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

[bellmarians]

... If I let you do this, then you can't tell any of the townsfolk where you're going. Do you understand? This has to be kept as quiet as possible. I can provide you transport deeper into the mountains and I can take you as close as I feel comfortable getting, but after that, I'll have to leave you be.

Will your whole group be following?

[motherfucking_ghost]

As many as are interested in seeing this through, anyway. But I'd bank on most everyone.

...We could...trim that number back. If that makes it easier?

[fistsofchange]

We're not the most organized bunch.

[bellmarians]

I'm sure it wouldn't be appropriate for me to comment.

[ That means she totally agrees, though. ]

I can provide transport for a number of you, but if the rest of your group wishes to follow, they may have to arrange their own way there. Unless...

[ Then she looks a little thoughtful. ]

Do any of you have experience with sledding?

[burninglight]

I am already not sure I like where this is going.

[fistsofchange]

Not really but I'd love to learn!

[plentyfriendly]

I'm going to guess this is dog-sledding, rather than any other potential use of the word sledding, in which case no.

[She does appreciate Lin's enthusiasm.]

[motherfucking_ghost]

Wh--we can use the foxes to sled? [!!!!!! THIS IS AMAZING] How hard can it be to learn?

[bellmarians]

It's what they're trained to do. If you take five or six sleds between your group, then you might be able to manage – so long as you don't mind being cramped in on the way there.

[burninglight]

That sounds insane, but it is far from the most ridiculous thing I have ever done.

[No sane individual would invent dog sledding in Niflheim. Because behemoths would eat them.]