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TEST DRIVE #001 : FALLING INTO BONDS WITH YOU
TEST DRIVE #001 : FALLING INTO BONDS WITH YOU
I. Greetings, Travelers.
You heard the voice, the song, the Call. You turned toward that voice and are falling, tripping through time and space, colors swirling all around you. You blinked.
You open your eyes to the great sprawling roots and unbending branches of the Tree of Harmony above you. You look around to find yourself in an open roof auditorium. And you are not alone. Others are there, waking up just as you are when figures step from around the tall stark columns circling the center of the room.
”Greetings Travelers. The Sentinels of Restoria welcome you to our Greenhouse of Unity. The Devourer comes for us all and we must bond our worlds to save them. We cannot save your worlds without your help.”
Your guide will lead you down a long staircase to another area of the Greenhouse’s compound: The Hall of Travelers. There you will be told what to expect of your time in Restoria, and then you will select a House: Stone or Cloud. Your House will provide benefits to you to help you in your new role, should you choose to accept it, including your choice of communication device and Housing.
If you need additional time to consider, you will be given leave to rest there in the Hall itself on one of the many comfortable cots provided for the night and simple meals will be provided. Maybe others will need time just as you do to think about the serious decision you would be undertaking. By the dawn, you must have your answer.
What will you do now, Traveler?
II. Getting Your Hands Dirty
Those who select House of Stone will be led by a member of the House to the Traveler Port leading directly to the center of the City of Stones for Orientation. There, Guides will take newcomers through the City, showing them important locations, such as the local groceries, restaurants, and entertainment. You may notice a lot of Stones’s entertainment involves outdoor activities or contact sport games. It is a city of physicality, but also camaraderie and group engagement. They may not talk a lot, but don’t be surprised if you are offered hugs and friendly arm holds wherever you go. Travelers are encouraged to greet each other similarly.
You will be shown your Housing, where basic supplies have been readied for you, and may be surprised to find that up to two items from home have also arrived with you and were already taken to your assigned room (unless they are too large to fit and you find a note instead of where they have been stored elsewhere). The Guides will give you time to greet any neighbors you have and take stock of what you might still need in your room, but before long they will be ushering you back out into the tunnels and through the canyon to the Sanctuary. It is a very busy day in the City of Stones with the Clay Exhibition taking place!
Entering through the Glimmering Gymnasium, you’ll be taken all the way to the other side to a wide set of stairs leading down a area depressed into the ground like a court that is used for outdoor games and other competitions has been filled with a thick layer of a deep red brown watery mush: The Gravel Pit, as it is affectionately called by the citizens of the City. The clay is a special mix just for this occasion. Coat your body in the clay, and you’ll find yourself wearing protective armor that moves just as smoothly as your typical clothing - but you can’t wear much underneath it. Too much clothing means it’s hard for the clay to set, so it's best to wear as little as possible.
And from there you’ll be encouraged to join in on the various exhibition matches: mud wrestling, mixed martial arts, gymnastics, and much more is open for any newcomer who would like to take part. What better way to start bonding with those around you?
III. Head in the Stars
Those who select House of Cloud will be led by a member of the House to the Traveler Port leading directly to the center of the City of Clouds for Orientation. There, Guides will take newcomers through the City, showing them important locations, such as the local eateries, museums, galleries and theaters. You may notice a lot of Cloud’s entertainment involves more creative pursuits and educational engagement. It is a city of knowledge, but also of culture and art. The people love to talk, to debate and challenge preconceptions, whether those of others or even their own. They will greet newcomers openly and without reservation, but they all have that assessing eye, looking to see what they can judge of your character.
You will be shown your Housing, and may be surprised to find that up to two items from home have also arrived with you and were already taken to your assigned area (unless they are too large to fit and you find a note instead of where they have been stored elsewhere). The Guides will give you time to greet any neighbors you have and take stock of what you might still need in your room, but not long as there is still so much left to do. Please keep up as they hurry you off to the Sanctuary of Clouds where they show off the Grand Library and give a waved hand of respect to the Watchtower before moving up into the mountains just outside of it. The air thins and the snow on the mountain side is cold, but it does not take long to reach the Observatory.
The Observatory is filled with tables and desks covered in star charts and books filled with various annotations and theories about space, time, and the laws of the universe. Some may even seem like familiar titles from your own world, and you are told that you are welcome to study them. Follow the winding staircase up to a large platform with various couches and cushy chairs for comfortable lounging and a large, obviously advanced telescope. Maybe you can sit back and relax for a brief moment.
