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Stella Fortuna Mods ([personal profile] stellafortunamods) wrote in [community profile] stellafortunalogs2021-05-01 11:05 am

MAY MINGLE


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.
bowfaire: (H・A・L・F)

[personal profile] bowfaire 2021-05-03 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I haven't seen signs of anyone else up here except us.

(He moves his hand, motioning towards the floor, )

The snow would have covered up things outside but inside, you'd think there would be some prints or something still... Maybe there were at some point.
dispassionatedevotion: (> Normal)

[personal profile] dispassionatedevotion 2021-05-05 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Signs of disturbances from someone entering the building, you mean.

[ He looked thoughtful. ]

Then it is likely that whoever came here hadn't recently been through the area if there are no signs. Or ... they are the type of "individual" that could walk into a place without leaving signs they were there.

Though, I suppose thinking about this might be moot in the end.
Edited 2021-05-05 19:13 (UTC)
bowfaire: (kissed by the seaweed)

[personal profile] bowfaire 2021-05-06 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't put the latter past this place.

(It could definitely be someone who could cover their tracks. People can get pretty creative with their Visions.)

But you're right. Instead of looking for someone who's probably no longer here, we should focus on what's in front of us first. We can also about our mysterious other visitor later.
dispassionatedevotion: (> BRILLIANTE)

[personal profile] dispassionatedevotion 2021-05-09 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, we can.

[ There was a pause as he considered their surroundings, and then: ]

What are some other thoughts you have on 'what's in front of us'?
bowfaire: ('Cause every night I lie in bed)

[personal profile] bowfaire 2021-05-11 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Given how many bodies there are... either this all happened quickly or something prevented them from leaving. Either way, it looks like most people weren't able to get out of here before it was too late...

(Little does he know, the answer is a combination of both.)

Considering this is all supposed to show us "Celestia's cruelty," I'm guessing this isn't natural. Probably some sort of divine retribution...
dispassionatedevotion: (> Glance)

[personal profile] dispassionatedevotion 2021-05-15 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
That it does.

[ That's going to be fun to find out...either way, Ledah will agree with the thought. The fact that many people had died was painfully evident that not many had made it out unscathed.

At Claude's comment about "divine retribution", that was something he found himself in agreement with as well. But, a simple thread of curiosity struck him, expression unreadable. ]


Have you been witness to divine retribution before?
bowfaire: (I wanna make them all laugh)

[personal profile] bowfaire 2021-05-15 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
(There's a question that makes him stop to think. It's not that he has to recall exactly because an event immediately comes to mind but...)

Maybe. (There's that hint of uncertainty in his voice,) To be honest, I'm not exactly sure because I don't really believe in that sort of thing.

But if you believe the stories, I guess you could say that's what it was. Either way, I was lucky to just be on the right side at the time.
dispassionatedevotion: (> Back)

[personal profile] dispassionatedevotion 2021-05-18 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ He'll listen carefully; it's not exactly what he expected to hear, but it was hard to say if he knew what to have in the first place.

The fact that there were those who did not believe in such things did not surprise him. ]


I can believe that you were.

[ ... ]

Clearly there are those who can't say the same.
bowfaire: (And "you're hurt" exclaim)

[personal profile] bowfaire 2021-05-24 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
But they believed in Celestia until the end...

(While a nonbeliever like him was able to come out alive and on the right side after Garreg Mach was attacked. It doesn't seem fair (but then again, the world is rarely fair in his experience).)

It isn't right.
dispassionatedevotion: (> Tower)

[personal profile] dispassionatedevotion 2021-05-28 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ For a moment he's silent, and then he seemed to look at Claude. Really look at him, and just nodded. ]

...No, it isn't.

Though the world is unfair, this wasn't necessary, and could easily have been avoided. The fact that it wasn't, speaks to the true nature of the gods involved in this.

[ An emotion that felt almost foreign due to its intensity gripped him every single time he thought about how Celestia treated the people here like this. It burned in his throat, almost. Honestly, he's been good at keeping it in check for now, but it's been kind of harder without the full power of his Diviner in play.

He'll turn away from Claude. ]


Let's finish our business in this place as soon as possible. I can only imagine if we are here too long it would not do well for any of us.