The gathering inside a vending machine

Noel Rivet stepped out of his checkered violet-and-blue carriage, which always managed to draw more stares than it had any right to.

It wasn't the colors alone; it was the audacity of the design, as if it were purposefully challenging the concept of subtlety. He adjusted his coat and looked up at the Temple of Umbra, a structure so dazzlingly white it seemed like it might blind anyone who stared too long.

Umbra was the goddess of shadows and obscurity, her authority involved total control over shadows and the ability to obscure anything, physical or conceptual. Her temple was called "The church of Shadows".