hadriel_logs | It's Sushi Time!

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It's Sushi Time!

Who: New arrivals and everyone else!
What: The intro log for August
Where: The colosseum and all around the city.
When: August 10th-16th
Warnings: Murdercrabs for the murdercave. A delicacy!

It's early in the morning when you feel the telltale thud of hitting hard-packed earth. Whether you're used to the feeling or not, you'll probably have a bruise or two from hitting the ground, which is another way to say Welcome to Hadriel!

In our beautiful city of Hadriel, you can find many treasures and wonders, like the creepy cat clocks, or the baby face cuckoo clocks, or some dali clocks, or... well, they're all clocks, and lucky for you, they all have different times set on their hands!

Be careful not to spend too much time lingering around with the timepieces, as there are monsters afoot! You should be careful or you'll be overrun by war crabs! These mollusk-like creatures are several feet in diameter and a few hundred pounds, so be careful when dealing with them! They're also capable of utilizing their steam-powered machinery to launch rusty grenades and musket bullets at you- don't think that close range is a good idea either, as their sharp pincers can amputate entire limbs, and they're quicker than they seem.

You might want to get out of this place as soon as possible- maybe one of the other folks around you can lend a hand? Sure, they might be just as confused as you, but there's strength in numbers, after all!

After you've 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 August 10th-16th.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well!
► All characters arrive with phones that have network communication and the newbie guide installed.
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[Despite the movement of swimming across the way of the hot spring and then launching into some very excitable hand gestures, Lup's hair and towel don't move an inch from where they're held. Magic is so great.

The elf rolls her eyes, exaggeratedly inclining her head back.] Yeah, you're telling me, sis. It sucks. Majorly. And like, we're twins! So now he's older than me? Totally lame.

[Lup opens her mouth, looking all to ready to burst into another rambling answer or question, so eager to talk now that she's had time to soak some of the tension out of her body, but she goes quiet, a look of realization flitting across her face. Then, out of nowhere, she laughs, stuttering at first before quickly shifting to something so much easier. Lup's grin comes quickly after that, pointing a finger across the short distance between the two women at Elena.] Holy shit, I kind of forgot to introduce myself. Fuck, sorry. I'm Lup, ten minutes late.

[Please teach her this magic.

Elena blinks, stares blankly for a second and then starts to laugh at herself. Oh, right. Names are a thing.]

We both forgot. I'm Elena Fisher, also ten minutes late.

[She offers a hand for shaking, because that's totally something that's done while naked in hot springs.]

Don't worry about it. And tell your twin that you've got the edge on him in youthful beauty now.

[holy shit, she probably could]

Elena, [Lup repeats, enjoying the way the other woman's name rolls off of her tongue. It's very pretty.

There's no hesitation on Lup's part to take Elena's hand and shake it, the weirdness of the situation completely beyond her. To be honest, she's lived in a small space with five dudes for the last 50 years, so she's used to seeing a lot of unnecessary male nudity when she doesn't want it. It's nice to have a bit of the opposite, especially with how tasteful the hot spring makes it. It's like, more sophisticated nudity.]

Hey, that's good. [She's honestly half-tempted to call Taako up right there just to fling that in his face playfully, but, you know, probably better saved for another time. Maybe when there's less naked women nearby.] I guess that's a choice advantage of suddenly being younger.

We're far from home, apparently stuck living in a city and a cave partly filled with monsters. I figure that makes the advantages we've got that much more important.

[Elena grins and leans back. It feels like she's just made a friend and that's got her a little more chipper, despite the circumstances she just described.]

But me, I'm the older one in my situation. Only by a few days, but a lot can happen in a few days. I'll have to figure out another advantage.

Excuse me? [Lup arches a brow curiously at Elena, some of the overflowing warmth of her expression shifting to something a little more neutral. She gives the woman sitting next to her a look.]

Are you kidding? Sis, I can gua-ran-tee that, no matter the age, that you are the one out-glowing him in this relationship. You're gorgeous! Like, okay, full transparency, I can't differentiate between human ages at all, but you look like you're, uh, twenty? Twenty-five? Totally killing that youthful glow thing. There's no way he should be doing anything but like, reminding you how fucking great you look.

Also, killer rack. Y'know, girl-to-girl.

[Oh yeah. Definitely a friend.]

Older than that, but thanks. [Possibly she shouldn't feel so flattered—okay, it's a tiny bit embarrassing, but like 90% flattering—but hey, this scenario is a lot different than when some creepy guy wants to let her know her tits look great.]

Really, though, I'm joking—the way Nate looked when he saw I was here, I don't think a few days are going to bother him. Girl-to-girl, I think the last few months have taken a toll on him.

[You know. Bedroom-wise.]

[Lup doesn't have very many female friends. Only the one really, even after being alive for as long as she has. It's just difficult to form real relationships with people you know are most likely going to be wiped out by the end of the year. It's easier to stay attached to her team instead. But her time in Hadriel so far hasn't improved those stats much either. The only other woman she's gotten even slightly close to here is Dr. Alphys and that's still such a new, budding friendship for her.

