phantasmalrift | 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.]]

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[he's going to explode with how cute this is look at their collective child his voice isn't cracking your face is cracking]

Hi, Lucia, I'm Leonard. But we can by all means still be Code Red and Blue Team, and any other dumb and appropriate nicknames we think of each other.

As long as none of those nicknames are Phil! If you call me that, I'll cry!

[ .... they're probably kidding. ]

It's no longer an appropriate nickname, so no Fragment Phil ever again. I'm sorry I kind of freaked out last time we talked. You're very cute. And we're here to help.

It's okay! I freaked out a lot too. Everyone did.

[ It's fine, apparently. ]

Thank you so much for coming, though! I didn't know if you could. It's really far away from the, um...

[ They trail off and make a face. ]

The thing we talked in, last time? I don't have a word for it...

...Uh. Well. It was a crystal embedded in the floor of a basement that had been turned into an altar that was part of a mansion that had been at one point turned into a museum. So take your pick, really.

[ They snap their fingers as he says altar. ] That one!

People used to come and talk at it all the time, but not really anymore. So I was pretty wigged out when you all turned up!

[ "i was pretty wigged out" – god, 2019 ]

This one is bigger, though. And there's more crystals. So I thought if you came here, we could use this one to talk but it didn't really work like I hoped.

Nah, we mostly saw...snippets? Of other universes. It was...pretty fucking weird.

But, the altar! We don't really know what you are, but it seems like people treated you kinda like a god? With worshiping and all that.

Oh! So you can tell us about yourself! Your history and what happened and how to help!