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ɪʀᴏɴᴡᴏᴏᴅ ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ ᴇsʜᴀɪ ([personal profile] ironwood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2013-08-09 07:08 pm

Event | Landfall | Diving & Sinbrilee

Characters: Any and every!
Date: August 10th - 31, 2013
Location: The sunken city of Sinbrilee
Situation: Tu Vishan comes upon the oceanfloor, holding his own memorial to the fall of his sister turtle while those upon his shell may explore the ruined city.
Warnings/Rating: Please place content warnings in subject headers!

Sinbrilee | Dreaming | Death



Art by Rica.


The city is lit by a warm orange glow, there are thousands of lanterns lit and burning brightly to ward off the gathering dark. It was once a grand, thriving place, and it's obvious by the quality of the Greco-Roman architecture, the high sweeping columns of white marble, the beautifully paved roads. There are aqueducts throughout the city that look as if they could be put to use today. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the city's spent the last few hundred years underwater, it looks quite liveable. This city is entirely open to exploration, so feel free to send your character out to their heart's content. Remember, certain doorways will lead your characters into either Death or the Dreaming and these markings won't always be visible to them, so they should take care and be vigilant at all times!

Note: A separate post will be made for the events of the Bacchanal later in the month.

Headers:
> Keeliai | The Dive
> Sinbrilee | The Athenaeum
> Sinbrilee | The Agora
> Sinbrilee | The Baths
> Sinbrilee | Elsewhere
notdreaming: (did I do something wrong?)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-08-11 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
She remembered hearing a little about Nymphs when she asked about Greek mythology, so she thought she got the basic idea of the statement. Then she flushed slightly herself and lowered her chin until it touched the water.

"Temperature has been pretty weird for me since I left home. I don't get cold either."
charmspeaks: (002)

[personal profile] charmspeaks 2013-08-13 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
There's a moment's pause before Piper goes on ahead and slips into the water. She's not about to drown. There are no emaciated nymphs trying to steal beauty and vitality here, she hopes. And it makes her feel weird to be the one sitting on the outside.

"So, you're like at a constant temperature in the middle then?"
notdreaming: (did I do something wrong?)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-08-13 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Kara smiles to see the girl getting more comfortable in the water. It had been a little weird to be the only one in the pool.

"It's more like, temperature can't hurt me? So it's all sort of dulled."
charmspeaks: (015)

[personal profile] charmspeaks 2013-08-14 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Piper tilts her head a bit, bringing her knees up to her chest before resting her chin on her knee. "So, you wouldn't be able to feel temperatures at all? Isn't that sort of dangerous?"
notdreaming: stare, neutral, sad (so very unsure)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-08-15 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
"It's like a light touch. A blizzard that feels like a cool breeze, and the surface of the sun feels like... well, like a hot bath." She blew bubbles in the water, then moved backwards until she found a comfortable place to sit.

"It isn't dangerous because it doesn't hurt. It doesn't do anything at all."
charmspeaks: (018)

[personal profile] charmspeaks 2013-08-15 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Piper's eyes widen, and she leans forward a little bit. It's like nothing she's ever heard before. Except with gods. She bites her lip. "Have you really been to the surface of the sun?"

Does the sun even have a surface, something tangible that someone could stand on? It's weird how she can still believe in science and yet know that it's Apollo who drives the sun - literally - where she's from.

"That's kind of cool, though. Not having to experience anything too extreme? It's one less worry to have."
Edited (i can word) 2013-08-15 04:00 (UTC)
notdreaming: (did I do something wrong?)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-08-15 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
She giggled both nervously and sheepishly. Even after all this time, her powers often made her feel like a freak. It was easier when she was in costume, and people just assumed she was a superhero.

"Not yet, but I've been pretty close. It has its advantages, but mostly it's really weird."
charmspeaks: (046)

[personal profile] charmspeaks 2013-08-15 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Piper can relate to that pretty well. She doesn't feel like a freak, but she does feel out of place sometimes, especially when up against the other demigods like Percy or Jason or even Annabeth, who doesn't exactly have powers but other skills.

"Yeah, I bet. So... You're not human, then?"
notdreaming: stare, neutral, sad (feeling hunger)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-08-15 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not from Earth," she corrected cautiously, eying the girl for a reaction. She mostly just seemed curious.

"I'm from a planet called Krypton. It's being someplace else that gives me powers."
charmspeaks: (018)

[personal profile] charmspeaks 2013-08-17 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
She wonders about the implication of that. Are you still human if you're not from Earth, or are you an alien? For that matter, if you're from a different planet, does that make people from Earth aliens?

This is way too deep.

"So you're a human from a different planet? I didn't even realize that was possible." There's no judgement in her voice, there's definite curiosity. A little bit of awe. "Not that I really know if there is life on other worlds where I'm from. Earth is complicated enough."
notdreaming: stare, neutral, sad (but what does it mean?)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-08-17 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Short answer: yes.

"Apparently there's life on a lot of different planets. You should talk to some of the Green Lanterns some time, they'd know more about it than I would." Although she was also curious, she only knew about her own planet and what little she's been able to learn about Earth.
charmspeaks: (033)

[personal profile] charmspeaks 2013-08-20 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Piper wonders if that life has annoying gods, too.

“Who are the Green Lanterns?” What is reading comics and stuff? Sounds like something out of a movie her dad would probably take a role for.
notdreaming: stare, neutral, sad (am I dreaming?)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-08-20 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"They're some sort of intergalactic police force, I think." Kara had never heard of them before here either, and she hadn't spent much time at all trying to fill in the gaps.
charmspeaks: (014)

[personal profile] charmspeaks 2013-08-24 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
"How do you just decided to go ahead and police the whole galaxy? Did someone vote for them?" Of course, they're more rhetorical questions than real ones. The I think gives it away that she doesn't really need to know, but the idea is interesting to Piper.

Maybe she'll ask Annabeth.
notdreaming: (strange earth customs)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-08-24 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"I have no idea," she admitted easily. "We never managed space travel on Krypton. If there was an election we weren't involved in it." Which actually made the whole idea of the Green Lantern Corps a little illicit. She had never thought about it that seriously before.

"I guess it's alright as long as they're helping people."
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[personal profile] charmspeaks 2013-08-24 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"I guess a higher power could have done it."

After all, it's not like mortals know about the gods and demigods, and while heroes don't exactly police the world, they're there to save it. To lead it, too.

"The intention is what matters first," she agrees.