Judith's heart

[dramatispersonae]

[when you wake up, you find yourself in what looks like a field. Tall grass obscures most of your vision, aside from the two doors.

One has a neat path that leads to it, though it seems to rest against nothing but air. The other is in your more immediate vicinity. This door is large and opposing, and there is a thick sheet of ice resting in front of it, larger than the door.

Off to the side a bit is an aberration in the grass. This grass seems lower than everything else. In front of you, there is a sign. The sign points to the first door saying, "The way", and to the second door saying, "Not the way".

Aside from this, there is nothing in your immediate vicinity. In the distance, there are mountains, though they look stormy, almost as if they are on fire.]

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Comments

[fighting_alena]

...The obviousness of the second door is by contrast making me want to try it.

[dramatispersonae]

[It looks pretty intimidating]

[edgeofjustice]

[snorts when he reads the signs]

Straightforward...

[goes to the ice door]

[dramatispersonae]

[the ice is blocking the whole thing...]

[fighting_alena]

Hey!

Do you know Serene?

[greenthummons]

A-Are you really going to break that?

[maidofmagdalene]

[sitting up and looking around]

[dramatispersonae]

[the aberration in the grass is a little more obvious from the ground]

[greenthummons]

Oh, what a straight forward sign!

[to the door with the neat path!]

[dramatispersonae]

[are you going in this way?]

[fighting_alena]

Too straight forward! It's suspicious.

SAPPHIRE, the mountains

[dramatispersonae]

You find yourself outside of Sapphire. However, the surroundings are almost completely different. Instead of the paths leading to other places in Aather, you are instead in the mountains, at the base of them.

Other than that, and the thin sheen of smoke hovering over the area, Sapphire looks the same as it does normally.

Re: SAPPHIRE, the mountains

[maidofmagdalene]

[coughing and waving away the smoke, then going inside Sapphire]

SAPPHIRE, the clearing

[dramatispersonae]

You are outside of Sapphire, or what would be Sapphire if it were in a flat clearing with nothing else around it. The incest farm is still there, though there are no incests present. There is a thin layer of smoke over the whole area.

Re: SAPPHIRE, the clearing

[fighting_alena]

[So this is Sapphire?]

[goes to inspect the incest farm]

THE CLIFFS

[dramatispersonae]

When you step through the door, you're hit in the face by an intense wave of heat, and the sky is red, like a festering wound. There is nothing there, except the remains of what once would have been Sapphire.

20 feet from there, there is a steep drop off.

Re: THE CLIFFS

[greenthummons]

[D8]

What happened here . . . ?

THE CASINO

[dramatispersonae]

The room is like a giant square, with flashing lights everywhere. It’s smokier here than in Sapphire, but the lights confound the ability to tell where the smoke is coming from. There is no sign of an exit. In left corner, there are slot machines with varying starting values (think penny, nickel, quarter). However, there is one machine that has no starting value indicated hidden in the corner.

Further down, along the wall, are virtual poker machines.

In the center of the room is a large display case full of prizes from the casino. They range from purely sentimental value (bears, cards, cheap jewelry) to higher value and lethality (unmarked vials, gels, weapons, armor). There seems to be no one guarding this area. Next to the main display case is a column with a large power box.

Along the other corner are the more interactive games. There is a powerball machine with no one there, an empty poker table, a roulette table with no one present to run it, and Judith waiting at the blackjack table. She’s dressed like she works there, though she makes no moves like she recognizes anyone.

The casino feels oppressive, if only because of the heat. All of the flashing lights are flashing as though they are in panic mode, and sparks are flying from the power box now. The smoke is making it difficult to move.

Re: THE CASINO

[maidofmagdalene]

[checking out the power box]

THE LAKE

[dramatispersonae]

This lake doesn’t look like the one in Aather. It’s smaller, and there are several willows lining the edge. However, the waters are splashing angrily harried, and the grass looks scorched. Judith is leaning against one of the trees, but even something seems off about her.

Upon closer inspection, she seems a little unhinged. Her clothes are ripped, and her hair looks like she’s been fighting and hasn't bothered to mess with it in awhile. She looks like she only barely tried to clean up, yet she looks like she’s in no rush at all.

Re: THE LAKE

[fighting_alena]

[TAKING SOME BREATHS OF FRESH AIR now that she's out of that cabin] [approaches lake]

Serene?

Re: THE LAKE

[maidofmagdalene]

[...And dropping in, in the middle of all this] Ow, ow, owwwww.

MT TEMZA

[dramatispersonae]

This city has seen far better days. Buildings that look like they must have been tall and beautiful rest in burning rubble around the area. Walkways are completely destroyed, and you can hear the call of monsters in the distance. There is one building that still has a roof, though the entire front has been blown out.

Re: MT TEMZA

[edgeofjustice]

[ow...]

Nessa! You can jump. I'll catch you.

THE COLISEUM

[dramatispersonae]

There are columns, and stands surrounding you. Though there is no crowd here today, only monsters. There is an escape, if you look behind you. Judith, however, is ripping the monsters limb from limb. The smoke hangs heaviest here, while you can initially make everything out, it soon overwhelms you and there is a solid wall of gray 5 feet in front of your face.

Re: THE COLISEUM

[maidofmagdalene]

[pets the clothes] Thank you. [...before bursting into coughing myself]

THE SUMMIT

[dramatispersonae]

When the world goes right again, Mount Temza is gone. There are still mountains, but the sky is clear. There is a lake to clean some of your wounds from the monsters. Judith is looking over the valley below, her back towards everyone.

Re: THE SUMMIT

[edgeofjustice]

...

This scenery looks a little better.