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[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 She'll also give you a letter, which may give you more questions than answers since the information is a wee out of date.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!

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.

pretty

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.

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Try growing up sometime, would you?

[ rekt. time to change the subject before he actually faints. ]

... That's quite a crowd. I wonder what all the fuss is about.

[He'll let him have it, since he'd gone easy on him earlier. still-- he has a point. the people here are gathering for a purpose.]

...wanna check it out?

You bet I do.

[ then jude is grasping alvin by the wrist and pulling him along until they're in the midst of the crowd. jude has to stand on his tiptoes to see what everyone is waiting for, but —

then the fireworks start, and he's positively enraptured. he's never seen anything like it. not in rieze maxia, not in elympios. jude is silent for a long moment, staring at the explosions of color bursting before his eyes and listening to the excited chatter of the palai surrounding them. ]

... Wow.

Edited 2017-09-07 08:28 (UTC)

[one second he was gently keeping judge upright and the next he was being tugged into the crowd. he doesn't complain, and luckily he doesn't have to pick Jude up off the ground either.

instead, a noise from the sky draws his gaze upwards and for a moment he's speechless. the bright colors light the sky in a flash, illuminating everything around it. one after another different sparks burst across the sky in a light show unlike anything he'd ever seen.

jude has his hand, so he's not worried about the other losing his balance, but he's staying close to him. don't want to lose him here.

this is... nice.]

[ jude doesn't even notice their hands; his full and undivided attention is on the hues casting an ethereal glow over everything and everyone, greens and blues and purples and pinks in different patterns.

he only sneaks a glance at alvin when he realizes he hasn't said anything, hasn't spoken a word, stopped teasing him mercilessly. it's almost surprising when he sees alvin looking just as breathless as he is.

the silence is comfortable, and jude redirects his attention. one starburst after the other, and when the grand finale starts, specks of glitter start to rain down from the sky. jude doesn't realize that quite a bit of it is fluttering down to dust the crown of his head. ]

[at one point he feels jude's eyes on him and just lets him look. sometimes a comfortable silence is nice too. but when jude goes back to looking at the display, alvin's eyes tick downwards to watch jude.

that's when he noticed the glitter catching on jude's hair. in the light it's practically sparkling.

he reaches up and teases one of the pieces of hair sticking out to the side with a small grin on his face; some of the glitter falling off and other pieces clinging to his thumb and forefinger.]

[ he still doesn't notice until alvin is playing with his hair, and just like that jude realizes that's another thing he missed, all those affectionate hair ruffles. this is less like a hair ruffle and more like a sweep of hair that's already tousled, though; jude blinks at the glitter floating toward the ground right in front of him. ]

... Thanks.

[ and then, with one last big boom, the fireworks are over. just like that. ]

Heh. That's far from the last of it.

[he'd tried to go undetected but, well-- that didn't work. no reason to bother now.

well, since it's over now--]

Turn here and close your eyes.

... Hm?

[ jude squints in confusion, but he does what he's told, turning to face alvin as his eyes flicker shut. the thought crosses his mind that there's some degree of slowly but surely rebuilt trust involved with allowing himself to let his guard down around him like this.

and he's grateful that he... no, they haven't lost that. ]

[he can't say he was sure he knew what jude would do. he doesn't react much one way or the other when he listens but he pauses for a moment. a second later he shakes off whatever was bothering him and he lifts his free hand, burying it in jude's already messy locks and gently shaking the glitter loose.

his hair's a little more wild when he's finished, but decidedly less glittery.]

There. You should be good now.

[ typically, jude might feign annoyance, but he really is sobering up and he's so content all he can do is allow a laugh to escape his lips. ]

My hero.

[ jude rolls his eyes, still smiling. ]

... So?

[ so. he doesn't know that he wants to go home quite yet. there's been so much death and destruction and disaster and the celebration is exactly what he needs, exactly what everyone needs, despite having been a little overstimulated just before running into alvin. ]

[ and then a thought occurs to him. ]

Alvin, you don't have a place to stay, do you?

