You're From The Isle If Anybody Asks

[missrecalled_mods]

First Awareness

Those used to this by now probably knew what it meant when they felt their magic return for a moment. For the rest, suddenly their powers were back. Just for a few minutes, but a lot could be done in a few minutes. If the person even noticed their powers were back, that is.

Of course those on the shore might have seen the hazy indistinct shape through the barrier coming closer, might have seen the moment the hole in the barrier opened. Might have seen King Ben leading people down a gangplank through the barrier with crates of supplies....

Unions, Re And Otherwise

Once the supplies were unloaded, the barrier was sealed up again. King Ben seemed to be in charge during the unloading, Once the barrier was closed again, by the green magic streaming from the Queen's finger, it was Mal who seemed to be in charge.

"Alright, listen up. We have 2 hours and the clock is ticking. I'm not FG but we're keeping to a deadline anyway. If you want to come to Auradon or know someone you want us to bring back, you have 2 hours to convince us. You and everyone else, sharing the same 2 hours. Along with anyone who has a supply request for our next visit, or updates. Those of you bringing supplies to the school, time to get cracking. Two hours passes faster than midnight at the ball."

Those Who Left

(Please TL Here for boat and Auradon Shenanigans. TY)

Those What Remain

Once those going back to Auradon had left and the barrier was back in place, it was for those who remained on the Isle to sort the supplies and figure out how to get done everything that needed to be done with the people that remained.

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Foulques OTA

[mist_the_point]

First Awareness

As was often the case, Foulques was out fishing. This, thankfully put him in a prime position to spot the approaching shape that could only be the boat. For those who might not recognize it however, Foulques abandoning his fishing earlier than usual might seem strange. He would answer questions if asked, but would be in a bit of a rush. There were things to gather and prepare before the young King and his cohorts arrived, and once they did, time would be limited.

Unions, Re And Otherwise

Foulques wasted no time approaching Ben and Mal. He gave them a nod by way of greeting before speaking up. "There are a number of matters I wish to discuss, but the first and most urgent is this," he said. "Have you any healers among your group? Some time ago, Professor Yen Sid was gravely injured in what we have evidence to indicate was an attempt on his life via sabotage. Chell and I have cared for him as best we are able, but though his visible wounds have healed, he has yet to regain consciousness. He is not a young man, and and I suspect that you need not be told that each day that passes without him waking increases the likelihood that he may never. If there is ought that any of you can do..."

Re: Foulques OTA

[fallen_child]

First Awareness

Chara had probably been with Foulques when the boat was spotted. Seeing him get up to abandon his fishing, the small child reached up to grab his sleeve. "What's wrong?"

Who did Chara have to kill for upsetting big brother?

[mist_the_point]

He sleeve was in fact a gauntlet, but that made it no less grabbable. He pointed out to sea, indicating the approaching shape that could be seen through the barrier. "You see that shape approaching, yes?", he said. "Unless I'm greatly mistaken, that is the boat carrying the young King Ben and his cohorts from the mainland. They will only be here for a relatively short time when they arrive, so there are things that must be gathered and prepared before they do."

Re: Foulques OTA

[missrecalled_npcs]

Concern on both of their faces appeared when he mentioned that the Professor was hurt, and only got worse as he spoke.

"If I come to help, can you bring him here? Anyone who might be able to heal would probably need to be outside the barrier to heal..." Ben started.

Mal nodded. "If he was hurt by someone else on the Isle, it is possible their goal was to get us to leave the barrier open longer than usual. Taking him out to care for him on the boat makes more sense than taking that risk. If it is safe to move him."

[mist_the_point]

Foulques nodded. "I'll take you to where we've been keeping him," he said. "We thought it best to hide him away, lest any of the other so called teachers here might be inclined to finish what the explosion started."

"And not moving him would likely be far greater a risk, under the circumstances. Besides, he'll likely sustain far less dame when carried between us than he may have during his initial rescue; I didn't have the luxury of taking the time to be gentle when hauling him to relative safety."

visit's end?

[elvendryad]

It was toward the very end of the Isle visit that Chell sought out Foulques. "Brother," he started, some odd look on his face... a bit of a smile, a bit of... what was it, some sort of mild excitement, like he was going to be up to something, as he stepped up closer to him. "The flavors I have not yet done correctly... when the barrier opens again, hold them firmly in your mind. Focus on them. I wish to know directly from you what it is you would have me make, while words' inadequacy is not an obstacle."

