[WORLD ONE] AIMINTAS (INTRODUCTION)

[spellbindmods]

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

[splinten]

I doubt most people care beyond a general sense that it'd be fucked up. Memories are sufficiently personal that I don't imagine that whether or not mine are intact matter much except abstractedly to the more bleeding-hearted strangers, and it isn't like I'm great at getting close to people.

[It's said idly, without much distress. He doesn't make friends easily. He doesn't get close to people easily. It's how he is, and meeting so many new people just confirms it.]

I guess it might freak out people who think I could do it to them, but aside from the fact that that's ethically way out of bounds, I don't think that's something I'll ever manage. It's too much like destroying a person. Individuals are way too complex to be fully conceptualized, and so are most memories.

[parodeity]

I meant I don't think most people get enjoyment from other people destroyin' themselves for them.

[ but thanks for the philosophy lesson, he guesses??? with anyone else he might have gone that route, talking about random whatevers, or even with a dirk he was more comfortable with; one he spent time with in ways that didn't set him on guard, in situations where he wasn't already leaning towards reserved and wary.

there are reasons he isn't trying to sleep tonight. those same reasons do not make him inclined to entertain philosophy with dirk strider. ]

[splinten]

[It hits Dirk like a slap.]

Oh.

[Dirk gets to his feet. He has his hands shoved into his pockets.]

I won't... do that again. I didn't think of it that way, as those memories being me.

Sorry.

[parodeity]

Why wouldn't they be? We're all collections of experiences and fired synapses and whatever the fuck you mix to make a human bein'. Or a fill in the blank. The things you live through and the thoughts you have are what makes a person a person.

[ it's about as philosophical as he's willing to get, eyes locked on his friends. ]

One slip and you could have destroyed memories you would think of as bein' you. I don't think I'm the one who requires an apology for that.

[splinten]

Yeah, it was stupid, I get that.

[But—]

I didn't really care about the math problems. What mattered to me was making something we could do together.

[parodeity]

[ "oh" seems inadequate, but so does everything else to come to mind. ]

We did the clothes thing. [ that was kind of a group activity. ]

[splinten]

That was an assembly line.

[So. No.]

[parodeity]

[ he opens his mouth to argue, but people are sleeping; dave subsides. he shrugs. ]

Guess we're zero for however many then.

[splinten]

[He glances at them sleeping and then away.]

I'll leave you to guard duty.

Will you come find me when we hit the city? I've never shopped before so like... prices and values.

[It is a very dumb reference but he's nervous.]

[parodeity]

Just get the managers attention. But maybe.

[ he shrugs. probably he will not look dirk up in the marketplace or whatnot; too quickly he'll adapt to the new location and things to do, probably finding a place to stay with the others, focusing all his time and energy on streamlining as much media as he can and trying to figure out a way to help the consort-like palai.

a city offers a million distractions, and dave has always been good at clinging to those. ]

Hard to make plans without knowin' what'll be there.

[splinten]

Yeah.

[Dirk takes the math book out of his sylladex. He puts it down in front of Dave.]

In case you decide you'd rather not find me, then.

[parodeity]

[ dave shakes his head, nudging it back towards dirk. ]

It's yours, you keep it. [ no comment on the finding dirk thing since he really Will Not seek him out currently (brief attempt at information-gathering aside). ]

[splinten]

It ain't mine. It was something I made for you.

[He doesn't move to pick it up.]

[parodeity]

[ neither does dave. he's not quite deliberately cruel enough when he's settled down at least this much (not enough, but some) to say the truth: he doesn't want it. with a few different choices or a different methodology of presenting it he might have participated in the workbook and come to enjoy it, but right now he doesn't want it.

he'll take it if he has no other options, and he'll carry it around and hate having the reminder of what he has caused and what he has been unable to cause and what he's fucked up, always, but he doesn't want to.

it occurs to him that has never mattered, anyway. ]

...Thanks. [ grit out. ]

[splinten]

[It isn't hard to read between the lines. Dirk picks it up and lets it vanish into his sylladex.]

Sorry.

[He leaves Dave alone.]