Event Log: The Beach Episode

[hadrielmods]

Who: Everyone!
What: The event log for the transition to our new planet!
Where: The city, which has now been fragmented onto four separate islands.
When: May 27th-June 10th
Warnings: Surf's up! If by 'surf', you mean separation from your friends, weird sea creatures, and cold rainfall.

The sun and the sand and a drink in your hand- well, it all sounded pretty nice when you voted for the island planet, but ultimately what you're getting is a bit less glamorous.

The transition takes place instantaneously, with very little noteworthy shakeup, though those of you who are particularly in-tune with the supernatural may feel a bit dizzied or nauseated by the sudden movement. And that's exactly what it is: for those of you who are outside, the change is fairly noticeable, as in the span of a single blink, what used to be miles of desert is now rocky ocean. The city is simply in one place one moment, and then somewhere entirely new a second later.

And that somewhere new is exciting! The islands have plenty of landscape to explore and weather conditions to adjust to, fish to catch, and- wait, how do you get to the other islands? What if your friends or your home or the bar is on these other islands? Enjoy having to figure out who is where and how you're going to get by with only a small fraction of the city to work off of- hopefully those boats will come sooner rather than later...

► This log covers May 27th-June 10th.
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► If you drown or get eaten by an alien shark, let us know here.

Comments

[bythewaves]

[ Real or imagined, but the silver siren call still sounds for Maglor. Perhaps it always will. Or perhaps one day Osse will get fed up and smack some sense into him ]

I will. But what of Tyelpe? Where do you think he has gone?

[paragonbrosca]

Yeah, but it won't be so bad as long as we get those boats. We might not have anywhere to hide from the Null, but they won't have anywhere to hide from us.

..they don't swim, right?

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[bythewaves]

I should think him easy enough to locate, aye!

[ He pauses thoughtfully ]

It... it is a little like being homesick, I suppose? But... more. It... is as if all you can see, all you can hear, all you can dream of, is the sea and what lies beyond it. It is the sound of the waves in your heart, and the horns of the deep in your dreams. It is beauty and it is pain.

[bythewaves]

[ Nope, sorry Law ]

Mostly glad. [ Maglor laughs and comes to sit by him ]

I have missed the Ocean - although this one doesn't sound the same. And you must have too, I guess.

[hoperulesdespairdrools]

Komaeda manages to swim up to the surface and gasp for air. Luckily, he does not seem too badly hurt although he starts to cough and wheeze a lot, grabbing onto a piece of rock when he does so. He glances around, still wheezing, eyes spotting Bruce and the sinking shark.

"Is it......dead??"

[abyssalarcana]

Yes, she's starting to get the sense of who this fellow is. An academic would find the realities of the world messy and distasteful, she imagines. She can't wait until he meets Hayden. She just chuckles at his reaction.

"I'm Caedra. You must be one of the newer ones here, aren't you? I can't say I recall seeing you around before."

[hot_mes]

More than I expected.

[it's a petulant sort of murmur, like he doesn't want to admit it]

Though, it's still not perfect. We don't have any sea-worthy ships.

[magician_king]

"I'm new as of this month."

He agrees, inclining his head.

"Just trying to get enough context to get my shit working properly."

[so_dark_a_road]

Different worlds, different humor!

He gives her a bright grin. "Idiocy is catching. Watch out, you might become infected with it."

He's sees she's getting ready to leave, but he has one more question for her.

"Want to take a boat ride sometime?" Maybe not the best idea in the world, proposing to spend time cooped up in a wooden boat on the open water with a demon. But the daredevil streak in him often leads him to venture risky situations; they sometimes yield unexpected benefits.

[abyssalarcana]

"Not with you," she says flatly. She's met several others with seafaring inclinations and although her conversations with them have sometimes been brief, or ended poorly, she would still prefer that to someone who she absolutely dislikes. It's not even that he and his friends - no, kin, evidently - attacked her, seeking revenge; rather that she finds him entirely unbearable and if she can't sit through a few minutes of conversation with him, being trapped on a ship is the last thing she wants. Every alternative sailing companion she can think of would be preferred.

