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 She'll also give you a letter, which may give you more questions than answers since the information is a wee out of date.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

[potentite]

[He shakes his head fast and the words tumble out.] I want to kiss you more, too! Fuck I want more than that quite frankly but I just want— I just want this.

[splinten]

Okay dude you have to take pity on me I've been thinking about going to bone town with you since we were goddamned preteens so just let me leave that unsaid. [He is so embarrassed. And so not capable of hiding his face when they're like this.] I don't know what to do.

[potentite]

[His heart is pounding and his eyes flicker down.] I don't know either.

[splinten]

You really want to kiss me.

[No raise but it's a question.]

[potentite]

[He nods.]

Very very much.

[splinten]

I guess that was part of the relationship that we always managed to have a handle on despite my fears.

[They were good at making out. They were way too good at it.]

[potentite]

I suppose we really had that in the bag.

[splinten]

You could not hope to beat us in a sloppy makeout-off. We're simply the best there is.

[potentite]

Set us in the backseat of a car and the petting just won't stop.

[Boy he feels awkward and unsure and has no idea where to go from here, so he's just saying what Dirk is saying.]

[splinten]

[They are so awkward and he scratches the back of his neck and just.]

What about. The other stuff. This is going to sound kind of sentimental, but Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis did not manage to make Friends with Benefits a thing I was interested in doing.

[potentite]

[He flushes.] Ah, if it's sentimental, then I am, too, because I don't want that. I want... something more, um, committed and traditional.

[splinten]

[That brings one particular word to mind that he doesn't dare speak. So he instead substitutes,]

You want to take me to the Sadie Hawkins dance and go steady.

[potentite]

[His face warms.] I would pay court to you any day.

[splinten]

God, you are such a dork.

[He moves forward like he's going to kiss Jake and, since they're already so close, this means he succeeds. But it's fast and he draws back, flushing and looking down.

Quick, retreat to a textbook.]

Courting is a sociological phenomena that I didn't have much cause to study in my research of the past century. It's essentially outside of my pop culture wheelhouse.

[potentite]

[Oh. Fuck, his heart jumps in his throat and he swallows.]

I—I um, so... you don't... like the idea of it or...?

[splinten]

It sounds like the kind of idea I'd be interested in learning more about.

[It comes out fast, almost tripping over itself, and then Dirk adds,]

If you wanted to teach me.

[potentite]

[He nods as he looks down.]

Um, well. Courting is sort of... um... you know, there's a purpose to it. To see if you're, um, compatible? You know. On the same page, in your personalities and goals and... so on and so forth. To date or marry. Um, of course, you also have to try to make the other happy. Traditionally... the man is the one doing all the wooing but... [They are both men, so.] Outings to public places of clean friendly fun, poetry and love letters, flowers and little gifts like that, sharing meals, family involvement, coming to know the intimate details of one another, umm... yeah.

[splinten]

Family involvement. [a pause] Like asking for your Grandma's permission to court you.

[That sounds terrifying, but also hilarious?]

[potentite]

[A little amused.] Jade would certainly allow it.

[splinten]

I can't know that until I ask her.

[wait]

Does courting come before or after going steady.

[potentite]

Going steady is dating. So, you court first. And then, if you feel right for each other, you hit the next step.

[splinten]

[There's a pause. Dirk looks down. He looks up at Jake.]

What if I fuck up?

[potentite]

[Gently, he nudges him.] What if I do?

[splinten]

I'll forgive you. [Wait, that probably isn't the answer.] I guess I should... tell you, so you can fix it. Something mature like that.

[He. Thinks?]

[potentite]

That's good, I think. So um... I'll do the same for you?