hadriel_logs | Event Log: The Beach Episode

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...

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i. west island. | i'd like to move to the beach.

[ GOD, FINALLY... the ocean. His vote paid off.

A vitally important detail to know about Merle Highchurch is that he is, by choice, what the kids call a beach dwarf. He likes to live on the beach. He likes tide pools and standing in the water. He likes sitting on the beach.

Sure, the lack of sand and sunny weather is a bit of a downer in context, but you know what? He's got the party points and the positive attitude to make up for it. Plus... yeah, everyone just kinda did the sand and sun thing for a lot longer than anyone probably liked. Such is the nature of living.

Merle's got no hangups with exploring the new digs. The city itself is basically exactly the same, looks more or less intact where it hasn't been split off from another part of the city, so the real good part is scoping out all the shorelines. It's okay guys Merle is on this.

Not to do anything especially cool or useful. If you're in the market for a shitty weed grandpa, find him on your local rocky beach. Wherever it seems the most relatively drip-free, which is touch and go depending on what kind of outcroppings and stuff he might be able to worm his way into.

He's just chillin'. Watching the water. Don't take it to mean you're safe from conversing with him bc he will do it. ]

ii. east island. | because with the ocean, the scenery is always changin'.

[ Merle probably makes his way around to all the islands eventually, but when he does properly get up and get moving, however it is he does that (our bets are on the flying broomstick, but there's no way he doesn't try some dumb bullshit first), it's inevitable that Merle ends up on the east island.

That's where the orchard is, fam. He likes the ocean and he likes plants. They're like his whole thing.

He's mostly here to check in on all the trees and flowers and stuff, to hang out for a while, standard orchard guy stuff. Is there a weird dwarf-in-appearance, goblin-in-personality dude sitting in a tree, possibly checking out which one has the most ideal ocean view? Yes. Probably. That's him. Sorry if his sandal or croc or whatever it is he wears falls on you. ]

My bad!

[ he might also tool around the hot springs for a while? he's old and he hates shirts, what do you want from him. ]

[George has been exploring the island as well. she's found all of the major parts of town which have made their way to this particular island. the Clinic? good, she works there anyway. the Colosseum? not good. that means they're going to get stuck with all of the monsters and all of the newbies. but whatever, things will work out. probably.

instead of Merle finding her, she finds him watching the ocean]

Hey. Enjoying yourself?

Event Log: The Beach Episode

merle highchurch | ota

west island