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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!
Re: 001. Settling In
There is a long pause before the room seems to sigh and orange sparkling light steams out of the skull and into the construct covering it and shaping it. Arms become more defined. the head changes shape and the skin takes on a pale color. Once the body itself is to the spirit's liking, clothes begin to cover it, first a shirt, socks and waist coat in bright red, then the rest of the suit in black covered that. Finally a tall pale man with white hair and a charming smile stands next to Arha and kneels touching her carefully. "Don't stand yet," he says his softly accented voice sounding louder now that it's coming out of an actual throat. "That was a heavy ritual you just did, let me help you. regain some energy...I am sorry but this is going to be a little cold...I am a creature of Winter., but there isn't much I can do about that." He places a hand on her shoulder and sinks some of his own energy into her. It should feel like a gentle chill but not uncomfortable.
Re: 001. Settling In
She gives it a few moments before she opens her weary eyes to glance up at him, her cornflower blue eyes illuminated just a little by dawn's light streaming through the window. Her smile is luminous and there is such joy in it as she reaches out to cup his cheek very gently.
"Well," she says, a little awed, "look at you. Bob, why...you're perfect." He really is. Everything is as it should be, no mistakes, his suit is lovely, the waistcoat is detailed, and he looks very handsome, she thinks. And she can't stop smiling because she had very much sunk everything she had into the ritual, all the effort needed and a little more. She'd even gone to the trouble of working out a magical circulatory system that linked to a heart of sorts so that he could feel a semblance of living, not just spirit existing in ectoplasm and the like.
"I did make a few more alterations," she said in a soft voice. "I...I wanted to make sure you could feel things properly, not just control a body. It had to be right, you know."