Day 4: Morning

[wizardseason]

Morning: 6:00am - 12:00noon

[ IRL Timeframe: July 3rd - July 10th July 17th, 2019 ]

If any hero was expecting day four to be anything but absolutely bananas, they'd been living in a dream bubble. Fortunately for everyone, they wake up where they fell asleep the previous night. Unfortunately, though, everyone receives a decidely rude awakening at 6:06am.

An earthquake.

No part of the island is safe, everywhere and everything starts shaking and rumbling. Roads split, the train tracks bend, buildings fracture, buildings collapse...

...and bright, glowing blue fissures open up in the ground.

No city is safe from their new feature, but in every single city it's clear that the cracks are coming from a specific source. In Far Haven, the cracks lead west to Craydon. In Bamborough, the cracks lead east to Craydon. In Craydon, though, the cracks lead directly north up the mountain. They gradually narrow the further up the mountain you go, where do they end?

Heroes will, of course, not be able to immediately see this pattern. How are they going to find out about it? Social Media won't be buzzing about it until noon at the earliest!

But that won't be the only thing social media is buzzing about by noon. It looks like Web is nowhere to be found. A concerned local not a stalker reports the missing knight and there's quickly a deep discussion about it. Death? Ran away? Kidnapped? Abducted by aliens? No one knows. There's no body. There's nothing. Where'd Web go?

Fourth Morning Event: All Cities: The Quake.

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The Weather

• Eerily still.
• 64°F / 18°C
• Despite the quake, there's a nice breeze.

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Prompts:

• 6:06am Earthquake, Everywhere: Every town has fallen victim to an earthquake. The damage is unthinkable. Cars aren't moving anymore, roads and paths are obstacle courses, and everything inside has fallen over. It was a big one! Fortunately the citizens are out almost immediately to begin rescue and repair efforts. No matter where the heroes go, there'll be someone to help, something to do, or help to be offered. Do you need saving, or will you be saving others?


• 7:45am Train Station, Far Haven: Social media is going absolutely crazy. There's a MONSTER here! There's a monster in the train station!! Numerous pictures are posted of a Child-shaped monster with ten eyes instead of a face. Today, however, he's wearing a pair of black athletic shorts, some flip-flops, and a T-Shirt that says "I'm with Stupid" on the front and an arrow that trails around to the back of the shirt where it says "You're Stupid". At the train tracks, he's going one rail tie at a time repairing them to get the tracks straightened and fixed again. What's the deal???


• 08:00am International Cabin of Crepes, Bamborough: As if Social Media wasn't buzzing enough about the monster in Far Haven, it explodes again when the Wizard arrives at ICoC for breakfast. Several servers post that she asked for "the family table" and she invited all the knights and the princess to join her. Breakfast. Her treat. Anyone who comes to visit will find her sitting at the head of the biggest table, sipping a mug of coffee.


• 11:00am Mountain Base, Craydon: [Exploration] Several hikers have returned from up the mountain, reporting that they'd found "strange doors" blocking their path. According to the description they gave, it sounds like the doors can only be opened if one, or more, of the heroes make the climb up the mountain. The cracks go up past the doors, but there's an invisible wall all around the area that stops them from ascending any further. Whatever's going on up the mountain will need some heroic intervention to figure out. Good luck, heroes!

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Procedure:

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Comments

[scandeled]

Holy shit. It's probably good he doesn't continue, since the slurp is enough to make her flushed face pale, and she feels herself swallow nothing, against her own free will. She's trying to be the image of acceptance and accommodation, though, and she pushes through.

"I'm...not actually sure? Raw eggs. Sugar. Other baking things?" Her brows furrow- she clearly has not spent any time in a kitchen.

[sustainer]

"Baking is... bread and stuff, right?" he asks, glancing thoughtfully towards the ceiling like baking isn't a regular ass concept for regular ass people.

"Then I don't think I could. The eggs wouldn't make me sick, but all the rest of it..." He trails off, making a so-and-so gesture. He's not really sure what would happen. He ate bread once and it made him feel like there was a stone in his guts for days, so he avoids it if he has the option.

[scandeled]

Matilda hums wistfully as she sips on her coffee, looking thoughtful briefly. She doesn't know much about baking either, but she gives a little nod, giving her hair a girlish twirl with her finger. "Bread and stuff!" She chirps.

"That's one thing we have in common, then! Though it's the antithetical situation for me, I can't have the eggs. Cookie Dough makes us both sick." She seems weirdly pleased to have found common footing with him though, and beams.

[sustainer]

He gives her a confused smile as he realizes how pleased she is. What a strange thing to be happy about, but he'll take it. He snorts softly after a moment, shrugging very slightly.

"There are worse things to have in common, I suppose."

[scandeled]

"Surely." Matilda can't help but keep smiling back-- no, now she's beaming because he's smiling back at her. "Cookie dough, and being stuck in this awful predicament. That's something, isn't it?" She pauses briefly to glower at her milkshake as if it's part of this awful situation.

[sustainer]

He raises an eyebrow slightly, leaning closer as if to see what the milkshake has done to her to get that kind of look.

"Mm," he hums affirmative, staring down into her drink with her. "Not what you were hoping for?"

[scandeled]

Matilda shrugs, before pushing it gently towards Gyre. "I'm not too fond of sweets, but it seems a waste to not drink it. Do you want some? It has sprinkles. And a cherry on top!"

[sustainer]

"I can't," he says immediately, waving a hand to refuse the shake. He cocks his head curiously after that though, letting his gaze shift between her face and her drink and then back again.

"I think she'll get you whatever you want," he says, gesturing loosely towards the wizard.

[scandeled]

Matilda shrugs her shoulders, her eyes flickering to The Wizard as he gestures- before her gaze wanders back to him, a pout transfixed on her face. "Yeah. Probably. It feels like a waste though. And... A Lady always eats what's in front of her." Here she crinkles her nose in a most unladylike fashion and... takes a sip of the milkshake.

And then sits immediately back in her seat, pouting more.

[sustainer]

What a baffling statement. He watches her with a sudden intensity like he's examining a completely different species, following her motions as she forces herself to pick the drink up, take a sip and then sit back with that grumpy expression. What had she said? A lady always eats what's in front of her...?

"Why?"