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2020 June Summer Solstice Plot - Catch All!

Who: Anyone and everyone in Trames - Please use this as a catach all for all your Summer Solstice Plot fun!
What: Exploring a whole knew world
When: Anytime between June 20 - July 4
Where: Around Krajina Božstiev
Rating/Warnings: Please add warnings to your top-levels/threads as needed

The streets of Krajina Božstiev are dusty and crowded. So many people on their way to live their lives. Markets, taverns, the Temple, the Palace. What do you look at first? What do you buy? Where to do you find yourself exploring?

Take a moment to appreciate the shine of the Temple. The beauty of the Palace gardens. The quiet serenity of the Library. The simplistic, but filling food in the taverns. Or the peaceful quaintness of the hills. A new world has opened up and somehow it all just seems simpler over here. People seem happy (mostly) in this existence.

Maybe...

Watch out for the occasional person going into a rage on the other side of the street or tavern. That can't mean anything...

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Market

There was no way Wei Wuxian was not going through those portals the minute they opened up. He should be more cautious but that has never been how he rolls. This is the kind of stuff sci-fi movies are made out of and he can't wait to check it out.

Ending up in the market, he luckily has his backpack with him with several items worthy of bartering for. He managed to trade for one of the eggs that have rocks in them. His first being a pretty pink stone. He looks forward to getting a few more. There is something oddly familiar about this hustle and bustle of a marketplace but he doesn't quite know why since he's never seen anything like this before.

He stops and looks at another booth, admiring the different items at it.

Taverns

Wei Wuxian is definitely going to check out the drinks and taste the local cuisine. Everything here is so different from NYC and yet he feels just as at home here as he does there. Of course if his dreams are any indication these kind of old time places are closer to what his past life used to live in.

He orders a drink and settles in to enjoy a meal.

Palace Gardens

Meandering through the gardens, he wonders just what this stone festival is going to be like that everyone keeps talking about. The gardens are pretty and relaxing, which is almost exactly what he needs ever since having that second memory. He knows he could easily have a third one any day now and so he's ready for a literal change of scenery.

"I don't see why that guy is so worked up about us coming here."

"Likely he has it in his head that he's...some sort of father figure, watching out for us all. As if we're not adults who can handle ourselves--most of us, anyway."

There are a few people who might not manage, but they're few and far between, anyway.

"That or he's expecting the worst--what that is, obviously, he has not deigned to share with the rest of us." And if that didn't stick in Yotsuyu's craw, it was hard to say what else did. The city itself seemed far more tranquil than New York, and the gardens that much more so.

"We would be more willing to listen to him if he actually gave us some straight answers. The way he is now..I'd rather brush him off and ignore him." Or do the exact opposite of what he wants which is what they are all currently doing.

He holds out his arms to indicate the garden, "I really don't see anything going wrong right now. And if it does..Well..maybe that is why we are here. To figure it out and help the people."

"An interesting take! And one I do not necessarily disagree with, actually. I like the thought. Perhaps a mystery of some sort? I haven't spoken much to others here, yet, but I did speak to that very dashing priest at the temple..."

But even Neved had been kind of strange, and Yotsuyu's brow furrowed at that. Well, likely she'd see the man again--she didn't have a very fitting donation, so that was going to be her first order of business once she went back to New York.

"He was a bit odd at the end there." She sniffs at that. "A pity. He asked for a donation, but it isn't as if I came with funds they'd accept, here."

"A donation? The people here seem to like the stuff from our world. Maybe they would like some junk food."

He hasn't been to the temple yet but hearing there is a dashing priest certainly gets him interested. "Dashing hm? Maybe I'll have to check him..I mean..check it out." He smiles playfully and scoots over to smell one of the flower bushes.

"I've not gotten information from anyone. I just keep ending up with the pretty stones."

"I'm not certain the temple needs junk food, but I'm not certain of the religious rituals here, either. Or much at all; I've never been terribly enamored of the trappings." Nor was she likely to stay for a service, either.

