South
The southern part of the city has a chic family-oriented sort of charm to it. Here, small locally owned shops run rampant, neighbors often know each other by name, and the monthly socials are an event not to be missed. In the South, children can often be seen safely playing in the park or on sidewalks and in the weekends, families often take to the beach to enjoy the warm waters surrounding the city.
What You'll Find Here
Ascension Center of Equitation
Hyde Park
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
The Outskirts
The University of Sacrosanct
Ascension Center of Equitation
The Ascension Center of Equitation is the epicenter of the Dark Hunter Cavalry Unit. Originally a high-class facility for show-jumping, Ascension now caters entirely to the Cavalry Unit. Here the Dark Hunters learn how to ride and fight upon the backs of horses - many of which are Were's themselves.
Home of: The Cavalry
Hyde Park
Hyde Place takes up a large part of the Southern side of the city and includes a large playground, several fountains, and a small garden. The park is open from five in the morning till midnight though many shady characters may visit this place while it's technically "closed". The park has also been a venue for several concerts and hosts many holiday-related events. Under a full moon, witches are often seen here for the sacred ground beneath the iconic Weeping Beech.
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium (PDZA) is an award-winning combined zoo and aquarium located within the Southern Part of Sacrosanct. Situated on 92 acres in Sacrosanct's Hyde Park, the zoo and aquarium are home to over 9,000 specimens representing 367 animal species. Point Defiance is also widely known for its conversation efforts regarding the breed and release program of Red Wolves.
The Outskirts
Beyond the city limits and over the bridge lies the deep, dark, and almost impenetrable forest. Often seen as a way to guard this magical city against the world that surrounds it, many are entirely ignorant of the evil that may creep between those tree trunks. Many were-creatures use the forest for the transformations of their newest members and some even take to hunting here. It isn't particularly peculiar for people to go missing within this forest but once you get through, the rest of the world awaits.
The University of Sacrosanct
The University of Sacrosanct offers some of the top programs in the nation with its outstanding campus and specialized faculty. The University places a high focus both upon educating future generations but also on research to help revolutionize the world. The University welcomes the talent of students across the world to enroll and unlock their unlimited potential. With applications from across the nation, classes fill up quickly.
PhD in Plant Biology Abigail Hughes
bite your face to spite your nose
Posted on June 08, 2017 by cecily grace
She watches everything from a distance, her body pressed behind a rather large tree as her fox eyes take in the full size of the werelion, the beast whose scent is so familiar to her. It isn't long ago that he found her in the park, drowning in her own drunken self misery and trying to hide from the ghosts that called her home. She scents the air like an addict, gasping on the familiar smell of him and revelling in it because it is familiar, and she is so, so alone.
Too soon, her thoughts are interrupted by the arrival of another lion and for a moment, confusion grips her. He smells the same, or almost, as the beautiful creature who had made her feel less like an outcast. Brothers? She edges closer, her body sliding out from behind the coverage of the trees as if she might get a closer look, but not too close - not yet. To be truthful, she is frightened of the second one and still leery of the first, and the thought of creeping up to the gathering now makes her heart thrum a wild, erratic dance against her ribcage.
In the moment, she considers that she should run. They might not have caught her scent yet - she could still make it far away and they might never know that she had watched them from behind her tree, much like a ghost herself. But the fox isn't the type for cowardice, even when the girl inside might be.
She slinks from her hiding place in a slow, cautious lope, her eyes never leaving the man and the lion and when she draws near, she curves to be closer to the man, the familiarity a comfort. She is still wary of the lion, distrustful of his size and the ability to crush her small body with a snap of those overlarge teeth around her middle. She tilts her nose upwards, towards her equal - the one who hears the voices of the dead, like her.
She shifts on a whim, standing up and shivering against the cold. Had she known that she'd be shifting, perhaps she would've brought some clothes along. But she is used to this, the purity of the naked body and relaxes into her human form, her hands intertwining in front of her to cover her more private areas. "I followed your scent," she simply says before falling quiet, her lips pursed together in unease. Her human heart is not nearly as brave as the one beating inside that fox chest, and she can feel the regret of her choice beginning to creep in, slow at first and then quickening until her fingers tremble.
She could use a drink, or something more.