INTRO LOG #2

[abraxasmods]

Intro Log #2

It has been two months now since the initial group of summonings first took place. Castle Thorne, or at least the part above ground, is buzzing with a vibrant air of hope following the 'success' at the Singularity. Eager smiles and excited chattering are to be found in nearly every corner of the castle and surrounding town. The honored guests may find grateful looks turned their way more often than not. A new and brighter day seems to be dawning on the kingdom.

In the dungeons it's a different story entirely. The mood is somber and uneasy. The prisoner taken for trial has yet to return, and no word has come regarding her or her fate. There has been no mention of any further trials as of yet and guards seem to have little patience for unruly behavior or even conversation. Some seem to not even look at or acknowledge the prisoners at all.

[ Feel free to continue threads from the TDM here or start your own! As cell and room assignments will be short-lived due to this month's event, you're free to assume whichever cellmates and roommates you like instead of officially signing up as long as there are ICly no more than four people in a cell or room at once. ]

Comments

wandering

[rehandle]

[ Stephen's a not-infrequent visitor to the dungeons himself. It's not every day, maybe one in three, but there's an execution on the horizon and cells full of people held under the earth for the apparent crime of being unideal candidates and he has no intention of acting as though any of that's gone away.

It's how he recognises the newcomer stepping out into the courtyard in search of somewhere quiet to train just as Stephen sends a heavy blast of air sheeting toward the adjacent wall. He cuts the spell dead before dust and leaves and lifted-up bits of the daily debris of castle life can get in the almost-stranger's eyes, holding one hand up in apology as the shifting, glowing mandala wrapped around his other wrist fades then disappears entirely. ]

Sorry. I didn't hear you coming.

[abyssions]

I'll take that as a compliment.

[He says it flatly, though he doesn't seem terribly offended. Yuri's been keeping track of who his fellow prison visitors are, although this is the first of Stephen's magic he's seeing. No blastia, at least that he can spot, anyway, which seems to be the rule rather than the exception here.

Maybe someday he'll ask how that works, try to figure out a way it could help Estelle. Too bad there's that whole kidnapping and imprisonment thing to deal with first.]

It's like everyone's always using magic here. I'm starting to feel left out.