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.

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Comments

[itsnotaonesie]

[his spider senses don't go off in that UH OH DANGER sort of way, so when Tinya pops out of the wall he knows that it's not something he needs to smack in the head.]

Besides freezing my butt off? Checking my fantasy football scores.

[Except not even. He turns his attention back to his phone and huffs a little.]

I'm trying to fix my suit, but no luck so far. Once we have power again I'm gonna have to see if I can borrow the computer at the lab.

[unphase]

[no, she's harmless. unless you're a bad guy. which he isn't]

Ha ha. I happen to know for a fact that we can't access the 'net from here. I've tried using my Omnicom at least a hundred times. Which stinks because most of my music and books and holos are on there.

[she's not taking that personally]

This stupid power outage is even having an effect on your suit? Oh, wow. That's awful!

[itsnotaonesie]

Ugh, man, I feel that. It's just tragic, you know?

[He assumes that's sort of like a future space phone of some sort. Nothing sucks more than losing all your music and stuff 8(]

It's not quite that? When Mr. Stark made this suit, he built an AI into it that controlled a bunch of functions, like heaters, a GPS, about a million pointless web shooter settings. Things like that. The AI hasn't functioned since I got to Hadriel, but it was never really a problem until like, right now. I just need to figure out a way to bypass the AI controls so that I can activate this stuff manually.

[unphase]

It really is. I've been so bored without my stuff.

[it's like a handheld computer, only way more powerful.

she takes a moment to think this over] well, nass. I'm not sure what to suggest? I've never exactly been a techie. If we had Brainy here, he'd figure it out in about a minute, then spend fifteen minutes giving us a hard time for not knowing how to do it ourselves.

[itsnotaonesie]

We'll just have to make our own fun. In the. Frozen wasteland.

[Weeeeeee iccceeee yeaaah. Exciting.]

I can be pretty techie if I put my mind to it. Just not a lot I can do without the right resources is all. It'll be fine, I'm sure I'll figure something out after my brain defrosts. I'll just go home when I'm done, steal all the blankets, and cocoon for a while.

[unphase]

Yeah. Fun. We could, uh. What do people do for fun during the winter?

[Metropolis had its rain, but never snow. not since weather controls were installed]

And the right resources aren't working right now, along with the rest of the technological stuff? I guess I'm lucky. When I phase, I'm technically in another dimension. One which isn't ice cold.

[itsnotaonesie]

I would say have a snow ball fight, but there isn't exactly a lot of snow, so. I guess just freeze to death.

[What's the point of winter without SNOW though 8(]

No power, no running water, no nothing. But the good news is, we aren't being attacked by polar bears? Yet. Also I might have mentioned this before? But I am super jealous of your awesome powers.

[He wants to be in a warm dimension 8(]

[unphase]

[she heaves a dramatic sigh] Fine. Sounds terrific. Really fun!

[there is no point to it, it's just ice and frost and cold and even more of it no matter where you look]

I really miss power, running water, and a steady supply of food. And actually I was attacked by one of the creatures! Only I was phased, so it didn't work. [and she tries and fails to avoid looking a little smug] You've mentioned it, but it never hurts to get a reminder.

[itsnotaonesie]

No kidding. For the record, I totally voted for the other planet.

[Not that he liked how the other one sounded much better, but not freezing his butt off would have been pretty nice.]

I mean, I guess there are the animals? We could eat those. Wait, you don't eat meat though, right? How are your food supplies doing? I've got a bunch of canned fruits and vegetables I can toss your way if you need it.

[unphase]

Right now, I wish I had, too. I was too worried about nearly every kind of animal being poisonous in the jungle to go with that.

[instead, they get weird crosses between bears and woolly mammoths that are a lot faster than they look]

No, I don't. When they told us we were moving, I made sure to stock up. I think I have two weeks' worth of food, more if I ration myself. It's really nice of you to offer, though.

[itsnotaonesie]

To be fair, I was kind of worried about horrible jungle diseases and stuff too. Both options were kind of not great, really.

[See but we can fight those for entertainment so it's ok]

Okay, cool. Offer's still on the table just in case the alien overlords take a while to get here.

[unphase]

No, they really weren't. Both places and this one especially make the islands look good.

[this is very true. she'll have to be strategic in her phasing to avoid the rows of sharp teeth, but she figures she can manage.

she laughs] Yeah, I'm hoping it won't be that long. They know where we're supposed to be, so if they have any brains in their heads, it shouldn't take them too long to get here.

[itsnotaonesie]

I kind of like the not being stuck on some islands part, but that's about it.

[Peter might just get bit. It's cool, he heals fast.]

I'm not too worried. I don't think they would have sent us here if they didn't have a way to get to us.

[unphase]

[a trifle--just a smidge!--smugly] That never bothered me. I could fly from one to the other much faster than those boats could travel.

[a better solution would be not being bitten in the first place?]

Right. Because if they don't, they're starving, we're starving, and that's no fun for anyone.

[itsnotaonesie]

You and your gravity defying.

[UGH FLYING IS SO COOL AND USEFUL]

I'm starting to get hungry just thinking about it. Hey, I'm gonna find a window, and like, come in there. Because I'm freezing my butt off.

[unphase]

It's a gift.

[IT REALLY IS. SHE LOVES FLYING. A LOT]

Ugh, me too. And there's a window just around the right hand side corner, you should be able to come in there. [and she slips inside the building, still phased]

[itsnotaonesie]

See you insi- ...And she's in the wall. Just phasin' through walls.

[GOD IT'S NEAT. Anyway he's gonna wall crawl his ass over to that window, open that puppy up, and hop inside where it's at least a little less cold.]

Ugh, well, at least it's not windy in here. I think my face is numb.

[unphase]

[THAT'S WHAT SHE DOES. IT'S VERY CONVENIENT.

AND NEAT. she's sitting on the floor, there's no furniture. it's just an empty, dilapidated building.

she winces on his behalf] There's that much, at least? Would taking off your mask help or make it worse?

[itsnotaonesie]

[He drops to the floor and closes the window again before reaching up to pull his mask off. He gets it about half way off before changing his mind and tugging it back down, and the changes his mind again and just pulls it off.]

I can't tell. I think it's about the same in here? Out there though, I think this would be way worse.

[unphase]

[good, she prefers to converse face to face]

It probably would be. I voted for this, but I think I underestimated how rough the cold would be to deal with.

[itsnotaonesie]

[It might not be the best conversation ever since Peter's teeth are going to be chattering through half of it.]

I'm sure the other place would have had a ton of it's own problems. A tropical jungle does sound pretty nice right now, though.

[unphase]

[and now she wishes she could bring people through when she phases since he seem miserable]

It really does. Crazy mosquitoes and all. There have to be citronella candles in the stores.

[itsnotaonesie]

[HE'S SO COLD HE'S WEARING LIKE NOTHING OVER HERE]

I've read that mosquitoes don't like peppermint, either. Knowing our luck though, the mosquitoes would be the size of cats.

[unphase]

[she's unphased out of solidarity and is very grateful that her Legion costume comes with a cape]

Yeah, probably. But wouldn't that make them easier to kill? They'd be a much larger target.

[itsnotaonesie]

Yeah, maybe, but if a mosquito that size got it's proboscis into you, like, there goes all of your blood. Aren't you cold like that? Do your ghosty thing, you don't have to freeze just because I am.