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

[toiletseat_girl]

That's the plan. I wanna learn as much as I can ahead of time, so I can ace all of my college courses. [because she is all about getting through college as quickly as possible]

[knifecollecting]

Too bad time worked doesn't count for college credit.

[toiletseat_girl]

Fuck, I know. I'd be able to knock a year off college, easy. I'm gonna need so many grants and so many student loans, I'll be paying 'em off for fifty years.

[knifecollecting]

And that's still three years, right? How much could it cost?

[She's never paid attention to the cost of education. It was never a priority.]

[toiletseat_girl]

[she sighs] Honestly, I have no fucking idea. When I went to UDub, I got a discount 'cause my dad worked there. I'm thinking at least $50,000. No way can I afford that without a shitton of help.

[so much moneyyyyyyy]

[knifecollecting]

[Jo chokes at the figure. Fifty thousand? Really?]

You're joking. [That's more than a car!]

[toiletseat_girl]

[really, really. probably more]

Don't I wish. I wonder if there are scholarships for living-challenged people?

[knifecollecting]

I'm the wrong person to ask about college money. I'd bet not.

[toiletseat_girl]

Now, see, that's not fair. That's discrimination. Where's my protest group?

[knifecollecting]

I don't think a lot of people are worried about the rights of the vaguely undead. [Which, Jo kind of dislikes describing George as.]

They don't even know about it.

[toiletseat_girl]

Well, shit. I guess I'm gonna have to go for random scholarships and grants and hope for the best?

[knifecollecting]

You're gonna have to. There's no way I can pay for it.

[toiletseat_girl]

Didn't think you would. I can figure something out. Probably.

[knifecollecting]

Doctors make a lot of money. Right? You'll be fine.

[toiletseat_girl]

That's what I've heard. But that's not why I'm doing it. [a pause] Okay, not completely why I'm doing it.

[knifecollecting]

[Jo laughs quietly.]

It's okay to want money.

[toiletseat_girl]

I guess. I mean, I'm gonna need a lot of it since I'm gonna be paying for med school forever and I'm gonna live forever if I go to another world.

[knifecollecting]

The Reaper thing doesn't stop ever? [Hmm. That's kind of sad.]

[toiletseat_girl]

It does in my world. But like I said, I'm not going back there. [there's so little to go back to]

[knifecollecting]

[Well-

Shit, what's going to happen to Jo in that scenario? She's dead after all.]

You can't practice medicine forever.

[toiletseat_girl]

[she's coming with, duh!]

So I wait until the whole no-aging thing becomes a problem and I invent a new identity. Betty said it was important to do that, anyway, to keep things fresh.

[knifecollecting]

[Will Jo age? She's worried about that.]

Is cutting and running really the best thing? [Jo, it's like, the only option here. She knows that.]

[toiletseat_girl]

[well. there's one way to find out?]

It's not like I can just stay in place and like. Not age. That would get noticed eventually.

[knifecollecting]

Maybe it would be better to find somewhere remote.

[toiletseat_girl]

Remote? After this? Nooooo way.