test drive meme #2

[fernwehmods]

SCENARIOS

01. Settling In

It's been a couple of days since you have arrived and once the fatigue from that multiversal travel has been fixed there is a town that you should probably get acquainted with. At least well enough that you don't get lost every time you venture away from the inn where you are likely staying for the time being.

Down the narrow streets to the south where most newcomers first enter Gazin, the tradespeople have set up their shops. Armourers, blacksmiths, bowyers and carpenters can all be found there, as well a few shady types who cannot pass up the advantage of ripping off an unsuspecting person.

Heading east, one can find the two apothecary shops, a bakery, a herbarium, seamstress and shoemaker. There is also a medical clinic set up and is equipped to care for anything up to moderate injuries.

The northern part of town is the district that most people tend to avoid. It's smelly and dark and trouble lurks in every corner. It's hard not to get an uneasiness that feels like someone is watching you. If asked, most civilians will explain why it is called The Devil's Mouth.

In the west district, it is bright and cheerful and generally happy. Music and celebration seem to happen twice daily, every day of the week with Saturday being the loudest. During that day, the marketplace comes to life with vendors selling their fresh food or wares. In the evening, there's typically a firework show and maybe a drunken fistfight or two that ends with more drinking and some laughter. Sometimes, but not often, trouble from the northern district trickles into the west. Those slow festivities but not for long.

02. Exploring

You have heard people talk about the places beyond Gazin and now you find yourself itching to get out and see them. Be it Vasari Forest or Roselake, you and your trusty legs (or horse) plan to be gone for a week or more. One must always be cautious of the dangers while travelling, however. Bandits and rogue soldiers often cannot pass up the chance to take what isn't theirs. There are also creatures and monsters hiding in wait to curiously check you out or worse, hunt you for their next human-shaped meal.

But, that's all part of the adventure! Take someone along with you and maybe some weapons, too. Make sure one is made of silver.

03. Quest

The Druid known as Bhalris has contracted you to head into the Oren Mountains to find and pass a message along to the dwarf known as Brazmas Steelbelly. What Bhalris doesn't exactly explain is where Brazmas can be found, only giving approximate directions to a certain landmark where a series of clues will be revealed that start an interesting, though perhaps frustrating adventure.

Pay attention to the white raven and other animals along the way. They may be there to help with your journey. How do you tell them apart from the other wildlife that may or may not be dangerous? You can't.

Good luck!

04. Celebration

Impromptu parties are quite the norm in Gazin and it doesn't matter what the occasion is or who it is for. There's music, plenty of drink, dancing and good times to be had.

Let loose and have some fun!

05. Wild Card!

Want something else? Feel free to choose your own adventure or mix and match to create something completely different!

NAVIGATION

Comments

[dragonofjustice]

Drogon's had the vague wish of being somewhere else before, but usually he'd just shift and go. On his own wings. Not...whatever magic had brought him (and the others) here and trapped him. He'll adjust...grudgingly.

Finding himself almost run into another - a female-not-his-mother - staring so intently at him would have his hackles raise. Instead, he takes a deep breath and straightens his shoulders, head lifting - making all the impression of unfurling magnificent wings...if only he weren't trapped in the much smaller form.

He's still learning what weather suits clothes best, but the heavy cloak feels odd to him - is it really so cold for others? He studies her, listening to accent and finding it a challenge to place. She doesn't smell quite as human as others, but it could just be his limited scenting.

"How can you tell, when others miss it?"

[soul_cypher]

She can almost see that puffing up, the phantom sensation of wings. She can practically smell fire, as if he might still hold a dragon's raging internal furnace inside himself, even in this much less impressive body.

"I am a cipher, and they are not." As if that would explain everything. She's not yet found anyone of Eora, beside herself. So someone who might understand her abilities is even less likely. "I can see the truth of your soul."

[dragonofjustice]

A cipher. He doesn't like not knowing.

But he can guess some part of it. "A warlock?" Still wary, he hasn't forgotten what the Thirteen had tried to do to him, his brothers, and mother. But he has no fire to literally burn her to ash. And it irks him.

...But it's also rather nice, for his soul's truth to be seen.

[soul_cypher]

Her expression changes only subtly, to an expression of distaste. She is no barbarian corpse eater. She shakes her head slightly. All her gestures and expressions are short, controlled.

"No. A cipher. It is not easy to explain." And it's not. Ciphers are rare, even in Eora. Magical but not. It's a little like trying to describe light to one born blind.

"I can read souls, and other things." The other things aren't really important right now. "I can see what is hidden, find things that are lost, cheat at cards. Like that."

[dragonofjustice]

He's never had to guard his mind from magic users - it's an open book for those who can prod it. Wild around the edges, emotional, heat licks at the edges as the only possible protection. His mind's eye goes with his words and thoughts.

He could be annoyed at so easily being understood, he sees the subtle shift though does not understand what it means. But the correction is enough, with the attempt to explain, he relaxes a little.

"Can you find people?"

[soul_cypher]

A dragon could get annoyed by a great many things, being packed into a body one tenth it's normal size, being I've of them. She's hardly pressed that he might find her abilities disquieting. Most do, and she hasn't even mentioned the whole Watcher part.

"I often do." Probably not the best idea to joke with a dragon. Especially when it's very hard to tell that she's making a joke. "It is easier if you have something of theirs, so I can make a connection."