CROSSROADS ※ 1: DISCUSSION POST [mod event] [video] [open]

[konman]

Okay, so those bird dudes weren't lying about the different paths. I found the crossroads they're talking about.

[Kon really shouldn't be tromping around alone like this so much but he's used to being nigh on invincible. It's going to take a while for him to get used to the idea that he's not.]

[The road was all overgrown but there is a road through the woods - and it leads here, to a place where the line of the forest breaks into wide fields of golden grasses. Kon sets up his mirror to expand to its largest side and leaves it to float. There's a crossroads here with a battered wooden sign. The wood is so faded and weathered that words can no longer be read on it.]

[The path splits off into three paths. Down the left-most path, the unlabeled path leads down a dark and dreary road towards some hills. One hill can be seen all the way in the distance, standing out above the others. Rising a thousand feet above the rest of the land around it, it's covered in battered ruins that offer at least some shelter from the elements and cover from potential enemies.]

[Down the center path, the path clearly leads to a sinister-looking wild forest, a dark and dreary wood that seems filled with endless shadows. The path disappears into the woods and the tangled branches make it impossible to see into the forest's depths, especially at this distance.]

[Down the right-most path, there's candy. No joke. Dirt and normal plants start to give way to cobblestones made of hard candy and sugar-spun delicate trees. Gummdrops line the side of the road. The other two paths are grim, with even the hilly path dim from cloudy skies, but this path seems to have clear skies and constant sun.]

[Kon stands in front of the mirror, so that the paths are behind him.]

So our choices are: the Land of the Hill Trolls, Mirkwood, and Candyland.

[He narrows his eyes.]

I don't trust Candyland. [He gestures vaguely at it.] The other two roads have the good graces to be creepy from the get-go, but that looks deceptively nice. It's trying way too hard to be cheerful and sunshine-ey.

[ooc: See the OOC Post here.]

Comments

[suckitblue]

I'm with you on this one. At least we can kind of see what's up there.

...Mostly I just really don't want to go in that forest.

[shyhara]

It's not a bad reason to lean towards the hills. We can't really tell anything about the other paths beyond just the beginnings.

[greyerrant]

Fear is nothing to be ashamed of. I don't blame you. Candy land is unsettling as an idea.

[cleansingstrike]

This... Candyland. I've not seen such foodstuffs before.

I would think it disorienting on sight alone.

[There's so many colors.]

[greyerrant]

They are unusual to me as well. I'm used to eating a lot of grey paste, honestly.

[cleansingstrike]

Out of choice or out of necessity?

[greyerrant]

Necessity. The Legiones Astartes were often fed in the field, and we only saw anything other than combat rations during a victory celebration, or the like.

How about you?

[cleansingstrike]

Our numbers were kept adequately fed. We were fortunate enough to not be left wanting for food and income.

[greyerrant]

You were of a knightly order, I think?

[ He smiles a bit at the prospect. ]

It is good to see that you were treated well. I wonder if we'll be so lucky here...

[cleansingstrike]

Memory serves you well. It was necessity and duty that saw me travel beyond.

Though let us not rely on luck, and instead on our backs and our own two hands.

[greyerrant]

Indeed. We'll probably have to hunt and forage in the hills, and I'm not confident about how effectively we can manage that without a bow to be seen amongst our group.

[cleansingstrike]

My skill lies in the sword, and I though am no hunter, I am not wholly unfamiliar with a bow.

[greyerrant]

Perhaps we should start building traps out of twine and wood, then.

[cleansingstrike]

We've little to lose.

[greyerrant]

And much to gain, should we catch anything.

Even I am starting to feel a bit thin.