But Elena is hitting all of the right buttons for Lup, this conversation surprisingly easy and comfortable. It's nice.]

Oh. Oh, [Lup whistles, the connection fairly easy to make. Four months is a very long time.] I get what you mean. [She's pretty much in the same situation, unfortunately.] Well, I'm sure your Nate is like-- [wait. WAIT] Hold up! Nate? Your hubby is Nate? Nate Drake?

[And there's another surprise, although immediately Elena knows that it shouldn't be. Nate had said he'd made some friends, and they've got a limited pool of candidates in the giant cave. Plus he's got that charisma that draws people to him—it'd certainly worked on her.]

Yeah, that's him. I take it you know each other?

[dont say he's hot don't say he's hot don't say he's hot]

Wow, he's like stupid hot. [eh, she tried] Yeah, we've hung out a few times. Talked about mopeds, went sharktopus hunting together, the ush.

I know, right?

[Elena doesn't bat an eye. Nate's hotness isn't why she married him...but it helped.]

I saw the sharktopus stitches. Kinda sad I missed that one.

[And Lup likes her all the more for it. The elf grins almost immediately.]

He'd kind of a magnet for trouble, huh? [Not unlike her friends. Okay, and probably her too, but shh] I knew there had to be someone keeping his ass in line to have survived this far. Now everything makes sense.

I can only take some of the credits. I've definitely saved his ass a few times, but he's got both the worst and the best luck I've ever seen. Somehow he always makes it out alive.

[Which doesn't make it feel any better when she's the one left anxiously wondering when, or if, she'll see him again. It's different when she's there with him to have his back.]

Which is a good thing, because we're a few years into this marriage thing. I think I'm committed to it.

[Lup laughs and relaxes next to Elena, dipping back down in the water, just down to cover her shoulders.]

Hey, sometimes you have to take 'em for a test drive and see if it's really a fit that works for you. [says Lup, who has never even considered marriage in her life before] But really, that's rad. He seems like a pretty cool dude, so y'know, good on you for grabbing that.

Oh, I did. I definitely test drove him.

[Not in regards to marriage specifically, but hey. Still counts.]

I'm just glad I got here when I did, you know? I don't like to think of him being alone here. But he did say he'd made some friends—I'm guessing that includes you.

[sounds sexy]

I'd hope so! [Lup laughs. There are a lot of people in Hadriel that she'll be happy to avoid, but Nathan Drake isn't one of them. Besides how easy it is to con him into things, he's just a pretty nice guy. It's hard to imagine him turning on the trust she's slowly putting on him.] Fighting off a mega sharktopus is just one of those things that brings people together, whether they want it or not.

[Car dealerships don't have anything on this kind of test drive]

I'll have to take your word for it, but somehow I don't find it that hard to believe. [Hadn't fighting off the slime zombie things in Panama done pretty much the same thing?] Is that kind of thing part of the daily routine around here? Do a dive, fight some shark monsters?

[vroom vroom, baby]

Nah, as rad as that might be. [a girl can dream. fighting sharks on the daily sounds pretty fucking sweet.] A lot of it is pretty tame. Whenever the gods aren't fucking with your memories, it's just day-to-day shit. Yesterday, I spent a few hours rooting through the shops for new shoes and then went home and took a pretty sweet nap. Nothing too exciting.

[Insert stick shift joke

Insert insertion joke]

Ugh, I showed up here without shoes. Nate had to carry me out of the coliseum so I didn't step on glass or anything. [It sounds all romantic, but it felt ridiculous.] I had to look for some sneakers right away.

[insert eggplant emoji]

Find a pair? What's your size? Taako and I have a bit of a surplus, I think I could sneak a pair out to you. No girl should have to walk around this place barefoot. That's a one way ticket to Foot Fungus City.

[She could send that to Nate and he'd never understand it]

Seven and a half, eight? Depends on the cut of the shoe. [Do elves even come from a world with American standard shoe sizes?] I do have one pair now, but I'm not going to turn down more.

[he's adorable.

Whether that number makes any sense or not, Lup's grinning like it's not a problem in the slightest.] Sure thing, sis. I'll throw you a pair or two. Girls gotta stick together and all that.

I appreciate that. Thank you.

[Elena grins, then looks down at her hands and makes a face.]

Ugh, I'm getting pruney. I should finish up here.

I think I'll chill here a bit longer. [she has to go back home to grumpy Taako, so she'll take her time here, thanks.] I'll hit you up later about those shoes though.

Go take care of that hottie hubby of yours!

Oh, I will.

[She climbs out of the spring and grabs her towel, giving Lup a big wink as she does.]

We'll both see you around, I'm sure.

[Lup's already submerging back down into the water down to her bare shoulders, head rested back against the rocks circling the spring. She lifts a hand to playfully wave Elena away.] You can bet on it. We'll go out. You and him, me and my bro. It'll be bomb.

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