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

[plentyfriendly]

To what looks like yet another one of those things, no less.

Still, it was hard enough seeing Milla with just half a dozen swords through her, and I didn't see them go in. Rules or no, this Anthy girl can't have done anything to deserve that many.

[nojohnyouare]

Another exercise... Do you think it happened. With another you.

[plentyfriendly]

I'm almost certain it did.

[There's few people she'd trust with luck bad enough for that. Herself, for one, even though that wasn't exactly luck. Junpei, but he's not here.]

[nojohnyouare]

...

[Mai doesn't say anything to that, just looks forward. Bear-san, in real-bear form, makes a concerned (or maybe just confused) noise.]

[plentyfriendly]

It's tough, knowing there's so much you can't really do anything about.

[nojohnyouare]

...I see a lot. But there's no helping some of it. Still... People hold out hope. I'm glad for that. Maybe there is something we can do.

[plentyfriendly]

What if we focused on what we know we can do right now first?

[nojohnyouare]

Fragment?

[plentyfriendly]

That's certainly the most pressing thing at the moment, yes.

[nojohnyouare]

Mm. Then let's.

[She trudges forward through the cave, gesturing for them to follow. Bear-san pauses and sniffs Phi to see if she has any food before walking.]