hadriel_logs | Intro Log: Faceplanted

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for October
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: October 10th-14th
Warnings: Newbies, spookies, and evil trees!

If it's your first time here, congratulations! You get the lovely, unique sensation of eating dirt as the Door knocks you facefirst into the ground. You'll probably be a little woozy at first, so take your time getting up- meet some folks, introduce yourself, don't be weird about it. Welcome to Hadriel! You're not the only person who just got to taste alien dirt firsthand, though- there are several people in the same predicament as you, so feel free to say hi! Probably shouldn't spend too much time talking though, because the lovely trees that you thought were just scenery are starting to creep ever closer the more you let your guard down.

All around you is a forest of spooky evil trees- it seems to be just a normal sort of forest at first, but the more you take your eyes off of them, the more they shift around you and close in. Or is that just your imagination? If you move too close to one, look out! They're rather determined to pick you up and stick you into the ground so you might take root- and if you resist, well, a severed bud can still serve as a seed, right?

If the trees tear your clothes though, don't worry, there's plenty of extras to be found lying around the arena if you don't mind them being a bit dirty. Lying on the ground and sometimes hanging off of these tree branches are some free shirts, yours for the taking! You know, if you'd be caught dead with one...

But hey, after you've met new friends and found a new aesthetic, 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 October 10th-14th.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well!
► All characters arrive with phones that have network communication and the newbie guide installed.
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[Ellie jumps a mile in the air, and with a blatantly embarrassed scowl, yelps:]

What the fuck! Oh my god, oh my g-

[Wait. That voice? She fights to slow her heart, and hey, that makes sense, because seeing Lup always seems to result in Ellie needing to do that.]

Lup? Is that you?

[Alright, this is getting fairly ridiculous at this point. Lup really needs to refrain from spooking this poor girl! Ellie has been through enough! Let her live.

Though she's had some time to let her newly returned memories settle and to reconnect with the people she most needed to see right away, Ellie is just below the rest of Lup's family in order of importance in needing to see her. Which makes this accidental meeting timed perfectly.

The lich floats forward and raises a skeletal hand in a wave, smiling unseen beneath her heavy hood.] Hey, girl! Miss me much?

Edited 2017-10-15 03:05 (UTC)

[She'd be flattered and pleased with that much, to be honest.

Her face lights up when she realises it is Lup, but a part of her remains wary and suspicious. Never know what the gods are gonna throw at you next, after all, and Lup is looking mighty spooky.]

I- I did, yeah. Um, what's up with the new look?

Just a little dead, [the woman shrugs, as if it wasn't at all a big deal.] But I'm cool. No need to get all freaked about it.

[Be cool, Ellie. Be cool.]

Just a little dead.

[She echoes, distant and dumbfounded. Ellie blinks a couple times, and tries to compose herself. Looking her cool in front of Lup wouldn't definitely be the fucking worst.]

Uhhhhhh. Yeah. I'm not freaked out at all? Definitely not. So.

[A skeletal hand floats out, moving to caress the young girl's cheek. Ellie won't be able to feel her, not really, but there's a brush of cold there, the touch of magic against her skin.]

Good, cause this was intentional. Trust me, no one could take me out but myself. [Lup how is that at all reassuring.]

[She shivers, but she's not afraid. It's just strange.]

Ha ha... [It's not at all. Ellie doesn't know what to say.] So... why, then? What happened to make you wanna become a like... skeleton-ghost.

[That's a thing now. That's what we're calling it.]

A lich, [Lup corrects her, though really, the word itself still sounds pretty damn evil. Couldn't they have come up with something a little softer sounding?

The nice thing would be to lie to the girl or refuse to answer these questions. But Lup likes Ellie, sees so much of herself in the girl, and will always want to choose honesty over the easier answer. It's what she'd want.] So, don't get all freaked out or anything, but this was all cha' girl. It's, uh, a mix of dark magic and a strong anchor to this plane. We needed to gain some power quickly and this was an easy way to max our abilities out.

I know it's a little jarring when you're used to my super attractive face, but it's all the same Lup underneath.

A lich, [She echoes, and it really does sound kinda scary and bad. But Lup, she knows, isn't scary or bad. Not at all. So Ellie gives her the benefit of the doubt, and she listens.]

So was it like... the best way to beat a bad guy? Or something? Or did you need power for some other reason.

[The last bit does make her smile, just a little. It's small, but it's there.]

[It's the simplified version, but it works. Ellie doesn't need the whole story. Not today at least.]

Got it in one, chickadee. Needed this to save Taako and Mags and everyone. You get that, right? They were worth saving. I'd do it again in a heartbeat to keep them safe.

[That's just what family does.]

[She nods. She does get that. Ellie would- has- done something just as extreme for someone worth saving. Alright. Coupla deep breaths.]

I guess... I'm just glad you're still here. Even if I'm gonna miss you spinning me.

[She may not be able to see Lup's smile beneath her hood, but the woman cocks her head to the side and her tone is full of her grin. She lifts a hand and Ellie floats off the ground until they are closer to eye level.]

Not quite the same, but it'll just have to do for now.

[It catches her by total surprise, (because duh, of course it does, she's suddenly floating) but Ellie doesn't shriek or yell this time. She just gasps, quiet and full of wonder, as she looks down to see herself a good foot off the ground at least.]

Oh, shit. Lup... Oh my god. Okay, um, most important question: can you spin me like this?

[Priorities.]

[No luck Ellie. Only one Concentration spell at a time.

The lich shakes her head, lowering Ellie back to the ground.] Sorry, babe. But I already got an appointment to chit chat with Hope about gettin' me a new bod, so maybe soon.

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