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

[toiletseat_girl]

Probably would. And it's not like anyone can go looking for me.

[not that they would, she thinks]

I won't, I won't. You don't try it, either. You can drown.

[zen_en_vert]

No, I can't.

[He admits, hands on his hips. They haven't had this conversation, but;]

I'm not the same as you, but I'm closer than not.

[toiletseat_girl]

You can't?

[she looks curious, but is trying to be polite and not look overly curious]

How's that work?

[zen_en_vert]

Lab accident a little while ago.

[He dismisses, with a shake of his head.]

But it isn't fun, and I don't want to risk it.

[toiletseat_girl]

Must've been some accident.

[she chooses to not pry further, though]

Probably shouldn't. Eventually, they'll get us some boats. Or we'll say fuck the gods and we'll build our own.

[zen_en_vert]

Yeah, it was.

[And yes, he doesn't want to get into it.]

And yes, we absolutely should. There might be a better chance of them not sinking them all for fun and excitement.

[toiletseat_girl]

[hooray, George is finally getting better at peopleing.

she snorts] No shit. You know, I bet they knew they couldn't fit us all on one island. They just conveniently forgot to mention it for the LOLs.

Anyway, do you know how to build a boat? 'Cause I don't.

[zen_en_vert]

It'd have to be a raft. I could do a raft.

[He decides, thoughtfully.]

I could do more if I could get my hands on real tools. Do we have any?

[toiletseat_girl]

A raft would work. As long as it gets me from Point A to Point B, I'm happy.

Not so far as I know. We could try the Lab?

[zen_en_vert]

No, they don't have anything for woodworking.

[He says, shaking his head. He's been in there for hours already.]

[toiletseat_girl]

Well. Shit. I guess we could go and see if any of the stores relocated with us and magically became a Home Depot.

[she rakes a hand through her hair and tries to not seem as frustrated as she feels]

[zen_en_vert]

Or another option might be to go to the armoury and see if there's anything there that can be converted?

[As much as he hates Rage...]

I think there were axes, last time I was there.

[toiletseat_girl]

[she's no fan of Rage, either. Rage threatened to feed her to the Null]

Yeah, that could work. I've never used an axe before, but how hard can it be? Wanna go check 'em out?

[zen_en_vert]

Sure.

[He says, stepping back.]

Let's just hope it's on this island.

[toiletseat_girl]

No kidding. All of this is gonna amount to a whole lot of nothing if it's somewhere else.

[she follows]

[zen_en_vert]

We could reach someone over there and ask them to do the same.

[He points out, tucking his hands in his pockets.]

Or wait for the god-boat, then make our own backup.

[toiletseat_girl]

Like through a network post or something?

[she falls into step beside him, arms swinging casually by her sides]

Fuck only knows what kinds of boats the gods will give us, but I'd be willing to bet it's nothing with a motor. That would be making our lives way too easy.

[zen_en_vert]

Through the network. [Agreeing. Well, sailboats are fairly simple machines.

[Says Bruce, who knows he can solve any problem, given time.]

They can't give us rowboats, we'll never crest the waves.

[toiletseat_girl]

Yeah, sailboats are easy. Even I can do that.

[says George, who tends to have little confidence in herself at all times]

Fuck, I know. I really hope no one was expecting a beach vacation out of this whole island thing.

[zen_en_vert]

I don't mind. What were the other choices, right? I certainly wouldn't want to be scavenging for winter clothing on some sort of arctic ice ball.

I've lived there before, and it's deeply unpleasant.

[toiletseat_girl]

Yeah? Where'd you live that was so cold? I mean, I'm from Seattle and my idea of cold is 45 degrees.

[zen_en_vert]

Yukon, Alaska.

[He answers, with a breath; not good times in his life, to say the least.]

I wouldn't do it again, not even if there was something strangely peaceful about it.

[toiletseat_girl]

Of course you have to feel peaceful at a place like that. If you get restless, it's not like you can just hop in a car and go somewhere else with all that snow and ice. Give me a nice Seattle winter anyday.

[zen_en_vert]

I'd like to go back to Mumbai.

[If he could live anywhere on Earth.]

Or Brazil, even.

[toiletseat_girl]

[this piques her curiosity]

Yeah? What're they like? I've never really gone anywhere before, except for here.