Intro Log: Puddle Jumpers

[hadrielmods]

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for September
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: September 10th-13th
Warnings: Fresh meat, lots of rain and angry ogres

If the rain on your face isn't enough to wake you up in the colosseum, maybe the thundering footsteps and- well, thunder- is. The first thing that you may notice is that it's incredibly wet around here, with winds that could knock you over if you aren't careful and thunder that brings with it a torrent of constant rainfall.

That's all fine though, because the gods saw fit to help you out on your way in and now everyone will be waking up wearing a rain coat! These coats are a little odd, and some of them are downright silly, but we trust that you'll make do. Of course, a few of the raincoats have additional sleeves, neck holes, and entirely too many buttons as well- but hey, it's the best we could do.

Wait, what was that about thundering footsteps? Oh right, as you're navigating your new fashion choices, there are some monsters afoot who will want nothing more than to grind you into a pulp and eat you- well, if you're organic, that is. If you're not organic, then they still want to grind you to a pulp, but maybe not so much the eating part.

Ogres are from many fantasy stories, but these in particular are from the Dragon Age series. With incredible strength and stamina and massive horns, fangs, and a bloodlust for violence, these monsters won't stop until everyone around them is a blood smear on the ground. They're also not too happy about this rainfall either, so be careful not to slip in the puddles as you run away from them!

Once you've splashed around a bit, feel free to run off into the stormy abyss of our islands. 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 September 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

[erythrocytes]

[ She doesn't know what's good for her, and she' definitely does not know what is dangerous and what is not in this world.

Hence, more squirming. ] What??! But-- we're-- [ Huff, puff, wheeze. ] We're, w-we're a bazillion miles in the air?! How did we even get-- [ She'll do her best to crane her neck to look up at the woman. ]

---What kinda bacteria are you?! [ In her world, only bacteria are capable of flight... ]

[unphase]

[lucky Tinya, then, dealing with the situation.

no seriously, stop squirming] We're barely seven meters and I can drop you off anywhere you like. Just name the place.

[a funny look] I'm not a bacteria, I'm a fifteen year old Bgztlian.

[erythrocytes]

Bgz--- [ She struggles to pronounce it, but she butchers it even more since she's a bit out of breath. ] What even is that?! [ She exclaims, kicking.

But. But. Although she is kicking, her arms have by now reached up and grabbed hold of Tinya's arms in return as if to support herself better. She doesn't want to be this high up in the air, no. But she also doesn't want to be dropped. ] A-and fifteen years old?! [ That's, like. Also ~a bagillion~ times her own age! ]

But how?!

[unphase]

[patiently, despite the kicking] It's a person from the planet Bgztl.

[okay, now she seems to be cooperating a bit. that's good. now for where to drop her off? and she gives her a funny look] Yes, I'm fifteen. It's not that old.

[and there's the big question] You're in a place called Hadriel. There are powerful aliens calling themselves gods who brought you here through something called the Door. The goal of these aliens is to provoke emotions in you that they can feed off of. And no, nobody knows how to get out, but sometimes people do.

[erythrocytes]

[ What.

What.

Again: ]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!


But how did I, what was I, why-- this doesn't make sense, Hadriel?! And aliens-- what is an alien-- what are you-- are you one of those aliens?! A Bagezzetl?! [ Which is how she's going to pronounce it. ] Oh-- I was just trying to find my way to the lungs, I don't remember going through some door!

[ But at least in her newfound defeat, she's not fighting or flailing as much. That's a good thing, right? ]

[unphase]

[augh, volume! volume! even through the storm, she heard that and it was loud]

You're right, it doesn't make any sense. No one knows why we were picked to come here, we just know that it has something to do with the Door and that the aliens need emotions to survive. And it's pronounced Bg-zuh-tul and yes, I am an alien. What do you mean, you were trying to find your way to the lungs?

[a very good thing. Tinya's heading them towards the Clinic because this girl could likely use someplace to rest and recuperate]

[erythrocytes]

[ Oh maaaaaaaaaaan this day keeps on getting weirder and weirder. ] The-- oh that's right-- wait! I'm not supposed to be here, I'm supposed to be going to the lungs! [ She exclaims, and now her current bout of panic (not that it ever truly stopped) seems to stem from something else, something worse: the idea that she's not doing her job on time. ]

Where are they?! I could have sworn I was walking up the inferior vena cava!

