[intro log] we're beary pleased to meet you!

[hadrielmods]

Who: New arrivals - everybody!
What: Welcome to Hadriel. Enjoy the bears.
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: October 10th-17th
Warnings: Bears, made of bear meat. Possibly bear attacks. General confusion.

You awaken on the sandy ground of the colosseum. Its half-ruined walls rise around you, stretching up to the sky - or what passes as the sky, as instead of blue sky and clouds you'll only see a rocky ceiling far above, with a bright source of light illuminating the cave.

Where are you? What are you doing here? Who are all these other people? Pressing questions, but far more pressing right now are the giant, hungry dire bears who seem to have appeared here along with you, and who are now waking up as well. And boy, do they not seem happy about it.

Once you've fought, run away, or successfully hid from the bears, you've got an entire city to explore. Sure, a lot of it is in ruins and it's totally empty, except for you, your fellow arrivals, and the bears, but there's things to be found and stuff to investigate. You can even find a house to live in if you're one of those fancy types who prefers not to sleep on the streets.

Unfortunately, one thing that can't be found at first is food. Hopefully you brought some with you or you managed to kill a bear or two, because the city is entirely empty of food until the 13th of October, when you will awaken to a gift of food on your doorsteps. Some of it might be strange-looking and alien, but hey, at least it's edible, and you didn't even have to kill anything to get it! Someone's feeling generous. After this, food and other items will be able to be found in the various stores around the city, though if you're looking for something specific, you might not have any luck.

Not long after, on the 15th, the electricity in the houses - and the rest of the restored parts of the city - will sputter to life. Hopefully you're not too near any lights or outlets when that happens, because there's a fair chance of exploding bulbs and sparks flying. At least you can turn the lights on now, though!

So now you've got food and electricity, the bears are all either dead or have fled into the caves around the city (you didn't go too far in there, right?). Things are looking up! Except for the whole 'trapped in an alien city, what the hell are we doing here' thing. But that's probably not important, right?

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Comments

[americanclassic]

Or more. And what bugs me about this is that we haven't seen any sign of whoever did this. Just bears and other... prisoners?

[The meat was almost done and he gave it another flip, just to be sure.]

I'm not sure of how many others here are combatants, but we I've met at least two that have some sort of training.

[One of them just a small girl.]

[zen_en_vert]

And some of them have weaponry.

[Which isn't a bad thing in the slightest.]

Plus you and- uh, me, though I've been trying to hold off on that, for obvious reasons.

I don't know. I honestly don't know what to think about any of it.

[americanclassic]

I'm not blaming you for that, doc.

[Meat finally cooked, Steve pulled it off and set it a little to the side to let it cool enough for Bruce to handle. Last thing he needed was Hulk showing up because the doctor burned his fingers. Or tongue. He really didn't have an exact idea of Banner's triggers beyond 'pissed off' or 'about to die'. He'd try to keep both things from happening if he could.]

I said it to someone else, but the whole thing feels staged. Empty houses, but not empty as in people packed up and left. Like this whole place was used for something, then deserted. And we're round two -- or whatever sequence is next.

[zen_en_vert]

Yeah. No, you're right. Something feels deeply, deeply wrong about it all.

[He admits, glancing up at him.]

I don't ever know how much to credit the gamma with- a sense for these things, but I feel like I'm firing on all cylinders, like the- I don't know. I'm sure it's psychosomatic, but I could swear, the place just doesn't feel right.

[americanclassic]

We have survival instincts for a reason, and if a place like this isn't setting them off, something's wrong.

[Meat done, he pulled it off and set it on a makeshift plate, handing it over to Bruce.]

Sorry for the lack of... well, everything, but it's what we have right now and it's better than nothing.

[zen_en_vert]

This is fine. I'm- remember, I've spent a lot of nights sleeping on a lot of cold concrete.

[And he sets in on the food right away, hungrily, eyes shutting in relief.]

It's edible-

[And he's not spoiled.]

[americanclassic]

I've been keeping it stocked when I can, so if you feel the need, help yourself. I'd rather it get used than go off.

[Bruce, stop making Steve feel like he had to take care of you.]

