[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

[windeity]

[Shrug.]

That shouldn't be too hard to attain. There are a lot more resources here than back on the island, and I have a lot of stuff in my 'dex that I can use to fuse and trade with the Palai. I bet we could get most of what you need before we leave...whenever that is.

[splinten]

If nothing else, we can offer services in return.

[Like.... destroying things? FIXING THEM? his powers are so weird]

[windeity]

[...hmmmm.]

So you're sort of suggesting getting a job on an alien planet working for a bunch of chameleons to maybe get the pieces we need. [...welp.] If Genette brought us here, we're supposed to help them somehow. I guess offering our services with our magic counts as that anyway. Have you shown them how your powers work yet?

[splinten]

It's the part time job I always dreamed about.

[ha. ha.]

I haven't, but are you sure we're here to help them? I assumed we're here to steal a magical resource.

[windeity]

Do you really think there's a resource to steal if they're so amazed by the power we do have? I mean that is a possibility, yes, but it just seems a little weird to think about when they're acting like this.

[splinten]

They do have people who use magic.

[So maybe it's their magic that they're stealing.]

I tried contacting Qri telepathically and got jackshit, so that's not a great path for learning things.

[windeity]

Wait which people? [That's more important than Qri at the moment. What do you know, Strider dos?]

[splinten]

The Yellow Palai, the ones called Eltos. They use a kind of electrical energy that lets them transfer energy into things through physical touch. Pretty sure most of the tech here is runnin' on that.

[windeity]

And you think maybe we were actually brought here to steal that magic from them somehow. Is that where this is going?

[splinten]

I think that the exact parameters of our mission haven't been clear. At this point, there's not enough evidence to determine whether we're here to help or hurt the Palai.

All we've been told is that we're supposed to help Qri, and that this will help every world. How that aligns with helpin' the Palai isn't clear.

[windeity]

I hope we find out soon. I don't think this is going to be good news for anybody if Qri's goals don't line up with the Palai's. [Another game without rules to go by. That's neat.] Ready to head to the next shop? We can keep going until you have the parts you need. How much space is left in your sylladex?

[splinten]

I've got enough space I can reorganize into piles to shove more things in.

[So he can go.]

[windeity]

Cool. Works for me. [He'll pick up some small something or others (batteries, it looks like, and some wireless headphones) before they disappear into his sylladex.] Do you wonder where they even got all of this stuff? The marketplace is kind of huge for a lizard society.

[splinten]

You mean aside from the stuff that fell from above?

[sky junk: what's up with that]

[windeity]

Yeah. There is way too much around here to have all fell from the sky.

[splinten]

They obviously would have generated some. Do you think there's more than that?

[he DOESN'T KNOW, john, he is too post-apocalyptic]

[windeity]

I mean, unless you are implying that they created all of this on their own after the fact then yes, I'm thinking there's more than that. Either that or I'm not giving the Palai enough credit. It just seems too easy to be that easy.

[splinten]

Did you hear the supposed story about how they kickstarted into technological advancement?

[It's a pretty interesting one.]

[windeity]

Wait is that a real thing? Because no, that part I'm not entirely sure I heard the whole story on.

[splinten]

They were relatively technologically behind, maybe Stone Age humanity—hard to judge from the legends. Everything changed when the trash tech attacked. They started learning from the technology that fell and developing their civilization based on it.

[windeity]

Really? [It makes sense, but at the same time he's a little curious how they learned by stuff that fell from the sky.

GRANTED. HE FELL FROM THE SKY. THEY ALL DID. So maybe that's a stupid thing to wonder.] So if they were supplied with even more tech you think their civilization would keep changing?

[splinten]

It'd be reasonable to expect that outcome. It looks like that's what happened with every windfall.

[windeity]

So in that case maybe we should look into helping them advance.

[splinten]

And thereby violate the Prime Directive. Wow, Egbert, didn't think you had it in you.

[THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY SARCASTIC he doesn't care]

I wonder how many of our people—sorry, 'coven'—are from more advanced worlds, and actually have the technological knowledge to help them learn.