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 She'll also give you a letter, which may give you more questions than answers since the information is a wee out of date.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

[pigii]

[ it's definitely bad. ruby can count the number of times that she's heard her sister be uncertain on one hand, but now she can add another finger to the tally. it makes her uncertain, but she trusts her sister to tell her the objective truth. ]

Is everyone gonna be okay back home? Even though we aren't there?

[ they've already established by now that they aren't aqours if it isn't nine of them. what will happen to their dream of competing in the love live? what will the future hold?

somehow, that seems like the least of their worries at the moment. from what she's heard from other people and read from her letter, surviving is what's important now. she can't let herself weigh others down, especially her sister. ]

I'll... I'll try not to be a burden.

[idolpedia]

[Dia would do nothing more than tell the truth. Giving Ruby a false sense of hope or a false sense of security when she needed to be on guard was wrong. Ah, Dia never really thought there would be a time that she would have to tell Ruby to do her best to survive.

They were too normal for this. Girls who were normal, and school idols to boot. They weren't meant for these rough conditions.]

I have faith that they will be okay. They just have to wait on us to return.

[The future will be okay, right? The future will still include them.]

You aren't a burden, ever. We just have to get through this together.

[pigii]

I hope we get back soon...

[ there are so many other people here that seem used to this kind of thing - travel, magic, surviving, fighting bad things... that's all completely out of range for her - dia too, for that matter.

she sniffles once, trying not to cry again as she cuddles closer to her sister. ]

I'll... do my best. I promise.

[ she can't quite muster up a rubesty at the moment. ]

[idolpedia]

[She's going to hold her that much closer. Oh, Ruby. You just don't know how much this tears your big sister up.

This time? She would say it's okay to cry. Dia has been holding it together pretty well for the last month. But with Ruby here? It's hard. She's thinking more about her than she is herself now.]

Ruby, let's think about something else for a little while?

[pigii]

[ and of course, she's going to snuggle right into that hold. things are going to be a lot more different from now on... she has to be strong. she's a kurosawa, after all. ]

Okay... [ but what do you even think about at a time like this? ] Did... Did you make any friends today?

[ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ]

[idolpedia]

[Dia is here to be strong for both of them. That was that. She doesn't expect her sister to hold them both up. That's what the older siblings are for.]

Friends? Mm... maybe not today. I haven't been focused on that today. But I have met some very nice people here. They really are helpful.

[pigii]

I met some nice people too... But some of them were kind of weird.

[ which seems to be par for the course, because everything about this is weird. but still, this is a brand of strange that goes beyond what she's used to. ]

[idolpedia]

What kind of weird people?

[Translation: What kind of weird and unsavory people will Big Sis need to go investigate and maybe MILDLY threaten?]

[pigii]

I saw one girl eat a burned marshmallow. It was all black and bitter, but she seemed to like it... And another guy said he was something like a soldier.

[ she probably could have met weirder people, but those two stood out. ]

There are lots of tall people here, too...

[ she feels smaller than usual :( ]

[idolpedia]

An entire burnt marshmallow?

[Dia makes a face. That sounded pretty disgusting.]

Tall and intimidating seems to be common. I met a young man not too long ago that lives inside of a suit of armor.

[Except Dia doesn't understand Full Metal Alchemist, and didn't get that Alphonse WAS the entire suit. He wasn't....bodily inside of it.]

[pigii]

[ she nods, making a scrunched up face herself. what the kurosawas lack in family resemblance, they make up in similar mannerisms. ]

She was pretty nice, though... [ besides scaring her enough to hide under a table, anyway. ] Everyone was - weird, but nice.

[idolpedia]

Just be careful who you decide to give your trust to.

[Strict Big Sis is here to advise on that, clearly.]