Re: Chapter Four: Journey to Acrix Solara
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2020 7:15 pm
It was night time, a rare occurrence for Vescrutia, given its abundance in solar and lunar activity. With the light of the great white star Xelphis always looming from the east and the rare, pink sheen of Solara blazing over the west- moonlit nights hours were rare to say the least.
A rumble shook the sturdy stone interior that housed the Astral Cities task force, rattling the sum of the desert city-though many of the citizens of Acrix Solara carried on, either ignorant of the tectonic shift, or mistaking the tremble for the cheer of the large crowd celebrating gleefully in the streets. It was always a festival in this part of the desert, as the Hellgates home had become a type of melting pot for the many cultures of the country, Astral Chaos.
The shaking that swept passed the desert was never followed by another, only further cementing the idea that it was a mere coincidence. However, to those not too enamoured by their cardinality and wine, they'd soon notice an eerie red dawn creeping over the horizon. Sunrise wasn't for another half a night, but even more ominous was the black dot growing in size at the center of rising star,Xelphis. Rising from the ashes of its sunset, several hours too early, was the great star, Xelphis. Eerily casting a foreboding crimson shine across the white sands of the Acrix desert.
Still engorged by their festivities and too excited too speculate any sense of danger, the music and cheering continued- seemingly swelling with excitement as the crimson dawn crept over the horizon.
A rumble shook the sturdy stone interior that housed the Astral Cities task force, rattling the sum of the desert city-though many of the citizens of Acrix Solara carried on, either ignorant of the tectonic shift, or mistaking the tremble for the cheer of the large crowd celebrating gleefully in the streets. It was always a festival in this part of the desert, as the Hellgates home had become a type of melting pot for the many cultures of the country, Astral Chaos.
The shaking that swept passed the desert was never followed by another, only further cementing the idea that it was a mere coincidence. However, to those not too enamoured by their cardinality and wine, they'd soon notice an eerie red dawn creeping over the horizon. Sunrise wasn't for another half a night, but even more ominous was the black dot growing in size at the center of rising star,Xelphis. Rising from the ashes of its sunset, several hours too early, was the great star, Xelphis. Eerily casting a foreboding crimson shine across the white sands of the Acrix desert.
Still engorged by their festivities and too excited too speculate any sense of danger, the music and cheering continued- seemingly swelling with excitement as the crimson dawn crept over the horizon.