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

[hadrielmods]

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!

Comments

[sciencelizard]

[She wants to tell him. She wants to tell him she's thinking the same, because she did... something cowardly. Because she was weak and gave up the ghost (haha) too soon. Because she decided she could not handle the fate of one monster.

And yet Sans watched them all die. And still stands. Because he's better than her. He always has been.

She wonders, absentmindedly, how she died, in that timeline. If she went down fighting. She feels like she'd like to dream that. That she made a difference.

She knows, in her mind, she didn't. She couldn't have.]

... Oh. Yeah. That would be... yeah.

[Trying to hold it in. It's only been a few hours but she's already ashamed. Already regretful.]

I'm sorry.

[skelebro]

[Nice job there, Sans. Way to put a real damper on what should be a pretty swell reunion between old pals. This is on him, he knows. 'Cause he can't switch that damn instinct off, can he? That curiosity.

Yeah. That's just...real great. And now she's already droopin' like a wilting flower, like somehow this is on her.

Sans laughs, slappin' a hand across the cap of one knee.]

Look at us, huh? And here I figured it was best to start things off light.

[sciencelizard]

[She shakes a bit when he makes any kind of noise, but finds it in herself to laugh anyway. He's trying. She should be trying, too.]

W-Well, jeez, no wonder. We've lived underground our w-whole lives. We probably don't have a good grasp on light, huh?

[That's... god that's not funny why is she doing this. He's the guy with the jokes. Shit.]

So, uhm... d-do you just, uh, live somewhere around here? Do all the buildings look l-like this?

[skelebro]

[Funny or not, it sure gets a chuckle outta Sans. She's better at this than she thinks. But then again, she's better at most things than she thinks she is.

He rolls with the subject shift as it comes. Who wants to talk about their own death, huh?]

There's apartments. Houses. Papyrus and me have gotta place in one of the four-room houses Delight made. [He don't look at her when he says the next words - seems unfair, somehow, like he'd be puttin' pressure on her shoulders. But the offer is genuine.]

You could, uh, live there too. If you wanted. We got two free rooms.

[sciencelizard]

[She shrinks just a little less when he laughs, even if it's out of pity. He's trying. Looking out for her. She appreciates it. But she can't help but perk up at his proposition.

He... actually wants that? He's not just being kind? She hasn't lived with someone else for a long time, barring the genetic mutations in her basement, but those don't really count much for roommates. From the looks of this place, it wouldn't be healthy or smart to be alone, either. But... it still feels like an intrusion. They're brothers, and she's... what, an old coworker?]

Are... a-are you sure? I mean, uh, I wouldn't want to put pressure on you t-two, or anything, or uh, take up too much space or a-anything.

[skelebro]

I mean, c'mon. Who else am I gonna watch garbage movies with, huh? Papyrus always spends the whole time acting like they're all works of art.

[Sometimes you gotta take a break from unrelenting positivity and criticize the heck outta something that looks like it crawled outta Plan 9's ass and shriveled up on the sidewalk. He don't even know if they get bad movies here, but he kinda wants to find out.

That's funny. That kinda leaves him with somethin' to look forward to, huh?

Weird.]

[sciencelizard]

[Surprisingly, this... this actually kind of makes her feel better. He's offering. Maybe he's lying for her convenience, maybe he just doesn't want her to die and would feel too guilty if he found her dust later. But she wants it to be real. She wants him to want her around. So maybe she'll let herself believe, just once. Just let her believe and feel included.]

Well, I... I don't really h-have anywhere else to go. And it would be... nice, uhm, not to be alone here, if I'm going to be around for a while.

[skelebro]

There, y'see? Who says colleagues can't be roomies?

[The contract is sealed and all that jazz. He grins at her, and for once - for the first time in longer than he cares to count - it feels like he means it.]

You ain't alone down here, Alph. You got Papyrus 'n me.

[sciencelizard]

H-Heh. As long as I'm not interrupting the skele-bro party.

[They are family, and she is... not... but she doesn't want to lose this, so she lets it go.]

Well, uh... show me the way, then.

[she smiles, and it's genuine. Better than she has in a long time.]

Thanks, Sans.

[skelebro]

Hey, fuhgeddabout it. I know a shortcut.

[And right quick he'll get her there with an carefree meander and a step in the right direction, landin' the pair of 'em right outside the house he shares with Papyrus, mercifully still intact.

It ain't much, maybe, but it's somethin'.

'Bout all people like them could ask for.]