hadriel_logs | Intro Log: Eight Legs No Heart

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for June.
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: June 10th-15th
Warnings: Spiders. Soooo many spiders. New people. Probably swearing.

For once, the new arrivals to Hadriel will not be waking up on the cold hard ground of the colosseum. Oh, sure, you'll still awaken in the arena - but this time the Door has been kind enough to ensure that you wake up comfortably arranged in a very nice chair. Or maybe not so comfortably. Some of those look pretty awkward - hopefully you didn't wake up with a crick in your neck! And hey, feel free to try to drag some of these super cool chairs to your new homes. They're probably not cursed or anything.

As you make your way out of the arena, be careful getting to close to the walls - well, except that's the only way out, so good luck! Chilling up on there waiting to get the drop on you are Skulltulas. These funky-looking spiders have squishy underbellies, but their upper exoskeletons are hard and very difficult to break through. They really just want to nibble you a few times, and maybe suck out all of your blood. No big deal, right? Have fun!

Have you conquered your arachnophobia and managed to escape? Great! 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 June 10th-15th.
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And then the tiny, five-foot-even brunet is looking over to the other male. He blinks up at him in confusion, but...

"Had-riel?" There's another pause. "Whatza chief?" He said chief, meaning, him, right? Was a chief good? Bad?

"Who're you?"

Amos really isn't in the habit of giving out his name first: in his world, being too free with your name could get you enspelled or cursed or cause some other unfortunate fate. But it's also very rude not to give it out when asked directly, and being polite trumps the previous dangers, in Amos's experience. Goku seems pretty harmless, anyway, and Amos likes kids. He grins a little at the brunet, and doesn't have to look too far down: Amos himself is only about six inches taller than Goku.

"My name's Amos. A 'chief' is a kind of leader, someone in charge, but using it the way I did, it's just a way of talking to someone when I don't know their name." Slang gets funny, especially in the Deep south of the United States. "An' who're you?"

"My name's Goku." He seems pretty proud of that fact, too. His smile is wide on his face when he announces it. 'It's nice t' meet ya!"

But, he's instantly onto more pressing matters.

"Um, have you seen a guy in lotsa robes with... hair that's the color of the sun? He's s'posed t' be really pretty and stuff."

"Nice to meet ya," Amos returns. He considers the request. "I ain't seen anyone like that, but we've got a lotta new arrivals today. I'll ask the birds if one'a them is the guy you're huntin' for."

He points overhead: one of the jabberjays is perched on the rooftop. It chirps at them.

Goku looked up towards the strange bird perched above them. He'd never seen a bitd like that before. His gold eyes were wide, and he look back up at Amos with an awed expression.

"You can talk to birds? That's so cool!"

"Yup! I can talk to all animals. There's only these birds, though. They're jabberjays, they mimic people talking."

Amos grins and tips his head back. "Whit robes, gold hair. Can you go look, please?"

The bird declared 'That's so cool' in Goku's voice before it took flight, soaring away across the cave. Amos nodded. They'd look, and if this person was here, they'd find them.

Unfortunately, the bird will eventually return with news that who Goku was looking for, Sanzo, wasn't there. Of course, at the moment he had no idea that two other men from his world, Hakkai and Gojyo, were also here.

"Jabberyjays..." He repeated slowly. "Whatta weird name." It felt funny on his mouth.

"Um... is it normally so... dark here? I don't seen th' moon... or the sun... or anything like that."

"Yup. We're in a cave, see? No actual sunlight, it's a magic light," Amos answers, gesturing to the fake sun. He fishes in his backpack and pulls out a bottle of water, offering it to Goku. New arrivals are often pretty stressed, and basic necessities like water and food help ground them, Amos has found. Goku seems to be taking it better than most so far, though.

Goku is reaching for the water bottle, taking it in his hands... but halts when Amos says the magic (or unmagic) word. Cave. Cave.

They're in... a...

And the color drains from Goku's face. Suddenly, he'd getting terrible flashes of being locked away, unable to escape, chained up--being trapped in a cave for five-hundred years--

And then, he's shoving the water bottle back into Amos's hands.

"I'll find Sanzo myself!" He practically screams... and Goku doesn't wait another second. Cave. Cave. CAVE. He's running, small child taking off to... wherever his feet take him. Trying to find an exit. Trying to fins Sanzo, his light, his sun, his--

Escape. Goku doesn't even say goodbye as he hurries off.

Amos blinks and stares after Goku, startled. What...just...happened? What had he said. He replayed the conversation in his head, but couldn't find anything obvious. He stuffed the water bottle back into his pack, then looked up at one of the jays.

'Make sure he stays out of trouble, please?' he asks the bird flying overhead, sending a mental image of Goku's face to it.

It alters its path to follow Goku: it'll return later when Goku finds Hakkai and Gojyo.

Intro Log: Eight Legs No Heart

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Hahaha, sorry this interaction was so short

Pffft no worries, kinda expected that reaction, poor Goku....