Intro Log: Mimicry

[hadrielmods]

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for March
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: March 10th-16th
Warnings: Fresh meat and fatal sweets.

Rise and shine, it's time to meet your new home! While the two suns overhead might make it a bit of a scorcher, there's plenty of shade to be found around you, so get out of the sun before you burn! While you're at it, you might want to introduce yourself to the others who woke up in the same predicament as you- or just run off on your own, that's cool too.

Be careful though, because you're arriving with a bunch of, uh- inanimate objects? Wait, that's no chair! These are mimics, small gelatinous spider-like creatures that can transform into inanimate objects and then pop out to scare you. If you can keep calm, mimics are no big deal, but if you give them the opportunity they will jump onto your head and suffocate you, before using your corpse to reproduce. Nice!

That's alright though, because if you can survive the mimics then you have delicious food waiting for you as a reward! In a shocking twist of events, the items supplied by the Door have no significant twist, save for the desire to eat every single one you can get your hands on. They're Girl Scout Cookies! Long the envy of boy scouts everywhere, these delicious treats will have you munching away your daily caloric intake in no time!

Just, uh- be careful, as the mimics seemed to have caught onto everyone's desire for these colorful boxes. Approach your cookies carefully!

Once you've escaped the mimics and grabbed some snacks, you're ready for the wider world of Hadriel. Feel free to go 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 March 10th-16th.
► 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

[solase]

[Alucard certainly does notice the way that the other man seems to open to him almost immediately after his mention of his ship and status. Interesting, he thinks to himself, as he reaches for his wine again and takes a comfortable sip.]

So I saw. More's the pity, though I suppose it's something of a betrayal to the Spire, to find myself a new ship.

The Heart Pirates though. [He tests the words out loud.] Is that the name of a vessel, or crew?

[hot_mes]

Crew. My ship is the Polar Tang. Not to knock the Spire, though, it's an elegant name. [as he takes up his drink] Merchantman or pirate?

[solase]

The Night Spire. [Alucard elaborates.] An elegant name for an elegant ship. The Spires, we called ourselves.

[He swirls his drink in his glass at the question, before flashing another smile.] Technically, we're a privateering vessel. Funded by the Arnesian crown.

[If you think he looks more like a pirate than a man of the crown though, that would be entirely correct.]

[hot_mes]

[ooh, even fancier. That gets a twitch of an eyebrow but no comment.]

Technically. Government funded piracy is still piracy. [he smirks over his drink] I should know. [teasip]

[solase]

[An eyebrow twitch is more of a reaction than Alucard has gotten out of him in much of the rest of the conversation thus far.]

Pirate. Privateer. It's really only a difference of letters and funding.

[He leans forward towards the other man and rests his chin in his hand with obvious interest as he speaks up to continue:] Of course, now you have my interest on the subject. Are you speaking from experience yourself?

[hot_mes]

[Hey that stoneface is the result of years of grouchy practice. He's proud of it. But the topic is undoubtedly thawing his demeanor, Law shrugs a little]

It was short-lived, but yeah. Sometimes I wonder if I should have made a point to pillage more ships before I got it revoked. Oh well.

[solase]

[Alucard tilts his head in his hand. He may be thawing, but he's still holding back.]

"Before you got it revoked?" I feel as though there is a story in this.

[hot_mes]

[all good stories should be doled out at a proper pace, you know]

Well, the World Government usually doesn't take well to its sanctioned dogs biting the hand that feeds. Though, my actual offense was making an alliance with another notorious rookie captain. I guess they think we're going to make trouble together. [with a big, knowing smirk. Of course they are.]