Thread:ThisIsXenon/@comment-32273133-20180322130622/@comment-32273133-20180322141412

The surprise moment that turns the protagonist’s world upside down and kicks off the main plot. Xenon’s corruption
 * First he’s in his lab, angry at himself still for not saving bixbite
 * Then, he gets a distress call from a slaving village
 * Micah sees a visible change in his expression, and he leaves the lab through the keep door.
 * For some reason, he’s not teleporting, probably because he’s building up the power to unleash on the village.
 * This allows Micah and now Damian to follow him.
 * He ends up at the village and destroys everything except for the slaves and the slave masters.
 * Hear cometh Oganesson — it almost looks like he tears himself out of Xenon’s body
 * He goes on a monologue to the slaves, like “you’re free! I have saved you! Do not be afraid!”
 * Then he traps all the slaves and forces them and Micah and Damian to watch as he executes the slave masters
 * Xenon’s slave executions aren’t something anyone wants to watch, and Oganesson are much worse
 * They resonate on a different level with Micah because of his own experiences with whipping
 * Oganesson gets mad because no one seems happy about the outcome (Micah is almost in shock at this point) and disappears in a rage.
 * The slaves all run away
 * Micah tries to communicate with Enten, but the lab has shut down in place and none of the systems are working, so he can’t.
 * Damian and Micah end up having to walk back to the keep,
 * here, have a subplot
 * Micah is incredibly out of it and Damian pesters him until he can figure out what wrong
 * Micah just says that the execution brought back some bad memories and leaves it there, but Damian can probably tell that it’s deeper than that
 * They end up having to stay at a tavern for the night
 * Damian has been trying to irritate Micah the entire trip, but Micah’s emotionally exhausted at this point and won’t respond.
 * They’re at the bar, and Damian is semi-drunk
 * Then this siren comes up and tries to seduce Micah
 * He, being gay, isn’t affected, but Damian thinks he is
 * So he grabs Micah, kisses him, and gets in the siren’s face and says “he’s mine, back off”
 * The siren stomps away, and Micah is terribly confused
 * Damian is like “you’re wELCOME, I just saved you from a SIREN, HELLO?”
 * Micah has to explain that he’s gay
 * Damian: oh. Oh. Oh fvck
 * They plan to get separate rooms and awkwardly avoid each other for the rest of the night but PLOT TWIST there’s only one room left.
 * Micah is originally content with sleeping on the floor, but Damian refuses to let him do that because of how rough of a day he’s had
 * “Dude, we’ll both fit, they have big beds here”
 * Micah gives in and immediately falls asleep
 * Here come nightmares, and Micah talks in his sleep.
 * Damian, awake and still getting progressively more drunk, wakes him up because it’s a little creepy
 * Micah freaks out a little because he didn’t know what he was saying, but Damian says it was mostly stuff like “it wasn’t my fault” and “no no no no”
 * He’s curious so he asks what it was about
 * Cue Micah shutting down and not answering
 * Damian has a bRiGhT iDeA and decides to get Micah drunk
 * So he feigns not caring and says “here just drown whatever’s bothering you”
 * Micah: these whatevers have gills.
 * Damian: oh well, it’s not bad to get a little drunk every once in a while
 * So eventually Micah gets a little drunk and goofy and maybe they talk about the siren incident and kiss again
 * then Micah falls asleep again
 * and Damian gets very drunk and passes out
 * They wake up in the morning with twin terrible hangovers and Damian gets bitchy
 * So they walk back home in a terrible mood because Micah is light-sensitive and nauseous and Damian is in a pissy mood because he has a really bad headache

Call to Action How do the characters react to the inciting incident? What choice must the protagonist make?


 * well, the entire squad is at the keep for once, and here come Damian and Micah all disheveled
 * Clay: 0v0
 * Bellator: @-@
 * Calidi: ???
 * They agreed never to speak of the tavern incident so they just say they camped on the side of the road.
 * But then Micah has to explain Xenon’s corruption and Damian gets mad because they hadn’t discussed it before
 * Micah had seen signs but didn’t say anything and Damian is mad because if they had seen the signs maybe this wouldn’t have been such a big shock
 * Micah counters with “what could we have done to stop it?”
 * Not really a good response or comeback for this since the correct answer is “nothing”
 * Awkward silence