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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acatalepsy_logs2019-02-05 06:59 pm
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Oh, um- Sorry, my name's Konoha.
[As if it was somehow a slip of hers that he didn't remember her name, (or, she his, really, despite how distinctive "mollymauk" was), Konoha dips into a low bow over her basket of fruit, stretching out her forelegs to bring her body closer to the ground. No use bowing while still towering over someone.]
It's nice to meet you again- I've been here for a while now, so, let me know if you need anything!
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He lets that trail off, because he has other ends to pursue anyway, and just latches onto a new thread of conversation.]
Oh that's actually brilliant. I'm a bit curious about, uh... Well. [He steps a bit closer so he can lower his voice conspiratorially.] Between the two of us, I'm a bit curious about our- let's say our benefactor's plans here. Y'see, there are some people here that I witnessed die where I came from, and... Would you say she does that a lot? Revives dead persons to help her?
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Then he's really close.]
Th- The witch?
[Wait, more importantly-]
Dead people? There are dead people here?
[Okay, so. Konoha may not know any of those.]
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Well. They're not technically dead anymore? Obviously, they're indistinguishable from normal people, beyond the fact that they are supposed to have died. It just seems like a lot of work and power to resurrect someone and bring them here, as opposed to just bringing them here, is all.
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[Well. Yeah. That's true. She certainly hasn't seen any dead bodies here, but.]
I mean, I guess, but. If they're here and alive doesn't that mean that they just... didn't die at all in the first place?
[Is that how it worked?]
Maybe the witch snatches them up like... Right before that?
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[Yes, he did. He knows it's wrong, but saying as much is going to show his hand, so he just makes a show of taking it into consideration, ignoring the fact that there's a telltale scar down the middle of his chest that says otherwise. It doesn't look look like a recent scar- strangely enough- anyway. No one can tell.] That's a pretty decent way to get people's loyalty, actually. Maybe she ought to be doing that to everyone and there wouldn't be so much clamor about when they're gonna be sent back. I mean... I'm- [he pauses to consider his words] -this is all really out of my depth, but it doesn't feel like a bad system if was less like kidnapping and more like a mercy.
But I'm not a witch. She probably has some kind of logic to all this.