"However," she continues, "I do hope to hear about what you find, once you do venture out." And if it turns out that he becomes the only person here capable of building a seaworthy craft? She'll just have to go back on her refusal.

[abyssalarcana]

"So that you can go around, undoing entropy," she states, still finding the concept amusing.

"Tell me, aside from fixing a cracked mug, what sort of things can you do? Once you have your bearings."

[zen_en_vert]

"Stunned, I think."

He says, shaking his head. No, it's definitely dead.

"Let's get out of here, either way."

[myrealname]

They say that the best way of getting over a man is by fucking somebody else. [she laughs again, this time ruefully] It doesn't work. I've tried it. But it can't hurt? So, yeah, if you can set something up for me, that would be great.

[no, she gets the feeling that here, she can't afford to be picky]

[toiletseat_girl]

[she's no fan of Rage, either. Rage threatened to feed her to the Null]

Yeah, that could work. I've never used an axe before, but how hard can it be? Wanna go check 'em out?

[outofthefire]

[she groans] Let's hope not. If the Null found us here, like this, we'd be sitting ducks.

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[roseofthetyrells]

[she listens thoughtfully]

Beauty and pain. Is the sea-longing with you always in your heart?

[abyssalarcana]

If I see any of them I'll direct them your way, but you'll do just as well to watch for their names. Or message them directly, there's a, mm, list of sorts in the phone. Though so far from what I've seen with your kind, perhaps they won't appreciate that without meeting you first.

[And even then they might get all bashful and flee when you try to be direct with them. Who knew humans were so shy?]

[myrealname]

There is? [Jane is from 2004, before the debut of the iPhone, so this phone confuses her a little. she manages to find the contact list and scrolls through it. there are pictures to go with the names and she grins when she tracks down the men Caedra mentioned] I've met these guys before. They'd definitely work.

And "your kind?" What, are you an alien? [said with a teasing smile]

[abyssalarcana]

[Good. Look, she helped someone! She's able to do things that people like! With the benefit being that people think she's trustworthy or something. It helps, if this one is going to cooperate with her plans for entertainment, to have what looks like a friendship from some angles.

But she tilts her head just a little at the tease, smiling back.]

Well, I'm not human, am I.

[It's not like she tries to hide it or she'd spend more time changing her eyes to match theirs. But that's a lot of effort.]

[myrealname]

[*applause* and while Jane is typically cynical about people, she's trapped here in what seems like an impossible situation, so she's a little more willing to trust. and yes, she's willing to cooperate with her entertainment plans, but it's mostly for herself. she's addicted to the thrill she gets when she makes complete strangers want her]

No. The eyes kind of give it away. What's your world like?

[she's genuinely curious]

[magician_king]

"That's just what I teach. It's not the whole scope of magic."

He admits, with a tiny, reluctant smile.

"I don't know what I could do. I think it depends on the problem I'm presented with. Beating back the monsters, to start with."

[abyssalarcana]

Hmm, that's a harder question to answer than you might think. I was born on a planet named Arneth, but I have spent a lot of time in other worlds as well. Where I reside now is very close to the heart of the multiverse, and I split my time between a great palace made of iron, and a charming little cottage with a greenhouse and garden.

[She'll just leave out all the inconvenient details about the raging chaos and violence and demons and slaves and so on. But sure, if she's from another planet, technically that makes her an alien?]

[abyssalarcana]

"Well, presumably you can't accomplish the whole scope of magic on your own anyway. So, beating back monsters - a good start. You have offensive abilities, then, do you?"

This one seems too quiet to want to participate in the arena fights, but it certainly would be fun to see him get utterly trounced by someone more confident with their powers. And even more fun if he took them all by surprise, perhaps, and showed greater skill than someone might expect. It's time to really start selling the idea to people, more than she has been, now that they have finally resettled.

[zen_en_vert]

Sure.

[He says, stepping back.]

Let's just hope it's on this island.

[myrealname]

The multiverse. Is that where we're all from? Different planets, different versions of the same planet?

And both homes sound great. Who hasn't wanted to live in a palace? And when you grow tired of that, you've got your other place.

[those are details best omitted, yes. at least for now. perhaps in time, she can be told the truth, but it will take a while]