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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.]]
liveofftheland: Shocked and irritated. (you let WHO cook)

[personal profile] liveofftheland 2019-01-04 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, no, no, no...

[Marie's footsteps come down the path. She calls out from far enough away that she can dodge a panic strike.]

Aran!
thecageysort: (i am good at emotion)

[personal profile] thecageysort 2019-01-04 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Aran turns to look at her. Something in his expression, in his eyes - well, eye - seems almost... distant.

But one thing he doesn't seem is panicked. If anything, he's far too calm. Like he didn't just see a "memory" of his own death.]


...Marie.
liveofftheland: Disappointed. (hey sophie come translate this)

[personal profile] liveofftheland 2019-01-04 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
Alice and I were looking for you, did... [She sighs and looks off.] This place is messed up.
thecageysort: (i am good at emotion)

[personal profile] thecageysort 2019-01-04 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
That's certainly one way of describing it, yes.

[And then, of course:] Are you alright?
liveofftheland: Pleased. (five minutes since last incident)

[personal profile] liveofftheland 2019-01-04 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
I'm fine. [No mention of the others; he'll worry anyway and go help them out without her getting in the way.] Why show all these things that didn't happen?
thecageysort: (actually i was calling you a goat)

[personal profile] thecageysort 2019-01-04 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know. Maybe to make a point. Or maybe it's just... happening. Some sort of magical side effect we don't understand.

It doesn't really matter, because it's pointless anyway.
liveofftheland: Shocked and irritated. (you let WHO cook)

[personal profile] liveofftheland 2019-01-05 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
It matters as much as anything. You know understanding what you're up against is important.
thecageysort: (you found me)

[personal profile] thecageysort 2019-01-08 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not interested in understanding it. I'd like to just be done with this and move on.

[Oh, that's... a little terse, even for Aran. Yeah, maybe he's not taking this so well.]
liveofftheland: Pleased. (five minutes since last incident)

[personal profile] liveofftheland 2019-01-08 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
[She winces at that, but doesn't press it.]

Think we should turn back, then? Maybe we're not prepared.
thecageysort: (it's so beautiful)

[personal profile] thecageysort 2019-01-10 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
It might not be unwise for you all to turn back. Just in case.

But I'm not planning on it myself.
liveofftheland: Smiling. (well that's a victory)

[personal profile] liveofftheland 2019-01-10 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
Then I'm staying. I know a bad idea when I see one, and leaving's it.