[open] spooky scary for october time

[invasif]

Who: Ilde & Open
Where: the Temple
When: Early October
Rating PG13 for spooks
What: Ilde is trying to find some method to the madness of canon powers flickering on and off. Which involves using hers when they're on: too bad she's a fear manipulator. Happy Halloween :9 OOC post for plotting if you need it!

You are likely minding your own business in walking past her rooms, she doesn't pick you because she knows you or has anything against you, certainly. She picks you because she needs a victim in her experiments, nothing more than that. There is no warning or prelude, walking in of the open door to her room seems to transport you into a nightmare. The already ancient ruins of the temple grow dark and further encroached upon by nature: riddled with lichens and slime. There is no longer any light save for the window she is sitting in front of, a lightning storm at her back.

The interior of her room now seems more like a dungeon, and she much more like a terrible witch. Her black dress, cloak, and crown all seem to be made of swirling burnt ash and there is some infernal thing glowing like fire on a chain around her neck.

She rests her cheek against the back of one hand... wondering how long she can maintain the illusion and to what degree before it flickers away from her again. It would also be a lie to say she wasn't also curious to know how much terror each visitor can tolerate. It's always useful to know who is resistant to her powers before a situation becomes dire.

Snakes writhe on the floor of her room, and she invites pleasantly, "Come in."

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hope you don't mind this ultra late tag!!

[cuedoves]

Zuko's no stranger to exploring creepy, probably haunted places -- his hunt for Aang has taken him to all corners of the world, and he's been in the dragonbone catacombs. He's also no stranger to being on edge -- which is exactly what this situation puts him in. He's immediately alert, squinting against the darkness with his fists drawn out --- his firebending is back, and he's ready to use it.

But there's someone there. And Zuko's not exactly sociable on the best of days --- let alone when weird things are going down.

"Who are you?"

He stays rooted in place, eyes flickering between her and the snakes.

also late but with starbucks

[archaeo]

"Huh."

That's the first thing she says when she sees it all because really, what can you say? Making a living off of old temples and creepy Sith Lords, this isn't quite her first rodeo, but it's fascinating all the same. When the woman beckons her inside, Aphra smiles and tip-toes cautiously, as if stepping on the wrong tile will spring a trap. There's also the snakes too, but there's no need for a bad Indiana Jones snakes joke here when it's waspworms she hates.

"So this is a fun thing you've got going here. Like, I've gotta say, love what you've done with the place. Is this all for me or?"