Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

Summary:

GMed, low chance of death. Requires participation in Kiryu Labs briefing to join.

Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

Zyn 06 Mar 2015 07:05

Silent and somber, the once-magnificent flower garden of Gwillan the Guildmaster is almost ethereal in its appearance. The only remaining plants are those that grow of their own volition, subsisting on no care but the sun and rain and choking out of competition the weaker flowers. There are paved pathways that wind through the displays; tall rough hedges, darkened and overgrown, serve to separate sections from each other. There is a small sanctuary for a venue of blank-staring marble sculptures of dragons and griffons and other fanciful creatures, and a once-elaborate run-down gazebo with splintering wood siding. Moths flutter around what’s left of the climbing trellises and archways, and fountains long run dry are clogged with the remains of algae and mold.

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Last edited on 27 Jun 2015 00:19 by Zyn Show more

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

SirEpicCLXVIII 27 Jun 2015 03:56

Richard Helmsworth walks up to the entrance of the garden, with a backpack and lit flashlight. He enters the garden hesitantly, walking on the paved pathways and heading towards the gazebo that he can see in the distance. Keeping a watch over all his other directions, remembering what Mark said "The castle starts to get restless when people are around, see."

Cautiously, he makes his way to the gazebo.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

Zyn 27 Jun 2015 06:40

The gazebo looms like a particularly-unimpressed giant ahead, the flaking wood creaking slightly in the evening breezes. The structure itself seems rather intricate, consisting of three sets of walls in octagon shapes, with an outside wall and an inner sanctum contained within a smaller walking area. There are windows set in the outermost wall, but the inside (there are two entrances at opposite ends) is darkened and out of visibility from where Helmsworth currently is.

Luminescent moths flutter around the man as he walks. They are tiny and don't seem to be particularly interested in the stranger, so they flit off to seek the company of the wildflowers growing haphazardly on the edges of the walkway.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

SirEpicCLXVIII 28 Jun 2015 10:04

Richard walks through the field, moving closer to the gazebo. Once he notices the moths, he studies them for a small time, before continuing on the path. He continues on the path until he can see inside of the gazebo through its front entrance, where he points his flashlight inside, and looks inside.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

Zyn 29 Jun 2015 01:12

One of the moths, attracted to the light of the flashlight, trails after Richard as he walks into the gazebo. There are a few others that were resting in the rooftop that are startled out of their stupor, and soon there is a small group of the little silvery insects fluttering around the man.

The gazebo itself is deserted: the innermost chamber has a series of wooden benches arranged in a rough circle, surrounding a sunken area that looks like it might have once been an ornamental pond. The skeletal remains of dried-out lotus leaves line the bottom, and it looks like there is something written on the stone that lies at the center of the once-pool.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

SirEpicCLXVIII 01 Jul 2015 08:14

Richard attempts to swipe away the moths, before just giving up and continuing to walk. He enters the gazebo, inspecting the area. He looks disgustedly at the lotus, before moving on into the middle of the gazebo, and inspecting the writings on the stone center.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

Zyn 01 Jul 2015 19:43

The carvings are ornate and nonsensical, unless looked at from the right angle. When one tilts their head just so, the scratchings on the stone resolve into an arrow pointing towards one of the windows lining the gazebo.

Outside that particular window stands the overgrown and darkened hedge maze.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

SirEpicCLXVIII 03 Jul 2015 09:26

Richard looks at the markings, through multiple directions until finally he realizes that it is an arrow. He walks over the the window, seeing a hedge maze outside. He lights out a small sigh, not taking too kindly to having to go through a hedge maze. He straightens his backpack, taking one final inspection of the gazebo before leaving and heading towards the hedge maze.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

Zyn 03 Jul 2015 19:32

The hedge maze is rather overgrown, with sections of the dark hedges towering maybe twice their original intended height. The heavy branches are strewn with leaf litter, and in a few places, what looks like cocoon fragments.

Parts of the entrance appear to have been chewed away, as if something, machine or animal, has gnawed holes into the foliage. As such, the maze is no longer a series of connected pathways, but rather an obstacle course of ragged bushes.

Something small on the ground near the entrance twinkles in the fading evening light.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

SirEpicCLXVIII 06 Jul 2015 13:56

Richard walks out of the gazebo, heading towards the beginning of the path. Using his flashlight to look around him, in order to spot anything off in the distance. Once he reaches the hedge maze, he notices a small twinkle on the ground, Before bending over, and examining what it is.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

Zyn 06 Jul 2015 19:12

A rather innocent-looking shard of dark green glass sits on the pathway in front of Richard. The closer he gets to the thing, the darker the shadows looming around seem to become.

