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

[muscovy]

[He nods after a moment. Adults. But sometimes you need to take what you can get and if she's following him home...]

Then you can take a bath, yes? We have soap. [Or something that qualifies sufficiently as soap. And even that liquid soap that some people use for hair.]

[lightedsoul]

[Honestly her intention is just to get him safe to his house and then find her way back the road, to at most use his bathroom to wash her face, but there's no reason to tip her hand and have him changing his mind about letting her get him somewhere safe.

Her hands are clean, so she shifts her bag to one and holds the other out to him. If this were a trap of some sort she'd have fallen right into it, but he's just so small.]

Is there someone at your house right now?

[Someone to take care of him, she means.]

[muscovy]

Shadow hasn't been home in a while, but the Lady Bianca or my big brother might be home.

[Or not. They are gone as frequently as he is, or perhaps even more often.]

But don't worry, they won't mind you being around. And big bro is a bit silly about people being naked so he will stay far away while you take a bath.

[lightedsoul]

[While it's good to know he doesn't live by himself here, the part about his brother, the idea that he has to say that, keeps pushing for the bath, it's getting a little hard to just keep letting it slide.]

I'll do us both a favor and just wash my face, then.

[muscovy]

No. You cannot walk around covered in blood, people will be worried.

I will get you new clothes while you are in the bath.

[They will probably not be perfect, but big enough to fit her.]

[lightedsoul]

I have a change of clothes. [Thanks to living with Seth for so long she's gotten into the habit of keeping most of what she owns on her or in their car at all times, so she's perhaps a little better prepared for this than she looks.]

You don't seem that afraid, though. I could have killed someone and you'd have no way of knowing.

[She didn't, would never, and there's a cross dangling from a gold chain around her neck so it's probably not even a good bluff, but the point is still valid.]

[muscovy]

But you would have no reason to kill me, yes? And if you try to attack me I can defend myself, and then my big bro and Rey and Shadow would hear and you would be in a lot of trouble and have bad things happen to you.

[Really, people having killed someone before bothering him would be a big problem, looking at the people whom he considers family: His father, famously known for having been in the thick of his family slaying thousands of their own people, his not!mother, whose existence it was to kill tons of people and his mobster big brother.]