WELCOME TO NOTT!

[abraxasmods]

WELCOME TO NOTT!

Welcome to Nott! A blend of old world Thorne and new world industrialism, densely packed wooden buildings surround a section of ancient stone architecture at the lake’s edge. The city rises up against the horizon and is easily seen from a distance, lacking any farmland or outposts around it to distract the eye.

The city gates are wide open. Whatever may be happening back at the Thornean capitol, there’s no obvious hint of it here. Busy citizens are going about their day, guards in local uniform patrol the streets with little urgency, and no alarm bells or horns are sounding. It appears,at least on the surface, as though no one is concerned about escaped prisoners here.

But it certainly is a bustling place! Sounds and smells assault the senses right from the gate. The streets are filled with vendors and panhandlers and criers shouting out deals and directions and soliciting money, hawking food and services and shops. There seems to be a tavern or a public house on almost every corner. A cool wind comes off the lake and the scent of the fish market carries through the city. People are everywhere and no one seems to notice or care that much about strangers - aside from wanting their coin.

It’s the perfect place to hide out from Thorne while staying within Thorne’s borders.

Within a few hours of arrival a city guard will approach each escapee from Thorne - regardless of what their standing was back at the castle - to politely inform them that Lord of Representatives Lyle Vela would be happy to receive them at the House of the Lords at any time today. Each character will be given a handwritten invitation marked with an official seal that gives directions to the House of the Lords, a sprawling Old Nott building on the lake that overlooks the city. The invitation is of course optional and there are no repercussions for declining.

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[princessvegas]

[ She approaches silently, respectfully, and sits on a driftwood log that's close enough to converse without getting her dress soaked. It's not like she has a massive wardrobe to go change into. Watching the waves, she chews the inside of her cheek for a moment, head bowing in thanks for the compliment. ]

I never knew there was anywhere else out there. What happens when the world dies? I thought I knew, thought Trips was the end, but then you saved us.

[ Y'know, before the whole "nuclear explosion" thing. ]

[hardcase]

When the world dies, you die with it or you find another, my dear. [ Most people, for lack of options, end up with the first one. People who can travel between worlds are few and far between, and the ones who can choose to do so are fewer still. ]

But it takes a long, long time for a world to truly die. There'll always be a couple maggots writhing on the corpse until it's picked clean.

[ He means everyone in Boulder because fuck them for ruining his city, they can have their miserable little ball of plague-ridden dirt for all he cares. ]

[princessvegas]

What was your world like? [ She pauses for a moment, then hastily adds on, in case he thinks she's being rude. ] I mean, you don't have to tell me if you don't think I should know.

[ She digs her toes into the sand and chews the inside of her lip, nodding. Frankly, it was more than just the people in Boulder. Is more than just them, and she knows that he knows that, but it makes her stomach turn angrily all the same. ]

And what about this world? Who do you see being left?

[hardcase]

Shit, for the most part. I don't s'pose you've met a man named Roland Deschain, have you?

[ It's easier to explain his own world if he can point to Roland and say 'that fucker lives there'. ]

This world? Maybe no one. They're toying with some nasty shit, I can tell you that. [ The Singularity, he means. Maybe it's the Tower, maybe it isn't, either way Flagg intends to either take it for himself or see what happens when it gets knocked over. ] But there are other worlds than this for us, if that happens.

[princessvegas]

[ She shakes her head a little -- she's never met anyone named Roland. Honestly, she's kind of surprised that anyone Flagg knows from the before times is here. Or maybe she's just surprised at the idea that there might be anyone else like him out there. If they're both from the same world, does that mean they have similar powers? It seems like a reasonable conclusion to her.

She doesn't ask. ]

Do you know what it is, then? The Singularity?