Fernweh

WHO: Daenerys and Ubbe
WHEN: June
WHAT: Sailing!
WHERE: Ubbe's ship
WARNINGS: Nothing so far, but will update

Silver hair whipped at her back, a tangled mess, slightly damp from the sea spray. Her face was upturned towards the sky, her eyes shut as she let the sensation of every wave and every bump of water roll over her. She could imagine herself back in Essos, perhaps living the life she always imagined. Having run from her duties, becoming a sailor, working for her pay and earning callouses on her hand.

The image of this place wasn't disappointing. For one thing, her companion was more trustworthy than Daario and far more considerate than she imagined. He let her help, patiently teaching her how to tie the riggings and manning the sails. She wasn't an idle passenger, but his crew, something that gave her a great deal of pride.

The view of the vast horizon was overwhelming, making her feel so small in this world. But where there had been blue skies before, now there were large clouds looming over them, dark and foreboding. She could see flashes of lightning, buried deep within the clouds.

"It seems there is a storm coming soon." She called over to Ubbe.

WHO: Wen Kexing
WHEN: June
WHAT: Intro things, exploring, that kind of thing!
WHERE: Gazin and probably the surrounding areas
WARNINGS: Anything with Zishu will probably end up either fighting or smut because that's how they roll!


Market:

Walking down the path into Gazin, being introduced to a whole new language...interesting! He only has eyes for one person though on his travels, listening for word of his A-Xu. It's a little warm for his comfort, and he wonders if everything will only backfire. The fan he always carries is open and gently wafting up at his face, free arm tucked at his back as he walks without any sense of hurry. Any who see past the fan will find a young face, contrasting the long white hair, and a slight smirk as if everything amuses him. And, well. It does. All these people! A city!

It's been a while. He doesn't sample anything, only looks as that fan moves gently, tirelessly. If stopped, he'll even smile! But otherwise, listening is just as informative. What cultures are here...


Various shops in Gazin:

Time can slip away, as he knows. Each shop he comes across will get paid a visit, especially the apothecary and Inn. The former to put out feelers for what might do him and Zishu good, a method of healing that even Ye Baiyi's technique and their experimentation in the aftermath wouldn't complete. Oh, it's enough. Was enough where they're from. But Gazin isn't there, and finding a proper place cold enough is a challenge - inconvenient.

Who knows what can be found here? He chats up the workers in each place, charming and cheerful with silly anecdotes and lines from stories that he feels appropriate (even if others might not understand it). And the Inn has him check out the rooms, wondering which will work best.


Vasari

He would be remiss not to check out the local spooky forest, though he has at least borrowed a horse for the trip - just in case he needs a quick escape. And he has the money for it, so why not?

WHO: Cassandra de Rolo (ofwovenstone) and YOU
WHEN: The last half of May + the beginning of June
WHAT: Cassandra is making a real estate purchase and celebrating having a home for the first time in... a while. And running into some bandits.
WHERE: All over Gazin and out closer to the coast.
WARNINGS: None, probably
NOTES: Feel free to find her anywhere mentioned in the log. Including the tavern post-bandit encounter. Or wildcard it and choose your own adventure!

( I feel a change coming on )

WHO: Lyanna Stark (ylgr) and YOU
WHEN: Last half of May
WHAT: Lyanna has found Winterfell 2.0 and is decorating and settling in
WHERE: All over Gazin and at Winterfell 2.0
WARNINGS: None, probably
NOTES: Feel free to find her wandering anywhere in the market or in Gazin proper, at the tavern. Or wildcard it and choose your own adventure!

( It seems like I'm stuck here between what I know and what I cannot know now )

WHO: Finnick Odair + Bucky Barnes / Finnick Odair + Daenerys Targaryen
WHEN: May
WHAT: Catching up with some acquaintances
WHERE: The inn and the road into town.
WARNINGS: Probable trauma/ptsd related trigger-happy twitchiness all around.


