DUNGEON LOG - TELOVIA MINES

[phantasmods]

The day dawns bright and early - the same as most every expedition. The only difference is that you'll need to take the teleportation pad to Lodestone as a starting point - the gliders and drones are already there. There's clouds on the horizon, though, so if you're going to take a glider and go, you'd better get going.

There's some new additions, though, to the usual group of androids seeing you off. Tau is checking over the drones ready to carry those who can't or won't use the gliders, and Muon is practicing opening and collapsing the wings of a glider with bright yellow sails. She grins at anyone who approaches, shooting them a thumbs up.

"Don't worry about getting lost or falling behind! As long as Tau's here, they'll keep us all together."

And with that bit of bright cheer, it's off towards the mountains you go...

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From the air, the remains of the mining town are almost impossible to tell from any other part of the forest. The trees - especially the old ones - are much thinner, and that's really the only sign of what's below.

But Muon's bright yellow glider, leading the way, dips down into the treeline before landing in an open space, and anyone who isn't paying enough attention to follow will feel their glider being herded in the same direction by Tau's power - control not outright taken, but more of a nudge, like, hey buddy it's this way. The group lands just beyond the border of the Fissure - a tiny stable spot in whatever's left of this world.

And a good thing, too, because landing in the Fissure itself could prove quite difficult...

Comments

[redmeguca]

{I'm pretty damn sure. What, is that something people in your world magically learn at thirteen?}

[zweihandler]

You shouldn't say stuff like that because now I want to say yes, just to fuck with you.

[redmeguca]

{So that's a no then. So why should I know what you're talking about just because I'm above twelve?}

[zweihandler]

Because they teach you that shit in school, maybe?

[redmeguca]

{Never went. School isn't exactly a priority when you're struggling for scraps.}

[zweihandler]

Oh, uh. Bummer.

[ fuck's sake, erina ]

But I guess that explains it.

[redmeguca]

{Yeah, "bummer" is kind of my life in a nutshell. I only know what my family taught me, what Mami-senpai taught me, and what I've learned on my own.}

[zweihandler]

At least you don't get graded for it. Unless you dish out report cards to yourself. I'm figuring you don't do that?

[redmeguca]

{Who the hell would?}

[zweihandler]

How should I know? I don't know your business. Maybe that's just how you kill time.