FEBRUARY MINGLE

[stellafortunamods]

February Mingle: The Outlander Who Caught The Wind
Welcome to Teyvat - a vast magical world of adventure.
Life in Mondstadt seems to never change. Each day unfolds similarly to the next, and the clock turns back every seven days. Just what is happening here? Is there ever any hope for the Travelers to find a way home? Slowly, the questions that have been burning in everyone's minds will be answered The fate of all that lives in Teyvat is written in the stars - only you, Traveler, are free from the shackles of destiny.

As Travelers wake up to August 13th for the third time, nothing seems to have changed. However, a windstorm blankets all of Mondstadt in the afternoon, whipped up by the wings of a large dragon. As civilians scatter and the Knights attempt to restore order, a voice calls out to you from the darkened sky.

"Come fly with me. The winds of freedom will clear away the storm."

An updraft carries you and your Wind Glider into the air, where you can take aim at the dragon without hindrance. However, your attacks seem to focus on the purple spikes that torment the dragon's body. From whence did they come?

At the behest of the Acting Grand Master, you venture out into Mondstadt's wilds to stem the flow of power fueling Stormterror's rampage. Perhaps you may come to know of Stormterror's past - once a protector of the city, now turning his back on the nation he once loved. What broke the dragon's heart? Could he have truly turned dark once and for all?

Whatever path you choose to walk, it soon becomes evident that your actions do have an impact on the world. August 17th arrives gracefully, and the people of Mondstadt turn their attention to the arduous task of reconstruction. Helping to patch up the city's beautiful neighbourhoods piece by piece will earn you the citizens favour and a good amount of Mora.

When the dust settles, peace returns to Mondstadt... for the most part. The howling of wolves can be heard in the depths of the night - a territorial dispute in the dark forests of Wolvendom has spilled over into neighbouring Springvale. The order in Wolvendom is kept by the will of Lupus Boreas - all wolves who reside in Mondstadt must obey Andriu's code. The foreign pack heed not his words, hunting above their share and attacking human hunters.

Yet all wolves look the same to outsiders unfamiliar with their code, and the residents of Springvale are all too willing to blame all of wolfkind. Who will listen to the voice of the wolves? Will blood be spilled on these untamed lands once more? Only time will tell.

State of the World

For the first week of February, IC time will continue the time loop from January: that is, looping once more from August 10th to August 16th. ICly, the tasks in our main quest will be completed by characters before Sunday ends. Once Monday rolls around once more, they’ll be pleasantly surprised to find that the date has advanced to August 17th. The second to fourth weeks of February will be spent looping from August 17th to August 23rd, and characters will have plenty of new things to do in the new time period.

For all questions regarding February's mingle and events, please head over to our OOC post.

Comments

[whiteshroud]

Haha, true....

[At first he thought he was getting away with it, but nope Claude just had to call him out with that follow-up. Damn.

At least he'll come clean...ish this time.]

... Knights from my order favor working from the shadows. In an ideal situation, people don't know we were there in the first place. So I'm not used to getting...that kind of attention.

[Being acknowledged and thanked for something. Also there's a whole thing where he has a borderline pathological hatred for himself thanks to all sorts of issues boiling over, but we don't have time unpack all that.]

[bowfaire]

You're a knight?

(He doesn't sound too surprised. Where he's from, it's not uncommon for people their age to be knights (or rather, knights in training). Jun had seemed prety ordinary to him but to be completely fair, most of the people in the Blue Lions seemed normal enough until you really got to know them,)

... Those don't exactly sound like the type of knights I'm used to. Shouldn't knights be out in the open? Dashing and being flashy... showing off chivalrously?

[whiteshroud]

You wouldn't be the first to say something like that.

[he gives something of a wry smile.]

I'm not a typical knight. I don't joust or save princesses or serve kings. My main duty is to handle supernatural monsters and threats, dangers that most people can't see or do anything about.

Better to be discrete so people can live in peace than to risk causing a panic over invisible monsters, wouldn't you say?

[bowfaire]

I can't really say...

(Something about what Jun's said seems to ring for Claude.)

I guess I'd just rather know what dangers are out there than live in ignorance but that's just me.

[whiteshroud]

Ha...that's a common sentiment among those who involve themselves in our side of things.

[Jun can respect that stance, he's pretty much of the same mindset, if you got down to his personal opinion]

Unfortunately, it's not that simple for everyone. Unless a person has some degree of innate spirit power, their memories of supernatural things fade once they're away from it. So even if we did tell people...most would think we're crazy or forget by the next day.

[bowfaire]

... But they can still be hurt by these forces.

(Which doesn't seem really fair to him but this time, its in a way that cant be helped. It doesn't seem fair that they can be hurt by things they literally can't comprehend.)

Talk about a bad deal.

[whiteshroud]

Mm. Some say they're better off not knowing or remembering, but...I wonder if that's really true sometimes.

[There was once a time where he didn't question it. It simply was how things were. But after being around Ryouta long enough to see the impacts that memory loss had on things ... it really didn't sit right with him anymore]

But, that's why we exist. To stop people from being hurt by such things.