[DECEMBER INTRO LOG | WORLD TWO]

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Who: All coven members, especially new folk!
Where: In and around the new world’s apartment building where the coven is staying, as well as the rest of Shehui
When: Day 160
Open/Closed: Open to All

How did you get into this building? This apartment room? What the fuck is going on? Let's refer back to this page for a semi in-depth, wow so detailed, explanation of your current situation. Are you up to speed? Great. Now, here's the question of the hour: what are you going to do about it? A ▢ Unlike the other coven members, the newbies are coming into the apartment building with non-empty apartment rooms. Depending on how polite or cautious you are, your first instinct may be to find your apartment and knock on the door. But it is your apartment now, too, and you do have an ID card that'll get you in. What horrible calamity will you walk in on? What eccentric roommates will you happen upon? The wacky situational comedy scenarios are ENDLESS. B ▢ One of the jobs on the job board this week is fundraising -- neat, right? Before you even make it up to your apartment, you may be accosted by an excited citizen -- coven member or no -- that is trying to push something onto your character. Chocolate bars? Cheese logs? Cookie dough? Some other luxury item or overpriced snack food? Because this fundraising task is based on commission, the citizen in question may be a bit pushy...or you may be inclined to buy ridiculous amounts of goods and not know what to do with yourself.

New coven members showing up today are in luck. This week, Shehui is celebrating a Keep the Community Clean event. It's rare that they force jobs on people, but there has been an influx of new citizens and the population growth is leading to more trash. Fulfill your assignment and you'll be rewarded 1,000 credits. Don't? Be fined 500. Everyone has been sent a job to their ID, be it collecting trash, cleaning their apartment building or holding up signs/handing out literature about recycling. Sweeping, bagging...it's dirty work, but someone has to do it. C ▢ Cleaning up trash on the street might be hard, but it's fulfilling! Okay, that's a lie. It's demeaning and a lot of citizens don't really care about the minimal littering credit deduction as they toss trash from their cars or miss throwing it into bins. Volunteers are outfitted with gloves, vests and a roll of trash bags, but it doesn't prevent them from being rudely splashed with snow or having to pick up nasty things. Have fun! D ▢ For those who decided to pass out literature, you did pick the better job! It's a lot easier to avoid getting nasty, but it's also awkward...having to hand out fliers, be cheerful, regurgitate boring facts about recycling. Please sir, stop and listen to this exciting speech about why should put your cans in the red bins, not the blue ones! E ▢ There is a bright side to these jobs: local businesses are getting in on the outpouring of people out and about to try and get them into seats and buying things. Free samples are abound! There's a local coffee shop, Mooncents, that is handing out free small drinks to anyone who is actually working today. Come inside, regardless if you "volunteer" or not. It's warm inside with all that snow out there...

Speaking of snow! Most businesses and buildings in Shehui have paid to have snow falling every other hour, which coats the city areas in a fine, powdery dust of snowflakes. You may be familiar with snow, or maybe you've never seen it in your entire life! It's unavoidable either way, so you're going to have to deal with it. F ▢ Children in Shehui are usually in a school building somewhere, but snow days call for some leniency. School is pretty come-and-go anyway, so don't be surprised that there are quite a few kidlets out and about on the streets. They're also fully into the spirit of snow, throwing snowballs at unsuspecting strangers. Will you get in on the action, or will you plan the murder of innocent children today? G ▢ While it's unadvised to just go lay out in the street and make snow angels, there are plenty of parks in which to examine or play in the snow. You won't be the only one acting like a fool -- it's Shehui. You're allowed to live a little! H ▢ Finally, Coins! has bought the most snow as a means for their seasonal activity -- snow paintball. If you're looking to have a good time and enjoy Shehui for what it is, you'd best be inclined to sign up. A massive field with snowbanks and excellent areas for hiding, snowball paintballs that hurt twice as much as usual. What more could you ask for? I ▢ Wildcard! How will your character interact with this new and unusual world?

Comments

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[oceanaria]

Ah!

[ Riko's been inside the whole time, she just hasn't heard the knocking right away. She can see that Aigis helped herself already, though. Well, partly, given the fact that Riko can only see her face. ]

H-Hello. You surprised me. [ Talking to just her head is weird. ] Are you lost? Or are you looking for someone? Maybe I can help?

