[ good morning everyone. it's another day, probably a monday? god, aren't mondays the worst? especially when you know you have a lot of other things to be doing right now besides arriving on campus for another day of school.
you're all dressed in your uniforms (slacks, a sweater vest with a raven emblem on it, a white shirt, a tie), though not all of you appear the same. marcoh's the most put together, most likely. it's equally likely siffrin's ditched the vest entirely and the tie's loose, while jiaoqiu's trying not to acknowledge the way his uniform his second-hand.
maybe it doesn't matter. what matters is that the four of you are together, and the four of you know one thing: today, after school, you will be continuing your search for Glendower. at the same time though, you can't quite shake the feeling of something about to go wrong. maybe it's best to go visit Cabeswater first, when you can.
but before that, maybe take some time to discuss? compare some notes, decide what you might want to do and where you want to go. you still have to get through a full day of classes, after all. ]
[ Even at 18 he's probably so fucking huge. God forbid. Anyway he's dressed in a nice uniform and he's also got a spiffy pair of glasses, whoa. He looks smart, which is not something that necessarily is not latent in his usual self.
He's got a notebook in his hand that he's reviewing, before glancing at the other three. ]
[ i guess if you decide to go somewhere else around campus, or just wander off on your own, you may do so here. plug in a scenario, i will give you a summary of what you're doing and finding. ]
[ GOD FORBID... Well Ty is right, Siffrin has absolutely ditched the vest and has a loosened tie, anything to be more comfortable. Uniforms are so stuffy. Just zoning out a little until they snap to attention at the sound of Marcoh's voice. ]
.. I did, yeah.
[ School... do we have to.. we are rebellious and free. ]
[ jiaoqiu is here! he's adjusting his uniform, and then very firmly pretending like it's completely rad and not secondhand. he glances at marcoh when he speaks, turning his head a bit. ]
I did as well.
[ now i have to remember to not to write about his tail or ears. ]
[ Reviewing the notebook... I'm going to use this icon so much every single time jsyk. What is in Cabeswater that leads them to believe that it may be best to go there first? ]
[ no i think we can still hear about jq's tail and ears
yves is also wearing his uniform because he's stuck in ghost "you're wearing what you died in" rules, this is what annie dealt with in seasons. did you know that in virche they use his same sprite for when he's 18 and 23. he looks the same. and he's still sitting on a chair criss-cross apple sauce, looking over at the others ]
Want me to do some digging while you're all out? I don't feel like repeating Bio.
Cabeswater is a sentient, magical forest that you all discovered a few months ago. It's at the heart of the ley lines that run through this town, which means its energy and power are massive. You've explored this forest before, and it's filled with trees and fantastical things. The trees speak to you, and you understand them (Latin, specifically, with some of you understanding better than others) and they love you and you love them back. This forest also defies the laws of physics often enough. Sometimes time is weird, or things that shouldn't occur there do.
You believe you should go to Cabeswater to learn more about the ley lines, because you believe that Glendower's tomb is somewhere along them (the corpse road.) Since the forest spans a very, very large area, searching through it might help you find where on the road his tomb is. ]
[ thumbing through your notes, you would find the following information.
The Corpse Road is a nickname for the main ley line, as it's the line that spirits walk through once a year on St. Mark's Eve. It's a pathway of magic and electromagnetic energy. To see a spirit on the corpse road is to know that this person will die within a year.
Also, Marcoh, you specifically have recently learned that someone saw your spirit on this road several months ago. You don't like to think about it, and so you don't. Everyone else also knows, but everyone is talking around it. ]
[ Here are some specific topics you all are aware of:
-Cabeswater, and that it's a sentient magical forest. Trees love you, you love them, trees respond and you can speak Latin.
-Jiaoqiu sacrificed his free will to Cabeswater a short time ago, and has a connection as the forest's hands and eyes.
-Marcoh will die within the year. Nobody really talks about it, because nobody wants Marcoh to die.
-You are all searching for Glendower, a Welsh king asleep in a tomb. You are searching knowing he can grant a favor, and he is likely hidden on the ley line somewhere.
-Yves is dead! Yves died, you all did not know he died for a very long time. Yves was murdered, specifically, and you retrieved his bones some time ago to rebury somewhere to make him stronger. This does not change fuckall. You still treat him like he's alive. You still tell him to go to class, etc. People can see him, and other people cannot, depending on how strong his energy is.
-Siffrin has dream powers. They are able to pull things out of their dreams, though you do not know the full extent of it unless they wish to tell you. ]
[ is there currently any existing map of cabeswater? does it exist within our notes? is there anything to be determined in terms of assessing possible dangers that lay ahead, or is that something yves can do while everyone's in class? ]
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