LANDFALL | TAVIMBI | FEBRUARY MINGLE LOG

[ironwood]

Characters: ALL!
Date: January 27th to ???
Location: City of Hatal, Tavimbi
Situation: After anchoring Tu Vishan to the coastline of Tavimbi, the city of Hatal welcomes kedan and Foreigners alike.
Warnings/Rating: Add warnings as needed.


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The southern port city of Hatal is used to getting its fair share of visitors, so after the initial surprise of having a continent-sized turtle washing ashore and parking there like it's going to be a while, the Tavimbians recover with admirable poise and begin processing the new arrivals through their customs procedure. After providing a basic summary of their informátion (age, species, duration of tenure on Tu Vishan, and list of "potentially disruptive abilities") they'll be issued a pass stamp, which they must keep on their person while in Hatal. It's made of a brassy metal, a little larger than a credit card, and inscribed with their information, their date of arrival, and whether they've had any run-ins with the laws in Tavimbi (it will be stamped accordingly by the authorities if such happens.)

Once that's all taken care of, visitors will be welcomed to Hatal!

OOC: There are starters in the comments for various areas of Hatal, or you can use the rest of the post for anything on Tavimbi which doesn't fit under those headings.

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LINKS
Hatal Exterior - The Metal Heights | The Causeway Level | The Reservoir Level
The Artery Level | The Lorn Level | The Jagaiz Rings | OOC Post

Comments

[purered]

Klaus gave the woman a gracious bow before she stormed off. "Of course. Thank you, and I apologize for the misunderstanding."

He waited until she was out of earshot before giving Skul a small nod. "Bureaucratic red tape is truly a more dreaded foe," he agreed, before casting a look back to the lab. "The Xunetune is fascinating, as is its history within the city. I also think it may be key in waking Tu Vishan, though I cannot be sure yet."

[skeletonenigma]

Ah, excellent - someone else had the same idea. And with how wary of Skulduggery's true intentions the Tavimbian woman had been, they probably weren't the first Foreigners to try and see the Xunutane. The last time Skulduggery came down here, he'd simply asked for a tour and gotten one. Someone must have tried to strongarm their way in since then.

"It's not the only one of its kind," Skulduggery agreed with a nod. "Possibly not even the only one in Hatal, though it's definitely the biggest. What makes you think it might help wake Tu Vishan?"

[purered]

"The fact it may be sentient," Klaus said calmly. His mind wandered back to Zatanna's announcement about what she'd seen. Arched stones under water, a fragmented voice calling for help...

"Sentient and immensely powerful. Perhaps if Miss Zatanna is able to repeat what she did before with the aid of the Xunutane, Asti could give us more concrete answers in regards to how to help him."

He frowned, looking from Skul to his notes to the bustling interior of the lab.

"My biggest question is if they would permit it. The crystal is the source of Hatal's livelihood and many consider it divine. If they refuse outright, it could lead to unnecessary tension. If they accept and something goes wrong, we could doom an entire city."

[skeletonenigma]

Skulduggery wasn't as certain as Klaus seemed to be. There was every chance the crystal was sentient, yes, and it wouldn't even be the strangest sentient object Skulduggery had come across. But he was more interested in the Xunutane as a source of power. He didn't think it could contact Tu Vishan, not the way Zatanna's spell had - and he wasn't convinced Zatanna's spell had managed it, either. The visions they'd all received as a result of the venture were too fragmented, more like dreams than conscious communication. But you didn't need to telepathically contact a creature in order to wake it up. You just needed to make a loud enough noise.

"They might," Skulduggery mused. "With conditions, I'd imagine. We probably wouldn't be allowed to move the Xunutane. They'll probably only let us try once. And you're right; if something goes wrong, we leave the entire city to the mercies of the arctic temperatures outside. We'll need to be careful."

All of which, for the most part, went without saying. Skulduggery nodded to the notes Klaus held. "Have you seen the Xunutane yet?"

[purered]

Klaus suspected there was more to Tu Vishan's lack of consciousness than just being asleep. But he tended to always over-complicate things in his head - he honestly didn't know. But the big glowing crystal seemed like a good starting place.

"Not yet, no. I'd prefer to gather the information they openly share on the matter to see if it's a promising lead. Though even if it weren't, I wouldn't mind seeing it. It sounds quite remarkable."