[mist_the_point]

Foulques wasn't surprised that Chell approached him as the visit drew to a close, but he was surprised at what he requested, quirking an eyebrow. "You mean to... peer into my mind?", he said. "Are you certain? Tis often not a pleasant place to be. There are times that I wish that even I could be elsewhere, though that's obviously not possible."

Eli | OTA | CW: yes. Just.. yes. | Also Elantra spoilers

[elianne]

Unions, Re and Otherwise

Eli was only aware of the boat arriving because other people started heading for the shore and she overheard them from her perch on the roof.

Her first instinct, of course, was to hide. She didn't trust these mysterious people from across the water not to see her for the fiefling she was. She still was in shock that she crossed the bridge that no one had questioned her right to do so.

But look how that had turned out for her. Somehow the Hawklord had sent her here. Then filled her head with terrifying images of the future that might await if she somehow made it back.

Not a chance.

Except....

Except... she made a bet with Foulques. A bet. And she was a fiefling. It was a bet. She had to go.

But she was going to be killed. She just knew it.

Even as a feifling, her life for a bet?

She was a feifling. It was a bet. She had to go.

Besides. she had seen those vision things. There was nothing good waiting for her. There or here. Was it so bad if they did kill her?

Not... really.

She'd never been strong enough to do it herself. Hadn't she expected the Hawklord to do exactly that if she failed?

End the thread that she had become.

Terrified, she slipped off the roof and tried to hug the thorn wall to keep from being seen as she crept behind people towards the shore.

Very few places to hide there. She saw the fishing shack but the tall man, Doctor something or other, he had taken the best shadowed spot. So she crept around to hide behind the shack, peering out from its other side. Trying to get her courage up.

Trying to figure out how much it would hurt when they killed her, and how she was supposed to collect on her bet then. Stupid bet. She should have thought before agreeing. But it was a bet....

Eyes narrowed, hunched down to the ground, she watched the people unload and tried not to shiver...

[princess_weia]

Too small to be of much help offloading cargo, Leia had busied herself with looking around. Not that there was a whole lot to see. A tall, skinny man could be seen lurking in the shadows made by the walls of a rickety fishing shack. Though she'd known the word, Leia had never actually seen someone lurk before, but this guy was definitely lurking. Probably best not to talk to him.

The other person she was able to spot near the fishing shack though wasn't lurking. The dark haired girl was trying to stick to the shadows too, but she was definitely hiding, not lurking. More importantly, she resembled the description Gilbert had given her of Elianne.

With a quick glance behind her just to make sure no one was near enough to easily grab her and stop her, Leia scampered over to where the other girl was hiding. "Hi," she said. "My name's Leia. Are you Elianne?"

[elianne]

Child. that cut through everything else for Eli, as it always did; making her protective. She gave a small nod, warinesses failing her in the face of child. Better... well fed child. It almost was enough to make her happy.

"You're new here? Don't worry, I can help keep you safe. I'll show you all the hiding spot and which adults are more dangerous," she assured her keeping hr voice quiet but intent.

Morse was gonna spit her for this, but she found she didn't care. All that mattered was protecting this child.

Re: Eli | OTA | CW: yes. Just.. yes. | Also Elantra spoilers

[rexien]

Roxas was only really there to make sure Elianne left the Isle this time. As soon as the boat made landing he slipped from the bright vest they made him wear and scanned the shore line. He wasn't really expecting to see the girl, expecting to have to go look for her on the roof or in the basement of the school, luckily for him, he spotted her familiar silhouette near the fishing shack.

He knew how much Elianne didn't like people realizing she was there, so he slipped away from the Auradon group and headed up the beach a ways, before ducking into the shadows and doubling back to where he'd spotted Elianne lurking. When he came up behind her, he lowered his hood, though he stayed leaning against the wall of the shack to stay hidden from the bustling shore.

"Hey, Elianne..." He wasn't sure what to say after that. He wanted to apologize for leaving her behind last time. He needed to tell her about the weird warning those people had given him. He settled for, "Are you okay?"

Cassidy and Grey | OTA | CW: possible torture/gaslighting mentions

[thinking_about_it]

Unions and Otherwise

Cassidy and Grey were helping carry supplies from the boat to the shore when they got their first look at the Isle. It... wasn't promising.