[marakukaja]

[ Weird or not, Aigis carefully keeps the rest of her body out of view as she speaks through the crack in the door. No need to surprise the girl so soon, so suddenly, when she just got a new roommate, apparently. ]

Hello. I'm not lost, but I believe I could use your help in finding my things. I was informed that I am to be staying here...?

[ Roommates. Having a roommate isn't a new experience to her, oddly enough, but that was with Yukari, someone she knew very well, as opposed to a stranger. ]

[oceanaria]

Oh, so you must be Aigis-san.

[ She noticed the new name on the digital plate earlier and was wondering whether a new person will appear soon. ]

Your things? They're in your room probably...you can just come in and check?

[ That might be pretty obvious for a solution, but Aigis is still mostly behind the door, so... ]

[marakukaja]

Oh, uhhh...

[ She wants to ask if she can pass her her clothing so she could slip her coat and pants on in the hallway (nevermind the fact that there's the implication that she's naked outside, but it's not a source of shame for her in the same way it is for humans), and she opens her mouth, about to do just that—

—But then she hears approaching footsteps (far enough that they probably shouldn't be able to see her body from so far, but near enough that it's enough to light a bit of a fire under her), and she has to make a choice.

She can either change outside and risk a stranger (or multiple!) seeing her body like this, or...
She can change inside her assigned room, and let the cat out of the bag to her roommate so quickly, so soon. ]

...Please don't be alarmed.

[ ...Well, this is one way of getting to know one another. Aigis quickly opens the door and then steps in, unclothed body in full view, metallic limbs, feet-less legs, and golden-framed joints and all. After that, she quickly closes the door behind her. ]

[oceanaria]

Alarmed?

[ Riko doesn't understand the meaning behind these words right away and simply tilts her head, hoping for some kind of an explanation.

Which she receives soon enough. And it's definitely not an explanation she expected. ]

Alarmed.

[ Forgive her, it may take Riko a while to recover—it's her first meeting with a robot, actually. For some reason, she immediately covers her eyes. It's a reflex more than anything, really. It might have been a very elaborate costume, but Riko knows better than that. If people can transform into robots, then why one of the coven members wouldn't be a robot... ]

I haven't seen anything, I swear.

[ She doesn't know why, but Riko finds this to be an appropriate to thing to say. If only. It's just awkward, oops. ]

[marakukaja]

[ Awkward doesn't even begin to describe it. She finds it strange that Riko covers her eyes at the sight of her robotic body, given that that's what people normally do when they see someone else naked, but then again, Aigis technically is naked right now, isn't she? Maybe she's concerned about robot decency? Who knows. ]

Mm. My appearance is a little...unusual, I know.

[ A sheepish admission. Still, she doesn't seem to be reacting badly, merely...surprised. As expected. ]

[oceanaria]

I-It's fine! Really!

[ It's a lot for a normal girl like her to take but once she remembers she's currently in another world and can use magic, it doesn't seem so unusual all of a sudden. ]

I'm sorry, I just...I didn't realize you are...

[ Aigis sounded so human, why would she suspect that she's not!! ]

I won't tell anyone!

[ For some reason, she assumes that it's a secret... ]

[marakukaja]

There's nothing to apologize for. I understand it can be a little startling, and I appreciate that you're willing to keep this a secret.

[ She sounds human, acts (mostly) human, and her face seems human. To reassure her, she smiles at her. See? No harm, no foul, no offense taken. ]

Do you know where my clothes are being kept?

[ They should be part of her possessions, which should be here...somewhere. ]

[oceanaria]

M-Maybe they're in your room? No one's been there yet, so...

[ At least she hasn't, she can't really speak for their other roommates. ]

Why would they take away your clothes, though...I don't understand. I'd die if they did that to me.

[marakukaja]

I suppose it's because they considered them part of my possessions...I technically don't need them, after all.

[ No genitals, nothing to scandalize the general populace with, in terms of biology. Just the lack of it. ]

Still, whether the laws of public decency apply to me or not, I'd prefer to keep my body covered nonetheless.

[ There's no telling how the natives of this world treat magic, and there's even less to go on when it comes to their treatment of robots...so far. ]