hadriel_logs | Intro Log: Rock This City

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.
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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Good. That's all really good to hear; Lance had liked Aubrey a great deal in the few months they'd known each other, enough so that he'd trusted him with helping in the investigation, and he's glad that faith in the other agent hadn't been misplaced. It's reassuring to know that he found a place in the team, and could help support everyone in his place.

He can't help but smile a little at the comment about Christine liking Aubrey as well, but the rest of what Brennan says shouldn't be surprising and yet it is. And, suddenly, he doesn't know what to feel; he hadn't even considered the idea that she might have pictures, and his emotions are a confusing mix of apprehension and hope and anticipation and fear. But he wants to see, and so he watches her pull the phone from her pocket and flip to the first image of Aubrey and Christine; it's obvious immediately how well they get along, and seeing how big Christine has gotten is difficult to imagine when he'd seen her so recently before arriving here.

The next picture--the one of Daisy and Seeley--is so normal and yet so unexpected that it's surreal, and he stares silently at the image for several seconds. He isn't really processing it, not yet, at least nothing more than the bright and matching smiles of the two people he loves so much, even if one of them he's never met. They look so happy. They really are okay.

It's still too much to really absorb by the time she moves on to the next image, of Hank, but it helps to be able to shift his focus at least temporarily; Hank is adorable, but no surprise there considering his parents and sister. And he glances through image after image of the others, who he all misses so much, and he though he isn't there with them any longer--and will likely never see them again--they suddenly don't feel quite so far away.

When they've gone through all the photos, Lance pulls his phone--the one given to him here in Hadriel, not his cell phone from home--from his pocket, because he has an idea.]

Can I... Can I try to get some pictures of the pictures, before your cell phone's battery runs out?

[It'll be nice for both of them, if it works, and more than just that Lance really needs the time to look at the photo of Daisy and Seeley; it will probably be the last--and, in regards to Seeley, the first--time he'll ever see them, and he needs time to come to terms with that.]

[It is hard not to feel sad when looking at pictures of people you know you are worlds apart from. Especially Max -- he gave so much to her after they were reunited, and all she could do in the end was tell the people at the funeral that she loved him. It seems so unfair, even if that is an irrational thought. Nothing is fair. Nothing, ultimately, about life and death is fair.

His question brings her out of that line of thought.]

Yes. [She nods, sniffling discreetly, for all the good it will do hiding her emotions from Sweets.] I'll do the same with mine.

[It will help when she feels pangs of loneliness later, and when the "gods" inevitably put them through something difficult in order to gain energy.]

[He can, of course, tell she's upset, and he feels guilty for being one of the causes of it, but he also knows that's ridiculous. It isn't like he asked for this to happen, and he knows she doesn't blame him, and besides he can also tell there are more reasons for her emotions than just his part in things.

But he doesn't call her out on it, instead focusing on taking the most careful pictures possible despite the difficulty of photographing a screen. But they're turning out okay, and more than good enough for him and what he wants them for.

When he and Brennan have both finished taking pictures, he looks over at her again.]

Thank you. It really... It means a lot.

[To know what happened, to get to see Daisy and Seeley, to have the peace of mind of being sure everyone is okay. It'll make everything else a lot easier.]

[Thank goodness he does not call her out on this. There is too much to digest here as is, what with their reunion and the memory of everything that has happened since the Puppeteer dressed a body in her clothes.

And yes, it means a lot to see each other again. It means so much, in fact, that she reaches out and hugs him again.]

Thank you for being the variable, Sweets.

[For shaking up their lives so everything could fall into place.]

Intro Log: Rock This City

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