INTRO LOG: FACE OFF

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Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for November. Don't get your face eaten!
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: November 10th-17th
Warnings: Monster-related violence, people lamps, general unpleasantness, mass confusion.

You wake up on the hard earth of the colosseum. By the state of things and the various aches and pains in your body, you've probably been passed out there for awhile. A few things should immediately become clear to you upon an initial assessment.

1. You're not alone
2. You're near other people who look to be in a similar state.
3. You're also near an assortment of human shaped lamps.
4. You're also near something that skitters off into the shadows of the colosseum.

Of all of these alarming things, the skittery object might be your largest concern. Be wary when turning corners or shutting out the lights: the Hunters work best when your vision is obscured, so their gelatinous form is even harder to spot. Their main goal will be to kill people of course, though they prefer to hide in corners and smaller rooms. Watch out when trying to work through the halls of the colosseum to find the outdoors- they're surprisingly quick, and they prefer to kill their prey by opening their face-flaps and wrapping their mouths around your head. Fun!

More information on Hunters can be found here!

Second largest concern? Maybe it's the people lamps. Maybe it's the actual people around you. Whatever it is, be sure to familiarize yourself with it quickly. The devil you know is better than the devil you don't, after all.

All done with the horrible monsters and awkward greetings? Try your hand at exploring the rest of the city! Find a house, find a new monster, or simply scavenge for supplies until your little heart is content. Good luck, and enjoy your stay in Hadriel!

► This log covers November 10th-17th.
► 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

[hybridification]

Oh, like a lookout for the monsters?

[Give the boy a medal, now he gets it. Rhys blinks and looks out toward the darkness with a comical squint. Because he's that special of a snowflake, his eye- the blue one- lights up as well as he scans the place. Way easier night vision when everything is put through a computerized filter.

He keeps the light up for Max regardless, but nods, glancing around the place they're in.]

Yeah. Not perfectly, but I can find them. [An awkward pause, and Rhys rubs at the back of his neck with his organic hand.]

You, uh- you can protect me, right? I mean, no offense, but I really can't afford to be a guide to someone who'll ditch me at the first sign of trouble.

[o_negative]

Be nice to know what they are. [And a lookout would be equally as useful. Max follows the light, squinting out at the darkness, but the creatures, whatever they are, are at least smart enough to skitter away before it hits them. That doesn't bode well, but he's going to keep that thought to himself.

It's only once he's glanced back at Rhy's that he notices his eye glowing too and finds it difficult not to be equally as curious about this half machine man as he is about whatever was out in the dark.

Max gives him a deadpan look at the question. Just on his vest alone there are two guns and a knife in plain view, every other available pocket is jammed with ammo. He can definitely protect him, but will he?

Max nods.] I'll try. [It's vague, but if this stranger helps him, he'll help in return.]

[hybridification]

Awesome. Okay.

[Hey, I'll try is a better bargain than Rhys has had during most of his stay on Pandora. He can roll with that, and so he does, moving carefully forward as he tries to scan for any heat signatures near them. Because... hopefully... the monsters generate some kind of heat. Like, it would really suck if they didn't.

Nevertheless, Rhys marches on, cautious, but without the right sort of training to really be alert, and after a few moments, he looks back toward the other man.]

I'm Rhys, by the way.

[o_negative]

[Max tries not to let himself be too distracted by the little robot, but it's hard not to watch it.]

Can it be used as a decoy. Make it go up ahead? [He completely ignores Rhys' offer of his name, instead asking this. Maybe if they got out of here alive he'd be more willing to exchange pleasantries. At the moment, he had a lamp in hand and was ready to beat something to death with it, not exactly the time for names and small talk in his opinion.]

Nothing yet? [He looks nervously up ahead and the dark hallway beyond where Rhys' light was reaching.]

[hybridification]

[Rhys frowns a little when the name isn't returned, but he nods in the end anyway, motioning up ahead. Dumpy follows his comment, zipping a little in front of them as Rhys looks back and forth through the darkness. There's nothing there up ahead of them, and he opens his mouth to say as much, glancing back toward Max.

There's a flash then, out of the corner of his eye. Rhys turns sharply, flashing his light behind them.]

Holy shit-

[He jumps, startled as he backs away from whatever moved. It was one of them, the translucent monsters. He can still see the heat signature in his ECHO-eye and he points toward it, the tiny robot wavering uncertainly in the air. When he speaks, his voice escapes in a hissed, frantic whisper.]

There. There's one there- I think it's hiding, waiting for us to turn back around. Dumpy can stun it, but it doesn't have guns.

[o_negative]

[There was a good chance most of them would die. Names were just the first step to getting too attached. He was doing Rhys a favor. Hopefully, it'd be easier to deal with the death of some anonymous stranger

The movement catches Max's attention as well and he has the lamp in hand, ready to fend off whatever is out there.]

Mm. Stun it. [He's not far behind the robot, ready to finish the thing off once it's distracted by the little machine. Hopefully his assumption is right that the little robot is easier to repair than either he or Rhys.]

[hybridification]

[Rhys nods, pulling up the holographic screen from his palm again, inputting a few commands to the robot. Dumpy glides forward and Rhys takes a step or two back, nervously watching.

Dumpy extends a small pronged weapon from its front, which sparks with electricity. Step one, down. Dumpy then fearlessly approaches the monster thing, step two down.

The hunter sees Dumpy and pounces, jarring a little at the shock, but ultimately knocking the robot out of the air and sending it clattering to the ground. Rhys yells in surprise and then winces at the high-pitched shrieking noise that comes from the robot when the hunter descends on it with the intent of ripping it apart.]

Ohcrap, crap- get it, hurry, it's got him!