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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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Yeah. Ka is a wheel, ever changing, but always repeating.
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[He lets out a breath, soft and surprised before nodding.]
Ain't that the truth.
[Gods fail, pass the burden on to man, curse them for doing their best, and demand a price no one should have to pay... over and over again. Different forms, different prices, always the same judgement from on high.
Fucking Astrals.]
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Sounds like you've spent some time under your own wheel. Though...I guess that makes sense.
[He's just gunna...gesture. At all of him. Cause....broken.]
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[It's totally not him, it's his King and the Princess. He just happened to be the one close enough to them to be able to help make sure she'd see the future.]
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Ka-tet is still ka, Nyx. It just means you share the wheel instead of manage it on your own. I was part of a ka-tet. Then I..well, then I came here. The fact that here exists means that my ka-tet was successful, so that's nice...but I do miss them.
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[it's a lot of words he doesn't know but there's also a common theme so he's doing alright figuring things out from context at least.]
I know how you feel. Did your part so that means they're able to go on... doesn't change how much you miss them. Shit I haven't gone more than a day or two without Libertus at my side since I was a kid. He's like a brother to me.
[And as he speaks he reaches up to smooth his fingers back along one of his braids, a reminder of his friend, even if he's not here.]
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Understanding that wasn't going to change it, though. If staying true to his father's ways meant that he remembered him, then so be it. He'd already given up New York a long time ago.]
We keep them close in our own ways, no matter what reality they're in. Eventually we'll see them again when we get to the clearing at the end of the path, but for now we live as they would want us to live.