hadriel_logs | Event Log: Fourth Wall, Part One

Who: Everyone in the city + Fourth Wall visitors!
What: Part one of the fourth wall event, hosted by Fear, Confusion, and Delight!
Where: All around the city
When: October 24th-November 1st
Warnings: Visitors from other worlds!

If you're not from around here, you may be wondering what's going on. You've woken up out of the blue in the colosseum, or near a temple, or in one of the numerous other locations in the city. You're somewhere underground and it's dark, cold, and maybe a little unnerving.

Luckily, shortly after your arrival, the road below your feet begins to light up in a gentle, warm glow. The light points you in a set direction and, if you choose to travel that way, will lead you toward the center of the city, where there is a large gathering of others who are lost here like you, people who might know their way around a bit more, and even some of the gods who rule this place.

There are lights strung up on poles throughout the large clearing, casting a comforting glow onto the tables beneath them. The tables are abundant with lots of food that looks simply delicious- though, none of it tastes quite like it should. The tarts taste like green beans, the mashed potatoes like cheesecake, and the chocolate seems oddly reminiscent of steak. In addition, there are decorations artfully placed around the meeting point. If you see them moving, don't worry- that's probably just your imagination.

Also distributed along the tables are shot glasses, filled with a sludgy, yellow substance. If you're brave enough to consume them, they taste strongly of mint and will give you a much needed energy boost, circumventing the need to eat or sleep for a full 24 hours! After that, however, everything hits you all at once, so use them wisely. Some of you may remember these shots from our How Delightful event earlier this year!

In addition to all of the above, there are also party poppers strewn around the area. Each popper can jet out some strange objects- glitter bombs, seashells, plastic dinosaurs, maybe a live lizard or two- so be careful! Feel free to use your discretion on these, but remember to keep it small!
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Of course, you can always not travel that way. The rest of the city has plenty of places to explore- maybe you'd like to stumble in our Silent Hill zone, have a quick look around the alien orchard, or check out any of the god temples that can inspire their chosen emotion. Be careful not to get lost in the tunnels leading away from the cave- none of them can actually move you above ground, but you may run into a few monsters on the way.

For those of you who have been with us awhile, please bear with the gods while they try to adjust around these new folks! Join in on the festivities if you like, or try to orient as many of the others as you can. Start a community outreach program, start a fight club, introduce your parents to your weird cave girlfriend- nobody's judging!

Well. Some of us might be.
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Enjoy the fourth wall event at Hadriel! Once you're settled in feel free to explore the rest of the city! Find a house, find a new monster, or simply scavenge for supplies.

Fourth wall characters do not enter with phones so they cannot reach the network- however, if you'd like to handwave that they somehow got ahold of Mello's Newcomer guide to avoid the 'where am I/what is this' sort of questions, then feel free!

Good luck, and enjoy your stay in Hadriel!

► This log covers October 24th-November 1st.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well! Fourth wall characters will not have posting access, so grab an in-game friend if you wanted to do anything separate from the main log.
► Fourth wall characters will be in the city for at least one week, though they can stay for longer. The party will go on throughout the entire week, thanks to Delight's boundless energy!
► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!

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Chris has been mostly avoiding this whole event since it started, for two main reasons: one, he remembers how other parties have gone, and two, he's just not up for talking to a ton of new people that arrived surprisingly off schedule. But eventually he does decide to wander out to the clearing, and immediately regrets it as this entire scene goes down.

He's actually a lot more interested in Algidus, since he knows Glacius, but carefully doesn't stare and instead turns his attention toward AJ. He considers just not getting involved at all, but at this point he's gotten used to new arrivals reacting with anger about being in this place and he really can't blame them. It's a lot easier to be angry than afraid.

So he's patient and calm when he speaks up, trying to diffuse the whole situation a bit. "They um, don't usually show up in person, except Delight. But if you want to talk to them you can call them on the phones, though there's like six of them now."

"Do I look like I own a fucking phone?" AJ snaps, focusing a hate-fuelled glare on the young man. She raises her arms a little showcasing her sweat and grease and plant-stained jumpsuit bereft of much in the way of pockets. Hopping off the table and bulling her way towards him, she demands, "why don't you do someone a solid and give me their number? I'll go grab a fucking banana and dial them right the fuck up?"

Wow, geez; Chris recoils a little at the glare and more as she nears, but resists taking a step back even if he raises his hands in a placating gesture. "Sorry, um, usually everyone who shows up gets a phone that runs on like, shitty underground city 4G service." He could offer his own phone, but he's... Not going to do that just yet. "You can also um, probably get their attention by going to a Temple and asking to talk to them directly?"

The very idea of getting on her knees for anyone wrenches a sneer from the clone, who's already doing a pretty fine job of pulling a face. "Are you fucking kidding me? Do you think I'm joking around? I want the fuck out of here; if they can drag me across the damned universe, they can send me and my friend home. Find one of them for me." She waves a hand at him, vaguely threatening, as though she's considering searching his pockets if he doesn't cooperate.

Chris frowns a little at her gesturing, wary, though the rest of his demeanor is still appeasing. "I can't just find one. I don't know where any of them are." And that's... More or less true. Delight's at the bar sometimes, but he likes Delight and has a feeling he shouldn't send AJ toward her if she's even there.

And sure, he could offer his phone, but he's thinking less and less like that's a good option.

"I can um, show you where a Temple is, though?"

"You can't dial up someone for five fucking seconds and pass the phone over? Do I look like I'm going to smash your dinky flip-top or something?" Apparently her reaction to being questioned was to hurl more questions back, judging by this back-and-forth.

She stands for a few seconds, hands balled into fists like she is considering the pros and cons of clobbering him and mugging him, but in the end, AJ relents. She steps off a half a foot, jamming her thumbs through the belt she keeps unnecessarily around her jump-suit. "Alright, show me the way, smart-ass. Don't dump me in a tire fire or I'm dragging you down with me."

Chris has a lot of things he could say to those first questions, but he decides it probably isn't worth it to say them. So instead he's quiet, watching her carefully in case she does go the mugging route, but then things seem to diffuse and his posture relaxes just a little.

"Sure, yeah. Does it matter which god? Delight's Temple is the closest." Although he's a little hesitant to make poor Delight have to deal with AJ.

"Which one's going to get us out of here the fastest?" AJ retorts, obviously low on patience. At least she's not yelling; under the nice, thick varnish of disgust and frustration, it's pretty easy to see the bags under her eyes and the undernourished points of her shoulders and elbows, what with her jumpsuit's sleeves having been ripped off. She's been through enough that grasping on to this one slim hope that a higher power that actually exists and is willing to talk is a powerful draw.

Well, the god that's going to get them out of Hadriel fastest is none of them, so Delight's temple is is. Now that the conversation is calming a little he does notice that AJ certainly doesn't look too great, and he's concerned but doubts she'll take any direct questions or worrying too favorably.

So instead-- "Wanna grab something for the walk?" The food here at the party is weird, but it's still food and it looks like she could use some energy.

"Do I look crippled to you?" AJ spits back, but then she realizes he's pointing out the food and she bites her tongue. "Uh..." well, now he has stumped her. She's not really used to bounty, or even really agreeableness. Suspicion floods her. "What's the catch? Is it poisoned? Cursed? I'm not eating anything I don't know how it died or where it's from."

Sorry, Chris, you've just picked up the most miserable dregs of an alley moggie.

Event Log: Fourth Wall, Part One

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