84th of Spring, 515
late afternoon
Zephari had walked this road over easily over a hundred times now, but something felt a little was off about the route today. Usually this time of day was a little windy, and this was something she can come to enjoy, as it cooled her down after a hard day's work at the mines. But now there was no wind at all, the air perfectly still.
She was about half way towards the split in the road that lead back toward riverfall when Zephari noticed something else unusual. A column of smoke rising from near the split in the road up ahead. At first this was alarming, as it could be a grass fire, which this near to the end of the season could be entirely destructive, as all the grass in the area was very dried out.
Instead it turned out to be a column of smoke spouting from a chimney, that was attached to an inn sitting at the corner between the road split. This was very strange, as that building had never been there before. It was a ratty old looking tavern that was in rather bad shape. Things like broken windows, missing roof tiles, and full on wholes in the roof really gave it that run down look.
Continuing with caution, Zephari approached the inn, rather confused as the how this building came to be here. As she drew closer she began to hear what sounded like music. A combination of flute and violin music, but it sounded... Off, not quite real. As she came within about twenty feet she could see movement of several white shapes within the building. They seemed to look like people, but different. They weren't entirely opaque, being slightly translucent and somewhat misty. The tavern seemed pretty busy, and sounded like there were at least twenty or thirty people inside.
"There is no way that I could have missed this place all this time... How on Semele did it get here?" she asked, and almost in answering, a man opened the front door, and waved Zephari over. He was certainly not a normal man, as you could clearly see all the way through him into the inside of the tavern behind him.
Is this a ghost tavern!?!? I can't say I've ever seen anything like this! That ghost seems friendly enough... The ghost was smiling, making a welcoming gesture. Shrugging, figuring there was only a reasonably high chance of this going extremely badly, Zephari walked over to the doorway and stepped inside. Inside was bustling with many ghosts, most of them were waiters and bartenders working the tavern. There were also a few other normal non-dead people here, a few of them eating fresh cooked meals.
The ghost man who had opened the door said; "Welcome, have a seat and I'll be right back around to you."
Thanking him Zephari took a seat at the front bar, and waited while the ghost hovered over to behind the bar, taking a route through the bar.What is even happening?
late afternoon
Zephari had walked this road over easily over a hundred times now, but something felt a little was off about the route today. Usually this time of day was a little windy, and this was something she can come to enjoy, as it cooled her down after a hard day's work at the mines. But now there was no wind at all, the air perfectly still.
She was about half way towards the split in the road that lead back toward riverfall when Zephari noticed something else unusual. A column of smoke rising from near the split in the road up ahead. At first this was alarming, as it could be a grass fire, which this near to the end of the season could be entirely destructive, as all the grass in the area was very dried out.
Instead it turned out to be a column of smoke spouting from a chimney, that was attached to an inn sitting at the corner between the road split. This was very strange, as that building had never been there before. It was a ratty old looking tavern that was in rather bad shape. Things like broken windows, missing roof tiles, and full on wholes in the roof really gave it that run down look.
Continuing with caution, Zephari approached the inn, rather confused as the how this building came to be here. As she drew closer she began to hear what sounded like music. A combination of flute and violin music, but it sounded... Off, not quite real. As she came within about twenty feet she could see movement of several white shapes within the building. They seemed to look like people, but different. They weren't entirely opaque, being slightly translucent and somewhat misty. The tavern seemed pretty busy, and sounded like there were at least twenty or thirty people inside.
"There is no way that I could have missed this place all this time... How on Semele did it get here?" she asked, and almost in answering, a man opened the front door, and waved Zephari over. He was certainly not a normal man, as you could clearly see all the way through him into the inside of the tavern behind him.
Is this a ghost tavern!?!? I can't say I've ever seen anything like this! That ghost seems friendly enough... The ghost was smiling, making a welcoming gesture. Shrugging, figuring there was only a reasonably high chance of this going extremely badly, Zephari walked over to the doorway and stepped inside. Inside was bustling with many ghosts, most of them were waiters and bartenders working the tavern. There were also a few other normal non-dead people here, a few of them eating fresh cooked meals.
The ghost man who had opened the door said; "Welcome, have a seat and I'll be right back around to you."
Thanking him Zephari took a seat at the front bar, and waited while the ghost hovered over to behind the bar, taking a route through the bar.What is even happening?