Event | Landfall | Bresilyk | Countryside

[ironwood]

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

Comments

[witchnotwarlock]

No, there aren't any no fly zones. Except in Sinbrilee, there was the chance that the ocean could break through whatever magical barrier there was, and you don't really want to go near that.

[Bart called it Bio-Dome, and well. Yeah, it was like that. You didn't want to accidentally puncture something, even if you knew you couldn't.]

It's just that I didn't really have anyone to fly with, and it was always easier to just get to a place quickly. ]Subject change!]

Did you see anything of yours at any of the auctions? I haven't seen anything, but it's hard to get to all of them at the same time.

[hulkintraining]

You would think with so many superpowered people around there would be more flyers. [But he knows exactly what Billy means so he's willing to allow the subject change to happen without comment.]

No, I haven't seen anything of mine. I've been keeping an eye out for things that belong to you and Cassie too, but so far I haven't seen anything.

[witchnotwarlock]

[Billy knew of two people who could fly here, and that wasn't counting hovering of some kind. At some point, he really should introduce Teddy to Superman. He's all kinds of awesome.]

I'm hoping that I didn't get another box full of stuff from home, because if someone got it before I did, I'd be pretty annoyed. Comic collections are pretty serious business around here. [Not a 'cool' thing, but whatever, only a few people had to like them.]

You know, this place is kind of amazing, if it can bring people you'd never expect to see, here. Cassie gets to be with her dad, and this place isn't that bad, right? If it can do that kind of thing?

[hulkintraining]

[Teddy actually spoke with him once, but he didn't get a name. Anyone with X-Ray vision is someone to look out for though.]

Don't worry, Billy. I'll do my best to ensure the safety of your comic books. If something of mine gets brought here I hope it's something more useful. Not that I wouldn't love have my collector's stuff here, but I'd much prefer having my other earrings or...the picture of my mom. [He had managed to salvage one good picture of his mom before his stuff was moved out of their apartment and into the Kaplan's.]

Yeah, Billy. It's not so bad if you don't think about why we're here in the first place. And some of the strange things that happen. [He's not trying to argue with Billy, but it's better that he be reminded of the not so good things about the place. It'll help him keep perspective.]

[witchnotwarlock]

[Who knows what he would be saying under that x-ray vision thing? Lead might work. Lead always worked. Billy look at him seriously.]

If anything of yours show up, I promise, with all of my heart, that I'll be looking out for it. And I really hope that something from home comes to you.

[Looking down at the ground as he flies, he swallows hard.] coming here to fight some evil that we don't know much about it. And then we go home. I don't know. This place is nice, and you can have anything you need. But it's not home>

[hulkintraining]

[Teddy offers Billy a small smile.] I believe you. And thanks. But don't worry about it if I don't get anything, okay? There will be other auctions.

No, it's not. I can't believe I'm about to say this, but I miss the city and all the congestion of people walking on the streets. I think I even miss school. Well...a little bit.

[witchnotwarlock]

Tons more. [He nods, agreeing. But. Well, now he has to get him something. Maybe not from home, but he has to get him something.]

Only you would miss school. [Billy has to laugh at that. He certainly doesn't miss school. But I miss the city, and the people. And family. You know, sometimes I come back to the apartment, and I'm almost certain that I hear my brother's arguing around the corner. But... clearly they're not there. But I still hear it sometimes.

[hulkintraining]

[Teddy nods in understanding, smiling faintly. He had experienced a similar thing after his mother had died. He would wake up in the morning thinking he could hear her bustling around the kitchen like usual. But there he would remember that he wasn't in their apartment and she was gone. But of course it's not the same thing. Billy's brothers are safe back home, right where they left them.]

Sometimes I wake up and I'm sure I hear your mom calling us down for breakfast. [He grins.] It's always a huge disappointment when I realize she's not around. Her eggs are killer.

[witchnotwarlock]

[He really could be an insensitive jerk sometimes, especially without meaning it. And knowing it, until he got it after the fact. He might miss his family from home, but it... no. It definitely wasn't the same.]

Sometimes I hear that too. [He grins back.] And then I go downstairs and realize that I need to make the eggs. And mine are pretty killer, just not in the ways her's are.

[He shook his head.] I just can't ever get eggs right.

[hulkintraining]

[Teddy flies in a little closer. Close enough to take hold of Billy's hand and hold it gently in his own, being careful about his claws.]

Eggs are tricky. You remember the last time I tried to make eggs? [He can still clearly see the resigned look on Mrs. Kaplan's face as she came into the kitchen and got a good look at the mess. He'd been banned from using eggs in any way shape or form afterwards.]