[ he's got both hands stuck out towards the fire, trying to keep his mind off the cold. he has probably forgotten the zora trauma of ice and also the personal trauma of freezing to death. he does remember charles and arthur, though.
but his mind is mostly on the three others with him right now, his Crew and their mystery hole. he grins despite the cold. ]
I really think most people just need someone to believe in them! With enough encouragement, why would they think crime is their only option? They're capable of anything!
[ memories of the ship are faint... guy mostly remembers being excited over the technology, and supporting charles and arthur. he hopes they're okay. ]
[ he's least bothered by the cold out of all of them, but still shivering a little bit. rather than draw his coat in, he shifts a little closer to all of them, particularly sidon. offering his hand, if sidon wants to leech some of his warmth ]
Between the four of us, we'll be fine. I have faith in you all.
[ you guys are so fucking adorable I hope nothing at all bad happens to you, I'll be very upset if it does.
anyway I'm going to railroad you all into this terrible hole now. Get in there. Sorry if you wanted to go anywhere else, but you know. You're on the clock here? Besides, the hole is sheltered from the snow and wind and Yetis, so maybe it's better to be in there anyway. As Margaret noted, you are running quite low on supplies.
It isn't a particularly difficult descent. the ropes are old and weathered, but they hold, and down you go. As you drop lower, the shift in the surroundings is obvious - and probably familiar. It turns from rock dirt to carved stone and metal, the intricate patterns of Aeorian architecture. You'll eventually hit the floor to a large cavern. It's wildly dark in here, only very dimly lit by a few ancient sigils, still glowing blue. It's still so fucking cold in here.
It's very quiet in here is the first thing you'll notice. Too quiet. hehe. The only noise is the distant rumbling of stone falling from a ceiling, or the deep rumbles of earthen shifting. You're in a large cavern - partially collapsed, but it seems to be a square or perhaps a park of some sort, surrounded by empty buildings. You can't see much, because I don't think any of you have dark vision, but there's a few things of note:
- A few signs remain on the front of the buildings and the corners of the streets. - There is a distant blue glow down a side-street, though it seems like between you and it the corridor is collapsed, a large piece of debris stuck in the way. There's a glint from under it, however. - Who's holding the journal right now? Whoever it is will feel it in their pack, warm and comforting against them. It feels soothing, and calming. Like a loved one rubbing your back when you feel ill. ]
anyway, she's looking around the cavern immediately, trying to interpret some of these signs on the street corners and buildings.]
Holy shit! I think this is the jackpot, guys. Look at this place!
[but as she's looking i guess the journal that she has is also giving her a sexy backrub. she'd normally object to an unwanted backrub from a stranger, but this feels nice. that's what int/cha gets you, i guess.]
margaret has good instincts and he trusts her, not knowing that perhaps today her instincts are backed by a book giving her a surprise sexy backrub. ]
Oh! Of course—could one of you grab it?
[ as in, whatever is glinting. he'll tackle the debris. not literally, as in he is going to move it. they probably know that all this ancient architecture is not in the sturdiest shape and maybe this is load bearing debris. ]
Margaret, with your incredible reading skills you can deduce this is all Ancient Aeorian (duh) - a sort of off shoot of archaic Draconic and distantly related to Elvish. No one really speaks it anymore, but it shows up in academic texts from time to time. It seems these are signs denotating what is in these buildings. It seems you are in the a portion of the ARS Ward, a hub for artisans and skilled craftsmen. The ones nearby are LABORATORY B-14, which seems mostly collapsed, and a large, mundane looking apartment building that reads ____ QUARTERS. You see other signs that seem to indicate you are near a CREST HUB of some sort - pointing down the way where the debris is blocking.
Owner, what is the glow? Would you like to use a skill perhaps to investigate what it might be? It is certainly blue, and glowy. Beyond the debris, it seems like it might look like a bubble shape of some sort.