[zen_en_vert]

Good. Good- I've met a few teenagers around who I want to bring some to. They're-

[He puts a hand over his mouth, his polite nod to trying not to talk to his mouth full.]

Uh, definitely teenagers. [Ronan is not good for his blood pressure.] And not hunters.

[He maybe shares a little bit of that overdeveloped 'oh god I've got to look out for this person' reflex.]

[americanclassic]

Teenagers... well, you're one up on me. I think the girl I found hasn't even hit ten yet. Has a sword and seems like she knows how to use it. The other one's definitely not a teenager, but on the other spectrum, and she says she's trained to some degree, but I haven't checked out either one of them in terms of how well. Not yet, anyway. Other things to worry about.

But if you've found others that need to eat, the food's here for everyone. We're stuck here together, doc. We need to have each other's back.

[zen_en_vert]

[He hisses a breath between his teeth. It's bad enough when the people involved are civilians, but a ten year old? No matter how trained, he'll still worry about that.]

I'll do that.

We've been lucky with the water, so far; it all seems potable.

[americanclassic]

I've been boiling and storing some in the house I'm bunkered in, just in case that changes. We need a contingency plan for if this gets worse.

[zen_en_vert]

Have you found reasonably intact structures for settlement?

[Bruce has been in the shabbier parts of town.]

[americanclassic]

More than a few. Seems there's housing area that has a handful or two of buildings that aren't about to fall down around everyone's head. Spiraling apartment types and strangely designed houses, but they're intact and solid.

[zen_en_vert]

Spiralling?

[Immediately curious. And because he's being ungrateful;]

Thanks, this is- I'm so hungry it feels like the best thing I've ever eaten.

[americanclassic]

Sort of. The architecture here is definitely... unique. If you want, when you've had enough here, I can show you the area, and you're welcome to bunk in the house I'm in if you want.

[He watched Bruce devour the food, giving him a small smile as he did.]

It's better than MREs, but not by much. And it's what's for dinner, too.

[zen_en_vert]

Tomorrow, I'm going to keep scavenging for anything even approaching greenery. Not that much will grow down here with the light, but maybe we can find some fungus or something.

[americanclassic]

Where is the light coming from? I've tried to find a source, but it just seems to be there. That's not possible, right?

[zen_en_vert]

'Possible' has sort of been flexible lately. I mean, since around the point the big guy with the hammer and the cape fell out of the sky, as they say.

[Bruce points out, with an almost-smile.]

I can speculate as to a few potential explanations, but the truth is, it'd be just speculation.

[americanclassic]

Considering my origins? I can't really argue with that.

[Hey, he liked Thor. Guy had character.]

Maybe we need to work on a few speculations, figure out what we can and pick at it until we find the truth from the maybe.

[zen_en_vert]

I'm wondering about turning the Other Guy loose on digging, but- I'm a little worried about the structural stability of this place, to be perfectly honest.

[There's no real way to point Hulk, not when Bruce himself is as tightly wound as he is right now, not in an environment as strange as this. Who's to say he wouldn't knock out a support beam or anything?]

[americanclassic]

I'd seriously advise against any tunneling right now. I thought about it, but we have no idea what's above or around us. We could be under a lake. Or an ocean. Or close to molten lava... We're too in the dark right now and I'm not exactly a geologist. I can't tell location via rock striation or... whatever they do.

[zen_en_vert]

You're right. Of course you're right. But if we're not breaking out, then we're settling in, and that feels like surrendering.

[americanclassic]

I never said that.

[And he wouldn't even think it.]

But we can at least find somewhere to hold up while we ferret out actually useful information. The worst thing we could do is just run off half cocked. We have no idea where we are or who brought us here. Until we figure that out, we need to take it slow. Especially if there's kids here.

[zen_en_vert]

You didn't.

[But he's been thinking it.

Still, he lets a breath out, and nods; he's right. Of course he's right.]

Fortification from bears, food, clean water, shelter, medicine.

[Easy priorities.]

[americanclassic]

Easy enough if we stick together, doc. There's housing close together and if we work on food and water storage, well... hey. Having an actual doctor around might come in handy if someone gets swiped at by those bears.