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...

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Comments

I. a million years after the fact...

[solase]

Alucard had been directed to speak to Curufin, the shipbuilder, but other than the knowledge that he's in the Guard with him, he has no knowledge of where he might be able to find him. Perhaps that's something of his own fault. He hasn't committed to this position as much as he should have, for a number of reasons, all of which are probably not good enough for his superiors. But that is neither here nor there.

This at least is something that he understands. Ships. The ocean. He didn't really understand how much he had missed it until it is there before him, broad and beautiful. He really can't begin to wrap his mind around how one day he had been in one place and the next day he'd been in another, but at this point he knows better than to try. At least the fates had seen fit to drop his Spire on the same island as the Guard's headquarters.

Which is where, as luck would have it, he ends up finding the exact person he's looking for. Even if he doesn't realize it at first. Studying the map over the other man's shoulder, Alucard can't help but wonder if there isn't a way to make himself a pirate's cipher again somehow, or if it's even worth it for the fact that this world might change again and take the ocean away from him once more.

"It's very good," he comments, idly.

No problem, and welcome!

[so_dark_a_road]

Curufin hears a step and looks up from his sketch with a smile. Somehow he and Alucard haven't met one another in person until now, though it is strangely easy to miss a person in Hadriel, even when they are in the Guard with you.

Curufin did see the archived copy of Henry's Guard call post and noted Henry's instructions to Alucard. He realizes he should have gone looking for him, but then he became absorbed in selecting the timber and setting up the saw pit and the shop floor for boatbuilding. After that, the skeleton of the boat began to emerge from the raw materials practically of its own accord. There is a lot of work left to do, though.

"Thank you!" he answers. "A craftsman has to be able to draw up a set of plans, and I like maps, too. I'm Curufin, by the way."

[solase]

Alucard's eyebrows raise slightly at the introduction, one noticeably sapphire-studded.

"Ah," he says, "a man of many talents then. I had not known you would be quite so easy to find, otherwise I would have set out to find you far sooner." He cracks the other man a smile and it lights up his face in the way all of his smiles seem to. Alucard is a handsome man, and a man who has a smile for every occasion.

"My name is Alucard Emery," he says, offering the other man something of a little bow before offering his hand in greeting. "Technically I suppose that it is Captain, but that is neither here nor there. I was told, however, that I should seek you out. I don't suppose you might have heard anything of the sort?"

[so_dark_a_road]

"It's a small island," Curufin answers, with an answering smile. He has an appreciation for a handsome man, there's no denying this.

"Pleased to meet you, Captain Alucard Emery!" He clasps the offered hand in greeting. "I know that Henry asked you to speak with me and give me your best advice on the boat-building project. Can you start by telling me a little about your career, and what sort of ships you've captained?"