Event 1: Gods and Monsters

[letsplayamod]

[Time is a bit difficult to measure in this place. The storms that rage beyond your safe barrier, overtaking the horizon with their shifting lights and shadows, aren't doing it any favors. If you were to ask Athena, she'd say it's been about a week since your arrival. And since then... there's been scant signs of things improving.

Today, you wake up to quiet. No drone of distant winds. Not even birdsong breaches your bedrooms. Like a inhaled breath, the world seems to have paused.

And then, it exhales. The ground under your feet trembles and shakes. Dirt flies. Rocks shower down from the direction of the cliffs.

There, like an open wound stabbed into the earth, was a large crack where there wasn't before, spilling out an oppressive red light. Stranger still, some larger rocks are floating over the opening itself.

...Investigate?]

Comments

[latinumsbetter]

--ah.

[no, of course. Who else?]

...what did you need help with, when she answered?

[brokenhabit]

[ ... ]

...I'm sorry Mr. Quark. You've been very kind and good to me but...

I... do not wish to talk about it. Not this.

[latinumsbetter]

[Quark blinks once, before he looks wryly amused]

I'm not your counsilor, Leb. I'm not gonna twist your arm to tell me anything.

[he straightens]

I'm gonna head back to the bar. Why don't you stop by after you're done with all that?

[brokenhabit]

[ There's a brief few seconds of surprise at that as she turns to look at him again but doesn't say anything else about it, despite the relief she feels at not being questioned. ]

...You opened the bar even after all of that?

[latinumsbetter]

[the corner of his mouth curls upwards in a small, slightly cheeky smile]

If there's one thing people need after a fight like that, it's a drink. What was I supposed to do, pass up on all that profit?

[brokenhabit]

[ Okay that. Gets her to laugh a little. ]

I see, I see!

Well, maybe I will stop by then.

[latinumsbetter]

[Quark's smile widens as Leb laughs, clearly pleased to have made her do so.] Good! I'll save you a seat. [he gives her a wink, before turning to head back to the bar]