♪ Our house ♪ in middle of this tree ♪ our house

[npcsofmana]

Who: Everyone
What: The first morning of an adventure begins.
Where: Home
When: Day 1
Other: Be courteous and warn for any of the usuals in your thread subject title if it gets to that point.




You wake up to a serene and idyllic morning.

Outside, a pleasant glow from the sun fills the room including the small crannies in which the beds are tucked. All windows have been latched close, but it's easy to see a gentle breeze ruffling the leaves of branches which loom overhead. Faintly, bird song can be heard from outside. In this place, it'd be a simple matter to close your eyes again and drift back to sleep.

There's simply one problem: this is not where you last went to sleep.

Waking up properly will display not only how the picturesque and cozy little room stands out in stark contrast to where you should be, but that you are sharing this space with someone else. Depending on things, they might be very mundane or very... unusual. Either way, they seem just as bewildered as you are. The good news is that at least all the things you immediately had on you at the time are right nearby the foot of your bed along with what seems like a small gift- a small pouch of some sort of coin. (500 Lucre, although that might not be immediately realized anytime soon.)

Exploring the rest of the house shows it to be otherwise quite empty, except for some writing utensils and paper in what appears to be the study along with basic kitchen tools in, well, the kitchen. There's no food, however, and no decoration. Venturing outside onto the grounds reveals an expansive but not particularly well tended estate including another building that is fairly run down. Attempting to venture down the path from the front door out into the world reveals... well. Nothing. It's a fruitless endeavor.

However, not for long.

Hajime Iwaizumi will be the one to find what appear to be a few discarded children's toy blocks. The Colorblocks immediately seem off in some way, strange even as they should seem inconspicuous. Something about them will compel him to pick them up. The nature of this apparent toy will not be obvious until he ventures near the edge of Home himself. A sound, almost like distant bellchimes, will start to emit from the Colorblocks.

When exposed to the air, suddenly they emit a glow and shoot off into the sky with all the brilliance of a falling star. Its trail is both noticeable and easy to follow, curving an arc through the sky until it falls some distance away... and its impact bursts an aurora of colors through the distant and dimmer sky, encircling the site. As the whirlwind of color fades, what appears to be a town can be just made out...

That is the town of Domina.


Some OOC notes:
➸ Prior to the activation of the Colorblocks, the only books which will be filled out in the Study will be "Artifacts" and "Visitors".
➸ After Domina has been unlocked and some characters have explored the town, "People" and "Locations" will be filled out in the Study as well.
➸ To see who your character is initially rooming with, check the Home page. These rooming assignments are not permanent or mandatory by any means, and characters can change them whenever. Officially letting me know will be present and explained in the next mod post coming in a week's time, but for now we can play it relaxed and loose. Just don't burn down the tree in the meantime.

Comments

midori | ota!

[liniment]

1 (around Home)

[ the thing about being in the middle of a war is that one always has to be prepared, and midori is never anything but prepared. sure, waking up in some strange room that wasn't her own was not something she was expecting, but sometimes you just had to improvise a little. immediately, she reaches for her backpack and weapons, the only familiar things at the moment and takes the initiative to head outside the room.

feel free to spot a small pigtailed girl decked out in some interesting armor poking around in the kitchens and other rooms. she seems to be taking notes with the writing tools and paper she pilfered from the study, frowning in thought while she examines the fireplace. ]

Hmm... that's strange. This whole place is in a tree but it's not in danger of burning down. That's some really cool magic!

2 (Domina, general store)

[ now here's something familiar too. corrin's army visited many a small town during their campaign and midori was mostly in charge of replenishing the army's inventory of healing items and the like. it's with this in mind that she heads into the nearest store, checking out the weapons and medical supplies. ]

You know, [ she mostly mutters to herself while testing the string of a bow, giving it a critical look. ] For a magical town, you'd think they'd have things of slightly better quality.

[ this stuff is hardly worth any gold back home. but beggars can't be choosers, she guesses. she's trying hard to just accept the fact that she is here and this is happening still and look, she'd take strange but friendly animal looking people over facelesses any day. ]

3 (wildcard)

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1

[mithrarin]

It's... just good construction.

[Of all the things to be concerned about, that is one very strange one indeed. Dust can't imagine what inspired that line of thinking. Maybe this girl -- if it is a girl, if these weird furless folks are at all like Warmbloods -- has never seen a tree before or something?]

2

[chattychat]

[Having slipped into the store himself at an opportune moment, the Judge listens to Midori's complaints patiently before purring to draw attention to himself.]

Is this truly a surprise, and not simply the way of things? I know my friend Zacharie would have much to say on the progression of quality when it comes to such adventures.

[liniment]

[ that sure is a talking cat.

... you know what? she's seen weirder. ]

Is it really just how things are? I know where I'm from, we have weapons of higher grade, but they're more expensive.

[ as you do when you're in the middle of a war. she places the bow down and picks up a small knife. ]

But I guess it's rude of me to complain about something like that. We'll just have to make do with what we have.

[chattychat]

Oh, is that truly the manner of things in your land? Zacharie has espoused constantly the benefits of starting off with cheaper but weaker equipment to starting adventurers such as ourselves…

[He pauses to groom behind his ears.]

...Although, that was the way of things back in the zones. This may very well be a differing predicament.

2

[vowlyball]

[Thank whatever deity was responsible for there being a general store, considering Bokuto was a growing teenage boy and needed to have sustenance. He had his arms full of some suspicious meat-like products, but he was willing to give them a try.

Still, it was a temporary solution, and unless money was going to keep generating each morning, he'd have to come up with something else.

Clearly asking a girl who seemed to know how to handle herself was the best solution. Also she'd said 'magical'.]

Woah! Nice armor!

[Then, to the real heart of the matter:]

So this place really has magic?

2

[soldiernanny]

Ah, but most average smiths and creators don't really have the power to control their quality like that, do they?

[Gremio himself is looking for armour more for others than himself. He still has what he was burieddied in, after all, and the axe at his side is just as wicked sharp as ever.

His tone is friendly and calm, in any case, and he nods toward Midori.]

[liniment]

But shouldn't they? Mm, well, I guess there's the problem of having the proper resources and materials...

[ domina looks like an average town. not everyone is blessed with chilling in a pocket dimension with unlimited ore in between battles. ]

[soldiernanny]

I don't think so. As I recall, the Young Master had to search for stronger and stronger blacksmiths in order to keep up with our weapons. Perhaps there's another town somewhere with better equipment.

[Yeah, Midori. Most people aren't at all... but she's definitely right, Domina looks like your average town. At least, if you ignore the weird not-people.]