Intro Log: A Stinging Letdown

[hadrielmods]

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for May
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: May 10th-16th
Warnings: Monsters. Newbies. Disappointment.

You awaken rather unceremoniously, finding yourself on the hard ground of a large arena, a stone ceiling stretching high above you. Welcome to Hadriel, newcomer, we hope you enjoy your stay in our lovely cave city. This may be a little more difficult to do than expected, considering the monsters.

Yes, it looks as though a few manticores arrived along with you - and they woke up before you, because that's just how your luck is going today. These creatures are large, about the size and shape of a lion, and not very attractive. In fact, they're a bit like a collection of spare parts - the body of a lion, the wings of a bat, the face of a human, and the tail of a scorpion. And that tail's not just for show. If their lion claws don't get you, that tail might shoot a poisonous spine that will paralyze you, leaving you defenseless and all ready to be eaten. Good times!

But wait! There's more! Starting to feel like you might need a stiff drink? Throughout the arena, you can also find a number of very interesting-looking bottles of liquor. Give one a try, if you dare - or if you just really need to drink your misery away. And that'll be your very first lesson in the disappointment of Hadriel - because though they taste the way they're supposed to, each and every one of these bottles of liquor has become non-alcoholic. Yikes.

Hopefully you can recover from that heart-crushing disappointment. 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 May 10th-16th.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well!
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Comments

[telephoning]

[Ohh, she hears that -- on its face? It's concerning, but also... telling. Hinting, at least. Toward starts. Leads...

Again, between breaths - and... with a little bit of flummoxed mockery on her own end, though no guarantee it'll come through behind everything else.]

Manticores?

[The aforementioned toning is mostly on her needing to say that word, specifically, in relation to something she's actually seen, accurately by all visual indicators.

After it, though. She takes a few longer, deeper, somewhat stable-er breaths, looking aside, and then letting her head drop down, and then taking the last one...

Who knows what qualifies for crap "like" that. But as for anything she'd put on a fantastical level...]

-- Me, either.

[He doesn't seem to be moving on, and so she'll... try to relax into pausing a bit longer. Letting her breath steady further, ribcage heaving, but all the more quietly, and slightly...

In a moment, gives him a look. Not fully dead-on - partly through the sides of her eyes.]

Are we in the clear?

[It's not demandingly-asked. If they were urgently not, they... or, well, at least, he probably would've started moving again already.]

[foundafamily]

Is that what they're called?

[He shrugs.]

All kinds of things like that. You rarely see the same thing twice... so no need to worry about being bored here.

[He gives something like a smile.]

Looks like it. For now. There're plenty of other new people for those monsters to get distracted with. You okay?

[Given what a jolt the first day is, he should probably check.]

[telephoning]

Yeah. [It's not that she doesn't appreciate the check, even if it does seem like a necessary move to make.] -- Yeah...

I'm fine... That -- nothing hit me.

[She did see his smile, but she didn't return it immediately. After a couple of short shakes of her head to drive the point home, she gives him one in return, hopefully relaxed enough, given the circumstances.

But, by contrast... It fades, politely.

His sting.

She starts to eye his arm, where she thinks it landed, except... maybe she was wrong...?]

How about you...?

[foundafamily]

[Without thinking about it, he folds his arms to try to hide the tear in his sleeve where the manticore got him. It's no big deal if someone figures out his immortality, but there's no need to have the conversation come up now when they have other things to address.]

Nah, didn't get me either.

...Speaking of everything that went on back there, you're probably gonna want to find a weapon while you're here. Rage's got a lot, so long as you don't want a gun.