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

[blueeyesbond]

[Mokuba lifts his head up and blinks at this newcomer for a moment, coming out of his thoughts as he registers he just asked him a question.] Huh...? Oh. Yeah. [He adds in a light smile of reassurance.] I'm okay. Just thinking.

[so_dark_a_road]

[ Hopefully he really is all right. Curufin's world was one in which there were a lot of orphans of war, and he was accustomed to finding them safe places to go. (Or as safe as any place was, in those days. ) ]

Are you here by yourself, or do you have family or friends? [ He nods at the robodragon. ] I see you are not entirely alone, since it seems you have a companion.

[blueeyesbond]

My brother's stuck on one of the other islands. [Hence why he's looking bummed.] But I've got Hiryu here so I'm not alone. I can take care of myself. [He's gotten fairly used to it, sadly.]

[so_dark_a_road]

Do you know which island your brother is on? I can take you there, as soon as the boat is finished. But it's good you have Hiryu for company. Are you managing to find food? There is some at the Firehouse and at Guard HQ and in a few other places here. I can show you. [ Because a kid shouldn't have to fend for himself! ]

[blueeyesbond]

[Mokuba gives a nod and says which island Seto is on, even though the player forgot which one exactly, whoops. At the mentioned of a boat, he perks up.] You're building a boat? [He waves a hand in a 'no big deal' way about the other stuff though.] I can manage food.

[so_dark_a_road]

[ Curufin's player is having the devil of a time keeping track of who is where, so no problem. XD

Curufin smiles. ]

If you're sure. [ But the Elf is going to make sure the kid gets a square meal today, at least. ] Do you want to share my lunch with me, though? I brought more than enough. [ He pulls a package out of his satchel, which turns out to be sandwiches. He offers one to Mokuba. ]

Yes, I'm building a boat. It's not very far from here. If you look that way, you can see the shed. [ He turns and gestures away from the shoreline and along a line of trees that begin to the south and continue out of sight. Under the eaves of these trees, there is a wooden building with stacks of lumber around it. ] That's my boat-building shed. I've got one in progress and I'm working on the plans for another.

Do you like boats? My name is Curufin Fëanorion, by the way.

[blueeyesbond]

[For as much as he'll insist he can feed himself, he's also not going to pass up free food if it's handed to him. He takes the sandwich with a thanks and immediately digs in, stopping every so often in between bites to reply.]

What kind of a boat are you building? I've been on them before, but they're not the kind you can make in just a few days by yourself.

I'm Mokuba Kaiba. And this is Hiryu.

[so_dark_a_road]

[ Curufin smiles when he sees the sandwich is appreciated; he's pleased if he can help in any way, even with so simple a thing as food. ]

It's a twenty-foot, flat-bottomed both with a single mast and a square sail. Oars and rowlocks in case of no wind. I've used the traditional shipbuilding methods of the Elvish people, since those were developed for northern waters and turbulent seas. A long, relatively narrow boat breasts the waves easily and is simple to handle. Carries as many as six people plus baggage. Later, I'll make a larger boat, but right now, this is the type we need. I'm an Elf, so I don't really need to sleep, and I can work literally around the clock. Fourteen days' worth of work in seven days, and I'll be ready to raise the sail.

What kind of boat have you been on before?

And I'm pleased to meet you, Mokuba Kaiba and Hiryu!

[blueeyesbond]

[He doesn't know much about sailing and boats, but he's able to follow along enough he understands the basics of what he's talking about.]

Oh, boats that are a lot bigger than 20 feet, like a cruise ship. Or a yacht. But I've been in a rowboat before. That sounds like more what you're doing.

[so_dark_a_road]

A cruise ship or a yacht? Those do sound large. Did you travel much?

A rowboat would be small and have no sail, and be used for lakes, rivers, and streams. Or possibly it would be carried on a large ship and used to ferry people from the ship to the land, when the ship is anchored offshore. My boat is meant to be sailed on the open ocean. Rowing is a last resort, but yes, we'd row if we had to.

[ Looking curiously at the robodragon. ] How did you and Hiryu come to be companions?

[blueeyesbond]

Not a lot but I've been to other places and countries before, for business things.

Hiryu and I... This isn't the first place I've been to that wasn't my universe. It's happened to me three times now. The first place could be as dangerous as it can be here, and I was on my own, so someone built Hiryu to help me stay safe.

[so_dark_a_road]

You were in some kind of business? That must have been interesting. [ Mokuba's a kid, but that doesn't matter. Curufin was quite a competent metalsmith before he reached adolescence, and a master in the field before he was grown. Children practicing the crafts, business, or a profession doesn't seem strange to him. ]

You've lived in three worlds other than your own? You have me beat, then. This is only my second. That was kind of that person, whoever it was, to build you a companion and protector. Hiryu looks a bit like the dragons in my world. Can he do dragon things like shoot fire out of his mouth?