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

[burninglight]

This is the cutest godsdamned thing I've ever seen in two thousand years.

[thefragment]

I'm cute? Am I cute?

[burninglight]

You're adorable. But you should probably start thinking of what you want us to call you apart from that.

1/2

[thefragment]

[ They pause, still sort of half-in, half-out of the hideous Christmas sweater. ]

Oh, a name? Hmm...

[ They pause to think. ]

[thefragment]

No fuckin' idea!

[ I'M SO SORRY ]

[burninglight]

. . .


You are just delightful.

[motherfucking_ghost]

I, personally, have been calling you Phil. But pretty sure the choice of what you eventually wanna be called is up to you. You don't really look like a Phil, but meh, what do I know?

[thefragment]

[ They stick their hand in the air. ]

Blue Team! I've got feedback for you!

[thefragment]

I'm getting so many compliments...

[burninglight]

You seem like a nice kid. Or...however old you are. Might be older than me, honestly. We've been eager to meet you, so it's right to make a good first impression.

[windowsexplorer]

You are! You're really, really cute!

[GRABS HANDS]

[thefragment]

I'm adorable!

[ They grab onto Meredith's hands and– okay, we're just doing a little happy on-the-spot dance now. This is fine. ]

[windowsexplorer]

You are!

[HAPPY DANCING!]

You actually look kind of like someone I know, but she doesn't act like you at all. She's always grumpy and "grr I'm tough and I don't like anyone."

[thefragment]

Really? That sounds so boring! The not liking anyone part, I mean. I like everyone, and that's been pretty fun!

[ STILL DANCING!! ]

[windowsexplorer]

That's just how she acts, she really likes everyone. At least I think she does.

[They're definitely going around in a little circle.]

[motherfucking_ghost]

It thinks of you as a dad. You adopted a god. I love you.

[fistsofchange]

They're a god? Is that what's going on?

[burninglight]

Maybe? They're at the very least some manner of concept.

[fistsofchange]

That covers a lot of ground.

[burninglight]

Don't I know it. Well, they're definitely something more than human, or were until about ten minutes ago.

[burninglight]

I can't believe we actually pulled this off. I love you too.

[motherfucking_ghost]

It talks like us. With a filthy fucking mouth and everything. And red hair! It can talk to us now!

...

...

Seonil is gonna kill us.

[burninglight]

..Shit, that's right, nobody in town's supposed to know, we have to take this kid back to the Station.

...How are we going to explain this to the androids?

[windowsexplorer]

You have androids too?!

[byanyother_name]

'They followed us home, we're keeping them'?

[It's not quite a kanyeshrug but god is it close.]