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THE LAST HOMELY HOUSE ※ RIVENDELL ※ LOG 2
THE LAST HOMELY HOUSE
The group is told to take a week of rest in the Last Homely House as the injured and sick among them heal. The Elves promise them that at the end of that week, there will be a great Council, with representatives of several peoples in attendance.
Until then, they can wander the peaceful halls of Rivendell, which are filled with travelers from all over the Wilderlands who are making a rest stop while they travel through the lands of Middle-Earth.
The most notable part of Rivendell is the Hall of Fire, a great feast hall where people can eat, drink, and be merry. This is the great social hall of Rivendell, where the Elves and their visitors share news of lands far beyond, tell stories, or perform music. The music here almost sounds divine, especially when the Elves sing and play, but they're just as eager to hear songs from other lands, so if any of the squad decide to share, they'll be glad to listen.
Some of the hall's guests are a touch more lively than the others, like a party of dwarves staying at Rivendell. Their stories are a mite more adventurous and if you get in their good graces, they might be willing to share some of the beer they brought with them. Listening to their stories or their talk about their craftmanship is a way to get into their good graces.
The Elves love learning, so there are libraries the group is allowed to browse, though they mostly only contain tales of Middle-Earth (for now), though the Elves seem to be collecting what books about other lands they can. These libraries often have viewing stations with telescopes pointing at the sky. The Elves have been almost delighted by the changing skies, enjoying the challenge of trying to understand how the sky has been knitting itself together with the addition of new worlds.
There are also beautiful balconies here, overlooking the gorge and the waters below, and terraced gardens filled with flowers, bushes, and flowering trees. Their rooms are open to the outdoors and have beds that seem grown into the shape of bed-frames instead of carved. The bathrooms actually have running water. The Elves have figured out how to direct the clean running waters of the gorge in primitive indoor plumbing. Water for hot baths has to be heated first in brass cauldrons over coal braziers before getting dumped into the bath.
It's time for the squad to rest, eat, and regroup. If a great Council is going to be called involving them, it might be a good idea to make sure they go into it as a united front, lest decisions about their fate be made for them.
✦ Joint log: Since this camp period won't be particularly long, everything will take place in a joint log. Players can post starters with prompts for others and tag into other players' prompts.
✦ Post in actionspam format. Plots and mod-run events in the game are meant to be in actionspam format to keep a brisk pace.
✦ Cursed Weapons/Powers: So they know about how they'll be treated: those with cursed weapons and dark powers will be tolerated by the Elves after entry. While they'll get the same general treatment, the Elves around them may at times seem uncomfortable. Those with cursed weapons will only be distrusted a little, as the weapons themselves will seem more suspicious than their bearers. Those with dark powers or some kind of dark nature (such as being a vampire, Necromancer mage, werewolf, etc.) will be treated with the greatest distrust.
✦ Fairy Swaps: The Elves may be slightly alarmed by the Brugh fairy swaps but get over it easily. However, if the character swapped in is one of the "dark" characters, the swap might be extra cause for alarm. (A potential prompt idea).
✦ Npcing: There will be two npc threads. The "Random Encounters" thread is for characters to have a totally random encounter with an npc. These npcs will be fellow travelers from lands beyond. While they can't give much information about the group's status as Chosen Ones (that will happen during the Council) they can provide info about events in the Wilderlands beyond that may come to affect the squad in their travels. The "Specific Requests" thread will be for more specific issues your character might want to discuss with the Elves. While they'll push any Chosen Ones discussion off to the Council, they're willing to discuss issues with the characters, like if they have questions about having received magic, about being bound to their weapons, etc. The Rivendell Elves have heard a lot of gossip from all over and can potentially provide info based on things they've heard.
✦ Clothes: The group will not yet be fully equipped for their travels (that will happen upon leaving) but everyone will at least be given new clothes since theirs are dirty and sometimes torn. Characters without appropriate travel footwear will also be given light and sturdy boots that will somehow be in their size without their size being asked. They'll also be given basic toiletries like scissors that can be used to cut hair and beards. There are no razors, however, because the Elves don't need to shave so they don't keep them on hand.
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Pausing again briefly beside the strange woman, they just...settle for crouching as well, wrapping golden arms around their bare knees.]
Are you okay? [A quick sweeping look finds no pointed ears and a body that's proportioned more like the humans than the squat dwarves, but they're still uncertain. New people keep showing up, and they keep losing track of which organics are part of their group and which are locals.] Did you just show up, or do you, like...live here?
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Phos is certainly unique to see, after all; Rei can’t help but stare. Slowly she takes in the hair and the unnatural way light seems to glint off of it, the strange color of their skin (paper than even herself it seems), the gold arms... the words “Not Human?” Flash in her head like a beacon. But they don’t appear threatening, so after a bit Rei looks away again to jot down some quick notes in her notebook. Just observational, factual notes.]
I’ve had better days. [She glances to the side at them again.] I'm not from around here. I’m going to assume you aren’t either? You don’t look like a native. [Just... just sayin’. Maybe a little too bluntly, but it was the truth!]
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Nope. I guess you're one of us, then?
[That should be a comforting thought, right? It is to them. Maybe they're especially weird in this group, but they're all still bound by that same state of being out of place here. And even at their most isolated moments, Phos has always been part of a group. They like thinking they're not entirely alone here.
After a moment, the smile fades again and they lean in a little, peering curiously at her notebook.]
What are you writing?
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[Nothing she can see, anyhow. She taps at her lower lip with her pencil; having only spoken to a couple people and having not really delved into everyone's past lives and all, she can't say for certainty if there is or isn't some kind of connection. But on the surface it doesn't appear so. And it doesn't look like this is any continuation of her curse or anything either...
Her gaze slides sideways when she notices Phos trying to take a peek and her lips purse, but there's nothing written on these pages that she'd care about them seeing, so she turns it towards them. On the page is just listed a few things: That Phos is thin, their hair and eye color, how pale they are, the gold arms. The word 'human' with a question mark. Rei's written that they approached her first and that they seem friendly.]
Notes. I try to write down everything so I can refer to it later. [The notebook seems well-used already, and has little tabs dividing it into four parts: Incidents, Locations, People, Articles.]
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[They don't really have much to contribute on the first subject, unfortunately. They've thought about it, but they're dumb and certainly not likely to come up with any explanations faster than Brainy or anyone.
But the notes are interesting, in a way that's probably maybe a little vain. Well, they do stand out quite a bit. Of course that would be noteworthy. They poke at her notes with a gold finger, specifically the "human?" part.]
Well, I'm definitely not human, so you can fix that.
[They make a face as they say it, and their tone is definitely good-humored, but the combination seems to suggest an implicit "gross" that they're just being nice enough to not say directly.]
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Alright. Then what are you? For accuracy's sake.
[She gives the notebook a little wiggle to indicate she'll be updating it, already scratching out the 'human?' part and awaiting an answer.]