The Inn - Bucky

Finnick owes the fact that he got by in those first few days in the wilderness to a small number of people he met. He also knows that Annie owes something to the people she'd met when she'd arrived, too, and the two of them had one benefactor in common: Bucky, who'd lent Finnick a knife and given him supplies and gold, and bought Annie food and boots. The man had said that he'd wanted to help out someone who reminded him of himself, and that was intriguing enough to stick in Finnick's mind and make him want to know what had prompted it.

Finnick thinks he knows what Bucky had meant. To Finnick, it was the traits he'd recognize in a fellow victor. A wariness, a mistrust of the world around them and the way they looked for danger in every situation, no matter how seemingly mundane. The arena never really left the victors, but it seems that isn't as unique to victors as Finnick had once thought.

So he's been keeping an eye out for the other man at the inn, and on the evening when he sees him there, Finnick wanders across to the other man's table.

"Hey."

He looks a very different man to the wild-eyed survivor of the arena Bucky had first met: his clothes fit, his visible wounds are healed save for the unevenness in his skin tone on his face left by the chemical burns where the scars haven't yet faded. Perhaps the biggest change though is his demeanour: friendly, approachable, the sort of charismatic Finnick long ago learned to be for the world around him.

"Thought I'd give you this back," he says, offering up the knife Bucky had lent him, hilt-first.



On the Way into Gazin - Daenerys

Finnick and Annie have been starting to develop a plan.  Between them, they're working on being able to fish enough to earn enough money to hire a boat. Finnick's lived off his fame and his winnings all his adult life, but here neither of those seems to mean anything, and Finnick and Annie are going to need to make some money. What she earned from selling her jewelry and what Bucky gave Finnick isn't going to last forever.

But he's been working on developing a trading relationship with one of the fishmongers, and when they can hire a boat, they should be able to really support themselves, in the way that Finnick's never had to do before.

He's been spending a lot of time at the river, installing and refining fish traps and working out the best fishing spots along the river.

Today, he's on his way back to the village with a broken trap in one hand; it looks like a long, bulbous basket that's been smashed on one end. Annoying, because it let the fish out, but possibly useful to help them build better traps.

As he's approaching Gazin, he sees a familiar figure ahead of him: a slight woman with hair so blonde it's almost white. He remembers her, and her name. So he smiles as he gets closer.

"Hello, Daenerys."

WHO: Xue Yang and open!
WHEN: Throughout May
WHAT: Shenanigans! Various things!
WHERE: Gazin and possibly elsewhere
WARNINGS: Any warnings will be added to specific threads as needed, with the exception of the hot springs thread(s), which will involve nudity.

( Prompts Within )

WHO: Merlan, open

WHEN: April 20th-30th

WHAT: Merlan being Merlan, selling stuff and getting into skirmishes

WHERE: Around Gazin, The Forge

WARNINGS: Swearing, violence, gross wounds?
 

( Read more... )

WHO: Ubbe, open
WHEN: April 20th-30th
WHAT: Final week before sail
WHERE: Around Gazin
WARNINGS: Will update if needed

Ubbe has decided to spend his last week in town so that he can chart his course with the maps he's been loaned by a local fisherman who has endeared himself to the Viking and offered his experiences with the ocean that he's about to sail. Normally, navigating was done on the water; the journey never planned because that was not how they did things in his world. His father never did it. Nor did Bjorn. All that was ever taken was enough food and water for the journey and sunstone to find their way.

But times have changed and like mapping a journey on land, sailors can map their travels by boat.

He takes a few days to simply do as he pleases, to visit the market and chat with some of the townsmen he's befriended and gather a few remaining things before setting off with Daenerys, who seems equally excited to get moving.

And on the eve of them departing, at the Inn, he buys a round for everyone and sets up a table, paying the bartender and cook handsomely to provide food and drink. This was going to be the first of many voyages and he planned to celebrate!