[ it took jude a little while to find housing himself — until he did, he just crashed anywhere he could. surely alvin is going through the same frustrating experience. ]

[alvin laughs probably more than jude. isn't that funny.]

So.

[he wasn't sure where jude was going with this. he was probably still a little affected from the drinks earlier. but looking at him, he has a sense that it's coming. so he gives the younger man some time to put his thoughts together and--

...not what he was expecting.]

Can't get anything past you. Guess I hadn't given it a lot of thought yet.

[it's fine, he's used to making due with whatever he can find.]

Come stay with me, then. I'm living alone, and there's plenty of room to spare. Quite frankly, it's a waste not to share.

[ alvin never, never asks for help, and he's not the type to so easily accept it, either. but... ]

And before you protest, I'm not taking no for an answer.

[ he's using his Stern Doctor Mathis voice. how can you resist that, huh? ]

[pick your battles, is wise advice. but it's still not easy for him to resist coming back with some weak excuse. living under the same roof with someone was more personal than he liked to get. the fact that it was jude, who'd already done his fair share of fighting to break down his walls didn't make that any less true.

but he does. and he knows he might regret it.

still, he hears that tone and he doubts any weak excuse he could make up would get past this kid.]

Guess I don't have much of a choice then.

[no taking it back now.]

[ jude's smile lights up like the fireworks they just watched. ]

Nope. None at all.

Come on. Let's go home.

[ jude can keep his balance, now. there's no reason to stay so close to alvin, but the comfort of having a friend from home here with him when so many things have been going wrong is just... too much for him to resist. and if alvin isn't pushing him away? then jude isn't backing off. ]

By the way, I was thinking...

[ he hums in thought, absentmindedly swinging alvin's arm between the two of them. at some point, his hand moved from his wrist to a loose thread through the cracks between his fingers. ]

Edited 2017-09-07 10:16 (UTC)

[how in the hell did he get to this point in his life? totally at the mercy of a boy and his unrelenting, overwhelming kindness? he certainly never would have predicted this day would come. yet he's powerless against it.

jude was incredibly capable, there was no doubt. and he probably made at least half a dozen new friends, no trouble. but he'd still probably felt alone without any of the others there.

so he can't deny him this small indulgence.

home though... heh.

he's such an idiot.]

Mmm? [that got his attention.] About what?

A name. For the baby Palai.

What do you think about Spyrite?

I knew you'd take me back.

[you always do.

but seriously--]

That's a nice name.

[ jude almost thinks he's serious, almost says of course i did, i always will, we're friends, before he remembers their pretend little spat earlier. right. that.

but something tells him that deep down there's a deeper meaning behind those words all the same, and it just isn't the time to address it. not right now. ]

Spyrite it is, then. A little something to remind us of home.

[ it doesn't take long for them to reach jude's small house. it's pretty bare-boned, but at the very least there's already an unused second bed waiting. ]

We'll get you set up tomorrow. For now...

[ jude releases alvin's hand to yawn and stretch. ]

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Alvin?

[ jude doesn't wait for a response. ]

Thanks. For tonight. It was the most fun I've had in awhile.

... Even if you did enable me into underage drinking.

[when he looks at Jude's face, he instinctively prepares for it. some kind of statement that will uncomfortably pierce through the layers he uses to distance himself. but then... it never comes. he's not sure he gets the full effect of feeling relieved because whatever it is... it's still there.

well. no use dwelling on it.]

[rather than a proper response, alvin waves his hand casually. it meant that much to him, huh? well... he couldn't say he'd forget it anytime soon either. it was memorable.]

Alright, alright. Time for good honor students to go to bed.

[before you do though--]

You still took the first drink though.

And you still tossed out the idea before I took it.

[ alvin didn't offer up his own drink, but details, details. ]

Not a student anymore, by the way.

[ jude just had to get that one last jab in before shutting off the light and crawling into bed. ]

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