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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2020-08-18 12:14 pm

The Mountain Top: Grasshopper 25

After the strangeness of their second day on the island for some, with memories and conversations in a cave, the third day goes calmly.

At least until mid afternoon. As the day winds on into evening all of those who have been sharing memories with others will feel a pull.

A pull to climb the mountain in the north. It is a good feeling, that mountain is where you need to be. A sense of belonging, friendship, camaraderie. You don't need to be alone, just climb the mountain.

For those that climb they will find worn wooden benches spaced around the lip of the caldera in concentric circles, the centre set up like an amphitheatre. The Jema syrup spills from crevices around the edges, running down from the peak in well-worn grooves and channels.

The sun sets slowly on Jema’grethy, slowly sinking into the ocean over a period of a couple of hours. During that time pairs of Voidtreckers will feel drawn towards the syrup, to touch the surface.

When they do they will receive a memory and find themselves back in that cave once more. For those watching it is as if they are in a trance, lasting a few moments.

People feel moved at different times and so there are always people aware, sat around the mountain top. It might be that there are other friends they wish to speak to about what they see. It might be that they wish to sit silently and avoid everything, if only their friends will allow it.

But it is a place to be together nonetheless.
unfavorableinstigation: Nita working with a Kernel (Wizardry Is Kid Stuff)

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-09-09 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
/Makes sense, in that respect. Though, here, Bobo says we're out of range from Them. Not sure what the ultimate truth is in this case./

It wasn't necessarily good - but, it might not necessarily be bad, either. All depended on what wizards did with the hands they were dealt...

Nita backfinned, enough to give S'reee the needed space and then some.

/Whenever you're ready./
singerofspells: A humpback whale underwater.  Image is cropped around the head. (Default)

[personal profile] singerofspells 2020-09-10 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
S'reee started to work, gathering the mass from elsewhere, following the template that she knew in blood and bone. It wasn't that different than the shapechange spells, just with some extra precautions because S'reee wasn't sure what would happen if she was stranded here, but didn't want to find out.

But it did mean she was rapidly growing in size, returning to someone who looked more like a mostly-adult humpback.

"Oh, that feels good."
unfavorableinstigation: Nita Callahan rendered in Undertale-style graphics. (Nita.jpg)

Gearing up for a threadwrap here?

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-09-10 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
/Getting your stretches in?/

There was laughter in Nita's voice, but she was glad for her friend's achievement - or should that be restoration?

/We should have enough room here for a proper swim, the two of us - though I can't speak for anyone else looking to join!/

They were liable to get splashed, at the very least!
singerofspells: A humpback whale underwater.  Image is cropped around the head. (Default)

Yes

[personal profile] singerofspells 2020-09-11 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
/ Race you aroudn the island?/

Wrap it is!

[personal profile] unfavorableinstigation 2020-09-11 12:21 pm (UTC)(link)
/You're on!/

Nita didn't even try for a countdown, having already backed up and ascertained how much room she had, and turned to speed off and start the circuit.