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UKIMIYA mods ([personal profile] thecastle) wrote in [community profile] ukimiya2017-07-29 12:50 pm

Beginning

One moment you were elsewhere, surely speaking to your friends, fighting in a battle of your life, dying, or even in a state of non-existence in its entirety. It doesn't matter now, since when you open your eyes it’s become clear that not only is everything around you foreign and unfamiliar, so is everyone. And there seems to be a fair lot of you, at that.

It's easy to discern a few things upon a cursory glance, once you pick yourself up from the field of grass you're resting on. The place you've awoken in seems to be fairly tranquil, for the first few moments at least, and the view of a newly budded sakura tree is among the first that will greet you. In the distance, is a towering castle that manages to look all at once both imposing and welcoming at the same time. There's also an odd pendant around your neck, which you'll find won't come off despite your best attempts. In your pocket you'll find a room key, engraved with a number.

The weather is currently cool, with the sun brightly shining in the sky, though there are a few too many clouds to make it a completely clear day. While most of them appear rather normal, every so often you might spot one that looks just a bit off— like a storm cloud that's completely lost it's way. Lucky for you, it doesn't seem like you're going to have to worry about any inclement weather anytime soon, as they'll vanish from your vision as quickly as they came.

A large stone wall surrounds the entirety of the castle, though it's anyone guess why that is— maybe it's for your safety, maybe it's to keep you trapped, or maybe it's for another reason entirely. The only breach in the wall is a single gate that looks like it certainly led to the outside at one point, but that too has been cordoned off by solid stone.

Fortunately, there's nothing to stop you from entering the castle itself, where you'll find it's pretty grand all things considered. The lighting inside is provided not by electricity, but by magical flame that adjusts to the time of day or night. Actually, if you're looking for anything electronic anywhere, or even a simple power outlet, you'll be sorely out of luck.

For now, it might be best to explore and make some sense of where you are and why you're here— maybe one of your fellow travelers might know something? There are some plaques in the Great Hall that might catch your interest given their focus, in addition to one ridiculously large golden one that seems to bear rules.

Welcome, fellow warriors, to your very long stay.
presomnia: (everyone you know will lie)

[personal profile] presomnia 2017-07-30 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Tiki makes a fist and holds it at her chest, pointing at it with her other hand.]

It's round, and about this big. It's gold, and very shiny, and I keep it on rope so I can wear it as a necklace.

[She points back in the direction she came from.]

The courtyard is really big, but I looked over there already, and didn't see anything... I don't think your coin is over there, either.
coinflipped: (33)

[personal profile] coinflipped 2017-07-30 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
No, given we're both missing items, I'd presume that they were taken from our persons.

[Not something he really wants to think about, but a likely truth. Which means they may have to find the person responsible for taking them.]
presomnia: (so who's afraid to live? not i)

[personal profile] presomnia 2017-07-31 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
Taken..?

[There's a flicker of something like fear across her face; being without her dragonstone is bad enough, and lost is one thing, but having it in someone else's hands—]

We should look everywhere before we decide something like that, shouldn't we? They could be misplaced.
coinflipped: (10)

[personal profile] coinflipped 2017-07-31 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
If we're both missing items that we generally keep a tight leash on, then I doubt that's the case.

[Sorry, he's not into idealism that things were 'simply misplaced and no one is at fault'. That and this can't be coincidence they're both missing items.]

Given the items I have are always in my pockets, someone would have had to taken them.
presomnia: (and i'll let this go; keep it to myself)

[personal profile] presomnia 2017-08-01 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
[RUDE??? it's a little less that Tiki's insistently being idealistic, but that she's so upset by the prospect of her dragonstone being in someone wicked's hands that she wants that not to be the case so she can find it and be done with the dilemma.]

I still think we should look everywhere and make sure. [She's looking terribly pouty.] It would be silly to get worked up about a thief and then find them dropped on the ground somewhere.
coinflipped: (9)

[personal profile] coinflipped 2017-08-01 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd like for that to be the case that our items are simply lying around.

[But it's never that simple. At least it's never that simple for Eizen...]