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!
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Comments

[foundafamily]

Me neither. Never heard anything like it either.

[He plants his hands on his hips, wincing from that screech.]

So how do you think we go about shuttin' it up?

[fervence]

Uh... [lloyd considers the bird curiously, head tilting to one side in an unwitting emulation of the bird's own head movements.]

Ask it nicely?

[foundafamily]

[Is he kidding? Firo raises an eyebrow and is ready to offer just what he thinks about this guy's skills as a comedian... but then he takes a longer look at that expression and realizes that he might actually mean it.]

...You're serious? How're you gonna talk to that thing, huh?

[Let alone 'nicely.']

[fervence]

[lloyd wasn't above joking of course, but in this particular circumstance, he was completely serious.

after all, he hardly saw any sort of point in killing something that was ultimately harmless in the long run and not even worth the effort of hunting it. it just seemed sort of needlessly cruel.]

Some animals are pretty smart, you know. It might understand if we just ask it normally.

[foundafamily]

Uh-huh.

[Nope, not convinced.]

How about you knock yourself out tryin' that while I go find a rock or something to scare it away with?

[Not hitting the bird--even Firo's not that cruel to something that seems so defenseless--but he hopes if he can at least nick its perch, the thing'll fly away.

...Probably to another part of the city to go bother someone else, but that's good enough for him.]

[fervence]

[well fine, firo, maybe he will do that. maybe he will.

lloyd tips his head back to look at the bird, waves a gloved hand up at it to try and catch its attention.] Excuse me? Bird? Can you please stop?

You're going to make people nervous or worried.

[foundafamily]

[Firo, meanwhile, has wandered off to cast about on the ground for a decent-sized pebble. He comes up with an appealing candidate and tosses it in the air a few times.]

How's it goin' over there?

[fervence]

[lloyd turns to look over at firo after a moment and just shrugs helplessly at him. no luck over here with the gentle approach.]

[foundafamily]

[To say that Firo doesn't smile smugly when he sees that would give him far too much credit as a human being.]

So then it's my turn. Watch--

[He winds up and sends the stone flying. It hits the branch, prompting an indignant squawk from the bird. The creature just digs its talons in and screams long and loud once again--nope, not going anywhere.]

[fervence]

[is the smug thing really warranted when your way didn't work any better than lloyd's? lloyd considers the bird's perch seriously and the wall leading up to it.

then he squares his shoulders and starts to climb.]

[foundafamily]

[No. No it is not.

Firo weighs their options--giving up and admitting that they backed down from a bird, continuing to try, or just forgetting this ever happened. The last one is seeming pretty appealing, and then he notices Lloyd's next move.]

...What the hell are you doin'?

[Okay, this kid is weird. Maybe not as strange as some of his friends back home (at least, not yet), but pretty weird.]