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aefenglom log posting account ([personal profile] faileas) wrote in [community profile] aefenglom2020-06-13 05:26 pm

☆ A Strange Tale

Name: Sowilo ([personal profile] petaluridae)
Date: June 13
Format: Video

    The face that comes over the video might be familiar to some: delicate-featured, red-haired, bearing the un-hidden features of a jewel-red dragonfly Fae. Sowilo is known to be brusque and haughty, but today he only looks serious, occasionally glancing off-screen, where the sounds of another couple of people in the office can be heard.

    “Two Wilders came back from the Northern Outpost this morning. Apparently a dozen of them went missing a handful of days ago and the search party has only turned up these two. Overcurious meatheads that they are, they found trouble on a trip out. They are not seriously injured-” He holds a hand up. “-but they have the strangest story.”

    “While exploring after a rockslide they came upon a tunnel, and like the geniuses they are, decided to follow it down. Very far down, to caverns where they were ambushed and captured handily.” There is a quiet protest in the background, and murmuring, but Sowilo pays it no mind. “The two who returned were purposefully released, and they’ve described to Theodore an underground city full of actual, living people. What in the world do you all know about this? Their leader sent a message that she will release the other ten Wilders safely if “only the travelers who have laid eyes upon her fair city before” accept her cordial invitation to her realm. Doesn’t take a scholar to assume she’s talking about you Mirrorbound. You have a way of attracting trouble, don’t you?”

    “I’m sure you understand why this is a… delicate situation for the Coven, and for Aefenglom. We have no records of any city existing underground - we know absolutely nothing about these people, what they want, or what they are capable of. The message was very clear that representatives from the Coven or Aefenglom were not welcomed, so our hands are a bit tied. Their leader wishes to speak with some of you directly, even.” Glittering red eyes narrow.

    “We leave on the 16th from the North Gate and will use the teleporter to the Northern Outpost. From there, Theodore and I will accompany you as far as we can, but I imagine it won’t be far at all.” There is a moment of hesitation here from the stuck-up Fae, and he looks a bit like he bit into a lemon. “I suppose we are relying on you all. Please know that this is an unprecedented situation and could turn dangerous for all of us. Not to mention, if they decide they don’t like us, we’ll likely have to abandon the Northern Outpost and all the progress made up there…

    I suppose decide among yourselves what you’re willing to do. We will not force anyone's cooperation.”


This is the initial kick-off post for What Lies Beneath! Feel free to use this post to let characters discuss and react with each other as you want over the network or in-person. If you need an NPC reply, please say so in your comment header! NPC replies will come from the journal [personal profile] petaluridae. Otherwise, the event log itself will be up on the 16th. And one more reminder, you still have until 3PM EST on the 15th to sign up for a possible chat with the Matriarch!
stopfen: (The red and bloody land)

partly @Sowilo but ota - un:ma voice

[personal profile] stopfen 2020-06-13 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mikasa wasn't exactly hiding anything, and while her last conversation with Sowilo hadn't turned up much of use to her. She'd rather have something she could use to poke him if needed. Even if it was just confirming something he'd guessed.]

We were in an underground city the last time we did that dreamwalking thing and new people showed up. The one we saw had moss that ate Cywd...
petaluridae: lerajex@livejournal (fan)

[personal profile] petaluridae 2020-06-13 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that's lovely. Didn't you all stumble into Dorchacht that way as well? I'll let Miss Nessie know when she's available.
fiddlestick: (elliot240)

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-06-13 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah...! I'd forgotten about that dream.

The place was a little...strange, but I don't remember it being the worst of the dreams.
stopfen: (A heat envelops my trembling neck)

[personal profile] stopfen 2020-06-13 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[shrugs]

That was before my time.

[AKA she doesn't know.]
finesseblade: do not take (68.)

un: aegis | ota, hit me

[personal profile] finesseblade 2020-06-13 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well, then. Press x for suspicion. ]

It's true that many of us dreamt of an underground city. Wasn't long after we established the outpost up there, either.

[ Boy, does the timing of that feel suddenly less than coincidence. ]

But how did they know that?
fiddlestick: (elliot203)

Video

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-06-13 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Elliot gulps]

Oh boy. We really have to get to the bottom of those dreams. Or at least find a way to apologize ahead of time to the cities we dream about...

At least this will probably be better than the trip to Dorchacht...?
stopfen: (Counting the seasons that have elapsed)

[personal profile] stopfen 2020-06-13 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I've only had two. [She didn't have much to base it on.] Nothing tried to eat me in there.

I did see a granny get eaten by the moss though...

