavillion.

Hey guys, Fallout 4 or other things, we are 3rd day in turn, and i still missing 4/5 posts, if you can and log in (and you are) please lets not freeze the game's advance. I promise it will be intensive, rich, mysterious, complex and fun. Lets advance :)
T'Jekyll, Nyom, Ronna and OOLIN actions missing to advance

Ok, as Jabes suggested The Doorkeeper will provide some more answers before others wil ask questions, Ones who did not used their question may try to re-ask.

The Doorkeeper turned towards Mandoric, and his very low tone voice emerged:
"The Octagon is not the world, from where You come, trader, and You should simply follow your puprose's calling, to find yourself within It, as your soul does not belong to The White.".

He ignored angry repliques of OOLIN and Ronna and answered to T'Jekyll:
"You should follow your inner calling, and lead people there, because your answers are lying beyond The White's Edge."

Then he said to others: "Any more questions? If you are done, please step into the Door, don't try to test Dogmat's hospitality." and he waved with his hand towards levitatting gunners.

Waiting Nyom question, Ronna and OOLIN can try to re-ask, Mandoric and T'Jekyll are "invited" to enter the Door.