Cassidy set down her load and knelt near one of the thorns, just inland of the beach. "The Land..." she whispered.

"Cassidy..." Grey said, warningly.

She shook her head. "This nee to be done. Grey. This could help so many people here. This could..." the barrier closed mid-sentance and Cassie staggered into Grey. He caught her. but his hands tightened a moment before shifting to hold her more gently. But it was hard to tell which one of them was holding the other up.

Neither, as it turned out, as they both slid to the ground, looking haunted and horrified.

They might be in some trouble...

[papillion_de_resistance]

Nooroo had remained behind safely curled up in Gabriel's dresser drawer. He'd heard about the magic blocking properties of the barrier and didn't want to risk his very magical little friend coming to potential harm. But so far as he was aware, it shouldn't be especially dangerous to humans.

Apparently he was wrong, however. No sooner had the barrier closed than the young couple, Cassidy and Grey, seemed to all but collapse onto the sand. Hastily setting down the box he was carrying, he hurried to their sides. "What's wrong?", he asked, crouching down in front of them. He didn't bother asking if they were alright, since the answer to that was obvious.

Re: Cassidy and Grey | OTA | CW: possible torture/gaslighting mentions

[a_little_fun_instead]

Jack rushed to the pair as he noticed them stumble, faces pale. He was still a little awkward with the whole being seen thing, but that wouldn't stop him from checking on them. He hovered near them, not touching, maybe not thinking to. "Whoa, hey, are you okay?"

Post thread with Ian and Sun

[mist_the_point]

Having left Ian and Sun to begin setting up the former's equipment, Foulques returned to the shore, and- after a few brief enquiries- approached Cassidy and Grey. Though his attention was more focused on Cassidy. "I would say 'well met', but clearly it isn't especially well for either of you," he said, but still gave them a polite nod. "I am Foulques of the Mist, though my given name suffices for most purposes. You are Cassidy and Grey, correct?"

Doctor Ian Wright | OTA | No real CWs I dun think

[ubuntu_programmer]

Unions, Re And Otherwise

"Be careful with that!" the problem was, Ian had too much stuff to unload it all themselves. Way too much. But they were doing their best to gather it all in one place. "Once it is all off loaded, can someone show me where I'll be staying?" they asked. Without having thought about the fact that they hadn't told anyone but the King and Queen that they were intending to stay...

After the business with Yen Sid is dealt with

[mist_the_point]

Foulques was somewhat surprised to see a face that was familiar, despite its owner not having been to the Isle before. "It seems we meet properly at last," he said as he approached. And indeed, Ian would likely recognize him from the strange dreamworld they'd both been subjected to some time ago. The Elezen was somewhat scruffier looking, his hair a bit longer, and was rather more imposing wearing armor and a spear than he had been in the attire of a prisoner, but he was undoubtedly the same person.

"I neglected to introduce myself when we met in that strange dream world," he said once he was within conversational distance, and gave a polite nod. "I am Foulques of the Mist. And you?"

On the shore, OTA

[queen_butterfly]

"I can take the supply requests," she volunteered, glancing to Mal as she fished around in her pocket for another of her little makeshift clipboard-book things. It had paper in it, and she pulled out a pen as well... she'd come prepared!

((She'll be around if anyone wants her... she's in her usual adult elf-lady form, once again with giant butterfly wings folded down behind her like a long drapey cape. and if there's anyone who'll be staying, she'll try to get their measurements for making them, specifically, some warmer clothes....))

Re: On the shore, OTA

[mal_contented]

Mal nodded absently, watching a small child dart out to try and follow Ben and Foulques. She pounced a moment later grabbing the kid by the back of the shirt and hauling them out.

"How about we don't stalk my boyfriend? Hm?" she asked.

"LT GO OF ME YOU STUPID HUMAN!" the small child in the stripe shirt yelled, trying to kick at Mal.

Mal glanced at Mallia. "You want to take this one or....?"

Somewhere inside the school....

[dualityinjest]

Sun had completely missed the memo that the barrier had come down for even a moment.

