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Spellbind Mods ([personal profile] spellbindmods) wrote in [community profile] spellbinders2017-09-06 06:23 pm

[WORLD ONE | SEPTEMBER INTRO LOG]

Who: The new coven members, old blood & Palai people
Where: In and around the city land of Aimintas
When: Day 61
Open/Closed: Open to All



  • The initial setting information found here should be utilized for threads here.
  • There's no official OOC account for the Palai people. You're free to roleplay their actions and reactions on your own, as in depth as you want -- asking questions, hand-waved interactions, becoming best friends. The new world is your oyster!
  • All characters are told briefly what their powers are by Genette -- no extemporaneous details. For instance, if your character has the ability to detect lies, they'll be told as such -- no warning about limitations, repurcussions or the like. They'll also be given a variant of this letter so they aren't totally ignorant of the situation -- though of course adapt this letter to the current setting and surroundings of the game.



    This setting may be familiar to you -- maybe you caught a glimpse of it when you first visited. Maybe this is your first time experiencing this weird world and the panic is setting in. If you're totally lost, a tall human woman with a long scroll of paper will stop by to give you the run down. She'll also give you a letter, which may give you more questions than answers since the information is a wee out of date. (Maybe someone else can fill in some gaps for you).

    What you may not know is that this world recently experienced something of a tragedy. You wouldn't be able to guess this based on the festive energy in the air. The main marketplace where you've shown up finished reconstruction last night, and after grief comes joy to the Palai -- those lizard creatures you see wandering around. They're now hosting a festival to celebrate their success and the lives of those both still present and those lost.

    It's also a chance for them to host one of those big celebrations like they'd previously seen in human books. However, their resources are limited -- don't blame them if things are a little cut-and-paste!

        A ▢ One of the preferred methods for masking grief in the Palai world is playing games. Because the Palai are still on their shrimp kick (the old blood characters are probably sick of them at this point), the shrimp are being used as part of a few festival games:

      • Shrimp Scoop: Live prawns have been placed in a tank of water. Instead of paper scoops, players are handed small scraps of cloth which they may then dive into the six-foot tall tank to try and grab the prawns with -- no hands! And no magic or your prawn will be revoked. For extra incentive, sacks of golden coins have been tied to the prawns. These coins can be exchanged for goods and prizes, though what your character receives for their coin -- no matter how bland or wacky -- is up to your character.
      • Shrimp Shock: Dead shrimp have been placed in a wading pool. Your character and another character enter the pool while Elto shock the shrimp out of the water. With about 20 shrimp in the water, the character with the most shrimps caught out of the air wins an allotment of coins.
      • Whack-a-Shrimp: Eltos have powered six large, stuffed shrimp dolls (made with cloth), that will pop out of cut holes in a large game board. Hit the shrimp as many times as you can in 30 seconds, and your number will amount to the coins you receive.
      • Shrimp Fest: Is your character a big eater? Your character is given a plate of cooked jumbo prawns. If they can eat all 50 jumbo prawns in 30 seconds, they win 100 coins.

        B ▢ What good is a festival if there's no face painting? Don't worry, you have more options than shrimp. Palai have an assortment of paints and are making colourful designs on both their kin and coven members -- your request may not look exactly as you want it to since they have bumpy hands and claws that get in the way.




    This is all pretty juvenile, but fear not! For the mature sort and adults of Aimintas, there's a more quiet part set up that may cater to your older interests. A softer atmosphere, away from the excitement of things. If you want to wind down from the thrill of being magicked away to a new world, this is probably the best way for it.

        C ▢ Fans of alcohol will find that the Palai have broken out their best spirits for themselves and the coven. Some of these aged spirits are decades old and have aged accordingly, giving them a bitter flavor with a nasty bite of alcohol. Others are more recently distilled or imbued with magic for an extra buzz. Accordingly, some drinks can get you inebriated pretty quickly. Some drinks are essentially giddy truth serums. Others may have an effect on magic or telepathy. Pick your poison!

        D ▢ The environment in this more secluded area of the marketplace is supposed to be more relaxed, but it's also the best place to sit if you want a front row seat to the fireworks exhibit the remaining Eltos are putting on. Through balls of dye and their electrical powers, they're quickly blowing up the sky with arcs of color that rain down in the form of bright pieces of glitter once the spectacle is over.

        They also have a special service they're offering -- the Eltos have a grasp on electrical magic, which means they can draw certain things in the sky with these dye balls. If you have a request for a written message or a drawing of some sort, they'd be happy to comply with your wish!


    For the real adult experience, however, you may want to check out the large rolling cart that Palai are pushing around the marketplace, landing it in the fireworks area. This cart is filled with all of the eggs that were a product of their mating season, and this part of Aimintas is the warmest.

        E ▢ For newbies and those who missed the egg train, your character can instead be Egg Parent for a Night. The Palai are holding their eggs to warm them for the evening, but (like most parents with new babies) they're certainly trying to show off their creations. Hold them, pass them around -- or maybe even act a fool and fend off a fiercely angry Palai parent.




