Intro Log: True Love's Kiss

[hadrielmods]

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for March
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: March 10th-14th
Warnings: None

You wake up cold and in the snow-covered dirt. Hope you have warm clothes with you, because it's freezing outside- but that's not your only thing to worry about. Contrasting with the pure white of the snow and slush are strange shadows that seem to glide across the frozen wasteland just outside of your peripheral vision. Whatever these beings are, they're not friendly, and simply being near one of them is enough to spiral you into a depression, as if you'll never be happy again. Get too close and you begin to relive the worst memories of your life- get even closer and they might just steal your soul away.

Dementors are wraithlike creatures from the Harry Potter franchise, who can drain the happiness of everyone around them before closing in to suck their soul out through their mouths- ew. While ordinarily only wizards can see them, these particular dementors are somewhat visible to the untrained eye, if only as shadows and dark flickers of movement.

But it's not all bad around here! While you're feeling kind of blue, there's also some toys and various plastic nonsense that looks like consolation prizes one might get from a very tacky dining experience.

Once you've finished indulging your 90's nostalgia, feel free to look around. 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 March 10th-14th.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well!
► All characters arrive with phones that have network communication and the newbie guide installed.
► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!

Comments

dementors!

[pocketspa]

See, here's the thing. Normally only wizards can see these soul-sucking monsters, and while they're semi-visible to the population here, Taako does happen to be a wizard. Just because he never studied at Hogwarts doesn't mean he isn't hella magic, so while everyone else is stumbling around here, Taako's just wondering what the fuck is going on.

Thankfully, they seem receptive to magic missiles, the one currently on Stork getting barreled by light bullets that seem to send it reeling away. Taako's not approaching, but he does yell out, seemingly less concerned about Stork and more with his own questions. "Hey! Hey do you see that shit? That creepy ghost wannabe bedsheet? What the fuck?"

[merb]

The streaking lights that scare away the dementor seem to free Stork from whatever terrified paralysis has gripped him, and he looks at Taako with a mix of gratitude for scaring them away, and fear as if unsure whether he's the next target. "Don't shoot me! I saw it!"

[pocketspa]

You know, it's a fair assumption that the guy who's pointing something your direction is going to injure you, even though Taako has no intention of it. That said, he does enjoy watching someone grovel a little, so his face breaks open in a slight smile as his eyes continue to drift around.

"Yeah, sure, play nice and you won't get caught in the crossfire-- what was it doin'? To you, I mean, I don't give a shit where it's from or why it's here."

[merb]

"It felt like it was pulling something out of me," Stork shivered. Now that the thing was gone, chased off by Taako's missiles, the merb realized just what effect is had had on him. How much it had taken that had nearly become permanent.

"Is it going to come back?"

[pocketspa]

"Yeah, probably." He answers without thinking much about it, eyes scanning around the field. He can still see them, watch them circle and figure out how to approach, trying to decide if Taako is a target worth hunting. Meanwhile, he just points up, not quite looking at Stork.

"Like, they're still right here, so. Can everybody else not see this shit? Is this elf privilege or something, oh, you get to see all the cosmic horrors while everybody else gets emotions vored, because seriously, I'm pretty done with it already."

[merb]

"Not everyone can see Nerve-Draining Calolsic Smog either," Stork said emphatically, gesturing in the direction of the demetors before deciding that Taako was a good deterrent and moving toward him. "They breathe it in without even knowing."

[pocketspa]

"The what?" It's not often Taako is taken so completely off guard by a sentence, but this really, really takes it. He looks towards the... person, sure, person coming into his space, knowing he may regret the answer to the question he's about to ask. "You're gonna have to do a take two on that one buddy, because I speak six languages and those words you just said were none of 'em."