[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?

► This log covers October 10th-17th.
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Comments

[zen_en_vert]

[Bruce resolves; this is one he isn't going to let too much of the bad shit happen to, if he can help it. He nods, and makes a gesture to move him along, back to where he last saw Steve, where he trusts there's a little more meat to be had, maybe even a camp laid out, and somewhere they can maybe even get some rest.

Literally nothing is going to be all right, in all likelihood, but he projects as much assurance as he figures he reasonably can, and keeps walking.]

[casperdisaster]

[So kind, Bruce.

Wait until you hear about the specifics of his death. Noah's kind of mostly hit the maximum saturation point of Awful but it's sweet that Bruce is trying. He seems very kind and trustworthy as far as adults are concerned.

But hey walk and talk, right? Especially when it seems they've made their way to the safer and less bear-infested areas.]

So like... are you in the army or something?

[Bruce said he knew first aid but not that he was a doctor, and he seems pretty chill about weird shit, so...]

[zen_en_vert]

I used to work for them.

[He admits, because it's more complicated than that, but- he supposes that they should go over this, if they're going to be as safe as possible.]

I was a physicist, until there was a problem with some of my research and I ended up- coping with some serious and dangerous side effects, which have carried on over here.

Do you know anything about gamma radiation?

[casperdisaster]

[Noah kinda tries to stealthily look for like... a second head, or maybe signs of a tail when Bruce says 'dangerous side effects', but he still looks pretty normal to Noah.]

Uh, nuh-uh. I wasn't really into the STEM fields when I was ... [Alive] In school. Sounds like comic book stuff though.

[zen_en_vert]

Then you're going to love what comes next.

I was exposed, over the course my research, and experienced some unusual side effects. If my body is exposed to stress, sometimes fear or anger- it reacts. Transforms. It can be- violent.

If I ever tell you it's happening, you need to get clear.

[casperdisaster]

Oh. Um. I'm good at running away when I'm told to.

[It sounds like a Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde thing? English Noah was sort of into. Well he wasn't really 'into' anything, but. He understands that reference.]

Well.

A lot of people change when they get stressed or afraid or angry in a violent way. Seems pretty courteous to make it obvious so people don't have to guess.

[zen_en_vert]

Unfortunately I turn dark green, swell in size, and break everything in sight. I've been known to pick up and throw cars in that state, and my recognition for who's a friend and who's an enemy is bad. So I have to be careful.

[But, he's right;]

Subtle, it is not.

[casperdisaster]

Oh.

[Yeah, that totally sounds like a comic book thing. Wow. It's one of those 'this seems so unreal I'm not really sure how to react to it', but he is definitely taking Bruce's word for it. Also he's a ghost in a living body, so ... it isn't like he's got room to talk for being unreal, here.]

Poor cars.

[Noah likes cars, okay.]

[zen_en_vert]

Poor 'everything involved.'

[He admits, with a little wince.]

Luckily, I have two people from home that are pretty used to dealing with it. They'll be able to help.

[casperdisaster]

Oh, good.

Uh.

Is there anything I could do? I mean, other than like... get out of the way.

[Noah's a huge coward but he also is all about helping if things are down to the wire. He'll just cry and throw up afterward.]

[zen_en_vert]

Tell one of my friends. Steve and Tony are here, and they're good people. They'll be able to come after me, and know what to do in the aftermath, which can be- physically hard.

[casperdisaster]

Run away, call Steve or Tony.

[Noah gives a sort of definitive nod. Both of those things do not require a whole lot of courage, so they are things Noah can do. He looks around at the sort of debris scattered everywhere. Whatever this city went through it was a doozie.]

... Look on the bright side, you probably won't be able to make things much worse.

[zen_en_vert]

[Bruce actually laughs, giving him a quick, sideways glance and a grin.]

That, I'm afraid, is entirely true.

[casperdisaster]

[Noah smiles shyly, feeling pleased to have gotten a laugh from Bruce, he strikes Noah as a guy who doesn't laugh as often as he needs to.]

Um, I make things cold if I get upset. Me. Things around me. Ghosts, cold spots. Even with the living body and all...

[zen_en_vert]

You've noticed that happening here.

[Which brings him to something interesting;]

So you were incorporeal, and now you're not?

[casperdisaster]

Oh, it was bad when I first woke up in the body after seven years without one - I was someplace else and like on a train? I turned that into a fucking ice box I was freaking out so bad. [The profanity sounds kinda weird coming from him, he's just so unassuming and nonthreatening, he doesn't seem like the type to swear. He sighs.] I mean like - I could sort of touch things okay, I looked alive if you didn't know what you were looking for - on the good days anyway.

[zen_en_vert]

The afterlife is a train?

[That seems weirdly allegorical, somehow.]

Okay- do you think you could be specific with that kind of ability? It'd be great if you could use it.

[casperdisaster]

Nah, well, they said it wasn't the afterlife there. And my friends were there with me before we came here and they aren't dead. [Yet.

Noah sighs and shuffles his feet a bit at the question of if he could be specific.]

The - the being cold thing?

[zen_en_vert]

Yes. Is it purely involuntary, or if you focus now, can you make it manifest?

[He can't help but be curious, as someone who has learned to use his own emotional reactions to his advantage.]

[casperdisaster]

[Noah shakes his head sadly.]

It's just a reaction. When I get scared enough or upset enough it just ... happens. Whether or not I want it to.

[zen_en_vert]

I guess the most you could do then is slick up wet pavement, and try to bring one of those bears down with black ice, and that's quite the gamble.

[casperdisaster]

... I'd rather not be bear-bait.

[Noah is kind of a coward, okay. And he's never really tried... weaponizing his abilities before. He's not sure he wants to.]

I'd probably just screw it up and trip myself.

[zen_en_vert]

Good reason to practice, if you can. In situations like this place, people end up- there will be dangerous parts ahead. In my experience.

[casperdisaster]

I think I'd just freeze up. Uh.

No pun intended.

I'm kind of a coward.

[zen_en_vert]

Oh, nonsense. I've seen you getting a cut doctored, you're braver than most.