SPRING BREAK, Cyseal, Tuesday Evening

[nookiepowered]

As night falls, so does the temperature, but the tavern is warm, and so is the light from the bonfires dotted here and there, for those who choose to linger around the town or venture back out after a nice hearty supper. (Mmm, cheese bread, beef stew and apple pie.)

[OCD: Morning post | Rooms | King Crab Common Room | King Crab Bar | Cyseal | Marketplace | Legion | Nighttime Walks | Outside the Tavern | Outside Cyseal | OOC]

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King Crab Tavern

[nookiepowered]

This large inn is a beautiful construction of ornate brickwork, with flowers hanging off of every available surface on the outside.

King Crab Tavern - Rooms

[nookiepowered]

The rooms are upstairs, modestly outfitted but spacious. There is a double bed or set of twin beds in each room, a bath with a privacy screen, a wardrobe (with time-and-place appropriate clothing included) and a desk. There are plenty of candles, and beautiful paintings hang off the walls.

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Room 112

[rebelseekspizza]

Dante hadn't actually made it to his room before, so he had to ask around before he could even find it. Not that it'd been a hassle - he'd come back straight from Limbo City, so it wasn't like he'd packed shit.

He collapsed on his bed with a sigh.

Weird, having a room again. Between sleeping on the street back in Limbo City and the past two nights here, it felt like a dream.

Re: Room 112

[smilestopscars]

"Oh, good. Thought I might have to draw you a map, darling."

Did Ezra care whether Dante was awake or not when he came in? No, he did not. He wanted to get his comment in and didn't care whether anyone actually heard.

Room 119

[cuzfriendship]

April was a little worse for wear when she finally got to the room tonight - she had a couple scrapes and bruises from a run-in with an orc who had not been friendly.

But she was smiling! She loved this trip! Now she just had to rummage around for disinfectant.

King Crab Tavern - Common Room

[nookiepowered]

Within, large red curtains separate the various booths and tables from the rest of the inn; while they are usually open, they may be closed if privacy is wished for. To the left, there is a large bar which covers the entire L-shaped curve of the back wall. There is the constant, comforting rumble of people chattering; the decor, the fireplace (with bear fur rug) and the candles speak of an intrinsic welcoming warmth. A grey tomcat wanders around the floor, sweet and clever.

King Crab Tavern - Bar

[nookiepowered]

The bar does not just serve drinks (though in Cyseal, they are not particularly interested in age limits), but it also serves food for the guests staying at the King Crab. At this time in the evening, you can buy drinks, various dinner dishes composed of vegetables with beef or fish, mashed potatoes, Rivellon fries, pumpkin and cheeses.

Cyseal

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Cyseal - Marketplace

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It's a little busier outside tonight: in the marketplace area, several men and women are sitting around a large bonfire, singing and drinking. Upon closer inspection, it becomes obvious that they are adventurers. Their armor looks dingy and full of scratches; they tell drunken tales of the raids they went on that morning, against the undead to the north. At least one of them won't shut up about Source Hunters, those belonging to an order that seeks out and defeats evil Sourcery. ("Not any fool that knows how to sling a ball of fire, or a burst of electricity, of course. Sourcery! The real, terrible, foul demon-summoning kind. In fact, last week, I saw a Source Hunter chase this Sourcerer who had changed himself into a flesh-eating rabbit...")

Re: Cyseal - Marketplace

[smilestopscars]

Ezra was listening in. Oh, he looked like he was just sitting off a little more to the side from the bonfire and not paying any attention, but he was listening.

This was interesting stuff.

Re: Cyseal - Marketplace

[ungue.livejournal.com]

"Do you find this interesting?"

Laura had slid her way next to him, her voice low and even as to not attract more attention. She was curious though.

Re: Cyseal - Marketplace

[myownface]

The trouble with vacationing in a place like this, which Sparkle was likely to never visit again, was the fact that it was really tempting to make a game of picking pockets and seeing how much useless shit he could pilfer before anybody noticed something was missing.

Sparkle was actually behaving himself, though. Just this once. Instead of actually picking pockets here, he was contenting himself to lean back against a brick wall and silently judge which pockets he could be picking, instead.

Just ignore that the carrot that he was casually snacking on wasn't strictly bought and paid for. Nobody could prove anything, anyway.

Re: Cyseal - Marketplace

[nuclear_snide]

"Oh, yes, must watch out for those foul rabbits." Did that sound just a little too serious? Probably.

Anyone from Fandom watching might wonder why Hannibal was dressed in local styles now when he hadn't been earlier.

