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

[themogget]

Hmmm. [Says Mogget, though it comes out as more of a purr than anything else. Interesting. He won't say that he doesn't find what she claims to see in him very curious, but he won't say that he does, either. Not out loud.

She can't take off his collar, and she isn't a Charter mage, both of which somewhat lower her value in his estimation... but he has no idea where he is, and she seems to be familiar with the area.]

No matter. Tell me about where we are now.

[dedikated]

( Far, far too familiar with the area, much to her eternal conflict. She knows Hadriel perhaps even more intimately than the city in which she lives back on Earth. There's no real debate when he asks to be told more about the city — as far as she's concerned, the more newcomers know, the better equipped they all are — and she begins a rundown of the basics of the city. Its name, how they came here, who runs the city, and their enemies. )

That enough?

[themogget]

Mm. It will suffice.

[More than he's gained from his own brief analysis of the place, though he'll no doubt read through the 'guide' later on.]

You've been quite useful.

[dedikated]

( A shrug, casual as you please. )

Pays to have everyone caught up on this place.

( Rather than scrambling for whatever scraps of information they can find when something inevitably happens. )