♪ 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

Study

[heptagram]

[Patchouli has taken to examining the books too, of course. She also has to get used to walking everywhere again, so maybe they have something to bond over in a way. It's just that she's done it recently anyway. In short bursts, at least. For her, it's more a matter of adjusting to the long term again.

But that's not important. She has definitely scoured the contents of the study in the brief period since her arrival.]

So far as I have noticed, but I haven't searched the entire contents of each book yet.

Strange, though -- who arranges so many blank books so?

[orbislife]

[ It seems a number of people are used to hovering instead of walking. Maybe not as many as there are teenagers here, but it is still big enough number to start a club. ]

Perhaps the owner of this study writes in invisible ink or they are in the process of filling out the books with whatever they like.

[heptagram]

[Oh, no, not as many as there are teenagers. The number of teenagers is basically unlimited.]

The former is a more interesting proposition, if far less likely.

[orbislife]

[ There is a high chance of additional teenagers arriving.

He flips through the pages of another book and finds them blank. He puts it back on the shelf. ]

I agree. These books are another puzzle to this place.

[heptagram]

[In fact, it's a surprise there isn't another one unaccounted-for that has suddenly arrived--]

Indeed. Perhaps we should keep track of what we know. Then anyone else who shows up can be brought up to speed quickly.

[orbislife]

I will be mindful of everything I have learned. If we could borrow one of these blank books, we could record information in.

[ However, he is not sure if the owner of this place would approve. There is still much he and others do not know. ]

[heptagram]

I think that would be a good idea.

However... I have no idea who owns this building. Was there anyone else here before we arrived?

[orbislife]

I cannot say. The only evidence that someone must tend to the building is that its condition appears kept. If this place was abandoned, it would be in disarray, would it not?

[heptagram]

Unless we arrived very shortly after its abandonment.

...judging by how these kinds of stories tend to go, I don't consider that very probable.

[orbislife]

"These kinds of stories?" Have you heard of something like this before?