I guess not FIRSTLY but secondly, perhaps thirdly, Guy you can't get to the blue glowy thing yet. It's like big and past the debris. But I'll redirect you to the glint. Sidon and Guy, two things sort of happen in conjunction. As you both get closer to the debris, you'll notice that it seems to have crushed something. A woman's body, face down - It won't have decayed much in this enviroment, but it seems like it's been here long enough it has frozen over. Blonde hair is splayed out across the ground, and she's wearing a large pack. Since Sidon is lifting the rock, you'll see that it clearly crushed her in a rather gross way, but since Guy is trying to grab something, he can take the Pack. You have +1 Days of Supplies now! Jerky lasts forever. Yay!
Sidon has cleared the way, and path is open now. ]
[she laughs a little to herself, slightly uncomfortably.]
Yep. Promising!
[why do men have to do that, always say the things you just said like they're brand new ideas they just had. oh well. she stays back over near the signs and watches while they open up that way.]
That direction would be the "Crest Hub." This is the ARS ward, it's more craftsmen and artisans. We might get some good finds here on our way out, but the really good stuff is probably in that Hub or in the Laboratories B-14. There are also some quarters down there?
What do you think, guys? Should we all make for the Crest Hub, or should we split up? We could definitely use Sidon's skills in the laboratories, since there would be a lot of debris that way.
[ he glances over at margaret when she speaks, resisting the urge to roll his eyes. figures. of course she'd brag about the reading thing.
instead, owner just smiles at the others. ]
If we split up, we would need to figure out where we would meet up later. We do not know how large this place is.
[ would being attuned to the nature of the world give him any insight at all to what this mysterious blue light may be or is it too far away from here to begin to guess. ]
[ it's because men should just die! sidon is alive though, and setting aside the debris in order to crouch and investigate this poor woman with a very glum fin flutter. it feels wrong to just leave her here like this. he can at least move her body from the debris, see if they can take her back up when they leave somehow. ]
We have a casualty here... Wherever we go, let's be mindful of this place collapsing on us.
[ unfortunately he wouldn't like, loot a corpse, but is there anything about this woman that's helpful to know with a look-over? ]
I can go towards the labs, if we want to break into groups of two.
[ Owner, interesting idea. Now that the way is clear you can see it a bit better. It’s … a bubble? You aren’t aware of what the blue bubble is technically, but something within it seems to move, in your eyes alone. In your ear, a whisper, a scream: `Where is Sonam? He was right behind me, he was— I was holding his hand! Please, don’t close it I’m begging you, please don’t close it, he can’t be far, oh gods—` And then silence.
Sidon and Guy you start to move the corpse and it barely holds together - the top half of her seems to pull away, her spine like a tail dragging behind her. She looks like she could be part giantkin, perhaps. In life she was tall and well-built, and she’s wearing heavy furs like the rest of you - but you can see at the top of her coat there’s a large butterfly tattoo across her chest, and she’s got more than a few scars on her. You guys are people persons (and fishes) so I think it’s fair enough to say you’ve probably spoken to more than few travelers in your time - as you move her, you catch a glimpse of her weapon, a nasty little barbed hook on the handle of the hammer - and in conjunction with the scars you can probably deduce this woman was a Blood Hunter. Secretive and dangerous, they normally work for coin as monster hunters in Wildemount. Weird. Wonder what she was doing out here?
Well, whaddaya think? Splitting up or no? Both the way to the Lab and the Blue Bubble + the Crest Hub are open. ]
[she listens to the suggestions, frowning, glancing at sidon and then at owner and guy. it does seem dangerous to let anyone wander off around here - the fate of this particularly strong looking woman seems to confirm that.]
Better to stick together, you're right. [it'll be fine, although she comes closer to stand nearer to guy.] You notice anything, Owner? We'll follow your lead.
[he seems to be concentrating. anyway, if he thinks going to the spooky hub after that vision is a good idea, then that's fine with her, so don't wait for my next turn to decide.
by the way, while we're all hanging around, can she use her intelligence or charisma (networking abilities) to poke through this woman's belongings and see if she can glean anything about why she was out here or who she was working for?]
he looks back at the others after snapping out of the vision, and points down the path that the debris and the dead woman were previously blocking. specifically, he is pointing at the blue bubble, but that may be hard to tell exactly. ]
The blue light. We should investigate. Something happened there.
