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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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Not exactly. Minako-san is....from a different world's SEES, where she exists instead of me. Like Akira and Akira-chan, except we don't really look alike. At all.
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I see... Have you been getting along well with her?
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Shido's mouth thins considerably, before he asks gently...]
Are you alright, Minato?
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...haunted.]
I don't think so.
[He can't....hide this anymore, not from Shido. Isn't that what parents are supposed to be for? Guidance and comfort, and that kind of thing. He thinks he remembers his own...]
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Come... let's take a seat somewhere.
[Perhaps somewhere out of the way, private. Minato seems to be the sort of person who wouldn't want to unnecessarily draw attention to himself...]
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This cave isn't especially comfortable, but they can find a reasonably nice nook.]
Don't know where to begin to explain... Don't think I've been 'alright' in a long time. Something wrong with me.
[His voice is so tired. But, when in doubt: deflect.]
Shouldn't be.... Are you alright, after seeing that?
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Don't worry over me... I'll be alright.
[His voice is especially gentle.]
You can start wherever you'd like.
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But he....doesn't really want to talk about his thing, either? Sort of. It's the same feeling keeping him from talking to Minako, the same creeping dread that finds him when he thinks about the future - even the future beyond the Dark Hour. But he's going to. He's tired.
Now, where to begin.]
Remember before Incendia, I was down for a week in that coma?
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[Shido will be quiet, for the most part. He isn't likely to speak at all until Minato is done. He's just going to sit here, give him his full attention, and slowly rub his back.]
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[He pauses, trying to figure out where to go from there. He never imagined he'd be trying to explain to another Wildcard, let alone someone without a Persona at all. He mumbles something that sounds like 'great catastrophe'.]
How much do you know about Wildcard stuff? [He has no earthly idea what the others have explained.]
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"Outside interference."
Ah.
His jawline tightens considerably, hand pausing on Minato's back...
Breathe, Shido. Breathe. Okay.
The hand resumes rubbing.]
A few things. That they can wield multiple Personas, they can take on Shadows as Personas... [... his gaze narrows at the ground.] ... and in Goro's and Akira's case... they were "chosen".
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Taking on Shadows - as far as I know, I can't...do that. [Taking them on as Personas, that is.] Probably noticed I summon differently. Don't get a cool costume. Lot of things are different between my time and yours...
[He's still struggling with how to explain what's scaring him. It's just so...big, it's everything, it's an entire world.
That's...it, actually. That's the problem. Minato looks stunned, like he's just solved a particularly complicated math problem that boiled down to one plus one.]
....I don't want to go back.
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But his brow furrows, a bit of pain reflected in his eyes. Pain and... empathy. He draws in a measured breath and lets it out.]
If you have to... then I'm sure those three will come get you, once we've all solved this Fissure mess.
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He won't say "That's if there's anything left", because he isn't sure if he means of himself or of his world or....or what. Something bad is going to happen. That much seems unavoidable truth.]
...'end of everything'...'poisonous flowers'... [It's said low, more to himself. He shakes his head.]
Sorry... Not staying very coherent, am I? There's- ...The....uncontrollable Persona is why I was stuck in that coma. And it's done it before.
[Remember when he said 'again' and he'd been out for a week 'twice before'....]
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He gently shakes his head at the apology, giving a small smile to indicate that he's fine, then... ah. The uncontrollable persona. He lets out a bit of a breath, smile slipping off his face.]
Often?
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oh.
ok.
Shido is just going to take a moment to sit back and process that... It takes awhile before he looks at Minato again and asks:]
Was your other Persona permanently destroyed?
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[There's. That?]
Could summon Orpheus again later, but not the black one. Thought it was a fluke until it happened again here. [...Something's still not quite right.] Hurts like hell when it shows up, but...seems like it only does when I'm in mortal danger. Don't know what to think...