Character Meet and Greet: Winter Wonderful!

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i.Main Street

Main Street has settled in for January, but there are still Christmas Decorations here and there to liven things up a little bit. Feel free to shop, mingle with the locals or explore the castle grounds.

Though after hours there are still some shadows that venture into the streets. Not everything here is as peaceful as it seems, and it’s best to defeat the corroded trespassers before they cause trouble.

ii. Cookie Overload

Do you like free cookies? Of course! Everyone does. After the Christmas Rush, there are plenty to go around, available only after the sun goes down to any hungry passerby. There are cookies of all styles and flavors. But watch out for the dreader sriracha cookie. It will make you breathe fire in three flavors and gives a bit of heartburn after, but the aftertaste will leave you craving more.


iii. The Eighth Wonder of the World
Now that the jungle has been purified, Apprentices can wander through to explore all the things the jungle has to offer. Take a (still somewhat shambly) riverboat and explore the river, or come to chat and trade with the villagers. (Shrunken heads, two for one special!) But beware. Even though the jungle is purified, it’s not a safe place. In this kingdom of animals, someone is always hungry.


iv. Pin It On Them
Some smugglers are hanging around the outskirts of New Orleans, selling dubious looking items from even more dubious looking bags. Do you buy from them? Haggle? Steal? (not recommended) Or quietly try to alert any sort of authority (good luck) The choice is yours.


v. Battle Mesa Gate
While the jungle may be purified, many other Kingdoms are still seething with corrosion. Erstwhile Apprentices will find such corrosion on the banks of the Rivers of America, right where the jungle river joins in. Fight corroded creatures on the shore and in the water and be careful, they are stronger than they look and cleverer than they seem.

Comments

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[om_nom_namur]

[Dude what the hell? There's some nastyass bugs around here or something. Namur keeps getting bit. So he does what any self respecting Fishman would do in this situation: decide that the surface is for suckers. Under the water's where the party gets hotter... Or something.

Anyway it's Fishman overboard!

And right into a pile of jelly tentacles.

Smooth.]

Oi, oi! 'M down for a friendly hug now an' then but this shit's ridiculous! The hell y' think yer doin'?

[abys_keeper]

AHHH! [he screeches and scoots away. The big tasty thing is a big dangerous tasty thing! His bell balloons and his tendrils too, flickering with startled lights moving under his skin. He looks a lot larger than his usual twelve feet and hopefully a lot less edible.]

I'm not tasty at all! I'll give you indigestion! [he grabbed a passing piranha and threw it at him in desperation]

[om_nom_namur]

Oh good, there's a brain in this'n.

[Namur has done his fair share of flailing, trying to get away from the stinging pinpricks that- given enough time- are probably going to turn him into a paralyzed, drooling buffoon that stares like an idiot at the pretty colors while he gets digested. Pass.

Now that he's free, though, it's a very different story. He graces the piranha now hurtling at him with a look that has it suddenly waving its fins in every which direction, scrambling to change trajectory and swim as far away as it can possibly manage. Namur folds his arms, turning his attention back to the Merman.]

I'unno... my guts is pretty damn sturdy. But I already ate so I guess I'll letcha live.

This time.

[He smiles broadly. For some reason, it doesn't seem very friendly.]

So what gives? Tryna hunt yerself a human or some shit?

[abys_keeper]

[The lights change at the threat, a bright red and flashing yellow, creeping up in tendrils over his bell and up through his torso. A warning. That grin is not friendly at all and he builds up the toxin on instinct. Too close and he will sting for all he is worth.

The hapless piranha blunders into a filament and is immediately frozen. The next moment its scooped into the bell which closes and dissolves it in a matter of seconds]

They have high nutritional value. [he frowns] And are very tasty. I am very hungry....

[it was sad that this shark merman had to have so many teeth and a brain of his own.]

[om_nom_namur]

Bet y' is, bein' a bigass stomach that talks...

[Namur runs his fingertip over the big 8 tattooed on his throat, thinking. Were there any jerkoffs or asshats on the boat he could toss overboard? But no, that's really not the sort of thing he wants to get into right off the bat. He scrubs his palm over his hair and growls.]

What we need's a nice school or some shit, but this here's a river so I ain't real sure we're gonna find any. Whatcha think a overgrowed snakes?

[Cuz there might happen to be one heading right for them.]

[abys_keeper]

[was he? Maybe]

I love Aby.

[does that make him more than just a stomach?]

It's hard to see. It's so bright. I wouldn't mind a school or a snake. [though he's thinking of a sea snake or an eel. He gives the other a long cautious look, lights fading a bit] You'll help me?

[om_nom_namur]

[Namur flicks a stray tendril. It stings like shit but at least he took it on his finger rather than his face.]

No offense dude, but if yer busy huggin' someone else, means y' ain't huggin' me, an' I'm hella down for that.

[Especially right now, since patches of his skin have gone numb from his earlier dive into glory. He'll just have to trust his body to respond even if he can't feel it.

The snake weaves closer, but it's hard to say if it's minding its own business or getting nosy. Either way, Namur doesn't care. He jets forward and crashes headfirst into its belly, causing it to convulse and coil up, stunned.]

Take it 'way, loverboy!

[abys_keeper]

... It's not hugging it's eating.

[there's a big difference. He licks his lips as the shark merman bashes the snake which makes it curl up and twitch and swims up. Lights flicker over his skin in a mesmerizing dance as he draws the snake in with tendrils and filaments and tentacles, stinging it all over and tucking it inside his bell. It is a very big snake but he is a very big jellymer and it fits very comfortably.

The bell closes around it completely and floods with acid.]

Mmmm. Delicioussss... [not as delicious as the shark merman, but tasty nontheless.

And then! A realization!]

Does this mean we're friends? [he knows that term now! Well sort of. He thinks he's got it anyway]

[om_nom_namur]

Lord a the Sea...

[Namur mutters under his breath.]

Friends with a bottom rotted jelly. Shit.

[He sighs.]

What the hell. Sure. Why not?

[Maybe he's got a rule about not trying to eat his friends.

Then again, he's a jelly. He probably considers the shit he eats his very best friends for filling his belly and giving him life. There's a logic to that, after all...

And he just agreed to it.

Damn it.]

So since we's friends y' gotta dish all 'bout yerself now, aye? Cuz I don't know shit 'boutcha an' that ain't right.

[abys_keeper]

I'm not rotted. But I am from the bottom. The deepest dark where there's nothing but the song. Everywhere. All around you. The deep pressure of nothing where you're not even sure if you're alive. [he sighs]

It's beautiful.

[a sigh]

I'm the Keeper of Aby's precious memories. So I'm Keeper. Who are you?