INTRO LOG: WELCOME TO THE BATCAVE

[hadrielmods]

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for January.
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: January 10th-15th
Warnings: Bats, but not Batman. Weird arts and crafts. Confused newbies.

You awaken on the hard-packed sandy floor of the colosseum. As you blink the sleep from your eyes and begin to try to get your bearings, you might hear the gentle, soothing sound of wind chimes tinkling through the air. It's a peaceful sound, a pleasant sound. As you look around, you'll find tall stands with curved hooks at the top here and there throughout the arena, each supporting a different handmade wind chime.

You could stay and enjoy the sounds, even if what they're coming from is a bit less than aesthetically pleasing. Or you could pause for a moment and wonder where the wind that's sounding the chimes is coming from, considering you're in a cave. There are breezes in Hadriel now and again, but what's causing this wind is something else entirely. Spend too long out in the open and you'll find out what.

Perching atop the broken walls of the colosseum, hidden in crevices and shadows, are a number of Ahools. These giant bats can have wingspans as big as 12 feet, and they're certainly strong enough to lift smaller and lighter people off their feet entirely, carrying them away to devour at their leisure. Don't think you can hide - their echolocation will find you as easily as a bat finds a moth in the black of night.

If you manage to escape the Ahools and get your bearings, feel free to go explore the rest of the city! Find a house, find a new monster, or simply scavenge for supplies until your belly is as full as that giant bat's was supposed to be. Good luck, and enjoy your stay in Hadriel!

► This log covers January 10th-15th.
► Feel free to make your own logs, as well!
► 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

[unknowable]

The way I understand it, they're out of options, and us coming here was sort of an accident anyway.

[So they're using the resources they have. Adam generally isn't in the 'fuck the gods and blame them for everything' camp, mostly because he has other things to worry about. The safety of his friends is more important than raging at uncaring, all-powerful creatures.]

I guess we get to survive, and live more or less comfortably, most of the time.

[werewolfing]

So no perks other than not starving to death. Cool.

[if his eyes rolled harder they might fall out.]

Sounds like a shit sandwich to me. But you said more or less comfortably. So the digs aren't bad?

[unknowable]

They're all right, and food and other supplies are provided. We don't have to worry about money or going hungry.

[It could be a lot worse. Adam's spent enough hours working himself to exhaustion and enough nights going to bed hungry to know that.]

As prisons go, it could definitely be worse.