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 She'll also give you a letter, which may give you more questions than answers since the information is a wee out of date.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

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[potentite]

[Luckily, the boy she runs into happens to be a nerd, so he smiles a little as he holds up a ball of string.]

We're in the thick of the minotaur's labyrinth, I'm afraid, but I will be your Ariadne, fair madame.

[hearsthesea]

[String? Ariadne? Whoever this strange boy is, the reference is going over Shirley's head here. Also, what does he mean by your Ariadne? They don't know each other.]

Um, excuse me. What are you going to do with that?

[potentite]

Help us find our way out! We can use this to see where we've already been. It's from a myth about a man lost in a maze containing a ferocious beast and a woman who gave him an assist.

[hearsthesea]

[So Shirley's lost, obviously, and this boy is...giving her an assist, if she's following that right. Maybe using the string to lay out their path as they go.

It makes sense, and yet she's hesitant to go with this stranger.]

It's all right. I think I can figure it out on my own.

[The lie, of course, is obvious.]

[potentite]

Um... not to be a bother, miss, but... while I understand wanting to blaze your own path, sometimes it's okay to admit you need a helping hand.

[hearsthesea]

[Ouch. Shirley bristles at the idea of needing help, largely because it's true. But she's not supposed to need help, right? She's the Merines.]

I just need some time!

[potentite]

[Jake freezes. He doesn't know why she's upset but he definitely caused it. Fuck.]

I'm sorry! Please, I didn't— I didn't mean it in a bad way, I just— [He rubs his arm, looking down. God he really fucked up.] I'm, um, not very good at asking for help, so I just... I'm sorry for projecting that onto you. I don't even know you and that was cruel of me.

[hearsthesea]

[Shirley...definitely did not expect that. She's guessing she triggered something she didn't mean to, and--well her original sentiment still stands, mostly, but she feels like she ought to apologize too now.]

I...no. I don't need help, but what you did was not cruel.

[potentite]

[He shakes his head.] No, that's kind of you but I really am sorry for, um... pushing you? So... it's okay if you do it yourself. I'm sure you'll figure it out. You seem confident you will, so I believe it.

[Since she doesn't know him, she might not realise how sincere he is saying that.]

Um. Are you new here? I don't recall seeing you.

[hearsthesea]

[Frankly Shirley doesn't feel confident at all, but she's not going to tell Jake that so she lets the subject drop. And besides, she's probably a poor Merines if she can get lost in what's essentially a giant house.]

I just arrived, so it's natural that you wouldn't. My name is Shirley. And you are?

[potentite]

I'm Jake! Um, it's nice to meet you. [He rubs the back of his neck.] I know we sort of... got off on the wrong foot, maybe? So... we can start over if you want?

[hearsthesea]

I...suppose.

[Do people do that? Just start over? Either way he's asking, and it would feel mean-spirited to say no in this case.]

[potentite]

That's wonderful! [God he's so relieved.] Um, so! What's your world like? It seems as though we're all from all over the universe. It's kind of cool.

[hearsthesea]

It's, um...

[She was going to make her escape, but also she's aware enough of the rudeness in that gesture that she'd feel bad doing it right after agreeing to start over - weird as that is.

Also, she has no idea how to talk about home. She barely knows what to compare with, so in the end she goes with the first thing she thinks of.]

I don't think I've seen any other Ferines here.