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MAY MINGLE

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.

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[The other winged otherworlder is also taking the time to explore the tree, her own expression frozen into something nigh unreadable. While it's cold, horribly so, being a Pyro user and used to such temperatures makes it easier to approach the nail.

Anastasia doesn't pay any mind to Ledah at first, but she whips her head towards him at his words - brows furrowing deeply.]

I'm usually all for that, but we don't know what'll happen if we destroy it.

[Like there's that one dragon corpse somewhere... Plus there's no guarantee that destroying it won't throw the cold out further, or something like that. For once Anastasia's destructive tendencies are tempered, most just due to how upset she is about all this.]

We'd free the bodies lying in ice so that they're not on display.

[ ...

Ledah will put away his Diviner, however, seeming to acquiesce to her point. He won't be too bullheaded about this, because she was correct, and logically he should learn more before taking action. ]

But I suppose you're correct. Until we find out if there are any adverse effects, any attempts to bring it down should wait.

Then for now we can cover them until we can properly bury them. We might be able to melt them out of the ice...

[But she's pleasantly surprised that he listened. Nodding in response as she sighs, arms still folded over her chest as she lets herself relax a bit.]

There is one thing I'm worried about. [She had peered in on it, but she never actually went in since it just screamed "corrupted"...]

There's like... a beating heart, down the mountain. I'm not sure if unfreezing that would be a good idea.

It wouldn't be.

[What is this Ana? SOMEONE ELSE IS AGREEING]

The mountain is full of a corruption curse. Defrosting the mountain might unleash it...and then we'd be in a lot of trouble.

[At least two good things have happened in the hellscape that has been today - ]

See, so we should investigate some more first!

[NOW THAT SHE HAS ELLIOT TO BACK HER UP -]

But a corruption curse? Hmm, it did look corrupted...

[Elliot nods. Yes Ana you got it, same page!!]

Yeah. Remember how Duvalin was infected with a curse that drove him to lash out on Mondstadt?

That curse came from the dragon whose remains lie on this mountain. It's too cold to spread easily here, but anyone that does get infected would likely face a similar fate.

Hmm... So if we want to unfreeze the mountain, we'll need to find a way to suppress or purify the curse.

[Which means. She should ~~eat~~ absorb some of it, in order to get a better understanding whenever she gets her usual powers back. If they haven't dealt with it by then, of course.]

Yeah. So I think we should do that first, and then think about ways to unfreeze the mountain.

[Alas, Elliot has no idea what terrible ideas he's giving Ana because he's a sane person who doesn't think anyone's first response to a corruption curse is to EAT IT]

[LOOK ELLIOT SHE DOES IT ALL THE TIME BACK HOME, IT'S FIIIIIIIIINE. And it's not like she can eat it. Yet.]

Maybe there might be clues in the city... That, or we can ask Mr. Time.

[he considers for a moment]

...Forneus is probably our best bet. The city seems like it's from a time before Durin, so I don't see why there'd be any clues about the curse there.

[ He had been rather so focused on Ana he hadn't anticipated Elliot, or maybe he did at least take notice of his presence, but felt like it wasn't necessary to expect a response from him. Though at the very least now because the healer spoke up, he had information that it would be a fool's errand to try anything.

There's a strange emotion welling up inside of him. He's seen bodies before, so that in of itself wasn't the problem.

But there had been different reasons for that, and they were expected, as well as the problem or issue able to be something that could be immediately confronted or dealt with. But this...was a different beast. Though he had once told Ein he was jealous of him, he was beginning to become reacquainted with why emotions could be a hindrance.

So for a moment he stared silently at the bodies, letting the two talk it out. Ledah was a soldier, he solved things with stabbing and killing, so them thinking up a resolution was fine to him, especially since it gave him time to think things over.

Then, he turned to them both, gaze mostly neutral with a hint of frigid along the edges. ]

We cover the bodies in the meanwhile, then. If something is able to counteract the corruption, we can deal with this further, as you have both suggested by having a talk with Forneus and then going from there. I didn't bring anything to cover the bodies with, however.

...There could be something back at camp, so unless either of you two have something, let's go. There's no point in dithering around in the cold uselessly, and I expect neither of you two to do any such thing.

[ With that said rather nicely, Ledah turned his back to the two, and began to walk back. They could continue chatting as they moved away from here; he could only imagine the cold would bother the two more than him, and though he could feel it himself, he wouldn't so much as give a shiver. ]

[There's a nod of agreement with Elliot, before peeking over at Ledah when he speaks. Humming softly as she glances over the bodies as well, mulling over his words. Ledah as a good idea, so she doesn't hesitate to follow closely behind him - peeking over to make sure Elliot is nearby.

Mostly because she conjures a small ball of flame into being, the shape of it almost rose-like as it floats amongst the trio. Shivering or not, she doesn't want to see anyone freeze today.]

Hopefully there's some fabric or something we can use. Though the issue is if we would have enough...

[She hopes they do. Though she doesn't offer to go ask Forneus about said attempts to purify... Mostly thanks to how her last chat with him started with her punching him.]

[He looks over at Ledah when he speaks up. Yeah...that's a good point. They can worry about the curse later, but they needed to do something for the poor souls here. It's too bad the ground is too frozen to give a proper burial...or even get a cremation going.

Feeling no need to linger in a place where he'd freeze to death himself (he is pure human after all), he follows along with these two, close to the fire so he can feel it's warmth]

Yeah ... if there isn't, maybe we can get some on the next supply run to Mondstadt?

[ At the very least Ledah had been planning on approaching Forneus once more at some point, so it's one subject on his mind to present to the god. Maybe among some other things, because there were always things to question...even if he wasn't the greatest at asking them in the first place just due to his wonderful socializing skills. ]

Yes, we could in the event that there's not enough available. Though, I understand if neither of you two would desire to venture back into the cold, and so I would be perfectly capable of handling such a task myself.

[ Ledah believed that he's not doing this because it was out of concern for their wellbeing, but because it'd just be logical for him to take care of it due to him bringing it up in the first place. But anyway, they'd have to see what was available at camp first. ]

Hm?

[He looks over at Ledah, rubbing his head. Ah, one of those types it seems.]

Hey, c'mon now. There's no need to go into a place like this alone. It's dangerous. I don't like the cold, but I'll help you out. We're all working together, after all.

[The power of teamwork!!! But also yeah, he rather this guy not join all these priests in their frozen tomb because he decided to try this all alone]

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MAY MINGLE

The Skyfrost Nail

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