[WORLD ONE] AIMINTAS (INTRODUCTION)

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Who: The coven & Palai people
Where: In and around the city land of Aimintas
When: Days 13 & 14
Open/Closed: Open to All

The initial setting information found here should be utilized for threads here.

There's no official OOC account for the Palai people. You're free to roleplay their actions and reactions on your own, as in depth as you want -- asking questions, hand-waved interactions, becoming best friends. The new world is your oyster!

Just like how you arrived, the process of leaving the hub and reappearing somewhere else is quite quick and uneventful. Brie and Genette gather as many people as possible so that everyone can explore the new world together in a group, which is where they all land once Qri has worked her magic. If you weren't in the vicinity, or thought that not being social meant you'd get to stay on the island, you come along as well, though you didn't exactly show up with the group. A ▢ Everyone starts their journey a reasonable distance from the outer city walls of Aimintas. It's about a four hour trek to the rocks on foot, which Genette tells everyone to move towards -- though you're free to do as you please. You may discover that traveling on your own too far away results in something quite unpleasant. The initial terrain is quite interesting -- it's at least different from the hub island, though you may not be particularly impressed. There's sticky kelp to step in, water in the sky to look at and sand to get stuck in every orifice of your body. How do you like the new digs thus far? B ▢ Genette explains that the gang must enter the city of Aimintas to survive, but it's easier said than done. Maybe as something of an incentive, Genette climbs into Qri's caravan and it floats away, over the rock face. There go all the supplies you brought! The rest of you losers will have to climb through the craggy rock walls, hundreds of feet tall with very few crevices and cracks that are navigable. Hope you can climb...or maybe you can find a way to get through using someone's magic? The sun sets while the coven is busy trying to get through the craggy infrastructure (at least, that's the fate of those who don't find a quicker way to get into the city). Brie locates a large cave in one of the rocks, and that's where everyone sets up camp for the night. If you want to carry on, that's your choice...but who knows if anything that goes bump in the night is out there bumping in the night time? C ▢ What will your character be doing tonight? Sleeping on a hard rock? Stuck awake? Even if they do manage to fall asleep, they may be haunted by the occasional high pitched screech that comes through the night, though the location of the noise is unknown as of right now.

It takes about a day to travel to Aimintas, climb through the rocks and come into the city. Thankfully the city hub is close to the side of the city the coven managed to climb through, so civilization is awaiting. That civilization is decently modern, lizard-like and very, very nosy. D ▢ Upon entering civilization, the Palai are immediately curious and in awe of their taller, bipedal visitors. They've only seen people like those in the coven in pictures, and if they learn that your character has magic? It'll be as if an A-list celebrity just wandered into town. Because they're so enamored, the Palai will readily give coven members gifts as a token of their appreciation. What exactly do they appreciate? Don't be afraid to ask a few simple questions. They'll be more than happy to give out answers. E ▢ Some Palai, though, will want to see some of that magic before they offer up any gifts. Some may be a little demanding, just because their curiosity is so overwhelming. A harsh no will result in an apology and a gift anyways, but maybe just show them some magic anyway...? Even outside of interacting with the Palai, there's quite a bit around here to look at. Genette can be found in the middle of one of the parks, handing out the stored supplies to their owners. (Don't worry, she'll tell you where she is with a little telepathic poke. Your supplies will give you access to shopping and bartering...your status as a magical humanoid thing will only get you so far. F ▢ The Palai marketplace is rather large and home to a variety of businesses, shops and services. Want a good night's sleep? Want to eat a delicious shrimp wrap? Need your hub technology charged? You can do that here. What strange items will you fine? Is their technology level something you're familiar with? G ▢ Finally, the Palai are a people of culture. That culture can be quite unforgiving to those who choose to wander around alone. Some Palai people, after the initial wonder has worn off, will deny services to people who are on their own. It just doesn't compute! Your character is better off with a group of three, but a friend is fine. Travel in groups or couples and your character will find that they get fewer strange looks and questions.

It can be easy to get overwhelmed within the Palai marketplace, so no one will blame a coven-member for escaping the city for a bit. On the outside of the marketplace is a very large house with dozens of Palai congregating -- and my dozens, we mean at least 200. A Palai mate triangle just committed to each other, and this is certainly worth celebrating. H ▢ The guests feel blessed by the presence of a coven-member, and they readily invite any that happen by to the festivities. There's cake, alcohol, drinks, dancing. The Palai people certainly know how to get down. I ▢ Wildcard! How will your character interact with this new and unusual world?

Comments

[soulcomet]

[Madoka was about to ask Dave if he liked tea, since chamomile has always helped her sleep — but she seems startled by his question.]

Eh? Did John-san already tell you?

[Madoka lifts herself off the ground, Soul Gem in hand. it still feels a little strange to be discussing it to people outside her group of friends back home, but ... her own magic certainly isn't any stranger than the ability to summon refrigerators. or draw things into existence.]

I am a magical girl. This is my Soul Gem.

[parodeity]

Uh, actually no? He mentioned your healin' magic to us but not that you were a magical girl. But it's a pink glowy crystal, so - I was jokin', but apparently I got it in one?

[ OOPS. ]

Do you have like a transformation sequence?

[soulcomet]

[in all fairness, it was a good joke. Madoka laughs at that, maybe a tiny bit sheepish.]

I do! Well — Mami-san has us use one, but I don't have to do it every single time I want to transform.

[a beat, and then:]

I can probably show you, if you'd like?

[parodeity]

I have never seen one irl so you know what, fuck yeah?