[ something terrible, probably, but that is also the same direction the chest hub is apparently, so it wouldn't be going out of their way in theory. ]
[ the corpse seems ready to break through its middle; he pauses while dragging it, stopping abruptly even if guy tries to keep moving, breaking the momentum suddenly as he studies the woman and looks at her mauled face for answers. ]
...What is a monster hunter doing out here?
[ but his attention is pulled away to owner, and he nods. ]
Let's go then.
[ together!! friendship hours... assuming they head off that way immediately, he'll help clear off anything that's obstructing them. stop rocks from hitting their heads. that sort of thing. ]
Margaret can rifle through this poor dead lady’s pockets, sure. In her coat, she’ll find a few things - the first is a decorative pin, etched into the back of it it says Oakbender. The second is what appears to be a Promissory Note made out to a Lucien Tavelle of the Tombtakers for approximately a fuck load of money and signed by a Vess DeRogna - you’re intelligent and charming, you’ve networked. You probably haven’t met her directly but you know the name. It’s famous in the right circles. The Archmage of Antiquities in the Cerebus Assembly. A very powerful woman, and one with apparently deep pockets. She is also wearing a friendship bracelet, but hers has cats on it. Seems she might have been out here for similar reasons to yourselves. If this woman died seeking what’s beyond here, though, maybe … that could be leveraged? Perhaps this DeRogna might still want what was here. Even without that, this note is worth something. Do you pocket any of this?
It’s a longer walk than you would have thought, actually. Navigating this place is difficult, sweaty work - the blue gleam had seemed a lot closer than it really was, parts of the road are totally collapsed and you have to carefully navigate over it and it probably takes … hell, hours to reach it. It wasn’t that far, but the going is rough in this place. As you approach the blubble (blue bubble) though, things become clearer.
This seems to be a pretty large boulevard - chunks of building are slammed into it and dust and dirt rattles loose from the cave ceiling above you as you walk, and you reach what seems to be something of a waystation where the bubble is covering. You don’t see ancient remains everywhere in these ruins, but along this pathway it seems as if there’s a lot of bones. Curled up next to crevices and huddled into corners. The bubble itself is large and glows in the dim light and as you get close you can see that it’s translucent.
Inside, there’s … a scene. First, closest to you there’s a elven woman. She’s frozen in the space, mid-scream, even her hair hovering in the air as if she were in the middle of turning around - hands stopped halfway to swinging down to hit the side of the bubble and eyes wide in terror. Behind her, a man in a uniform is holding something in his hand tightly, two more people crouched in fear near him and clinging tightly to one another.
Beyond, even further away is an enormous archway. I won’t make you specify that you read the sign that says CREST HUB above it. I also won’t play coy that there’s a huge set of locked doors in the archway. ]
[she absolutely pockets that note. sounds like this derogna will pay good money for aeor artifacts, and more than that, it's a great connection to have in the future. if they can break into the assembly, they'll be made. she'll leave her the friendship bracelet, though.]
Interesting, but a good reminder to be very careful out here.
[she gives guy a worried glance, noticing how rattled he is. but she'll go along with all of them, sticking close to the others but staying towards the back of the party, making sure the stronger party members like sidon and guy are towards the front. it's just good tactics.]
...God, what happened here?
[she will try to intelligence out what the fuck actually happened here. can she find some sort of indication of what happened to these people and how long they've been there? do they need to be worried about getting bubbled?]
the voice owner had heard earlier-- was it feminine sounding or not? any indication who he heard in the vision between everyone in the bubble, if it was actually any of the ones here. also like... what are vibes here... are they rancid or worrisome or does everything feel normal under than horrific scene in front of them? ]
Stay close. They were holding onto each other and still separated.
[ he doesn't know if it was these people he heard or not but this is true of SOMEONE at least ]
[ he will dutifully walk ahead because it IS just good tactics.
he's going to be careful to try and not step on any of these bones though, even if they did politely tuck away into cracks and whatnot. what, is it like these people died, cowering themselves into little balls in corners? this is awful. this bubble is awful. ]
Did you hear something, Owner...?
