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

[thechoiceisyours]

Yeah, that's what we thought too.

[He wouldn't have believed it if he hadn't seen them himself; when Emily had first told them he'd certainly been skeptical, at least until the stranger had shown up. And even then it was still kind of surreal, and only really hit him after he'd gotten back to the lodge.

It's not something he wants to think too much about right now, so he continues talking instead.]

So uh... If you hear us talk about wendigos, that's why. We've got a head start on the whole dealing with monsters thing.

[pighead]

Yeah. Okay.

[He has to decide how much to believe. As far as he knows, Chris doesn't actually have a reason to lie to him about that, but - really? Monsters? It's unbelievable. Josh might not be totally stable, he knows that, he's known that for years, but believing in something like monsters - that's a whole different level.

It could be true. It could be. Or maybe someone tricked Chris, or maybe they've all communally decided to lie to Josh, to fuck with him like he fucked with them. Any of those things could be the case. It's impossible to know.]

So what monsters are those, then? Wendigos?

[The word seems sort of familiar, but there are all kinds of monster legends. Any one of them could seem familiar.]

[thechoiceisyours]

[He can tell that Josh isn't totally sure about believing him, but ultimately it doesn't matter too much for the moment. As long as they're dealing with new monsters in this place then it isn't all that important for Josh to believe them on the wendigos.

Chris shifts on his feet a moment, glancing back to see if anyone else had shown up at the house--or come downstairs, whichever--but it's still just them.]

They're uh... Like big, stretched out humans, with lots of teeth and claws. They're really fast but can't see you if you don't move, and fire's the way to kill them.

[He's already pretty much given this description before, to Bob, so it's easy enough to recite it again even if there's a distant quality to his voice when he does.]

I think we... I think we torched most of them, but...

[He shrugs. They don't know how many there were--or are--after all, and it's not like that fact's all that useful to Josh either here or at home.]

[pighead]

[Something about the way Chris says it, the way it obviously affects him to think about it, makes it seem more real. Josh could assume it isn't, could assume that Chris doesn't know what he's talking about or maybe that they all ended up dropping acid on the mountain and seeing really weird shit, but he thinks maybe - well. Whatever else is going on, Chris seems to believe it.

And Josh doesn't really know what to think about that. He wanted to scare them (still does), wanted to make them feel a little of the pain Beth and Hannah felt (and that, too, he still feels), but he never wanted anyone to actually get hurt.

But if there were monsters on the mountain, wouldn't someone know it?]

What, they attacked you? Sounds like a shitty horror movie plot, man.

[But Josh at least believes that Chris believes it, and he's not sure what to do with that knowledge.]

Well, hey. At least you made it out okay.