Timeslot #3Q

[dramatispersonae]

[You fall through the dark for what seems like a long time. Are you rising, or diving? It’s hard to say. . . and then ahead of you, there is light, faint and grey. You break the surface and find yourself standing in a dingy puddle of water, what looks to be a small tide pool, tucked on a low outcropping of rock some distance above the sea. If you look into the pool, you can still see the black willows and the hedges of the maze, upside down and far away . . .

When you look around, your first impression is one of stillness; where you might expect the tang of salty air or the shrill cry of a seagull, there is nothing. The ocean below you is likewise silent -- flat and smooth and dark as glass, stretching away across the horizon.

The sky is stormy grey, despite having no visible cloud cover, and is scarred with a number of rifts much like the one that briefly opened above Wonderland . . . but these, rather than being filled with shimmering colour, are stark, dead black. You cannot pinpoint the source of the light in this place. There is enough to see by, a dim and gloomy twilight, but there are no stars, and neither is there a sun, nor moon.

You feel strangely heavy, cold and lethargic. The further you stray from the rest of your group, the worse the feeling grows. You’ll also find that any magic or powers you have are even further dampened than usual . . . they barely work.

The soft ticking continues without an apparent source.]

(Kiwi's Group! Tsukihiko, Nessa, Red, Sasuke(/Zuko), Raven(/Erika/Kotetsu), Zero, Neji, Lucky, Swift, Spitfire! Please join #hiraeth!)

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The Tidepool

[dramatispersonae]

There is no beach here, only jagged rock, slippery and worn in places. The Ocean is behind you, down a steep drop of rock. To your right and somewhat down an incline, the grey wood of a network of docks rises, continuing along the water's edge. The dock snakes and spirals along for what looks to be quite aways, around a bend and another outcropping of rock, out of sight . . .

At the base of the cliffs, the space opens up considerably. You appear to be on the edge of a town – to your right the docks continue, but to the left are the crumbling remains of rustic wooden buildings, sad remnants of what might have once been shops. Most are entirely fallen to ruin, the grey sky clearly visible through what bits of walls remain standing, but some look like they might still be at least somewhat intact . . .

Re: The Tidepool

[playfreebird]

[takes a moment to get stock of who else is here]

Re: The Tidepool

[telltaleheart]

[I am here!]

Ah, Neji.

Re: The Tidepool

[performing]

[staring at the ruins before heading towards them]

Re: The Tidepool

[greenthummons]

Red—!

[following after him]

Re: The Tidepool

[hunting]

[Will head down the incline and for those buildings.]

Re: The Tidepool

[unbalancedscales]

... [looks around]

Both ways look promising.

Re: The Tidepool

[telltaleheart]

[very disoriented]

Where...?

Re: The Tidepool

[fraternaldevotion]

[Looking around and decides almost right away to walk in the direction of the town]

Re: The Tidepool

[fallinflames]

Well... this is different.

The Wreck

[dramatispersonae]

[The timbers of the ship are just as grey and and weathered as the boards of the docks -- whatever paint once adorned them has entirely worn away. A figurehead in the shape of a swan with wings spread wide, though only one wing is still attached. The other is just a stump, black with soot.

The ship’s deck slopes down at a shallow angle into the sea, and are stove in with several large, charred holes,but now that you’re up close, you can see that the water is only about nine feet deep -- the stern rests on the bottom. You could climb aboard and explore the forward half without much difficulty.]

Re: The Wreck

[fallinflames]

[hopping onto the boat without much hesitation]

The Saloon

[dramatispersonae]

[The interior isn't much to look at -- though there are hints that maybe once it was. Wallpaper flakes off the walls in dry patches and lies crumbling on the floor, undisturbed among a heavy carpet of dust. What were once likely chairs and tables but are now only sad piles of debris sit here and there, scattered about the rotting wood floor. There is a low bar at the back, dusty bottles, some more broken than others, lining the wall behind it.

A few drab and ripped paintings cling stubbornly to their mounts, not adding much cheer.

When we last saw our heroes, Raven was fishing a bottle of questionable alcohol from among the shattered bottles behind the bar, and Sasuke was pulling one of the paintings off the wall. Such industry!]

Re: The Saloon

[performing]

[honk :v]

[Honk :V]

[HONK 8V]




[well is there anywhere particularly s...mall that a bird could fit into that a human could not]

Behind the bar

[dramatispersonae]

[The liquid inside sloshes gently, though it does seem to be a little sluggish; whatever is in there, it's not thin]

Painting #1

[dramatispersonae]

[...Are you going to just finger the gashes or are you actually going to reach in there...]

Re: Painting #1

[greenthummons]

[Nessa's checking out the floor for any gaps in the aging wood that something interesting might've fallen through]

Re: The Saloon

[hunting]

[I guess I should check the bottles. :|a]

When the Clock Chimes

[dramatispersonae]

[Wherever you are, when the clock chimes, you feel a tug in your chest. Your vision goes grey . . . there's a sensation of being rushed along . . . and without knowing quite how you got there, you find yourself back where you started, in front of the pond through which the maze can be seen.

The clock still rings insistently, loudly.]

Re: When the Clock Chimes

[performing]

[WITH A CROWN IN HIS BEAK :v]

Re: When the Clock Chimes

[fallinflames]

[is soaking wet, carrying a net, some clothes and a snake]

Ah?

Re: When the Clock Chimes

[unbalancedscales]

[snake unhappily clinging to Spitfire's shoulders]

Is that it-?

Re: When the Clock Chimes

[telltaleheart]

[has a very dusty bottle and a rusted rapier hilt I guess]

Ah...

Re: When the Clock Chimes

[playfreebird]

[is... here...]

Re: When the Clock Chimes

[dramatispersonae]

[Whenever you get tired of listening to that terrible clock, I guess. . .]