[ he's going to take a look at this door. does it look like something that can be broken into, or would it take a more delicate attempt at the locks? ]
[ guy seems to shake himself out of whatever was rattling him, watching the scene play out with narrowed eyed ]
Whatever that person is holding.... it must be incredibly dangerous.
[ he does stay close as instructed, but is also looking around for any alternative entrances or something to pick the lock with if the doors can't just be opened ]
[ Margaret. Well, you’re intelligent, but you don’t have arcana so you don’t know the specifics of this bubble. You don’t really know if you could be bubbled at any moment - it’s certainly a possibility. Inside however, you can see the style of clothes, the types of people they are: fine robes, woven with light and gold, the woman wears heavy gems in her ears and her robe in particular seems to be that of a distinguished person. They are all Elven. Most citizens of Aeor were, especially the upper class. They have been here a very long time.
Owner, you can definitely tell the voice was feminine. It seems like a pretty good guess maybe the person you heard was her. As you lean in closer, you swear you see your own reflection flash across the surface. The vibes are … horrible. Fear and panic and terror and wailing, the sound of an echoing alarm that keens across the entire city as the arcane lights flicker out one by one `EMERGENCY ALERT! ALL CITIZENS PLEASE REPORT TO CRE—`
Sidon, you walk along to the larger archway - looking at the remains along the roadway. Yeah. That seems a pretty accurate assessment, that these people perhaps tried to follow a large thoroughfare and then hid and died cowering. They are wide and varied, adults and … quite a bit smaller than adults. Someone with a crutch is wedged into an alley, trying to protect their head. There’s a lot of people here who tried to run and it seems like someone failed them. As you approach the door - it seems solid. Metal, and thick. You could try and break it? The area around here is … unstable to say the least, and it would be an endeavor, but probably not impossible.
Guy, you can take a look around! You’re pretty dextrous so it’s easy enough to pick your way across the rubble - the waystation is pretty destroyed except for what’s inside the bubble which is entirely pristine. But near the back of the building there’s what appears to be something … arcane in nature. It glows with a faded, yellowing light, though you aren’t very familiar with magic. It could be dangerous to mess with things you don’t understand very well. As for the door in the archway, it does appear to have a keyhole, but you don’t seem to turn up anything that could be used as a lock pick unfortunately. ]
[she examines the bubble, and then glances at where sidon is inspecting the door, a frown on her face for a moment.]
...We need to get into that bubble. We can't get through the archway without deactivating it, it's too dangerous.
[well. intelligence check. how bad of an idea is it to just shoot the bubble with this plasma gun? because that's what she's inclined to do, but if she can somehow figure out the best place to do that?]
owner looks at margaret and sidon, not bothering to look over at guy, who is once again slowing them down. typical. ]
They were supposed to evacuated to the Hub, whenever... this happened. I suppose they did not make it, but we should definitely head there as soon as we can.
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but his mind is mostly on the three others with him right now, his Crew and their mystery hole. he grins despite the cold. ]
I really think most people just need someone to believe in them! With enough encouragement, why would they think crime is their only option? They're capable of anything!
[ everything will be fine, probably. ]
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[ he's least bothered by the cold out of all of them, but still shivering a little bit. rather than draw his coat in, he shifts a little closer to all of them, particularly sidon. offering his hand, if sidon wants to leech some of his warmth ]
Between the four of us, we'll be fine. I have faith in you all.
[ everything will definitely be fine ]
Besides, spooky journals are always a good lead.
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anyway I'm going to railroad you all into this terrible hole now. Get in there. Sorry if you wanted to go anywhere else, but you know. You're on the clock here? Besides, the hole is sheltered from the snow and wind and Yetis, so maybe it's better to be in there anyway. As Margaret noted, you are running quite low on supplies.
It isn't a particularly difficult descent. the ropes are old and weathered, but they hold, and down you go. As you drop lower, the shift in the surroundings is obvious - and probably familiar. It turns from rock dirt to carved stone and metal, the intricate patterns of Aeorian architecture. You'll eventually hit the floor to a large cavern. It's wildly dark in here, only very dimly lit by a few ancient sigils, still glowing blue. It's still so fucking cold in here.
