aterat | Pulse 003

Who; Everyone
What; Monthly Pulse!
Where; Throughout the City and Beyond!
When; Throughout September
Warnings; None as of yet, will warn if this changes.

As Summer Fades

The winds from the sea and from the north are chilly as the month changes and life in the city seems to fade back into a sense of normalcy from the celebration last month. The sun is setting earlier in the day and rising later, signs that the summer months are coming to an end and autumn is approaching. Milder temperatures aren't the only suggestions that things are changing in the city. Beginning with the new month and growing in intensity as the month progresses, those sensitive to magic, psychic imprints, or the dead will have a growing sense of foreboding. If observed, the barrier encircling the cemetery, once a nearly imperceptible sheen in the fading light of dusk, wavers like heat off hot stone, and if observed for long enough, it happens in a pattern, as though the wavers have a rhythm. Will the barrier keeping the undead at bay in the cemetery hold?

A Pulse of Business Opportunities

With proof the new arrivals from other worlds are here to stay, several places around town have opened their doors, and their employment opportunities, to all the newcomers. The Guard are hiring patrolmen to help keep the city streets safe. Patrols will be regular and will include keeping the peace in nearly ever quarter of the city. Craftsmen are needed at the Carpentry as rebuilding amps up. A huntsman's lodge has even appeared at the edge of the southern forest, with a working tavern and a room full of gossip.

Another notable addition is the Notice Board that has appeared outside the Market District Pub. It seems to be a place where anyone, natives and foreign arrivals alike, can use this as a place to solicit aid in whatever endeavor they may have at the time. There's a bounty there from the Guard, and also advertisements for local businesses as well as a few choice criticisms on various things in the city, posted by "concerned citizens" (you're free to use your imagination for this graffiti).

Aside from the above mentions, the City and its Environs offers a lot of fodder for exploration and play, and all players are welcome to devise their own encounters and locations as well. In fact, if you want to make them official, you can always submit them to the Content Submission!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

He'd felt it, yes, but he'd also seen it. The flashes of light from the barrier weren't easy to miss.

"It seems Athony's barrier isn't infallible."

"It isn't." She had Athony's promise to give her the key to the door in the sewer but Yuna didn't really have a plan. She missed Riku and Paine and the rest of the Gullwings. She'd feel better if she had her friends at her side.

"There is a way inside, down in the sewers. I'm going to open the door but there is no guarantee that the barrier will continue to hold, even if I lock the door behind me."

He leveled his gaze on her for a while, eyes slightly narrowed. There was a confidence in her voice he didn't feel belonged there, but that was more for a lack of knowledge of her than anything else.

"What makes you think you can handle whatever's in there?"

"Because I have experience with the dead." She looked back at Vincent and for the first time, there was a dark painful shadow glimmering beneath her mismatched eyes. "I was a summoner. It was my duty to guide the dead. Through my journey, I learned that it wasn't that simple. Those who have the will for it can stay and even use the spirits of the dead to gather power. I've fought people like this before and I can do it again."

It was different but the differences were minimal; at least from what Yuna has learned.

"So do I." Memory was powerful, indeed, and the monsters spawned from it were fearsome. "They don't go down easily."

"They don't but I won't be alone." She looked back at Vincent and smiled. "I hope I can call on your help too. When we're ready." When she opens the door.

Pulse 003

Cemetery

Cemetery

Cemetery

Cemetery

Cemetery

Cemetery