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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. :)

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[infailtration]

((from here ))

Don't worry, they don't like. Spy on us or anything, I've never actually seen them come into the room. They just meet you at the door with whatever you needed. It's weird, but not intrusive.

[ He motions for Carolina to follow him, trying to act casual. Like this is something he does all the time, give a newbie a tour... except the newbie is someone he knew at home, someone incredibly dear and important to him. Who just told him something horrible that he has to pretend he's okay with. Right. Just another day... ]

This way. We can go for a walk out by the lake after this? It's peaceful out there.

[ Not the best for him, with the reminder of Akvos, but right now he's got so much on his mind that he doesn't think it'll matter. ]

[uptightness]

[It is that attempt covert glance from the corner of her eye, regarding him with an unreadable expression. It is all... Carolina's not entirely certain what to call it. There's a part of her that's always wanted to say the things to him that she had never been able to, knowing that he had offered her a chance at a new life.]

I take it you have checked for surveillance.

[Although from the way this place appears to be, a hole in the wall behind some picture seems to be the way that it would go. Not exactly high-tech from what she has seen. Every planet it different, of course, but there had at least been some level of technology on them - at least the ones that she has visited.]

The lake? I- sure. Might as well get the lay of the land here.

[infailtration]

There's nothing we could find, but... this place runs on magic. Astoria could use a spell to check in on whoever she wants and we'd never know one way or another, right? It's not comforting, but we try to keep it in mind.

[ He leads her out of their room, now, down the hallway to the dining area. ]

So the kitchen's pretty much a free for all. Take and make whatever you want, whenever you want to.

[uptightness]

[Magic. That's not exactly something that Carolina has experience with. Plenty of other things, which are just as inane as this, but actual magic that isn't just in some book or a sleight of hand?

She lets her gaze drift, looking down the hallway that York leads them.]

So she takes up, and supplies us with all the things that we need?

[infailtration]

While we're at the Temple, at least. In other worlds... it's another story entirely, it seems like even if her magic reaches there we're fending for ourselves with whoever inhabits that world. Akvos, the last world we were in and the only one I've been to besides here? Was underwater.

[ York shakes his head ruefully. ]

I've never missed coffee so much in my life, let me tell you.