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

skating

[ninjabanish]

[... meanwhile, someone who has absolutely no problems on ice is going to gracefully slide up to try to pick up Sophie.]

Are you all right?

[summerbloom]

Yeah, I'm fine! You've gotta fall over once or twice before you get the hang of it, right?

[ Or Sophie does, at least. She takes a wobbly step, looking very much like a newborn fawn trying to get its legs under it. ]

You're really good at this, though! Have you done it before?

[ninjabanish]

Something like it. I'm used to cold weather.

[though it seems to... bite worse than it used to... she's just not going to mention that, sliding an arm under Sophie's to help keep her balanced.]

You're thinking about it too hard. Once you find your center of balance, just start to move, and it will be easier.

[summerbloom]

[ Don't mind Sophie if she just l e a n s all her weight on Alice. Protect her from falling over, noble warrior... ]

You're making it sound so easy, but I don't even know how to start! How do I do that center-of-balance stuff, like you said?

[ninjabanish]

[She laughs a bit...]

I suppose, first we should focus on standing still.

[summerbloom]

You're doing a pretty good job at that part!

[ Sophie kind of isn't, with how her legs are shaking from the effort of staying upright. ]