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Intro Log: Don't Wake Tonberry

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for September
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: September 10th-13th
Warnings: Cute monsters, a way to pass the time, and plenty of newbies!

Waking up in Hadriel certainly has its down sides, but if this weird murdercave city is good at one thing, it's keeping people entertained. As you awaken on the hard ground of the colosseum, you might see a rectangular cardboard box lying near you. Ignore it for now, as you get your bearings, but if you get bored? Well, you'll find these exciting and unique board games will keep you entertained!

But how could you possibly get bored, when there are plenty of cute monsters around to keep you company? Sharing the colosseum with all the new arrivals are Tonberries. In addition to their natural cuteness defense, they also carry very large knives. They're slow-moving and look innocent and even friendly, but be careful - one strike from that knife and you'll be a bloody mess. They won't attack unless you get too close, but who doesn't want to hug a Tonberry? And of course, if you attack, they'll counter with extreme prejudice.

Managed to resist the urge to hug a Tonberry? Safely escaped from the clutches of the colosseum, new board game in tow? Awesome! 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 September 10th-13th.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well!
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[Nothing? Firo tries shaking it a few times. He's not really sure what else to do with it. There's not even anywhere to fence it in a place like this.

But wherever that lady vanished to, she'll probably want this thing back. That is, if she wasn't just a total illusion in the first place. Firo decides not to leave it behind, instead holding onto it as he starts exiting the coliseum. He doesn't spare it another look until it starts glowing.]

What..?

[The gem hovers free of his hands, while the glow becomes larger and larger, slowly taking on the shape of its owner until Jasper is fully formed again, falling to her hands and knees.

She's immediately looking about, and she almost reaches to grab for the front of Firo's shirt before she recognizes him and realizes he hadn't been the source of her troubles.]

Where is that little green menace?

[Firo yanks his hand away from the gem when it glows--he had no idea what it'll do, but he probably shouldn't be touching it.

When she reappears, he's so stunned that he doesn't even think to ask what the hell just happened; the answer to her question pops out on autopilot while his brain tries to catch up.]

What, the thing that knifed you? It's back in the coliseum.

[That's not really interesting to him, though. He leans in and up, very curious.]

How'd you do that?

You should have left me there. I would have destroyed it!

[Maybe. Now that she knows to avoid its knife at all costs. One little blade shouldn't do that much damage.

She rolls her shoulders, getting a quick feel for her body again. How embarrassing, having to reform in front of a human. She shouldn't even have to deal with explaining herself.]

I'm a gem. This form is just light made solid.

[He's still not entirely convinced she was actually in that thing. Is that thing? He has no idea. But, still, he thinks what she's saying would have been a bad plan either way.]

What? Left you there as a rock? You were tiny! What if somebody stepped on you, huh?

[He hears her explanation but none of the words register. As seriously as if it's one of the truths of the universe, he responds:]

That makes no sense.

I'm not made out of sandstone. I won't crumble so easily underfoot.

[She grumbles this, but he still has something of a point. Gems can't do anything while they're still reforming, and a strong blow from something could have shattered her. Being destroyed by some small green creature with a knife would have been an incredibly embarrassing way to go.

As for her explanation...]

It doesn't have to make sense. That's just how it is.

[She's not taking the time to explain the finer details to some random human, even if he had helped her out.]

[He supposes it's a waste of time to ask for a thank you, which is fine by him--he'd just be doing it to be obnoxious anyway.]

Whatever. You'd just better be careful from now on, because this place is full of those things. Those aren't even the worst it has to throw at you, and I don't think turnin' into a rock is gonna do anything to most of 'em.

[She's not even going to argue that it's not "turning into a rock", it's having one's form dissipated. The gem is just glad that there were no others of her kind around to see it because that would have been an even greater embarrassment. Jasper hasn't been "poofed" that many times over her long lifetime.]

Despite what you saw back there I can take care of myself just fine.

[It's just a matter of learning more about the enemy, or whatever else is wandering around this place. Hopefully the next thing she fights will at least look more threatening.]

[He shrugs. Irritable as he is, he can understand why she'd want to make that clear.]

It's just some advice. You're new, aren't you? I woulda' remembered if I'd seen you around here before, and this place is where people always show up. Figured it wouldn't hurt to give you some pointers.

Maybe you should try giving better ones.

[Sorry, Firo. She's usually so much ni-- no, no this is about the norm.]

You'd be helping me more if you showed me the way out.

[So much for gratitude. Firo gives a long-suffering sigh.]

You think I'd still be hangin' out here if I knew a way out? I've got shit to take care of back home just like everybody else.

There is no way out. You can try the caves, but you'll just get lost or get spat right back where you went in.

So you're saying this is just another prison? Wonderful.

[Is it at least on Earth? She hates to admit it, but her planet of origin would have been better if only for the larger range of movement she was allowed. This place already seems far smaller, and someone like her needs space.]

I'll find a way. I won't be trapped again.

Good luck with that. I'm tryin' to, but so far there's nothing.

[Having just come from Alcatraz himself, Firo's curious. Another prison?]

You were in prison before you got here?

Might as well have been.

[Once again, details she really doesn't want to go into. In fact she'd rather go on about the finer points of gems for hours than talk about what happened to her before she arrived. It's a very fresh, very sore subject.]

That's not important.

[Since he asked in the first place, Firo decides to offer a little bit of information himself. Maybe it'll put her at ease.]

Hey, I was just askin' 'cause that's where I was myself. People complain about it bein' a prison here, but not all of 'em actually know what that's like.

[The statement doesn't exactly help Jasper appreciate the company any more. She's sure their situations had been much different. If he'd been in prison then he'd been a criminal. Her own prison was only figurative. She'd felt trapped on Earth and had managed to leave it because she was stronger than those that hadn't.

At least that's what she'd told herself before.]

And what crime did you commit?

[Not exactly the reaction he was hoping for. He folds his arms and debates on how much of the truth he should tell.]

I made a deal with a jackass.

[It is true. Figures that the one time he gets locked up in a lifetime of bad deeds is for something he didn't actually do.]

[So perhaps less a criminal and more a fool. That might make him more relatable if he didn't seem so terribly human.

And of course he could be lying for the sake of pity. She has very little of that to give.]

Hmph. Then I suppose you consider this place a reprieve.

[He grimaces and shrugs one shoulder.]

Not exactly. It's nice to be able to move around more, but I had things to take care of back home.

Who doesn't?

[What she doesn't like to think about is the fact that she didn't know what she'd do if she was returned back to where she'd come from. She'd been corrupted, her gem trapped. She actually has more freedom here than she had there, but she isn't going to think about it that way. She can't.

This is just an opportunity to return cured, that's all.]

If we can be brought here, we can be brought back.

I’m hopin’ you’re right about that. So far it doesn’t seem like it’s gonna be as easy to leave as it was to get here.

[ooc: Sorry for the delay! I’m on hiatus.]

Maybe it won't be easy, but it has to be possible.

[She grits her teeth.]

I'll make it possible.

[He crosses his arms over his chest.]

Care to let me in on your grand plan?

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