chaosunraveled | [001] Where You Can Light the Fire (Reply)

Character(s) : Nicolas Brown and [OPEN to any 1 person. Once that slot is taken, please talk to me before assuming your character witnesses/can partcipate in this event.]
Setting: Moments after the sun has fully set, a section of Emptiness previously unseen appears.
Content: Worksafe
Summary: Unaware of what he's walking into, a wandering mercenary stumbles across a very particular part of Emptiness: the square in front of a particularly elegant church.
Status: In progress.

The mercenary had generally stuck to exploring places like Emptiness when fewer people would be out and about. Indeed, even the Grey Manor had difficulty catching him anywhere but the back allies or rooftops, as though traversing the open road was a forbidden anomaly permitted to precious few. He specifically entered the shops in the Grey Manor's grounds mere moments after they opened in the early breath of dawn, or minutes into their last moments of closing up the shop.

According to Julius, if anyone had inquired about the man during any of the open dinners in the manor - to which all under his protection were invited to wine and dine - his absence would be explained with 'it'd be difficult to get someone like that in a place so outside of his element.'

Indeed, Nic could be seen knocking on the door of the sole restaurant in Grey Manor's grounds during closing times, buying anything leftover and carrying it to his room to eat everything he'd been given.

Nic avoided, but not out of cowardice. He was not an avoidant man by nature. In a partially buttoned suit that might have seemed reminiscent of mafia or yakuza to those who'd had such things in their worlds, Nic currently wandered the backalley streets of Emptiness as the sun finally set.

Tagged were not allowed to wander on main roads. Lucky, then, that he could defend himself off of the paths. The streetlamps lit tiny pieces of the dark, cobbled paths between and behind buildings. These were less roads less traveled. These were the real life of the city, whenever it had life. It must have had life.

The tags hanging from the chain around his neck clacked against each other as he turned, one of the twisted alleyways opening into someplace...unexpected. It appeared to be an area a main street would lead to, but as open as the square was, all the roads leading into it were back alleys. What?

The light of the sun was entirely gone, leaving the buildings bathed in the silvery blue light of the moon. In the center of the square was a stage for...something, he wasn't sure what, and several yards behind it was a beautiful, clearly very old church with a strange symbol above the rooftop. Not a cross. Huh.

Nic took one step into the square.

The moment he did, the place burst with life - a massive crowd of shadowy figures began to play out their lives, several murmuring things as they passed by. He could partially see their lips as they cupped their cheek so the gossip would only reach their neighbor. He couldn't hear anything, but he guessed from the vibrations in his feet from the movement of so many people at once in such a massive crowd that there was a significant amount of noise to be heard for those who could hear.

People were on the stage, gesturing in red and gold robes.

Right. He'd take a step back into the alleyway and watch this play out.