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ph_logs2024-05-25 03:33 pm
itsjustabaddream) wrote in ph_logs2024-05-25 03:33 pm
[ NPC Open ] Hands of time will wring my neck.
Who: Dr. Neil West (itsjustabaddream) & YOU!
What: Ocularum recruiting and meeting, his office, hardware store, research
When: Late May, early June
Where: Oh you know, around
Warning(s): Content warnings will be on specific threads!
As usual, you can easily find Neil in his makeshift office, reading or writing as he awaits his now more abundant appointments. Maybe you're here for yours, or perhaps you'd like to make one. The door chimes as you enter, and the room is filled with the smell of coffee and pastry. Can one of his little enchanted pots offer you a hot beverage? A teapot and a coffee carafe with dopey faces and tiny legs toddle around on the refreshment table, waiting to serve.
"Hello there! How may I help?"
A flyer hangs on a lamp post outside each trolley station in town.
"Interested in esoteric knowledge, demonology, or wizardry education? Looking to discover the truth behind the barrier? Seeking proactive solutions to the problem, rather than biding your time waiting for the goddesses to act? The Ocularum needs sharp, progressive minds to aid in the effort of deciphering this mystery. Come to Northwest Hollow and look for the open eye."
The symbol of the Ocularum marks each one. Perhaps you catch Neil posting them and can ask him about this. But if not, you can always see him at the meeting...
If you follow the instructions on the flyer at the time and date listed below the main text, and find the open eye symbol above the door to West Dream Analytics, you will find that Neil has gathered his people in his office waiting room. Once everyone has gathered and the appointed time chimes, Neil will lead everyone past the threshold of his catty-cornered desks and open door frame, past his treatment office and living space, down into his basement.
Red wallpaper lines the walls and dark hardwood paves the way. The walls of the room are full of arcane artifacts and scientific or magical equipment, as well as shelves and shelves of books on the occult. In the center of the room, there is a table. Grab a seat, Neil will happily share the Ocularum's objectives--- unobstructed truth. A task force to seek a solution to the barrier that relies on people, research, magic and science, not gods. He hands out pamphlets on local demons and leaflets about the local magic system, offers magic lessons. "And for those interested in more hands-on research, or even providing protection to those performing it, I have a few projects lined up..."
Care to study some paranormal life? Learn some magic? Want to ask him a question? Dr. West is an open book--- to an extent.
It's pretty uncommon for Neil to come all the way into town. He's pretty far out and not always a particularly popular person. Besides, he lives near the farmland, so he's able to buy most of his groceries directly rather than go to the store. But today, he has to go to the store because a teenager broke his window with a rock. Again.
In a rare moment of vulnerability, you can find Neil West at the hardware store trying to purchase some supplies to patch the broken glass until his new window is made, looking incredibly lost. Help.
Attend one of Neil's research projects studying the Paradesium ruins, Brutoks, Lake Sal-Co-Penn, the Tristitia, the Whispering Trees, stardust, ghosts, or anything else. Or throw something at me! I'm open to anything. DM me on Discord!
itsjustabaddream) & YOU!What: Ocularum recruiting and meeting, his office, hardware store, research
When: Late May, early June
Where: Oh you know, around
Warning(s): Content warnings will be on specific threads!
Moments pass.
[ The doctor is in. ]As usual, you can easily find Neil in his makeshift office, reading or writing as he awaits his now more abundant appointments. Maybe you're here for yours, or perhaps you'd like to make one. The door chimes as you enter, and the room is filled with the smell of coffee and pastry. Can one of his little enchanted pots offer you a hot beverage? A teapot and a coffee carafe with dopey faces and tiny legs toddle around on the refreshment table, waiting to serve.
"Hello there! How may I help?"
Shattered glass.
[ Recruiting ]A flyer hangs on a lamp post outside each trolley station in town.
"Interested in esoteric knowledge, demonology, or wizardry education? Looking to discover the truth behind the barrier? Seeking proactive solutions to the problem, rather than biding your time waiting for the goddesses to act? The Ocularum needs sharp, progressive minds to aid in the effort of deciphering this mystery. Come to Northwest Hollow and look for the open eye."
The symbol of the Ocularum marks each one. Perhaps you catch Neil posting them and can ask him about this. But if not, you can always see him at the meeting...
Hands of time.
[ Ocularum Meeting ]If you follow the instructions on the flyer at the time and date listed below the main text, and find the open eye symbol above the door to West Dream Analytics, you will find that Neil has gathered his people in his office waiting room. Once everyone has gathered and the appointed time chimes, Neil will lead everyone past the threshold of his catty-cornered desks and open door frame, past his treatment office and living space, down into his basement.
Red wallpaper lines the walls and dark hardwood paves the way. The walls of the room are full of arcane artifacts and scientific or magical equipment, as well as shelves and shelves of books on the occult. In the center of the room, there is a table. Grab a seat, Neil will happily share the Ocularum's objectives--- unobstructed truth. A task force to seek a solution to the barrier that relies on people, research, magic and science, not gods. He hands out pamphlets on local demons and leaflets about the local magic system, offers magic lessons. "And for those interested in more hands-on research, or even providing protection to those performing it, I have a few projects lined up..."
Care to study some paranormal life? Learn some magic? Want to ask him a question? Dr. West is an open book--- to an extent.
Where's that chime?
[ Hardware store ]It's pretty uncommon for Neil to come all the way into town. He's pretty far out and not always a particularly popular person. Besides, he lives near the farmland, so he's able to buy most of his groceries directly rather than go to the store. But today, he has to go to the store because a teenager broke his window with a rock. Again.
In a rare moment of vulnerability, you can find Neil West at the hardware store trying to purchase some supplies to patch the broken glass until his new window is made, looking incredibly lost. Help.
Close your eyes and you'll leave this dream.
[ Wildcard ]Attend one of Neil's research projects studying the Paradesium ruins, Brutoks, Lake Sal-Co-Penn, the Tristitia, the Whispering Trees, stardust, ghosts, or anything else. Or throw something at me! I'm open to anything. DM me on Discord!
Shattered glass
'If everyone just sits and waits, that barrier will never come down,' she remarks, as if it's a simple fact. Tayrey recollects Neil West from their prior meeting, and she has the wariness of someone with good reasons to avoid therapists, but that's a purely impersonal matter. Call it principle. The man himself, she knows little about, and she's going to compliment a good idea when she sees it.
no subject
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As for what she knows? Not nearly enough, she thinks, but she'll answer. 'I don't know as much as I'd like,' she says, 'I know it went up - six standard years ago or so, and the effects it has. But not the cause, and not how we tear it down.' Tayrey shrugs. 'I'm all about taking action, but it's probably outside my skillset. Can't negotiate with it, can't shoot it, and I could tell you what was going on at a quantum level if I had the right equipment, but I don't.'
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"As for the cause and removal, those things are still being determined. However, we do know why it has the effect it does. Recently, two of my Ocularum associates managed to find a way through the barrier. This unfortunately involved temporarily commandeering the ferryman's boat, but it did allow them to borrow his methods of coming and going, and once the barrier was breached--- they realized that Marrow Isle is no longer a part of the world. It is in a bubble dimension all on its own. The things we see beyond the dark ring of water, the mainland in the distance, it's all an illusion. Even what we see of space from here is a facsimile. That is why it is impossible to leave--- it requires equipment specialized for extradimensional travel."