[ PUT ON THE MAGICAL GIRL SHOW, MADOKA, SHOW HIM YOUR PINK POWERUPS i don't know much about pmmm except it's dark okay. ]

If you don't mind showin' me, that is?

[soulcomet]

I don't mind! It's actually a little relieving ... I've felt a little lost without this magic, to be honest.

[Madoka takes a step back, a slight ways out of the cave. that way, the ridiculous display of pink and color won't light up the cave and wake anybody who's actually managed to fall asleep.]

[that said, PLEASE ENJOY THE SHOW. Madoka worked hard on her magic to be able to do this, under Mami-san's guidance.]

[parodeity]

[ MADOKA THAT'S AN ADORABLE TRANSFORMATION SEQUENCE, WHAT THE FUCK.

dave applauds when she's done, because that seems like a thing that is appropriate?? ]

Haha, shit, that's pretty cool. We don't have anythin' like that - although I know what you mean about feelin' lost. I'm hooked back up into time now, so that's nice...although it's not usually as flashy as what all you've got.

[ he is a time traveler. it is his aspect. ]

[soulcomet]

[Madoka beams at that, and dips forward in a tiny bow. a flashy display of power always got her pumped to do battle (that's always been part of Mami-san's reasoning for doing it, too), but to be able to entertain someone with it? it makes her feel even more motivated.]

Hooked up into ... ah! You have time magic?

[parodeity]

Yeah. I'm the Knight of Time. Each of us [ he means himself, john, and rose ] has a class and an aspect. Aspect is what all we can do and are in control of, class is how we interact with the aspect.

[soulcomet]

[one of her dearest friends back home can control time, but it's limited — it's more like stopping time briefly, and then stuffing an enemy full of explosives. or bullets. or both.]

[Madoka, for some reason, gets the impression that Dave has more control over it than that.]

So ... you can travel back and forth in time?

[parodeity]

Yeah, I can do both of those. [ and stop time, and other time-related shit. being the godtier knight of time has its perks? ] I can show you if you want sometime? Like. I could show you now I guess but it's kind of ridiculous in execution since then we have to either wait for ourselves to catch up or just circle back to this time point, or whatever?

[soulcomet]

That sounds like it could be dangerous.

[wait that's not right. she's speaking to the Knight of Time, isn't she?]

— I mean! I'm sure you've already thought of how to handle anything that could go wrong.

[parodeity]

Haha, don't worry about offendin' me or anything. It can be dangerous, if you don't know what you're doin' or aren't careful. With me runnin' it, it would literally just maybe be a bit boring or silly. But...here.

[ he tugs a water bottle out of thin air (his sylladex, and tosses it into the air.

before it comes down, he freezes it. there may be red light and spinning gears. ]

That works for a demonstration, right?

[soulcomet]

[absolutely! now Madoka has a new slew of questions, and she starts to reach up as if she wants to touch the water bottle — but she catches herself. she's not going to blow up the universe or something if she takes it right? Homura-chan explained her time magic to her once, but it always seemed a bit confusing.]

That's amazing ... Um. Where did you get the water bottle, though? The future?

[parodeity]

No, out of my sylladex. It's...well, hammerspace?

[ also. he nods to the water bottle. ]

You can touch it if you want. It'll only fall when I unfreeze it.

[soulcomet]

[and so she does, reaching up again to poke at the water bottle, fascinated. once again the beta kids have not done anything to disprove her theory that all of them are extremely cool.]

That sounds much better than carrying a purse. What other sorts of things do you have in your sylladex?

[parodeity]

[ alas, madoka continues to be seriously misinformed ]

Currently? My sword, my backpack, and a lunchbox with some snacks in it.

[soulcomet]

[never]

And you can put as much of anything you'd like in it? Homura-chan has a shield that sort of works like that.

... Though, now that I think about it, I've never seen her pull anything out of it except for guns.

[parodeity]

There's a limit, actually - it's based on how many cards you have, although I have enough to do, like, pretty much whatever. Uh, I do not keep guns in it, though?

[ SINCE...no ]

[soulcomet]

[guns are for some reason a really popular choice among magical girls — two of her friends use them almost exclusively.]

[but.]

... Cards? [like, playing cards?]

[parodeity]

Uh, captchalogue cards. It's...how our shit works, I don't know if you can see it - here.

[ he will pull out his strife specibus card to show her? it is bladekind! ]

[soulcomet]

[Madoka leans in closer to get a better look. she understands hammerspace well enough thanks to it being a Thing on her own world, but she'd be lying if she said she weren't struggling a little bit with Dave's version.]

[but then, she has gotten a sort-of explanation of what a god-tier is. and, she can't expect to understand it all, right? gods work in mysterious ways and all that.]

[still, she does find it impressive.]

So ... the more of these you have, the more stuff you can carry? How do you get more of them?

[parodeity]

Find 'em or make 'em, back home. We learned how to make blank cards pretty quick, so, like, space wasn't ever at a premium or anythin'.

[soulcomet]

[that makes sense. and, honestly, Madoka looks so happy right now.]

I think it's really neat how different magic is for different people back home. I never would have guessed there was anything beyond what I've known.

[she pats a bit at her dress, smoothing out the ruffles.]

Thank you for showing me, Dave-san.

[parodeity]

Sure. I'll always show you whatever you want when you ask? John's real fond of you, y'know.

[ which counts for a lot. ]

And I like you, too.

[soulcomet]

[aw, Dave. Madoka beams, and maybe turns a little pink to match pretty much all of the rest of her.]

The feeling is mutual. You, John-san, Rose-san ... I consider all of you my precious friends.