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

[myrealname]

Weapons training and a weapon? Me? Are you serious?

[so_dark_a_road]

[ He smiles. ] You wouldn't consider this one of your talents? Or a future talent?

[myrealname]

I've never held a gun in my life! Much less a sword or whatever else people here use to defend themselves.

[so_dark_a_road]

How did you defend yourself, then?

[myrealname]

I kick guys in the nuts. Or if I'm in the club, I get security and they take care of it.

[so_dark_a_road]

[ He laughs. ] That sounds like it would work. There's almost nothing a man values more than the family jewels!

We do have a security force, the City Guards. I'm one of them. But there aren't very many of us, and even with these wonderful phones, help may still be too far away to get there as soon as is needed. That's why I always suggest people start training in the martial arts.

[myrealname]

[she gives a wicked grin] And it works every time.

Yeah, but who'd wanna fight me? I'm just [she gestures towards herself] me.

[so_dark_a_road]

[ He grins back. ] I'll be very careful never to annoy you.

Perhaps no one ever would. I hope not. But Hadriel being the place it is, sometimes we have troublesome or violent people who manage to victimize others before anyone can do anything about it.

[myrealname]

Yeah? Who would those violent or troublesome people be? So I can avoid them.

[so_dark_a_road]

Well, there's a demon named Caedra. Her powers were diminished by the gods after she slew a friend of mine, Margaery Tyrell. Caedra has been playing it smooth since then, but if there is another murder in Hadriel, she'd be the first person I'd suspect of having committed it.

[myrealname]

[Jane looks incredulous]

Caedra? About this tall [holds her hand a couple of inches down from the top of her head] with black eyes and hair? That Caedra? A demon? No way.

[so_dark_a_road]

Yes, that's her! She's never tried to conceal what she is.

[myrealname]

[she still looks disbelieving]

Nuh-uh. She's an alien. She just happens to look a little different, that's all.

[so_dark_a_road]

Do you mean some kind of space alien? Did she tell you that?

[myrealname]

Well, yeah. I mean, it's obvious.

[so_dark_a_road]

How would you know? Have you ever met an alien before?

[myrealname]

No, 'cause my world is normal.