hadriel_logs | 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.
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"A lot like it, actually, though our obstacles are different."

Pell struggles to focus on the conversation, not the fact that he's being touched in such a way that no one but Axton really has since he got here. It's distracting.

"I'll teach you all I know. It might be difficult without the texts but I've found practical application to be a much easier way to learn anyway. And yes, gods. Though they're not what you might expect. Just people with great power over the place, and us, though they're not unkind."

He shifts his weight towards Flick, pulling a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket and offering one to his friend.

Not like the Dehara then. Flick let the subject drop, not willing to bring it up yet. He'd had ten years to work through what happened in Wraxilan's tent, when Aruhani betrayed him, and yet it wasn't enough time. He took a cigarette gratefully, bringing it to his mouth and looking for a light.

"It's been a long time for you, hasn't it?" Flick said, breathing in the smoke. It wasn't like he didn't know the signs. He hadn't had real aruna for over a year before the grissecon with Ulaume. Even Lormy, who Flick considered just as sensual as Pellaz, had tried to silence that part of him for a time. Looking after a harling with no one else for support no doubt made it easier. Still, Flick wondered exactly how Pell had kept himself grounded here. It was one thing to be alone and without aruna while bringing up a harling or embarking on his own vision quest. Trying to survive in such a stressful atmosphere was another.

He might not have been ready to talk to Pellaz about the Dehara, but that didn't mean he couldn't be there for his friend.

He doesn't need a light... Pell holds a tiny flame in the palm of his hand up for Flick to use, then lights his own.

"...it has. I've been alone, but I haven't fallen ill yet. Small blessings. Axton helps, he lets me share his bed and breath and we cant take aruna but it's something. It's closeness."

Flick needed to stop being surprised by Pell's abilities and remember that his training continued after he left Saltrock. Not that Flick's didn't as well, but they had different abilities to show for it now.

"You definitely have to show me how you did that." He opened his arms, offering to gather Pell close against him. "I never thought there'd be somehar else who tried to make it work with a human. No, it's not aruna, but it's better than nothing"

"...somehar else..? You?" He tilts his head as he leans against his friend, curious.

"I left Saltrock. Why isn't important. I met someone, he was all alone and we worked together for a year. Itzama helped me work through some things."

Flick's eyes shifted. Sorry Pell, he wasn't trying to intentionally deceive you, but the past was so hard to talk about.

"You left Saltrock? What about Seel..?" It must be important. He catches Flick's hand as it strokes his leg and looks up with worried eyes.

Edited 2016-10-17 01:35 (UTC)

"Seel and I....it wasn't working." Flick looked down as Pell caught his eyes, and he forced himself to take a breath and look at his friend. Still, there was a bitterness in his voice. "I can't believe I stayed with him for so long, Pell. I was so stupid. He didn't care. All he wanted was some har to fix his house, feed him and occassionally roon. Besides, it's not like he actually tried to stop me from leaving. "

"Oh, Flick." How could he have been so stupid? He'd thought, back then, that Flick simply liked doing those things but that there was more to their relationship. Not quite chesna, perhaps, but... something more than a slave. "I'm sorry."

He runs his hand down his friend's face, savoring the smoothness and warmth. "He's an idiot. I never had much love for him."

The thing was, Flick did enjoy those things. He enjoyed working, fixing things up and making a place a home, transforming simple ingredients into something mouthwatering. But he expected.....well, feelings. And then Flick almost laughed.

"Really? I hear you two become good friends. Or at least have a working relationship." Enough that he'd kidnap me for you.

"...I don't know what you've heard of me, or what I've done, or if the person they tell you of is even me. I'm me. Right here."

"I don't know who that person is either Pell. But Seel says it's you. He said he'd seen you. He was trying to bring me to see you. If it is you, I'm not sure I like who you've become Pell. You didn't even keep in touch. Friends keep in touch."

Flick stopped, realizing how bitter and horrible that sounded.

"I'm sorry." He tried to change the subject, or turn it back to Seel. "Right before I ended up here I was talking to Seel actually. He was so insistent I see you he had some of his guards escort me to a guest room and lock the door."

Pell waves a hand, dismissing the tone. "Friends don't usually die and come back to life either. I have a feeling I'm a puppet, not me at all, just a toy Thiede wants around to play with. Surely he could fix a bullet."

I'm sorry you've been through what you have.

"I never wanted that for you Pell. I'm sorry."

Too bad Flick hadn't yet realized that his strings were to be pulled by someone similar. Thiede had a sister and in escaping from Thiede he had walked right into her board.

" No one deserves to be a puppet. I wish your life was your own."

"Hmm. Who wouldn't wish such a thing? Likely, most people believe it because it's true for them."

"In a way, I don't think any of us had a choice. We were all controlled, from the moment we heard the Call. Maybe it can be different now, that we're away. "

Flick looked around, and put an arm around his friend. "Want to help me fix this place up? We could make it into a home." He missed playing house. He missed his simple life on the river boat he shared with Lor, Lileem and Mima. He wished he could tell Pell about his sister.

Intro Log: Don't Wake Tonberry

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