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ɪʀᴏɴᴡᴏᴏᴅ ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ ᴇsʜᴀɪ ([personal profile] ironwood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2013-12-03 12:24 pm

Event | Landfall | Bresilyk | Countryside

Characters: Any and all!
Date: December 3 - 11, 2013
Location: Bresilyk countryside (landfall)
Situation: Tu Vishan makes landfall at the winterbound republic of Bresilyk!
Warnings/Rating: Please include warnings in comment subject lines

OOC Post | Approved Items | Special Gifts
Aihsohlow | Phorezton | Markutte | Countryside


The countryside is layered with snow that is up to four meters deep, all fallen within the past two months as a cold season falls upon the country. There are numerous roads in between towns and small, domed minesteads and each road is oddly clear of snow and ice. Closer inspection reveals that the surfaces are heated by some technology buried beneath the black surfaces. Occasional construction crews can be seen tearing up or laying down new surfacing over a web of thick, coated wires that presumably provide the heat. Snow is often found sculpted near crossroads, taking artistic shape in anything from beautifully arched sculptures to recreations of local fauna.

Wildlife can be spotted here and there, with a large herd of antlered beasts making their way across the snowy grounds. Webbing between their toes (yes, toes) allows each of the large, white animals to traverse upon the snow-tops with barely a print left in their wake. Hunting parties can be seen chasing after the fringes of this herd while wearing some sort of hovering harness and it is evident that the beasts are a primary source of meat for the people. Birds flit back and forth, a few predatory mammals can be spied at the edges of the icebound forests, and there are a variety of serpentine pets kept by residents fortunate to live in the warmer domed towns.

Speaking of towns, the three within the barrier's reach are spaced roughly twenty kilometres away from one another, forming a triangle of commerce that sustains each. Aihsohlow represents the southernmost town, Phorezton the northernmost, and Markutte the northeastern one. There are a variety of small minesteads in between that would greet travellers, but only reluctantly allow them into their homes. Stories abound of troubles outside the domes and they are not apt to invite said troubles inside.


Roadways | Minesteads | Other
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[personal profile] sophos 2013-12-05 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Annabeth opens her mouth, then closes it. There's a gut reaction to just start talking about it right now after Calypso says she'd like to avoid it forever, but it occurs to her that she's still not really sure what it is or even how to go about it.]

[The sourness in her face falls into something a little more neutral, a little more guarded, when Calypso apologizes. Still, there's a few moments before she responds.]


I believe you. [Because, well, she does. She can't explain why, but the remorse is genuine enough. But she can't say it's fine, it's okay, shove it all behind her - she's not ready for that. Her anger might not be to the level Percy's still is, but it simmers anyway. Watching herself had been awful enough, and she only has her imagination to consider what suffering the curse was actually like.]
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[personal profile] ciderandstew 2013-12-07 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[That's really all she needs to know. She's more than aware that neither Annabeth nor Percy will forgive her anytime soon. If ever, really. She smiles faintly and nods.

It was too bad they couldn't have met on better terms. Then again, she doubts anything would have been ideal terms.]
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[personal profile] sophos 2013-12-08 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[That went ten times better than she anticipated. Maybe she'd worked it up into something far worse in her head. But how could she, when she didn't really have any scenarios plotted out? Not for lack of trying, of course.]

[What might it have been like, to meet Calypso under different circumstances? Tartarus is still fresh enough that the other girl is still an instant reminder. Annabeth doesn't want it to be, it makes her uncomfortable, but until she and Percy can get themselves back into even more stability after hell and more, trying to smooth things with Calypso into something more than awkward seems too hard right now, especially when it's more tense than awkward. She has to be a little selfish.]


You're - welcome. [That came out awkward anyway, with a nod of her own. She runs a hand through her hair.] I really don't want it to be like this forever. Just so you know.

[Not that she knows what she does want it to be, beyond just "not this."]
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[personal profile] ciderandstew 2014-01-02 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
[What Calypso had inadvertently put her through probably made it seem that she held more malice towards the girl than she really did. She watched the demigod for a moment or several, quiet and pensive, before smiling just a little more.]

I don't either. We're stuck here together indefinitely, we'll have to get along eventually.

[A dry laugh.]

If we want life to be easier at least.
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[personal profile] sophos 2014-01-11 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
[She doesn't exactly smile back, but Annabeth feels a little less - tense? Maybe? All in all, the conversation so far hasn't been terrible. Exhausting, but a lot of things are still exhausting lately.]

[Annabeth sighs a little.]
It's pretty much all we can do in this place. Try to make life as easy as possible.