World Log: Tundra Arrival

[hadrielmods]

Who: All characters in the city
What: The log for the city's arrivel on the ice planet
Where: All around the city
When: November 21st-November 30th
Warnings: None

You all get some warning to prepare, which is great. A little time to stock up on supplies, make sure everything's where it supposed to be, call your friends in from their fishing boats. And then the city moves. It happens in the blink of an eye - one moment you're on islands, surrounded by ocean, and the next? The next you're surrounded by frozen ground, the temperature has dropped significantly, and even the sky looks different. The air has a bite to it, that familiar feeling telling you it's thinking about snowing soon. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday soon.

The city has rearranged itself back into that old, familiar shape, instead of spread out across islands like it was a moment ago. Maybe that'll make things easier for you, maybe it won't, but it also means the return of the lake and river that used to bisect the city - only now they're frozen over. This climate also means it'll be hard for any plants not otherwise protected to survive - and that you, too, will start feeling that cold if you're away from a warm place for too long.

And warm places might be in short supply, because when the city moved the gods did not. What does that mean for you? Well, whatever supplies are in the shops at the moment the city moves are the only ones left. No new food supplies, no new clothing, nothing. In addition, the power across the whole city is out, including water and heating. Anything else powered or supplied by gods (the hot springs, the mopeds, what's left of the orchard, the armory, the GPS) will not work.

You're on your own. Try not to die.

► This log covers November 21st-30th.
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Comments

laaaake

[nascere]

[ Oh, oops. Noctis hadn't meant to startle her when he called out to her -- it's just that it's probably not safe to test the stability of the ice with, you know, your body.

But then it's obvious he's caught her off guard when she slips. Anyone else would have watched her land somewhere uncomfortable -- thankfully, Noctis is gifted when it comes to warping, and in a flash of blue and white, he catches a hold of her waist before she can hit the ground, frowning. ]

Hey, sorry. You okay?

[hasitsthorns]

[ Thankfully, the ice seems sturdy enough that she isn't exactly concerned after a couple tentative steps. She walks more akin to a newborn deer than a person and, of course, slips as soon as she jumps at the call out. There's a squeak and a panic that surges through her suddenly - What if the ice breaks under the impact, I can't swim - but it only lasts for a second.

There is no contact against a hard, icy surface. There is no cracking to be heard. Instead, she's being suspended up by someone's arms. She's a lot better about unexpected touch these days thankfully and so all she seems to be is tense from the worry of falling. ]

Uh- [ So eloquent. She has a lot of questions, okay. ] Yeah, fine, I just- Did you just teleport?

[ Had Regis been able to do that? She thinks she'd have remembered that. ]

[nascere]

[ Oops, oops. Did he mess up there? Noctis doesn't quite know, but he releases her immediately, stepping away because it's only polite to keep a respectable distance and all that. ]

Yeah, uh. I have this thing.

[ ...He was born with a gift, really, but it just feels plenty weird to say to someone, you know? Outside of his prowess with fishing and assorted other little things, Noctis has never been comfortable with genuinely bragging. ]

Sorry I startled you. You okay?

[hasitsthorns]

[ He didn't mess up. If anything, it's her who's the one that's messed up but... That's neither here nor there. She finds her footing on the slippery surface in order to keep herself standing straight as he lets her go. ]

A thing. [ He tone falls flat but she looks amused. ] That makes it sound like some terrible medical condition, dude.

[ Sorry, she can't help but tease at least a little bit. Humor is how she copes and moves on quickly from potential awkwardness. ]

Yeah, no- I'm fine. Don't worry about it. Just didn't expect it was all. Honestly, thought I was alone out here.