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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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Haha, well magic takes many different forms depending on the world and the people who develop spells from it. I don't have the power to travel worlds like you and Sora do, so you have a leg up there.

Oh, Sora can't do what I can. He has to either use a gummy ship or have one of us former Organization members use a Dark Corridor... but I don't recommend using those now. Not after South Sister.

A Dark Corridor spell that was developed by, in your words, an evil Organization...

...Mm, yeah. I think I'll pass on trying one for now. [SOUNDS SHADY and also shadow is not an element he gets along well with thanks] I hope Forneus holds up his end of the deal to send us back to our worlds when this is finished, so we won't have to use them.

I don't actually know who developed it. We just used it. [The person to ask would be Ventus, if that boy ever regains his KHUx memories... but Roxas doesn't know that.]

If he doesn't, then we just have to fight him.

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Is fighting your Plan B to everything ...?

.... [Well...] I'm not really good at anything other than fighting.

Right, okay...

[Yeah. Doesn't surprise him]

Well, I recommend not picking a fight with him. Time gods are typically considered among the strongest of the gods.

[Everyone has a weakness, even gods.]

I'm here to help. Unlike the last place we were in, this time I remember making that promise. There won't be a reason fight if I can go home once we've helped and aren't needed anymore. There's people waiting for me after all.

Hm...fair enough.

[He gives a little shrug]

He'll probably hold to it. From what I understand, he's under a strict contract he has to follow.

... a contract? Gods make and follow those?

[He nods]

Mm. Not all of them, but there's many that do. With both mortals and other gods.

I'd advise being careful about entering such a contract yourself though. They can be...tricky.

I don't really have a reason to even think about a contract... but I'll be careful.

[Jun gives a nod. He won't say more on that subject.]

...I'm going to buy supplies to bring back to camp. I suggest you go look around town. These are some of the people we're being asked to help...it'd be good to get familiar with them.

Is there anyone I should avoid?

[People who could cause trouble or anything?]

...Drunks?

It's the middle of the day, so I doubt anyone will try to cause trouble. If you're hungry, the Good Hunter on the main street has some pretty good food.

[What a pretty peaceful world... other than dead people frozen on a mountain. What are they here for then??]

Right. [Wait] What money do they use here?

Ah- right. They use Mora.

[He wouldn't have any money being new. So Jun will reach in a pocket of his uniform and pull out a fistful of coin. It's definitely enough to pay for a meal, and maybe some other odds and ends depending on how Roxas spends it.]

There. That should be enough. I'll meet you back here in an hour, okay?

Huh?

[Wait wait wait!! Roxas looks a bit panicked now.]

I can't take this! Just tell me how I can earn my own mon-... Mora. I know I just got here, but there's gotta be something I can do.

[He was about to head out, but he'll pause and look over his shoulder]

Well, you can take commissions from the Adventurer's Guild, but any of those requests will take more than an hour.

Just take it for now. You can pay me back later if it bothers you.

[Though, he won't remind Roxas about any owed money, since he doesn't actually care about it]

[Damn. That won't work. For the moment.]

I will!

[As soon as he can. Roxas will just mumble a thanks after and go to scurry off to explore for the next hour.]

[Mwhaha, Jun wins this round.

Jun meanwhile will go his own way. He makes a point to buy a couple odds and ends that comes to mind supply wise...but let's be real, he's going to spend most of this hour finding some roof to sit on and stare into void. Between the dead city and this roller coaster of a reunion, it's been a day.]

[Look

Roxas has no excuse.

He'll be nicer in the future. Maybe. If there's less dead things involved.]

MAY MINGLE

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