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]

[Rey can at least count herself fortunate that Rose is familiar with such a tale. At least she gets the gist of how it goes.]

Yes. In the very first version of the story, she was tricked by the Wolf into eating her grandmother's flesh and drinking her blood, thinking it meat and wine. In the end, she was gobbled up herself. No woodsman to save her.

[A much more somber ending compared to the one many children grew up knowing. How Rey even remembers any of this... She can thank her old lives for that.]

[hasitsthorns]

[ For as stupidly reckless and impulsive as Rose is, she's had quite a bit of time to be a little learned. Besides music, she enjoyed especially knowing more about other mythologies. Philosophy was a fun topic, too. ]

That sounds truer to life. Even as fucked up as it is. But I can see why that isn't the one you'd want to tell children these days.

[circumitus]

[Funny enough, Rey finds herself rather inquisitive on such things as well. She couldn't be out killing people all the time, after all.]

Guess it was meant to be scary and gruesome, since those stories were intended to be cautionary tales.

[Nothing scarier than trusting a guy who tricks you into eating your grandmother, right?]

[hasitsthorns]

[ Not all the time. That'd just be silly. ]

Hm, that makes sense... Back then, it was probably easier to scared children anyway. Kids these days are too desensitized, maybe.

[ Growing up into jaded adults, like Rose. ]

[circumitus]

[Le shrug.]

Depends on where you go and when. It's a matter of perspective, anyway. If kids are so desensitized, why bother omitting the gritty details of old fables?

[To some people, the problem might be that some kids are too soft and need to be sheltered. But damn, is that where this conversation is going?]

[hasitsthorns]

[ Hhm. Hm, nah, Rose doesn't want to talk about children of all things right now. ]

I guess so. All up to interpretation. Like this tea, apparently. I really tried, but- Guess it's just calorie-free water for me.

[ And air, she almost adds but it seems tasteless to joke about her prediciment right now. Haha. Get it. Tasteless. ]

[circumitus]

For now.

[She's determined that to be the case.]

Will figure out something. Sooner or later. [Don't question it, Rose. Rey needs something to focus on that isn't her own misery. If she can do something -- make someone remotely happy -- that's enough for her.]