Re: The Feasting Hall (ToC IC Fun)
Nadia -> Alex
Nadia accepted her dining-mate's offered food, though she didn't seem to eat much of anything beyond a few bites to sample things. There was cuisine present from every imaginable locale, and some unimaginable to boot, but they tended to favor the savory in terms of the substantive foods and the sweet for the beverages. "I am called Nadia," the angel replied graciously, a pleasure to finally make your acquaintance in full."
Alex's next question came as no surprise, but Nadia gathered herself - and took a light sip of faerie wine - before actually giving her answer; "Well, I imagine you have already guessed a few things... This place is not so different from that island, in most respects. We are here to fight one another for the amusement of our host," she gestured with her chin towards a woman of seemingly average height sitting upon a throne built from twisted metal and what looked to be bone, clad in dull battered gray armor without adornment from head down to her toes, "but here we may do so without so many restrictions. We decide who is the winner in any given match at the start of it, though during the day wild melees break out in the lands beyond the hall, so it can be a bit chaotic to arrange anything formal at times.
"We might until one wins. We are not protected from the consequences of our losses here as we were before though; we can die here. Fortunately, it doesn't seem to last long, and any injury seems to heal quickly even by magical standards. Unfortunately, that isn't all... Our host seems to practice by... Well, faerie rules. Winners may do as they like with their conquests, on the field and for at least a night after, and we are bereft of the other protection that that island offered as well. I do not know what happens to the children we bear, but I do know that we carry them for only a night regardless of their ancestry. As to exactly WHY we've been brought here... Well, isn't it obvious? For sport. Tis a daemon toying with those weaker than itself, again."
Kavika -> Haro and possibly Routa
It was all but impossible to figure out what was happening in this place at any given time, so when she had spotted her second wandering into the room Kavika had taken the chance and rose immediately. She had lost Routa in the chaos of the massive feasting hall, but after a bit of frantic wander she spotted her again. She was almost upon the wayward boar rider when she was knocked from her feet by the flailing arm of some gigantic woman, and rose with a huff.
"Watch where you're.... Uck," the strange woman, who was perhaps twice the size abroad and maybe that much tall as well, seemed to be eating an entire pig to herself while ranting about elves... Kaviika found herself staring, her lupine ears and tail twitching as she stared in mixed fascination and horror at the monstrous woman taking her meal.