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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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But he breathes. It's a sharp gasp, a struggle to continue, shaking and uneven. He doesn't want to be "safe". His fingers dig into Kurama's shirt as he presses closer, almost painfully close, searching for a heartbeat that, logically, he knows he won't find. Won't hear, can't hear, will never hear. It only makes it harder to calm down.
Minato tries not to think about it. About the fact two of the people he loves are already dead and were well before he met them. About how he never even had a chance to help them.
The way they always protect him. Even now, when Kurama is the one who's seen something so horrible. He shouldn't be focusing on Minato right now - this is nothing he hasn't dealt with before. He doesn't want to be "safe", not when everyone else is hurting.]
Didn't happen. Wasn't real. [Kurama needs this more than he does. Minato never wanted anyone he cares about to see something like that. His voice is tight with stress and determination.] Won't let anything like it happen to you.
[He refuses to believe such an awful thing happened to any version of Kurama. Rejects that with all his heart.]
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[It's a good method of helping someone through panic attacks and flashbacks, and something that, unlike his absent heartbeat, won't remind Minato that Kurama is dead. So Kurama paces his breathing for a bit, slow and even.
Though the rhythm stutters when Minato speaks.
He's not wrong? It's something Kurama has been telling himself. Trying to tell himself. He shudders as he holds Minato a little tighter. The words come out without thinking.]
It didn't. It can't, it won't ever, I killed him at that damn tournament!
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But those words make him go totally still. The trembling stops, but he holds his breath again, too. Killed him. Kurama killed. Logically, he should realize Kurama has blood on his hands, but he didn't need to think about it. Killed him. The words circle in his mind.
With what Minato has seen here in this cave, and what happened in Aiden's Palace, he can't....blame him, can he? He can't. There's no room for anger or upset - and he couldn't, anyway, not at Kurama.
So what's left is sadness.
He breathes, slow and calm, head resting against the taller boy. Tired. Tears run down his face slowly.]
I'm sorry.