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

[foolishjustice]

B-birdface?

[He blinks a bit, surprised by the sudden pointing.]

It's...a mask. The only bird traits I actually have are optional wings.

[byanyother_name]

Corvus Cantus.

[It's lightly teasing, yes.]

[burninglight]

What's a singing crow got to do with anything?

[this is madness]

[foolishjustice]

That's the name of my Noise form. Which...

[He gives the most pained sounding sigh.]

Does, actually, have a bird face.

[burninglight]

Well I'd hope so or that would be a stupid name for something that isn't a bird.

[ardyn, focus]

[thefragment]

See? Birdface.

[ They nod, sagely. ]

[foolishjustice]

I hardly ever use that form, though. Having a bird face is actually somewhat inconvenient, given the lack of expression.

[Also, it has no hands.]

[windowsexplorer]

Oh! I want to see!

[s i g h @ my character]

[foolishjustice]

...I don't see a problem, as long as everyone stands clear. My wings in that form are incredibly sharp.

[windowsexplorer]

[WAITING IN ANTICIPATION meredith aren't there more important things to pay attention to]

[foolishjustice]

[Once he's sure he has space, he spreads a pair of white crow wings from his back before his form is obscured by static. When he's visible again, only his torso is humanoid...and even that is covered by feathers in the pattern of a hooded crow. His legs and head are those of a bird, with eerily human looking red eyes. His arms vanish just after the shoulder, giving way to dark blue, two dimensional shapes that touch neither his body nor each other, but still hold together into the shape of wings, in the style of a tribal tattoo. Similarly styled feathers form a tail behind him.]

Don't touch anything that looks two dimensional, it's as sharp as you'd expect.

[thefragment]

[ THEY TURN THEIR POINTING FINGER TO CHURCH!!! ] Blue Team! [ AND THEN ARDYN ] Dad Guy!

[ and then they s w i p e those cheetos from Church, tuck the bag under one arm and start digging through the Pile O' Clothes to find a suitable outfit for cold weather. ]

Where's Toot and Crime Lady?

[motherfucking_ghost]

[Church throws his arms in the air.] BLUE TEAM!

Oh my god, they have shitty nicknames for everyone! Toot! Toot is the perfect name besides Tinkerbell for Astolfo! Crime Lady! Obviously that's Jail! [He shakes Ardyn's arm.] You adopted another one, Dad Guy!

[fistsofchange]

[This is all a bit much for Lin to take in, especially while her player is at work, but eventually she figured out how to express herself.

Softly, but with feeling:]

Holy shit.

[Despite the request, she's freaking out a little bit. Still, there's only one person "Crime Lady" could be.]

Jailbreak? I think she's still in the town, actually.

[stavros]

There are a great deal of people investigating this cave... Mx. Crystal?

[How do you address this person. She's seen aliens who transformed into humanoids before, but...]

Your friends may be among them.

[windowsexplorer]

Yeah, there are lots of people in this Fissure. In the cave, in the town, in the woods... And there are cute foxes, and pretty crystals, and trees...

[thefragment]

I want to pet a fox! Two foxes. No– three foxes. Maybe even four. Do they have that many foxes?

[ Have they paused for breath, yet? It's unclear!

Out from the pile of clothes comes a hideous Christmas sweater that's like, two sizes two big for them, but they proceed to start climbing into it. Or– no, wait. ] Here, hold my chips!

[ they fuckin yeet their bag of cheetos right at Meredith and then start pulling on their sweater. ]

[motherfucking_ghost]

There are so many of them! I got covered in a pile of them! They're so soft and cute and loveable! Oh my god. This is the best possible outcome to 'shove it in a meatsuit'.

[stavros]

It's like having another Tita.

Do you need help with that?

[windowsexplorer]

[CATCH!

She will not steal any of them. Yet.]

There are so many foxes! Dozens! Maybe hundreds!

[byanyother_name]

[That really is cute. Well, multiple foxes is an issue for after they get out of this mountain, but one fox can be managed.

One very large fox with four weird tails, but still. The ball of fluff that is Kurama's fox form in the dead of winter curls up by Fragment-kun's feet comfortably.]

There are definitely more than four of the little ice foxes in the town.

[burninglight]

[is he turning a little red nonsense it's just the cold]

[windowsexplorer]

Blue Team!

[SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS BUT SHE IS BLUE AFTER ALL]

[byanyother_name]

Jail is usually wherever the largest number of people least want her to be, I suspect.

[ax_iom]

[Lily isn't here. Lily is back exploring the caves and trying to take care of other people.

And yet, she still has this intense, terrible feeling she needs to be judging her girlfriend for something.]