Event Log: A Hope for the Future

[hadrielmods]

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for the A Hope for the Future event
Where: All over the city!
When: April 15th-April 19th
Warnings: Stealth Rock

It's finally time to reap the rewards you've earned from all that hard work collecting and returning the Hope orbs! Be careful walking the streets during the small earthquakes, but feel free to admire the scenery as your beautiful city reassembles its way back into its former glory.

There are new houses where the destroyed buildings once were, and they're perfect for a single person or pair of lovebirds. In addition, you'll find that the electricity to these new houses, and all other homes and shops in the city is restored. The food is better, the monsters are gone- hey, this city might be livable again!

To cap it all off, we've got a feast waiting for you on the 19th! Come one, come all, and enjoy all of your favorite foods, drinks, and party games. It's been awhile since we've all gotten together to celebrate something good, so get your party on and toss all your troubles away!

► This log covers April 14th-April 19th.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well!
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Comments

[lemontree]

You aren't alone in that, I think. [ The humans in Hadriel are exotic enough without even factoring non-humans into the equation. ] I've never seen so many interesting people. - And monsters.

[ There's a little bit of an indulgent smile at that. ]

Why is it that you live underground?

[sciencelizard]

[It's almost strange to be asked something like that- even though she's been here for years and been questioned many times, it still feels like something that should just be common knowledge. But she's not Underground anymore. It's something new.

She looks a little sheepish as she answers.]

Well... h-humans kind of sealed us down there, after a big war a long time ago. We've been working to get out, of course, it just... hasn't happened yet. Or uhm, hadn't when I got here. Maybe that's different now, uh-- who knows!

[lemontree]

Sealed you? [ Her heart leaps into her throat as she thinks of her dragons - her children - sealed by Dany herself within the vaults of Mereen so that they could harm no more children. She swallows with difficulty, trying to keep her face impassive. ] ... I see. It seems that war follows us all from our worlds to this one.

[ Hopefully it will have stopped in Hadriel, now that they've escaped the Null... but, it's unlikely. ]

[sciencelizard]

[She nods, looking away, afraid she's struck a nerve.]

It is... kind of depressing, sometimes. We don't see it a lot here, I mean-- the Null only made it into the city proper once. But the threat is there. It's why we have to keep moving.

[Maybe it's time for a topic change.]

Have you been here long enough to see the city move? Or remember when we were underground? Not uh, we as in monsters, but everyone here.

[lemontree]

I do remember. [ She hadn't liked the cavern-city, though. At least the scorching heat is more familiar. ] It was... confining.

[ Claustrophobic, she means. How could anyone bear to live that way for long? ]

I have been here for about a year's time. Now that the city has moved once, I wonder if it will be shifted again, as the threat continues to hunt us.

[sciencelizard]

[Alphys taps her claws together, thinking about that prospect.]

It is-- I mean, I b-bet so. But it's kind of... exciting, right?

[From a woman who came from somewhere with no adventure, to here... she has something to reach for.]

I mean, it's hard, and unsafe, and-- and dangerous! But it... it's further than I ever thought I'd go.

[It's harder being in a story than she thought. But she wants to believe it's exciting. That it's an adventure.]

[lemontree]

It is. [ Dany admits, and there's a tiny smile. ] I will say that part of it is... exciting, yes. To see so many places that I would never see otherwise.

[ She's been confined to Essos her whole life, and there's something strangely freeing about being moved against her power to caverns, deserts, islands. Where will they bring us next? ]

If we can keep each other safe, then - perhaps all this isn't so terrible.

[sciencelizard]

[She smiles, wider than she had before.]

I think so. And we can have nice, uhm, times like this, right? Times where we can eat and talk and, h-have a good time! So... yeah!

It was nice to meet you. So I think this was worth it.