Anyone from Fandom who could tell the difference might notice the sudden English accent, too.

Hannibal was just sitting back mentally and giving Bob pointers on his trolling.

Re: Cyseal - Marketplace

[boneyard_girl]

Do you know what bonfires, drinking, and singing usually added up to?

Lonely pockets, that's what.

Ada blended in with the locals quite nicely, between the clothes from her closet at the inn, loose long curls, and bare feet. It made it easy to slip in-and-out of the crowd as a trinket here or a coin there made it into her skirts. After all, a girl had to keep in practice.

And if some of the louder or more obnoxious ones who were saying nasty things about people with powers found their purse significantly lighter when they woke up in the morning, well, Ada was doing a public service.

Cyseal - Practice with the Legion

[nookiepowered]

The Legion puts a little more faith in you now, Fandomites! One of their better warriors is leading a series of legionnaire trainees in basic anti-undead combat training tonight, and they have graciously opened it up to the visitors. Interested? Show up outside the barracks after nightfall.

Re: Cyseal - Practice with the Legion

[furnaceface]

... Because of course the school decided to send them on vacation in a world with an undead problem.

Jono, being Jono, decided that clearly the thing to do while vacationing - even if he was here as a plus one this semester and not necessarily a chaperone - in a world with an undead problem was to attend the combat training session that existed specifically to teach people how to combat the undead. His go-to method was generally pretty reliable, but he still had no idea how the locals would respond to a man on fire, so learning the basics here definitely couldn't hurt.

Re: Cyseal - Practice with the Legion

[spin_kick_snap]

After a battle with skeletons yesterday, Kathy was more than happy to show up for a free bit of combat training to battle the undead. Somehow, she was pretty sure that her usual method (memorizing the proper button combo) would not be helpful here and she hadn't thought to bring a D&D manual along for the pointers.

Hair back in her tight Banzai braid, Kathy drilled with the legion for as long as they were willing to let her.

Who knew? Maybe this would come in handy on the island sometime, too.

Cyseal - Nighttime Walks

[nookiepowered]

Congratulations! You may now walk around town, admiring the sights, without an escort. Please try not to abuse the privilege by sneaking into the Mayor's wife's bathroom, DANTE, even if she leaves the door open and she lives right next door to the tavern. The lava fields in the distance are still a thing to watch, of course, and the sky somehow seems more fragrant at night.

Re: Cyseal - Nighttime Walks

[goforthe_optics]

Any difference in the fragrance of the sky was muted at best to Tali, if she noticed at all; everything lost some of its complexity passing through her mask filters.

That didn't mean taking in the sights was any less spectacular, and she was snapping as many pictures of the lava fields as she could on her omni-tool -- provided people weren't paying close enough attention to wonder about the bright orange, glowing shape that kept appearing around her forearm.

Re: Cyseal - Nighttime Walks

[throughaphase]

Kitty had wanted to see the lava fields just so she could say she saw lava fields. And it was really cool to watch so she'd made the right choice.

She was trying to keep her phone in reserve, but she was not above using it just for pictures.

Cyseal - Outside the King Crab Tavern

[nookiepowered]

Or you can, like last night, sit out here by yourself or with a friend, and simply admire the area. There is that.

Re: Cyseal - Outside the King Crab Tavern

[electrocynic]

This was pretty okay.

Sarah was going to go back inside in a bit, probably, and find the closest thing to a Shazamstell this place could offer. But for now? Sitting down and watching the sky was actually... okay.

Cyseal - Outside Cyseal

[nookiepowered]

The gate to the beach is left open tonight, so anyone who wishes to take a walk there can do what they want. Of course, travel too far north, and there are caves housing some angry orcs. Which are large. And very angry. They're smart guys with big muscles that take more than a few punches to go down, though like almost all enemies around here, they're simply armed with swords and clubs. They are also hostile, and will attack on sight.

Stay away from the caves, and you might bump into just the one: a peaceful orc, busier burying the armor of a loved one than paying any heed to anyone rummaging around. Best to leave him alone, and perhaps go see if there is buried treasure elsewhere, since he appears to be having trouble finding a clear spot.

Re: Cyseal - Outside Cyseal

[ungue.livejournal.com]

Laura hadn't killed anything in a while. That was a good thing... but also kind of a bad one. The itch for violence was too ingrained in her to just let go so easily. So off to the caverns with her, she had the scent already on her nose and full into predatory mode.

Outside the cave, Laura scouted around a bit before walking straight in.

Come at her, brorcs.

OOC

[nookiepowered]

I want cheesy bread.