Intro Log: Death Comes

[hadrielmods]

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!

Comments

[pellameno]

[ They make it the rest of the way out trouble-free, and Pell guides her into an abandoned shop -- like most of them, Jo will come to know. ]

They'll make their way from the colosseum to the tunnels outside the city. They rarely come into buildings, we're safe now.

...you're very brave.

[knifecollecting]

[Jo looks around for a moment before nodding. She could believe that. It did seem as if this person had more experience here. She would defer to that for now.]

Thanks. I had to try.

[pellameno]

Are there monsters where you're from? Most people aren't so capable when they first see one.

[knifecollecting]

Yeah, but not like these. [Honestly her hands are shaking a little from the adrenaline rush of going up against something so big with such a small weapon, but she survived and that's the important thing.

She holds out the knife.]

Thanks for the loan.

[pellameno]

Like what?

[ When she holds it out he sees that her hands are bloody -- he looks around for something she could clean them with. It looks like they wound up in a market, not much cloth to be seen. He offers her the corner of his cloak -- he can wash it later. ]

You can get your own after the arrival rush calms down. There's plenty of weapons here. No guns, but blades and the like.

[knifecollecting]

Ghosts, vampires. Demons. That kind of thing. [She hates to get someone else's clothing dirty, but she wipes her hands clean the best she can before nodding a thank you.]

No guns? That sucks.

[pellameno]

You wouldn't call that creature a demon?

Some people came with their own, but the only way to get ammo is to go hunting and leave a corpse on Rage's altar. One clip per body.

[knifecollecting]

It's a creature. Demons take over humans. [Well, at least in her world. She shrugs.]

So I'm not going to get a shotgun, huh? [This sucks.]

[pellameno]

Like possession?

No shotgun, unless someone who showed up with one chooses to give it to you. And that's unlikely.

[knifecollecting]

Yeah, possession.

[At Pell's next words she frowns.]

Figures. I wouldn't give it up if I had one.

[pellameno]

I didn't think that sort of thing was real -- I should have known better.

I'll take you to the armory for something more archaic. You seem like you can handle blades.

[knifecollecting]

Where's the armory? If you can tell me I'll go alone. [She doesn't want to take more of his time.]

[pellameno]

[ He reaches into his pocket and brings up a little map on his device. ]

We're here, and it's down this way. [ He trails a path with his finger. ] But I'll take you, that's near to the clinic and I should get some supplies and come back to the colosseum. This month's monsters are... especially vicious.

[knifecollecting]

Thanks. [She tries to memorize the map before Pell puts the phone away.]

I'd appreciate it.

[pellameno]

[ Off to the armory! ]

This way.

[ He opens the door of the shop again, listening for any commotion ... nothing. Perfect. He ushers her out the door and to the right, moving briskly and with purpose. ]

May I ask where you learned to fight?

[knifecollecting]

Back home. [She wonders, as she follows Pell, if she should add any more detail.

After a block she clears her throat.]

We have monsters sometimes.