WHO: Steve Rogers; OTA
WHEN: April 20th-30th
WHAT: Trying to keep busy
WHERE: Around Gazin
WARNINGS: Will update

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He's been struggling the last few weeks, trying to figure out a way he can be useful beyond helping all the older folks around town with their routines and lives. Steve wanted a little peace, but it turns out that too much of a little thing can eventually be too much.

On days where he's feeling a bit down, one can find him jogging up and down the dirt roads. Sitting at one of the few watering holes around the area and then at the homestead where he's worked his way to owning a section of land with an old run-down hunter's cabin that needs some work by a lake that he felt his best friend would appreciate.

But on the other days when Steve is feeling good, he's in Gazin, gathering up supplies and food and spending his nights at the Inn after the sun goes down and working is more of a challenge. The weather finally was turning warmer during the days but with being so close to the mountains, the nights were still chilly.

WHO: Xiao Xingchen and Open to All
WHEN: Throughout April
WHAT: Meditation, Shopping, Hunting/Sword Practice
WHERE: Gazin
WARNINGS: None
NOTES: Written in prose but happy to switch to action for tags

( A Spring Day )

WHO: Sam Winchester + OPEN
WHEN: Throughout April
WHAT: Exercising. buying supplies and just generally thinking about stuff
WHERE: Gazin
WARNINGS:  
NOTES: 


POKING AROUND: 
( Wayward Son )

WHO: Finnick Odair + OPEN
WHEN: Late March, early April
WHAT: Being Less Crazy, investigating, spying, scoping out the market, and sort of trying to make friends?
WHERE: Gazin
WARNINGS: Vague reference to prostitution in the river/market prompt. The thread with Annie (treadswater) contains descriptions and depictions of mental illness.
NOTES: You can also hit me with a wildcard if you want, Finnick will be scoping things out a lot. Feel free to use this as a catchall!


The Inn

( It's taken some time ... )


The River and The Market

( The other part of the plan ... )

WHO: Lyanna Stark (ylgr), Finnick Odair (fishermansweater), and Annie Cresta (treadswater),
WHEN: March
WHAT: Her brother is gone. Lyanna is going a little sad feral wolf maiden at the loss. Fortunately she’s made a new friend-shaped acquaintance who gets the needing to be a sad feral wolf. (And her new friend-shaped acquaintance's boyfriend.)
WHERE: All over Gazin.
WARNINGS: None, probably

( silence surrounds you )

WHO: Xue Yang and open!
WHEN: March
WHAT: Frolicking! Training new wolf pup! Meditating! Poking around town!
WHERE: Gazin
WARNINGS: None come to mind! Any thread that needs a warning will get one in the subject line.

( Shenanigans within )

WHO: Annie Cresta
WHEN: 28th February, first part of March
WHAT: Arrival
WHERE: Gazin
WARNINGS: Anxiety attack in Arrival section + general anxious thinking in other threads. Will add if anything more shows up.
NOTES: Feel free to add a wildcard situation if you want! Annie will be scoping out Gazin a lot.

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( ARRIVAL | LOCKED )

( LATER | OTA )

WHO: Cassandra de Rolo (ofwovenstone), and YOU
WHEN: End of February/shortly before and maybe a little into the beginning of March (aka I might make this a catch-all)
WHAT: Returning from her travels and settling back into town.
WHERE: All over Gazin.
WARNINGS: There might be mentions of blood/injuries in threads. Otherwise nothing to start. I will edit should that change.
NOTES: Feel free to wildcard it up after her return and trip to the tavern. She'll be all the usual places, and headed out into the forest for a supply run. And probably putting off going to the healer. (Or hit me up to plot ideas for something else! I can toss a starter in the comments.)

