It's Sushi Time!

[hadrielmods]

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for August
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: August 10th-16th
Warnings: Murdercrabs for the murdercave. A delicacy!

It's early in the morning when you feel the telltale thud of hitting hard-packed earth. Whether you're used to the feeling or not, you'll probably have a bruise or two from hitting the ground, which is another way to say Welcome to Hadriel!

In our beautiful city of Hadriel, you can find many treasures and wonders, like the creepy cat clocks, or the baby face cuckoo clocks, or some dali clocks, or... well, they're all clocks, and lucky for you, they all have different times set on their hands!

Be careful not to spend too much time lingering around with the timepieces, as there are monsters afoot! You should be careful or you'll be overrun by war crabs! These mollusk-like creatures are several feet in diameter and a few hundred pounds, so be careful when dealing with them! They're also capable of utilizing their steam-powered machinery to launch rusty grenades and musket bullets at you- don't think that close range is a good idea either, as their sharp pincers can amputate entire limbs, and they're quicker than they seem.

You might want to get out of this place as soon as possible- maybe one of the other folks around you can lend a hand? Sure, they might be just as confused as you, but there's strength in numbers, after all!

After you've find your way out of the colosseum there's plenty of other distractions. Feel free to go explore the rest of the city! Find a house, a new monster, a project to help with, or simply scavenge for supplies. Good luck, and enjoy your stay in Hadriel!

► This log covers August 10th-16th.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well!
► All characters arrive with phones that have network communication and the newbie guide installed.
► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!

Comments

kyna midha | open

[evocation]

i - colosseum

[Kyna finds herself absolutely not where she should be, which is... not entirely a shock. Being dumped on the ground kind of is, but she's more pissed than scared. This had better not be some fairy bullshit again.

Except the rest of her group is nowhere to be found, and there are a bunch of creepy clocks everywhere, because of course there are. She barely has time to register the intense weirdness of this when she hears a decidedly ominous thudding behind her, almost like footsteps but far too heavy. She scrambles to her feet and turns to find one of her new crab friends bearing down on her. They're metal, though, which is good news for her—it's far too easy to raise her hand and send a crackling arc of electricity at it, which is enough to slow it down, at least.

And then Kyna books it, sprinting across the sand. Unfortunately for her, she's got her eyes locked on the second crab, which means she's not paying attention to where she's going and completely slams into someone. Oops.]

Ow, Jesus!

ii - city

[Once she finally gets out of the stupid, awful colosseum, Kyna wanders the city. She tries her phone first, and finally gives up with an exasperated noise when she realizes it's worthless. The new phone she's been given isn't, and she finds the newbie guide easily enough, but she doesn't so much read it as skim it. Barely.

It's obvious on her face that she's starting to panic. She doesn't know where any of her friends are, even though they were right next to her before she landed here, and the city itself is sketchy as hell. She doesn't want to deal with gods, because gods generally suck, and she doesn't know what she's doing or where she should even be going. So, out of desperation, she grabs the first person she sees, making a grab for their sleeve.]

Hey! This is a joke, right? What the fuck is going on?

[Maybe she'd know if she actually read the guide, but hey.]

ii!

[danseur]

[ and morgan jolts when she grabs his sleeve, because jesus, personal space!! he shakes her grip off, looking a little personally offended, before he moves to actively roll his sleeves up. ]

Oh my god, we need a like - instructional video PSA or something. No, it's not a joke, and don't sneak up on people like that, you're gonna get dropkicked or something.

[ she did not sneak, morgan. you were just not paying even a little attention. ]

[evocation]

What? I walked right up to you.

[Because this is the important point to make.]

Who the hell are you?

[danseur]

No, you snuck, or I would have heard you.

[ okay, he's a little indignant, forgive him. ]

And I'm Morgan. Who the hell are you, other than 'clearly new and obviously rude'?

colosseum

[restinglichface]

[Lup's only experienced one of these colosseum encounters since her arrival into Hadriel the previous month, but she's pretty confident she's got the whole timeline of it down. Newcomers arrive through the door, flavor-of-the-month monsters pop out right after them, then it's an all out beat-em-up fest until the last of the creatures is gone. Pretty basic shit.

When Kyna slams into her, Lup's hand was already reaching out to grab her shoulder, keeping the half-elf from stumbling to the ground as the second giant crab skittered forward towards them. It's not much in the way of reassurance, but Lup shoots the other woman a quick grin, curling and devious, and winks.] Think they're feeling crabby?

