#cloudcap

[illusivesoul]

Inquisition soldier in the Frostback Basin

[faller-of-kharbranth]

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[Video ID: Warden Ingo and Akari are standing together on Cloudcap Pass near the Stone Portal.

“The Zoroark is here?”

She gestures towards the cave.

“Affirmative.”

“Well, this… seems to be your Stop, Uncle.”

He chuckles.

“It does. I shall wait here with Lady Sneasler.”

“Stay safe out there.”

“I will.”

He frowns slightly.

“I hope you do likewise, Akari.”

Akari enters the Stone Portal, walking onwards towards the natural arena she battled Beni in, noting the scraps of… small bones that had scattered down the sloping floor.

“Avian Bones.”

Something was living here, catching birds that’d managed to reach the top of the mountain and eating them to survive. But what?

When Akari reaches the arena, she stops, looking for anything that was amiss. The marks left from the battle with Beni were evident… except in one far corner, where a long scorch mark left on the wall abruptly stopped.

Cleanly, unlike how the others nearby had ended.

“Too clean.”

The Skyfaller drops her illusion.

“[Show yourself.]”

The illusion fades as a rather terrified Alpha Zoroark appears in a haze of mist.

“[What do ya want? A battle?]”

Akari tries saying something, but her voice catches.

…There’s something around the Zoroark’s neck.

Black and made of fabric, with familiar gold markings on its front. The Galaxy Team insignia.

“[D-Do you—]”

The terrified-looking Alpha Zoroark unexpectedly claws at Akari, initiating a battle.

But the fight lasts only a minute or two before Akari shouts something, stopping the scuffle in its tracks.

“[DO YOU HAVE A NAME?!]”

The Zoroark lets out a familiar noise.

“[…Hrrmm.]”

“[I think I used ‘ta. Once.]”

Akari’s still staring at the headband around his neck.

“[What… what do you remember?]”

“[I remember a sky. A wrong-lookin’ sky. And this… weight on my thoughts. I remember another…]”

He brings his claws up to his chin.

“[Another like me?]”

“[Another Zoroark.]”

“[Yeah, another Zoroark.]”

He paused, staring down at his… opponent? with a terror he couldn’t explain.

“[…L-Looked like ya.]”

This comment hits Akari like a punch.

This was Kamado, but he’s not who he was before.

Who he was when he was alive and who he was now were different people.

“[…Sorry if I sound scared of ya. D-Dunno why, but I am.]”

“[…I’m sorry.]”

Both of them went stock-still before Akari knelt down, putting her forehead on the cold stone floor.

“[I-It was… the only Thing that could’ve saved you, I think. But I… I didn’t even mean to. I was so full of Malice and Vengeance-Thirst… and…]”

“[…And…?]”

Her Malice is flaring, rippling across her like a purple flame. The other Zoroark picks her up and hugs her in an attempt to help her feel better.

“[As much as I hated you for what you did to me in Life, as much as I regret having done what I did…]”

She looks up at the other Zoroark’s face, tears running down her face.

“[You are not him. You are your own Person, separate from him, with your own Life to live.]”

“[What’d ya even do to… who I was…?]”

“[I… I...]”

He’s utterly silent.

“[You don’t have… to forgive me for it...]”

“[Yer… oh. Oh.]”

The video ends there.]

[nocturnumbeast]

Careful grilling in the woods, creepy creatures (like me) may emerge from the darkness to have a taste! 😈🍖 Comm for my friend @cloudcape of his OC Raimi and yours truly~

[dragonagekeeper]

Jaws of Hakkon / Dragon Age Inquisition Polls

See quest and choice descriptions from Dragon Age Wiki/Keep below

Hakkon Wintersbreath is the final main quest from the Jaws of Hakkon DLC for Dragon Age: Inquisition.

After speaking with Ameridan at the Old Temple, return to Stone-Bear Hold. The High dragon containing Hakkon Wintersbreath has flown to the southern side of the basin, just north of The Lady's Rest. The beast has frozen a huge portion of Cloudcap Lake solid, leaving a large glacier near the boathouse. Travel here to confront Hakkon.

The dragon was not slain

The Inquisitor did not track down the dragon.

2. The dragon was slain

The Inquisitor located and slew the possessed dragon.

[a-minus-content]

BUT WHY BE PECUNIARY, THAT WE ARE IN IT

It’s a dialogue innit? An appropriation

Of dialect for meter, OE for all I care, just fit

The rhythm that drives me when confidence can’t.

Etymology/nature – when we have no one else to talk to,

Be set against, “winter“ in the Pac Northwest,

Show pans desert or whatever.

I don’t wanna be here, in this big “new” region,

I’m not fucking West Coast, dawg.

When I woke, the usual cloudcap, 

But puffs of gray strewn across the white, 

That, I love, I mean, wake up, think:

You are devastating. Text in bed,

Sudden panic that the problem is, I never even

Asked the question about the etymology.

Of the word confidence & maybe.

