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Phantasmal Rift Mods ([personal profile] phantasmods) wrote in [community profile] phantasmalrift2018-12-19 11:39 pm

DUNGEON - BELLMARE ENCLAVE (BELLMARE MOUNTAINS, PT 2)

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.]]
burninglight: (fighting and striving for the light)

[personal profile] burninglight 2018-12-22 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I think we're doing well. [smooches are excellent for morale]
motherfucking_ghost: (cutiepatootie)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2018-12-22 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
We are grown intelligent men; we can figure it out. We're all good. My ass is not swollen, not yet.
burninglight: (living in so much despair)

[personal profile] burninglight 2018-12-22 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Intelligent is debatable now and then. Come on, let's give it another try.
motherfucking_ghost: (look at this goober)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2018-12-22 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
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: (and my heart starts vanishing)

[personal profile] burninglight 2018-12-22 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
My, my, that almost sounds like flirting.
motherfucking_ghost: (yeah. that's right. I'm a gay robot.)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2018-12-22 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, later. We'll keep at it and take it niiiice and slow tonight if you need me to keep you warm like that.
burninglight: (uncertainty enveloping my mind)

[personal profile] burninglight 2018-12-22 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm certainly not one to turn down an offer like that.
motherfucking_ghost: (soft)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2018-12-22 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Have I told you you're the best lately? For putting up with...me. Lately. On this trip. But my dogged determination paid off? With a whole populated town. And ice skating!
burninglight: (and maybe it's a dream)

[personal profile] burninglight 2018-12-22 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I excel at putting up with you, and even enjoy it.

...You're doing an excellent job and working hard. I'm proud of you.
motherfucking_ghost: (ain't that something)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2018-12-22 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm...trying. I'm trying. Finding a balance here isn't easy. And finding a balance here is not cakewalk, either.
burninglight: (can i bear to seek the truth)

[personal profile] burninglight 2018-12-22 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I know that you are. And I know this means a lot to you. I just want you to be careful and not push yourself too hard, that's all.

...That said, this is nowhere near as easy as it looks.
motherfucking_ghost: (ain't that something)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2018-12-22 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
...I guess I have been kinda pushy lately. At myself. [You're gonna drop over in a snowbank with exhaustion one of these days honey.]

I think what we were doing last time was good. Just keep trying 'til we get it some approximation of right.
burninglight: (was i born to simply die)

[personal profile] burninglight 2018-12-23 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
I think so too. We don’t have to rush it, just take it one step at s time and we’ll get there.
motherfucking_ghost: (sugary sap)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2018-12-24 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
Hey. Have I told you I love you today? From the tip of your big cold nose to the scars on your hands to your creaky old man knees. [You always mock the ones you love, after all.]
burninglight: (fighting and striving for the light)

[personal profile] burninglight 2018-12-24 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
I love you too. Unconditionally, even when you're a complete idiot and we're tripping all over ourselves.
motherfucking_ghost: (yeah I know I'm great)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2018-12-24 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
I love you even when your amazing ass keeps hitting the ice because you use magic in place of an ability to balance.
burninglight: (and my heart starts vanishing)

[personal profile] burninglight 2018-12-24 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
I love you even when you see fit to pick on me for my few failings in immeasurable amounts of power.