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[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

[uptightness]

I don't really think sitting will help.

[That much Carolina can say. Everything that they had known and believed... Sides switched, people lost. She's come a long way from that agent that she was back in those days.]

[brodakota]

That bad, huh?

[In equal parts he wants to know and remain ignorant, so deciding whether to push or not is kind of a tough one.]

[uptightness]

[Wash and her- As far as she know, they were the only two Freelancers left. Yet it's not only that though. It's how everything had turned out.]

If you want the story.

[But it's up to him.]

Some of it I know first hand, while others I heard about.

[brodakota]

Maybe later. Kind of dealing with a lot right now.

[With Akvos and everything.]

Did York show you where we're staying?

[uptightness]

[A pause, before a curt nod. People had believed her to be dead, but she hadn't been, so there is a difference. Had someone told her that she was, she would have been able to correct them.]

He did. Room, with three beds now.

[Not that Carolina has made up her mind regarding that. Anyway, it's not just her decision.]

[brodakota]

This place works faster than I thought. But you don't have to stay if you want to.

I mean, York snores, but we knew that.

[uptightness]

[It shifts through her chest, that sensation, all the little pieces of the life that is no more. It is those small things that come every now and then, a reminder of someone that she used to know. A scent, an item, a place.]

As long as he hasn't taken up sleep walking...

[brodakota]

Not that I know of. But there could always be a yet on that sentence.

[There's a pause as North thinks on this.]

But that could just make him someone else's problem.

[uptightness]

[Carolina would suggest traps, as that would wake him up fairly quickly, but North's reply does earn a small snort from the red head, as well, that was just as plausible for a means of action as well. Out the door and off he goes...]

Plenty of options then, it seems.

[brodakota]

[Where he stops, they don't know.

I think we'll manage.

[uptightness]

I know we will.

[Don't leave anyone behind. She cares about her team, learning from her previous mistakes with Freelancer. Now that York and he are here....]

[brodakota]

It's...really good to have you back, Carolina. Really.

[There's still a lot to talk about, he knows this. But for now, there's friends.]

[uptightness]

It's good to see you too, North.

[And she means that. Looking back, there is so much that she would have done differently, but the simple fact is that she can't change it.]