hadriel_logs | Intro Log: Fly, My Pretties!

What: The intro log for May
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: May 10th-14th
Warnings: Flying monkeys! New friends! Prosthetic limbs!

Here in Hadriel, we do introductions right. That means dumping you on the ground of an old Roman-style Colosseum with a bunch of scary monsters and also a bunch of weird shit. Your monster of the day happens to be Winged Monkeys, more commonly known as flying monkeys, from the Wizard of Oz and affiliated stories!

As you may have been able to guess, these creatures can fly and they're rather intelligent- intelligent enough to wield spears and daggers as crude weapons and strong enough to pick someone right up off the ground and fly with them to a perch, where they'll... you know, stab them with their knives and stuff.

Why? We don't know. It's Hadriel.

Just in case you lose a couple of limbs in the process of escaping these critters, we've got you covered. Scattered around the newbies are prosthetic limbs for various body parts. These limbs are all fully functional, even if they look a bit... odd, so if you've lost an arm or two, or a leg, or even a pinkie finger, feel free to grab one and try to figure out how to use it!

Good job dealing with those monkeys! It's kind of a weird thing to be threatening, but clearly someone was afraid of them once. Once you're done, 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 May 10th-14th.
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[Of course she knows. If anyone were to, it would be Lup.

Leaving Hadriel, though? That's a much more tricky subject, one she isn't entirely sure of herself. Not that it's anything Lup wants to get into right now. Not when she has only just gotten Taako back. He has to know that no matter what she's going to want to be with him, wherever they do end up.]

Did you get dragged out right as the champagne started popping? That's real crappy timing, bud.

[He snorts out a small laugh.]

I mean, kinda? By the time everything was said and done everybody was sorta wiped so we all split off to sleep and talk n' stuff. You, me and Bar found a corner of the base just to talk and I guess I dozed off. But it was pretty unanimous the party was def happening, so.

[There was a lot to talk about, after all. But most of it was pushed off in favor of Taako in Barry and Lup's arms, a quiet reunion that he desperately needed to make this victory mean something.]

So we gotta get off our asses. Figure out a plan to make it back.

[It's hard to deny the warmth that spreads through her chest at hearing that. That even after so long apart, even after surviving the absolute end of the world, Lup still was able to spend her first night back cuddling with the two most important people in her life. There's honestly no other place she'd rather be than with Barry and Taako.

That makes the victory so much sweeter.

She gives her twin a small nudge in the side, smiling his way. One of her softer, warmer smiles, the kind reserved only for him and Barry.] You're really set on this, huh? On getting out of this place.

[He looks back at her, an equally rare gaze, full of love.]

We got a world on a silver platter to go home to, babe. We finally have everything we want. Hunger's gone. Everyone's okay. The whole fucking world knows our names.

[He squeezes her hand, unable to hide the excitement behind his words.]

We did it, Lup. Every promise we fucking said we would. Everything we ever said our parents would fucking regret not having when they gave us up. Fame, fortune, f--

[A steadying breath, as he catches up to himself, and he has to look away.]

A... y'know. Family.

[And for someone set adrift so long, lonely longer, he needs that. He wants it.]

Can't wait with it sittin' there without me.

[When was the last time she ever heard her twin speak with such conviction? When was the last time she ever heard him say aloud how badly he wanted something like this?

And when have either of them ever been in the position to say that they had a real family waiting for them back home?

It's enough to give the elf pause as she drags her brother forward, closer and closer to the little house they've taken over here in Hadriel. The idea of saying goodbye to the people she's grown so close to in this world hurts, especially knowing what she does about what it means to leave. That they'll lose all of their memories, how frightening that concept alone is to her after already having been forgotten once, but there's a weight to her twin's words that she just can't ignore.

They fought for that world, gave up everything and then some, and now they have a real chance to live in it. A real chance to make their very first home, to cultivate a life, to never have to run again.

And, of course, to stick it right to their parents for ever leaving them behind.

Of course Taako's right. Lup just might need a little more time to admit it.]

Can't deprive an entire world of you, huh? Now that would just be cruel.

[She doesn't need to say a thing for him to understand her perfectly. They understand one another too perfectly. Taako gets it.]

[Don't worry, Lup, they'll get to that part. Taako's riding the high of getting back to a comfort he needed for so long, which means he's not thinking about this place, the people he's grown close to. They'll find a way to kidnap them home and keep their memories and all of it. They're unstoppable. They're together. They can figure it out.]

Can't take it from us, babe.

[He gives her hand a squeeze. No choices from either or. Only them, together, into the future.]

C'mon. If I missed the party at home I'm sure as fuck not missing one here. Let's get somethin' goin', ya dig?

[Together, they can do anything.

Lup doesn't need the reassurance of them being together, but it leaves her smile softening sweetly over at him anyway, the woman returning her brother's affectionate squeeze without fail.]

You said it. Let's get you that party you deserve.

[Tonight they'll all come together, to laugh and to cry and to remiss and tell stories about their hundred year journey. Tomorrow they can start to plan, tonight they party.]

[He's smiling, and it feels free.]

Damn right, hun.

[And off they go, hand in hand.

Just like it should be.]

Intro Log: Fly, My Pretties!

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