Intro Log: Snip Snip

[hadrielmods]

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for June
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: June 10th-13th
Warnings: New folks, crabby crabs, bumbershoots

Well, here you are. You've awoken on the ground of a large colosseum, with a cloudy sky above you - oh, and it might be sprinkling a little. It sure seems to drizzle a lot here, though it might take you a few days to figure that out. After the days it'll take you to get adjust to being in another world at all, of course. Welcome to Hadriel!

Feel free to walk around the colosseum a bit to try and get your bearings, but try not to trip over any rocks. They, uh, aren't rocks. This month, the Door has pulled in Lava Crabs and Rock Crabs. These confusing little things look just like rocks when they're in their shells, and they're content to stay that way... until you get close, and they come rushing out at you with their claws out, all ready to snip snip snip. Their hard shells make it difficult to hurt them, though you could always try to knock it off their back - or flip them over and attack their tender underbelly.

That's not the only thing you might trip over, either. Scattered across the ground of the colosseum can be found a variety of super cool and fashionable umbrellas. So if that drizzling rain is starting to annoy you, grab one of those and you'll be dry as dust in no time!

Once you think things are safe, feel free to leave whatever bit of safety you've found. You can explore the rest of the city! Find a house, a new monster, a project to help with, or simply scavenge for supplies. Good luck, and enjoy your stay in Hadriel!

► This log covers June 10th-13th.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well!
► All characters arrive with phones that have network communication and the newbie guide installed.
► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!

Comments

[circumitus]

"Yeah?" Rey lifts her brows. "Was always traveling a lot back home, too. Never got used to sitting still in one place for very long, let alone two years."

She's still not used to the fact that she's spent that much time in Hadriel. At times it seems longer, and others are shorter.

"And wouldn't recommend getting comfortable with the island scene. Chances are we're going to be jumping to a new location soon enough."

[queenkiller]

Hella falters at that. She remembers what Caedra had told her, about the people in charge of this place. Hadriel.

"By the magic of our captors?" she asks, tentatively. A muscle tenses in her jaw.

[circumitus]

Instinctively Rey wants to say it's not magic, but when it comes to the gods...

"Yeah, that's pretty much what it is. Don't come from a place where magic is a real thing, and it's still weird as fuck to get used to."

[queenkiller]

When Rey explains her relationship with magic, Hella's interest is visibly piqued. She finishes off her drink and sets it down, wiping her mouth. She's not as tense as she was just moments ago, leaning forward in her seat.

"Where I'm from, magic is a curse on the land. It's rare. But those that use it... Pattern magic is still in common use by the Archivists, but that's different. There is no good use of true magic. It's dangerous."

Fantasmo proved that to the rest of them when he turned out to be a construct. Ever since the trouble in Rosemerrow, Hella's stance on magic has doubled down.

Magic comes in many forms in Hieron; there is divine magic of the gods, and pattern magic or semiotics, and there's whatever Fero is, but it's the true magic of the university's remains that cause Hella the most unease. And it feels much the same as the Door's power to transport people into this place -- the whole thing reminds her strongly of Arrell's pocket universes. Pocket universes and false gods, as Caedra explained.

"I'd feel blessed to be from a place that hasn't been touched by it," is how she finishes her thought, eyes traveling away from her focus on Rey, a little awkward in their retreat.