It's strange that the people there remember, isn't it? If it is them.
fiddlestick: (elliot241)

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-06-13 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[He gulps] J-Jeez...okay, making sure I stay away from the moss.

It's not that weird, the same thing happened when we had a dream about Dorchacht. I think it has something to do with witches who study dream magic? They tend to remember us.

Or if someone got seriously hurt in the dream...it can have negative consequences in the waking world.
Edited 2020-06-13 23:47 (UTC)
fiddlestick: (elliot214)

un: elliot

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-06-13 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
They might have witches skilled in divination magic and dream walking.

It happened when we dreamed of Dorchacht too.
stardustish: (tumblr_inline_ozg9mzQrX61s4tkkb_100)

video

[personal profile] stardustish 2020-06-14 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
Trip to Dorchact? What was that like?
fiddlestick: (elliot155)

video

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-06-14 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
It was...erm...[What's a good word for it...] bad.

It used to be a slave city.
sylphid: <user name="roseburst"> (yeah!!!!)

[personal profile] sylphid 2020-06-14 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Here's a very hard to read Fie replying to Elliot. For those who don't know her well, she seems sort of flippant. For those who do, she's anything but.]

Road trip.
fiddlestick: (elliot146)

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-06-14 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
Aha, looks like!

I'm sure I can ask one of my students to look after the cats if they're gone. Maybe Alfin too...unless you're bringing her.
turmoiling: (pic#13851027)

Video

[personal profile] turmoiling 2020-06-14 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
It certainly seems like it may be a more pleasant time for monsters, compared to what I've heard of Dorchacht. Perhaps even compared to Aefenglom in some ways, if one were to consider a few details. It's curious there's no record of it, wouldn't you say?
stardustish: (tumblr_inline_p4f4wvQoBv1s4tkkb_100)

[personal profile] stardustish 2020-06-14 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ um. UM. ]

What the hell? Seriously? That is bad, geez.

[ ???? ]

Anyway, yeah. It's pretty suspicious that they know about our dreams and I don't really know how I feel about all of this.
fiddlestick: (elliot144)

Video

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-06-14 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
Haha, I don't know. I'm not sure I could live underground all the time.

It's a little curious, though maybe they formed after Cwyld started spreading. There's a lot out in the Wilde we don't know about.
fiddlestick: (elliot172)

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-06-14 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it was awful. Luckily things have improved a lot since they got rid of their last leader.

[Thank goodness for that]

It's not unprecedented they know about the dreams. Dorchacht was the same way...it has something to do with witches who know divination or dream-walking abilities. Something like that.
turmoiling: (pic#13851042)

[personal profile] turmoiling 2020-06-14 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps it would be good to bring some things from the surface that might not be so common underground, as something of a peace offering for this inadvertent trespass we've committed.
stardustish: (tumblr_inline_ozg9l52exr1s4tkkb_100)

[personal profile] stardustish 2020-06-14 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
Huh... Yeah, somehow, that doesn't surprise me. That something like that exists, I mean.

[ weird, though. she almost feels like her privacy's been breached, but whatever. ]

Let's just hope we don't mess this up. I don't really know much about what's happening, but if there's been a lot of progress being made then it'd really suck to see that go to waste.
turmoiling: (pic#13851048)

[personal profile] turmoiling 2020-06-14 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps so. I recall they ridiculed the idea of people even existing outside the tunnels, in those dreams. We must be quite the surprise to most of them.

Yet if other representatives are unwelcome, I do wonder why we alone were granted the honour of visiting once more.
fiddlestick: (elliot126)

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-06-14 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I hope we don't mess it up either. Maybe they just want to know if we're a threat? Which I don't see why we'd try to be one...
fiddlestick: (elliot106)

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-06-14 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, no kidding.

I wonder that too...maybe they're worried we're a threat?
turmoiling: (pic#13851053)

[personal profile] turmoiling 2020-06-14 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
I wish it were easy to say that we weren't. If nothing else, we have caused a disturbance in their lands.

I do think most of us Mirrorbound aren't inclined to make a stir either [this is very generous to say, frankly], but I am not sure all are so reserved as to make a good impression.
fiddlestick: (elliot203)

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2020-06-14 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
[He sighs. Yeah, he knows what he's getting at]

I know. I guess the rest of us will just have to try to be careful. At least we don't have a reason to cause trouble there this time.
usurpers: (pic#14002620)

un: jaeger — ota

[personal profile] usurpers 2020-06-14 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ attached to this comment are notes written by eren; most things are in eldian but can easily (“easily”) be translated with a spell. enjoy the errors that may come. ]

Who’s going?

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