asidarap | Day 1

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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[ Arya glances surreptitiously over her shoulder every so often. He's always there. Her eyebrows creep together in a frown. These many strangers seemingly looking after her makes her uneasy. It's a sad state of affairs when another's concern is cause for alarm, but Arya continues waiting for the other shoe to drop. No one gives a damn about her except her family. The only thing others care about is how precious one of the daughters of the Lord of Winterfell is. But that's stupid. No one knows who she is and, if they did, they wouldn't care. No one seems to give much importance to titles or families here. All the same she regrets giving that man her family name. Squaring her shoulders, she turns around. ]

If you're going to be that obvious, you might as well walk with me.

[he frowns back at her, but wanders to catch up just within easy conversation distance]

I was just making sure nothing snatched you while no one was looking.

[just wanted to make sure there was at least one pair of eyes on her]