[Lup's free hand rises, already crackling with electricity, before she lets loose chain lightning on the crabs. Three bolts of lightning arch from creature to creature, momentarily shocking any enemies near the pair.]

[evocation]

[Kyna has time to register two things—that the person she's run into is an elf and that she's just made a pun—before Lup uses chain lightning and it is the coolest thing Kyna has ever seen. Luckily for her, Lup's bought them enough time that Kyna can afford to be super impressed.]

Oh my god, that was so cool.

[restinglichface]

[It isn't until she turns to find Kyna looking at her with slight adoration that Lup's interest immediately perks up at the younger woman, her gaze catching the sharpness of her ears. Oh. Well. That's quite a surprise.

Unfortunately, as powerful as that sixth level spell was, it doesn't keep the crustaceans down for too long, their attention now decidedly focused on the two elves after being attacked. Lup opens her mouth to make some kind of witty comment back, but ultimately decides it isn't the time, the hand on Kyna's shoulder moving to her hand, where Lup grabs her and immediately launches forward to run past the lumbering beasts.] Okay, so they don't like puns. Noted!

i

[armcollector]

[Magnus feels something slam into him from behind, and he whirls on a heel, heavy jousting lance at the ready, totally prepared to stab some crustaceans, but... Oh, shit. It's just a person.

Wait. Those ears look pretty pointy... If there's no elf in this lady, Magnus will eat his weird toe shoes. Which he doesn't particularly want to eat. He's pretty attached to them. They're comfy, okay.

Magnus tries not to think about the weird conversation he had with Lup during her arrival, and looks instead for what the newcomer must have been running from. Sure enough, there's one of those fucking crab things scuttling towards the both of them.]

Oh fuck.

[Well. He takes off running past her, straight towards the machine crab, lance at the ready. It realizes very quickly that he's just gonna run charging straight into it, and starts readying itself to shoot some bullets. Recognizing that, Magnus grabs a clock as he runs, and chucks it as hard as he can at the crab.

It overshoots completely. That was a sweet 5 he just rolled. Guess he's not proficient in throwing clocks.]

Uhh--

[The crab shoots him and he gets knocked right over onto his back. So much for playing hero.]

[evocation]

[Kyna doesn't have much time to react before this new, burly dude is sprinting towards the crab and then... utterly failing to hit it with a clock. Cool, cool. She doesn't move at all, because that strikes her as an absolutely terrible idea, and instead raises her hand again, electricity crackling along her fingers, but this time the spell creates a sustained arc. The crab shudders.]

Whack it already!

[armcollector]

Yeah, uh, on it!!

[He groans and lifts himself back onto his feet. Thank god for these fighter maneuvers, am I right? He managed not to get his anywhere life threatening, but these things are way scarier than he gave them credit for. He should've brought a shield, is the thing.

He runs and finally reaches the creature, metal crab still recovering from the electric shock, and aims his lance at the thing's underbelly, where it looks slightly fleshier. This time, he actually manages to hit it with two quick stabs that grind against the metal and pierce rusty flesh.

The successive attacks of both electricity and some good good stabbing are enough to do it in. It screeches weakly and collapses.

Magnus takes the time to breathe, and looks down at where he was shot by the crab. Man. There's a hole in his shirt. Plus he's gonna have to go to the clinic again. This sucks. Thankfully, the musket bullet didn't hit much deeper than surface level -- he's got leather on underneath his shirt. It sure knocked the wind out of him, though, and he makes his way back to the part-elven wizard with much less energy than before. She's a wizard, right? Probably. There's too many different kinds of magic, but it looked like she was packing the sort of heat Lup does.

He salutes halfheartedly, smile sort of sheepish. He sure did fail to do much to save her ass. She ended up having to save his.]

Hey. Magnus Burnsides. You wanna get the fuck out of the proverbial fire pit?

iii that i'm making up

[ghostlocked]

[Unlike Kyna, Harlan pours over the newbie guide. They hardly ever get useful info like this on mission, and he would very much like to get to the bottom of wherever the fuck he is. Hadriel??? sounds fake.

He would really love it if his real phone was not useless, but it is, so he fiddles with the new one as he meanders around the city. What's he got to work with, here? Newbie guide. Contact list. Pedometer. Pong? Okay, so this phone's basically useless, too.

With a lack of anything else to pick through on this piece of shit, he checks out the contact list. It'll be nice to know how many people--Kyna.

