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]

he actually told you all to fuck off

i knew i liked him

[founderinglight]

Not in precisely those words, but that was the general sentiment.

...Dibs.

[burninglight]

be realistic

he hates both of us and neither of us are fucking that

[founderinglight]

I shall live on in hope and you can't stop me.

Also, only one of us tried to end the world and it wasn't me. My chances are better by an incredibly paper-thin margin.

[burninglight]

and only one of us set him on fire

[founderinglight]

[Izunia debates his reply for a moment before eventually switching to private.]

And the entire point was that he'd rather it be him on fire than the entire city.

That, and Regis' word, is what we Judged on.

[burninglight]

okay, but the point stands

> back out of private

[founderinglight]

Also, he's a reckless idiot and we are now but mortal men.

[Read: He's hot and incredibly Izunia's type.]

You ran into them earlier, then, I'm guessing?

[burninglight]

i did in fact encounter them briefly, yes

[founderinglight]

Saves me time on incredibly unbelievable explanations, probably.

[burninglight]

taken care of

speaking of which i'm likely to need to take over the tech lab again once we're back

[founderinglight]

It's not as though I'm ever in there normally, Ardyn.

...Thank you. I know that you're not doing it for me, but there are near no other hands I'd entrust the matter to. If you'll forgive the pun.

[burninglight]

already told him it was the least i could do

quite literally, as most of that night was my fault to begin with

[founderinglight]

It still matters.

At this rate we might even pull off a family dinner sometime in this universe.

[burninglight]

not on your fucking life if any of you are cooking

[founderinglight]

Potluck?

[burninglight]

up to 'unlikely at best'

[founderinglight]

I'll take it.

[burninglight]

don't hold your breath

[founderinglight]

I mean, significantly more impossible things have happened. Let me have my warm fuzzies.

[burninglight]

if i must