[HUB ISLAND | NOVEMBER IC INTRO LOG]

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Who: The new coven members and old blood
Where: In and around the hub island, especially the mansion
When: Day 122
Open/Closed: Open to All

IMPORTANT This IC intro log is different in that all characters can tag it! If your character is new, please put [new] or some variant of it in the subject of your top level. New characters can also tag around to old coven members in order to branch out and get as much CR as possible!

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, repercussions 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 eventually pass by to give you a rundown. She'll also give you a letter, which may give you more questions than answers since the information is a wee out of date.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 is at first painfully obvious is that you're ill-equipped. Any magic or powers you had previously are suddenly replaced with an empty hole in your being. That's not all that's gone, but perhaps that's what's most pressing. Another thing you may notice is that there are others just like you, wandering around and just as confused. If you feel so inclined, you may want to ask around and see if anyone else knows what's up. A ▢ A few newbies may not be so lucky as to wind up somewhere pleasant -- it's currently flooding and storming...up a storm...on the island, which makes spawning outside very trying. Depending on where your character shows up, there's essentially no shelter around, other than some ratty beach huts. If your character's first instinct is trying to find a place to go while outside, you may be in luck -- that is, if someone else is outside, willing to help your character find shelter. B ▢ For those characters who aren't interested in the shelter of the mansion, they may be stuck in their beach huts. What does this have to do with newbies? It's hard to tell that these beach huts are occupied until actually entering them, which is what your character has decided to do. Oops...hi there, stranger. Mind if I stay for a while? C ▢ Other characters who happen to have the luck of a true asshole won't be able to find shelter with any such luck. They'll be stuck sheieding themselves from rain under a tree, in the forest or tucking themselves in a mountain cave. It's not the worst place to wind up, but it might not be the safest -- what happens if someone doesn't find them? Telepathy might alert someone to their presence, which can help with the rescue process.

For those that are lucky enough to spawn in the mansion -- or those who eventually find their way there, soaking wet -- there's a lot of fun stuff happening here! It's warm, inviting, smells like food...don't feel awkward. You can join the fun too! Brie has set up a few party ideas, even though it's not technically a party, in order to keep things light during the storm (which, coincidentally, she isn't very fond of). There's a lot to do, but also everyone has the ability to just chill and hang out in the warm shelter of the mansion for now. D ▢ First of all, there's a bizarrely set up snack bar in the main foyer. On a lot of boxes, all lined up together, are stacks of crackers, graham crackers, marshmallows and other dried snack foods (use your imagination, honestly). There are also tiny kerosene lamps so characters can heat up food if they wish. Alongside the typical snack foods are also more exotic varieties of snacks that Brie has collected, like dried and salty alien bug pupae and tiny trees in chip bags. There's some odd stuff there, and some of it may upset stomachs. E ▢ The large foyer of the mansion is literally filled with pillows and blankets. Most of them have been stockpiled and pulled from Qri's big caravan, currently located upstairs, and others have been pulled from every chair and bed in the mansion. Intricate tents and pillow domes have been made that snake in and out from one another -- some are more private than others, with other pillow circles built for communal spaces. It's definitely possible to get lost in this winding pillow fort, but it's also possible to have a nice, private moment lost in one of the winding tunnels. F ▢ In one of those foretold communal pillow circles, someone (who? you? me? who knows.) has set up a game of spin the bottle. Who knows how your character got roped into this -- or if they are actually willing participants, but this is happening. It's going to happen. What are you doing, oh my god HOW IS THIS BIZARRE ROM-COM SCENARIO GOING TO END...?? F1; Your character is doing the spinning, and another character is choosing to be the victim on the other end of that bottle! F2; Your character happens to have just had the bottle land on them. Who did it? What mysterious being do they have to smooch now? How do they react? G ▢ Another game is going on in another communal circle -- Truth or Dare! This game is also set up similarly, in that your character is a hapless victim or willing participant, but they definitely have to give someone the opportunity to confess something or dare them to do something ridiculous. Will they show mercy, or go in for the kill? H ▢ Slumber party activities aren't for everyone, and there's still a mansion to explore. From various bedrooms to a game room, there are a variety of rooms to wind up exploring and get lost in. Not exciting enough for you? Your character has magic! Maybe they cause a ruckus upstairs that makes someone investigate the loud noise or chaos. Maybe they walk in on someone else doing something with their own magic. What sort of scenario can you cook up? I ▢ Wildcard! How will your character interact with this new and unusual world?

