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

[summerbloom]

I've managed to find some things... they have peppergrass here, can you believe it? But I don't know if it really grows here or it came through the Fissures like we did...

[liveofftheland]

A source is a source, so that's good. Doesn't look like much would grow this time of year, but of course, you can always find a few things even in winter.

[summerbloom]

Oh, just wait until we get back to the station! They have a whole place indoors where they grow things all year round! It's amazing!

[liveofftheland]

Really? I've heard stories of a king in a place across the sea who has servants grow plants in a room with crystal ceilings and stones heated with a flame underneath the floors, just so he can eat his favourite vegetables all year long. They have something like that here?

[summerbloom]

That's right! I'm not exactly sure how they do it, but they have all kinds of plants growing all year round. You'll love it!

[liveofftheland]

Sounds like a fun time. I can't wait to see it. And get out of this cold, now that the option's arising.

[summerbloom]

Is it really that bad?

[ ... asks Sophie, who's wrapped up in about seventy layers. ]

[liveofftheland]

Livable, but miserable. You get used to it, but you still want out when you can.