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Intro Log: HOLY F^K THAT'S A F&KI%G DRAGON

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for October
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: October 10th-13th
Warnings: New faces, new greeting posts, and dragons. What's more to want?

If your first thought upon waking up on the cold, hard ground of Hadriel's very own Colosseum is 'maybe I partied too hard last night', one, Delight would love you and two, you're wrong. Or- maybe you did, but that's not why you're here. Instead, you wake up with the same clothes you were wearing when you were last home, but surrounded by very different people. So, make some friends! Might as well voice your confusion and concern and show the technologically unsavvy of you how to operate these fancy new phones, right? Just be sure not to trip over these odd bags of chips on your way to greet your fellow man.

Don't spend too much time out in the open, though. There are monsters about, and not quite the usual ones. This month, Hadriel is bringing in four dragons, each with their own unique abilities and raidboss-esque stamina. They'll be terrorizing the city until someone puts them down- maybe that someone is you! Maybe you should, uh, actually hide. They're hungry and territorial and mean and they're definitely out for a good meal. Check out our OOC post for more information, as well as who will be eventually killing the beasts!

But hey, once you escape from the dragons, feel free to go explore the rest of the city! Find a house, find a new monster, or simply scavenge for supplies.

New, as of October's intro log is a Newcomer's guide that installs itself by default on every activated phone. Thanks, Mello!

Good luck, and enjoy your stay in Hadriel!

► This log covers October 10th-13th.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well!
► All characters arrive with phones that have network communication and the newbie guide installed.
► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!

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[She doesn't recognize them. It made sense when Chara thought about it because they had been inside Frisk at the time. Observing through a camera had its drawbacks, doesn't it?]

Greetings. Are you one of the new arrivals?

[They may as well play it cool for now and see what point Alphys is at before proceeding.]

[Her eyes flick between them and the door, if she has to run. She doesn't know what this human's intentions for her will be. The last one didn't hurt her, specifically, not really, but it's... hard to say. It's always hard to say. Always dangerous, even when she played it fast and loose. She needs to be more careful next time.

But that voice seems familiar. Where has she heard that before?]

Uh, y-yeah, I guess. I read, uhm, the guide, or s-something, but I still, don't, uhm... this doesn't seem v-very plausible, you know? To be, uhm... r-real.

[This is bothering her worse. Could she know them? How? She's only ever met one human in her life. It's not possible.]

[Nothing, for now. Chara thus far has no reason to harm her. Yes, Alphys was responsible for evacuating the rest of the Underground when they got too far in their dusty rampage but they don't begrudge her for that. Understandable.

Doesn't mean they're not going to mess with her.]

It is not a dream or anything of the like. This is very real. Do you have any questions, Alphys?

[We'll start with that.]

[They say her name, and she knows.

Chara, I don't like this plan anymore.

She tries to keep her realization quiet, choked down in her throat, but her eyes still widen and she feels like she's choking. The first human. Asgore's child. The one from the tapes. She had never seen them, but their voice is familiar.

She swallows, nervous, apprehensive. Tries to keep it small and quiet.]

... H-How do you know my name?

[Their smile drops a little at Alphys' reaction. Reaction was to be expected, but in a different way. If they pulled out they Undying's final words. Mettaton's final words. But not a reaction of...

...of knowing.]

It's me, Alphys. But I suppose you would not recognize it just yet. From where you are...who do you see?

[Perhaps they are on different wavelengths. Perhaps she somehow knows they're the one who cut down the Undying. Perhaps this is all in all in their head because she can't know that.

...can she?]

[Everything feels tight, and panicked. There's a human standing before her, in a striped sweater, not willing to deal with or entertain her games. There's a human before her, in a striped sweater, with Mettaton's wrecked body in pieces on the floor.

This is that feeling. The feeling of fear, emanating from only one human child.]

... A h-human child.

[She doesn't know how to respond to this. She feels like she's choking.]

That's a "what" Miss, not a who. Well, who knows! It might change after this. I still accept "a demon" too.

[They don't bring out the Real Knife. Chara doesn't need it. Words were always sharper, stronger and can pound out dust even faster. So they just breathe. Breathe and spit out red laced words.]

* Try again.

[She can almost feel herself yelp as their voice shifts and she's talking, immediately, any bit of resolve crumbling in her lap as she clutches her arms over her chest.]

