Intro Log: Off my chest

[hadrielmods]

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for April.
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: April 10th-13th
Warnings: Newbies, explosions, and things that are definitely treasure chests and not evil monsters out to get you.

Welcome to your first day in Hadriel! Enjoy your surroundings, meet your fellow travelers, and be sure to start exploring so you can collect as much loot as possible!

On the ground around you may notice bang snaps, scattered haphazardly. Try not to step on any of them, or you might burn your feet! Feel free to gather them up and use these baby fireworks however you see fit; there are dozens strewn about on the ground. Popping them will emit clouds of smoke of various colors, and... well, not much else.

Is there anything else lurking around? Glad you asked! If you look around, you may find a few innocent-looking treasure chests. Which you know, normally means free loot- except, in Hadriel, nothing is quite the way it's advertised of course and the chests are actually dangerous mimics. Mimics- often disguised as treasure chests- are monsters with surprisingly quick movements and gaping maws filled with teeth. They exist to try and fool an unlucky traveler into thinking they've gotten something good... only to lunge at them in their moment of triumph and prove that life is actually terrible and nothing comes for free.

Good luck!

Once you've managed your daring escape from the colosseum, feel free to go explore the rest of the city! Find a house, find a new monster, or simply scavenge for supplies. Good luck, and enjoy your stay in Hadriel!

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

Comments

[dogsanddaughters]

Not for a long time. [Miriam pauses, fluffing Barnaby's ears.] I mean, the tomb raiders go down sometimes. But they're crazy, so they don't count.

[And they usually bring bad things up with them.

Miriam brightens, clapping her hands.] And the Great Wall of China? I heard it's so big you can see it from space!

[prespangled]

What happened to all the people there?

[He looks from her to the dog and back again. They look normal. He could pass them on the streets of Brooklyn on any given day. Maybe everyone just goes...up.]

I can't tell you that for sure. We haven't made it to space yet.

[dogsanddaughters]

[Miriam shrugs, bouncing up on her toes just for something to do.] Dunno. That was a long time ago. You can ask my mom if you see her, she knows about that kinda stuff.

[Sometimes Bethany rants about it when she'd drunk, or feeling patriotic. Miriam doesn't understand everything, but apparently there was a failure of ideology and that was very bad for everyone. Miriam usually tones out when her mom gets to that point, anyway. Why does it matter, if it happened a hundred years ago?]

Oh, really? Huh. [Miriam frowns.] Guess this is pretty weird for you, then.

[prespangled]

[If he sees her, which isn't impossible, but he's not sure he would call it likely either. As for Steve, he's a bit of a history buff, so things that happened in the past are still interesting to him.

Past, future. It all get sorta muddled up here.]

I think it's weird for most of us. [Steve never liked to admit that he's having a hard go with something.] I'm doing okay.

[dogsanddaughters]

I guess. [Miriam pauses, rubbing Barnaby's head.] But this isn't so bad, you know? I mean, it could be a lot worse. You're here, and you're nice.

[prespangled]

Thanks.

[The words have more of an impact on him than she probably realizes, and there's a touch of surprise when he responds to it. It reminds Steve of one way that this place really isn't so bad: the people.]

Hey, I'm still kinda new here too. But if you need anything...

[dogsanddaughters]

[Miriam grins up at him, as sweet as she can manage. It's good to have friends, isn't it?] Yeah? Thanks, Steve. I mean it.