It's very quiet in here is the first thing you'll notice. Too quiet. hehe. The only noise is the distant rumbling of stone falling from a ceiling, or the deep rumbles of earthen shifting. You're in a large cavern - partially collapsed, but it seems to be a square or perhaps a park of some sort, surrounded by empty buildings. You can't see much, because I don't think any of you have dark vision, but there's a few things of note:
- A few signs remain on the front of the buildings and the corners of the streets.
- There is a distant blue glow down a side-street, though it seems like between you and it the corridor is collapsed, a large piece of debris stuck in the way. There's a glint from under it, however.
- Who's holding the journal right now? Whoever it is will feel it in their pack, warm and comforting against them. It feels soothing, and calming. Like a loved one rubbing your back when you feel ill. ]
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anyway, she's looking around the cavern immediately, trying to interpret some of these signs on the street corners and buildings.]
Holy shit! I think this is the jackpot, guys. Look at this place!
[but as she's looking i guess the journal that she has is also giving her a sexy backrub. she'd normally object to an unwanted backrub from a stranger, but this feels nice. that's what int/cha gets you, i guess.]
...Wow. This is definitely the right place.
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... it seems rather large. Hopefully we can cover everything.
[ what is that glow. he walks towards a bit, pausing once it becomes apparent that the path is blocked. hm. ]
Sidon, we may need your assistance. There is something there.
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[ alli you can decide if zora have darkvision
margaret has good instincts and he trusts her, not knowing that perhaps today her instincts are backed by a book giving her a surprise sexy backrub. ]
Oh! Of course—could one of you grab it?
[ as in, whatever is glinting. he'll tackle the debris. not literally, as in he is going to move it. they probably know that all this ancient architecture is not in the sturdiest shape and maybe this is load bearing debris. ]
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No problem.
[ he will do it. he will grab the glowing blue thing. assuming that they don't all die from a cave in once the load bearing debris ]
Worst comes to worst, we can split up to cover more ground, but... I think we'll be fine.
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Margaret, with your incredible reading skills you can deduce this is all Ancient Aeorian (duh) - a sort of off shoot of archaic Draconic and distantly related to Elvish. No one really speaks it anymore, but it shows up in academic texts from time to time. It seems these are signs denotating what is in these buildings. It seems you are in the a portion of the ARS Ward, a hub for artisans and skilled craftsmen. The ones nearby are LABORATORY B-14, which seems mostly collapsed, and a large, mundane looking apartment building that reads ____ QUARTERS. You see other signs that seem to indicate you are near a CREST HUB of some sort - pointing down the way where the debris is blocking.
Owner, what is the glow? Would you like to use a skill perhaps to investigate what it might be? It is certainly blue, and glowy. Beyond the debris, it seems like it might look like a bubble shape of some sort.
I guess not FIRSTLY but secondly, perhaps thirdly, Guy you can't get to the blue glowy thing yet. It's like big and past the debris. But I'll redirect you to the glint. Sidon and Guy, two things sort of happen in conjunction. As you both get closer to the debris, you'll notice that it seems to have crushed something. A woman's body, face down - It won't have decayed much in this enviroment, but it seems like it's been here long enough it has frozen over. Blonde hair is splayed out across the ground, and she's wearing a large pack. Since Sidon is lifting the rock, you'll see that it clearly crushed her in a rather gross way, but since Guy is trying to grab something, he can take the Pack. You have +1 Days of Supplies now! Jerky lasts forever. Yay!
Sidon has cleared the way, and path is open now. ]
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Yep. Promising!
[why do men have to do that, always say the things you just said like they're brand new ideas they just had. oh well. she stays back over near the signs and watches while they open up that way.]
That direction would be the "Crest Hub." This is the ARS ward, it's more craftsmen and artisans. We might get some good finds here on our way out, but the really good stuff is probably in that Hub or in the Laboratories B-14. There are also some quarters down there?
What do you think, guys? Should we all make for the Crest Hub, or should we split up? We could definitely use Sidon's skills in the laboratories, since there would be a lot of debris that way.
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instead, owner just smiles at the others. ]
If we split up, we would need to figure out where we would meet up later. We do not know how large this place is.