But she can't help but laugh, then, and nod to the young man. Yotsuyu grinned. "Oh, he alone is worth the price of admission, so to speak, but--" She paused a moment, looking a mite lost, and then continued. "I suppose I like them a bit scruffy."

And then she nodded. "Yes, I have one as well, but it seemed gauche to offer that as a donation, when it's clearly part of the celebration! They seem to like tapestries and fabrics as well, I was thinking of something like that."

"Hmm..." He taps his lips with his finger as he thinks. "Something a priest would like...I'm afraid I don't know much about church or temple or anything of the sort either. Maybe some sort of religious books from our world?"

He shrugs, "Anyone got the holy grail laying around?"

"Fabrics..What was he dressed in? Maybe there is a similar style of clothing you could get him from our world."

It was a strange world indeed. Up until now, he believes things like portals that functions as a doorway to another universe exist in the imagination of science fiction. He gathers as much information he could from the library and then explore to investigate, going on sight-seeing of this strange place that seem to exist on another time.

With a camera, he took pictures of this kingdom. To keep a memento as well as proof that it's real. When he ends up on the lower palace grounds and it's gardens, he takes pictures of the flowers and trees as he explores around.

He's about to take a picture of a flower when that guy, whom he recognized from the nightclub that he met weeks before stood in the way of the flower, and he lowers his camera.

"Oh, it's you. Hello. You're here as well?"

He looks over and it takes him a moment but then he remembers him from the club. Wei Wuxian has a pretty good memory when it comes to certain things and he tries to always remember the people from the club because that is what makes him a popular host. This was the guy who had the crush on one of the girls. Or at least, Wei Wuxian still believes that is the case and the guy is just shy.

"Ah..So you're one of us as well. Small world!" He smiles at the other man. He has met a lot of the other different, but he knows that more keep popping up and that it is quite likely he will never know all of them. Though it is still surprising to find he had encountered another at the club.

"What do you think of all this..portal stuff?" Wei Wuxian was happy to jump right in and see a new place. He isn't afraid of things he can't explain even if his has issues with his own memories.

"Hm? Yes this is a small world and I'm also a Different. I went to the support meeting this month when I had my first vision."

Mildly, "Portals? It's a doorway to other worlds. I'm taking pictures and study the culture of this place. And yourself? Did you collect the stones?"

"Ah yeah..those support groups are not really my scene." He doesn't like them. He doesn't like being in the same room as the suits that he doesn't trust. He's been to one support group and maybe he will attend another in the future but he far prefers to pretend they don't exist.

He laughs at the idea of the stones. "Yeah..every time I talk to someone they give me a stone. I feel like a small child they want to give something shiny too."

He doesn't mind. He's making it into a game now. He wants to collect all the stones.

"Mn. I discovered the dreams may be linked to a past life, but I wouldn't know."

With a polite nod. "Do you like them? I think the stones has a magical power. It might lead to something in this city. For now, I collected a handful of them. It's mysterious."

Seeking a bench, he takes a seat to rest his feet and takes out not one, but two water bottles from his messenger bag. He offers a water bottle for him. "Water? For you."

"Thanks." He takes the water bottle and opens it as he sits down on the bench. He takes a long drink before answering about the stones.

"They aren't usually something I would care about, but now that I have them and since they came out of eggs..I'm rather invested in them. I'll set them up in my apartment somehow as a reminder of this place. I figure eventually these portals or whatever they are..will close and we won't get to come back."

It's warm on the palace grounds, so he takes a break to rest, drinking his water, and puts his camera away.

"You're probably right. The portals aren't an everyday thing, that's for sure. I was wary at first, but it turns out it works. I'm not sure if we're on the same planet or different alien world even though the people here looks like us. Do You have the stones too? I can show you mine. I got different stones that I collected from the eggs too."

He digs out and shows him the stones he collects on the palm of his hand. "I identified a few. My favorite one is the snowflake obsidian, a black stone. Rose quartz is second."

