Event Log: Fourth Wall, Part One

[hadrielmods]

Who: Everyone in the city + Fourth Wall visitors!
What: Part one of the fourth wall event, hosted by Fear, Confusion, and Delight!
Where: All around the city
When: October 24th-November 1st
Warnings: Visitors from other worlds!

If you're not from around here, you may be wondering what's going on. You've woken up out of the blue in the colosseum, or near a temple, or in one of the numerous other locations in the city. You're somewhere underground and it's dark, cold, and maybe a little unnerving.

Luckily, shortly after your arrival, the road below your feet begins to light up in a gentle, warm glow. The light points you in a set direction and, if you choose to travel that way, will lead you toward the center of the city, where there is a large gathering of others who are lost here like you, people who might know their way around a bit more, and even some of the gods who rule this place.

There are lights strung up on poles throughout the large clearing, casting a comforting glow onto the tables beneath them. The tables are abundant with lots of food that looks simply delicious- though, none of it tastes quite like it should. The tarts taste like green beans, the mashed potatoes like cheesecake, and the chocolate seems oddly reminiscent of steak. In addition, there are decorations artfully placed around the meeting point. If you see them moving, don't worry- that's probably just your imagination.

Also distributed along the tables are shot glasses, filled with a sludgy, yellow substance. If you're brave enough to consume them, they taste strongly of mint and will give you a much needed energy boost, circumventing the need to eat or sleep for a full 24 hours! After that, however, everything hits you all at once, so use them wisely. Some of you may remember these shots from our How Delightful event earlier this year!

In addition to all of the above, there are also party poppers strewn around the area. Each popper can jet out some strange objects- glitter bombs, seashells, plastic dinosaurs, maybe a live lizard or two- so be careful! Feel free to use your discretion on these, but remember to keep it small!
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Of course, you can always not travel that way. The rest of the city has plenty of places to explore- maybe you'd like to stumble in our Silent Hill zone, have a quick look around the alien orchard, or check out any of the god temples that can inspire their chosen emotion. Be careful not to get lost in the tunnels leading away from the cave- none of them can actually move you above ground, but you may run into a few monsters on the way.

For those of you who have been with us awhile, please bear with the gods while they try to adjust around these new folks! Join in on the festivities if you like, or try to orient as many of the others as you can. Start a community outreach program, start a fight club, introduce your parents to your weird cave girlfriend- nobody's judging!

Well. Some of us might be.
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Enjoy the fourth wall event at Hadriel! Once you're settled in feel free to explore the rest of the city! Find a house, find a new monster, or simply scavenge for supplies.

Fourth wall characters do not enter with phones so they cannot reach the network- however, if you'd like to handwave that they somehow got ahold of Mello's Newcomer guide to avoid the 'where am I/what is this' sort of questions, then feel free!

Good luck, and enjoy your stay in Hadriel!

► This log covers October 24th-November 1st.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well! Fourth wall characters will not have posting access, so grab an in-game friend if you wanted to do anything separate from the main log.
► Fourth wall characters will be in the city for at least one week, though they can stay for longer. The party will go on throughout the entire week, thanks to Delight's boundless energy!
► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!

Comments

[iustitiae]

[i mean matt has obviously got this. he's not going to walk off a cliff or something, he didn't even knock over any food.

besides connor doesnt hold peoples hands dont be ridiculous]

Yeah, well, welcome to Hadriel. It's better than dragons.

[devilsavocado]

[ You're a pal, Connor. ]

Dragons? [ Connor sounds serious, why does he sound serious. ] You're not seriously telling me there are dragons here.

[ What is this, Game of Thrones?? ]

[iustitiae]

Earlier this month, yeah.

[yes it is absolutely game of thrones no joke arya stark made a post about dragons]

So you know, weird food, better than being eaten by a dragon.

[now that theyve got that out of the way--]

I'm Connor.

[devilsavocado]

I guess so.

[ First weird trans-dimensional bullshit. Now dragons. Matt blows out a breath, laughing slightly. It's either that or punch something. ]

Nice to meet you, Connor. I'm Matt.

[iustitiae]

Nice to meet you too.

[good man, matt, taking it all in stride]

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I don't know that I can give you any useful answers, but I can make up a few if it'll make you feel better.

[devilsavocado]

[ He will have plenty of time to scream and panic in private, don't you worry. ]

That's good to know. [ He smiles. ] Any word on the kind of work a lawyer could do in here? Since we're apparently stuck.

[ At least... it would keep his mind occupied. ]

[iustitiae]

[well, that catches his interest. albeit in a completely different way than the interest he was taking in matt prior.]

You're a lawyer?

[devilsavocado]

Yeah, in New York City.

[ Just a simple blind lawyer, no secrets here! Though Connor seems interested, perhaps they are law bros? ]

Don't think my litigation skills will be much use to me here, though.

