INTRO LOG: BLACK CATS & WALKING UNDER LADDERS

[hadrielmods]

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for February.
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: February 10th-13th
Warnings: Fresh meat, creepy moving shadows, terrible luck, the screams of your loved ones.

Welcome to Hadriel, new friends. While waking up on the ground of a broken colosseum may not be the most pleasant arrival, you can at least find comfort in the fact that there's no giant monster immediately attempting to eat you. Plenty of the people already here will tell you that they weren't quite so lucky. But - wait. Is that something moving in the shadows, or is it just your imagination?

Of course it's not just your imagination. That would be way too easy. No, arriving along with everyone this time are wraiths, vengeful spirits that enjoy darkness, shadows, and misery. On the plus side, they won't try to kill you. On the minus side, their touch chills you and saps your energy, as well as inflicting a temporary curse of awful luck. Anything that can go wrong, will, including (and especially) things that might kill you. Wraiths are subtle and sneaky, so be sure to watch your back. That shadow isn't just a shadow.

Compounding the confusion the wraiths can cause, you just might wake up to the sound of chattering voices - only to be quite alone. A small flock of jabberjays has come through the Door as well. These genetically engineered birds are capable of mimicking entire human voices and conversations - as well as screams of terror and pain. Initially only in the arena and bringing only conversations from their world, they'll soon settle throughout the city and begin to learn the voices of those living in Hadriel. Your best friend screaming bloody murder just a street over? It could be them, or it could just be one of these lovely birds. Don't let it stress you out.

Once you've escaped the colosseum, hopefully without accidentally impaling yourself on your own weapon, feel free to go explore the rest of the city! Find a house, find a new monster, or simply scavenge for supplies. Good luck, and enjoy your stay in Hadriel!

► This log covers February 10th-13th.
► Feel free to make your own logs, as well!
► All characters now arrive with phones that have network communication.
► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!

Comments

4... no wait, how about 4 instead

[fervence]

... birds? [lloyd gives the woman a faintly wide eyed look when she approaches, looks up and around like maybe he'll be able to spot these birds she's talking about.

the birds seem to be getting better at hiding though, maybe all of the people trying to strangle them over the past couple of days has strengthened their self-preservation instincts. either way, all lloyd can do is offer her a sort of hopeless shrug for her troubles.]

You mean the screaming, right?

just wait for the other 4

[hedgings]

Do I mean the screaming [ She mutters to herself before turning on Lloyd like he's lost his mind. ] Of course I mean the screaming.

Have you not noticed all the birds going around talking like people. Except they say really horrible things like "Help me" and scream like they're being murdered. [ It's not him she's mad at. Actually, she's not so bad with kids. Sometimes. Ish. Okay she's nice to Asmodeus. But she has no reason to be rude to Lloyd.

She just really hates those fucking birds. ]

[fervence]

Uh, yeah. [lloyd rubs the back of his head rather sheepishly, considering the fact that when the birds first came through the door in the colosseum with everyone else, he'd been tricked into chasing after their plaintive cries more than once.

it's still hard to ignore them now, if he's honest.]

If it helps any, most people around here don't really... do that? [if there was one thing that could be said about the wide variety of people that had been dragged into hadriel against their will, the fact that they were all pretty sturdy people under the circumstances was undeniable.]

Most of the stuff that comes in from the doors eventually moves to the caves anyway, so it probably won't be a problem for too much longer.