On Tuesday, July 22, 2025 8:45 PM via Emerald Flame wrote:
Once Gegren was similarly geared up, she would strike out for the anomaly.
[Retroactive definitions of how Dax and Asal get involved and tag along (or not, maybe they show up independently, I suppose, though I'd like to not be split for too long) are fine, but to get things moving...] The journey into the woods takes no more than a couple hours, the cool, tranquil autumn evening providing no resistance to your travel. Following the blue light, the smell of ozone getting stronger as you draw nearer. The smell was lingering in the air in Locke, but now it is unmistakable and all but impossible to miss. The forest itself is far from still, but attempts to identify the reason behind the unrest in the trees or the din of birds never give any clarity --- but something is certainly amiss with the area. As you ascend the hills, more and more trees appear stripped or blasted, giving more indication that you are going the right way. The travel ends successfully when you reach the top of a small hill and see a curved bulging in the ground in the small valley below you --- one that was allegedly not there before the event --- with a brighter blue emanating from a natural opening in the bulge. The grass and plants in this immediate area are scorched, but there is still little indication of what awaits, other than it must be below the earth. [Feel free to ask more and/or poke around, some attempts might need checks, depending on the question, and graduated success may also apply.] -- bss (Brian S. Stephan) | https://bss.zone/ | GPG: 0x80895FCB