( intro log # 1 )

[acatamods]

I ▫ main IV ▫ premise       XI ▫ applications XIV ▫ activity II ▫ logs V ▫ rules VII ▫ bestiary   IX ▫ canon updates XII ▫ taken XV ▫ drop/hiatus III ▫ ooc VI ▫ faq VIII ▫ setting   X ▫ mods XIII ▫ reserves XVI ▫ players 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. :)

Comments

[billionaires]

Are the flowers... mine? [ wtf. he feels like that's a ridiculous question. but then he looks up - oh, hi, again. he points up at the clouds. ] Oh, do you mean those? Yeah, they're with me.

If you're nice, they will be too. That's how I raised 'em anyway.

[uptightness]

[Perhaps it is ridiculous, but so far, that is exactly what this place is for Carolina. Complete and utter ridiculousness. For Caboose, it may well have been fun. Even Sarge may have found something to get up to, a new enemy to take on, something to fight. Grif and Simmons- well, scratch them, unless there was food around, or Sarge ordered it. Tucker would be more interested in hitting on girls, and Donut might have burned the place down.

So yes, she had meant the flowers, although are the clouds any less ridiculous? She can feel a massive headache coming on. Carolina doesn't even understand what he means by that, whether this is something normal for him or not. He doesn't appear perturbed by it.]

Right. And if I ignore them, they'll go away?

[billionaires]

[ oh... now he's really not sure which one they're talking about. ]

The flowers just repeat your thoughts, like parrots. So think about nothing or just - innocuous stuff. And the clouds are with me, like I said, so if you ignore me I guess I'll be sad and they might rain on us I don't know. I'm not 100% on how it works, but that's the gist anyway.

[uptightness]

[He'd be sad.

He is an odd man, which fits in well enough with the odd situation that is already going on.]

So that cloud just- [A little flicker of her gloved hand towards it.] Follows you around?

[billionaires]

Sometimes. The weather reacts to how I'm feeling.

[ because of course it does. ]

Have you worked out your powers yet?

[uptightness]

[That would be annoying, Carolina thinks, although she's judging based on her own personality.

The question does earn a pause. She knows what she had been told. That she had been given one, but aside from that... Carolina hasn't exactly thought too much about it, but if she does, she clearly doesn't have something obvious.]

Not yet. I've been a little busy.

[billionaires]

[ it definitely can be annoying for a guy as... volatile as tony stark. but he's working on it. or something. ]

With what? Bullying the flora? [ just asking ]

[uptightness]

Considering that I couldn't find any puppies to kick.

[Joking, although that might be a little hard to guess...]

[billionaires]

[ his eyes widen before he realizes it. ]

Did you just - make a joke? This is a historic day, I'll alert the presses at once.

[uptightness]

[Can you feel the eye roll behind the helmet, can you? Yet there is that murmured reply, a hint of amusement tinging her voice.]

Feel free to hold your breath in baited anticipation for the next.