< atton revisited > The information page for Atton has been fully revised and updated with the new map!
< updated calendar > The Fortuna calendar has been updated in the "Other" lore section! This includes a document which displays the calendar for you to see, making it much easier to understand.
< moving map > The first functional map has been released in the News section! This map is also interactive, allowing you to drag and drop between points in order to determine distances. This is the first iteration, and there's more and better to come!
< first annual awards > The results for the First Annual Fortuna Year-End Awards have been posted! Go and take a look at who the finalists were, and who took home the big prizes!
< new default skin > Our new skin has passed the beta test, and is now the new Default for the forums! If you have any issues with this skin, send a PM or Discord to Mellie.
< human lore update > Humans have been updated with TWENTY-FIVE subraces/subcultures which add numerous options, and a little extra lore and flavour.
< magic lore update > Magical Lore has been enhanced with the addition of a post on Magical Education. From Beginner to Expert, this is how you learn the spells.
< a change to member groups > Member groups are now based on storyline! You can change your displayed storyline by editing the settings in your profile.
Welcome to the world of Fortuna, a land of fantastic proportions. This is an original fantasy roleplay that takes place in a world developed over nearly a decade of work and collaboration. We aim to encourage all participants to have a hand in the stories of the characters here, and the world around them. Your choices are key - so make them with pride. You decide who wins the wars, you decide who becomes King, the world is ours, and together we will bring it to life!
Post by Kikuriku Gouken on Jan 25, 2017 10:32:26 GMT -7
Kiku stopped massaging his legs and leaned back into the bath. Bathing together with a girl under the night sky would normally be something that Kiku was overjoyed to participate in – but this time was different. For one, there were two separate baths. Secondly, there didn’t seem to be any romantic feelings between Rose and Kiku. He was fine with this, however, as she sort of creeped him out. In a good way, but a ‘I’ll-totally-never-get-with-you, unless-I’ve-had-a-few-spirits’ kind of way.
The stars were out in full force, and Kiku finally felt his muscles begin to relax. It was a weird circumstance, even for him – resting up before setting out to save the world. He’d never fancied himself a ‘good guy’, what with all of the stealing, but it was a role that he stumbled into in part because he was too annoying to accept that a girl could just be walking about in the desert. He’d made a personal note to never be too curious ever again.
“Say, Rose,” Kiku started, taking a break from blowing little bubbles in the water to engage in small talk. “And I ask this knowing I’ve already asked you at least forty-three questions, but why are you doing this? I mean, why are you embarking on this journey to save the world? How did you even come into this?” He let the questions hang in the air, muttering ‘forty-six’ quietly to himself.
Post by Charlotte Firiana on Jan 25, 2017 19:27:15 GMT -7
The question was unexpected, and she found that it stilled her thoughts for a moment. She stared up at the stars silently, her expression pensive. Why indeed.
"Imagine for a moment," she said, breaking the silence. "That you see a child playing in the road. There is a carriage heading towards him, and the driver is too distracted to notice and stop his horses. Or perhaps the driver is even malicious, and wishes to see them trample the child. You possess the means to simply step out and rescue the child before the driver will reach them. Would you stand and watch it happen?"
She turned in her bath, resting her folded arms on the edge of the pool and settling her chin down onto them. With one finger she started to draw shapes in the sand, random lines as her eyes stared off into nowhere. "Imagine a scenario just like that, magnified millions of times in scale. I believe there are only two varieties of people in this world, whatever nuance may define their finer details; those who would rescue the child, and those who would watch them die. Perhaps I am simply just one of the former. Or perhaps..."
She gave the matter more thought, thinking back to her life before this all began. She thought of her nihilistic degradation, her hopeless resignation to simply allowing the end to come because she had grown weary of being afraid of it. She thought of how it was only the voice of her sponsors, who spoke to her and told her she could do something about it, which drove her to action. She had the means to stop it, and so she was now doing that. Someone else told her she could do it, and so she decided to do it. Maybe she didn't truly care as much as she thought she might, and simply needed something to distract herself from the idea of inevitability. Maybe getting involved and changing things simply made her feel that she had control.
"Perhaps there are some things in life you just do."
Post by Kikuriku Gouken on Jan 26, 2017 19:47:40 GMT -7
Kikuriku was moved by Rose’s answer. He’d never truly thought about whether or not he was the sort of person who would do the right thing for the sole purpose of it just being the right thing – and he hadn’t imagined Rose to be that sort of person either. Listening to her speak opened Kiku’s eyes, and he felt like he was starting to understand Rose more – if only just a little.
He imagined himself in the situation that Rose described – a young girl in the crosshairs of an out-of-control carriage, destined to die a horribly painful death unless he did something. What would he do? If were just as simple as calling out to the girl, or pulling her out of the way – could he be bothered? Kiku liked to think that he would do the right thing, but a nagging part of him wondered what would happen if the roles were reversed. An adorably young girl is precious, but a full-grown man is expendable; would anyone risk life and limb for Kiku?
He shook away the thoughts in his head and instead decided to think positively – this mission to save the world was something that he had a hand in; that he had power to help dictate the outcome of. He would be the sort of person who stuck their neck out and changed fate.
With a renewed sense of purpose, Kiku pulled himself out of the water. He used his cotton shirt as a makeshift towel (though he knew Rose probably had some sort of magical drying potion in her rucksack), and put on his pants. He stuffed part of his shirt in the back of his pants, so the rest hung slack at his backside.
Kiku walked over to Rose’s bath and sat down across from her, rolling up his pant leg and allowing one foot to rest in her much-warmer water. He stared absentmindedly at the woman who’d so quickly become a companion – the fact that she was naked and bathing didn’t cross his mind at all. He took a deep breath, sucking in the cool night air.
Post by Charlotte Firiana on Jan 28, 2017 17:13:20 GMT -7
It was quiet for a while after Charlotte had said her piece, and she allowed herself to indulge in it as Kiku quietly dressed himself. He, like her, was watching the sky as he moved around, taking a seat by her pool of water and dangling his feet inside. She found herself enjoying this little moment. She'd never really experienced something quite like this. A quiet night of privacy shared with someone whom she could actually trust (even if only somewhat, thus far), with no hanging expectations between either of them. Charlotte had never really had an ally, and she had to admit. It felt nice.
She lifted her chin from her folded arms, staring higher up towards the center of the sky where the moons hung. Behind her, Kiku slowly kicked his legs in the water, churning it only slightly as he watched and took a deep breath. "This is such a beautiful night for adventuring," he said.
Charlotte uttered a small chuckle at the simple observation, and nodded. "I suppose it is. We ought not keep it waiting."
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