    Finally, the Palai are getting used to the standard familiar faces, so they aren't unaware that there are quite a few new faces in the mix. Based on how familiar your character is, they'll receive a nice little gift from the Palai. Older coven members will receive a scrolled parchment that lists them as honorary citizens of Aimintas and a handmade, harden clay sculpture of their likeness. It may not look a lot like them, but they tried.

        F ▢ What about new members? Well, they get the Aimintas Starter Kit: an unmarked vial containing Palai mating pheromones (makes your character affectionate, etc), a bag of cooked shrimp, a collection of their baked goods and energy drinks (containing Elto magic that makes magical abilities hard to handle), and a harmless paper flower. Your character likely isn't used to the dangers of some of these items, so maybe someone can help them...or is it too late?

        G ▢ Because the Palai recognize new faces, these new coven members will be dragged to other coven members who they do recognize. In an effort to help make introductions, the Palai are trying to connect new members with old members in order to foster friendships. Say hi to a new, awkwardly introduced covenmate...?

        H ▢ Wildcard! How will your character interact with this new and unusual world?
  • crownless_king: (No means no fuckhead)

    [personal profile] crownless_king 2017-09-17 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
    Wow! Fucking rude much? Someone get this baby away from this brat, find a real role model!

    [Arms crossed]

    My sideburns are awesome!
    crownless_king: (You're gonna love this)

    [personal profile] crownless_king 2017-09-17 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
    [In a weird, goofy voice, shaking the prawn as he does]

    Love me...looooooove meeeeeeee.

    [Adult male Travis Touchdown, everyone.]

    Can't say I agree. Weirdness just gets me. Pretty sure I'm gonna turn a corner somewhere around here and see a couple shrimp puppets acting out Shakespeare or Die Hard or something.
    secrowtary: i'm tired of hearing this excuse (016)

    [personal profile] secrowtary 2017-09-17 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
    You're probably right.

    [ Not just probably... ]

    You can try, but I doubt that you'll be successful. They really enjoy interacting with us.

    [ He should most likely elaborate on the interaction thing too, yet Hibiki remains silent. ]
    crownless_king: (Victory Touchdown)

    SHRIMP

    [personal profile] crownless_king 2017-09-17 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
    [He'd never really been to a festival proper before. And this seemed like it was straight out of one of them urban JRPG type games. Just with a lot of shrimp. Like...a fucking lot of shrimp. And weird shrimp prizes. Like the nigh hyper-realistic shrimp doll he had traded in coins for. You know those giant ass teddy bears you can get from the fair? Yeah, that, but in shrimp form. Honestly, the only reason he had it at this point was for the reactions.

    And who did he happen upon while perusing this weird ass festival? Why Mermaid Cultist herself, and some dude that probably had an ID card that introduced him as "the comic relief".

    Yeah, he over heard them. And yeah, he knew exactly what he was going to do. Which was why, from behind Yukari (and the doll, bless it's freakishly large size) came a voice she would probably regret recognizing]


    Mermaid cultist! I've found you at last!
    snipers: (➼ sprite; 12.)

    [personal profile] snipers 2017-09-17 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ oh my god ]

    I wasn't worried, I was shocked that someone could have such little common sense.
    snipers: (➼ manga; 008.)

    [personal profile] snipers 2017-09-17 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ jesus christ, she knows that voice, and she regrets recognizing it. honestly, she'd completely forgotten about this guy since hitching a ride down to the city but oh well! time to reach down and grab junpei by his shoulder, all giggling coming to a stop. ]

    Junpei. Junpei get up. [ she's practically hauling him to his feet now. ] We gotta go.
    secrowtary: (039)

    [personal profile] secrowtary 2017-09-17 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
    Well, perhaps it's exhaustion. No...that must be it.

    [ A few hours of practice could be more than enough to tire oneself, especially from day one. ]

    No, Qri doesn't. Genette and Brie are responsible for...guiding us. [ That's probably a good way to put it. ] They haven't been around much as of late, but you must have received the letter.
    snipers: (➼ manga; 033.)

    [personal profile] snipers 2017-09-17 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ her shoulders hunch a little, and she lets out a sigh ]

    So ... I guess you're not gonna help me either?
    snipers: (➼ art; 10.)

    [personal profile] snipers 2017-09-17 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
    Uh huh, we just got here. [ she offers ann a friendly grin. ] I'm Yukari, and this is Junpei.
    snipers: (➼ manga; 071.)

    [personal profile] snipers 2017-09-17 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ there's so much there she wants to refute, but there's also one thing that a person like her wants to actually confirm: ]

    Wait, did you say wyvern? Like, a dragon?

    [ junpei can look at all the armor he wants, yukari wants to know about dragons. ]
    snipers: (➼ manga; 078.)

