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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!
Yennefer | Witcher
01. settling in
She hasn't found Gazin too much different than the other towns she's settled in over the years. For all the differences from her world, in some ways, it's like she's just portaled to a different area of her own world. And yet there's a level of she feels in the air around her and the way the magic feels that she can almost tell with her eyes closed that this isn't home. The feeling hasn't left her even with being here a few days now. What she has decided, is that she wants to find a way to earn enough coin to get her own place. She's never been one for sleeping in inns for long.
She was groomed and has been an adviser to kings and lived by their side after all. And yet she's also not unfamiliar with sleeping outside should the travel and need call for it. Should she have to. But she's also grown to enjoy the luxuries that have come from her time in her stations, and of course what she can get away with when using her magic. She's been slow to use her magic here though, unsure how people will take it as yet that she has magic.
Today she's found her way to the apothecary shop though, to take a look at their stock and see what she might recognize from home. It'll help her understand this world better, see if it's as close as she's hoping. Though, she won't be able to help herself from stopping into the bakery for a sweat or two as well.
02. celebration
She can hear the music from her room in the inn almost as soon as the party had started outside, and curious enough, she'd decided to slip outside to see what it was for. Not that she'd found an answer, really. What she had found were several of the towns people who were more than happy to sweep her lithe frame up into some of the dancing. She can't fight the smile that just letting go and enjoying some fun time brings.
It feels like it's been almost forever since she's laughed and relaxed enough to enjoy herself. So she doesn't hesitate when someone hands her a drink, nor does she stop herself from moving freely when her hand is caught and she's pulled into another dance with someone else, violet eyes taking in her new partner.
03. wild card
[ Dealers choice or DM me and we can plot something up. ]
01. Let me know if it needs anything!
Which is why she’s there again today, another basketful of supplies on her arm. Or rather, it had been full, before the apothecary emptied it. “I don’t know how you do it,” he tells her. “But I’m glad of it.”
She laughs softly, lifting her shoulder in a half-shrug. “I have a knack with plants, that’s all.” Her attention is drawn to the unfamiliar dark-haired young woman stepping further into the apothecary. She’s new, Cassandra is almost certain; she carries herself in a way that says ‘not from this world’ rather than simply ‘not from Gazin’. She offers her a small, friendly smile.
Re: Yennefer | Witcher
She passes a drink to the woman next to her and gives her a bit of a smile. "We might as well enjoy the party while it's here. I'm sure there's something more productive we could be doing but here we are, drinking whiskey and watching dancers."