Intro Log: Don't Wake Tonberry

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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!
► 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

[meatbrained]

"You're right," he agrees, offering a half-smile. Something a bit more genuine than the weak laughter before. "And, I mean, Em and Chris have, like, been here a while. Guess we've always got them to help us adjust."

[sedula]

Adjust. It's almost a funny word, all things considered, but Sam doesn't laugh. This isn't like adjusting to college after high school, or adjusting to how you look with a new haircut. Being dumped here after the horrors of the mountain is a violent cataclysm on top of a night of extended trauma. How do you adjust to something like that?

"Exactly," she says, smile firmly plastered in place. "We'll be fine as long as we stick together."

[meatbrained]

He really doesn't know. Adjust sounds ridiculous, because there's no way his mind can adjust to all the things Emily's told him, to the realisation that he's further behind than any of them. His body and clothes only bear the wear of being dropped into the Colosseum with those tonberries, not the marks of whatever Sam's been through in the time that - he's guessing - separates them.

His hand runs across his head, through the short curls there, and he ventures that question.

"Sam. Uh, what time was it for you? When you- like, got here?"

[sedula]

"You mean - before? On the mountain?" She wonders how much he knows. Is it possible he survived that night after all? Or were circumstances different for Matt than what Sam remembers?

"It was ... almost dawn, I think. I didn't really have a watch on to know for sure."

[meatbrained]

Matt nods there, before she tells him the time, sucks in a breath when she does tell him. He really is from a time far before most of them.

"I think it was just after midnight," he offers, although probably closer to 1 am. Far before Sam's time.