That’s been my problem all along:

Happy panic, I mean close to a solution, but then:

Cum + what is it? Fidere. No

Answers. Big and tall gets pulled across the street

By golden retriever to ogle goats

In our vacant lot. The garnet-throated hummingbird,

It’s like you, visiting me, tremor to appear

Static, reliable, which means endless,

Appear, which means, delusion, birds, 

Which signify “nevermore,” soothsayers,

Which tell us less that there’s a code, 

And more so that we are paying attention

[kazumahashimoto]

cloudcap pass was literally hand made to be a xander zone. like. mt coronet remix. luxray and the elekid line everywhere. snowing. right next to melli. like this is where i belong

[alolaveralabs]

Yeah. Its Galacta Knight. Let it all outta your system Twillight.

And you and Skyfire go talk, 'kay Volo? We'll meet you two over at the Cloudcap pass.

-@skyfire-the-pokemon-biologist

Pelipper mail??????? No, it's something very different. A flash of light blue, tinged with light yellow light appeared, followed by a tear appearing. Skyfire jumps out, followed by three orbs.

Skyfire looked rather disheveled. They looked so tired and it didn't help that their wound from Giratina wasn't fully healed yet. But they carried themself like they had buisness and they had chosen to wear the torn and slightly torn giratina cloak and the helm to match like they had worn in hisui before. This time they carried their tera sword, it shined blue and looked sharper than usual. They also had a satchel, made of leather and slung across their side.

Galacta was wearing his mask again, and perched on Skyfire's shoulder, overlooking the scene with his menacing scarlet eyes.

Meta however, stayed a bit back to observe from afar. His wings changing into a cape and one hand on the hilt of Galaxia.

Morpho stood next to Skyfire. It didn't try to look menacing, nor did it stay back. But still, there was something so wrong about it, and the feel of death was present.

//@skyfire-the-pokemon-biologist

(Raymond runs up to Skyfire before hugging them, careful as to not aggravate their wounds.)

DAD!!

Alright. Glad to have you on board Skyfire. Now, we wait to see if Dusk decides to either stick this one out or push beyond her past and aid us..(I hope she knows she doesn’t have to do this. I know how hard it was for her here…)

Feel free to go talk to the others.

(//feel free to imagine whatever conversations between the others present you want!)

[dinosaursroamtheearth]

[tmophoto]

Circling #momotombo at sunset while hanging out the side of a gigantic heli that didn’t seem phased by the #cloudcap on the #volcano. Apparently this is one of the most dangerous things to fly near. None of us knew that at the time (and we actually flew through the top on the last pass) but it sure was an amazing experience. (at Momotombo, Leon, Nicaragua)

[dndtreasury]

Cloudcape

[jawsofhakkontranscript]

Jaws of Hakkon - Party Banter

Sera: The veil is wobbly here.

Dorian: Perhaps a bit warbly instead?

Cassandra: Certainly not! It's much more squeaky.

Iron Bull: I was going with spicy.

Vivienne: Don't be ridiculous, darling. It's clearly snarky.

Blackwall: You sure it isn't wiggly?

Varric: I'd say more wonky, myself.

Sera: What? Let me check. Sensing. Sense-y. Definitely wobbly.

Solas: (Sighs.)

~

Vivienne: Demons still scare you, dear? After all we've been through? Might you have suffered some form of injury as a child?

Sera: You and yours are the broken ones. Being scared of things that are scary is normal. Your "training" is the weird thing. Ask anyone who's not one of you.

Vivienne: Because I have been trained not to be afraid?

Sera: It's like... you're scabbed over or something. Makes me wonder what else you don't feel.

(Alternatively, if the Inquisitor is in a romance with Sera.)

Sera: It's like you don't feel. Not like Inky/Buckles/Shiny/Teetness/Tadwinks/Honey Tongue, anyway.

Vivienne: I feel everything in the proper measure.

Sera: Right. Because you're normal. Just ask you.

~

Dorian: For hating the outdoors, you sure seem to like bad weather.

Sera: What's that now?

Dorian: The other day, you were outside in the rain, staring up with a grin on your face.

Sera: I smile at clouds.

Dorian: Of course you do.

Sera: What, I should hunch and swear at the rain pissing off my nose? Let the weather win? I smile the frig out of clouds. Maybe they get tired of trying.

Dorian: Are we still talking about clouds?

Sera: What

Dorian: Never mind. Drinks and insults later?

Sera: We're both buying. Then there's double.

~

(Stone-Bear Hold, passing by the landmark “In Fear of Hryngnar'' located next to Trainer Arrken Feldsen.)

Dorian: Every time I think I've seen the ugliest possible Avvar statue, a new one turns up that surpasses my expectations.

Sera: Creepy. Needs a hat. And breeches.

Blackwall: Maybe a mustache?

Sera: (Laughs.) Oh, that's good! We can draw one with soot!

Vivienne: Hmm. Cover it in gold leaf and it wouldn't be terrible.

~

(Nigel’s Point)

Dorian: The ancient Imperium did like to leave a mark. I wonder how long they stayed?

(Old Temple)

Dorian: Tevinter architecture at its finest. This just screams "I hated my parents and had no friends as a child," doesn't it?

