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farsickooc2020-08-20 11:36 am
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test drive meme #2
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!
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Everywhere else had been too— nice. Too many people with too many emotions that Miu kept brushing up against and it was giving her a headache. This place, with its gloomy atmosphere and general feeling of ‘don’t linger here’ is much more familiar and almost comforting.
Of course there’s gotta be someone else there too and Miu makes a soft ‘tch’ noise of irritation as she steps out and lifts her chin as if in challenge.
“What are you going to do, serenade me with your flute?”
Her bag holds her camera obscura though which also looks rather harmless though, despite being actually very unnerving, feeling terribly off, and quite deadly against the supernatural. So really, who’s she to judge if his flute is dangerous or not?
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"Of course not miss, I didn't expect one like you here, I expected danger with the dark energy here." Don't get him wrong, he's not flirting nor is he being condescending.
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"You don't think I'm dangerous? Maybe I'm the cause of the dark energy here."
She is definitely not, but she can definitely feel it. It's almost as suffocating as the emotions and thoughts of the living people out in the main areas, but for entirely different reasons.
Moving ehr gaze from him, she examines the area with an almost bored expression. "For a place that feels like this I expected something more exciting..."
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"My apologies, but compared to things I'm used to at home, this isn't much. I don't sense the dark energy off of you, either."
He shrugs, shaking his head. "But I do have to agree with you, not very exciting. I half expected to see a fierce corpse at the very least."
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Fierce corpse though... She furrows her brow and makes a slight face at him like he's said something bizarre. "...Like a zombie?"
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His head tilts to the side curiously. "Zombie? I suppose that could describe them.. the dead become reanimated if they have enough resentment in their lives."