hadriel_logs | Event Log: Fourth Wall, Part Two

Who: Everyone in the city + Fourth Wall visitors!
What: Part two of the fourth wall event, hosted by Sorrow, Rage, and Hope!
Where: All around the city
When: November 1st-November 7th
Warnings: Visitors from other worlds!

Welcome to Hadriel! Or, for those who have been here, please continue enjoying your stay. Perhaps you arrived here last week, and have been wandering around since then, making new friends. Or perhaps you've just arrived, and have no idea what's going on. You may have woken up in the colosseum, or near a temple, or in one of the numerous other locations in the city. You might be confused and frightened to find yourself in this underground city, or maybe you're just wondering why you haven't been sent home yet, when others have.

Whatever the case may be, the situation in the city has changed somewhat. There is still a gently glowing path leading you to a nicely-outfitted party, but the specifics of it have changed. If you're a new arrival, it'll be easy to follow the path and find the party - if you're not, well, the color of the light has changed, signalling that something's different. Maybe you want to check it out?

Around the clearing are gently glowing flowers, illuminating both the tables and the rest of the area, bright enough to make things clear even when the larger light at the apex of the cave is gone. On the tables are an array of different kinds of food - however, sampling this food will quickly make it clear that nearly everything is spicy, whether subtly so or with a burning heat. The cookies seem to have chili oil in them, the dip has jalapeno-like peppers. It's hard to find anything that won't burn your mouth a bit. If you're lucky enough to find something that doesn't, though, it will most certainly be somewhat bitter or quite sour. That doesn't mean the food tastes bad - if spicy and sour are your sort of thing, they're delicious! If you're looking for something more normal, though, you're out of luck.

Also on the tables are a variety of drinks, and these at least are not spicy. Instead, they're the sort of warm, comforting drinks that might remind you of home, of curling up in a soft blanket while rain falls outside. Warm cocoa, hot cider, teas of various flavors. Just the sort of thing to soothe a worried newcomer.

Decorating the area are various banners with welcoming messages saying things like 'HADRIEL' 'THIS IS A PARTY' 'EAT FOOD' and 'DO NOT DIE'. They are all identical, with large black block letters on plain white paper. They look very similar to something that you might print out on a standard office laser printer at the last minute if you have no discernible sense of humor or fun.

Scattered around can be found exciting party games such as pin the tail on the donkey and musical chairs. Here and there can also be found various pinatas of different types. Break them open, see what comes out! If you're really lucky it'll be candy - if not, it might be full of bouncy balls or cherry tomatoes. Good times!
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Or maybe you don't like parties? No worries. 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 came last week, here's your chance to help out newbies along with the people who have been here forever! Join in on the festivities if you like, or try to orient as many of the others as you can. Rule the newcomers at musical chairs, continue your fight club, pick up a second weird cave girlfriend and then watch as they dump you and hook up with each other! There's no end to the possible fun.
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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 November 1st-November 7th.
► 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. If you want them to stay longer, our applications are now open!
► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!

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[Something weird happens when he says his name, and Asriel nearly clocks himself with the camera pinning his ears to the sides of his head, fur rising a little.

He laughs a little shakily and lowers them, holding out the unoccupied paw as his fur slowly settles.]

It's nice to meet you, anyway!

...That's a shame. Are you sure? My mom is really good at healing.

[He's curious about how they happened, but Chara never took kindly to that question of old injuries and so he won't ask XXXXXX either.]

How do you know my dad? He never told me about you...

[Everyone knows the King of Monsters, but if they're old enough friends that Asriel is getting mistaken for him...]

[Perhaps his voice is going out. It happens sometimes.]

I know she is. But I'm afraid even she could not fix this.

[It's said with a degree of fondness. He misses her. It's been decades now, and no one has seen her since the tragedy. He can't quite believe that she simply walked off to die. Rather, she has likely hidden herself away somewhere. The Underground can be quite labyrinthine. There is no shortage of places to hide.]

[Such a shame, what happened.]

No? We have been friends for a very long time. He has not told you about the Royal Scientist?

[Odd. Maybe they...had some kind of falling out, and he, distracted as he is by his work, simply didn't...notice? He would genuinely not put it past himself. He is not particularly good at being anyone's friend.]

There's... no... Royal Scientist?

[Asriel feels really uncertain all of a sudden, his paws grasping the camera to his chest, brows furrowed in confusion.]

Dad's been trying to fill the position for ages but there's no one...

[No one who wants to? No one with the skills? Asriel doesn't know. It's... a little weird to think about, actually. He presses a paw to his head when it hurts a little. Oh well, there's probably a reason, right?]

You sound like you know my mom, too, but she's never told me about you either.

[He's not suspicious so much as really, really confused. He's no stranger to people name-dropping or bragging without basis in fact, but he doesn't know why this skeleton would be. He's just the Prince, and so he'd know.]

[This is...very odd.]

[Perhaps this prince is from a very different timeline, one with a dearth of Royal Scientists.]

I see. In that case, I would not worry too much about it. It is highly likely that we come from different...versions, of the Underground.

[Asriel rubs the back of his head with his paw.]

I keep running into people who keep talking about different worlds. [Literally, in this case.] It's really weird to think about, isn't it?

[It's the first time he's heard of different versions of the Underground specifically, but it's not ungraspable.]

If you know my parents in your world, that must mean you know me, right? And my best friend? Have you... have you seen them anywhere? I've been looking for a week. I heard they were here but I'm starting to think they're hiding from me, haha.

[It's a very fun game, Chara! You can stop now! You're doing him a frighten! His voice has gone up-pitch in worry the entire spiel. Even if the possibility of them not being his Chara has come up now, he'd still want to see them.]

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[Is it weird? Probably for people unfamiliar with the concept of superstrings.]

Yes. I suppose it is weird.

[He regards the young prince for a few moments in silence.]

The human. Yes. I saw them earlier, at the coliseum.

Thank you so much.

[It comes out in a breathless rush, paws pressed together.]

Uh, when did you see them? Were they okay?

[Are they still there? He really hopes.]

[He blinks slowly. People thanking him is always a little confusing, especially when they're so...earnest about it. The prince misses their sibling. It is normal to be concerned about such things. He remembers how--]

[Irrelevant.]

...A few hours ago. They seemed well. Though I am afraid I may have startled them a little.

['Startled' makes him wonder if he unthinkingly touched them, or initiated an encounter. Either would do it. Still, he lets out a breath of relief to know they were apparently okay.]

Yeah, uh, they can be easy to startle, sometimes.

[How to put it? 'Please don't?' Please don't.]

If you see them again, could you let them know I'm here? And... try not to startle them again? Please.

[He hefts up the camera. A few hours ago. Maybe they're still there. This guy is making him vaguely uncomfortable to boot.]

I should... probably try find them, haha. Thanks again, mister!

[He takes a few steps away, waves, and then rushes off again. Why does he feel so spooked?]

Event Log: Fourth Wall, Part Two

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