MAY MINGLE

[stellafortunamods]

May Mingle: Entombed City
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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

[nefilim]

[Though what would be above Forneus might be branching into cosmic eldritch hellscapes...]

If it's any help, I don't really trust you at all. I just find you interesting.

[She means it in a... nice way???]

It's not everyday I can talk to a time god about what he was doing before and also dare him to knit snuggies.

[stellafortunamods]

I had to visit Earth to recruit you. Though, I've also dropped by a couple times in the past just to sightsee.

[ ?????? ]

[nefilim]

[She doesn't intend to repeat it with the corruption... Everything else, on the other hand -

But for now she just wants to rest and recover, since she won't be much help if she's too injured to even do anything. So she keeps still so that Rose can heal her, another soft escaping her.]

Don't worry, I got a real good taste of that firsthand.

[Nothing like being possessed by a dead, corrupted dragon to tell you that what you did was dumb as hell. But Anastasia is much more relaxed once the worst of her wounds are healed, flexing a hand for a moment before sitting up straight.]

Thank you... I'll pay you back for this.

[whiteshroud]

[ ... 💧 ]

Please tell me your visits didn't trigger any Eclipse incidents.

[stellafortunamods]

Oh, don't worry about that. I'm very good at blending in.

[ Or being invisible altogether. ]

[stellafortunamods]

Haha. Well, better to enjoy your time here than be trapped in a job you don't like doing.

[pragmatism]

You would also be able to sense the presence of elemental energy around you. This is a skill known as Elemental Sight. By drawing on elements that are already present around you, you can cast magic at a lower cost.

[ Because the alternative veers into cast from HP territory, unfortunately. ]

[nefilim]

Sounds like you're talking from experience.

[But she doesn't say more beyond that unless he seems comfortable talking about it, wincing with a sigh as she forces herself to start moving. Being mortal sucks, she would've healed from this damage normally by now!]

But thank you for the help. I think I'll just lay around at camp for a day or so, I can't really do much like this.

[And she's aware enough that pushing herself = a bad idea.]

[nefilim]

If I get to take down gods eventually, I don't really care what I need to do. Mostly I just miss my friends.

[Pause.]

Though when you took this role, did you know Celestia was... like this?

[whiteshroud]

[Well in that case, that means Forneus's tendency to be a tourist isn't his problem! Nice. There's a distorted scoff sound through the hood.]

Then I hope you enjoyed your visits.

Is that normal for gods to travel to other worlds like that? They always struck me as territorial.

[stellafortunamods]

Nah. Most gods tend to keep to their own world. Not all gods know how to travel between worlds, either. I'm pretty good at it, though, so I looked around a bit. Maybe stayed awhile if it was interesting.

[stellafortunamods]

Eh, nah. I was going to see if they could raise a world properly. Though I'd fail them on that assessment right now.

[nefilim]

[Ana trots just a bit ahead, keeping her wings wrapped tightly around herself for warmth. It's only when they're closer to camp does she speak up at again, shifting to peer up at him.]

Do you know anything about this city?

[whiteshroud]

[...]

And yet you're choosing oblivion once we defeat Celestia instead of moving to another world.

[nefilim]

Oh, good. And yeah, it seems like a massive failure.

[To say it nicely. But thinking about gods and Celestia...]

Though I have a thought... Zhongli seems to be trying to live as a mortal now. Have you ever tried anything like that?

[stellafortunamods]

[ Forneus chuckles. ]

Even I get tired, you know. [ this went dark real fast ] If it's a necessary sacrifice, then I don't see why not. Rules are rules after all.

[stellafortunamods]

I've been hiding as a mortal for uncountable years on other worlds. It's gotten a bit boring.

[nefilim]

So you've really done all sorts...

But aren't there any others, like you? I mean from the same... whatever it is, from before time?

[stellafortunamods]

We're kind of solitary when it comes to our own kind. It's a big universe out there, and there's only so many of us, so it's probably aeons before we pass by one another.

[nefilim]

Huh, that sounds kinda lonely.

[But he said before he was too busy to be lonely, so...]

Do all of your kind travel through worlds, then?

[stellafortunamods]

I can only really answer for myself. I haven't seen hide or hair of a relative in, well, a really long time.

[ Waves a hand ]

Anyways, you'll probably never meet another of us other than me. So don't worry too much about it.

[nefilim]

I'm not really worried, I'm just curious. I would just hope they aren't are vague as you, anyway.

... And you wouldn't want to go back to your world, when all is said and done here?

[whiteshroud]

Says the one bending the rules of this world so I can use Light.

[Grandpa can use that excuse being the god of contracts, but you sir...!]

It's not a sacrifice if it's an end you want. It's just suicide.

[stellafortunamods]

I can't. My homeworld ceased to exist.

[ :D ]

[stellafortunamods]

All things come to an end. You'd imagine the custodian of entropy to be the one who understands that the most.