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

[burninglight]

Just because it's dangerous, reckless, and stupid? Never stopped us before.

[motherfucking_ghost]

But you wanna actually learn to skate instead of just pretend-skating, riiiight?

[burninglight]

Possibly.

[motherfucking_ghost]

C'mon, we've only just started. We can't give up and do the easier thing yet. Save that for later.

[burninglight]

Alright, alright. Whatever you want.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Let's just...easy does it. One step at a time. Leeeeaaaan into it... [Look at him Actually Trying, bless.]

[burninglight]

[Ardyn leaned forward a little unsteadily and slooooowly started to move.]

I...think it's working?

[motherfucking_ghost]

Still, uh, still feelin' wobbly over here, but, okay, let's just, uh, keep doing this? Seems like we're doing something? And balancing each other?

[burninglight]

R...right. We're definitely moving, and not falling over yet.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Yet is the key word. Optimism, though! Maybe we'll be lucky and get this on--whoa--on the, uh, what try is this...?

[burninglight]

Doesn't matter.

[and we're back to clinging a little because he's a wobbly mess.]

I think we've almost got it.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Don't jinx us! [Ardyn's wobbling and cling is starting to worsen Church's wobble.] You're jinxing us!

[burninglight]

I'm not jinxing a damn thing, hold still!

[motherfucking_ghost]

We're moving, what do you mean hold still!

[burninglight]

Quit wobbling like a hobbled anak calf, is what I mean!

[motherfucking_ghost]

Quit making me wobble like a newborn baby deer, and I'll--waaaaah! [weebles wobble but church falls down]

[burninglight]

Waitwaitwait--

[and there they both go all a-tangle]

[motherfucking_ghost]

Owwwwww... You coulda let go, idiot. [idiot who he loves dearly to death and beyond]

[burninglight]

Sorry. I panicked.

[motherfucking_ghost]

's okay. [c'mere he's gonna find ur face to smooch] We'll try again. We were actually getting somewhere that time.

[burninglight]

I think we're doing well. [smooches are excellent for morale]

[motherfucking_ghost]

We are grown intelligent men; we can figure it out. We're all good. My ass is not swollen, not yet.

[burninglight]

Intelligent is debatable now and then. Come on, let's give it another try.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Right, right. I'm sure lots of people fall down all over the place for a while when they learn. We just gotta keep at it, take it slow.

[burninglight]

My, my, that almost sounds like flirting.