Jun. 4th, 2009
[OOM] Izabora, Hub.
Jun. 4th, 2009 10:57 pmThe Dragonfly, when it drops out of hyperspace, automatically makes its way towards the only planet in the system, and from there, to a vast, stark-white complex, circular with a wide depression in the middle, in which Atton stands by his shuttle.
It doesn't take long to land. The landing space is more than big enough for both ships.
It doesn't take long to land. The landing space is more than big enough for both ships.
When Atton opens his eyes, he hasn't got his sword, and he's wearing a wide-brimmed hat, a billowing coat, and a whole lot of black.
Thoughtfully: "Huh."
They're in a garden of some sort, filled with statues, fountains, and plants, with a forest and a massive city in the distance. A lot of people are milling around, all in dress from a variety of different time periods.
Atton thinks about this, a moment.
"Huh."
Thoughtfully: "Huh."
They're in a garden of some sort, filled with statues, fountains, and plants, with a forest and a massive city in the distance. A lot of people are milling around, all in dress from a variety of different time periods.
Atton thinks about this, a moment.
"Huh."
They found a nice tavern, with a tavernkeeper (strangely overly chirpy and always smiling, with just the barest hints of murderous insanity in her eyes) who agreed to let them pay later.
Paying is still a problem, though, which is why Atton's found a wide grassy area - some sort of park that also acts as a market.
"S'a good spot."
Paying is still a problem, though, which is why Atton's found a wide grassy area - some sort of park that also acts as a market.
"S'a good spot."
Atton's woken up by the sound of a drum banging.
"By order of the Grand Vizier!" Somebody yells from the street outside. "Any and all heroes willing and able to undertake a dangerous quest to fight the Infection should report to the Vizier immediately!"
Atton groans, sitting up.
"I can never figure out if it's the Infection or the Corruption."
"By order of the Grand Vizier!" Somebody yells from the street outside. "Any and all heroes willing and able to undertake a dangerous quest to fight the Infection should report to the Vizier immediately!"
Atton groans, sitting up.
"I can never figure out if it's the Infection or the Corruption."
When they reach the entrance to the cave, there's something blocking it.
It looks like a giant mechanical man, covered with guns and gears and chimneys, and all in not-quite-right shades of green, pink, white and black. There are streams of code coming from the chimneys.
"That can't be good," Atton mumbles.
It looks like a giant mechanical man, covered with guns and gears and chimneys, and all in not-quite-right shades of green, pink, white and black. There are streams of code coming from the chimneys.
"That can't be good," Atton mumbles.
By the time the airship (a literal, flying ship, it seems, built from wood with thick, billowing sails and a skull flag, like a stereotypical pirate ship) has reached Stromgard, the city is barely recognisable.
The buildings, now shaded in bright shades of pink, green, and blue, are twisted out of shape, bent at angles that should make them fall over. Streams of green code float up from some of the buildings, towards an object in the sky that wasn't there before.
Hanging in the blank, starless black is another city, all walkways and stone buildings, surrounding a tower in rings.
"That looks like our target," Atton says from the bow of the airship.
The buildings, now shaded in bright shades of pink, green, and blue, are twisted out of shape, bent at angles that should make them fall over. Streams of green code float up from some of the buildings, towards an object in the sky that wasn't there before.
Hanging in the blank, starless black is another city, all walkways and stone buildings, surrounding a tower in rings.
"That looks like our target," Atton says from the bow of the airship.
[OOM] Izabora - The Hub.
Jun. 4th, 2009 11:07 pmWhen the music fades and the lights come back on, the orange-and-white room has been replaced with the interiors of their pods.
As the pods open, there are a lot of confused noises from the people nearby, as across the Hub, every pod opens and shuts down.
Atton grumbles something, hopping out of his pod and shaking himself down.
As the pods open, there are a lot of confused noises from the people nearby, as across the Hub, every pod opens and shuts down.
Atton grumbles something, hopping out of his pod and shaking himself down.