[iustitiae]

[new york. it may not be the one he knows but it definitely perks him up a little bit more.]

You would not believe how many people are here from space. Like actual -- flying around in space ships because humans fucked up and destroyed the world as we know it space.

[is this too much information? probably]

There's nothing even resembling a legal system here, though. So unless you're looking to build one from the ground up and try and obtain the consent of the govern from the motley crew of Hadriel, you're probably out of luck.

[devilsavocado]

Seriously?

[ Um, yeah, that's A Lot. ]

So what, when things go wrong here people just call on the gods and ask them to solve it?

[ Matt would definitely rather punch bad guys, but the system is usually in place for him to skirt around, see. ]

[iustitiae]

I don't know if the gods really solve those kinds of things. There's a group of guardsmen, but they mostly help against the monsters.

[see you have something to punch]

My guess is that people are too busy worrying about getting home and helping each other out through the truly terrible shit to bother with petty crime.

[devilsavocado]

Monsters and dragons... And you've seen them, right?

[ Foggy would say it sounds like a bad D&D campaign. Matt might have only played it once or twice, but he's having flashbacks all the same. ]

I mean, that's good. [ He shrugs. It's boring! But okay. ] In a perfect world, we wouldn't need lawyers.

[iustitiae]

Yeah, not an experience I'm looking to repeat anytime soon.

[he would take law school over dragons but maybe not law school with annalise over dragons the jury is still out]

Yeah, but no world is perfect and I'm pretty sure this one isn't some weird rule breaker. I tried looking in the library to see what the situation was like here before but pretty much all of the books are in a weird alien language.

[devilsavocado]

Fair enough.

[ Connor's not lying, so I guess it's gotta be true... Dragons are scary but law school can be scary too. Good thing Matt's did not include crazy murder. ]

Guess that means I'm out of luck too, then.

[ No books in braille :'( boo..... ]

So what that what you were doing, before this? Working for a firm?

[iustitiae]

No, I'm still in school. I'm interning for Annalise Keating, she's a defense attorney.

[yay.................]

[devilsavocado]

Cool. 2L?

[ Matt does not know Annalise or he would be Concerned. Connor does not sound thrilled tho. ]

Must be interesting, getting to intern with a smaller firm. I worked at a corporate one back in New York, but it's a lot of soulless work. I quit and started my own practice just a couple months ago.

[iustitiae]

1 - but I'm glad that I put off enough confidence to seem otherwise. It's a weird set up; she's our professor but she always picks a small handful of students. It's kind of a prestigious way of getting gophers.

[but you know what lets talk about you matt thats much better]

What kind of work do you do now?

[devilsavocado]

Makes sense. Figured you'd have too much work to land something like that on your first year, but you guys must be working extra hard.

[ Or failing all your other classes, am I right?? ]

I do some pro bono work, some civil cases, that kind of thing. We just nailed a guy for some high-profile fraud, money laundering and corruption, [ A fact he is very proud of, you can hear it in his voice, ] But normally I'm the guy getting paid in pies and casseroles.

[ How do you live, Matt Murdock. ]

[iustitiae]

[matt you have no idea how hard theyre working]

Congratulations. Those things are really hard to prove.

[he's going to assume that you didn't do it by sleeping with someone who ended up jumping through a window.]

[devilsavocado]

[ He did not, he only punched a lot of dudes and jumped out a window and nearly died once, that counts, right? ]

Yeah, it was a huge, long battle. Guys like this one... [ Matt shakes his head. He doesn't want to think about Wilson Fisk in a place like this. ]

Thankfully, business is picking up now that Nelson and Murdock made headlines. Maybe we'll actually start turning a profit soon.

[iustitiae]

A good start for a young firm, it sounds like.

[not that any of it matters in hadriel but ok. hes making small talk with a hot dude he really couldnt care less]

Has your partner been practicing for awhile, or is he just a school buddy?

[devilsavocado]

Hopefully.

[ Hopefully Matt doesn't force them to take another huge, high-profile case and then cause them to bomb it, thus ruining their great reputation! ]

Oh. No, Foggy and I have been friends since college. His name is Franklin Nelson, technically. We've been friends for years.

[ This is a lot nicer than talking about being stuck in a cave, just give him this, Connor. ]

[iustitiae]

I haven't heard of anyone named Foggy around here, so that's probably a good thing.

[better not to be in murdercave hell right]

[devilsavocado]

That's definitely good.

[ The last thing Matt would need would be for Foggy to show up here, too. That would pretty much ruin him. ]

Is anyone you know here?

[iustitiae]

No. I wouldn't want them to be.

[but it's decidedly different than the last comment he'd made. about foggy he'd been sympathetic. it was better for foggy not to be here. but this comment has more anger lying underneath the surface. he doesn't want them to be here for himself. it's selfishness this time.]