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 She'll also give you a letter, which may give you more questions than answers since the information is a wee out of date.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

[rootbound]

[tilts his head a little]

What sort of place is it...?

[rootandbranch]

Ummm... a complicated one.

[Geir doesn't move his head or open his eyes, but he does curls his tailtip around Vern's waist.]

Jay told me there's about to be a war. If he stops one guy, it'd stop the war before it happened. It'd be easy...? Since it's me...

[rootbound]

[there's a long and palpable hesitation]

...you're absolutely sure you can stop it. You won't be in danger.

[rootandbranch]

[he slits open an eye in surprise, to look at Vern.]

It's just a human, Vern. He's got a few other humans, but they wouldn't even be there...

[rootbound]

If that's all, then fine.

[maybe it's weird to worry about someone's safety when they're a giant snake god monster dragon and the threat is apparently negligible? Vern does anyway. someone has to.]

[rootandbranch]

[...Geir is touched...

his voice is a little softer when he speaks next, tail still loosely draped around Vern in a stupid demi-hug.]

That's all. I wouldn't say I'd do something if I really thought it might worry you...

[he presses his nose against Vern a bit more heavily.]

I thought you might like it. Since it was stopping a war.

[rootbound]

...I would, at that. Jay seems like a decent enough person. It would probably be fine to take a war off his plate.

[he knows it might not actually be that clear-cut, but...]

[rootandbranch]

I knew you would! It seemed like a you thing!

[Geir is VERY PROUD OF HIMSELF. he gets it! he gets Vern's logic!

in a slightly softer voice:]

It was strange. I just thought that I should probably help him?

[rootbound]

[looks away for a moment, grumbling; it's not like 'wants to stop wars at the cost of one person's life' is particularly unreasonable

Geir is learning how he works. that should just make him happy. why does it make him a little uneasy too?]

Why is that strange...?

[rootandbranch]

Well... you know. There's no reason to. I guess you're used to it...

[Geir thinks back to a conversation he had when he first got to the coven. someone was trying to justify to him why it was that they wanted to help the Palai, why he should want to... it took him several painful tries to even understand the logic. it's not like he has random impulses to help others; at least, if he does, he doesn't think of them that way.

this time he did want to help, though. like Vern always does.]

[rootbound]

You kind of like Jay, don't you? Isn't that a reason...?

[rootandbranch]

Sure... I mean, I do. But I like a lot of people.

[and Jay didn't even take back what he said about Geir being cowardly until after Geir had offered to help him. hmmm, maybe he shouldn't tell Vern it was Jay who said that...

Geir wriggles around enough that he's flopped over mostly on his back instead of his belly, each individual coil turning over and wings scraping into the floor of the cave. he does not move his nose, though. ridiculous.]

[rootbound]

[oh no. he wants to go bellyrub him but he's trapped by this nose. pets it more to console himself.

probably Geir telling Vern that will lead to some shouting, though, yes]

Does it feel like something you have to sort out, just wanting to do it, then? Or is it just...that?

[rootandbranch]

[Geir will wait to say anything, he decides. it's not really that he wants to hide it, but he has to think about it first. he's been thinking a lot about fear lately, and added to the list of other things he's thinking about, it's truly an exhausting volume of personal philosophies. talking about it with Vern directly at this stage will just make them both tired; he'll tell him when he has enough to chew on.]

I don't know. It's new. I never really wanted to do things like that, and now I have, but I don't know whether that means anything.

It seems weird that I might be able to help...? But I can't think of a reason I couldn't.

[rootbound]

I mean, sometimes you do stuff because it's there. It's not necessarily bad...

[puts his chin on Geir's nose.]

[rootandbranch]

[Geir lets out a long sigh and then takes a longer breath to refill his lungs, breathing Vern in.]

I don't think it's bad. It's just... odd. It's not like you expect to get new feelings about things out of the blue...

[rootbound]

Hm. Maybe, and then again, maybe not.

[Geir do you know how many feelings you have caused him out of the blue. so many.]

[rootandbranch]

[HE DOESN'T KNOW, VERN.]

It's nice to sort of understand what you and everyone else keep talking about.

[rootbound]

It didn't take you very long...that's good...?

[rootandbranch]

Mmmm.

[Geir is still sorting all of it out, and "good" feels like a strong word to use. instead, he tugs his nose loose, flops his head upside down, too, and puts his nose back in Vern's lap.

it's upside down now. Vern will have to scratch his chin the other way.]

[rootbound]

[aaaAaaa

distracted by providing VIGOROUS CHIN RUUUUUBS]

[rootandbranch]

[Geir's stupid purring has reached truly enormous proportions. it rattles the dirt they haven't been able to sweep off of the cavern floor, a bit.]

[rootbound]

[flops forward bodily over the underside of his enormous head when he gets tired

this is incredibly silly]

[rootandbranch]

[Geir makes a warm, amused rumbling noise, somehow distinct from his purring. Vern is so much quieter than he is about much of the life of the coven that he worries he's missing something, sometimes. but Vern certainly seems happy right now.]

You're in a good mood...

[rootbound]

[lightly]

I've got you, and it's warm...