[unphase]

[and it's barely begun. and cue confusion from Tinya] Why were you supposed to be going to the lungs? That doesn't make any sense. [oh no. not more panicking. panicking may lead to kicking which might lead to losing her grip]

No, you were taken from there and now you're in Hadriel. Which is a town.

[erythrocytes]

[ She is so confused. And yet. It is starting to hit her that she might not be in Kansas anymore. ] I was going to the lungs to exchange carbon dioxide and--

[ Oh.

Oh no. ]

My-- my delivery! I must have left my cart back at that place with those monsters, we have to go back and get them! [ No, they actually do not have to go back and get them. But she's one track minded, here. ]

[unphase]

[she's not the only one who's confused] How can you go to the lungs? The lungs are inside.

[she continues to fly the girl toward the Clinic. maybe they'll have better luck explaining the situation to her?]

--what? Why didn't you say something earlier? [buuuut, she starts to head back to the Colosseum anyway]

[erythrocytes]

I-- uh, I totally forgot! [ But oh yay, she is flying he back to the colosseum! With all the danger! Great! ] But it should be right where you picked me up-- it's a box that says carbon dioxide.

If I don't exchange it in the lungs, it'll disassociate become an acid! [ CO₂ + H₂0 = H₂CO₃. We're learning about the body, ladies and gents! Except one, it dissociates in the bloodstream which they are not currently in. And two, she's just panicking. ]

[unphase]

[they have an advantage--they'll be in the air and she's a very fast and agile flyer] All right, I'll keep an eye out for it.

Why do you keep saying things about the lungs? We're nowhere near lungs except for our own. [she's noticing the panic and hopes that retrieving this box of whatever it is will help her calm a little]

[erythrocytes]

[ She'll be ready for the drop. So long as she can grab that package in time, she'll be fine! Or so she tells herself. Because in her mind-- in her fragile, desperate, reeling mind-- she's hoping that as soon as she grabs it, she'll just go right on her way back to the nearest vein! And everything will be like normal. ]

Because I-- [ They're getting closer to the colosseum, she can see it in sight. ] --am-- [ And there she spots it, the package still atop her little cart! It's truly inconspicuous, just an ordinary cardboard box that's labeled CO₂ on it. ] ---a red blood cell!

[ And once she's dropped to the ground, she'll be rushing to snatch up the box, clinging onto it as if for dear life. ] And my primary job is gas exchange! [ Maybe she shouldn't be shouting because, ya know, ogres. But oh well. ]

[unphase]

[that claim nearly leads Tinya to drop her. she's heard a lot of strange things in her time in the Legion, but someone claiming to be a red blood cell? that's a first.

but she doesn't drop her until the box is in sight and as soon as she has it, Tinya grabs her back up again before any of the sprocking ogres can make it to their position. it's close, though, and she needs to phase her legs to keep an ogre from grabbing them]

You're a what?

[erythrocytes]

[ AE-3803 clutches onto the box tightly as they fly once more. ] A red blood cell! [ She shouts above the storm. ]

That's my job, that's what I do, that's what I am! [ Whoa, fingers slipping on the package! Just gotta... hold it... a little tighter... there! Secured. ] ...But I'm a red blood cell that is lost and I don't know how to get back to the body!

[unphase]

How is that possible? [she shouts above the wind]

[how does she even begin to explain the situation to someone who believes that they're a red blood cell. she's silent as they fly as she tries to figure it out] All right. Uh. The problem is, you're not going back to the body. At least not for a while.

[erythrocytes]

[ There is a long pause.

And then she looks at with all the color drained from her face: ]

............Am I going to die?

[unphase]

[she assumes that her passenger is mulling over her situation.

until she sees that look. uh-oh. that's not a good look]

...what? No! Of course you're not, you're going to be fine.

[erythrocytes]

B-but to be outside the body for too long... I definitely will! Actually, I probably should be dead right now--!

[ How is she even alive? Or maybe she isn't. Maybe she's a ghost. ]

...Although I'm grateful I'm not. [ She takes a breath at last, attempting to calm herself. ] So maybe there is something good about being here.

[unphase]

[she tries to sound reassuring] You're not going to die. You're going to be just fine.

[Hadriel magic at work. it can bring back the dead]

[encouragingly] I'm glad you're not, too. And this place can be a little strange, but it has its bright spots.