Intro Log: Better Off Dead

[hadrielmods]

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for November
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: November 10th-12th
Warnings: Content warning for body horror in both items and animals this month!

Good morning and welcome to Hadriel! The forecast is cloudy with a chance of cold rain, and the weather is a bit too chilly for your tastes. That's alright though- you've got bigger things to worry about. Like the fact that you're waking up alone on the ground of what looks like a colosseum, and that you're surrounded by scattered jewelry. These various pendants, brooches, and chokers all feel- fleshy and slightly warm to the touch, though they'll cool off and firm up the longer you might be holding them.

But what kind of sick and twisted person would do something like this?

Well, the same kind of person who would apparently throw you in here with not only messed-up body jewelry, but also messed-up body monsters. You may hear them approach, thumping on the ground and growling as they come closer to you... but there's not much to be afraid of, really.

The monsters that surround you this month are grossly deformed, appearing as if someone tried to inexpertly combine multiple monsters together to make them more fearsome- the head of a hellhound is too big and it can't lift it, so it drags along the ground, the bear has too many legs to walk properly and falls on itself, improperly-spliced chimeras have dead heads that loll lifelessly about their necks- so on and so forth. It may be a better idea to put these creatures out of your misery before you go- if you're able to, that is.

But at least you can find your freedom relatively easily- if you could 'living in Hadriel' as freedom, I suppose. Once you escape from the colosseum, 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 November 10th-12th.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well!
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Comments

scouting

[itsnotaonesie]

Man, everyone has cooler powers than I do. It's so unfair.

[And that voice would be coming from the little costumed spider dude perched in a crouch on the edge of the building Scott just landed on. Welcome to Hadriel, this is perfectly normal.]

So, welcome to my roof. You can hang out up here as long as you don't touch my secret stash of Little Debbie's- Gah, crap, secret's out. Ah well.

[casualryder]

[Excuse the brief but obvious moment of staring he does. That's...that's a thing someone is wearing.

He doesn't know what to comment on first, so he just resorts to his default mode of 'making a joke out of everything'.]

I hope you don't have a group of little people named Debbie stashed up here against their wills.

[Sorry Peter, he's too damn far in the future to know what the hell that is.]

[itsnotaonesie]

[That's okay, Peter can make a joke out of everything too. Scott is in good company. Or, weird company. Same thing.]

Oh, no. They volunteered. Soon my army of very small Debbie's will be unstoppable, and we'll take over this entire dump of a city. Y'know, for funsies.

[He crosses his arms all serious business like and stares back for a few seconds before motioning to a back pack that's somewhere behind Scott.]

I'm kidding, they're just little snack cakes. They're in there if you want one.

[casualryder]

[Scott glances behind him to where Peter gestures, this time laughing a little as he returns his gaze to the oddly dressed stranger, lightly tapping his armored stomach.]

I would, but I'm on a stupidly strict diet. [It's actually fairly reasonable but he hates it anyway.] But thanks.

[He moves to the edge of the building himself to take a seat, casually letting his legs dangle over the edge and keeping his distance, more for Peter's benefit than his own. The kid seems perfectly fine and not overly cautious but you never know.]

So, you said something about powers, huh?

[It was an interesting comment that piqued his interest.]

[itsnotaonesie]

Fair enough. More cosmic brownies for me, then.

[He'd come up here to get a better view of whatever the shit those things in the colosseum are this month, so he turns his gaze back in that direction while his chats with his new roof buddy.]

Sure did. I know a lady that can fly and make herself intangible, I know a kid that can shoot fireballs. It's kind of a normal thing around here.

[casualryder]

[Ah yes, those horrible things that Scott would rather distract himself from, despite looking in that general direction himself. He's not really paying close attention to that, though. He's way more interested in keeping his attention on this conversation.]

Flying. [He shakes his head and gives a faux-wistful sigh.] I wish my biotics could do that. Instead of, you know, flinging myself around.

[But he's not an asari. No floating gracefully for him.]

What about you?

[itsnotaonesie]

[Peter could actually take this seriously and tell this guy about his neato powers and junk, but hes not going to. At least not yet. He makes a mental note to ask this guy what the hell "biotics" are in a minute, but for now he's just going to turn to him and wiggle his fingers all creepy-like]

Spiders.

[That's it, that's his powers.]

[casualryder]

[Scott turns his attention away from the view and watches Peter for a moment. It's then when he really takes in his...outfit, and notices the theme. It's all clicking into place now. Look, he's in a crazy new place in a crazy new situation so he's just inclined to believe it, no matter how vague.

He quirks a brow.]

Spiders. [he repeats, before snapping his fingers.] Let me guess; you command an army of spiders, right? That's why you made the little Debbie joke!

[itsnotaonesie]

Yes, all of my spiders are named Debbie. I have a legion of Spider-Debbie's that obey my every command. I should really work on my naming convention though? I mean, spiders are already kind of hard to tell apart, and they're all named Debbie. It's like George Foreman naming all of his kids George Foreman. Who does that?

[He's just gonna let that hang for a moment.]

I am one hundred percent messing with you. No, I can't summon spiders or anything, I just have... I guess spidery abilities.

[casualryder]

[Okay, his guess was half serious and half joking but after that long spiel when all of that just hangs in the air he knows he's being had! Which only makes him more curious. He would ask for an elaboration on "spidery abilities" but he's starting to get the impression this kid is dodging the question, so he won't press.

