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!
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Comments

[so_dark_a_road]

[ He smiles to hear Swift's wry appreciation of Seel's inventiveness. One must accept one's troubled lover with humor, sometimes, or it would be impossible. ]

Yes, we can try to keep the dialog open, and keep advancing our ideas. I think they will eventually have to take us up on our offers. I just hope it won't be too late when they realize there is no other way. You're right, we don't have the power ourselves -- we'd have to be granted it. But I'm hoping to find enough people who are savvy enough in futuristic tech that we might actually build an interstellar craft of our own. The gods can travel through the empyrean without such a ship, since they are energy beings, but we are not, and we would need specialized transportation.

Of course, there's always the Door. If it could be tweaked to send us anywhere, then we could go to the Null's bases and destroy them, and then hightail it out of there. [ Hopefully. ]

[ But it's true that the gods regard askance the idea of giving their prisoners the power to escape, and that is the main reason they haven't even considered it. Or so they have said to Curufin. ]

[ When Swift responds to his opener as regards children, Curufin sees the faltering smile. His own face softens. ]

Will you tell me of your son? [ The greatest sadness in Curufin's life was the grief he carried long and carries still as regards his failures with his son. But they are reconciled now. However, it leaves Curufin with a lot of respect and empathy for those who have raised children whether in joy or grief, or both. ]

[swiftlet]

There are other ways, but I imagine they're likely to have been cut off, even if we did have access to the things that we could normally use to do it. [Sigh. He would have loved to have one of his sedim with him but...well. As he said, he doubts it will work.

He tries, though. He tries to talk about Azriel since it's his own fault for bringing it up. If just thinking bout it hurts, what is talking about it going to do? After everything, even remembering the good times is too painful.]

I...no. I'm sorry, I can't.

[so_dark_a_road]

What other ways? I'm always interested in ideas. [ Even if they are improbable. ] This whole thing, being kidnapped by emotion-eating gods and then being attacked by killer robots -- it's all improbable, all impossible. Maybe the solution has to be equally impossible to work. [ Small, wry chuckle. ]

[ As regards Swift's son ] It's all right. But if you ever do want to talk about him, I'm a good listener on that topic.

[swiftlet]

I don't have a way to get into the Otherlanes, but hey're supposed to lead anywhere. [Or something. Does anyhar really know everywhere they go?]

I'm sure you are, thank you, but I just can't.