the temple of beginnings.we're all a little mad here.
Needless to say, the Circle has been out of sorts as of late.
Fortunately, the weather has stabilized — residents will find that they are no longer plagued with snowstorms or heat waves. However, it appears that the flora and fauna have...come to life. Vines may wind around your feet and legs, entrapping you in a vice-like grip. They will eventually let go, but it seems like you need to speak nicely to them first. Bizarre, but it'll get the job done.
Mushrooms have also sprouted and now sing at you when you pass by — they aren’t particularly good singers either. Trees extend their branches to poke at you from behind, but when you turn around you’ll find that no one is there.
...And worst of all, the flowers seem to be especially privy to your thoughts; when you’re close, they’ll blab out whatever is on your mind at the moment and will only be silenced once they are picked. Best of luck surviving in this more, er, animated environment! Perhaps even plant-life can be reasoned with…? Or destroyed.
That’s always an option, isn’t it?
oh my god they were roommates.
It isn’t a proper welcome until you’ve picked out your room! In the hallways, you may find a table or two offering cookies and tea as you survey your newfound surroundings. They seem to be left by invisible people . . . weird? The Unseen Servants seem to be playing a bit more nicely from your arrival, and seem to be apologizing for their antics with sweets! (These cookies, neverfear, are not magically cursed. They are just normal cookies.)
These rooms are a bit magical, you see — should you decide to room with another person (or multiple people), you’ll find that the room itself will accommodate your needs and expand accordingly. They look the same for the most part, so some might say that it would be wise to make your decision based on what your neighbors are like.
Say hello or potentially someone else’s room by accident; it’s a bit of a Russian roulette.
Regardless, it seems that this is your new home in sense of the word. Make the most of it!
wildcard.
The Temple is a pretty big place! The Forest of the Fey stretches on endlessly, Lake Dona (and the resident Nessie) is free to explore, and there are plenty of creatures who are curiously inspecting the new arrivals.
The wyverns seem to be particularly precocious today, given the singing mushrooms, the psychic flowers, and the new people checking into new rooms! They are relatively harmless (as are most of the creatures in the Temple), but can be pretty annoying . . . especially if you have something resembling a snack in your hand.
At any rate, free to explore the rest of the Temple, the Forest, or the Lake at your leisure! Unless otherwise designated in the bestiary, everything is free to play/free to explore. :)
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[Firo's face scrunches up in skepticism and perhaps just little bit of offense. No, this definitely has to be solved with violence. Trust him.
He considers the vines around the lion and tugs on one before experimentally sawing away at it.
Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe the other plant is coming to its peer's aid. Either way, a previously uninvolved tree branch abruptly swings out to knock him right onto the ground.
He kind of deserves it, though, right?]
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Hey! Are you alright?
[He can't get it with his head which is now tied up and held fast in a turned position. He succeeds in kicking at it with one back leg.]
I thought the trees were animated too but I wasn't sure.
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Yeah.
[No worries, Shiro, only his pride is injured.
Firo pushes himself to his feet, carefully watching the the other nearby tree limbs seem to sway cheerily back and forth.]
If you want us to talk to the plants, what should we say, huh?
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To add insult to injury, the trees might be laughing at them. They're rustling in what he could almost swear is laughter.]
...Maybe we should try to explain I wasn't going to burn them. I was only going for a mid-day flight.
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You heard him. What've you got to say about that, huh?
[He feels so stupid doing this.]
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Shiro chuffs.]
I'm sorry for blasting you?
[Silence.]
And biting. Scratching. Do I have to list off all of it?
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Are you kidding--?
[He ducks. And gets a branch lightly bopping him on the head for his trouble.
When he pops back up, he's raising an eyebrow at Shiro.]
How much more did you do?
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At least the blood can't rush to his head.]
Fired my thrusters. Used the jawblade. Tail smacks...
[He squints again and the vines finally loosen their grip. This is awful for one reason - now he swings brushing up against the side of the area with each swing. The trees snicker in a rustling of their branches.
