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

Ain't life just awful strange [open]


Posted on November 20, 2018 by Gia Jones
South Reopen Thread

a new world hangs outside the window
beautiful and strange
it must be I've fallen awake
I must be



The thin dark hunter walked solemnly down the winding, damp sidewalk, opting to take a shortcut through a quaint neighborhood park on her way home to Dupont Circle. She'd left the yoga studio just as the sun was setting, and carefully weighed what laid ahead for her in the evening hours. She felt good - better and more stable than she'd had in many months - and clung to this period of healing with every fiber of her being. She was constantly worried that the other shoe would drop, soon. And as such, she feared veering from her routine too much, and risking some kind of deep dive back into depression, or worse.

Things had seemingly stabilized since that night where she was almost date-raped at a bar on the East side of town. Despite the obvious close call, being rescued from awful mortal men by a vampire of all things had taken some serious soul searching for the dark hunter to overcome. All of that wound its way deep into Buffy's very being, triggering some leftover PTSD from events that the dark hunter had once thought were long behind her. But obviously not. It created a deeper hole to climb out of than Buffy had ever anticipated.

But Buffy was good to herself in the aftermath, for once. She did all the things the therapist taught her to, even when it went beyond her comfort level. Yoga helped. So did meditation. She stopped drinking so much (though she couldn't stop altogether) and tried not to wallow too much in her home by herself. Eventually she made the plunge back into her world, and started taking assignments from the Council again. At first, she was slow. She was meticulous about her research and preparation. The first few kills felt foreign and strange, and she felt rusty. But then she found her groove again.

Nevertheless, the dark hunter worried about rushing things. So even though the familiar itch had returned, scratching at her insides as she left her afternoon yoga class, clamoring to be out all night hunting, she resisted. Maybe Saturday, she thought, like she had penciled in on her calendar. Tonight was only Thursday.

Buffy gulped down what was left of her cold water from her dangling bottle, and let it hang idly at her waist. Her footfall was silent in her sneakers, as she moved with light steps down the poorly-lit paths of the now-dark park. Just a few more winding blocks and she'd be back in her neighborhood. Perhaps she'd pick up some pad thai take-out on the way home, and curl up on her couch with the cat and some Netlfix. Maybe she'd pick up that novel she checked out from the library a few weeks ago, which had sat on her nightstand untouched since the day she took it home. All the while, that itch inside continued to scratch, her thirst for blood and booze never far from the back of her mind.

GIA BUFFY JONES

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