Another piece of fragmented glass sits a little ways into the maze, near a hedge bush that looks like it might have once been some sort of mythical serpent-like creature. The gnawed-ragged bushes shake once, as if in anticipation, and the feathery antennae of a moth the size of a hawk poke out of a nearby clump of foliage.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

SirEpicCLXVIII 09 Jul 2015 15:14

Richard ignores the glass shards, giving them a glance before walking away trying to move through the ragged bushes that was once a maze, he gets startled by the moth, falling onto his back. Though he quickly gets up, trying not to be noticed by the moth as he makes his way through the branches that cover the maze.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

Zyn 10 Jul 2015 00:04

As Richard progresses through the maze, there are more small glass shards lining some of the passageways. There is a three-way fork in the path up ahead. The middle path is clear, the leftmost path is scattered with scraps of cocoon fibers, and the right path is caved in with overgrown hedge. There is a glass shard sitting about three meters away into the righthand path before it abruptly turns to the right.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

SirEpicCLXVIII 18 Jul 2015 02:47

((I was moving, and setting things up, so wasn't on much.))

Richard progresses through the maze, making his away along some of the branches and overgrown hedges, he looks to all of his three directions, realizing that it would be best to just travel forward, seeing as it is cleared. He quickly checks his battery life to see how much remains as he walks towards the middle path.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

Zyn 21 Jul 2015 23:10

((No worries.))

The middle path opens up to a T-shaped fork. The left path is scattered with what look like insect droppings, the right path is clear save for a few pieces of torn cloth hanging off the hedge brambles.

From above, a muted whuff whuff of beating wings can be heard.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

SirEpicCLXVIII 22 Jul 2015 18:27

Richard would progress through the path, looking to the left one and then to the right. Seeing that the right patch is cleared, he would walk through it until he began to hear the noise above him. He would look up into the sky to see what the noise is coming from.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

Zyn 23 Jul 2015 19:09

A luminescent white moth with a wingspan of about eleven inches lands on his face.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

SirEpicCLXVIII 24 Jul 2015 03:14

Richard would look up, immediately after that the moth would land on him. He would fall to the ground immediately, startled by the moth, trying to push it off of him.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

Zyn 24 Jul 2015 17:39

The moth lifts off an flutters about three feet away, watching Richard and periodically twitching its antennae.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

SirEpicCLXVIII 26 Jul 2015 19:57

Richard continues slightly stunned on the ground, staring at the moth, waiting for the moth to move, he'll slowly try and get closer to it.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

Zyn 28 Jul 2015 22:29

The moth does a bit of a lopsided hop and launches itself into the air. It seems to be headed towards a cluster of hedges in the distance, surrounding what looks like a statue of a Greek deity. Dionysus or Bacchus, the name would be.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

SirEpicCLXVIII 29 Jul 2015 14:57

Richard stands up, deciding to head through the maze and towards the moth, figuring its a better place to go then wandering through the maze with no direction.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

Zyn 29 Jul 2015 21:00

The moth settles itself on the outstretched arm of the statue, and begins chewing on the ivy-like vines that have grown over the stone in the years past.

Upon closer inspection, the statue is holding a green glass bottle in one hand.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

SirEpicCLXVIII 30 Jul 2015 02:21

Richard would travel through the branches covering the maze, until he reached the statue. Trying not to disturb the moth, he slowly moves towards the statue attempting to grab the bottle from it.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

Zyn 30 Jul 2015 03:35

The moth watches silently as the bottle is loosened from the statue's grip, and falls into Richard's hands. The bottle is engraved with the word "FROST" on the side, and feels slightly cool to the touch.

Once the bottle's surface makes contact with Richard's skin, the moth leaps into the air, unfurling its wings. Three others join it in flight, and they hover in a loose sort of circle above Richard's head.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

SirEpicCLXVIII 31 Jul 2015 19:51

Richard holds the bottle, as the moth suddenly moves, he becomes frightened and falls onto his back, keeping hold of the bottle. He'll look up towards the moths, trying to walk off away from them.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

Zyn 31 Jul 2015 21:36

The moths follow Richard, circling closer to his head. They're currently hovering about a foot above him.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

SirEpicCLXVIII 02 Aug 2015 20:30

Richard looks to the moths, while putting the bottle on the floor, and walking away from it, staring at the moths.

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

Zyn 02 Aug 2015 23:53

((Does Richard remember what he was sent into the field to do in the first place?))

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

SirEpicCLXVIII 03 Aug 2015 20:02

((He does, but he's trying to see what will happen.))

Re: Castle Ruins - Flower Garden

Zyn 04 Aug 2015 05:27

The moths continue to follow Richard from the air. Now that he's let go of the bottle, they circle closer overhead.