Event | Landfall | Diving & Sinbrilee

[ironwood]

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

Comments

[sophos]

She kind of jumps into ignoring everything else when Piper asks her question, and besides, the splash of water didn't seem to matter. "Some colonnade," she says, a hint of breathlessness that's either from excitement over them or from the run in getting here. Probably both. "It looked like they belonged to some kind of pathway to a temple, but the ruins were too waterlogged and decrepit to tell for sure. Have you seen how many barnacles and stuff are all over?"

[charmspeaks]

Piper can't help but feel excited with the way Annabeth starts talking. Like it's catching. Mostly, she's just glad that her friend has something to be excited about, to find that sort of light again. She nods at the question. "Yeah, I did. I'm guessing that's because we're sort of technically underwater right now, aren't we?"

Diving was not Piper's version of a good time, honestly.

[sophos]

Annabeth nods, but it's a little distracted, for all she still sounds happy. "I've tried scraping off bits and pieces, but there's too much. It doesn't hinder anything, mostly - it's just mildly annoying from time to time. The last time the turtle dove, we definitely did not have anything like this. Baths included." And she kicks her legs a little for emphasis.

[charmspeaks]

“I can help you out later, if you want? I don't really have much else to do.” Well, no, there's probably a lot that she can go off to do, but Piper feels like hanging out with her friend. After a moment, she finally slides into the water, making a soft, pleased sound.

“I came just in time, then. This is much better than the Argo II.”

[sophos]

She beams at the offer. "Only if we find something in particular." Because to be honest, not even Annabeth wants to wander around scraping off all the barnacles. When Piper slides in the water, Annabeth pulls off her shirt to climb in after her, sinking down to her chin. "Even without the dubstep?" Because thanks, Leo.

[charmspeaks]

Her eyes close briefly, head gently falling back to rest on the rim of the tub. "You've got a deal. I wonder what there is to find. Are any of the other turtles underwater, too?" She opens her eyes then to look at Annabeth.

"Yup, but don't tell Leo."

[sophos]

"This is the first one - there might be more, but so far, the only other turtles have been the continents." Because you know. Dead turtle remains.

She chuckles a little, relaxing a little further with the sound. Between the combination of Piper's company and the baths (coming off the design of Sinbrilee itself, too), it's probably the most relaxed she's been in days. "I won't. Cross my heart and hope to die."

[charmspeaks]

"I wonder why this one isn't part of the continents, then." That's weird, right? Is this weird, Annabeth?

But it's hard to really concentrate on the mysteries surrounding them when the water is so soothing.

There's a momentary flinch at Annabeth's poor choice of words before Piper drags on a smile. "Good, because Leo is really sensitive sometimes."

[sophos]

"Maybe it separated before it was too late at the time, like Asti did." She knows this is the turtle whom the Emperor's sister sacrificed her life, but more details about it were still unknown. Like so many other things.

She catches the flinch, cursing herself over it. Not a promise she should really be making, and her face falls for a moment. Especially with how not-so-great things have been for her lately. But she smiles when Piper does. "Let's just make sure he doesn't get the idea in his head to play music at the bathhouses here, too."