♪ 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

[nekohohoho]

Yeah. I still want to know how we got here, and how we're supposed to get home. I don't know if you had any pressing business back where you came from, but my friends and I have school and competitions and family.

[chattychat]

I can understand your distress, even if the situation from which I have been plucked from is nowhere near as dire. [And in fact, this works out better for him, but it seems rude to say that.] I have yet to discover anything of note yet, but, should you require access to a place too large for one of your race, I will gladly offer to go in your stead.

[nekohohoho]

I'd worry about sending you someplace potentially unsafe, but that's because it's hard to wrap my thinking around the idea of a cat that's on the same intelligence level as me. [He smirks after a moment.] Possibly above it. No offense meant. Cats just don't communicate with people in my world, and as far as any human can tell they're not actually able to. So it's...an adjustment.

But yeah - you might be outweighed by things a little easier than me, but you've got the brains to look out for yourself. I don't want to patronize you.

[chattychat]

Lay to rest your concerns and troubles over my abilities of self preservation. Before my arrival, constantly my life was threatened by brutal and vicious beings which lashed out at anybeing that thrived which was not themselves.
If not much else, my species is that which has done well when it comes to fleeing confrontation.

[nekohohoho]

Sounds like you came from a pretty rough place. [Kuroo tilts his head.] Is here an improvement?

[chattychat]

Indeed. Although, in line with my experiences, very few planes of existence would be retrogressive in comparison to biting and suffocating stagnation.

[nekohohoho]

Dangerous and boring? [Kuroo raises an eyebrow.] That sounds hard to pull off.

[chattychat]

A world of monochrome, no other life, and highly malicious and violent entities- can it be called any other?

[nekohohoho]

Wait - how can there be no other life, but there's violent entities? [Kuroo tilts his head. He picked up on that contradiction immediately.]

[chattychat]

[Quietly, he observes Kuroo carefully before choosing his words.]

A creature may exist, but it need not be living.

[nekohohoho]

[Kuroo mulls this over.]

Sounds like zombies to me. Either way, I'm kind of glad I don't come from your world. And that you seem pretty alive.

[chattychat]

In instances such as that, my sleek and flexible frame is a most beneficial advantage. I cannot bear to think how I might survive otherwise.