this is Salem, a land filled with magic and maladies. It is a place where witches and their elemental familiars gather, a home to legend and
lore that predates time itself. Yet of all the wicked and wonderful stories the past can tell us of, the most magical are the ones yet to happen.
This is Salem - this is the start of your very own journey. Welcome to starfall
Starfall is an animaga witch roleplay set in mostly modern times. Members play as witches in a world plagued by monsters, where the only safe spots are walled cities. Starfall strives to be a character-driven roleplay with expansive lore and a highly interactive plotline. We want to allow members to
create and look back on a magical journey, and mold the site and its plot as their characters grow.
Post by lucena zamóre on Sept 15, 2018 5:16:52 GMT
THERE WAS NO LIGHT I SWEAR I COULD SEE A REARING FEAR
The town is hushed among the quiet forest that borders the boundary of the small town, the dirt paved pathways that stretch within its walls void from life– void from the bustling culture she had grown accustomed to her during her troubled youth. There is a heaviness in the atmosphere she finds herself unable place the moment she steps past the border of the dense forest and into the protected confinements in a place she still considered home.
Her lips are pressed together as she treks down the worn path, her movements slow and confined– fearful to disturb the unnatural quiet facade the town decided to don– as she moves towards a familiar household of an old friend. Pale fingers soon find themselves firmly curled around the handle of a dimly lit lantern as she navigates the town within the dying light, there is a portion of her that wished she had arrived earlier especially since the purpose of her visit was far more dire rather than relaxing.
It doesn’t take her long to arrive to the household nor does it take her long to extend her free hand out to knock on the worn wooden door of the home. She doesn’t arrive with her sister despite living within the same home, instead, she arrives alone and trusts that her twin is bound to follow– or at least chose to arrive before her.
Unlike the previous missions the two have took on within the past, this request was not open to the public. Instead, the request is personal and addressed only to them; the wayward granddaughter of the woman that took them in had gone missing without a hint and the stakes of the situation is much more obvious when the elder woman opens the door, dread within her eyes as her granddaughter had yet to return home to her.
Post by astartia zamóre on Sept 15, 2018 8:36:12 GMT
i had a dream that you couldn't hear me screaming.
Perhaps it was a morbid curiosity that led her feet astray— pressing sole to stone, a woman replaced in the footsteps left by a child of the same name; she felt disconnected, but homely and right, in the town nestled within the corners of the moon. Astartia couldn’t help but wonder: why would she leave? [break] Granddaughter to the only woman the witch would consider a mother, why abandon the home that had never left her? She couldn’t connect the realities of a deserted household— couldn’t fathom why choosing a life without would be conceivably better than a life within the walls. Though she didn’t know everything— it had been a long time since her stay, since those walls were her sister and her own’s home as well, but perhaps that was what was ripping apart the pieces in her mind. [break] Disconnected. [break] She had considered the girl being taken, but never with much seriousness; it seemed too strange and too targeted, out of the norm, but it remained in the recesses of her mind: a possibility, a chance, and an anger. But as she rounded, again, upon the corner separating a scarcity of trees to the worn down cottage that seemed trapped in stagnancy, she smiled. [break] Brushing past, tapping two forefingers against Lucena’s forearm, she found footing a step beside her sister and stopped, casting her a glance and a smirk in welcome. [break] “Took you long enough, Luna, I’ve done three laps already,” she teased, elbowing her sister good-naturedly. “Glad you made it safe.” Her jest was wiped, however, at the creaking of the door, swinging open to reveal a face she’d long found comfort in, though now was marred with worry. Her brow furrowed, eyes softening, lips turned down at the edges. [break] “Elisa,” she breathed, chest constricting at the sight of the weathered woman. “Any news?”
312 WORDS FOR lucena zamóre ― ah yes our surrogate mother.
Post by lucena zamóre on Sept 15, 2018 9:53:26 GMT
THERE WAS NO LIGHT I SWEAR I COULD SEE A REARING FEAR
Her muscles seem to tense when she feels delicate fingers brush against her forearm, a silent tension building within before it seems to seize upon hearing familiar words laced behind the teasing tone of her twin sister– a small relieved sigh slipping past pale colored lips as Astartia falls to her side, the slight friendliness of her twin’s smile enough to disperse the temporary uneasiness of the situation, “How long have you been waiting to do that?” Her words almost seem exasperated for a moment when she speaks, yet, her voice is quick to grow firm as she carefully recollects her bearings once more; a small smile settling upon her own lips.
“I am relieved to see that you made it here fine, even after that small scare you gave me.” She manages to muster, a voice far more hushed as they stand before the door of the worn cottage; the smile that was nestled on her lips quick to fade upon seeing the wood of the door creak open a few moments after her small knock.
Astartia is the first of the pair to address the elder woman with an earnest question, the dread that was laced within her eyes having yet to seize and only seemed to darken with concern at the thought of her missing granddaughter, “Astartia.” Elisa soon greets, her tone firm though kind as she addresses the elder of the twins; the gentleness of the moment fleeting, “‘Fraid not, dear. The town has been searching high and low for Alena, but she vanished into thin air and still hasn’t turned up.” The firmness in the elder woman’s voice seems to waver at the explanation though it doesn’t take her long to clear her throat and gather her strength once more.
Lucena is the second to speak when her sister’s question receives a distraught answer from Elisa; her voice hushed as her gaze settles onto the woman she considered as a friend– a woman she considered to be her own mother, “Elisa, do you think there’s a possibility that she may have found refuge in close proximity of the town?” Yet another earnest question.