[ would being attuned to the nature of the world give him any insight at all to what this mysterious blue light may be or is it too far away from here to begin to guess. ]
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We have a casualty here... Wherever we go, let's be mindful of this place collapsing on us.
[ unfortunately he wouldn't like, loot a corpse, but is there anything about this woman that's helpful to know with a look-over? ]
I can go towards the labs, if we want to break into groups of two.
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[ guy apparently just looted her corpse, so he will help sidon arrange her more respectfully if that's even an option. pockets the rations i guess ]
.... Maybe it's best we stick together. Just in case.
[ only one of them has STR ]
The Crest Hub does seem like a good place to meet back at, if we do split.
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Sidon and Guy you start to move the corpse and it barely holds together - the top half of her seems to pull away, her spine like a tail dragging behind her. She looks like she could be part giantkin, perhaps. In life she was tall and well-built, and she’s wearing heavy furs like the rest of you - but you can see at the top of her coat there’s a large butterfly tattoo across her chest, and she’s got more than a few scars on her. You guys are people persons (and fishes) so I think it’s fair enough to say you’ve probably spoken to more than few travelers in your time - as you move her, you catch a glimpse of her weapon, a nasty little barbed hook on the handle of the hammer - and in conjunction with the scars you can probably deduce this woman was a Blood Hunter. Secretive and dangerous, they normally work for coin as monster hunters in Wildemount. Weird. Wonder what she was doing out here?
Well, whaddaya think? Splitting up or no? Both the way to the Lab and the Blue Bubble + the Crest Hub are open. ]
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Better to stick together, you're right. [it'll be fine, although she comes closer to stand nearer to guy.] You notice anything, Owner? We'll follow your lead.
[he seems to be concentrating. anyway, if he thinks going to the spooky hub after that vision is a good idea, then that's fine with her, so don't wait for my next turn to decide.
by the way, while we're all hanging around, can she use her intelligence or charisma (networking abilities) to poke through this woman's belongings and see if she can glean anything about why she was out here or who she was working for?]
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he looks back at the others after snapping out of the vision, and points down the path that the debris and the dead woman were previously blocking. specifically, he is pointing at the blue bubble, but that may be hard to tell exactly. ]
The blue light. We should investigate. Something happened there.
[ something terrible, probably, but that is also the same direction the chest hub is apparently, so it wouldn't be going out of their way in theory. ]
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...What is a monster hunter doing out here?
[ but his attention is pulled away to owner, and he nods. ]
Let's go then.
[ together!! friendship hours... assuming they head off that way immediately, he'll help clear off anything that's obstructing them. stop rocks from hitting their heads. that sort of thing. ]
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.... Right, let's go.
<small[ just following behind ]
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Margaret can rifle through this poor dead lady’s pockets, sure. In her coat, she’ll find a few things - the first is a decorative pin, etched into the back of it it says Oakbender. The second is what appears to be a Promissory Note made out to a Lucien Tavelle of the Tombtakers for approximately a fuck load of money and signed by a Vess DeRogna - you’re intelligent and charming, you’ve networked. You probably haven’t met her directly but you know the name. It’s famous in the right circles. The Archmage of Antiquities in the Cerebus Assembly. A very powerful woman, and one with apparently deep pockets. She is also wearing a friendship bracelet, but hers has cats on it. Seems she might have been out here for similar reasons to yourselves. If this woman died seeking what’s beyond here, though, maybe … that could be leveraged? Perhaps this DeRogna might still want what was here. Even without that, this note is worth something. Do you pocket any of this?
It’s a longer walk than you would have thought, actually. Navigating this place is difficult, sweaty work - the blue gleam had seemed a lot closer than it really was, parts of the road are totally collapsed and you have to carefully navigate over it and it probably takes … hell, hours to reach it. It wasn’t that far, but the going is rough in this place. As you approach the blubble (blue bubble) though, things become clearer.
