abraxasnet | Entries tagged with nathan drake; the fool

( while kaveh understands that not everyone wants to idly chat using the magic that seems to form words out of the air, he really is at his wit's end. he doesn't even have mehrak here to listen to him talk himself through his current predicament; as one of the summoned he doesn't think an answer will be found in any books he can get his hands on in the free cities.

but he's not the only summoned here, which means that perhaps he's not the only one currently dealing with... this. )

Hello, sorry to intrude on all of you, I'll be as quick as I can. I know we're all still reeling from whatever that was, but I'm at my wits end and I could really use some... advice. And given the nature of this place, it's not a far stretch to imagine that I might not be the only one struggling right now.

It's just... I woke up with wings. And that might seem like a welcome change of pace but now none of my clothes fit, and I keep knocking things over with them because I forget that they're there when I'm focused. Or, even worse, when I'm not even aware of moving them -- I can't bear to think of the number of people I've accidentally hit with them and it's only been a few days. And surely someone else amongst our number has advice or experiences with unruly... appendages. For lack of a better word.

So if there's anyone who might be able to help or share how they've dealt with the unexpected gifts we've been granted, I'd sincerely appreciate it. And don't worry, I'll be sure to buy anyone a drink in exchange -- it's the least I can do. And thank you.

Oh, I'm Kaveh, by the way. I'm an architect back home and, well, this sort of stuff doesn't just happen where I'm from. Mostly. Or when it does it happens to other people, not me.

divinityfrompain

Hi everyone,

My recently adopted brother Zagreus was sent home and I've met several people who have done the same. It's the nature of this place, I know, but I was thinking and I created a sort of 'memorial' in the Horizon. It's a giant tree in the north area and it glows so it's hard to miss. I put portraits up of some people I miss, but I encourage you to do whatever customs you have or represent your loved ones however you like. It's a public space so it's there if you need it.

If you want to talk about anyone here you can too.

divinityfrompain

Hi everyone, it's Julia Wicker here again. When the Singularity was struggling a few months ago, before the -- what are we calling it? Vision? Hallucination? Anyway -- god drama, I came on here to mention what the Singularity was communicating with me. It wasn't a lot, but it did seem to make people aware that it was more than a giant magic rock.

I don't know if anyone else has had this experience since that all went down, but it felt like it was calling to me again, and I went to connect. I know that even though we couldn't 'fix' what it was upset about back then, it still seemed like a good idea for more than two people to have a bond with it, so if you feel that pull and you're interested in going to say hi, it turned out well for me! I can go with you, if you're unsure.

AND Unrelated to that, I wanted to mention that the spellwork from my world works really well here, so if people want to learn new magical skills that aren't native to here, or you don't have access to a lot of it, I'd be happy to teach you! I figured a few things might have come in handy with our more recent calamity, so if you want to meet up in Nocwich, I'm there. Solvunn folks, you know where to find me.

Sorry I rambled a bit! Thank you for reading if you did.

[ooc: feel free to poke me on plurk or discord @ theskyisnew if you'd like to handwave Julia meeting up with your character so they can learn some spells/go to the Singularity. The mods asked people to go to plotting if they want an official connection, this is just if you wanted your character to have an IC push.]

righteously

I built a pool table for Mag's.

(with a little help from Gerald, who I'm sure would love your face to face personal gratitude for all his hard work)

I could use a few hands to help get it down to the Sarstina, damn thing weighs a ton. Any volunteers?

If I see a single one of you barbarians putting your drink glasses on it, we're gonna have words. Don't ruin it for everybody.

( dated a little bit after the event; threadjacking always welcome! )

mathmetism

Dear diary,

This week in my silly little adventures, I became LSD Buddha. Me and my dream bro, Jack the Fiendishly Good-Looking and Fiscally Unfortunate, we'll call him Jack, became pirate lords and befriended the gentle and devastatingly handsome kraken. Fish feared him, wizards feared him, wizards also wanted him, they feared how much they wanted him. I life coached Batman in how to practice self-forgiveness and embrace self-care, and helped a Cuba-sized shark find his inner Disney princess.

( Then shit got real, diary, but I got realer. )

hairington

i've never made one of these so sorry if it's wrong

but if you knew Nero- i know he's been here a long time so there's probably a lot of you. you deserve to know.

he's gone.
and not back home or into the pond or however the other places bring us all here
he's gone gone.
dead. died. not coming back.

just thought everyone should know.
if you need to know details and shit i can tell you
i was there
so
yeah

fuck

lightkeeping

[The handwriting on the network might be familiar to some, but a rare occurrence on the network nonetheless. The beginning of the message does not actually do anything to clear things up.]

I’m putting together a crew.

[Very helpful, thanks. She seems to realize that more elaboration is necessary, so the rest of the information follows a moment later.]