The platform begins to raise itself up more and more as the sun fades and night falls over Restoria. The ceiling of the Observatory will open up to allow the platform to rise out over the mountain - the perfect location for stargazing and space-viewing. The air is quite frigid up here, which doesn't seem to bother the natives of Cloud. Newcomers, however, may find it necessary to cozy up together with blankets and hot drinks.
IV. Herb-a-Reore
As explained during Orientation, all Travelers will have opportunities to earn funds of their own. They do understand that not everyone will be satisfied with the basic free amenities that the Houses will provide them and may want to have capital of their own to purchase luxury items or anything else. Between larger Quests, taking jobs in their Cities and helping out around their respective Houses, the Sentinels also provide monetary missions to earn Reore on a regular basis.
With the large influx of Travelers, so comes the Merging, where the worlds of the visitors and Restoria begin to mesh and mix. The Sentinels take care to catalog many of these changes, including the new flora that show up around the cities, which they carefully cultivate in the large Conservatory. With the Travelers available, they request assistance in cataloging all of these new arrivals, offering each Traveler a reward of Reore for their time and expertise. Who better to help them make sure they don't miss a single herb or flower?
Travelers may recognize various plants from their own world, some benign, some less so. Some might even seem to have minds of their own: tendrils that reach out and poke, sticky webs designed to capture the unobservant, or sweet smells that make one sleepy. Please make sure to label them properly.
V. All Soulstice Day
The people of Restoria are friendly and welcoming in general to newcomers, but you may find them even more so today. They will greet you with smiles, offer their hands or even come in for a quick hug. Others may stare deeply into your eyes as if looking for some recognition, an understanding.
It may seem confusing, until you touch someone or look into their eyes yourself and feel a soothing sensation, as if you have known this person your entire life and couldn’t think of a reason to be wary of them. You can feel them almost as if you can sense their emotions in a distant way. Best friend? Family? Whatever this feeling is, you just know that you care about them and want to spend time with them.
What could be going on? Will you choose to ask?
If you do, you will be told what a fortuitous time it is for Travelers to arrive in Restoria with the celebration of Soulstice Day taking place. A day when the magic of Restoria is at its strongest and compatible bonds are even more likely! A wonderful day for new friendships and the strengthening of long held camaraderie.
Native Restorians and Travelers alike will feel themselves drawn to people as their auras react to heightened compatibility. Those friendly auras will almost sing to each other, bringing about happy, content feelings and a sense of understanding that might feel rare to you for someone you’ve only just met. Nothing is forced, but the possibilities are open for all who choose to lean into them.
People who meet someone with a compatible aura will find the effects of the Soulstice last for a couple days after the fact. A strong motivator for making new friends.
NAVIGATION
PREMISE ➤ RULES ➤ TAKEN ➤ FAQ ➤ APPLICATION ➤ HOUSES ➤ LOCATIONS ➤ QUESTS ➤ ACTIVITY ➤ REWARDS ➤ MERGING ➤ SUGGESTIONS ➤ CALENDAR ➤ MOD CONTACT
ciro / cloud
"Greenhouse of Unity?"
That's a first. Ciro doesn't recognize anything around him when he appears in the strange new place. All he has are his million questions and no single person with all of the answers. He wants to know why he's there, but his gut tells him it was some sort of magic, unfortunately the air doesn't carry the scent of any magic familiar to him in his own world.
He knows interdimensional travel is possible through magic, but besides his partner trying to tear an entry into another world in search of fae that one time, he doesn't think he'd heard anything about anyone else who could pull that off.
Still, without the sounds of the city and all the light pollution at night, he thinks this might not be so bad in the grand scheme of things. Ciro prides himself on his ability to adapt and remain flexible in otherwise alarming situations, and whether or not he's managing well at it is still up for debate because he's being forced to make a choice. He has no idea what to choose, and opts to take some time to think on it while he rests. If anyone else joins him, he's seated alone in silence, arms folded, and eyes closed, trying to focus on what the people around him seem to be feeling.
"Are you having a hard time making up your mind, too?" He asks, not yet opening his eyes to see who he's speaking to.
II. C L O U D S
Ciro ended up having to sleep on the decision, and, like many other decisions he's made, it comes to him in a dream in the middle of a short nap. He's in the sky, looking down to the earth and wanting to land somewhere familiar, but there are clouds blocking him from making his descent to the familiarity of the Earth, her soil, and the lush flora he loves so much.
