DUNGEON - BELLMARE ENCLAVE (BELLMARE MOUNTAINS, PT 2)

[phantasmods]

The shadows are starting to grow very long as you crest his particular ridge - it's not night yet, but it will be soon. In the shadows of the afternoon, with a tall mountain already blocking the sun, lies a snow-covered valley that is different from the ones you've come across thus far in your investigation.

This valley is home to a town, and unlike all the settlements you've seen so far - Incendia, the Telovia mining town, and the manor - it's very much active. There are actual people in the streets, visible from above, going through their days on snow-free streets, bundled up against the cold.

Those of you who asked were told of the handful of people who didn't go into the slumber of stasis as the Fissure conditions of the world grew worse and worse, instead isolating themselves and trying to continue living their lives as they could. Now, it seems, you've found exactly such a group.

Welcome to the Bellmare Enclave, and enjoy your stay.

[[OOC: Welcome to part 2 of the dungeon! For the most part, interaction with the town's NPCs can be handwaved as described on the main information post. Worth noting are the following major things: The Bellmare Enclave isn't expecting visitors, though the people are generally friendly to the new arrivals. They don't know about the time dilation effect of their Fissure - to them, it's only been about eighteen years since the Slumber Plan was put in place and they withdrew from the world. And finally, by a similar token, they have no idea how far the Fissures outside of their own have grown - while it's not uncommon for them to find odd objects from time to time, they'll assume that the characters are just arrivals from other places within their own world, rather than outsiders, until told otherwise.]]

Comments

Lake Ettah

[fistsofchange]

Hey, you're pretty good!

[With her hard life, there are many things Lin hasn't tried. So it's no surprise that-

Wait.

No Lin can apparently skate just fine? She's not doing doing anything fancy, but she's also not falling over a lot.]

[ponyup]

I'm a liiiittle rusty. [ She gives a little spin on the ice, coming back around to skate more with Lin. ]

But hey, you're not doing too shabby either.

[fistsofchange]

There was a big ornamental fountain at the temple I grew up in. On cold enough days it would freeze over and it was big enough that you could skate on it as long as you didn't mind getting yelled at by the senior monks later.

[ponyup]

You grew up in a temple? That's pretty cool. Not the getting yelled at part, though.

[fistsofchange]

All the acolytes did it, and honestly most of the time they turned a blind eye.

It's hard to say what was cool about it when it's just your life. I think cities like...well, honestly even like this one are amazing.

[ponyup]

Yeah, cities are pretty great, too.

And most of those have skating rinks, so you can go skating any time of the year.

[fistsofchange]

Wow. Like...a really big refrigerator, I guess? I'd like to see that some time!