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

[knifecollecting]

Hopefully, we'll get the materials for that. [Since there doesn't really seem to be any trees. Jo's a little nervous about that. She's never been on an ocean before.]

What have you found on this island?

[toiletseat_girl]

That would be nice, yeah. [but George is dubious. she has little faith in the gods' benevolence. though, she does know how to sail]

Two of the spires, most of the houses, the Colosseum, the science lab, and the Clinic. So I'm actually in good shape. I might even be the one with the most medical experience on the island, if you can believe that. [she can't]

[knifecollecting]

That means we'll be dealing with any arrivals. [Jo clenches her fists for a moment, letting out a long breath.]

We should go to the clinic.

[toiletseat_girl]

Yuuuup. And all of the monsters, too. [George sounds positively thrilled by the prospect]

Yeah, someone should be there.

[knifecollecting]

I wonder if we can just drive them off a cliff. [She'll have to think about this.]

Hopefully we're not the only ones here for it.

[toiletseat_girl]

That would be nice. Of course, the last ones we had were those fucking flying monkeys, that won't work for them.

You just jinxed us.

[knifecollecting]

Don't remind me. [Jo gives the waves one last look before turning to leave.]

I hope not. That would be a problem.

[toiletseat_girl]

Sorry. It's just that you can't help remembering the creepy creatures from a so-so kids' movie. [she moves to follow Jo]

Yeah. I mean, I can patch people up after they get mauled by the monsters, but I can't do much to keep them from getting mauled in the first place.

[knifecollecting]

Did you just call Wizard of Oz a "so-so" movie? [Wow. It's like she doesn't even know George.]

That's where the rest of us come in.

[toiletseat_girl]

What? It was okay, but Judy Garland got on my nerves. [granted, she could sing. but she couldn't act]

I guess. I just wish I could do both.

[knifecollecting]

Wow. [Jo just shakes her head in disbelief.]

You're still learning magic, right?

[toiletseat_girl]

Yeah. Why d'you ask?

[knifecollecting]

Isn't some of that going to help you fight?

[toiletseat_girl]

...I guess so? We haven't really had the chance to get into the more hardcore magic yet.

[knifecollecting]

I guess you'll have to wait and see. [Jo hates that part of things.]

[toiletseat_girl]

Yeah.

[a long pause]

I fucking hate waiting.

[knifecollecting]

[Jo laughs quietly.]

Yeah. Waiting sucks.

[toiletseat_girl]

It does! Especially when you're like, this is something that could be useful.

[knifecollecting]

Progress is still something. Maybe we'll have time with the move.

[toiletseat_girl]

I sure hope so. I don't like feeling like I'm at a standstill.

[knifecollecting]

I don't think any of us are standing still. [Everyone changes even if they don't really want to.]

[toiletseat_girl]

Yeah? Where're you going? [George doesn't necessarily want to change. but she doesn't want to stay the same, either]

[knifecollecting]

[Jo laughs weakly, looking down at her feet.]

Do we really know that?

[toiletseat_girl]

[George shrugs]

I'd like a general idea, yeah.

[knifecollecting]

[That's fair. Jo won't argue.]

I hope we're headed towards people being happy.