It's what drives him to pick the thing he finds he fears subconsciously, but he finds pretty quickly he's pleased with the choice he's made. Being surrounded by art and culture feels right, and he's curious enough about it all that he loses hours from his day just roaming around and collecting this and that to study later--or plant in the garden he intends to start. While he doesn't imagine much will grow in the cold, it isn't something his magic can't help with.
So if he's approached, he'll happily explain the spell he's using to bring life and color to a wilting flower. "You'd think there'd be more plants in a place called a Greenhouse.."
III. N E T W O R K
Has anyone seen any interesting plants?
I'm going to start a garden once I find the space, and the plants of this world are fascinating.
Send me photos. All the photos.
IV. W I L D C A R D
(I'm open to anything! Ciro is a witch and and empath. He can't read minds but he can read emotions very well. He likes plants and is 100% friendlier than he seems. ALSO, I MATCH FORMAT!)
I.
Mew?
[ It meows again as if to get the stranger's attention. Maybe the cat is hungry or something? Most cats are always hungry for something whether it be food or attention. ]
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Hello there, little one. Are you lost?
[His voice is soft and warm, as welcoming as his aura.]
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Most strays tend to look a little thin but this cat seems healthy enough. She's a little round here and there but that's because this cat managed to fish out lunch earlier.]
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Are you all alone out here? I can take you home with me, if you'd like.
[He speaks to the thing like he might a lost child, eventually picking the cat up in his arms to continue the petting tentatively. Some cats weren't fond of being carried around, but the weight on this one told him they might not mind being pampered.]
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[ Wait, what was that? That voice? It came out of nowhere the moment he asks that question. It's almost as if the cat suddenly answered him---Oh. The chubby little cat looks up at him with a hint of mirth within her gaze. It seems that this cat isn't what it seems.
Not at all. ]
Hello.
[ Judging from that slow blink, this feline is indeed saying "hello" but it isn't moving its mouth. No, it's almost as if the little cat is talking directly to his mind. Its voice is nothing more than a faint whisper, almost as if the cat is somewhere far away despite being right there in his arms. ]
iii. i'm lazy
If you choke on anything you put in your mouth, I'm not saving you.
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This place is foreign to both of us.
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I'm going to need your help with something.
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iii
[God. Wait until they meet and he sees he's talking to a giant plant.]
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We should liberate it! Immediately!
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ii.
It was also the biggest playground he's ever had access to, so what the hell.
He seemed to have found someone who already found something to do, whereas Loren could hardly fathom where to begin. He sat with his legs crossed at the ankles, arms loosely folded across his knees while he nodded like he was following along with the actual literal magic. He drummed his fingers to try to resist the urge to touch the flower.
"Yeah, guess so," Loren agreed, even though he didn't really know what the right amount of plants was supposed to be. Like, compared to what?
"So you're a plant..." uh-oh. Is plant-guy right? Plant person? Does saying plant person sound like some kind of mutant with vines for tentacles? "So you're into plants, huh." Nice save, Loren. "I think they want to grow more things so. Maybe that's why."
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"Plant enthusiast is fine." He laughs, turning away from what he's doing to regard the other person for a moment. "If this is the best they can do, I'm deeply sorry for them." Ciro uses his magic to grow another struggling sprout quickly into a blossoming flower, and once it was there, he pulls his fingers out of the soil and dusts them off. "I'm Ciro. What's your name?"
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He clears his throat in a very subtle way, "It's Loren." Leaning forward slightly, he looked over the new flower.
"Is that why you said yes? To help them make more?" If Loren could grow flowers instantly, he'd probably be a plant enthusiast too. "Do you have to do them one at a time?"
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"Loren. I like that." He decides, dusting his hands one more good time before reaching out for a handshake for real this time, but Ciro just ends up grabbing one of the strangers hands into both of his. Part of it is to apologize for the shitty greeting before, and the other part is because he suspects he might be different. He's not reacting the way a normal human might to magic, but Ciro also isn't picking up anything strange from him. All he can say is that Loren doesn't feel like a vampire, wereperson, or fairy.
"I can probably grow a forrest if I really wanted to, but I'd be out of commission for a week after. I said yes because it seemed like the right thing to do, I guess. Also, people like me aren't well liked where I come from." Oh, he's still holding onto Loren's hand. If it's awkward at all Ciro seems oblivious to it for the moment.
I.
Not at all. There's only one choice it could be.