meadowlark | @quentin.coldwater, text

Hi everyone. So with potential talk about traveling more, we might want to consider whether it will be worthwhile to create more gates with the places we go to. In order to do that we need relics. We do currently have enough (gates need four) to jump around, I know several of us have them, but it is possible that there are more in the ruins that people didn't pick up when we opened the first gates. It's sort of a 'the more the merrier' in case of emergency with them.

Info: the relics started out seeming normal and then a few days later glowing. They glow when a Displaced holds them, so we will eventually figure out which ones work. Any of us can hold them, it's not like they bind themselves to one of us. The relics were able to help during the monster attack by keeping the mind control/monster turning from happening. So they're helpful outside of the gates, but the gates are the main purpose.

Anyway, I was thinking of going on a quick expedition back to the four locations of the ruins and searching to see if there are more relics we can scoop up. If there are people here who want to come see them for the first time and see if a relic reacts to them, they're welcome to. I'm not sure if there's a one-relic one-person rule, I know that I picked up a bunch of relics and only one of them worked, so take that with a grain of salt. I was thinking maybe in a few days? So people can think about it and our newcomers to be a part of it if they want. We can start with Mt. Everest and then go over to New Oslo, New Cairo, and New Rio de Janeiro.

PS (I know I know shut up Q): Those of us who already have relics might want to make sure it is known to close friends that if they are sent back, their relic should be brought to Red Wings so they may be used by us in the future! I inherited my extra ones that way. I am also happy to show people how to use the gates themselves during this and how to close them. Okay I'm stopping now! Sound out in the comments.

Edited to add: I'm going to scout first to see if the yellow-eyed creatures are down there, because I don't want to put anyone at risk. I'll update if it seems questionable.

[ooc: relevant links! The journey to the four locations, the aftermath log, the ooc aftermath, and plot engagement comment!]

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It should probably be okay, they're sometimes really hands-off. Have you gone ruins wandering before? Tomb raiding?

Yes, and yes. There were animals - or monsters - there. I can handle myself.

Perfect, then you'll be ready for it. They're super cool places I'm NEGL. I could spend hours just chilling there looking around each.

I look forward to it.

Thanks for opening the invitation.

No problem. It's good for new people to kind of see the extent of our weirdness here in person. The gates can only be opened by us and the relics in the ruins are only us too. Welcome to another chapter of being a Displaced is weird.

Like we're the chosen ones or some shit.

I've been talking Chosen One narratives and tropes for like six months now and no one gets it.

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This place practically screams them.

IKR. I feel like we've all had our hero's journeys arcs started just be showing up here. And then there's a lot of refusal of the calls happening.

Your overall post did make me think you were a nerd, but it's definitely confirmed now.

I guess there's plenty of supernatural aid happening whether we refuse or not.

Ha yeah I am legit king of the nerds. As in I'm a king and also a mega nerd so put the two together and bam.

We are the supernatural aid too sometimes. It kind of sucks that it's our stories though and I feel like the people here end up being props. It's their world it should be more of their story. But, you know, no one chooses to be a protag.

Yeah, well, I'd rather have stayed home with the people and cat I care about, so it seems like none of us get what we want.

I can't go home so I'm trying to make the most of what I have here, but I really do hope everyone who wants to go home gets to. Sometimes they do. People just disappear sometimes.

Why can't you go home?

And what makes you think they don't just die when they disappear?

Because I'm dead back home.

No idea. But some people have left and come back and they remember going home.

If you're dead back home, how are you alive here?

That's a very good question. From what I can tell, people are like ... plucked out of the timeline as they die. So I wasn't dead yet, but when I go back I will be. Which is fine, I died for a good reason, I can't reverse it.

Sounds complicated.

For those of us who aren't dead, you think there's a chance we can be returned to when we were?

Yeah I think people probably are going back to where they were plucked out of the timeline. People have disappeared, gone back home, and then come back here, and they remember going back.

Huh. Thought I had to resign myself to everyone I know being dead.

They're not dead, they still exist in your world doing whatever they were doing before. And maybe you'll be one of the lucky people who do want to go back who get to. But for now it's better to try to exist here until then.

Yeah, I know I'm here now. Going on adventures and everything.

Very cool adventures. You'll see. Normally I'd be like it's okay! Everything will be fine! But like lol that would be a fucking lie considering what you've seen going on. But we do keep moving and keep surviving.

No such thing as a happy ever after. I'm not here to listen to lies.

I'm with you on that. I never believed in them. I mean, I'm an optimist on good days, but that's just in denial.

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