INTRO LOG: FACE OFF

[hadrielmods]

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

[onlytheremains]

His attention is not hard to get right now and Max quickly draws it. He looks past him into the store and sees a little of the excess of food. Taking one step closer, he nods.

"Looks like it."

A moment of silence before he speaks again. "Lot for just one person. Or do you have a group?"

[o_negative]

"If that's what you were looking for," He adds, feeling slightly awkward as he steps aside to make plenty of room for the stranger to wander inside the store if he so chooses.

"No. No group. I've taken what I need. If you wanted to-" He trails off and motions vaguely toward the shelves. To the modern eye a lot of the food was odd, not from Earth, but Max didn't know any better. He'd been eating lizards and decade old cans of dogfood, anything looked good.

[onlytheremains]

"Looking for whatever I can find at this point," he says after stepping inside. "Don't really have much to work with." Which isn't nothing, he has knives on him and can easily make a weapon at of most things but those skills only get him food and shelter if he knows there's food and shelter to be found.

Moving a little, he grabs a few things, shoving them in a stray bag he spotted. "Guess you don't know where you're going from here yet?"

[o_negative]

Max nods, keeping a close eye on the stranger as he steps out of his way. None of them had much to work with, unless the earlier arrivals had access to things he didn't. There was running water though, and buildings that hadn't crumbled from harsh deserts. And food. Look at all this food.

"Doesn't matter where I'm going," The response is quick and harsh, defensive, and he immediately feels like it may have been more than necessary. With a dissatisfied grunt, he decides to attempt to make amends. "Plenty of places around for shelter." Which would probably be his next move, a place to spend the night at the very least.

[onlytheremains]

He gives him a slightly amused look then nods. "True enough. There's definitely space and resources at this point."

Of course that doesn't mean there ill continue to be. If there kep being influxes of people, their resources could potentially run dry at some point.

[o_negative]

Max nods reluctantly. His own thoughts are following a similar path.

"For now."

People made things, people grew food. If there were no people except for them and none of them were doing those things, then the logical next step was that they'd run out. Better stock up, hoard, and hide things away now.

[onlytheremains]

His thoughts exactly.

"We'll see how long it lasts." He doesn't sound optimistic but he's also not scared by it, not yet. He's made to survive and he won't give up easily.

Then, carefully, he looks over to the other and says. "Good luck."