    [personal profile] snipers 2017-09-17 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ she laughs behind her hand, thankfully not shoving junpei over. ]

    Well, we could try, we'd just drive ourselves crazy in the process.
    cuchulainn: (pic#9440772)

    [personal profile] cuchulainn 2017-09-17 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
    Ohhh, I see.

    [ wow, harsh. not that her attitude would slow lancer down any. ]

    But really, it's fine. I won't fall. Ah, but even if I did, it'd be fine. Knocking things over, though... It won't happen again.
    snipers: (➼ manga; 120.)

    [personal profile] snipers 2017-09-17 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS GUy ]

    If you fell you'd probably break your neck. What part of that is "fine"?
    cuchulainn: (pic#9440756)

    [personal profile] cuchulainn 2017-09-17 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
    I wouldn't.

    [ he was definitely shrugging. 100%. ]

    Oh, but you would. So it's good you've got the brains not to come up here.
    deem: (box)

    [personal profile] deem 2017-09-17 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
    [Now 9S sees where the confusion stems from. No pun intended]

    Despite appearances, my goggles actually improve my vision. It's part of my uniform, same as 2B.

    [Give him a moment as he turns on his heel and immediately points out a woman across the room, minding her own business, dressed in a fashion that rather matches his own. Clearly this is the best illustration of what YoRHa look like.

    Same coloring, nearly the same height if heels weren't involved, and that whole gothic lolita vibe. Good stuff, right?

    He turns back to Travis then, letting his hand drop. Surely the point is made]


    I don't know what a keyboard warrior is, but I'd say there's something seriously wrong with a human who's solid blue or red. I've never heard of anything like it, anyway.
    snipers: (➼ manga; 059.)

    [personal profile] snipers 2017-09-17 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ ............... if she was anyone else she'd take that as a challenge. but she's got a good head on her shoulders, so. ]

    You know you just called yourself an idiot, right? [ and with that, she starts to head off. luckily for lancer, there are a few more rooftops on her way. ]
    cuchulainn: (pic#2784284)

    [personal profile] cuchulainn 2017-09-17 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ well, obviously she would twist it that way. even if lancer hadn't meant it like that. ]

    Man, these girls...

    [ ah, well. why not? his cup was empty and even if the lights were interesting, they wouldn't keep him around for long. so he was up on his feet and keeping pace alongside her. being up high made it easy to keep her in his sight. ]

    That's not what I meant at all.

    [ his voice was just loud enough to carry to her. and yeah, even though he did a stupid blunder and knocked something over earlier he was fine now. ]
    snipers: (➼ art; 07.)

    [personal profile] snipers 2017-09-17 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ keep it up and she'll throw something at you.

    after a few steps, she glances over her shoulder at him, an eyebrow lifting. ]


    No, but that's how it sounded. [ a few more steps and then: ] Are you following me?
    cuchulainn: (pic#9440720)

    [personal profile] cuchulainn 2017-09-17 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
    Nope. I just wanted to ask you one more thing.

    [ sheesh, making him out to be some villain. he's hurt. ]
    snipers: p3movie poster. porn icons ahead. (➼ fanart; 03.)

    [personal profile] snipers 2017-09-17 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ it's just her default reaction to crazy men on rooftops who follow her. still, she'll give him a chance and pause, turning up to face him and crossing her arms. ]

    Oh? What's that?
    cuchulainn: (pic#9440732)

    [personal profile] cuchulainn 2017-09-17 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
    Your name.

    Ah, but you don't have to tell me. Just thought I'd ask.

    [ lancer just didn't get stuff like 'following the girl is a bad idea'. at least it wasn't like he'd push her to the point of getting scared of him. ]
    snipers: (➼ manga; 151.)

    [personal profile] snipers 2017-09-17 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ yeah this is the guy who thought 'sexual harassment' was a type of food. ]

    ... If you get down from there and act like a normal person for a few minutes, I might tell you.
    cuchulainn: (pic#9440731)

    [personal profile] cuchulainn 2017-09-17 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
    Oh, really? Alright.

    [ and rather than finding some obtuse way to climb down, lancer simply jumped down and landed on his feet next to her.

    act like a normal person, huh? not when it would take too long. in the past, lancer would never do something as simple as that but-

    that was then. ]


    So?
    snipers: (➼ manga; 139.)

    [personal profile] snipers 2017-09-17 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ DID THIS GUY LITERALLY JUST JUMP 20 FEET DOWN FROM A ROOF

    AND NOT EVEN FLINCH.

    WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS GUY yukari is taking a couple steps back because that is not at all what she was expecting. ]


    Uuhh— [ holy shiiiit ] What are you?
    cuchulainn: (pic#9440665)

    [personal profile] cuchulainn 2017-09-17 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
    I told you I'd be fine, eh?

    [ he shrugged after a moment. ] Don't worry about it. Didn't mean to scare you, though.

    [ it was an odd experience. everything in lancer's existence as a servant said this was a big 'no', but those thoughts weren't too big of a concern right now. magic was everywhere here, after all. ]