Intro Log: Eight Legs No Heart

[hadrielmods]

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.
► 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

[muscovy]

"Do we have it at home?" Because obviously wherever Firo lives is Muscovy's home too, and if they don't have it there, maybe they can pick up some on the way. Even if it isn't quite the same, it's worth a try.

[foundafamily]

"Home? Like... where I'm from?" But he said 'we,' and Firo's sure they're not ultimately from the same world, based on what Muscovy told him about the ship and the jungle. That was another world, and definitely not home.

[muscovy]

Muscovy shakes his head. "No, where you live now." He thought that was obvious, but maybe it was a bit unclear after all. People talk a lot about home right after arrival, after all.

[foundafamily]

"Oh." Pretty forward kid, isn't he? Firo laughs to himself, but he's accepted people into his house knowing nothing about them before; this wouldn't be too weird.

"I think I've got some of the replacement stuff, yeah. Do you want some?"

[muscovy]

Oh, good, no silliness here.

Not that he would have expected any less from Firo, he's pretty reasonable most of the time after all.

"Have you tasted it?"

[foundafamily]

"Yeah. It's all right. Everything here's a bit weird, but you get used to it. At least we got it."

He looks around to check their bearings and find the fastest route. He points down one twisty lane. "I'm down this way." If Muscovy wants to take him up on the offer.

[muscovy]

Muscovy will take him up on the offer, and once they start walking, reach out to take Firo's hand.

Reestablishing contact, and it's just something that he has gotten used to over the last three years, holding the hands of those that he feels about like older family members at times when he wants to physically "know" their presence with him.

"Your family is here?" Perking up at this. They sounded nice, by what Firo said about them, and he trusts Firo's judgement. He'd like to meet them. ...Or who else might 'we' be?

[foundafamily]

Out of instinct, Firo almost recoils when he feels someone reaching for him. But it’s just the kid, so he smiles and takes his hand.

“Huh? Uh, no… they’re all back home.” And never far from his mind, but he still feels a wave of homesickness just thinking about them right now. Move on. “I live with people here, though. It’s Bianca’s place, and she’s got these two big… dog-things.”

[muscovy]

"Then it is good that I am here now, so you aren't alone, yes?"

His grip on Firo's hand is just a bit too tight, but he looks completely relaxed - if you asked him, he would just be holding Firo's hand normally. Properly regulating his strength has never been a thing that he could do well, and that in turn has never been a flaw that he was aware of.

"I met her! She seemed friendly." Strange, with very weird ideas, but friendly and harmless. Though her ...animals are a bit worrying.

[foundafamily]

Firo wouldn't have said he was alone, but... well, it was almost like those early days before his Family. He knows people, but he doesn't have his people. He wonders how much this kid knows about it. He still doesn't know him well enough to have the kind of relief he'd feel at seeing his family, yet he finds himself smiling still--he can see the gesture for what it is.

Besides, the kid's new here. It's got to be a jolt, so maybe he needs someone to smile at him. "Yeah, I guess so."

"You did, huh? I guess that saves us the introductions. She's a good lady, when she's not pointin' a gun at you." Despite their less than auspicious first meeting, Firo intends to look out for her.

[muscovy]

It's not hard to guess why he would say that, but it makes Muscovy wonder.

"Why did she point a gun at you?"

It could be any number of reasons, really, and not all of them are entirely bad reasons.

[foundafamily]

He smiles a little. “She was just startled, I think. We’d both just woke up here, and that’d rattle anybody.”

“Like I said, she’s all right. We’ve gotta watch her back.” Muscovy, apparently being Firo’s little brother, gets to be a part of that. Just because he’s a child doesn’t mean he has to stay on the sidelines—Firo’d hated being left out as a kid, so he imagines Muscovy wouldn’t care for it either.

[muscovy]

"A lot of people are very silly when they arrive in a new place like this."

He's observed that time and time again. Most don't get violent, but it happens.

With a serious nod, he accepts the mission. "She is an ally?"

[foundafamily]

Silly? He shrugs. "That's one word for it."

"Yeah, you can call her that. She's a friend." He turns up a spiral street and stops at one of the first houses.

"This is us." He'll open the door and wait for Muscovy to go in.

[muscovy]

Muscovy pauses for a moment before they enter, observing the house and the surroundings so he'll find it again when he returns alone at another time. It's helpful that Bianca's name is on the door, but also makes him think.

He'll peer around as they enter.

"It is big."

Big-ish, but two floors and at least six rooms if the number of doors is anything to go by.... that's a lot.

[foundafamily]

Firo smiles and watches Muscovy look around. Adjusting to a whole new world is a tall order, but he dares to hope that the kid'll settle in here soon, at least.

"Yeah, it is." His apartment had seemed so big to him, especially before Ennis and Czes had moved in. This is at least twice the size.

"Means there's room for you," he offers lightly. Though, of course, they'd make room if they had to. It's obvious enough that he doesn't even think it's worth mentioning. "You want something to eat?"

[muscovy]

Muscovy nods very decisively. He's almost always up for eating something, to a big part out of habit - you never know when you get your next big meal, and even though with Rey and Firo there always was something to eat, the planet didn't necessarily always provide much. And before that - hunger isn't a stranger, really, and he's a not a friend either. Rather someone that he wouldn't care to meet another time but knows will come back, a bit like the General.

"Where will I stay?"

So that he can drop off his things before they move on to the kitchen.

[foundafamily]

"Lemme see what we've got." He's about to go for the kitchen when Muscovy asks his question. Firo hadn't gotten that far in the plan yet.

"Uh, well, one of the rooms down here is mine, but I think the others are free. The big one upstairs is Bianca's." It occurs to him that he probably should ask Bianca before letting the kid move in, but... Well, he'll just ask forgiveness instead of permission. Besides, he's sure she couldn't throw a kid out in the cold.

[muscovy]

"Then I can have the room next to yours, yes?"

He'll also head straight for it. Living next to Firo sounds like a good idea, not that he plans on spending much time in there. But it will be much closer if he needs Firo, or if Firo needs him. He'll be better able to make sure that Firo is okay and that he himself can sneak over when he doesn't want to sleep alone. Though he should probably hold off on that for a bit, because while Firo is being very reasonable about them being family (not that Muscovy expected anything else from him), he still doesn't really remember him.

[foundafamily]

"Uh, yeah, if that's what you want."

If this kid's making it all up, then he's very determined, isn't he? It's the little things that make Firo more certain that he's making the right decision in giving Muscovy a chance.

Firo follows him over to linger in the doorway. "You need help puttin' your stuff away?"

[muscovy]

"No."

Mostly because he will just place them on the floor of the room for now - some things need to be washed before they can be put away.

It only takes perhaps a minute for him to untangle himself from all the things that he is carrying and come back over to Firo to follow him to the kitchen. Food is waiting, as is spending more time with his big brother, which will make this place a lot less foreign, even if Firo doesn't remember him. They'll just have to work on it.