Intro Log: None Hadriel With Left Shark

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Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for February
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: February 10th-16th
Warnings: Shark week

Once more, new arrivals will wake up on the ground level of the ruined colosseum. There isn't anything particularly comforting about it, either- everything is a bit cold and impersonal and there is, of course, the fact that nobody remembers just how they managed to wind up here in the first place. That can all be explained in time, though- until then, you've got quite a bit on your plate already.

And why is that? Well, that may be because you're also surrounded by sharks.

Yes, on land.

It doesn't mean that they're totally incapacitated though- you still have your two headed sharks, your giant sharks, and your sharktopus that are more than capable of flopping in your general direction before taking you into a death roll. And don't forget the (far more dangerous) sand sharks, capable of swimming through the ground as if it were water itself. You might want to start to find a life raft high ground soon.

But hey, if you manage to get away from the sharks, feel free to help yourself to one of the odd food shaped blankets. These cozy comforters are perfect for your new bed, but they tend to carry a faint scent of the food they represent, so be sure not to sleep on an empty stomach!

Listen to the Jaws theme, grab a harpoon, and get cozy! On your way to safety, make sure to explore the rest of the city! Find a house, a new monster, a project to help with, or simply scavenge for supplies. Good luck, and enjoy your stay in Hadriel!

► This log covers February 10th-16th.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well!
► All characters arrive with phones that have network communication and the newbie guide installed.
► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!

Comments

[circumitus]

"Yes," Rey confirms, trying to mask the mild disquiet in her voice. "Russia does become one of the more powerful and influential countries in the world. Their military was very strong, too. Some of the most disciplined soldiers I had ever met."

Which was why it was such a feat for the synthetics to take the country for themselves. But that doesn't need to be said, right?

[romanovs]

"...You have been in my house, yes?"

Perhaps she once told him about it, but it is more the way in which she says it that makes her think that. She could have met the soldiers anywhere but it... just does not sound like it.

[circumitus]

"...Yes," she says again, her inflection unchanging despite the hint of heaviness in her words. "She's... was the last person I used to be before becoming who I am now." She pauses, lifting a hand to flex her fingers that are not, from what she can tell sometimes, really her own. "This was her body, even."

Despite that, Safronov's memories remain fragmented in some places due to the GRIGORI's tampering, which had resulted in her death.

But she is no longer Safronov. She is not that person, even if she still feels deeply connected to Safronov's roots.

[romanovs]

"So your body is Russian."

...He isn't sure what to do with that. The body doesn't matter to him, has never mattered. All that matters is if the person thinks of themselves as his. A thousand Russian ancestors don't turn someone thinking of themselves as Polish into a Russian, as far as he is concerned in his personal connection to them (politicians can of course make the whole matter a whole lot more difficult and complicated), and a thousand Polish ancestors won't turn someone thinking of themselves as Russian into not-his. He is the soul of his people, and thus their souls are what relates to him. Souls are, however, heavily influenced by the bodies they inhibit, or his people's bodies' hunger would not affect him, to just name one thing.

[circumitus]

Rey makes a face at Russia's phrasing. "That is... one way of putting it."

Though she isn't so sure about it, either. And souls are another matter entirely -- and complicated where Rey herself is concerned.

"Safronov was Russian, but I'm not her anymore. I'm not really any of them anymore."

She isn't Safronov or Sheridan or Stone. Just... Rey.

[romanovs]

"So this body was made just for you?"

Rey is complicated, and he's not sure if he'll ever really understand. He'd drop the matter if it wasn't such an important thing. Rey being in part Russian is something that he wants to understand.