MAY MINGLE

[stellafortunamods]

May Mingle: Entombed City
Welcome to Teyvat - a vast magical world of adventure.
Everyone's hard work resulted in the gate to upper Dragonspine opening. These ruins have not been traversed in years, if not centuries - everything within has been lost to time and living memory. An entire city has been buried in the snow.

People once lived there. The broken buildings host damaged furniture and weathered streets. There are various cloth-covered mounds in a house here and there, accompanied by a sprig of blue flowers. Someone has laid these people to rest after they passed away.

Traces of technology can be found in the city - golden boxes that contain crystals capable of recording and playing back holograms. One of the boxes introduces this place as Vindagnyr; a land once full of greenery and life. Just what happened to these people? What caused the eternal winter?

The highest point in the city is occupied by a temple built into a Domain. Within the Domain is a pale white tree, split in half by a strange object that has fallen through the Domain's ceiling. This temple was once a site for worship for Vindagnyr's people, and even in death they continue to pray for salvation. The priests have been frozen in ice, and the sheer cold emanating from the Skyfrost Nail makes it obvious that it is the cause of winter.

The city's inhabitants worshipped Celestia. Why then were they left to die?

State of the World

On October 1st, the entombed city of Vindagnyr becomes open for exploration. Travelers can choose to look for clues or try to scavenge the city for ancient materials or tools. Recording boxes all around the city tell stories of Vindagnyr's greener past, and of the days when winter suddenly arrived. This is the cruelty of Celestia that Forneus wished you to see.

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

Comments

[fiddlestick]

[He sighs. Yep. This guy is totally caught up in his own drama. This is why Elliot doesn't open up to most people. ]

Yeah, you should. He's probably still wondering where you are.

[nefilim]

Then if the maiden requests it!

[She's having way too much fun with this.

It takes some shifting but. Into her arms he goes!

And then she just. Starts laughing all over again, since now she clearly sees Tsurumaru all nicely wrapped up in his canvas.]

[justicefang]

[Shirou nods once,] While you talk to them I’ll mark the spots near camp that need suitable for trail markers.

[It will be a start and let them get to them quickly so at least people will have an extra guide to camp.]

[stellafortunamods]

I didn't.

[ That's what he meant about 'intent of believing he's an enemy'. ]

I wouldn't ever threaten to harm my employees.

[stellafortunamods]

You'll be here for days if I loredumped. Plus, there are some things that can't be spoken without consequences.

[ ANYWAYS, ]

It wasn't inborn, if that's what you're asking.

1/2

[cranelike]

(let's say some of it has slipped so we can now see his face properly and just

look at this

ANGRY CRANE BURRITO)

[nefilim]

You say that as if I don't willing sit there listening to Zhongli for hours. And of course there is.

[Look, underneath all that gremlin is Giant Nerd.

But that's what she figured. Her brows furrow a little more as she keeps thinking.]

It is. Though where did it come from?

no talk me angy

[cranelike]

()

[justicefang]

I suppose it doesn’t.

[Really matter that is. Shirou looks up and they’re reached the edge of town. What was once farmland stretches out before them. He takes a deep breath but his sense of smell is still cut off. Even if he could this has been left too long.

There’s a tingle in his bones and down through his soul. It feels like the world turning right when the wind runs through fur and not over skin. Something subtle in him eases and he walks slowly to what has been a shed.]

I don’t see any tools laid out. It looks like you’re right. It was days not twenty four hours.

[whiteshroud]

[He nods to that. It's not like his experience with all this stuff is more varied than what Shirou has been through, so he has nothing to add there.

Though at that acknowledgment about things being messy, a look of guilt and worry crosses his face. It's the same conclusion he's drawn a hundred times as he run over this situation in his mind, and he hates it.]

...Mm. You aren't wrong.

[nefilim]

[Cue some more loud laughter from Ana, trying hard not to double over so that she doesn't drop him. TRULY THE ANGRIEST CRANE BURRITO. But oh no he's mad... Nah, she regrets nothing.

However she eventually grants mercy on him, finally putting him down when they're next to the camp fire.]

There, see? Totally fine and unharmed!

[stellafortunamods]

The curse was placed by an alchemist called Gold a long time ago. Of course, the nature of the curse is from the Abyss.

[cranelike]

...

(Covering his mouth with his hand and watching Forneus for a moment to see if he can read anything from him. Frustration? Amusement? Neutrality?)

Not when you've gone through lengths to make sure our spirits can live.

... But you've convinced us before so surely you can do it again, right?

(It looks like even a frozen mountain full of corpses isn't enoug to exactly stir Tsurumaru to the Time God's side, oops.)

[nefilim]

I guess that explains why that happened...

["That" being her little incident.]

But why did Gold do that? What was the point?

[stellafortunamods]

[ Sword spirits be like that.

It's hard to read Forneus. Whatever emotions he shows are pure and genuine, yet without the subtle tones of a human. ]

The reward I offered for your service was the removal of the Revisionists from the time stream of your world, as well as those that you call the 'Time Police'. Because only a god of Time can accomplish such a thing.

[stellafortunamods]

[ Forneus puts his hands on his hips and draws out a long sigh. ]

Sometimes humans do things just because they can, and they don't ask themselves if they should.

[whiteshroud]

[Jun tended to stay clear of Forneus if he could help it, mostly out of caution. But this was an issue that was too important to Jun to leave alone, and he didn't want to cause Zhongli more worry - so to Forneus for answers it was.

He glances around the office, his hood up to keep his own expressions hidden. It looks much more decorated than before...this guy really was trying to work on his image to the others. ... Whatever works, he supposes. Didn't matter to Jun. ]

My control of light returned, but something's off about it. Is there a reason for that?

[What are pleasantries. ]

[cranelike]

(He is just a crane wrapped in a sheet with his back turned to Ana and his arms crossed because he is 10 and refuses to acknowledge her after SUCH MISTREATMENT)

[nefilim]

So they just... did that because they could?

[Of course it's mindset she understands. She does things because she can and she wants to, uncaring of everything else.

But nothing like this. Never anything like this.]

Durin didn't even seem to understand what was happening! What kind of sick fuck are they...

[cranelike]

Were we not doing fine on our own?

(Head tilt, curious.)

Ah, but who knows how much longer we would be fighting...

(Leaning back in his seat now, stretching and looking up at the ceiling. Ceiling? IS there a ceiling???)

[nefilim]

[No if she laughs again he might get more upset. But she really wants to. She really, really wants to.

But she does shift closer to sliiiiiightly peer over his shoulder.]

C'mon, you didn't find that fun at all? Not even a tiny bit?

[stellafortunamods]

If you were given the choice of completing your mission once and for all, would you take it?

[ There is a ceiling! It's a very normal modern ceiling. The only weird thing about his office seems to be what's outside the windows. ]

[stellafortunamods]

[ Pleasantries or no, Forneus doesn't mind. It's not like he wasn't expecting this. ]

Light as an element does not exist in Teyvat.

[cranelike]

I was manhandled!

(Just gonna step away and around to make sure his back is definitely facing her again. He's going to keep doing this.)

[stellafortunamods]

As they say, pride comes before a fall. He wanted to use power that did not belong to the gods.