#unknown realm

Fandom: Once Upon a Time (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Belle/Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold

Characters: Belle (Once Upon a Time), Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold, Gideon (Once Upon a Time), Original Characters

Additional Tags: Family, Fluff, Adventure, Missing Years, Unknown Realm, A Monthly Rumbelling June 2020 (Once Upon A Time), Monthly Rumbelling

Series: Part 9 of Growing Up, Part 5 of Rumbelling Shorts, Part 2 of Rumbeelle Showdown 2020

Summary: The first time Gideon gets to use a magic bean he sends his family to a fair in an unknown realm. There they meet a magician who has a special tent that transports the Golds into their own great adventure.

This chapter was written specifically for September’s Monthly Rumbelling.

Yet again this is the beginning of a Monthly Rumbelling fic, prompted by the June 2020 moodboard, but first prompted by the round 2 prompts of Rumbelle Showdown 2020. I couldn't say that before because I couldn't suggest that I was participating, but when I saw the prompts I would have gotten (aphrodisiac; room full of chests)  this story instantly came to mind and I wrote it, intending to hold on to it until today. When Monthly Rumbelleing gave me this mood board I was able to expand the story and I'm so very glad I did! (Because I am expanding as I go the room full of chests is in a future chapter, already written.)

The Tent of Infinite Adventure - Chapter 3

“Oh yes, I know the legend behind this, all right. Word is that the white stag is often seen beneath a lone tree that never blooms, but bears fruit year round.”

The tavern’s owner turned the gold ring as he examined it, leaning close to Gideon and speaking in conspiratorial tones. The boy had handed over the object only after a nod from his father and now he bit his lip nervously, hoping to get it back. Enchantments etched into the inner band ensured that each swing of his sword would do twice the damage to a foe so long as it rested on his finger, and the enemies they had crossed paths with recently had been difficult to bring down, even with the help of his mother’s magic and his father’s near perfect aim.

“Do you have any idea where we could find this tree?” His mother asked, food forgotten in the presence of another puzzle to solve.

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Cole x Arthur bc I said so

Rant v (Arthur belongs to @whyl3m0nzsour )

In things that are astonishing and amazing - this is Unknown Realm, a brand new CRPG (in the tradition of those from Origin, SSI or Interplay) under development for the best 8-bit Microcomputer ever built.

They're currently in the middle of a Kickstarter campaign to help fund it to the end - and whilst you'll be able to grab it digitally for your PC or Mac, the coolest part is the custom cartridge for the C64 edition.

Yes, there's been plenty of cartridge games developed in the last few years, but none requiring their own custom one to fit it all in!