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

[sciencelizard]

Well, I mean, I t-think so. But a lot of people have said that's just because they need us. It's.. I don't like it either.

[But oooof, he's asking about "that one Null" and here comes all the lying. At least this is second nature.]

Uhm, uh-- yeah, it's, it's gone now. I think. I mean, I'm not really paying attention to that stuff so maybe not! Maybe it, uhm, e-escaped and is hiding out somewhere even I don't know about!

[offloaded]

[ Okay even having just met this lizard woman, DiMA is getting the sense that her bluff could have been better bluffed. She stutters more, starts to fidget even when she was nervous already... he's quiet for a moment, considering her, then decides to call it. ]

So this creature is your friend.

[ He sounds pleased by this discovery, at least? ]

[sciencelizard]

[He speaks, and she just instantly freezes. It's quiet aside from the rain outside for just a few more seconds until Alphys begins to make a noise not unlike a simple dog, as if something is utterly broken.

After a few seconds of that, it tumbles out into words.]

Oooookaylisten nobody can know about this. Okay, it's-- it's a big, b-big secret, like, the kind that could get me killed and tossed into the ocean and the Gods won't bring me back sort of secret.

[offloaded]

[ Well that was a gambit but. Yup. As natural as the instinct to lie was for her, when your baseline anxiety suddenly cranks up to an 11 it's obvious enough. And now she's at about a 15, so DiMA raises his skeletal hands to hopefully calm her. ]

It's alright, Doctor. I can keep a secret, and you don't need tell me anything more. I'm glad that it is safe, that's all, if it does not mean anyone harm.

[sciencelizard]

[Alphys sighs a hopeless little sigh, putting her face into her hands and speaking through her fingers.]

Look, I just-- I really don't know where they are. But you can find them b-by the, uhm, the tagline Name, with a bracket on each end. They come on the network sometimes, just uh, don't talk about me, I-I'm not involved. At all.

[He seems like a good-natured robot, at least. She tends to get along with nonhumans a lot better than humans anyway, so it's easier to trust he'll keep his word.]