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the watchers ([personal profile] grigori) wrote in [community profile] chasma2021-10-30 09:57 pm
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WEEK FIVE MINGLE

nerak: week 5 mingle at your service
25 Remain

Waking up this morning will reveal some unfamiliar surroundings. While Camebit had an autumnal chill in the air, things are a little different, now - the air is frigid, and waking up is an adventure, considering you are swaddled to the nines and cozied right up to your roomie of the week (where you have one, anyways). Everything around you is made of ice and packed snow, fogged glass and porcelain, and it is freezing. Who thought this was a good idea? Even the brisk chill of Camebit in the skies above everything was more forgiving than this! This isn't a transition! Whose manager can you speak to..?

About that.



You have to trek out of the lodging, and over into the building made of actual wood and stone, to actually see your Watchers of the week. They're all dressed in their full cloaks again to combat the chill, even in this building, although both Rameel and Satariel are standing much closer to Yomiel than they usually do - much like they had in Ahnkeen, actually.

"Good morning and welcome to Nerak! If you've ever wondered what it was like to stay at an ice hotel, then you're in luck!" Rameel says with moderate flourish as they make sure to keep close to Yomiel—their daemon currently not found anywhere near them as they make the announcement. Looks like they're without their black box of musical wonders this morning.

While the other two Watchers press close, Yomiel's daemon has wrapped itself around their neck like a polecat scarf. Warm. Arm cradled gently against their chest, they pause to glance at Satariel before greeting everyone. "Try to be careful. The ice can get slippery, especially when you're all looking like that and leaving a mess everywhere you go." Whatever that means.

Satariel seems a little more subdued than usual but offers everyone a smile, daemon bear-shaped against their back, large head peering around at everyone while they take in the travelers that come to join them here in the hotel lobby. Their cloak is completely closed around them - not even the front of their dress can be seen, and they're clearly holding it tightly shut. "Please be nice to the hotel staff - if I catch any of you being rude to them, I'll kick you clear across the tundra before sticking you in their outdoor 'jail' for timeout. We're guests, but they're working hard to accommodate us, alright?"


With the new week, travelers will find that they no longer the adorable animal features they did in Camebit, but something much less cute. Injuries from their pasts have come back to haunt them, major or minor, and they cannot be healed. The good thing is that they don't seem to hurt or really take a toll on the travelers at all - at least, not until they're touched, and then both you the other will feel the pain from the moment the wound was inflicted. This effect lasts all week.

malewife: (pic#15251838)

MINI-CYOA ORGANIZATION

[personal profile] malewife 2021-11-01 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Again, I would encourage we organize where we want to look, like we attempted in Otamo, instead of finding that three different groups went to the same exact spot.

[ throws this up ]
perfectdistance: ([YT] My thoughts spin in circles)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2021-11-01 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Where are we plannin' to look and when? Think it's better if we spread out instead of all of us hittin' the same place by accident.
senjinrouha: (06)

[personal profile] senjinrouha 2021-11-01 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. That.

I'm free if anyone wants to check somewhere. We just need to see what people's plans are.
booksleeves: (Enquire Within Upon Everything)

[personal profile] booksleeves 2021-11-01 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I was thinking I might like to look around the chapel, if anyone would be interested in joining me.
lefthandpath: (179)

[personal profile] lefthandpath 2021-11-01 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I can come along, if that's all right.
yueshen: (175)

[personal profile] yueshen 2021-11-01 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Please.
voltadomar: (PERCEPTION [Easy: Success])

[personal profile] voltadomar 2021-11-01 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I was thinking about taking those snowmobiles out beyond the settlement...

But it would be best to bring a few people -- and at least one who has some experience with this sort of climate.
callalilies: webtoon. (❄️ serious.)

[personal profile] callalilies 2021-11-01 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm quite comfortable with the cold, I'd like to go with you if you're amenable to it. Back home, I've traversed frigid terrain myself so I'll lend a hand where able.
voltadomar: (ESPRIT DE CORPS [Legendary: Success])

[personal profile] voltadomar 2021-11-01 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Good to hear it. I'll rely on your expertise, then.
callalilies: webtoon. (❄️ interest.)

[personal profile] callalilies 2021-11-01 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
My only ask is that someone brings me up to speed with modern technology. [ a firm nod ] But we can make preparations once we have an adequate group.
voltadomar: (REACTION SPEED [Trivial: Success])

[personal profile] voltadomar 2021-11-01 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I have a good amount of experience with motorized vehicles, so I think I can help in that regard.

We should make preparations today, and set out... how about tomorrow morning? We should try to get as many sunlight hours as we can.
callalilies: webtoon. (❄️ satisfaction.)

[personal profile] callalilies 2021-11-01 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Tomorrow morning, bright and early it is. I'm curious to see what's out there... what sort of people might traverse through that cold to get to this place..
perfectdistance: ([4k] Chat 1)

[personal profile] perfectdistance 2021-11-01 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm most comfortable in this climate. Wouldn't mind goin' out there.
voltadomar: (PERCEPTION [Challenging: Success])

[personal profile] voltadomar 2021-11-01 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[An appreciative nod.]

Good. That's three of us. We could go with this group, or maybe take on one more.
malewife: (pic#15183296)

[personal profile] malewife 2021-11-01 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Kim Dokja and I will be looking into the hotel. Those that are stealthy or observant are welcome to join.

[ ooc speak: staircase. ]
senjinrouha: (05)

[personal profile] senjinrouha 2021-11-01 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ looks to one side. looks back,

raises hand? ]
malewife: (pic#15183193)

[personal profile] malewife 2021-11-01 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
That'll be it for us. More numbers may make us look too suspicious.

[ considering they're also all men and noticeable, too. ]
senjinrouha: (46)

[personal profile] senjinrouha 2021-11-01 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ dude looks like a lady. ]
bloodyromance: (wots all this then)

[personal profile] bloodyromance 2021-11-01 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Someone should check out the ice maze, yeah? I don't really get cold, 'cuz I'm dead, so I'd be up for that.
rerouter: (007)

the karens among us... (aka lodgings)

[personal profile] rerouter 2021-11-02 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, everyone. Don't expect to get a ton of information from the locals. Flat and I talked to the staff and the guests in Room 15, and we barely got anything out of them. They don't know about the Magisterium or the spectres, and they're totally not willing to talk about the angels and the chapel. I tried bribing them and stuff, but they got this weird look on their face and changed the subject right away. It just wasn't normal, like...

[She seems to be do her best impression of what she saw— Which is the equivalent of a wavering smile before she pulls it back up. Not a great poker face.]

Anyway, has anyone noticed any shapes and figures in the northern lights from before? The woman in Room 15, Barbara, showed us her social media and we saw something weird in a picture of this world's aurora, but we couldn't make it out at all.
greatdeduction: (the speckled band)

[personal profile] greatdeduction 2021-11-02 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
...

You don't think the angels are in the lights, do you...?

[sholmes in the ALIENS meme but it says ANGELS instead]
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[personal profile] rerouter 2021-11-02 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Is that possible...?
greatdeduction: (the engineer's thumb)

[personal profile] greatdeduction 2021-11-02 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
Did they not say these angels were not physical beings, but more like they're made from "light"?

Maybe the lights aren't what they seem. If the staff are acting this way...hmm...yes...they have likely already arrived before we did.
rerouter: (008)

[personal profile] rerouter 2021-11-03 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
That's been the case for every world we've visited so far, right?