( Someone who holds out a hand and turns back time )

WHO: Finnick Odair + OPEN
WHEN: Late February
WHAT: Arriving, bolting for the woods, then spying and fishing
WHERE: In the woods, by the river, and around but not in Gazin. You can find him anywhere mentioned in the prompts!
WARNINGS: Arrival prompt has self-harm and blood. Probable trauma/ptsd related trigger-happy twitchiness all around.
NOTES: On arrival, Finnick is wearing just a pair of shorts and a shirt tied around a knife wound on his leg. In all prompts, his face, neck, arms, and legs are covered in scabs or scars from chemical burns.


BEFORE

( Previously, in the Quarter Quell arena... )


ARRIVAL

Finnick doesn't trust the signs. He doesn't trust the road. He certainly doesn't trust the thought of a settlement, because he's seen what an abandoned city in an arena can do. How easy it is to trap. He spends a few moments staring down the road, then a few more staring into the distance, trying to work out what's just happened.

Then, he  draws a knife from his belt, studies the blade for a moment, then presses the point to the skin of his left forearm. He can't actually feel where the tracker is, but it feels like he can feel it. He remembers exactly where they put it. So he presses the blade of the knife into his skin, then stabs, digs, gritting his teeth against the pain as he twists the blade until it finds the repulsive thing and tears it out. He throws it as far as he can, then unties the shirt that's tied around his thigh and tears at the fabric until a strip comes off. It's awkward, bandaging his own arm, but he does it, with nothing more than a hiss of breath through his teeth to show the pain. He wraps his leg back up, sheathes the knife, and takes one trident in each hand as he strikes out into the trees.

If the most important thing was getting rid of the tracker, it quickly becomes apparent that the second thing has to be warmth. Coming from District 4, he feels the cold at the best of times, and he'd been in the heat of the jungle wearing nothing more than his undershorts and the shirt-bandage on his leg. Now, wherever he is, he's freezing. Fire is a risk, the smoke can draw enemies, and his tribute and her allies had killed a girl just last year because she lit a fire. But if it comes down to it, he has a better chance fighting enemies than he does fighting the cold. So he gets as far from the road as he can before the chill starts seeping in, then he starts collecting wood, and soon he's warming himself by a fire and trying to work out what is going on.

He knows it's making enough smoke to draw attention, but he also knows how many tributes die from the elements every year. He'll take the fire over the cold.


LATER

They hadn't had much in the arena, but they'd had more than this. They'd had the spile, and Beetee's wire, and the possibility of help from outside. Wherever this place is, he doesn't have anything more than he'd had on him: two tridents, three knives, the gold bangle, and what was left of his uniform. He needs more supplies, and he needs to understand. So Finnick carefully strikes out towards the city, not on the road, but along it, keeping to cover as best he can. When he reaches a river he stops, drinks a little from the water, but focuses on fishing, because he has to eat.

Once he's done with the river, he continues towards town. Not that he goes into the city, but he does climb a tree not far from the gate (trying to ignore how much that makes his arm and leg hurt) and watch the people coming and going, green eyes narrowed as he studies them.

It makes no sense.

For the next few days, anyone in the area around Gazin might see signs of Finnick's whereabouts: smoke from a campfire, a careful shadow that's not quite moving well enough to avoid being seen not far off the road. Maybe even the feeling that somebody's watching you.

Somebody probably is.

Who: Lan Wangji + Wei Wuxian; Lan Wangji & open
When: Throughout February.
What: Nightmare; also various and sundry around town
Where: Gazin
Warning(s): canon-specific nightmare fuel, spoilers; in the open prompts, possibly none

( And then there is this. )

Who: Song Zichen + Xue Yang, + Xiao Xingchen & + Open
When: Throughout February.
What: Horseback riding, bonding, doing various tasks around town.
Where: Gazin
Warning(s): Possible sexiness for the first prompt. Will update with anything else that needs to be added.

( My world has been split in two and opened wide. )

Who: Ned Stark and open
When: February
What: monster-hunting, horse-racing, drinking, and other wholesome family activities
Where: Gazin, Vasari forest, various towns
Warning(s): drinking, will update as needed

( Deep into the mountain sound )