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?]


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Comments

[allconsumed]

[It's definitely bigger than a prickleboar. Fortunately, Velvet doesn't mind a challenge. She shouts at the boar, wanting to lure it towards her rather than Madoka.]

Come on, right here.

[As desired, it rumbles towards Velvet with considerable speed and she readies her blade. Meeting it head on would be fun, if not dangerous without her powers, but she wants to give Madoka another shot. At the last second she rolls out of the way; the boar misses its charge, and Velvet lands a light cut on its hind leg.

The time it'll take for the boar to slow down and turn will give Madoka her opportunity. Velvet stays in a crouch and glances towards her expectantly.]

[soulcomet]

[she doesn't necessarily want to kill the boar, but considering it charged first, and considering that despite that, Madoka still doesn't want to see it suffer needlessly — she'll have to try to make the next shot count.]

[and maybe if it were an arrow made out of magic, and maybe if this were her normal weapon, then she could have delivered on the promise she had made right then to the creature. but the second arrow that lands its its chest is enough to scare it off, at least, and it turns with a pained roar, and lumbers haphazardly in a direction away from the two of them.]

[Madoka looks ... upset, but she isn't sure if they should follow it to finish the job.]

[allconsumed]

[Damn. Velvet doesn't like to watch creatures suffer, either – even if that makes her one of the world's biggest hypocrites. The boar isn't moving very fast after its successive injuries, and between the blood and the noises its making, they aren't likely to lose track of it even while Madoka hesitates.

Still, Velvet takes a few steps after it. She will need to eat something later, and this isn't the worst choice.]

You going to finish it off? It's an easy target now.

[soulcomet]

I ... I probably should...

[she knows she should, but she's still hesitating. then, she shakes her head. she can't stand seeing anyone, be it another person, or another magical girl, or another creature, suffer. she can do this.]

[the third shot is the final one needed, and Madoka delivers the boar the mercy it deserves.]

[allconsumed]

Good.

[Velvet wipes her blade clean then conceals it. She reaches the boar carcass and drags it out more into the open. Dealing with dead animals is something she's plenty accustomed too.]

There's a lot of food here. [Velvet grips one of the arrows and eases out of the body, then she glances back.] You probably want to keep these.