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

[fortuna_tenax]

Well, yeah- just...

( she's not about to say that in the face of a mountain and the wrath of gods she's never heard of she doesn't know how. especially not to a stranger. but she's here now, and not entirely sure what to do. so. yeah. )

Where do we even begin?

[missingache]

I dunno. I think following everyone who's leaving the camp might be the first step...

[They seem to know what they're doing? Maybe?]

[fortuna_tenax]

Unless they're doing something not quite newbie-friendly.

( ... ehhhh, they'd probably say something if that were the case. unless new arrivals aren't too common? crossing her arms, she sighs. )

Jinx, by the way. Since we're here and all.

[missingache]

[not quite newbie-friendly... isn't that just life in general?]

I'm Roxas. I'm kinda glad I'm not the only new person here.

[fortuna_tenax]

( too true, too true.

jinx gives roxas a neutral look before returning her attention to the mountain. )

Yeah, I get that. It'd probably be worse alone. ( not that she expects happy murder snow mountain time to be great. ) Soooo... I guess we're going up?

[missingache]

Yeah... I'm not looking forward to it. I really hate this kind of weather.

[Snow is not fun. Not anymore at least.]

grumpyyyyy...

[fortuna_tenax]

Saaaaame. I'm from a beach city- and the side that isn't beach is desert.

( california, babey! )

But its not like we can let this stop us.

( so, she's going to start walking, because what else can they do? even if she's still not used to being able to see her breath, and this sense of displacement- she doesn't belong and her magic isn't there and even if they're not here floundering without supplies they're still new in a world that isn't theirs- isn't fucking helping.

might as well make busy. )

C'mon, standing around isn't going to help anything.

[missingache]

Beaches aren't always sunny... the last place I was in was an island, and I had to shovel snow every day.

[Mostly for ice cream.

Blinking, he follows. Zipping his coat up and covering his hair with his hood. Just to retain some heat.]

Right. I wonder if there's fire along the way to warm up.

[fortuna_tenax]

Oh yikes. 0/10 beach. But mine was, for the most part.

There's other explorers, and this cold is weird in general- I'd be surprised if there wasn't, actually.

( and then there would be a lot of yelling and lecturing from a teenage girl and no one wants to deal with that? )

So, uh- what can you do?

( if they're going to start the mountain trail together, it'd probably pay to know. )

[missingache]

[Ugh if only his warm gear came with him from South Sister. Roxas wouldn't complain at all then.]

Huh? [Wait. Can't say magic. It was this vision thing now.] I got something called cryo. Ice. Which... this is the worst place for that kind of power.

[fortuna_tenax]

( ice powers... on the deathtrap ice mountain. super! )

Maybe next... wherever we end up. I got Electro? Not unlike my magic back home, honestly. ( because she doesn't give a fuck, apparently. ) I've never had it be an outside source though.

[missingache]

I can use all sorts of magic back home, so being limited to one is really weird... and kinda annoying.

[fortuna_tenax]

( she's only been able to use her hexes all her life- so she gets the frustration, but god does she wish she could do more in general. )

Just means you have to put your all into it. Get creative.

[missingache]

I'm not Elsa... [DON'T ASK] All I know what to do with ice is make spikes.

[fortuna_tenax]

.............. I'm not going to ask why you just made a Frozen reference, we're going to move past that.

( SHE REFUSES TO TOUCH THIS, THEY ARE MOVING ON. )

Anyways. What do you think we should expect up there?

[missingache]

... Okay? I was making a reference about a friend, but fine.

[So no snowmen then.]

More cold. Snow. Probably things to fight.

[fortuna_tenax]

( if jinx wanted to, she could very well realize elsa real. but the denial is strong and she's already moving past that. )

Hm.... Not sure how I feel about fighting things so soon when I barely understand how this thing works, but eh. Sink or swim, right?

[missingache]

That sounds like the story of my life.

[Fighting is very much a normal occurrence.]

I don't even have a weapon. So it'll be interesting if we're forced to.

jinx says the braincell is hers now

[fortuna_tenax]

... Okay, let's not march off into the death mountain just yet.

( at least she's laughing a bit, because of course they're impulsive kids like this. )

There's gotta be something here in the camp to fix that.

she'll make better use of it

[missingache]

[Impulsive is a good word. Reckless is another for Roxas.]

I hope so. I'm used to having two blades.

[Will the people here be okay with them taking some?]

Do you need a weapon?

she'll do her best anyways

[fortuna_tenax]

( oh god she doesn't have her magic.

i mean. ahem. )

It'd probably be for the best, since I'm not sure the limits of this thing. ( 'this thing' being the vision she flashes briefly. ) What all is around camp...?

[missingache]

Uh... There's a rack with a few weapons... But the swords on here are not like what I used before.

[Ugh why can't he have a Keyblade here...]

[fortuna_tenax]

Then we definitely shouldn't just go out like nothing then- we're both unfamiliar with what we've got.

( this is what happens when the newest recruits are a jrpg hero and a superhero respectively. )

No one's going to hold it against us if we decide to just take the time to acclimate.

[missingache]

... should I just take one for now? Or two swords?

[He'd feel better having both of his hands occupied by a weapon. The claymore looks too unwieldy to appeal to him.]

Yeah, but we're here to help. We can't just take all day.

[fortuna_tenax]

If you're used to dual-wielding, then I'd say stick with that. Can't have you getting killed because you aren't familiar with what you're using. And I didn't say all day- just... we can't just rush up the mountain with some new weapons and spells we aren't used to. Not to mention the Visions.