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

[fervence]

[truth be told there are probably a good handful of other houses where jinbee's unwitting bout of breaking and entering would have been received a bit more poorly than this, but lloyd's generally an agreeable sort over all and all he does at jinbee's denial is blink slowly before asking:]

... did you get lost, then?

[imobouzu]

[ Some were actually empty, at least. That's a good thing, right? That meant he didn't disturb people every time he entered a place. ]

You could say that, but I was also exploring.

[fervence]

Oh! [lloyd smiles and laughs, like he suddenly gets it or something. and maybe he does, you never really know with lloyd.]

Getting lost is pretty easy to do when you're exploring, isn't it?

[imobouzu]

Indeed it is! Oh, but pardon my rudeness! I have yet to introduce myself! [ THAT's what he thinks is rude? ] My name is Jinbee! Tsukishima Jinbee of the Insect Magistrate!

[fervence]

[the good news is, lloyd honestly doesn't think that anything jinbee's done so far has been rude. yeah, not even the breaking and entering. you're doing just fine, buddy.]

I'm Lloyd Irving, it's nice to meet you! [and he means that] What's the insect magi... magistrate.

[he stumbles a little over the last word, wrinkling his nose and sounding it out, because to be entirely honest it isn't one he's had to use every before. please don't anybody ask him to spell it now, okay?]

[imobouzu]

[ It seems as if they would be getting along just fine, then. ]

It's nice to make your acquaintance as well, Lloyd-dono! [ So does he. But oh! ] It is a group that investigate and exterminate the giant insects that has invaded out country! We protect the people from the insects! I am very proud to have peen allowed to become part of it and to fight alongside the other members!

[fervence]

[lloyd tips his head to one side thoughtfully at the information jinbee has just provided him with.]

It's a good job, you're right. Is there a specific problem with giant bugs though? [like lloyd can't argue the need for fighting the monsters, especially since its not something that everyone is exactly capable of.

it's just a little weird that this place decided to focus on bugs.]

[imobouzu]

[ He nods. ]

We have a lot of them in my world, so we have a lot to do. I was informed that they were not a problem here earlier though.

[fervence]

There's a little bit of a general monster problem around here, especially every time new people are brought in. [lloyd points out because he believes in letting people be well informed and prepared for this sort of thing, especially if jinbee has experience in fighting already.]

We had monster problems back home too, but they usually never came into the cities or towns at least, and I guess the ones here tend to end up back in the tunnels. Just be careful in there if you decide to go because the tunnels can get kind of confusing after awhile.