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

[backin_theworld]

Steve listens, processes as best as he can before deciding that there was no real point in mulling over all the questions that inevitably snowball as the days wear on. Just like whatever powers that be snatched his best friend back to this place, it took him from Bete Noire and brought him here. Answers would come in time.

What he does learn right away is approximately where in their world Bucky comes from, which was about in line with where in their timeline he comes from. Still, it's a little off-putting when someone from your world is from the future. Or the past. Meeting Howard in the City was ... an experience, to say the least.

Shaking his head at the offer, Steve knows there's no point in trying to trick his brain into thinking a drink would make it all easier to accept.

"No kidding, random person who knew them? Or part of SHIELD in some way?"

[ostavil]

"Random person," Bucky says. "Her name was Claire. She knew about that shit where you were blasting aliens from the skies. I was under then so I only know what they told me afterward but it lined up. She was from New York."

It's strange that it was a random person, maybe, but there's plenty of random people all over the world. Those are the people he'd like to protect now that he's no longer under HYDRA's thumb. People like Claire who live and work every day don't need to know the Avengers on a first name basis for them to have an impact in their lives.

"Hell's Kitchen, not Brooklyn. Other than that, she was top tier."