into tomorrow
As rain clouds darken across the sky, the creatures begin appearing in the capitol. Curlews and egrets, muskrats and foxes, mirestags and grass snakes. The animals who once called the Sussoro Fields their home have seemed to flee, seeking shelter from an unknown enemy within the walls of the Court. Mere hours after they appear, the gathering stormclouds unleash their fury.
Rains sweep across the whole of Terrastella for days, drenching the lands and creating rivers and ponds of standing water. Some say it’s because of Vespera’s own weeping that the rain comes, freely expressing her grief for her siblings and for the Court’s fractured relationships. Other’s curse the goddess and claim she would never care enough to cry for them - they call it a punishment, whether it come from their patron deity, Tempus himself, or simply the laws of mother nature.
Regardless of what causes it, the rain continues to fall.
Sand is reduced to mud, until the entire southwestern realm resembles the Tinea Swamp. It creates treacherous footing, for the mud is slimy and slick and apt to shift with the wind. In lower regions the waters collect, large ponds and quick-moving rivers appearing in an instant and sweeping away equine and beast alike, remodeling the landscape in the blink of an eye.
Floods and mudslides wreak havoc across the land, carrying away all in its path without mercy nor discrimination. It would be mad to venture out into the storm - and yet there are whispers of missing horses, of equines caught unaware by the storm who are assumed trapped - or dead.
And all the while, the rains continue, alternating between light drizzles and sudden storms. One day comes and goes, then a second, and a third - with no end in sight. The lands continue to flood, the mud continues to slide. And within the Sussoro Fields, craters have begun to appear, the ground giving way to sinkholes. They range in size and depth, but soil that was once solid and seemingly anchored has begun to give way - nowhere you step is safe.
The rains have come! A storm has arrived in Terrastella, covering the skies with ominous storm clouds that threaten to sweep the lands entirely off the map. The world as the Dusk Court knows it is shattered as the entire Court begins to resemble the swamp more than anything else.
Animals that fled the storm have arrived in the Court, creating a sort of wild zoo that lacks enclosures or boundaries. The creatures raid houses and stores and even burst through the doors of the castle, trembling within its walls as they hide from the storm outside. Some of the animals are friendly… but not all.
And then, there are the rumors: missing friends and family, horses that are told to have been caught up in the storm. The flash floods and mudslides are fierce… it is not unheard of for them to take the lives of the unprepared.
Will you join a search party or rescue team to seek out your friends, families, and other distressed strangers? Or are your hands already full dealing with the creatures that invade your home, who seem to fear the storm more than the equines? Or perhaps you have found yourself lost out in the elements, left to fend for yourself as the rains fall?
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