Intro Log: Ten Thousand Lightning Bugs

[hadrielmods]

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for May.
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: May 10th-16th
Warnings: Confused newbies, pretty fireflies, stuff getting lit on fire

Awakening in Hadriel is perhaps not the most wonderful thing, but as you pry yourself off the hard ground of the colosseum, you may notice that the Door (or possibly one of the gods?) has seen fit to provide you with a little entertainment. Scattered across the ground are a number of handheld video games. These cheap pieces of shit lovingly crafted products can each provide you with whole minutes of entertainment, at least until you get frustrated and smash them to pieces. Have fun!

But not too much fun. If you get too involved in that game, you might miss the approach of some glowing little creatures - guardian fireflies, from the movie Atlantis. Should they land on anything flammable - and yes, that includes you and your hair - it'll burst into flames. Smash them, and they'll explode in a tiny ball of flame, too. There'll be a couple hundred of these things flying around Hadriel, so let's hope you left your stash of gunpowder at home. With the window closed.

Once you've stopped dropped and rolled, feel free to go explore the rest of the city! Find a house, find a new monster, or simply scavenge for supplies. Good luck, and enjoy your stay in Hadriel!

► This log covers May 10th-16th.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well!
► All characters arrive with phones that have network communication.
► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!

Comments

[fleshing]

Here. There. In your head!

[He jabs fingers skyward, then groundward, then directly at Vaughn. So probably not the best person to ask in terms of directions.]

Why don't you ask your beeper?

[He points to Vaughn's pockets, which is, as Krieg understands it, is where everyone's ECHO devices come from, right?

[atlasio]

Nnno, he's corporeal, I can assure you. [ Okay the happy is gone, now he's kinda on edge again.

The beeper comment only exacerbates this feeling, because he's so frustrated right now GOSH. But... he does check his pocket. ]

Oh. Well, this would have been nice to know about like, thirty minutes ago.

[fleshing]

The voices all inside your head, they won't give up, they want you dead!

[He slaps another bug that's crawling on his arm. It leaves a stinging reddish streak. He plows on regardless, the volume and pacing of his tone escalating rapidly.]

Crawl higher! Higher! Look at those faces when they're screaming at you!

[And we're losing coherency again. Sorry Vaughn.]

[atlasio]

Oookay, I think we're done here. Thank you again, Mr. Psycho guy.

[ Despite the forced pleasantries he's very, very unnerved by this sudden outburst, and it shows. ]

[fleshing]

[Krieg falls silent for a brief moment, momentarily wrong-footed.

Then he lurches forward, fingers forming aquiline claws.]

BOO!

[atlasio]

AH!

[ Nope no nope that's it he's done bye Krieg he's getting away from you now. ]

[fleshing]

[Krieg lets him go, and has a hell of a laugh while doing it. It's almost enough to forget that he's in incredible blistering pain from all these goddamn fireflies!

By the time he's recovered from his cackling fit, he's lost track of his latest victim acquaintance. Guess he'll have to find another!]