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

[morphinum]

I'm not looking for fun.

[ She makes a sarcastic, sweeping gesture at her head and rolls her eyes. ]

I'm looking for pure, undiluted numbing. Hell, I'll even take forgetting. [ She sighs. ] Bliss, man.

[ Too bad she's got to ration what she has here. Johanna's injecting just enough to stave off withdrawal, but not enough to get the effects she wants.

Johanna reaches in the box and tries a handful of the cereal. She shrugs back. It's not half-bad. ]

Clearly. [ She says flatly, bitterly. ] The about-to-keel-over look is real flattering on me. Guess I'm just one of those special fucking people who can pull it off. So why stop now?

[pighead]

It was a mood stabilizer. Not much good for any of those things.

[Except a general numbing of the emotions, which might be up her alley. Josh watches to see if the cereal will poison her, just in case. You never know.]

Hey, if you know what works for you, might as well make the best of it.

[He grins, because casually joking about someone's awful physical state is a totally cool and friendly thing to do. What a bro. What a cool bro.]

If I happen across any drugs, I'll let you know.