INTRO LOG: A TAXING JOURNEY

[hadrielmods]

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for December. Watch your step!
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: December 10th-17th
Warnings: Taxxon-related violence, teeth shoes, general unpleasantness, mass confusion.

You wake up in the dust of the colosseum with no shoes on, regardless of the state of your feet when you arrived. There's dust covering your clothing and in your hair, but other than that, there's no signs of injury or bruising. You're also not alone- nearby, there are others, either still passed out or just waking up like you are. Feel free to take solace in that fact. Or don't- some of you aren't human, and are clearly not great people either. No offense.

To your left, there is a door in the wall of the arena, supposedly leading to the halls which will then show you to your freedom. To your right, and scattered haphazardly on the ground, are a myriad of teeth shoes. These shoes might be better than going barefoot right now, but good luck finding a matching set, let alone one that fits you.

When you do eventually try to escape, be careful. The halls are crawling with Taxxons. Large and grotesque, these caterpillar-like creatures have circular mouths and multiple rows of sharp teeth. Their sense of smell is impeccable, and they will stop at nothing to feed when they scent blood. So, you know, try to avoid stepping on anything sharp on your way out.

All done with the horrible monsters and awkward greetings? Try your hand at exploring the rest of the city! Find a house, find a new monster, or simply scavenge for supplies until your little heart is content. Good luck, and enjoy your stay in Hadriel!

► This log covers December 10th-17th.
► Feel free to make your own logs, as well!
► Characters may find their own shoes scattered around with the teeth shoes if you like.
► All characters now arrive with phones that have network communication.
► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!

Comments

[amos_moses]

"Bugs and other animals," Amos admits, following along obediently. He's really got no better idea on where to do, so he might as well follow Kamina. Plus, the man seems to be nice enough. "Which ain't much use down here, aside from avoiding hungry monsters." Well, most of the monsters, the ones more animal-based than mythological or demonic.

[themightykamina]

He might not have any idea where he's going, but if there's anything Kamina has learned over the years it's not to let ignorance slow you down. They aren't gonna find any answers staying in one place, right? "So, you can hear them? Like some sorta tracker?" That's kinda useful. He'd be good to have around in case those bugs get out, or in case there are more wild beasts running around out here. "I dunno, sounds pretty useful to me! Keeps you from getting killed and might even get us dinner! If you can find us a nice juicy pig-mole or something, we could have steaks for weeks!" Mmmm, steaks...he may be drooling just a little...suddenly, he's starving. He hasn't eaten anything since before...well, before the battle. After that it gets a little fuzzy.

[amos_moses]

"Yeah, I can hear 'em." After a fashion, It's mental, not physical, but Amos isn't going to bother explaining the finer details as long as Kamina has the gist. "Sadly, I'm not hearing anything that might count as dinner, unless you wanna see if the bugs taste nice."

Which he really doesn't think they do, mainly because there's just something a little gross about giant insect...and besides, most centipedes are poisonous, aren't they?

[themightykamina]

"Man, no thanks." He makes a face at the idea. Not that he's opposed to eating bugs in general, but the sight of those guys tearing each other apart was enough to make even him a little queasy. "I guess we'll just have to go hunting for a better dinner. We'll probably have more luck if we split up."

He stops at an intersection, turning to look both ways down each street before looking back at Amos. "Here. I'll go this way, you go that way--meet up at that big tower over there?" He points. It's hard to miss the big white thing stabbing up towards the ceiling.

[amos_moses]

"Sounds like a plan," Amos agrees, because while there's safety in numbers, he's not really sensing anything that might be too dangerous ahead. And the place looks fairly abandoned...and unless Kamina's sword is a whole lot more than it seems, it won't be any good against demons or haunts in the ruins anyway.

"See you later, then, Kamina!"