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

Comments

[wolfuncaged]

[Fenris seems to not notice nor care]

I would suggest we keep walking and hope we are not accosted by demons.

[cloakand_danger]

[And Yuan doesn't really mind having his bitchiness ignored when there's business at hand.]

What a cheerful idea. Do you think we actually are in this 'Fade', then, or at least Paradisa's version of it?

[It'd sure be handy to have someone around who knows something about where they are.]

[wolfuncaged]

[Fenris glances around, frowning]

I am...unsure. Only a mage would know for certain. It does very much look like the Fade.

[cloakand_danger]

What would a mage be able to tell, here? My magic was gone when I woke. [He's actually asking, not snarking, and thinking that it's possible his powers have simply been replaced instead of eliminated.]

[wolfuncaged]

They would be able to sense the demons before they came, to confirm where we were. They may enter the Fade awake.

[cloakand_danger]

I see. No way to tell, then, if we're all depowered. [How aggravating.]

How would we get out, if it were the Fade? Is there a trick to it?

[wolfuncaged]

Generally you have to wait until you awaken. [He frowns, looking at the ground, thinking] Unless we were pulled her by a magic spell, then we will have to wait until the spell is broken.