A nearby flower coughs and says 'You're not funny'.]
I think that's it. By the time I could have body slammed anything they had me bound up pretty tight.
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All that? I guess I can get why they're pissed...
[But, hey, there's still more owning up to do. One of vines rises up to slap at Firo's hand, the one still holding the knife. He did, after all, try to cut them.
But for now his only response is to jerk back and glare at the vine because, well... self-awareness isn't always his strong suit.]
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[He swings like a little kid in a swing set except he's helpless to get out of the vines hold just yet. The plants let go of his head and he opens and closes his jaws like someone that was freed from a gag. Ugh.]
I think they want you to apologize for trying to cut them.
[He's so thankful he can't get motion sickness. A worrying thought occurs to him and he turns his head.] You...probably want to step back a little bit. If they let me go I don't want to land on you.
[He's a heavy lion. It wouldn't end well.]
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I have to apologize too? But it was self-defense!
[Defense of the other guy. Whatever. And also the same thing it sounds like Shiro was doing, Firo realizes as he bites his tongue.
Really, these plants are just unreasonable.]
All, right, fine... [One of the flowers helpfully shares his thoughts: I'm just glad nobody back home can see this.] I'm sorry, all right? Is that what you want?
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Bits of grass fly off but he's none the worse for wear.] ...thank you for defending me and getting me free.
[He shakes each foot to get the dirt out of his joints.] At least they're sort of harmless. Just annoying.
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[They just dropped him on his head! Firo shakes his head, deciding to just be grateful that that probably means that this guy isn't hurt.]
Don't mention it. Just try to stay outta trouble, all right?
[Not that it seemed like Shiro was looking for trouble in the first place. Poor guy.]
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[Shiro flares his wings and settles them. He shakes himself once to be sure he got all the dirt out of his body, then shifts back. He tests his right arm first.
His brows come down and he flexes the fingers. Satisfied he looks to Firo.]
I went flying to do some thinking and the next thing I know I was being grabbed and pulled down. Be careful if you're up anywhere high. Looks like they're not very choosy when they snag people.
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Oh--you weren't kidding about the lion thing, huh?
[He'd passed on seeing it back in Akvos, but he does recall Shiro mentioning it.]
I can't fly, so I don't think that'll be a problem for me. But thanks.
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[He offers Firo a sheepish smile. He actives his hand in a wash of blue light and listens to the pop as bits of dirt are cooked to ash. The light and resulting hum cuts off.]
There we go. And yeah, that's my other shape. It's been pretty useful here. Minus...some setbacks like that.
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[Firo points to Shiro's hand, tilting his head curiously.]
That thing's pretty neat too. What'd you just do?
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[He wiggles the fingers of his white hand, making the V on the back of his hand stand out a little more.]
...It’s lesser in power than the original but I can’t complain. It’s a hand. [He crosses his arms over his chest and looks up tonthe wall of the coliseum. There’s no trace of his claw marks at all. He raises his eyebrows.] So, even the outside of the coliseum won’t get affected. That’s...a little unsettling.
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That's amazing...
[There's nothing like that where he's from, and he can't think of anything in the worlds they visited that's matched it yet.
He follows Shiro's gaze to the walls of the coliseum and shakes his head.]
Sure seems like it should've. But "unsettling" seems to be the rule here.
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And yes, it does. I'll never get used to some of the ways magic works. [Not that anything can be done about it. Shiro shakes his head and eyes the flowers about. Nothing is speaking this time.
Cool. 'Cool.' He sighs. 'Of course, there's still talking flowers when the show is over!']
...definitely not going to get used to it.
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[He frowns at the flowers.]
Or that. You wanna get outta here?
[Maybe somewhere with fewer mouthy plants.]
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[The plants are too talkative about thoughts he normally never voices.]
Let's head back to the temple. ...on Earth I'm from a prosthetic like mine isn't possible yet. But the rest of the universe has had this sort of technology for thousands of years.
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Thousands? That's crazy.