WEEK 1

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 1

[The train wouldn't stop. Not until very early the next morning. The few who might have been awake would be able to exit the train, entering the cool twilight of the dawn. The star is dark, and few stars can be seen in the sky as a cold breeze begins to blow from the mountain beyond. You can see some chunks of rock floating idly nearby, far away from the station that it won't hit trains, but near enough that one can see they are larger than the train they just disembarked.

Lastly, laid out in front of them, the first port of call: Menahoven. The mountain: The Throat of the World.

But which world? Who knows. Not any of yours. Maybe it doesn't matter. Not when you are so far from home. Not when you have no way to get off this rock without the aid of the trains-and they will not let you pass.

It looks like you're stuck here until the Conductor decides to leave. In the meantime, everyone will need to get comfortable.


There are fifteen strangers left in this place.]

Comments

[overworker]

Thank you, I'd really appreciate it!

I'm not certain if it's related to the strange sensation I felt, but it's possible it may have some ties to artes or magic.

[katzenpfote]

Fortunately, magic is something of a... ah... specialty of mine. If you could hand me that paper... I should be able to memorize it.

[overworker]

That’s incredible! I can only use artes with the assistance of my ARCUS unit.

[Consider her sincerely impressed.]

Here, take all the time you need.

[strangerpeople]

[Caleb will find his eyes burning as he looks at the strange thing. How the paper hasn't caught fire is a miracle. How Caleb's hair hasn't caught fire, a greater miracle still. It hurts to look at this.]

[katzenpfote]

[... Well that's great. Because now it's burned into his mind... so this will go well. He hisses slightly as he blinks and wipes his face.]

... I don't have my books here... if I could cast Detect Magic this would be more helpful...

[overworker]

I had hoped that it wouldn't be dangerous in it's copied form... but I suppose I was wrong.

[katzenpfote]

It's nothing I've encountered. I'll have it committed to memory for a while, if we ever do need it again. Perhaps we need more information to decipher it.