Intro Log: Rock This City

[hadrielmods]

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for January
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: January 10th-14th
Warnings: New folks, rockin' dudes made of rock, and collectible friends!

This time, it's different.

There's no cave, no stone walls looming up around you and overhead, no stifling air or artificial light- not that you'd appreciate it, seeing as to how you've probably never been here before. And still, when you land facefirst on the dirt ground of the colosseum, you may not quite appreciate all the improvements and steps we've had to take to get here- after all, you're still surrounded by strangers in a crumbling city on an alien planet in the middle of nowhere.

Oh, and you're being attacked by Earth Elementals. These creatures are tall, between seven to ten feet, and made of solid rock, capable of punching through all the squishy bits of you- and for whatever reason, they definitely want to start punching. They're incredibly strong and, seeing as to how they're enchanted alive and have no internal organs, they're very difficult to kill.

But don't let that scare you off. For all the collectors in you, you can also find a very special array of beanie babies all scattered at the ground at your feet. Do you know that some of these things will be worth a lot of money someday? Better find the rarest one and stockpile it while you can! You might run into the rainbow crab, the platypus, or the sought-after bald eagle, or many more! Be sure to never take the tag off and never ever let anyone play with them so they don't lose value.

Once you've got your kids' college fund squared away, it's time to start exploring! You can 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 January 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.
► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!

Comments

[evocation]

[She laughs at the question breathlessly.]

Better. You've got a lot of time to make up for.

[requiemshark]

[....oh, fuck.]

Nooo?

[igniting]

Charon?

[She doesn't recognize it, but that doesn't mean much. There's a lot she doesn't know.]

Was it given to you?

[Now that would be much more unthinkable.]

3. curufin wat u doing bro

[puzzlingly]

It's been so long since Atem let himself get loose like this, dancing (forced to, more like it), singing (forced too...) and drinking (not that forced), but he's... he's good, he feels great. With the Millennium Eye left back home and his normal eye beautifully being back to were it belongs, he approaches to Curufin when he spots him, leaning on him ever so slightly, like a shoulder bump of sorts (not that he reaches Curufin's shoulder, more like, his forearm), either it's that, or he is a bit drunk as well. Maybe both.

"Hey."

[evocation]

[Kyna sighs.]

Oh my God, Ephemera. That was the shittiest lie I've ever heard.

[evocation]

[That gets her to grin.]

Back to normal. I freaked out when I realized I was here because I thought it might be fucked up again, but it's fine.

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[swiftlet]

Swift's eyes drifted closed almost on their own. He might not have remembered being apart for all that long, but he always appreciated the closeness, how it felt to be holding on to each other. It always made him feel stronger--like they could take on he entire world.

"I love you too, Seel." He had a feeling that Seel hadn't had a chance to say that for a long time and he wished they could just stay like this forever.

"What do you need me to do?"

[requiemshark]

For services rendered.

[Unlike most of the other prisoners, he'd actually had his shit together. Mostly.

Ephemera watches her curiously. She's carrying what looks like a bow. Not the sort of weapon he'd associate with worlds that have power armor.]

It's a new model. Enforcer class..

[requiemshark]

He wanted to spar! It wasn't like we were out of armor.

[Even so, he's inching back a little.]

[evocation]

Wait, then how did you fuck up his face?

[requiemshark]

[Ephemera winces.]

Might've headbutted him. Once.

[evocation]

[She crosses her arms.]

Jesus. Well, thanks for not setting him on fire, I guess.

[requiemshark]

We agreed no fire. And no guns.

[evocation]

You guys are so fucking weird, you know that?

[requiemshark]

[Ephemera blinks.]

How is that weird?

[evocation]

Because two months ago you wanted to kill him and now you're like... making rules on how to politely kick each other's asses?

[stonebird]

(She feels like she is made out of ice and metal. Though her dress is heavy and hot - the fur that accompanies it even more so where it is draped over her arm - she feels intense fear. What if the Elves have left? What if something awful has happened to them? She can't live with herself if she wasn't present to help them - or go with them.

The sound she makes is a sob of relief upon seeing him. She is shaking too much to stand immediately, but she grasps his hands tight.)

Those monsters did not touch me. They were slow, thankfully, and I recalled Hadriel's tricks in time.

What of you? What of everyone? I did not intend to leave!

[stonebird]

I did not recognize you. (She likes to think she takes notice of most of the residents even if she doesn't speak to them directly.) I was here...before. I was sent back for a time.

[stonebird]

"They are loyal to us now. I see them fed regularly and I have had no trouble from them." Sansa takes it upon herself to visit the kennels - just to make sure they are rewarded. They could have attacked her that day, but they didn't. They saved their hunger and anger for the one responsible.

1!

[ghoulaid]

There are, indeed, toys. Lots of them. Some are kind of cute, some are outright ugly, and some are ugly in an odd way that circles right back around to cute.

The one that Swift has just dropped on the ground pings the last category for Ghoul, apparently. "Hey!" He's standing nearby- brightly colored and kind of dirty, with a hand outstretched. "Gimme that one." What is the word please?

[stonebird]

(She needs a little fussing. She is trying her best to be the person she discovered in Ruby City and the caverns of Hadriel, but a lot has happened.)

If I could, I would. (Her smile shatters and she cannot meet his gaze.) Not happily and not by choice.

(But at the mention of Jon, she looks more at ease.) I wish you could meet him. He is so brave and good. I know I can trust him.

[slapsyouback]

[The Elemental that was marching toward her lurches forward and drops to the ground in a heap. When the fireball behind it disperses, it reveals the figure of Lup at the same moment as Lucretia hears her voice.]

Oh my god.

[Lup. There are hundreds of thoughts that rush to the front of her mind, jockeying for space, but for a long moment she stands there, only able to hold onto one thought: Well. That's it. That's the show, folks. Nothing to see here, really, I just seem to have lost every single one of my marbles.

Because it can't be her. How could that be Lup? She's--Lucretia looked for her for so long, everywhere she could think of, scouring the countryside alone, even sending out some of her earliest employees on veiled missions just for Lup, just to find her. So, what--it's only now that Lucretia's been thrown into someplace entirely new and unknown that she gets to find her? That's how this is going to play out? Lup's is the face she's missed most in the world, and as soon as she's gone from that world, that's the first face she sees.

It's not as if she doesn't know that the universe is a confusing, cruel place. She's learned that lesson far more than a hundred times by now. But. This seems just a hair too far.

She lets the Bulwark Staff down at her side. There are tears welling up in her eyes and spilling over, but she doesn't make a move to wipe them away yet. She can hear more rumbling footsteps behind her, too, and knows she'll have to deal with that in a moment, but--first just this one thing.]

Tell me it's really you, Lup. Just tell me that, please.

[lowkeycrazy]

No? Do you not mean to speak to them in person?

[lowkeycrazy]

[Hm... there must be a pretty small population of people taken from their worlds.]

Were you? That sounds quite jarring, to be tugged back and forth like that.

[Perhaps it was what happened at home, then, to upset her like this...]

In that case... welcome back?

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[swiftlet]

How very polite. But Swift isn't exactly in a position to deny the request and it isn't as if it costs him anything. So he bends down and picks it up again, tossing it gently to whoever that is.

"Is it really that interesting?"