While everyone else was finagling cargo and going about their meet-and-greet, the animatronic jester was continuing to mind his own business, cleaning up. He'd gotten rid of all the trash from the main hall, the side halls, all the way down through the lower levels as well, and had been working on the rooms in which the lights would turn on next. He'd been sorting bits and bobs into various boxes, with paper trash in this one and plastic trash in that one, and had taken to using one of the relatively untouched classrooms upstairs to hold all the boxes of things. He'd figured out already that no Staffbots (or anyone else, for that matter) would regularly come by to empty the garbage cans, and that said cans also didn't simply empty themselves.... which meant he'd have to do something else with it all to get rid of it, or at least reduce it. Maybe they could at least burn the paper stuff that wasn't good enough to use for writing or crafts? the once-wet, dry-again tissue shreds, the splinters of wood in another box, that would all be good to burn, right? There were plenty of boxes in that room now, in various states of full-ness, but it was quickly becoming a good spot to find material based on, well, material.

If someone else was in the building, they might catch sight of him quietly focused on his task, using a broom with a broken handle to clear out some of the floor trash from one of the side areas, pausing to turn it over to use the handle to scrape a stuck bit of it off the floor, and then carrying on again, dumping it all into the nearest trash can for easier transportation....

If someone comes around a corner quickly without looking, they're likely to run into him. SURPRISE, there's a bright yellow sunshine-looking jester, glowing faintly, suddenly right there!

Re: Somewhere inside the school....

[awkward_turtleduck]

Unfortunately for Zuko, though he'd felt the barrier flicker, he was not aware that this meant down on the beach was possibly his way off this Agni-scorned rock. His fit with the thorns had brought him storming back towards his room in search of something to bandage his hand with.

For once, his self-sabotaging tendencies outweighed by the fact that even he realized what an infection in this spirits forsaken place would mean. Nothing good, certainly.

And so, imagine his surprise when he rounded a corner and nearly walked head first into something far too yellow and far too tall for his liking. He let out a shout and leapt back. "Flames and ash!"

His first thought was spirit, but he'd been here long enough by now to grapple the reality, and he knew this was just another stranger from... somewhere far away. He still fell into a defensive stance, nerves tight in his throat.

Jack - OTA

[a_little_fun_instead]

First Awareness

Jack certainly felt the brief return of magic. He was a creature made of magic most of the time after all.

He looked around in confusion as soon as he felt it. Was the barrier down? Damaged? It wasn't visible to begin with, so the gesture didn't accomplish much. He called to the wind, curious if it would answer him here, and was pleased to feel it lift his feet from the muddy slush of the ground, though it didn't seem able to lift him far, just a few feet off the ground. He glanced out towards the water and noticed the dark smudge of the ship against the horizon. What was this? He flew low towards the edge of the water, until the snap of magic in the air dissipated and he was left to walk the last dozen or so feet.

If anyone aboard had a good enough view of the Isle, they might notice the pale boy appearing out of seemingly thin air as the barrier closed.

[awkward_turtleduck]

First Awareness

Zuko had felt his inner flame flicker to life the instant the barrier weakened, of course he had. He took a long, measured breath, and when he exhaled flames licked from his mouth. He finally felt the chill that had settled in his bones begin to dissipate. The frost that clung to the ground around where he was working sizzled and steamed into the air. He took another breath and coiled a fist back, gathered heat in his palm, and struck out towards the wall of dark vines in front of him. Only for the small rekindled light behind his lungs to snuff out again as suddenly as it had appeared. A faint whisper of smoke curled from the end of his punch, but not even a single spark remained.

He cursed loudly, with all the heat that was once again missing from his body. Well, attempted to, what actually spit from his lips was the same tumble of nonsense as had every other time he'd tried to curse here. He threw a fist out again, this time letting his knuckles make contact with the thorny branches. He dropped his hands to his side, skin now torn and raw, he was breathing heavily, rage and frustration simmering under his skin where his flames should be.

If anyone had seen Zuko's fit on the path down to the shore, it would probably be fair of them to steer clear of him, though perhaps they'd change their minds upon seeing the blood dripping from his hand?

Chell ★ OTA

[elvendryad]

Later into the visit....
Chell had been out working on the thornbushes again when the barrier dropped. Without anyone or any creatures nearby, what senses the Isle dampened to nothingness had nothing to sense, when the barrier dropped the first few times. So he was oblivious, for a good while... but he figured it out before the visit's end, when a certain fairy found him to catch up again.

So he was at least easily locatable again toward the end of the visit, at the beach. Later on, he even grabbed the desktop and readied whatever cargo he could to be taken into the school later, piling it up on the board in advance.

Anyone want to say hi to the tree?