Nimuequest

[dramatispersonae]

[It is dark, though you can see faint light from the moon. There is a light snow falling, and you're next to a frozen over lake.

There is a crack in the ice, however. A small hole, big enough to jump down.

Outside of that, you can see the faint outline of a path, leading into the darkness. There may be a forest ahead? It's hard to see. What will you do?]

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[tuffguy]

[ TO THE PATH LEADING TO DARKNESS because that is totes safe ]

[dramatispersonae]

[it is! It's very rocky and uneven. I'm sure you feel quite at home here.]

[tuffguy]

[ ROCKS i love rocks |DD ]

[brotagonist]

...wait! I forgot to ask how I'd tell which book it was!

[S...SHAKES HIS HEAD and goes to peer more closely at the hole in the ice, not jumping in — I don't want hypothermia]

[dramatispersonae]

[the ground slopes up, and as it does, the snow drifts get larger and wetter, the path becomes more and more obscure until suddenly... there really is no path. You can choose any direction to go that you want, but the moonlight flickers behind clouds.

You're suddenly aware of the intense feeling of being watched.]

[dramatispersonae]

[the black water churns for a moment-- and then calms. You can see a faint light.]

[brotagonist]

Huh?

[WHY DID THE WATER MOVE — reaching to touch it, if he can do that without getting out onto the ice.]

[tuffguy]

[ Iiiii want some rocks with me so I'm going to get some rocks.

Then I'm going to keep on going straight ]

[dramatispersonae]

[it's going to be a bit of a reach to try and touch it from the shore...]

[dramatispersonae]

[the drifts are up to your knees now, and the snow is coming harder. The slope of the ground is gradually increasing, while the light decreases. The feeling of being watched is definitely not letting up.

You really should have went and grabbed your jacket.]

[brotagonist]

[does his best, anchoring himself with one hand and reaching waaaay out]

[tuffguy]

This is where I wish I was a fire bender.

[ heavily debating whether he should head back ]

[dramatispersonae]

[Not everyone can be as amazing as your Bro is, we know.]

[but it might be the wind? There sounds like there's a voice...]

[dramatispersonae]

[you graze the water-- it is freezing.

And yet... in the next instant, there's a vaguely warm feeling? It spreads all over you, fighting the freezing feeling]

[antreegonist]

*shiversss and then tests the water under the crack in the ice, with one hand*

[brotagonist]

What the heck?

[leans out further, trying to immerse his fingertips in the water to see if that lasts]

[dramatispersonae]

[it's still warm...]

[dramatispersonae]

[It is freezing. Why would you stick your hand in ice water?

... However, there is a warm feeling spreading from the water. You can see the faint glimmer of a light.]

[brotagonist]

[...well whatever I used due caution. steps out onto the ice to gingerly slip into the water, waiting to see if it's going to freeze at any point or not. IF NOT, MAYBE I CAN REACH THAT LIGHT!]

[antreegonist]

*IDK EVERYTHING IS COLD HERE AND PERSONAE REALMS ARE FUNNY ANYWAY -- oooh, warm feelings. dunks his arm further in?*

[dramatispersonae]

[the warm feeling is spreading all over your body]

[dramatispersonae]

[you feel pretty warm, not hot, but the water feels luke warm against your skin, and compared to the bitter wind and snow out of the water, it's rather cozy.

The light is under the ice.]

[antreegonist]

*\:D/

diving again, towards the light*

[brotagonist]

[diving for it.]

[tuffguy]

[ trying to listen in ]