WEEK ONE MINGLE

[grigori]

krankaz: week 1 mingle Depths of the Leviathan

38 Remain

Waking up this morning will reveal some unfamiliar surroundings. The familiar sights and sounds of Cittàgazze are long gone, replaced by something much more ancient, yet still radiant. The sound of children playing in the streets and scampering about have been replaced by the echoes from deep. Try not to hold your breath for too long when you finally take the first steps outside to soak in all of new sights. Ideally, "soak" being used as a metaphor instead of literally as well, and it can stay that way just as long as the "Bubble" is respected. What? A "Bubble?"

You all awaken in your beds—although they aren't the beds that you found yourself falling asleep in previously, and you might not even see the same face as you had the previous night. But one by one, as you filter out, you find yourselves in what had once been a grand and imperious castle. The halls stand massive, arching and textured in reliefs and carvings of beautiful faces and creatures. Old paintings adorn the walls, or have even been knocked down to prop against them, rotten from moisture and dust and neglect. Great landscape scenes, the tales of battlefields, and royal portraits of strangers vary where you can make them out.

As the journey through these halls continues, everyone comes to the same conclusion: this place is twice as empty as the city of magpies was. It would probably be dimly lit, were it not for a faint blue glow from outside (from the Bubble over everything, you'll come to realize) and the fact there's bioluminescent corral, plants, and even small creatures everywhere, washing everything in salmon, pinks, purples, oranges, reds. Light posts and fixtures are adorned with once-white crystals that illuminated things, now covered in these same warm hues to replace their glow.



Coming down to the join of the two castle wings and into the throne room, you'll meet some familiar faces. Or unfamiliar? We don't know your lives. They seem to be anticipating your eventual arrival.

Each of the three hooded figures have a distinctly colored cloak with one being dark like the night, the second in a cloak of bright and soft dawn, and the last in robes of stormy sunset. Once again, two appear to stand at the same height, but this time the third is of a shorter stature. It's that shorter one, in the dawn-colored cloak, that speaks first.

They clap their hands once, twice, three times - and then their voice, strong but chipper, is loud and clear. "Hello, everyone! Apologies for the surprise, we, ah, weren't exactly expecting this to happen until it did? My name is Satariel, and we're the Temporal Watchers. The Celestials are still here with us, but it's our turn to speak with all of you like this. If we haven't met before, it's nice to meet you now! If we've met before, it's good to see you again. Please let us know if there's anything we can do to help you, as we all figure things out, as we know that things are already fairly stressful as is right now."

They fold their hands together in front of themself, bowing politely, and pass it onto the next in line who stands taller than Satariel and dressed in a long dark cloak like the night. "Satariel is so great! It makes me wonder why we're even here." They'll say with a laugh before properly addressing everyone else after raising their left hand up to the side of their face in the shape of a paw.

"It's as they say—we're the Temporal Watchers and I'm Rameel, so hello, hello! I hope everyone enjoyed my gift last week. Unfortunately, I don't have anything for you this week but if you talk to me later maybe I can arrange something. We are but your humble servants."

To conclude their turn speaking, they'll give a deep, flourishing bow and step aside for the one in a cloak reminiscent of a stormy day. "Yomiel." They wave a hand at the other two. "They covered most of it already, so just let one of us know if you have any questions. We'll answer messages, too, if you need us."


With the new week, travelers will find that their daemons have stopped hiccuping and shifting without warning. Instead, they will find that they and their daemon have limited control over one of four elements - earth, fire, water, or air. Some examples would be shifting sand, warming a cup of tea with your hands, sweating more than normal (if you aren't like Bertolt), or always looking like you're in a hair commercial. This effect lasts all week.

And, if you're worried about your things, just check your rooms. They'll be stored away safe and sound.

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MINI EVENT: X MARKS THE SPOT

[grigori]

MINI-EVENT 1
x marks the spot

 

 

Happy Wednesday morning, everyone! While the start of the day is uneventful, your daemons eventually perk as if they've heard something, and will lead you to plaza with the understanding that you've been summoned, so to speak. Your Watchers are waiting for your arrival there—but it doesn't seem to be a pressing matter, and they're ready to greet you from the get-go.

Satariel is front and center again, offering everyone an encouraging smile. They seem very encouraging as they speak. "Hi everyone! So, while taking a look around, we found there's a lot of treasure and supplies that we haven't uncovered yet. It's kind of a scavenger hunt, but I figure we can take a look at that, and maybe we'll all learn a little more about this place we're in?"

Rameel stands next to them on their right looking like they're having a lot of fun just being here. "We can all think of it as a bonding experience where we're all here. There may be treasure of the shiny kind or there may be not, however, there is always the treasure of the bonds you make along the way." They'll place a hand over their heart as they finish speaking.

Yomiel stares at Rameel in disbelief for a long moment before speaking. "Just try not to get hurt looking for the stuff. No treasure is worth that."



Hey there everyone, welcome to the week 1 mini-event! Wowee. While 100% optional, participation yields rewards for your characters.

