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

[puzzlingly]

「Aw man, now that's a sight to behold. Honestly? He can only imagine Yugi getting excited from her just being there. He approaches anyway, and while he's definitely not drunk or anything, he's not exactly sober either. He sits at the bar next to her offering a little smile.」

Whose idea was to put this together anyway?

[hardwearing]

Good.

[ He didn't like the sound of Panna as their boss, tbh. ]

You've been finding work on your own?

[evocation]

Yeah. It sucked at first, but it's been easier lately. And now we can actually take jobs that aren't sketchy.

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[swiftlet]

"I suppose that's possible." He didn't exactly like the idea of being food, but then he couldn't think of anyhar who did. But it made the most sense. Why give up a food source as long as it was still producing? Maybe it was just because he was in charge that he could understand it. It didn't make it right, but he could understand.

So they were at the whim of these "gods," then. And their Door. That he liked even less than being food, but he supposed both of them were used to it, being used. If nothing else, it wasn't unfamiliar, even if it wasn't great.

"So we come and go as they please, then. That's just wonderful." Then he did scowl, at the world in general. Or the new world in general. He didn't even know anymore. "And we're what to them? You said food. What does that mean for us?"

[hardwearing]

Any interesting ones?

[ He's totally giving her a chance to brag here, in addition to being legitimately curious what kind of things she's working on now. ]

[evocation]

They're all top secret.

[Which is a total lie.]

Let me fix your face and maybe I'll tell you.

[hardwearing]

[ He quirks an eyebrow at that, curious. ]

Did you learn healing spells or do you mean with your necklace?

[evocation]

Just my necklace. I suck at healing spells. But-

[She pokes his side gently.]

I can make myself bullet proof now. Mostly.

[hardwearing]

That's useful. It's not the same as a shield?

[evocation]

Nope. It lasts way longer and I can cast it on anyone I want. Maybe Ephemera will stop nagging me about getting armor.

[hardwearing]

Yeah, I still have no idea where he thinks I could get you armor from. I can't build it from scratch.

[ But saying she should have it just means he wants her safe, so. It's a good thing. ]

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[dreamsallotted]

Ag, he missed Swift. Even when he was being distant and information gathering. It was nice. The familiarity of it all, Swift figuring out what the problems were and what possible solutions offered what.He was so different than Cal. Maybe he could appreciate that more now, after spending so much time with him. Cal was reactionary. Swift had learned to be the polar opposite of that, he had to.

He smiled at him, despite everything and how irrationally upset he was at everything and much he wanted a damn cigarette. "I missed you." It was true.

"Pretty much. I'm not sure if the Door has control or these gods do, or who is telling the truth. No one wants to own up. And we can't exactly interrogate the Otherlanes and ask them why they took us." He paused. He tried to avoid using words like 'abduct' or 'kidnap' but 'took', well, that was bad too.

"It means they put us through various events, things that are meant to provoke a certain emotion, which they feed off of. Each has a different kind. Hope, Rage, Fear, like that. But..." Seel paused trying to figure out how to tell Swift about the Null. "These gods seem to have made some enemies, who then targeted us. Eliminate the food source, starve them out."

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[swiftlet]

It made sense. That was the entire point of a siege, after all. It was a cruel but effective strategy. He shouldn't have been thinking like that, but he couldn't help it, really. He wasn't even certain whose side he was supposed to be on. Although with what little information he had, he was leaning toward the ones keeping their food around and alive. Since that was apparently the one that kept the prisoners up an moving.

However Seel had managed a smile was a mystery, but he could at least give him one back. It was small and not very enthusiastic, but it was there. At least he didn't have to do this alone. Neither of them did. Anymore, apparently, but better late than never? Maybe?

"Of course not. One way they look incompetent and the other malicious. Not saying anything at least leaves several other possibilities, even if they're only speculation." It's probably what he would have done, if he'd been inclined to kidnap anybody.

He lost the smile, though, listening to Seel continue. "Events" sounded terrible enough, never ind that they were provoking people.

"I don't like that. It sounds...manipulative." It sounds like Thiede.

i was thinking scottish but that works too

[wantsnudes]

Obviously.

[Yusuke narrows his eyes, irritated at Akechi's (presumably feigned) cluelessness. He hasn't yet identified it as a lack of recognition altogether, but his apparent attempt to play innocent is odd, too. Surely he won't try to continue his charade, after everything that has happened...]

But why did it have to be you? You've done enough harm in one world alone.

[evocation]

I think he just likes to boss me around.

[She says it surprisingly lightly, then pulls away.]

Come sit down?

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[dreamsallotted]

It almost felt like old times, like they were back in Forever, solving some problem. A Varr legacy that hadn't gotten squashed yet. Fixing the leftovers. Or the larger problem they weren't going to talk about. Or rather, the one Seel didn't want to talk about. It had been eight months and he still wasn't ready.

"It is manipulative. Blatently. They once made me think I was married to Cal and I stayed home and cooked him dinner for days. A week, maybe two? I can't remember how long it lasted. And then one of the humans I'm currently living with gave me extra pie every day because she felt bad Cal was rooning Pell. What happens here is messy. Can be messy. Sometimes we're lucky and it's something more simple. But if you want to discuss it with the gods, they have temples. I'm sure they'd enjoy hearing from you."

Maybe Swift would get somewhere with them. Or maybe he'd tell Fear not to give him any damn cigarettes.

[hardwearing]

You think?

[ That's not how Wash read it, but he's also surprised that if Kyna did, she wouldn't mind it. Huh.

In any case, he nods at her request for him to sit, following her over to the couch. ]

I've got a few cuts, too, if the spell can take care of everything at once.

[evocation]

Yeah, probably.

[She runs a thumb gently over his bottom lip.]

Did this... you know, help at all?

[evocation]

Cool. Good. I mean... I'm not always great at knowing what to say or anything, but I'll try.

[It's only fair that he knows what he's going into, right?]

[hardwearing]

[ What, the fighting? Wash shrugs a little, clearly not proud. ]

...in the moment. So I kept busy.

[evocation]

[She frowns, quiet for a moment.]

I don't know what I would do with myself if you left, either.

[hardwearing]

I mean... you were just home for a year, what's the difference? You held up okay, right?

[evocation]

Um...

[She hasn't dropped that bomb yet, and now that it's unavoidable, she has no idea how to. Kyna looks down, hand still resting lightly against his jaw.]

I didn't... I didn't remember Hadriel when I was at home.

[lifetothefullest]

You'll do fine. Sometimes the right thing to say isn't the most important part anyway.

[Because if it were, he'd just be able to tell himself the right things and all would be better, but he can't. It, unfortunately, doesn't work that way.

But that'll be later, and he manages another smile.]

So, tell me what happened while you were at home.

[hardwearing]

[ The pit of Wash's stomach drops out at that, and he actually goes a little pale. She'd forgotten him... forgotten this whole place? On the one hand he's glad she didn't hurt for losing her friends here, but on the other it's viscerally upsetting to think that they won't remember any of this. Each other. And it kinda nixes even the concept of going to someone else's world, doesn't it? ]

Oh...