(Razikale’s Reach)

Dorian: Makes you wonder about the sad, mid-level bureaucrat who thought building an outpost here would be a career boost.

(Tevinter ruins)

Cassandra: The Imperium reached even here.

Varric: I'm starting to think that if we went to the moon or the bottom of the sea, we'd find Tevinter ruins there.

~

(Swamp Kuldsdotten)

Dorian: I'm shocked I've never seen this plant before. It's so melodramatic, half the magisterium should be growing it.

Vivienne: Barbwood. A parasitic tree that grows through the body of its host. Useful in alchemy. Makes terrible furniture.

Dialogue options:

General: What do you use it for? [1]

General: Why is it terrible? [2]

[1] General: What do you use it for?

PC: What sort of uses does it have?

Vivienne: Vivienne: The sap makes potent restorative potions. Extracts from the leaves are useful for transmutations. Harvesting either one is too dangerous to attempt often. More's the pity. If the Inquisition could get herbalists out here to harvest it, you could make a fortune. Or several.

[2] General: Why is it terrible?

PC: What's so terrible about it?

Vivienne: Barbwood doesn't die, it goes dormant. Spill one drop of water on it and it sprouts... and infests your other furniture. I knew a comte in Montsimmard who had it take over his dining room. The Circle cleared the infestation free of charge.

(Swamp Kuldsdotten)

Cole: The trees are fighting. They are very angry, but very slow.

Cassandra: Be prepared. There's no telling what trouble we'll find down here.

(Swamp Kuldsdotten)

Iron Bull: Good place to get ambushed. Watch your back.

Inquisitor: You do know it's not physically possible to watch your own back.

Iron Bull: And now I'm thinking about it.

Inquisitor: Is there such a thing as a good place to get ambushed?

Iron Bull: "Pitch-black swampy wilderness," is at the bottom, next to armories and anyplace with hooks hanging from the ceiling. Everything else you rank in descending order from there. Expensive glassware shops, wine cellars, maybe an Orlesian ball. Those would be good places.

(Swamp Kuldsdotten)

Blackwall: How can it be so dark?

Sera: Because there’s no light, silly.

Blackwall: Ah... yes, that must be it.

~

(Cloudcap Lake)

Sera: Ugh, smells like the lake chucked its innards.

Inquisitor: I suppose you hate fish, too?

Sera: I like them cooked or hidden under some nob's furniture. Not up my nose.

Inquisitor: Put it out of your mind if it bothers you.

Sera: I can't out-think the air. Is that a special Herald power? Can't wait for the chant about that.

(Varsdotten River)

Blackwall: I wonder what they're catching up here. Sunfish? Trout?

Varric: How do fish even get into the mountains? Can they climb?

Sera: Fish stink until fried. Then get in my mouth.

~

(Tree bridge)

Dorian: Everyone remember not to look down.

Sera: If you close your eyes it's like flying. I bet, anyway. Don't do it, you'll fall. Which is flying, but shit.

Inquisitor: I may have already looked.

Dorian: (if the Inquisitor is in a romance with Dorian) Just try not to think about it. Or fall. I'd have to jump down after you. It would be very touching and so melodramatic it would become tiresome.

Dorian: (if the Inquisitor is in a romance with Cullen) Just try not to think about it. Or fall. Falling would be worse. I am not going to be the one to explain to Cullen that I let you fall to your death from a tree.

Dorian: (if the Inquisitor is in a romance with Josephine) Just try not to think about it. Or fall. Falling would be worse. I have no desire to tell Josephine that I let you fall to your doom from a tree in the middle of nowhere.

Dorian: (if the Inquisitor is in another romance/unromanced) Just try not to think about it. Or fall. Falling would be worse. Nobody wants to be the one to tell the world the Inquisitor fell off a log into an abyss.

Inquisitor: Are you saying that because you already did?

Dorian: Let's not start a whole game of, "Who looked down and suddenly felt the weight of their own mortality," shall we? Some of us have to concentrate on walking. If you do happen to look down, I also don't recommend thinking about how far it is to the ground.

[sailortakewarning]

Boardwalk Sushi

Sandra strolled down the boardwalk at just past sunset. Despite the seasonable weather, she wore a black crop jacket, blue bikini top, and jeans. Freezing was more tolerable than being bundled up. And of course, her pride pin.

She quickly found the place she was looking for, the sushi place on the boardwalk, which turned out to be named Boardwalk Sushi. Easy. She didn’t see the two sisters she was meeting, so she went ahead and got herself a spicy tuna roll while she waited. It hadn’t sounded like either of them ate much anyway.

[grimalkid]

YES!!!!!

thats my she/they!!!! i went on a craft hungry fugue state and bought a bunch of new yarn that needs to be used so like. you know

[sunfracture]

More than most would think.

[daicamgirl]

[tinderbutton]

#portland Day 13. Board games and beers at #cloudcap games. Such a warm inviting space. $5 gets you all day in a charming game room with a great selection of family and euro games. #deadofwinter #100daysofportland #tabletop #games #boardgames #illustration - - - - - - #journal #art #100daysproject (at Cloud Cap Games)