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phantasmalrift2018-12-19 11:39 pm
phantasmods) wrote in 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.]]
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 sighs.]
I was born under circumstances that my culture saw as making me inherently undesirable. And not just that, but...this mask I'm wearing right now, it was born from my spirit of rebellion. That's always been part of my nature, on top of various other traits that aren't what society wants.
When I was growing up, I learned that the only way to be wanted was to present a false image of perfection. Learning that having made mistakes, even major ones, won't turn everyone against me has been...a process.
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I guess things have looked up for you since, though? You've got relationships, friendships that seem steady, and you're one of the few humans I've met whose take on gaining shapeshifting powers is genuinely healthy without just. Pretending the powers don't exist.
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[He brushes his hair aside to turn a ruby stud in one of his ears.]
And it would be a little silly to pretend my shapeshifting powers don't exist, since I worked hard to learn my more versatile one. I think some degree of mutability is just in my nature.
[He is a Wildcard, after all. His strength is in adaptability and changing himself to suit the situation.]
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Honestly, it doesn't seem that different from getting your ears pierced, or dying your hair.
[His hair shifts to blonde, then black, then back to brown.]
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I like having a fairly clear sense of self, so...
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Which ones we have even influence us slightly. It's easier to understand people who have something in common with one of our Personas.
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[Not that he seems...at all affected by the cold.]
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