Intro Log: Welcome to the Snave (snake cave)

[hadrielmods]

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for March
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: March 10th-15th
Warnings: Snakes! Snakes! It's a snake!

Good morning, new arrivals! Or, well, it's probably morning. The sun is up, anyway. Okay - not the sun, but that ball of light at the top of the cave that functions as the sun, anyway. Whatever. The point is you've woken to find yourself on the floor of Hadriel's colosseum. You may be wondering where you are and what you're doing here, but what you should be wondering is how fast you need to run to get away from a three-headed snake.

You're not the only one who just woke up. Also to be found in the arena, angry and confused, are Runespoors - large three-headed snakes. Only one of the heads is venomous, but all of them are perfectly willing to take a bite out of you if you get too close - or if you annoy it. If you're lucky, an attacking Runespoor may distract itself via infighting between the three heads, giving you time to run. If not, well, let's just hope you can fight off all three heads at once!

But that's not the only thing you might find. Also scattered around the colosseum floor are what look like tasty snacks. Popsicles, cheese, even toast! Unfortunately, if you get hungry and take a bite, you will quickly discover that each and every one of these is actually soap. So that's great. Maybe the Door thinks everyone needs to shower more? You can also find a few that actually look like soap, and if you're really lucky, you might stumble across the rare and coveted 'pile of baby hands' soap.

With luck, you didn't get eaten by a snake or accidentally eat a piece of soap. Once you find your way out of the colosseum there's plenty of other distractions. Feel free to go 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 March 10th-15th.
► 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

[acclimatize]

[ John sees the movement and looks over at the man, only to feel his stomach drop a bit at the sight of the blood. The doctor part of him immediately wants to go over to him and assess the damage better. The soldier in him takes a step back as he eyes the weapons and build of this stranger.

"Abducted"? Seriously?

That's a bit specific for a hallucination, isn't it.

He swallows hard, his left hand clenching and then unclenching. ]

You do realize you seem a bit suspect when saying that, yeah?

[ Or maybe John is trying his hardest to make better sense of this than "you've been abducted to live in a cave city". ]

[manofmettle]

I don't know how to phrase that in a less suspicious manner. It's the truth.

[Danse reaches into his pocket and pulls out the phone, holding it up for the other man to see.]

You'll have one of these in your pocket. It's a communication device. There'll be a guide in there that will roughly explain how you were abducted and brought here.

[acclimatize]

[ When the other man reaches into his pocket, John is quick to reach for his gun. He doesn't draw it but his hand is still on it. After the incident at Baskerville and then waking up in this place? He felt like he couldn't be too careful with this sort of thing. Especially if he had in fact been abducted.

He eyes the phone and then blindly feels his pockets, not taking his eyes off of Danse. Once he finds it and pulls it out, his eyes flick to it and then back to the other man. ]

And you trust it? Trust what it says?

[ He barely refrains from asking 'how do I know you didn't write it?'. ]

[manofmettle]

[Danse can't blame the other for being so distrusting. When Danse arrived, he had been equally sceptical, wondering if the whole thing was a terrible hallucination.

So he's trying to be patient.]

I've been here a month, and I haven't seen anything that contradicts the document. But that's still evidence based on my say-so. I'd advise that you read through it and consider what you've just seen inside the coliseum, and the city and cave you see now.

[acclimatize]

[ He huffs out a dry laugh, feeling very little amusement to go with it. His tongue darts out to lick his lips anxiously, distractedly. ]

I have considered it all to be an elaborate hallucination.

All of this...

[ He gestures around them with the phone still in his hand. But then-- ]

Where I've come from, that seems the most logical thing to assume.

[ And something he'd more willingly accept compared to the possible and impossible truth. ]