Intro Log: Death Comes

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Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for July.
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: July 10th-15th
Warnings: Deathclaws. That's all you really need to know.

As usual, the new arrivals in Hadriel will be waking up on the dirt ground of the colosseum, and as usual, they won't be waking up alone. This month brings coat hangers of all shapes and, uh, sizes strewn about the colloseum floor around all of the new arrivals.

Get up, get out, meet and greet, find some new exciting interior decorating options, but don't forget about the more prominent threat: the (newly) local deathclaws roaming about in the inner halls of the arena. These deathclaws are vicious bipedal creatures with long arms ending in curved talons, horns ripe for goring and, of course, teeth as long as fingers. These animals have been engineered to be as deadly as they can possibly be, so you might want to buddy up before taking one on.

Have you escaped from the deathclaws? Made a few friends? Not died horribly? 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 July 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!

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[fleshing]

[New arrivals, new people, new flesh-and-blood meatsacks! That means more bodies to keep safe by shielding them with his own. Krieg comes striding on through, something like six feet of fearsome muscle, be-masked and be-scarred, buzz-axe comfortably astride one of his broad shoulders.

There's a lady with a plastic something, holding it back like a baseball bat! Krieg hastens to copy here, swinging his axe back with a passable ready stance.]

Who're we hitting?!

[unvein]

[Oh my god? This man is unlike anyone she's ever seen before. She almost thinks he's one of the beasts she should be avoiding, but he seems to be human after all. She openly gapes at him, and takes a few seconds to actually answer while she processes that he was speaking to her.]

No one, hopefully... You're... [Okay, commenting on his strange appearance would be rude. It's too late to just ignore him, though.] I heard some strange noises and assumed there were beasts about. ...That's quite a fearsome weapon you are holding.

[Hopefully he won't want to use it on her. It's got so many... pointy bits. Lord.]

[fleshing]

[He's used to gaping and staring! It's no problem! He bounces impatiently on the balls of his feet for a moment before cocking his head.]

Always little beasties about! Everyone comes 'round all together!

[unvein]

[Well, he's definitely strange, but between his size and his weapon, she may be safer with him than without. Especially since he doesn't seem to be threatening her at all.]

Ah, now... this may sound strange, but I just found myself here with no idea as to how I arrived. I was in a world called the Nexus, have you heard of it?

[It clearly is another world, at any rate. Her surroundings are so drastically different here.

If he's heard of it, though, he may know how to get back.]

[fleshing]

[Krieg considers her question for a moment, grunting as he strains to remember if something-something-Nexus sounds familiar, but it doesn't sound like something he knows, not one bit.]

Hrrrmmm, nope! Nopey, nope! All everyone shows up, outta nowhere!!

[unvein]

[Okay, it's clear he doesn't know about the Nexus, and probably a lot of other things too. Is this par for the course here, or did she just get incredibly unlucky?]

So... this is normal. Well, maybe not normal, but usual. So you are not from this world either, if I understand correctly?

[fleshing]

Big dusty world!! Things full of teeth!

[He hooks two fingers next to his mask in a crude parody of fangs.]

Place fills up all over again! Same time, same thing, same, same, same-same-same place!

[unvein]

[Is he... referring to his world or this one? It could go either way, honestly.]

Well, doesn't that sound wonderful. And those things full of teeth are waiting around this... amphitheater, if those ghastly noises tell me anything. Is there anywhere safe around here, or am I to be in constant danger?

[fleshing]

[Oh! That reminds him!]

Lady!!

[And he throws his axe so it strikes a deathclaw directly between the eyes. It certainly didn't seem all that interested in them at the time, but now it does. Or...did. It's dead now. It keels over with a meaty thunk.]

Something behind you!!!

[unvein]

[Vida shrieks and jumps, hugging herself away from the direction he threw the axe. She follows it with her eyes and... Oh god, are those the things making those noises? Even in death, it looks threatening. It's certainly full of teeth. And horns. And claws.]

Will-- [Oh, that was too loud, she tries again with her voice low so the creatures have less chance of being alerted to them. Still, there's alarm in her voice.] Will you take me somewhere safe!?

[She has nothing to offer in return, but he seems nice enough, if a bit hard to follow. More importantly, he might be her only shot of getting through this in one piece.]

[fleshing]

[Krieg wrenches the axe out of its skull where he nearly cleaved it in two, glances up to look at his charge. He nods once, brusque and businesslike, and shoulders his axe again.

Unfortunately, the sound seems to have attracted the attention of a few other deathclaws. They begin snarling, and Krieg twists around, gesturing in the direction of the colosseum's exit.]

Go, go!

[unvein]

[She hesitates, unsure if she should leave him alone with the creatures. But she can't do anything to help, and he's well armed...

After that moment of unease, she sets off running towards the exit, glancing back over her shoulder to make sure she didn't just leave a man for dead. That would really be a great middle to a spectacularly awful day.]