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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.]]
byanyother_name: (Go fuck yourself)

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[personal profile] byanyother_name 2019-01-03 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, fuck this sideways with the gods-damned Shield, that's just cruel.

[It was a low, disgusted mutter. The Chosen King of Light... A Healer King that could truly cure the Scourge without taking it on himself? If only Bahamut would have been so kind.

Kurama reached out a hand to steady his brother, expression openly concerned.]

Ardyn? Are you going to be okay?
burninglight: (then i'll carry on too)

[personal profile] burninglight 2019-01-03 09:15 am (UTC)(link)
It's...it's alright. I don't--well, no, I suppose I've a fair few regrets. But I'm fine with the way things have turned out, just...

[Ardyn trailed off, pressing a hand to his head and mumbling:]

Is that...what I used to look like?
byanyother_name: (Pensive)

[personal profile] byanyother_name 2019-01-04 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
It seems likely, but... With these odd visions being what they are, it's not guaranteed.

[Kurama shifted slightly, staying close but trying not to hover. He leaned against the wall a little.]

...Does it matter so much? Appearance changes even for those that have gone through far less.
burninglight: (slipping through the cracks)

[personal profile] burninglight 2019-01-04 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
It...doesn't, just...

[He shook his head, folding his arms.]

...I don't remember any of who I was then. So it's...surreal, to see what is and isn't myself.
byanyother_name: (Well...)

[personal profile] byanyother_name 2019-01-05 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
Everything you are now is still yourself, regardless of who you were then. But I can understand what you mean, about it being surreal. It was strange enough to see my old self again the first time even remembering how I used to look.

[A small, half-amused huff.]

...at least you didn't lose a foot of height, a set of ears, and a tail along with your hair and eye colors.