He laughs though. Good to meet someone with a sense of humor in this totally screwed up situation.]

Figured. So what's your name, anyway? Or is that some kind of secret? [Because of the whole...mask thing. It certainly doesn't look like it's for armor purposes, so.] ...It's not Debbie, is it?

[itsnotaonesie]

[It's less dodging the question and more he's not entirely sure how to explain them yet. It'll just be easier to show the guy once he gets a chance to.

Peter can't help but laugh too. This guy seems pretty chill for someone who just showed up to this shitty place.]

I'm Spider-Man. My real name was a big secret back home, but honestly I guess that doesn't really matter here? You can call me Peter.

Or Debbie, whatever floats your boat.

[casualryder]

Alright, Debbie. Got it.

[Scott is very good at being chill — or pretending to be, whichever, despite things being really shitty, yes. That's his true super power.]

Spider-Man, huh? I guess that sounds better than Pathfinder. [He only just realized when people started calling him "Pathfinder" that it's kind of way too on the nose.] But I'd rather be called Scott. Or Ryder. Whatever.

[itsnotaonesie]

Guess I'm Debbie now.

[That is a very handy super power to have and everyone should learn how to do it]

I dunno, Pathfinder sounds pretty cool. Scott, though, I'll remember that. Nice to meet you, Scott. Scotty? Just Scott?

[casualryder]

[Debbie is totally Peter's nickname now.]

Scotty, wow. [He can't say he was ever called "Scotty" before. Hell, people rarely even call him by name. Sometimes it doesn't bother him and sometimes it does. Sometimes he doesn't give a shit. It's all very confusing] That makes me feel twelve, but I did just decide that you're Debbie now, so fair's fair.

[itsnotaonesie]

Eh. I can live with that.

[It's not the best nickname ever, but it's not the worst. It kind of is, though.]

Before we get too out of control with the nicknames, mind tellin' me how you did that sick jump earlier? Because that was pretty awesome.

[casualryder]

[He can do worse, if that helps.]

Oh, that? I'm a biotic. [Ah, wait.] Annnd you probably have no idea what I'm talking about. Right. Well...it just means I can control dark energy to do things like boost my sick jumping skills.

[itsnotaonesie]

[NAAHHH Debbie is perfect!!!]

Okay.

...Okay. When you say "dark energy", are you talking about the accelerating the expansion of the universe dark energy, or is there some other kind of dark energy where you're from? Because that's insane. That is insanity, and kind of the coolest thing I've ever heard in my life.

[casualryder]

[Wow, this kid knows his stuff. Nice. He's also a little taken aback by the enthusiasm...not something he's totally used to. Either way, he laughs a little.]

Yeah, that's exactly what I'm talking about. Because I have element zero nodules embedded inside of me it lets me control dark matter to a degree. Doesn't happen often — most people don't get anything from exposure to eezo...others get really sick.

[His tone grows a touch softer by the end there, but he doesn't want to go bringing the mood down!]

Pretty cool stuff, huh?

[Instead he's going to let himself feel like kind of a badass. Thanks, Peter.]

[itsnotaonesie]

[Peter is the biggest nerd, and also this sci-fi bullshit is his favorite kind of shit ever, just sayin]

I've never heard of element zero before. Like, I've got the periodic table memorized and can recite it forwards and backwards, and that's literally not a thing. Unless it's Neutronium? I mean, that's not on the table where I'm from. Maybe I'm just thinking too hard about how awesome it is to be able to turn gravity off.

[Go ahead and feel like a badass, Peter's gonna nerd out for a minute.]

[casualryder]

Well, who knows — maybe your world will discover it one day. Or...not. Still not sure what's common among other worlds and what's mostly different. For all I know your cats bark and your dogs meow.

[Yeah, now he's thinking about that instead.]

So, you're really into science and stuff, huh? I've literally never heard someone boast about having the periodic table memorized and I spent a lot of time around some pretty big nerds.

[But he is saying that in the friendliest way possible. It's honestly pretty impressive.]

[itsnotaonesie]

Nah, our animals are pretty normal. Except that the rats in New York are the size of pit bulls.

[This may or may not be true.]

I figure I make up for my nerdiness by being able to stick to walls and lift cars. But yeah, science is kind of my jam.

[casualryder]

[Well, it's true in Scott's mind now.]

I noticed, you — wait, you can lift cars? Like, how...just — picking them up? With your arms?

[That question made a lot of sense in his head.]

[itsnotaonesie]

With my ears, actually.

[The snarking is just second nature at this point, he's not trying to be a little asshole, promise!]

Kidding, but yeah. I'm like freaky strong. I'd show you if there were any cars here.

[casualryder]

[Look he lifts things manipulating gravity and stuff it's a legitimate question! Also snark is his comfort zone he feels right at home.]

Well that would have been impressive.

[But, moving on. Apparently this kid is as strong as a krogan. Damn.]

Okay, next time you end up in a position where you're going to lift something really big you have to let me see.

[itsnotaonesie]

[Okay yeah, that is a fair point.]

Oh, for sure. I'll shoot you a text or something, it'll be awesome. Unless we get some kinda huge monster some month, then I can see lifting something like that backfiring.

I'll totally still do it, though.