"I don't know how many different kinds there are, but i have seven different ones now." He has started to carry a small backpack with him to keep them in. Originally he just kept hem in his pockets but when he started to get so many it didn't work out to keep holding onto them like that.

He takes the bag off his shoulder and opens up the front zipper to reveal all the different ones inside. "I got a couple duplicate ones so I must almost have all of them. I like the snowflake one too and the amethyst."

he wishes there was a red one though..the pink it nice but it needs to be deeper.

He peers over to see how many he has collected, which is quite a lot of stones already. Lan Wangji has a red stone, or close to red, it's agate, a stone of happiness.

"Do you have any idea about how the stones are connected? I think they're magical and it's connected to the deities and priest of this place. I haven't spoken to the priests, however. I lost my chance when I spend my time in the market and among the people to learn their culture."

Wei Wuxian shrugs and sets his bag back down. He doesn't really have any interest in the actual reasoning behind the place. At first he had found it interesting to try and gain some knowledge, but when people were so unwilling to tell him anything he gave up and just focused on the stones. He isn't one to try and go to a library or a temple for fun.

"I'm more interested in enjoying the place versus finding out more about it. What's the point in learning anything when it might just disappear tomorrow? Seems a shame to spend all that time especially if all of this is just some..figment of our collected imagination."

It's possible that considering the only ones who see it are the Different, that this is just some big hallucination that the suits over them have figured out how to create. He figures that might be more farfetched then a portal to another world but he can't help but consider it.

Lan Wangji's interests are more scholarly at most. But then he's used to studying research, writing essays and paper basing on clinical analysis, and even give presentations.

He considers it too. As far he can tell, this gentleman sitting beside him is laid-back and doesn't think much about the bigger details.

Pushing his glasses up, getting philosophical, "I think this place is very real. But existing on another plane of existence. I think it's worth studying because who knows? I think all the data I collected, it can be useful for learning later. I mean, everything in this Universe is connected, and this place is maybe one of the several keys to a bigger mystery."

"It might not do any good to document it. It's possible that once they figure out how, the Bureau will just erase our memories of it and make it seem like it never happened. I don't trust that those guys don't have some shifty magic up their sleeves."

Wei Wuxian would have enjoyed just coming to the world and relaxing but he has a feeling it's deeper then that. They are there for a reason. And he hates to think that this might be some sort of test for them.

On the other hand, he's more curious and wanted to learn everything. He even though of asking what is the world is like if one takes a vehicle to explore outside of the city, but then he's afraid of getting lost and won't be able to return back home.

At that, he is surprised to learn of this answer. "Really? The Bureau can erase memories? How did you know?"

"Honestly I don't know..I'm just guessing that they might be able to. But who knows. Maybe they are are powerless and just trying to harness whatever abilities we gain from our previous lives. Whatever it is..they are up to no good."

If they would just give some actual answers for once maybe he could learn to trust them.

"Oh. I see. You're guessing. Well, I don't know either. But we did talk about past lives in the support group. I'm a professor or going to be a teacher soon, so maybe this past life is a theory. It could have been a vivid imagination."

At the mention of past lives, he took a good closer look at him for the first time. While it's just one memory, a brief vision, his face does look familiar like the man in his dream...but it could be imagination. So not thinking about it.

"Anyway, now that you mention it. I'll keep on the lookout...especially them."

"Trust no one and all that. Well..I feel like we can all trust each other. So just don't trust the bureau."

He finishes off the water and taps the bottle against his knee.

"I wonder if this is just the beginning. If there will be any other worlds opening up...or if this world is based on someone's memories."

"Mn." With a nod, he packs his stones and drinks his water slowly.

"Someone else memories...? This place looks too complex to be a dream or be someone else memories. More research is required. Perhaps there are other worlds, I believe that to be so."

"I mean..maybe there is a different out there that used to live in this place before they were reborn. Which could mean that any of our previous lives could be opened up at some point."

Not that he wants to see the world in his memories. IT looks like nothing but death and fighting so far.

2020 June Summer Solstice Plot - Catch All!

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Day five (after collecting a handful of stones)

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