spellbinders | [HUB ISLAND | NOVEMBER IC INTRO LOG]

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 She'll also give you a letter, which may give you more questions than answers since the information is a wee out of date.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

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.

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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Do you let them touch you?

They don't try to, and I'm not about to go out of my way and get handsy with a guy whose claim to fame is being good at shooting a pistol.

Huh. And here I thought Americans were big on skinship.

It's probably more likely the only Americans we have aren't a great indication of who they are as a country.

[He shrugs, not really invested in the answer either way.]

I don't know why you're making such a big deal out of this, though. I feel like we're bonding just fine.

[Because it's going pretty slowly.]

...Oh, I see. Well, that's good then.

What's with the pause there?

I should probably be embarrassed about wanting to be closer quicker, right?

[Robin doesn't answer immediately, mulling her words in his head. After that long silence, he sighs heavily, crossing his arms.]

My cloak got stuck on the branch of a tree. I didn't notice until after I'd already clotheslined myself. Fell off the damn branch and dangled there for a few seconds before falling out of the cloak and landing on my ass.

[No one was around to see it, but it was still embarrassing. The most embarrassing, even, if only because he doesn't have any ripped-clothes style wardrobe malfunctions to recount.]

[She beams at him, faintly.

Then she braces herself, because bonding is a two-way street.]

To overcome one of Rani's challenges while she was aligned with Lancer and BB, I had to remove only my underwear and keep going.

Holy crap. Yours is a lot worse.

And just imagine: Gilgamesh had a front row seat to the whole ordeal.

...A front-row seat, huh...

[He may have just interpreted that as Hakuno flashing him, accidentally or not.]

He was way too supportive of Rani's peculiarities. That shameless flasher...

[Oh no. That's way worse.]

And now that I'll never be able to get rid of that mental image, did you want to do one more round of Truth or Dare?

Poor Lancer got a personal, full-on frontal Cast-Off.

[Hakuno just sort of takes it in stride, at this point.]

Sure. Truth or dare, Robin?

...Truth, I guess.

[It's the least he can do after lying earlier, even if he did eventually come around.]

Let's see...

[Oh, he's cooperating.]

What's your favorite type of seed?

Useful ones. Flowers are great and all, but something poisonous or medicinal...hell, even normal edible plants are all valuable.

[He pauses, reconsidering his answer.]

But I made my bow from a yew tree, so I'd probably go with that.

Ah, it’s my fault for being vague. I meant to eat. As a bird.

[But noted all the same.]

In that case, definitely not yew.

[He hadn't really thought all that much about what kind of seeds he likes, but now that she's bringing it up...]

Sunflower seeds are my favorite to eat, I think.

Well, now I feel a little guilty; I must be whittling away your stash.

If we're on a world with berries, bluebirds usually eat those instead of seeds anyway...and honestly, you spend more time as a squirrel than I do as a bird, so it's fine either way.

[Today I learned that bluebirds are metal as fuck and will eat salamanders and other creatures larger than they are if they have to, but Robin doesn't really like the idea.]

It’s nice, being in that form.

[What, Robin doesn’t support the natural equivalent of Eat The Rich?]

Oh, this place has grapes that taste like meat.

Uh...I think I'll pass, thanks.

[Would meat-grape wine just taste like gravy???]

Don't worry, Pinnokkyun already agreed to be our blind taste-tester.

[Someday soon he might just find out.]

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