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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Comments

[roseofthetyrells]

[she also looks over the linens]

This will not be the work of a single day.

[myrealname]

...yeah, about that. I've never been any good at making friends. I've always been kind of a loner.

[a partial lie. she's always been part of a couple. when she's not, she tends to spiral badly. and the reasons why she lies about her name have nothing to do with survival and everything to do with self-esteem]

Uh-huh. Face-planted right into the dirt. Not one of my finer moments.

[toiletseat_girl]

Uh-huh. Mind a quick tip? Don't try egging his temple. Avisheh and I tried it and got nothin'.

[faith? what's that? can you eat it?]

[toiletseat_girl]

Ehh, Jo and Pell are here. The Clinic and the Lab are here. The Speakeasy is not here, but can't win 'em all. You wouldn't be a distraction.

[roseofthetyrells]

Oh dear. Yes, do be careful. Have you found any friends on your island?

[the Null would be enough to scare anyone]

I don't know yet. I've not ventured out of my shop yet, but I suppose I'll have to if I want to find food.

Re: 28th, audio

[kingforboth]

Most of what people wear here would be considered indecent. I've seen people walking around in practically their smalls.

[Kind of like what she's probably wearing now.]

[kingforboth]

"What's rubber?" That kind of seemed key to the entire story she was telling here. There was lots of rubber in it, and ....honestly he wasn't sure what it was.

"So a practical joke that gets out of hand?" Did he get that right? That all seemed, really quite unseemly. "Do people really do that where you're from?" Doing something like that would measure out all sorts of punishments if they were caught. You were expected to act in a certain way. That most definitely did not qualify.

"Yes. Water is the priority. With any luck, each island will have it's own supply. Or it will rain."

[roseofthetyrells]

[Margaery had only one friend in King's Landing, Sansa. other than that, she had her Tyrell cousins who were dependable allies, but not really friends. and she had enemies, Cersei and her lickspittles. but only one friend and that for a short period of time]

Of course we are! After everything, you really have to ask?

[she beams back]

[yearrounder]

Sigh. They couldn't even bring people in who had similar enough experience that they could talk to each other? Not that she hated teaching or anything, but really? There were a lot of words she took for granted. That a lot of people did.

"It's like...stretchy bouncy stuff you can make into a bunch of different things. It comes from a tree, but there are ways to make it without the tree too. And yeah, that's pretty much exactly it. They usually tend to win, though." Came with being children of Hermes.

"Hopefully. I don't think they'd let us just die, though. They need us as much as we need them."

Re: 28th, audio

[outofthefire]

[actually, given the climate, she's in one of those sweater sets and calf-length wool skirts]

Their smalls? You mean like their underwear?

[uptightness]

[There's getting it and there's getting it. Carolina's not going to go and surf around herself. Even if she gets back to where the rest of her team is.

His question draws her attention.]

No- [Although Carolina pauses after saying that. It is a closer look that she gives him, feeling a vague sense of- His voice, and yes, it clicks in to place.] Tucker.

[bythewaves]

Alright. [ Maglor nods, accepting ] If you need a hand, my friend, do let me know.

If you see my brothers before I reach them, can you let them know I am alright? I'll speak to Curufin of the boats though.

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[bythewaves]

[ He restrains his giggles but his eyes dance ]

Clearly, they did not know how to prepare it properly. The Teleri had some excellent fish recipes - I will have to share some!

[hot_mes]

Yeah, all right.

[deal and deal. Later, Mags.]

[bythewaves]

Good winds and calm seas!

[inthewar]

[ He smirks a little, not generally used to being scrutinized like this, but hey, he'll roll with it. ]

Services. You need something done, I'll come through. I mean, within fucking reason, don't get crazy. But I'm good at plenty of shit.

[aroundthecoroner]

Her snap judgment isn't entirely incorrect, to be fair. There's a reason he's so unobservant, and it isn't purely a result of the distraction in his head. He just gets a little lost in whatever he's doing. Maybe more than a little.

"I'm gonna guess that, um, suiralukki? Is your word for the gods?" He makes an honest attempt at pronouncing that correctly, but he sure doesn't get there.

"I don't think it's them. They barely know how to use the Door, from what I understand. Only one of them really does, and he apparently can't figure out how to send anything back through on purpose. My guess is that it's, I don't know, broken? Like I'm guessing whoever built the thing didn't do it to accidentally drag monsters and weird objects through at random. It probably used to work better than it does now, but something about how it's messed up means you can't make the transition with your memories intact."

[abyssalarcana]

"Well, they don't deserve to be called 'gods', do they," she replies, deadpan. Her language's word for common slavers feels both more appropriate and appropriately insulting.

"But you're right, of course, about them not knowing how to use it. That's the information I had gathered as well. I hadn't considered it might be broken, though." It's just speculation of course, but it would make some sense. Hopefully it's not quite as complicated as that, and instead just a problem of a lack of knowledge, which might be uncovered in this new location. Once they obtain a ship, anyway.

"If you're right, if it can be repaired, or better-controlled so that people can come and go and remember what happens in between then that opens up a lot of interesting possibilities, doesn't it?"

[restinglichface]

[Lup waves a hand, fingers wiggling, and lets a soft dazzle of sparks fall from her fingertips.]

Magic, babe. Natch. Haven't we had this convo before?

[Something something she's a magical elf.]

So you're thinkin' of movin' in? Ah, hell yeah! We can do a girl's night slumber party in the lab every week!

[aroundthecoroner]

Yeah, he's not gonna argue that one. People here are pretty divided on the whole "gods" thing, and Michael doesn't care enough about calling them anything in particular. Gods is just easier for him. For much the same reason that it's easier for him right now to avoid this conflict.

"I mean, I guess that 'memory wipe' might be a setting on it." Assuming it's some kind of machine, which is what it always sounds like. "And they just don't know how to turn it off. But if we could figure out how to fix that, yeah, it would be... something." Something either really beneficial or really terrible, depending on who figured it out first.

"Since the people who can travel between worlds regularly have no idea about this place, or about each others' worlds, the Door's probably connected to way more than anything else is. Meaning it could be used as, like, a hub. To basically anywhere."

Caedra probably already knows that, but Michael is a rambler.

[so_dark_a_road]

Indeed, it will not be the work of one day. [ Smile. ] But we won't need it until the boat is finished, so that gives you a week. Will that be enough time, do you think?

[so_dark_a_road]

Outside of my family, I was like that, too -- for a long time. I knew how to approach others, but I only did it in the interests of trade or of alliances in war. But once I had left my own world, it became a necessity to make friends. You should have seen me floundering! I still flounder. [ He is a little bit amused at himself. ]

[ Survival and self-esteem may well be intertwined! ]

Face-plant right in the middle of the Colosseum, with some horrible ugly monster licking its chops over you?

[so_dark_a_road]

Good. All the more reason to build more boats. If we can fish these seas for large fish, we won't have to work so hard to feed ourselves. . . and others.

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[so_dark_a_road]

[ Ah yes, the gentle art of making a family story seem innocuous! Curufin is used to making a judgement call at any given moment, whether to include the darker aspects of his past in the story or not. He isn't averse to telling the whole story, especially not to Kelson, whom he trusts. He just doesn't choose to do so at this moment. ]

Thank you, Kelson. It is good to know that you feel that way.

Do you need a ride to any of the other islands, by the way?

[zen_en_vert]

Don't worry. That wouldn't have been my first thought.

[He heaves out a sigh.]