catch-all open log!

[rebells]

Who: Anyone and everyone!
Where: On the beach, and various other places throughout the hub island
When: Day 80, and the next couple days after
Open/Closed: open log for hub shenanigans!

[This evening, someone has placed an old, rusted-over camp stove on the beach near the coven's row of huts--anyone examining it in detail will see that it's not operational at the moment, but that could potentially be changed, couldn't it? If someone was handy with mechanical things . . . .

Next to it is a crate (which, from the weight of it is empty) and pinned to that crate is a sheet of paper with a map on it, something like a much cruder, black-and-white version of this:



with the following key:

1 - crags. Contain snakes which may be poisonous. Watch out.
2 - ocean, going about one mile out from the coast.
3 - lagoon. Contains thick reeds (could be woven or shaped into tools) and frogs (edibility uncertain).
4 - abandoned campsite.
5 - orchard. Currently, trees are diseased and bare. Plant healer needed.
6 - abandoned house. A family used to live here, from the looks of it. Still contains some useful supplies.

And there should be a 7 north of base camp with the notation "graveyard. Graves unused." but the player forgot and is too lazy to go back and fix it right now. Observant individuals will note that the map looks like a more detailed version of one hanging on the door to a certain coven member's cabin, one that has a note on the bottom: "Have information? Ask for Jay."

Other than that, it's a quiet night on the hub island. We've been here for a couple days; maybe you're getting restless? Want to check out that ocean, or lagoon, or even those crags? Maybe just go door-to-door in the beach huts? Maybe you're sick of shrimp and looking for other things to eat . . . hopefully someone's got a fire going tonight, and thought to kill a boar . . . .

What are you doing tonight?]


((here or here for place descriptions))

Comments

[358]

[ Oh, the phantom thief. Roxas shrugs a little, glad he doesn't have to be on guard around this guy. After all, no heart to steal, even if he was lying about why he did it.

... He sighs, though. How even to explain the things he'd seen? ]

I didn't really talk to him or anything, but-- there was this guy, Peter, in a place I went once. He had two friends, little boys who wandered around dressed as a fox and a bear. They were pretty crafty.

[actus]

[ don't worry, your "heart" is safe for today, roxas. he can't be a proper thief in this world, anyway. ]

Sounds like a fairy tale to me.

[ he shrugs, but he does come to stand at roxas' side, inspecting ... whatever he's doing. ]

And that's...?

[358]

There was an actual fairy there, too. So... you're not far off.

[ ... He looks mildly offended at that comment, though. Isn't it obvious??? ]

... Can't summon my Keyblade here. [ He holds his hand out and focuses, but... nothing. It's a feeling he's dealt with before, and it's not one he's happy about. ]

I was trying to make-- I don't know, a whip, or a really basic flail, or something. Just to keep myself safe. ... But I can't figure out how you get these things to weave together.

[actus]

You should ask Ann about whips.

[ that sounds strange out of context, but oh well. ]

This is your first time back to the island, right?

[ he understands the need for safety, of course! but there's more pressing and interesting matters to discuss. ]

[358]

[ ... He's not even gonna touch that one. Something tells him it's a topic he wants to broach when he's fully educated on who this Ann person is. ]

... Yeah, it is. It's weird not having the ocean above us after so long, but this place is... calmer, at least. A lot less weird little people trying to sell me trinkets.

[actus]

And a lot less shrimp .... Sort of.

[ akira laughs - a quiet noise, really - and finds himself nodding. ]

The worst thing around here are the boars ... And snakes. But those usually don't bother you unless you bother them first.

[358]

... Still, I feel weird not having a weapon. And I'm not big on sticks or wooden swords like some people I know.

[ He pauses. Something's been nagging at him, and he might as well ask Akira. ]

... What do you think about this whole thing? Getting sent to and from worlds whenever Qri feels like it?