With the weather the way it is, it’s more dangerous than ever for the villagers to be out in the woods. We need to organize if we want to make sure no one gets hurt. I'm already on regular patrols between the settlements, but I think it might help if we can split up the work between a few of us. Escorts, clearing out some of the...wildlife. Send me a message or stop by the compound if you want in--just know that I'm looking for people who can hold their own in a fight.

Right. It’s Aloy.

[ooc: details about the monster hunting crew are here! to join, just confirm via this post and then feel free to use this loosely-organized guild for a hook or cr or whatever you need! For additional plotting/convergence of plots, hit me up on plurk at

whitticus or on discord at whitticus.]

nadine_he_loves

Hi everybody, I'm Nadine. I'm a medical professional in Cadens, for newer people who don't know me.

Two things. One, I'm sorry to the people in Solvunn and Thorne who get product from me once a month in Nocwich. I hope you've got seeds or plenty of stock still.

And this second one is mostly for Summoned in the Free Cities, but I have an important announcement about Salves & Stitches. We're moving! Sort of.

The apothecary will be moving to its own storefront nearby, and the current location will be purely a medical clinic. We've grown too big and have too many patients and customers for just a couple of rooms to handle it all. We can't even accommodate more than one overnight patient as things are. It was fine when all we could offer were stitches and bone setting and other basic things, but at this point... We need more space.

Vegas Botanicals will continue to sell out of the apothecary.

We're currently in the process of the move, so if anyone can lend a hand transporting stock and equipment, that would be really great. I can offer refreshments and some coins in exchange. Thank you in advance.

And a reminder that clinic services are free to all Summoned, and we're pretty much always hiring. In fact we're down a staff member, so if anyone's looking for a job...no medical skills necessary, we also need front desk staff and normal shop staff, too.

I think that's it.

itookashot

I like to think that we group of Summoned should celebrate each other's accomplishments, and SOME OF US are too humble to share. But we have enough friendships across borders that it seems just inherently wrong to keep things to ourselves.

With that in mind, our beloved genius Viktor is being awarded an honorary degree at the esteemed Grand Academy of General Science for his impressive technological work. I know that many of us have benefited from his work and therefore he will have to live with the acknowledgment of that whether he likes it or not.

SO even though he hates this and he's probably going to uninvite me from his shop forever, I want everyone to know! To the Free Cities folks, we'll be attending the ceremony to cheer him on, and there will be an afterparty at his shop. I believe Hilda has the invitations detailing where to go and when.

Also they gave him a great nickname called the "Doctor of Illumination" which I love.

If you find me murdered by being bludgeoned to death with a cane, know this: I regret nothing.

beautifullies

𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑢𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑎𝑦. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑢𝑛𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑖𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠, 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡.

𝑇𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡: 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒'𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔, ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑓 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑤. 𝐼'𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛. 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡. 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑅𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒'𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦.

𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛, 𝑖𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑, 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘. 𝐼 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑀𝑟. 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑜 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑏𝑒. 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠.

𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑒𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑔, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦. 𝐼𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒, 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒. 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒, 𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝐼'𝑚 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑟 𝑏𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒.

nomnoms

[ scrawled in overly large, child-like writing on the nearest surface... the spelling has greatly improved! ]

HAPPY DAY YEAR FRIENDS
YOU HAVE NICE TIME PARTY?
MAKE LOTS NEW FRIENDS?

PRESENT
ME LIKE PRESENTS
THANK YOU FOR PRESENTS
HOPE YOU GOT LOTS PRESENTS

YOU MAKE NEW WISH?
WHAT YOU WISH NEW YEAR?

ME WISH NO MORE COLD OUT

( ooc: please feel free to talk amongst each other about new year resolutions or shitpost to your heart's content! )

nadine_he_loves

Hi, it's Nadine Cross with a couple of semi-regular announcements.

This first bit is mostly for the Free Cities, but just a reminder that Salves & Stitches in Cadens is here for all your medical needs. Care for Summoned is free of cost, but we don't say 'no' to donations. We offer basic medical care for injuries and common ailments, as well as a full apothecary stocked with all the usual and some things you can't find anywhere else.

Which brings me to the second part, which is for everybody. One of the things I offer that no one else does is cannabis. It's grown right here in my greenhouse, it's very potent, and yes magic is involved in growing it. And I have ways of getting it to Solvunn and Thorne, I have sales representatives in both places. We have traditional joints, candies, tonics, and topical salves. Just look for the 'Vegas Botanicals' logo. Or ask about who to talk to in your respective kingdom.

And Salves & Stitches is always hiring, from medical staff to sales.

Thank you for your time.

thedreamer

𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘! 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚘𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 𝙸𝚏 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚎𝚝, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝! 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗'𝚝 — 𝚢𝚎𝚜, 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎.

