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

[stellafortunamods]

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

[nefilim]

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?

[stellafortunamods]

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.

[nefilim]

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?

[stellafortunamods]

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.

[nefilim]

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?

[stellafortunamods]

I can't. My homeworld ceased to exist.

[ :D ]

[nefilim]

[ D:

Oh. Man.]

It... How?

[stellafortunamods]

[ shrugs ]

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

[nefilim]

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.

[stellafortunamods]

[ No comment. ]

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

[nefilim]

[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?

[stellafortunamods]

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.

[nefilim]

[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?

[stellafortunamods]

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.

[nefilim]

[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.]

[stellafortunamods]

Yeah, it's kind of similar. Glad you can relate.

[ She just has to trust him on this, unfortunately. ]

[nefilim]

[She will on this, at least. It's something she can empathise with, even if only a little.]

I've made people freak out with my... eating habits, among other things. So you won't have to worry about me not trusting you on this.

[stellafortunamods]

Alright.

[ Though she's probably going to punch him again later. ]