As instructed on Tuesday in the Discord server, for this event, we ask that players split themselves up into eight groups of 4 and two groups of 3. You can coordinate further in the coordination channel, if need be, and head to chatter once you've gotten your assignments. Reply to the sign ups below for that assignment!

Mods will not be partaking in these threads, so feel free to get started on them under this thread. Once you've hit 30 or more comments, please turn the thread in for prizes, over here, by no later than 6PM EST / 3PM PST / 11PM GMT / 7AM JST / 10AM NZST on Friday. Prizes will go out later that evening!

[grigori]

Please have one person from your team comment here to receive your assignments!

[senjinrouha]

yuri, reze, yjh and kim ratja!

[booksleeves]

susato xl akira rika

[linearcrash]

Sholmes, Kaeya, Nine, Tsurumaru

[magichammer]

ulrika, roxis, rin, kotetsu

[perfectdistance]

Sheba, Rochalizo, Nero, Alisaie

[spydey]

yelena power kitsuragi monika

[winebar]

van zieks, nanaly, a-qing, suigetsu

[perceivedrevalry]

Allen, Scheherazade, Rex, and Revali

[escardos]

[ flat, spike, and yukio! ]

[perspire]

Bertolt, Alphinaud, Diluc

team ORV gays, their daughter and some guy they dragged with them

[senjinrouha]

[ well. there's a Look in yuri's eye like he's actually kinda stoked to be actually leaving the bubble. for once. in the past three days they've been stuck here.

rip to yjh, kdj and reze because he's just going out there, immediately, personal bubble and all. smell ya later. ]

Yuri is the uncle

[malewife]

[ Joonghyuk doesn’t like being trapped, but he isn’t keen to be out in deep sea.

Except.

There’s treasure??? So he’s also going out Fast. ]

team disasters and the baby sitter

[magichammer]

What's the "hokey pokey"?

[ she turns the map upside down in vain hope something will start to make sense ]

[trickedges]

Give me that--

[ let him steal the map maybe he can make something out of it-- ]

... This is useless?

[ Rameel is this your fault too. ]

Team Fishslap

[veraltwin]

[Ruins, coral, and treasure. Recover anything that might be of use or tell them more about where they are. Alisaie pauses, a hand on her hip as she surveys the ruins before them.]

This won't be hard.

[...and then one of the geysers goes off, jettisoning debris and fish and mucking up the area with silt.]

...though it may prove more difficult than I first surmised. Shall we?

[allyship]

[rochalizo eyes the geysers, before—]

This still won't be a problem. Let's proceed!

[is rochalizo confident or an idiot (or a confident idiot), who knows. but yeah, he'll start to stride forward.]

team mimic busters

[burnstrike]

[ All right, this is supposed to be the spot! Nanaly cautiously opens up the closet door in case something comes flying out, but it looks like... it's just the treasure chest??

Hm. ]

It can't be this easy, right?

[ She squints at it with distrust. ]

Maybe it'll just have a map to someplace else.

Team It's Suddenly September 19th

[perceivedrevalry]

[Alright then, look for a treasure and deepen bonds with other people. Not too hard. The ship also doesn't have any kraken, last he checked, so this should aaaaall go fine.

Until a certain card got stepped on. Revali turns the card in a wing, observing it. After having stepped on that -- his bad, guys -- he just...wishes he was somewhere else, anywhere else. This is embarrassing]

No loot be worth this inanity...Garr.

[Don't be such a party pooper, Revali, embrace the pirate accent. That's got to be the flattest, less enthusiastic 'Garr!' ever]

team we'll all need the dentist after this one

[callalilies]

Ahh... my, that actually doesn't look terrible.

[ says kaeya as he walks into the dining hall and immediately is assaulted by the scent of food. it's good food too, and while it's probable that it may have been rustled up from the cans in the pantry, it almost looks decadent in the way that it's presented. he crosses to the table curiously and sets a hand on a chair, leaning in to get a better look at the spread.

polaris is perched on his shoulder in his white ermine form, leaning over as well and sniffing, whiskers twitching. ]

You wouldn't even think this chicken came from a can. Incredible.

[ he takes up a fork and pokes it softly. just to see if it suddenly wants to, you know, rise up and attack them, perhaps.

you never know under the sea, okay? ]

team crabs............2

[booksleeves]

[Well, they definitely want some treasure, so she's following the little treasure crabs.]

. . . Let's catch them, and eat the crabs.

team smash cut to power making the whole building go down

[rerouter]

[Just. Just looking at this building like, hm. This sure seems safe and up to code.]

... Oh, jeez. Is this really safe?

team why did anyone think theyd be good parents

[escardos]

[ look at flat who is so happy with his downing rod. ]

We’re actually going treasure hunting! I wonder if we’ll find remains from a secret civilization or signs of alien life. This is like an adventure!

team we span the height range?

[perspire]

[ as the tallest, bertolt is holding onto the flashlight and holding it up for everyone as they approach the cave ]

It should be fine, right?