#goldsickened

[joshosiz]

     ( @goldsickened )

Hive City had always taken him for a turn, but this was something else entirely.

It was a mountain. No, more than that -- it was a kingdom that stretched around and even within a towering mountain. He wasn’t sure he could come up with anything greater than that. It truly was a sight to behold, like something taken directly from a book of fantasy. Somehow, Josh had awoken to find himself inside the mountain, overlooking the valley that sprawled out before him. What struck him the most, however, were the people that inhabited the place. They were far shorter than humans -- dwarves? he tentatively thought -- though their attire was most regal with many in armour, wielding fearsome weapons and other tools.

He was startled from his observations, however, when he realised that some had taken note of him, pointing at him from afar. Josh couldn’t help but wince, knowing how foreign he must have seemed to them. Not to mention the fact that he had no idea how he’d gotten there to begin with, though that wouldn’t help his cause. 

But was it all real? He’d never imagined dreaming -- or even hallucinating -- something this... different. This extravagant and fantastical. Drawing away from the balcony’s edge, he attempted to slip inside the mountain with the hopes of finding an exit of some sort.

It’d be best if he could actually get some answers, but at that point, he found himself primarily concerned with the increasingly alarmed dwarves. He had to get out -- quick.

[luthiensdaughter]

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[newfoundedcourage]

     At first, Bilbo thought nothing of the ground shaking lightly. It might have been a fight between those with abilities or something meaningless. He simply went back to chopping his vegetables for the stew he was preparing. Then something somewhere in his house broke, glass shattering as furniture and cabinets began to shiver and quake with the ground. He hears trees falling outside, causing the ground to shake with more intensity and even with his home being in the ground it begin to groan with force. 

   He drops his knife, which stumbles on the counter before falling to the ground. Bilbo is used to the city being thrown into chaos, but it always manages to catch him off guard. He calls out to Thorin, but his voice is drowned out by what sounds like thunder. He stumbles into his den, only to be forced onto the ground. And as he looks out into his hallway, the ground begins to crack and pull apart. He feels things fall on him, and the pain that comes with shatter glass but he can only watch as his house is torn in two. On the other side of the rift he sees Thorin, and they are both helpless as they can only watch as the earth itself put distance between them.

   While the earth quakes with much force, it does not happen for long. Bilbo stands, covered in dust and debris, and tries to move as close to Thorin as he can. They would have to find another way to reach other other. 

   “THORIN!”

   “A-Are you alright? Are you there?”

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[noluckstan-blog]

is the ren fair in town?

    Hive City was weird. While Gravity Falls was also weird, most of the time the Falls had the decency to act like it was all some mystery and hide itself. Here, everything was out in the open and unashamed like some sort of spectacle. Still, Stan has no choice on where he is, so he treats all customers and tourists the same. Most of the time. Everyone else he treated as he did with all strangers no matter how strange or strong they were. This applied to the strange, long haired short man that looked like he went around shooting huzzah and selling leather boots at a renaissance festival.

    The guy looked confused, like he had never been in a gift shop before, and Stan’s patience was wearing thin.

   💲“Hey, Braveheart, you gonna buy something or what?”

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[elvenrule]

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     After all the days he had spent in the city of men, Thranduil had seen not a single dwarf. Humans, few elves, and many other races entirely. Yet no dwarf would show their face to the king himself, not until this day at least. Even then, it was the blond who found the dwarf at first.

     With a steady pace, he parted a sea of people on his path towards the stout individual. His eyes had seen their presence from far off, the keen sight made to good use now. It was without a doubt the man he had known DEAD in their world --- Thorin Oakenshield.

     ❝I would hardly expect a dwarven face to appear in this land beside me, a former king of them, at that.❞

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     Kirk was bored. Dying of boredom. He hadn’t met anyone in the city that decided to stick around yet, but he wasn’t worried about it for now. He had only been in the city for a few weeks and it wasn’t easy to become friends with someone in such a short time. The Starfleet captain found himself laying across a bench in a quiet park, staring up at the sky. 

     He would never do this in front of his crew, but they weren’t here now. It was getting dark, the first stars starting to appear in the sky. He bit his bottom lip, remembering what it was like to be in space. How it was like to be the captain of a starship. He missed it all so much. The mere thoughts brought a smile to his lips.

     The captain knew that he would get back there someday. It was surely his destiny. He was meant to be up there, looking for new planets, fighting against the ancient evils that rose up and threatened all life forms.

     He held up the bb gun that he received when he first arrived, pointing it upwards and making noises that poorly imitated what sounds the blasters would make when they fired. It was childish, he would admit, but it provided him with a sort of entertainment for the time being.

[luthiensdaughter]

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[elvenrule]

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