This seems to be a pretty large boulevard - chunks of building are slammed into it and dust and dirt rattles loose from the cave ceiling above you as you walk, and you reach what seems to be something of a waystation where the bubble is covering. You don’t see ancient remains everywhere in these ruins, but along this pathway it seems as if there’s a lot of bones. Curled up next to crevices and huddled into corners. The bubble itself is large and glows in the dim light and as you get close you can see that it’s translucent.
Inside, there’s … a scene. First, closest to you there’s a elven woman. She’s frozen in the space, mid-scream, even her hair hovering in the air as if she were in the middle of turning around - hands stopped halfway to swinging down to hit the side of the bubble and eyes wide in terror. Behind her, a man in a uniform is holding something in his hand tightly, two more people crouched in fear near him and clinging tightly to one another.
Beyond, even further away is an enormous archway. I won’t make you specify that you read the sign that says CREST HUB above it. I also won’t play coy that there’s a huge set of locked doors in the archway. ]
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Interesting, but a good reminder to be very careful out here.
[she gives guy a worried glance, noticing how rattled he is. but she'll go along with all of them, sticking close to the others but staying towards the back of the party, making sure the stronger party members like sidon and guy are towards the front. it's just good tactics.]
...God, what happened here?
[she will try to intelligence out what the fuck actually happened here. can she find some sort of indication of what happened to these people and how long they've been there? do they need to be worried about getting bubbled?]
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the voice owner had heard earlier-- was it feminine sounding or not? any indication who he heard in the vision between everyone in the bubble, if it was actually any of the ones here. also like... what are vibes here... are they rancid or worrisome or does everything feel normal under than horrific scene in front of them? ]
Stay close. They were holding onto each other and still separated.
[ he doesn't know if it was these people he heard or not but this is true of SOMEONE at least ]
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he's going to be careful to try and not step on any of these bones though, even if they did politely tuck away into cracks and whatnot. what, is it like these people died, cowering themselves into little balls in corners? this is awful. this bubble is awful. ]
Did you hear something, Owner...?
[ he's going to take a look at this door. does it look like something that can be broken into, or would it take a more delicate attempt at the locks? ]
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Whatever that person is holding.... it must be incredibly dangerous.
[ he does stay close as instructed, but is also looking around for any alternative entrances or something to pick the lock with if the doors can't just be opened ]
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Owner, you can definitely tell the voice was feminine. It seems like a pretty good guess maybe the person you heard was her. As you lean in closer, you swear you see your own reflection flash across the surface. The vibes are … horrible. Fear and panic and terror and wailing, the sound of an echoing alarm that keens across the entire city as the arcane lights flicker out one by one `EMERGENCY ALERT! ALL CITIZENS PLEASE REPORT TO CRE—`
Sidon, you walk along to the larger archway - looking at the remains along the roadway. Yeah. That seems a pretty accurate assessment, that these people perhaps tried to follow a large thoroughfare and then hid and died cowering. They are wide and varied, adults and … quite a bit smaller than adults. Someone with a crutch is wedged into an alley, trying to protect their head. There’s a lot of people here who tried to run and it seems like someone failed them. As you approach the door - it seems solid. Metal, and thick. You could try and break it? The area around here is … unstable to say the least, and it would be an endeavor, but probably not impossible.
Guy, you can take a look around! You’re pretty dextrous so it’s easy enough to pick your way across the rubble - the waystation is pretty destroyed except for what’s inside the bubble which is entirely pristine. But near the back of the building there’s what appears to be something … arcane in nature. It glows with a faded, yellowing light, though you aren’t very familiar with magic. It could be dangerous to mess with things you don’t understand very well. As for the door in the archway, it does appear to have a keyhole, but you don’t seem to turn up anything that could be used as a lock pick unfortunately. ]
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...We need to get into that bubble. We can't get through the archway without deactivating it, it's too dangerous.
[well. intelligence check. how bad of an idea is it to just shoot the bubble with this plasma gun? because that's what she's inclined to do, but if she can somehow figure out the best place to do that?]
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owner looks at margaret and sidon, not bothering to look over at guy, who is once again slowing them down. typical. ]
They were supposed to evacuated to the Hub, whenever... this happened. I suppose they did not make it, but we should definitely head there as soon as we can.
[ maybe some people did make it?
he rubs his temple, frowning. ]
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