Comments

[stripartist]

No.

[He sits down, brushing is now-dry bangs from his face.]

I appeared on a rock in the middle of what I'm assuming is usually a clearing but is now a lake.

[actus]

Ouch.

[ that sounds just as bad as the forest given the weather. you have his condolences.

and since it's going to come up eventually: ]

... You haven't run into Akechi yet, right?

[stripartist]

Not yet, but I have run into Haru.

[And he gives Akira a reproachful look.]

Why didn't you tell her about Akechi?

[actus]

[ yikes.

he got the same concern from ann, too, so really he ought to be used to it by now. ]

That's... complicated.

[ he frowns and reaches back to rub the nape of his neck. how does he put this? ]

Akechi still thinks he has us fooled. He... doesn't remember stealing the treasure or anything after that. ... Which means he's dangerous. Especially if he finds out what happens and snaps. [ he pauses, staring at the floor ]

Ann and I have been planning on telling Haru but there's just been so much going on. We... don't want to hurt her.

[stripartist]

Well, she knows now.

[Said blandly and without any real emotion.]

[actus]

[ that's savage.

akira winces and keeps his gaze squarely on the floor. ]

Yeah, I kinda deserve that.

[stripartist]

She deserved to know at least that he's the killer.

[He still loves you?]

You...might have to explain everything else, however, as whatever went on in that prison before we left to fight the Grail was incredibly confusing.

[actus]

I know. And it's my fault it's taken this long to tell her.

[ he fully accepts responsibility for not yanking this bandaid off sooner. ]

... and what? What Grail and prison?

[stripartist]

....you don't know what happens on Christmas?

[How did this happen? How does Yusuke know more than their leader?]

[actus]

[ they're all doomed. ]

No? But I'm guessing that's what's in the basement of Mementos?

[stripartist]

Yes, we were going to fight it when I was taken. From my understanding it was manipulating us and when we failed to do what it wanted, it decided to rewrite the world. There was more, a man with a nose and a young woman and I think there was something about an imposter....? I have no idea, to be quite honest. I was hoping you did.

[actus]

[ he's quiet for a moment, fiddling with the longest curl of his fringe. ]

...Yeah, I know them. I didn't know you guys did too, though.

[stripartist]

We didn't until just this morning. Like I said, it was very confusing and I stopped paying attention to most of it.

[Which really means it was stressing Yusuke out and he couldn't handle it, a fair reaction to everything that had happened to be honest.]

[actus]

[ things don't get easier yusuke. sorry. ]

Mm. It's hard to explain. I wouldn't worry about it.

[ he shrugs. there's not much he can do from here after all. on a cheerier subject: ]

Are you planning on staying in the mansion or one of the huts? They're all free.

[stripartist]

I'm not going back outside in that rain, Akira.

[Because obviously that's what he meant, right?]

[actus]

Ah. What a coincidence. Neither am I.

[ it's a lot more joker than akira and he adjusts his glasses. maybe akira's a little clingy because but so what? he missed yusuke. ]

Wanna know a secret?

[stripartist]

[Yusuke just nods. Akira's in a mood, isn't he?]

[actus]

[ Big Mood. ]

I learned how to bake a cake since I've been here. The kitchen's pretty stocked if you wanna head down there and grab something to eat.

[ he grins, slightly accomplished. either way, he pushes himself off the bed, stretches, and offers a hand. ]

[stripartist]

A stocked kitchen? And we can use it?

[He takes his hand, utterly in shock.]

Freely?

[actus]

Yeah, stocked with some basics. Consider it repayment for dragging us all here.

[ he shrugs. there's obviously no meat or other perishables which makes for the hunting and gathering fun everyone's partaken in. ]

Hey. By the way.

[stripartist]

Still, a whole kitchen with food in it we don't have to pay for! How wonderful!

[He's floored. Still won't remember to eat, but floored.]

Yes?

[actus]

[ he will shove the food down your god damn throat

what akira has learned over these past few months? how to better articulate his feelings and thoughts. which makes the next bit possible. ]

I'm glad you're here. I missed you.

[stripartist]

[That's enough to distract Yusuke from the marvel of a free kitchen with food, bringing him back down to the current conversation.]

--you...what?

[actus]

[ ????? ]

Was that weird to say?

[ not like akira has ever been one to care about conventional. ]

[stripartist]

You missed me?