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

[foundafamily]

Uh-huh. Of course.

[Firo nods dutifully. Yes, none of that could possibly be suspicious.]

Too bad there's nothing much to import or export here. You're gonna need some new hobbies.

[trainspotter]

[It's perfectly normal and legal, thanks for supporting him.]

I'm way ahead of you, kid. [Maybe not really, but he has ideas.] Of course, if this place would just adopt a little currency, it'd make things a lot easier for me.

[foundafamily]

[Firo wrinkles his nose at the word 'kid.' Normally he'd want to clear that up right away, but they have bigger things to talk about.]

No luck on that front. When I've tried to get people to play poker, I couldn't even get real chips. Had to make stuff up. I can't see anybody in a big rush to start using money again.

[trainspotter]

[He'll be stuck as "kid" forever, now.]

That won't last. It's just not practical to pretend we can all hold hands and share fairly forever.

[foundafamily]

I get what you're saying.

[At least the principle of it; people just aren't that nice. He tilts his head to one side as he tries to think of the form it would take in this situation.]

People start stockpiling what Hope puts in the stores and then try to sell it?

[...Actually not a bad idea. If his Family were here, he might even consider it.]

[trainspotter]

[Hmm, that's one idea. Ned considers, then shrugs.]

Not bad. You know, sooner or later enough people will get sick of bending over for some "gods" toying with them for profit.

[He really... does not care about the so-called gods giving them stuff, considering they are here and not going home.] So I'm just saying, if having a little independence starts to catch on, I'd want to be ahead of the game.

[foundafamily]

[Hmm, makes sense. Firo nods slowly. He's not particularly enterprising when he doesn't have his Family to guide him, but he's been in the rackets long enough to understand wanting to secure your angle. You never know when things can change.]

I'm surprised it hasn't happened already. People buy into those guys way too easily.

[He's still not convinced that this "god" thing is anything but a lie--there has to be some more reasonable explanation for it all. Weird omnipotent people from another world does not sound reasonable to him.]