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 =====Trailing Memories===== =====Trailing Memories=====
  
-//This event runs from **December 1st, 2024 to January 5th, 2025 at [[https://www.utctime.net/|11:59 PM UTC]]**.//+//This event ran from **December 1st, 2024 to January 5th, 2025 at [[https://www.utctime.net/|11:59 PM UTC]]**.//
  
 At the end of every year, the New Sunrise unfurls: A vibrant and jubilant event that wraps us in the warmth of shared memories and the promise of a new year. It's a time of laughter, gifts, and tales, of feasts under the open sky, and of sending our hopes for the coming year to the stars. At the end of every year, the New Sunrise unfurls: A vibrant and jubilant event that wraps us in the warmth of shared memories and the promise of a new year. It's a time of laughter, gifts, and tales, of feasts under the open sky, and of sending our hopes for the coming year to the stars.
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 \\ Week 3: Defense (DEF) \\ Week 3: Defense (DEF)
 \\ Week 4: Strength (STR) \\ Week 4: Strength (STR)
-\\ Week 5: ???+\\ Week 5: Charisma (CHA)
  
 All rolls will be done with a 1d50. All rolls will be done with a 1d50.
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 ====WEEK 4 COMMENT==== ====WEEK 4 COMMENT====
 **[[https://toyhou.se/~comments/40965743| WEEK 4 TURN-IN]]** **[[https://toyhou.se/~comments/40965743| WEEK 4 TURN-IN]]**
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 +{{ tm-mother_swarning-pd.png |Mother's Warning Divider}}
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 +As the last [[Stellaborn]] completes their offering, the door gives a final, satisfied, //click//, the center parting forward with a //whoosh// of dust and rock. As it slowly creaks open, it reveals a dark room with nothing but a gigantic stone oak in the middle of it, illuminated solely by a magical white ball of light above it.
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 +Beside the soft pitter patter of the group's steps entering the room, only silence welcomes them in. No one says a word as they approach the centerpiece; everyone's attention turns to the white ball of light. As someone begins to question the reward of this quest, the ball erupts, revealing a powerful entity that shapes the fate of the [[Stellaborn]].
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 +Bright, white light illuminates the entire room to the point that everyone needs to shield their eyes as a brisk cold sweeps over the room with it. As the light fades and the sudden temperature change settles, it becomes apparent that you are no longer alone.
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 +Where the simple ball of light once was now stands an owl that is easily 100 feet tall, even without the perch it stands on. Her wings, slightly splayed to display their grandeur, seem to be giant windows into the galaxy, with stars and astral material moving through it as if they were the sky themselves. Her golden face and beaming white gaze are trained on [[Hypselle Aster|Hypselle]], who has fallen to a kneel in front of the majestic being.
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 +"Mother [[Emasis]], it is an honor to see you here." [[The First]] whispers, her tears falling to the ground alongside the sound of the group bowing to the Goddess, the Mother of Creation, [[Emasis]]. "Are you what [[Wiley Marius|Wiley]] sent us to find?"
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 +A voice, both young and old, short yet lasting an eternity, replies, "It has been far too long, my darling starlight. Yet it is a first for all of you." Mother [[Emasis]] turns her attention to the rest of the group before returning it to her [[The First|First]] daughter. "It is, for I was the one who sent [[Zenta]] to warn him of what [[Odum]] would bring with his Artificial creations. And I am afraid I am to warn of it again."{{ emasis.png?500|Emasis}}
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 +Sharp gasps break out in the silence the ethereal Goddess leaves.
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 +"Although we have created so many creatures and beings across galaxies and millennia, the [[Astrali]] has been one of our greatest. The clusters of your individuality and the combined work of my sisters and I have created something far beyond what we'd ever thought possible—even beyond you." Mother [[Emasis]]'s all-encompassing voice fills the room, along with the starlight from her wings. "However, our first trial runs before you, starlight, were more fruitful than we thought. And that leaves a potential danger in your future."
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 +"Your first trial runs?" [[Vanora Malagath|Vanora]] speaks up, her voice surprisingly strong in the face of something so impossible as one of the Goddesses. 
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 +The bright eyes of the goddess close for a mere moment as she responds, "We had to perfect our build of star clusters and astral material before we started building you, and with what unused star clusters we had, we sent them here, to [[Stellagos]]. We had intended them to be a resource for you down the line. However, your ancestor found that they had not stayed in the ground as we believed they would."
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 +There's the sound of large, ruffling feathers as [[Emasis]] returns her wings to her sides, breaking the sight of the galaxy from those watching. "I cannot divulge much more than that. Watch for those in the ethereal, my children, as they are watching you."
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 +"Mother, what does that mean? You must give us more than that!" [[Hypselle Aster|Hypselle]] cries, the tears that had once been barely a trickle now turned into streams. "How can I protect them if you do not give me more?"
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 +"Your star brother asked the same thing, starlight. However, we cannot interfere with that of our creations so as not to upset the balance of the cosmos. This meeting alone is tipping the scales." A tip of her wing reaches out to [[The First]] Clovun, its size easily the length of several, though as gentle as a caress. "Before I leave, [[Wiley Marius|Wiley]] asked me to bid you one final farewell: //Do not fret, my sister. Although my stars may not be with you physically, remember that they are always above you. They keep me connected to you, even if I’m millions of miles away.//"
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 +Before [[Hypselle Aster|Hypselle]] is given a chance to respond, the blinding light returns to take [[The First]] along with it, leaving the room with only [[Emasis]] and the group that had taken the journey this far. "Do not fret, children, for starlight has been returned to the surface to visit the remains of her star brother. She is safe, and so are you." A soft laughter, much like an owl's call, echoes in the room before it silences once more. "I shall give each of you one question to ask, which I must answer. Whether my answer is lie or truth will be up to you to decide, but remember that I cannot shift the balance of the cosmos with whatever I reveal."
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 +Ask Mother [[Emasis]] one burning question you may have, but be warned that she may answer with silence or a lie if it endangers the cosmic balance.
 +
 +**Week 5 Rules:**
 +The [[character-attributes|Attribute]] bonus of this prompt is **Charisma (CHA)**.
 +\\ - A colored headshot or bust of your [[Stellaborn]] is required.
 +\\ - A written question must be accompanied with the headshot for [[Emasis]] to answer.
 +
 +^   Week 5 Completion Rewards   ^
 +|   {{pin004-motheremasis.png|Mother Emasis Pin}} \\ **[[Mother Emasis Pin]]**   |
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 +====WEEK 5 COMMENT====
 +**[[https://toyhou.se/~comments/41162846|WEEK 5 TURN-IN]]**
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