Y-You're Chara, aren't you? The, t-the King's child, the first human. I've h-heard your voice before. I don't w-want to hurt you, I didn't, I d-didn't do anything to you, w-we never even met.

["The King's child."

"The first human."

The words crash into them harder than Chara expected. To finally hear those words. "You're Chara, aren't you?" Well they weren't wrong, words cut deeper than anything else and she did answer their question. They had no one to blame but themselves for asking.

But part of them didn't want to know or hear. Someone reconized Chara for who they were rather than the narrator and it wasn't anyone useful. Just someone who could blab it to any random passerby and like hell was that going to happen.

...

* You can just kill her.

It probably wouldn't even be that hard. Chara had never seen her fight but throughout the runs Alphys had been content to stay and fabracate. Never fight. Advice for nothing useful until it came to trashing that robot and Ahahhah, they all know how that turned out! You can just make another one! It didn't matter how many times Chara tore Mettaton down she can just make him again! Hell, the Resets did it for her.

It would be so easy.

* You can just kill her.

....but.]

[Chara takes a deep breath. While that was the easiest option avaible to them, it would be useless. The dead came back to life here and killing Alphys now would just increase the risk of her telling someone else - telling Frisk, telling Sans. There was already a warning spread to others about them. No need to make it worse.

Silence, in this case, was so much better.

They smile and lace their hands behind their back. The picture of innocence. Looks like this wouldn't be as bad as she thought, hun?]

You're right Ms! Greetings. I am Chara. But I want to tell you something about that. Please listen, okay?

[It's not really a question.]

[She's shaking. Why is she shaking? This is just a human child in front of her. Their hands aren't even visible. She's done nothing wr--

Done nothing to them. Nothing to hurt them.

Why is she so afraid?]

Uhm... o-okay?

[What could they even be asking her? Though it's hardly a request.]

What... is it??

Many people know me as simply "Chara". Not as the King's child.

[They lay that out as a groundwork. They would allow being addressed by that name as many have. However.]

I would be very disappointed if it got out who I am. The consequences would be very severe as well for whomever did so.

[Do you understand what they're saying Alphys?]

[Her eyes flick from Chara to the door, again, but she can't think of running at this point. They're stuck, in a finite space underground, together. There are so few places she could run, and they have the advantage of knowing the terrain. She has no choice.]

I w-won't tell anyone. About anything. T-There's, uhm, no reason for us to even know each other, and I m-mean, we don't, but, I don't know anything!

[Oh god do they know about the tapes? How could they know about the tapes. They were dead. No one saw those, Asgore didn't even know they were missing.

They can't know.

... Can they???]

[Honestly? They're just making her dig her own grave here. But they decide to ease up for a second and instead try for a genuine smile.]

Exactly! I'd be very grateful to you if we kept things the way they are. Simple, right?

[Chara could try and use the red voice to put a final impact on their words but decide against it. It was better to hold off on that for now.]

H-Hah! Of course! Totally, I mean, uhm, it'd p-probably be weird for people to figure you were, uh, basically r-royalty, right? I, uh, I won't t-tell anyone anything. I only heard about you from Asgore, so, uh, it's f-fine!

[This is an out, right? That's a believable amount of information. Yes. Absolutely.]

[Yeah, they'll call it an out. And it does confirm a few things they know, so she's been very useful. Will likely continue to be useful. Chara backs up, far enough that Alphys can skirt around whenever she picks up the courage to do so.]

Thank you Miss! It's nice to have that understood. Any questions for me?

[For a second, she considers bolting out the door, and then realizes she's equating Chara's level of threat to that of a literal dragon.

... She still considers it, for a few more moments, but doesn't make a break for it, just yet.]

I, uh, I mean, I don't e-even know what I'd ask, o-or anything! Besides, I wouldn't want to, uhm, inconvenience you.

[Maybe they'll just leave! Yes! Sure! Great!]

[Well...she's not wrong in this situation. But seeing as Alphys won't make the first move, Chara turns to leave while keeping the smile plastered on their face.]

Well okay! I'll see you soon Alphys.

[Because they have to leave it on that note. Chara exits the building and tries not to laugh. This...sure will be something!]

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Intro Log: HOLY F^K THAT'S A F&KI%G DRAGON

* here we go

two lovers and the cauldron to hell and all that jazz

/jazz hands all the way down to hell

BASICALLY BC WE'RE HERE

OH BOY OH BOY

WOO!!!!

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