[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

[teratias]

Uh.

[Waver pauses. Shit, there's a crowd, he can't say no.]

Of course! Just let me see it for one more moment, since there's so many fine details!

[splinten]

Take your time, dude. You can build towards it or whatever.

[Dirk has realized, belatedly, that it might be a bit Much to ask. He is doing his best to pull some of the pressure off of Waver]

[teratias]

[It is a bit much. But fuck it, Waver isn't going to lose face like this! He starts by making the shape of the circuit board itself, which is pretty straight forward all things considered.

The next part is harder. There's so many little squares to replicate, so Waver starts by imposing a grid system on where they ought to go.]

Jeez, is everything in the future this much smaller?

[splinten]

This is larger than I'm used to working with.

[SO. YEAH.]

[teratias]

...Seriously? How small is average then?

[Waver groans, and once he thinks he's got it all figured out, he tries to fill in the little rectangles. The whole thing says much more about his process, in truth: it is easiest to break things down into simple shapes and then embellish them once the rough outline is there.

But there is a metric ton of rectangles, and Waver's fingers can only move so fast.]

[splinten]

My sunglasses were able to contain an entire, fully sentient-AI at one point.

[So: really, really fucking tiny.

He doesn't criticize Waver as he goes; everyone's process works differently, and Waver needs to take his time to build up what he is working on. Dirk doesn't know enough yet about what Waver is doing to make suggestions.

He wonders if he even should. His efforts to help people with constructive criticism in the past just ended up being overbearing and obnoxious. Maybe he should stop.]

[teratias]

What.

[The future is terrifying. And why the sunglasses?!

No. Moving on.

Waver was always happier to work in silence and figure out his own process. It was what he had had to do at Clock Tower, after all, and the idea of that changing hadn't occurred to him. His fingers continued to make all the small constituent parts of the board, and then he began to add in the letters.

R....numbers....and Cs and numbers?

Whatever, he was done.]

There.

[splinten]

Dude, that's pretty good. Especially given the detail.

[the palai are also appreciative. YOU DID GOOD WAVER]

[teratias]

[There's a tiny little smile on Waver's face when he looks up from concentrating. It really isn't a bad copy, is it?]

Thanks. Uh.

Seems a shame that it'll be nothing in a second.

[splinten]

Isn't there an entire branch of art dedicated to the philosophy of transience? You're on your way, bro.

[teratias]

I think? Honestly, I don't read in philosophy much. But I see your point.

[Waver brings both of his hands together, slowly, and the smoke is gone.]

[splinten]

Is that how you dismiss it?

[It's genuine curiosity. Dirk loves philosophy, but he also loves witnessing the practical applications of things. He's just voracious for learning.]

[teratias]

It's how I've decided to. It's...[Kind of dramatic and cool looking.] It works. Like snuffing out a candle.

[splinten]

Conceptually, I can follow the logic. It offers a clear symbolic signal of conclusion.

Plus, it looks pretty cool.

[Says the boy in the pointy anime shades]

[teratias]

Does it?

[Oh, he knows it looks cool, he's just trying to play like that totally wasn't a consideration of his.]

[splinten]

Yeah, the gesture resembles snuffing a candle out.

[deliberate misinterpreting though]

[teratias]

[Sure. Let's go with that. Waver nods, this totally being intentional.]

Yeah. Just sometimes the candle's got a weird shape, and is probably composed of rectangles.

[He has gotten so damn good at rectangles.]

[splinten]

I can show you the non-rectangular form if you want.

[Honestly, Dirk is just a nerd and he likes doing nerd things.]

[teratias]

Yeah, sure. [He...didn't just go over his own head. Or at least Waver hopes he didn't]

[splinten]

[Dirk grabs a notebook out of his sylladex and his orange crayon. He starts sketching... well, some weird things. Whatever quantum computers would look like, I guess??]

These are the logic gates I work with.

[teratias]

[Waver leans over, scanning the thing. He follows maybe.

1% of it?

So he just nods, pretending that it makes sense.]

Okay, I see.