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The Locals ([personal profile] npcsofmana) wrote in [community profile] gameofmana2016-07-29 09:15 pm

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

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.




soldiernanny: (♪It's a time where you must hold on)

Kitchen

[personal profile] soldiernanny 2016-08-01 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"... Dull knives can be sharpened, but I doubt hiding them would be a good idea within the house." He tries to be so calm and gentle all the time, god. There are too many different, confusing people here. At least this one looks about his age... "We do need to eat, and preparing vegetables without a knife is difficult." If not impossible.
suspiciousbff: (I'm a lawyer you know)

[personal profile] suspiciousbff 2016-08-02 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
Hana doesn't jump and go for the carving knife like she had with Tsukishima, but it's a near thing. She looks up eyes narrowed.

"Depends on the hiding places, I'd bet." She shrugs one shoulder. "There's no food, and preparing vegetables is harder if whatever's brought us here has killed us first."
soldiernanny: (♪In this battlefield around you)

[personal profile] soldiernanny 2016-08-02 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
It wouldn't have fazed him, honestly. Especially after Camille. That little girl was terrifying... but he shakes his head.

"I wouldn't let something like that happen." He speaks sincerely, and frankly the axe he still keeps close at his side says just as much. "As for food, that's what foraging or finding a town is for." He doesn't talk down to her, just... states it as fact. That's just how it is.
suspiciousbff: (I will always be here)

[personal profile] suspiciousbff 2016-08-02 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"When I looked outside there was nothing but white space beyond the tree's branches."

She runs a hand through her hair, eyeing the axe, and listening to his voice and phrasing carefully for any surprises underlaid in his attitude.

"No matter how good you are with that axe, you can't be everywhere at once. No one can, even with the best intentions."
soldiernanny: (♪We can do it all together; do it all)

[personal profile] soldiernanny 2016-08-04 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Maybe so, but there has to be something. Whatever this is wouldn't have brought us here just to starve us, would it?"

... Well, okay. Maybe there are (a lot of) creatures and people he's come across who would do that. As for him, though, his attitude seems honest. There's a fraying feeling to his calm, but he is very serious, almost soldierly.

"No, but if something were to attack this place, it would have to come through the front door. I don't need to be everywhere at once to protect that." He knows he's not the strongest fighter - not by far - but... but there are so many young people here. Of course he'll die to protect them.

It's not as if this new life is worthwhile if he doesn't try.