event: portal four | the mountain

[mayfield_mods]

The fourth portal, as might be expected, can be found atop the hill known as Makeout Point. The other side of the portal isn't altogether that much different from the side you're entering from, save for the thicker trees and somewhat darker lighting.

The other side of the portal is significantly colder than the Mayfield side; frost covers the ground, and although it's not quite freezing, you'll want to bundle up. A glance at the sky reveals what you might have been dreading: glitch holes, in varying size, litter the skyline. The sun is hidden behind a set of thick clouds, creating a melancholy atmosphere.

The landscape around you is relatively flat, and you can't see too far beyond the forest ahead of you. It isn't until you turn around, facing the portal that you entered from, that you see the rising slope of the ground. The mountain rises high, higher than you can see from its base. There's a rough, primitive path heading up its slope, and for now simply hiking will be sufficient. As you get further, however, simply walking won't be enough: you're going to have to climb...

Somewhere, closer than you might prefer, a single wolf howls, and is shortly joined by more.

Better get moving.

Comments

[thebeastwithout]

[The alpaca glances at the man who'd trotted in the portal behind it and thoughtfully smacks its mouth for a few seconds.

It spits.

And turns its fluffy rear around. Presumably, this is Alpaca for 'yes'.]

LMAO i did not get the notif for this SORRY

[pursuitofcappiness]

[ He thinks about it and then... well, sure.

And then tries to find a good way to hop on! Passenger collected. ]

No worries!

[thebeastwithout]

[The creature promptly collapses the moment Steve hops on. ...Looks like Beast Boy's misjudged how much weight he can carry.

Never fear! This is soon rectified by his new transformation into a... much larger llama. No need to reinvent the wheel.]

[pursuitofcappiness]

[ Steve shifts and he's about to get off when HOLY SHIT WHAT okay, well, um, that'll work, he supposes. ]

What else can you turn into?

[ He's thinking probably no one bought rock climbing supplies; they might need a bird later. ]

[thebeastwithout]

[Unfortunately, Beast Boy can't respond, but the answer should be clear when Steve finds himself riding a tiger, a pterodactyl, a giraffe, and very briefly, a dolphin, in rapid succession.]

[pursuitofcappiness]

[ He grins pretty wide, obviously impressed ]

Pterodactyl, I never even thought of that. That'll be great if we need a flyer to get to the top, if we can't climb up.

[thebeastwithout]

[The llama suddenly stops dead.
...Oh, yeah.

He could fly.]

Dude. Why didn't I think of that before?! I can totally just fly up there!

[beat]

Wait, what're we looking for again?

[pursuitofcappiness]

Mementos, but I don't know what they're supposed to look like. We should look everywhere, but it's a mountain.

[ He cranes his neck to look up ]

They could be anything-- a book, a locket. Photographs. I guess just something that doesn't belong here.

[thebeastwithout]

...We don't belong here! Can we just go back through the portal and say we count?

[pursuitofcappiness]

I don't think it works that way, but you can go back if you want.

I think we could really use you, though.

[thebeastwithout]

((And then space and time continuity collapsed and I have no idea how to make this make sense, sorry. =( Let's leave this here and say they got separated later on?))

[mayfield_mods]

This is suddenly happening!