[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

[heartkey]

[ None of this even remotely makes any sense. Whatsoever. But she doesn't seem to be taking any of this well at all, and he's not ... sure what he should do about it. ]

But ... that doesn't make any sense, Xion.

[ Maybe Saix somehow didn't disappear, but Roxas ... He's positive what his fate was. ]

And as long as we're stuck here, we can't even see who's right.

[ He's confident in what he saw, but who knows what the Organization could've done to preserve Saix or anyone else. Roxas, however ... that's confusing the hell out of him. ]

[needmetoo]

[It's been building this whole time - a sharp tension in her shoulders and gut. A feeling of being cornered, and not knowing which way to turn. Sora's the one that's not making sense, and the way he just keeps talking about the rest of the Organization, about them being gone...

And then he makes that final statement, and something snaps.]

I'm not wrong!

[Or imagining things. Or lying. And the fact that he's insinuating that she is, or even could be...

Especially with some of the things he's said. That he "took care" of the rest of the Organization. The people she worked with, who she can only guess found and rescued her after she lost her heart, gave her a place to go and a purpose....]

Why should I believe you anyway?

[heartkey]

[ He takes a step back from the mild shock over the way she's reacting — the Organization members never seemed to care that much about each other. And it's not like Sora's ever thought what he says or does through all that much. He's only ever doubted his natural actions and responses a few times before.

He's inclined to be kind, but he's also inclined to be stubborn. Sora knows what he saw, and while he can't rule out possibilities when it comes to the Organization, he knows what he saw. And he's not a big fan of people keeping secrets from him or insisting otherwise. ]

'Cause I saw it all myself! But if you don't wanna believe me, then fine. I'm not gonna force you.

[ Crossing his arms. ] How do I know this isn't another one of the Organization's tricks, anyway?

[ They've been messing with him for a while now. And he's kind of super tired of it. He saved the realm of light from them, and he's positive of that. She's not going to convince him otherwise, no matter what. And her own stubbornness in her ideas is only pushing him to become more stubborn about his. ]

[needmetoo]

[It's turning into a nasty feedback loop. He's defensive and stubborn and angry about his viewpoint, and it's making Xion dig in her heels too. Gone is the warm familiar feeling that she had when around him back on the island, the one they'd first arrived at. All that's left now is a gnawing irritation.]

So, just because I'm a Nobody or something, what I saw and did myself doesn't count for anything? Why do you even ask if you just think I'm a trick?

[She's half ready to be done with this conversation, turning away until she's sitting perpendicular to Sora, scowling petulantly.]

[heartkey]

[ Wow Xion, way to take it more personally than how he was intending it!! ]

Huh? That's not what I said at all! [ He feels bad for how it's being taken — Sora isn't heartless, just stubborn — but he also can't completely back down with what he's saying. He didn't say that she was the trick, more that what she was saying may have been meant to trick him. ]

I'm confused too, [ placing his hand on his chest, as he asserts himself ] but I know what I saw, Xion!

[ Sure, a part of him is confused at these two conflicting stories, but a part of him also can't discount the possibility that this is another Organization trick. And he's confident enough in himself and his ideas to know that what he saw and experienced was real. ]

[needmetoo]

[Xion continues to scowl, and it's only after treating him to a good few seconds of silence that she glances over, eyes still full of reproach, and no small measure of confusion.]

How can what we we saw both be real?

[Since uh. Neither of them is backing down.]

[heartkey]

Uh ... [ He takes a pause at that. ] I ... can't really answer that. But there's gotta be an explanation.

[ Whether it's her lying, someone interfering with memories somehow, or whatever else it could be. This isn't just happening for no reason out of no where, there's got to be something causing this weird rift in what they're aware of. And he wants to give her the benefit of the doubt, as much as he can, at least. ]