Day 1

[mirror_mod]

The first sign is maybe different for all of you – the hard ground underneath you, the lack of a body next to you, or no blanket to pull over your shoulders when you reach for it. Either way, when you open your eyes you know for certain you aren’t in the castle.

It’s a little too quiet here, except for the sounds of people around you moving about. There is a strange, unreal quality about everything, as if were viewed through the grimy patina of an old piece of film or photograph and half-realized blurs of images and words seems to hang suspended in the air like solid smoke – there but not quite there.

The group seems to be at the edge of a dead forest, the trees dark and twisted and the ground swirling with mist. A path seems to lead into the depths, but the sky that way is cast with dark umber and hanging shadows that don’t seem terribly inviting.

Not far off, however, is a long stone bridge stretching over a chasm of nothingness and leading to what looks like a city. Far beyond the rooftops, there is the briefest glimmer of dazzling light, gone almost as soon as you see it.

((OOC: WAIT FOR SECTIONS PLEASE! Aaaaaand GO!))

WAKING UP | THE CITY

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THE CITY

[mirror_mod]

[Crossing the bridge, the buildings of the city come into the view. Up close they are dark and dingy and dilapidated looking, and no lights can be seen other than the lamps that line the main thoroughfare. In fact, there doesn’t seem to be anything else living in this city, unless you count the school of silvery fish that occasionally swim through the air overhead.

But for those who know it well enough, it almost looks like the City Royale, except for the little ways everything is just slightly off. The facades of the buildings are a patchwork of materials, the windows off-kilter and the rooflines just slightly tilted. Anything beyond the main street seems laid out in a haphazard fashion.

It's only likely to get stranger, deeper in, but where else can you go?]

[persequor]

[ Don't mind Arya being the first across. She creeps up to the closest building to peek inside the windows looking for any sign of living people.

Maybe an adult should go after her just in case an adult proves necessary. ]

[thetrudger]

[Geoff's looking around when he notices Arya getting far ahead of everyone. He quickens his pace until he's near enough to bend down near her.]

Careful, my dear. We don't know who or what lives here.

[hellshaped]

[Oh no, small child!]

Hey, come back to the main road.

[honorinflames]

[he's not stopping her, but he will follow. He wants to explore too, but... might as well keep the small one within sight while he does it]

[cloakand_danger]

This is...

[He shakes his head, disturbed. He's been in Paradisa long enough to know what the city's architecture looks like, but it's different here. As if it was constructed by someone who had a picture but didn't know exactly how buildings were supposed to work, and that in turn reminds him uncomfortably of some of the creatures of Paradisa and the world beyond.]

What is it playing at now?

[mirror_mod]

[Watch where you're stepping, Yuan, because there's a small twisted spider-creature dodging between your feet. If...a spider had a body made from a human eye, that is...]

[wolfuncaged]

[Fenris is just standing there, staring at it, with a deep frown forming on his face]

This place reminds me of the Fade. If it is anything like that... it would not be wise for us to linger here.

[cloakand_danger]

Sage advice. If you've any idea how to go about following it, I'm all ears.

[Yuan is not in the best of moods today.]

[persequor]

What's the Fade?

[save_the_souls]

[that voice sounds familiar...]

The Fade?

[youhavebeenflynned]

That sounds ominous. I'm not keen on finding out what could happen.

[In case Fenris has met King Alistair he might notice the similarity in voice between Harry and him.]

[honorinflames]

[hey, someone who finds this familiar? guess he'll stop ignoring them for a moment]

Fade? What's the Fade?

[chippedcup]

[Belle is in the city with the others now, walking about and looking around at everything in the place. It's actually...very unsettling, all the crooked buildings and the flying fish.]

This doesn't make me feel any better about this. If anything, this makes me feel worse than the forest.

[gevurah]

It's like out of a messed up fairy tale. [ Kate eyes the fish, trying to make out their shapes properly. ]

It looks like the City...

[schrodingersghost]

Great. A creepy abandoned city. Just to make the day complete.

[Danny was unamused by a lot of things right now. He'd already realized that his powers were out of reach right now, and he was not looking forward to trying to get out of here as a powerless human.]

[hellshaped]

[As he's walking by:] Don't jinx it.

[atadiscoverer]

[Carson had woken up with everyone else, and is now walking towards the city with the others.

In his hand is a small device, which doesn't seem to be working. Carson isn't paying it much heed, however, since he's just staring around the area.]

[hellshaped]

[Hellboy looks over at what this guy is carrying.]

Are you trying to get cell phone reception?

[This is a joke. But he still doesn't know what he's carrying.]

[ironlady]

[Caterina catches on right away as they walk through. She's been in the castle a good amount of time. Recently she spends a great deal of it within the city. Fish and a twisted version of a familiar place. Strange... but at least harmless so far.]

City Royale?

[hellshaped]

[Hellboy's just squinting at the surroundings as he passes down the main road.]

Great. I can't wait to see how screwed-up the castle looks.

[soccerwhisperer]

[Hey, is this an unsupervised kid?

It sure is!

And he's poking the peeling plaster on some of the buildings]

[youhavebeenflynned]

[Just... just stares at the flying silvery fishes]

Huh, that's new.

[catsong]

Well, the grunginess of the place felt a bit like home, but Konoe is on full alert, tail snapping from side to side like an angry cat's. He didn't like this at all, it was weirder than the castle and much more open and dangerous. He didn't have his dagger or his normal clothes, wearing only a night tunic and uhnderwear. (Thankfully it was long enough.) It was rather ironic, considering that at home, he had always slept with his clothes on and the dagger right next to to the bed... but Paradisa had given him the option to actually let down his guard.

Never again.

The silver fish makes the catboy gasp a bit, and he jumps back quickly. However, not as kitty-agile as he should be, Konoe ends up flat on his butt. "Ow!

[korianders]

[ upon trying to explore the new place she was suddenly dropped into, she finds herself wondering a bridge, having lost her power to fly and that irritates her more then anything. she had that ability when she first arrived, now what was happening?

there's a slight scowl on her face as she treads carefully into the city. ]