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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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[That... really is strange, and it makes her chuckle under her breath for a moment.]

There really is all sorts... But you're right about that. My friends and I recently found out about this old, observing alien race which is also the origin of my friends weapon. All big sci-fi stuff, but it's really happening.

[~~talks about septs oc to septs oc so we can talk about septs oc with septs oc~~]

I've heard of them.

[ Pause. ]

They kind of keep away from me though. Figures they might not want me to pierce their secrets.

The Grigori? Yeah, they're really secretive and shit. Figures they wouldn't like you much... I'm guessing they're one of the dimensional types if you know them.

[Which makes sense for a race that observes everything. Though her words trail off as she frowns, humming under her breath for a moment.]

Though one of them we met, I think they had a few screws loose. They didn't mind telling us... Well, a lot of things. I don't trust them.

You shouldn't trust them. To be fair, you shouldn't trust me either. At least, according to common sense.

[ For every being that lives, there's bound to be someone above them. It goes up like a never ending chain of world-bearing elephants. ]

[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.

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

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?

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

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?

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

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?

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.

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?

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.

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?

I can't. My homeworld ceased to exist.

[ :D ]

[ D:

Oh. Man.]

It... How?

[ shrugs ]

Shit happens. And there's nothing anyone can do about it. It doesn't matter.

What do you mean "it doesn't matter"? Of course if does! Even if it's been decades and there's nothing anyone can about it! It was your home, once.

[Siiiiiighs]

But... Sorry. For bringing it up.

[ No comment. ]

Let's talk about something else. Anything else you want to ask me?

[She has retained that information and will never speak of it again.]

Actuuually... Since time isn't really a constraint for you, are you able to jump between the past or the future?

Not in the sense that you do. It's hard to explain, but I can't move across the time stream because I exist constantly within it. It's like "I can't go to the bookstore because I'm there right now." but it's time.

[Give her a moment.]

Hmm, so.... [Draws out that "so" for a few seconds.]

Soooo, you wouldn't be able to like... go to a certain point in time, since you're already there? In a way?

Yes, something like that.

[ LOOK ITS HARD TO RATIONALIZE IT TO PEOPLE WHO DONT LIVE FOUR-DIMENSIONALLY ]

It's very complex and I don't really know how to convey it in a manner that's digestible to people who live in three dimensions. Sorry.

[AND THEN TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO SOMEONE WHO ONLY LEARNED ABOUT SCIENCE FOUR YEARS AGO - ]

Nah, it's fine... I kinda get it? I don't know a lot about science-y things, but I think I get it.

[Maybe.]

I guess it's more like... Harder for me to understand how you perceive things? But I get trying to explain that would be like me trying to explain how I can do certain things humans can't.

[It's hard to put into words if the other never, and could never, experience something like that themselves.]

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