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

[circumitus]

Oh.

[Oh.

[...Rey blinks, silent for several seconds while what Rose said eventually registers. Never mind the abrupt change of color on her face.]

Right. Um. What do you like? [While aware of Rose's selective diet, there has to be something that she can enjoy a little here.]

[nowherewolf]

[Tucker winces and covers his ears. Okay fine, vengeance has been had.]

Good, I don't want it. Consider it a gift. You know, "welcome back to god hell". It's a good future investment. [A joke that works on just, so many levels now.]

How long have you been here this time?

IGNIS

[glaivekeeper]

[Continued from here!]

I see. Have you tried contacting them yourself, and has it yielded any useful results?

[Ignis is nothing if not resourceful. He imagines he'd at least make some use of them; Ravus intends to do the same. Even if there is no Chosen King here the gods might be willing to lend their strength to, they might still be reasoned with in some way or another.

He has other equally pressing questions, however, so without waiting for an answer--]

I also wish to know of the Starscourge. Is it safe to assume this land is free of such a blight?

DIANA

[glaivekeeper]

[Continued from here!]

[Ravus listens intently, and volunteers, almost as a reluctant afterthought:]

...My mother was Queen Sylva, Oracle and ruler of Tenebrae.

[He speaks softly, not wishing to divulge too much information, but enough that would be polite from one member of royalty to another. Ravus is also curious as to what she means about the 'world of men', as if she counts herself separate from it, but perhaps that is something to ask about later.]

I've seen far too much war, more than I ever care to see again. [He shakes his head, expression bitter.] Make no mistake, I fought for my own reasons, not because I cared for a second about the empire.

2b (or not 2b haha I'm really funny)

[nowherewolf]

[Tucker's scrolling through the network on his own phone, trying to pin down how long he's been gone, when the other phone appears. He sees something briefly reflected in his screen, glances up, and there it is.

If he had time to think it through, he'd likely let it fall, just because you never know and also whoever threw it should face some consequences, probably, but there isn't time for that level of introspection. And anyway, it's just reflex; after a lifetime of stealing things and a several-years'-time of smuggling them, his hands are pre-programmed to snatch anything falling toward them.

So basically, he's minding his own business, and suddenly he's got two phones. Score?

Tucker glances up, squinting even behind his sunglasses.]

Somebody piss you off on the network, or were you just feeling generous?

Re: 3

[toiletseat_girl]

The Null. Robots who hate emotion and people who have emotions and the gods that cause emotion. They invaded last month.

Hi, Swift.

[lowkeycrazy]

Oh. [A soft "oh" of solemn realization. His features soften a bit with sympathy, head dipping slightly.] I'm very sorry.

[evocation]

[Kyna doesn't laugh, but she does grin up at him. He sounds like all of her paranoid friends, honestly.]

Uh-huh. You know it's pretty hard to talk to someone when they're being cautious up on a roof, right?

[She holds up the phone, waggling it at him.]

You're gonna want to keep this.

[ex_matricide319]

[He watches her look him over, still not feeling particularly inclined to talk to her. He stuffs his hands in his pockets and takes a few paces away backwards, putting some space between them.]

Uhh... I'm not sure I even remember what's in that thing. Do you have a specific question?

[igniting]

[There's one very specific question at the forefront of her mind, actually.]

What happened to this place? It looks like there was a battle here.

[igniting]

New? How is that possible?

[The multiple worlds idea hasn't quite been explained to her yet, unfortunately.]

The only armor like that I've seen has been hundreds of years old. Are you saying someone is still making it?

ii

[unweaving]

[ By the time she leaves the colosseum, Aranea could use some cheering up. A spear, as it turns out, isn't the best weapon against things made of rock. She's tired, frustrated, and covered in rock dust -

and then she sees him. Fully absorbed in looking between his phone and the chocobo, but here and safe, apart from his eye. That's enough to bring an actual smile to her face, and she strides over to plunk down beside him. ]

What's a nice boy like you doing in a shithole like this?

[requiemshark]

Let's just say that you and I probably don't come from the same place.

[Ephemera watches her a moment.]

Somebody spelled this out for you yet?

[igniting]

No.

[And then she smiles wryly, her response just a hair self-deprecating.]

Is it that obvious?

[requiemshark]

Kinda.

[He shrugs a little.]

We all got pulled her. Different worlds. Mine had power armor. Yours had...you. The monsters got pulled in too.

[evocation]

[She frowns a bit, studying him.]

Different how?

[ex_matricide319]

Getting you out of the arm reach of those rock things! [he yells back, pointing down at the earth elementals with his free hand. The wind does make it pretty hard to sit up here and chit-chat though - it's not very practical.

Instead of saying anything more, he tips his head towards the exit of the colosseum, below them and beyond the golems on the other side of the arena. The wind pushes upwards from behind them now, carrying them towards the exit and slowly dissipating as they drift to the ground. Thankfully, there aren't any of those monsters lingering by the exit.

Kiran turns to him after they land.]

...and, here we go. This is the way out.

[requiemshark]

[Ephemera hesitates.]

It doesn't hurt so much, looking at him. I don't see my friends. Not all the time.

[igniting]

Worlds. Do you mean planets?

[How do parallel universes work? Who knows!]

[evocation]

Oh.

[That's something she never expected to hear.]

Uh... What do you see?

[requiemshark]

Sometimes. We jump planets a lot where I'm from.

[Probably not the case with her world, with the bow. But she recognized the armor. Not the exact model, but enough to know what it was. Which is just...weird.]

I was on a place called Chorus before I ended up here.

she tries harder

[storyseeker]

[Elena doesn't know this guy well enough to read every nuance of his face, but she doesn't have to for the growing suspicion to be obvious. She holds up her hands, palms out, in what he may or may not recognize as a 'not armed, not dangerous' gesture. You never know, considering the different worlds people come from.]

I didn't. It was a good guess. The majority of us experienced the same thing when we arrived.

[igniting]

I'm from Earth.

[Which is a strange distinction to make. Up until a few months ago, she didn't even know what Earth as a whole looked like, and now she's speaking to someone from another planet. She's openly fascinated.]

You said you "jump" planets. What does that mean?

[requiemshark]

[He's quiet for a long moment.]

A soldier.

[Like him.]

I miss them. Sometimes I wake up and I forget they're gone for a minute.

[He meets her eyes, expression serious.]

Before I came here, I wasn't much of a person. Maybe I'll tell you about it sometime. But I needed somebody to be responsible, somebody I could get my hands on. Even if it took me years. And...maybe I don't need that anymore.

[requiemshark]

Heard of it. Never been.

[CT was born there. Drake, too. Not the same Earth, of course - or at least not the same time - but still.]

Interstellar travel. We go from planet to planet in ships. People like me jump out from space. It's fun.