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𝙸 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚊𝚍𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝙸'𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 [ ever ] 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚎'𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝, 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚎? 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢.

𝚀𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜! 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝.

𝚃𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝙲𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜: 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝙰𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚢 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚜? 𝙲𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚊 𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚢? 𝚆𝚑𝚘'𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝, 𝚒𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐?

𝚃𝚘 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎: 𝙰𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎? 𝙱𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜. 𝙸𝚗 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚜, 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚜, 𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚏?

𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 — 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝! 𝚆𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚍𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕, 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚐𝚘 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚙. 𝙸'𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙!

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[Forward Dated: First Evening]

ℍ𝕖𝕪, 𝕘𝕦𝕪𝕤, 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕁𝕠, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕟, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℂ𝕒𝕤.

𝔸𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦'𝕧𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕡𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔽𝕣𝕖𝕖 ℂ𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕗𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕤. 𝕎𝕖'𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕦𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕥'𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕘𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕔 𝕗𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖. 𝕀𝕥'𝕤 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕗 𝕨𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕥𝕣𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕡𝕠𝕠𝕝 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕖𝕕𝕘𝕖 𝕨𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕨𝕖'𝕣𝕖 𝕣𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞.

( A second set of handwriting shows up here — hey, it’s him, ya boi. )

Here’s the kicker: it seems like they might be tourists. Monsters from back home. We hunted down a pack of Hellhounds earlier today, and unless I missed a big memo over the last year and a half or so, those aren’t native to this planet.

𝕎𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝕨𝕖'𝕧𝕖 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕕𝕕 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕠𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕨𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕓𝕤𝕠𝕝𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕕𝕠 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕦𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥.

No more cute and cuddly Furbies from planet Vulcan, or whatever. This could be bad, Like, lethal bad. Hell, it already has been. We’ve got a body count. It’s an all-hands-on-deck situation.

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕪 𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟𝕧𝕠𝕝𝕧𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕖𝕟𝕕, 𝕤𝕠 𝕚𝕗 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕘𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕦𝕤 𝕒 𝟜𝟙𝟙 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕤𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤, 𝕘𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕒 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥. 𝕎𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕝𝕤𝕠 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕨𝕖'𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕣 𝕕𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤, 𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕘𝕟𝕚𝕫𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦'𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖, 𝕠𝕣 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖, 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥'𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕗𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕜𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕒𝕤 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕤 𝕨𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕟.

The point here is to get a central repository of intel going. If you know anything, we’d appreciate a tl;dr here for other folks to reference. I’ll also start slapping notes on the Monster Board in the Roadhouse if anyone wants to swing by, but we figured it’d be good to have an open line of communication to reference on the fly in case you run into something with teeth and a bad attitude.

ℍ𝕖𝕣𝕖'𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕖 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕗𝕗 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕖'𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥.

Hellhounds are ferocious, wolf-like creatures typically utilized to hunt down the damned and drag their souls to Hell. They’re sized anywhere between a large dog to a small donkey. They possess heightened senses, exceptional speed and strength, and prey may experience hallucinations when Hellhounds are nearby, used to inspire fear to either paralyze or frighten victims out of hiding.

Hellhounds will be invisible to undamned humans, but scorching a pair of eyeglasses with Holy Fire will make them visible to the wearer. For aid with Holy Fire, visit your resident Angel. In Thorne, find Lucifer. In Solvunn, Michael or Gabriel. I'm Castiel, you can find me in Cadens. A barrier of salt across all doorways and windows, or simply a circle around you, will keep Hellhounds from crossing. Typically, only Angel Blades could kill them, but it appears any conventional weapon here can work. Decapitation is advisable.

Stay safe, everyone. If you need help, call us. We’re here.

righteously

Most of you long-timers know this already, so this is more a PSA for the folks we've gotten over the last few months that might not be aware yet.

My name's Dean. Me and Jo run a dive bar in the Horizon called the Roadhouse. It's wide open to any summoned that feels like swinging in. If you like decent imaginary beer or playing imaginary pool, you're welcome any time. If neither of us are behind the bar, it's self-serve.

Also, don't touch the jukebox or I'll kill you.

The main clientele we cater to is hunters, so we've got a board where people can leave a heads-up about anything monster-y you happen to run across out there in whatever faction you're holed up in. If you're looking for tips on a job, odds are you'll find somebody seasoned here to hook you up.

If you're a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed up-and-comer looking for a career change, look somewhere else. This ain't a recruitment ad.

( ooc: this is your helpful periodic reminder that The Roadhouse is wide open for anyone to use as a setting for their threads, if you're looking for a Horizon-neutral domain to use as an excuse for two characters to meet, or you need a neat backdrop with a dartboard, feel free to make use of it! The Jo player and I are also totally cool with handwaving Dean and Jo serving anyone that looks over the age of 18. Hit me on plurk at

paingravy for any questions! )

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