Holy shit. That's gotta be his friend. It's not like Kyna Midha is a terribly popular name. Time to find out! He shoots her a text.]

k? u stuck in this shithole too?

i'm blocking you

[evocation]

[Kyna hasn't checked the contact list yet, because of course she hasn't. She doesn't even consider the fact that this might be a different Harlan, because who else is named Harlan?]

oh my god, i was looking all over for you.
where the hell are you? are you okay?

[ghostlocked]

[Holy shit holy shit. It is her. Okay. This is fine. The low thrum of anxiety he's been struggling to tamp down since he woke up here is quiet for the moment.]

im fine. fought some steampunk crab shitheads in that stadium thing but im ok.
idk where i am tho. ur in this bs city too right?
my phones not working.
i cant get ahold of panna.
idk where i am. some tunnel. theres this big spires and shit everywhere.
wait u knew i was here? wtf? y didnt u txt me?

ii.

[torrefied]

[Hey, so, you know who's not fond of getting grabbed at by randos? This dude here. He quickly sidesteps, instinctively reaches for the pistol tucked away at the small of his back - but to his credit, Mello doesn't actually draw it, realizing Kyna isn't actually a threat, just an overwhelmed newbie. It's door day, after all. Confusion comes as no surprise. He relaxes back into his resting level of alert, hand falling to his side once again. Flatly, he answers:]

There's a document on your phone. It should answer your questions.

[Mello worked hard on that thing, the least y'all could do is read it.]

[evocation]

[Kyna tenses, barely relaxing even when she realizes he's not going to pull a weapon on her.]

Sorry if I'm not in the mood to read a novel right now.

[Sorry, Mello.]

[torrefied]

[Sorry right back, as he rolls his eyes at her.]

Willful ignorance isn't an excuse. There are resources available to you, and if you choose not to take advantage of them, the responsibility to educate you doesn't fall to the rest of us.

[Honestly.]

II

[the_fourteenth]

[It's a good thing the person she grabs for is pretty chill, though Raidou is usually battle ready. There's a split second where he reaches for his sword, but the moment passes quickly.

He gets the frustration. He figures this is a new person, and though he's only been here a month himself, he gets how weird and hopeless this all seems. He gives her a sympathetic look.]

If only it was a joke. I wish I had some good news for you, but for now, we're stuck here, and it's as real as anything else.

[evocation]

[At least he doesn't brush her off or get annoyed, and that seems to calm her down. She pulls back, crossing her arms.]

How long have you been stuck here? You don't even have an idea of how to get home?

[the_fourteenth]

Only a few weeks. Many have been here a lot longer, though. Months and months. If there was a way out, I'm sure they would have found out by now. I wish I had better news than that.

[He's been meaning to ask about it. Surely people have tried something by now, but what?]

i.

[citytraveler]

What she runs into is essentially a wall of a person. Even at the force she so carelessly throws into him, he doesn't move more than to adjust his view of the crabs behind her. He gives her a second glance to let a 'non-human' marker flicker next to her eyes, some percentage implying human still in her blood. Which is good enough for him. But large monsters with snapping claws seem to present a much bigger problem than whatever this girl may be.

He draws his knife and uses his free hand to guide her behind him. He really doesn't want to do this.

[evocation]

Kyna is smart enough to know that one hit from those things could kill her, so she doesn't argue when he tries to get her to back up. In fact, she steps behind him immediately, ready to play support with her spells. Mostly ready.

"Hey, are you sure you can take this thing?"

ii!

[pocketspa]

[Taako immediately stiffens when grabbed; there's a ton of new people running around here, and it's not like he can't defend himself, but that doesn't make it any less startling when someone starts smacking him and yelling.]

Okay, number one, gotta take it down a few notches there, the yelling is deffo not helping anybody, and especially not me. Number two, pretty shitty joke. Lots of elaborate sets for some sort of kidnapping joke. You could accomplish the same thing with, uh, like a bag and a hole, so.

hello!!!

[evocation]

Did you just unironically say "deffo"?

[This is definitely something to dwell on, Kyna, good job.]

Sorry if I'm not calm after my interdimensional abduction.

Re: kyna midha | open

[toiletseat_girl]

[George stops short when she feels herself being grabbed back and she reflexively reaches over to flail at the hand of the person grabbing her]

Watch it! What the fuck are you doing?

Re: kyna midha | open

[evocation]

Trying to figure out where the fuck I am. Sorry if my kidnapping is inconveniencing you.