[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

[rootandbranch]

Moon! Hi, Moon!

[it's been a while since Geir's spoken to Moon, but he's very pleased indeed to see her, and especially in these circumstances! he hops to his feet and stretches slightly, showing off how the lights dazzle and glitter off his scales. it'd all look very cool if he didn't ruin the impression by wriggling like an excited puppy.]

That's what I thought. Wasn't this a good idea?!

[lunala]

It really was! [Moon looks very impressed even with his wiggling.] I'll have to get a donut and tell them you sent me!

[Of course, they can probably just see who got sent by the huge dragon, but still...]

[rootandbranch]

You do that! I think they're even cheap. All the stuff tastes really good, though.

[Geir gestures to his own empty bowl of cider. he's been sampling the truck's wares on his own recognizance, it seems. you can't have truth in advertising without some research.

he wonders if Moon's been doing well -- she seems as cheerful as ever for now!]

Have you been cleaning things up and everything, like they asked us to do? I don't know why they didn't just have the people who were already cleaning up before finish, but I heard the voice say that there were credits for anyone who went along with it.

[lunala]

Mmhmm! Cyan and my Pokemon have been helping, too! [Cyan being her adopted Palai child-sister-something.] Maybe they don't have anyone who cleans up all the time and they just hire a bunch of different people.

[rootandbranch]

They hire a lot of different people for a lot of different things here, don't they? And there are so many travelers. It's strange to think of a whole city like this.

[he wonders how they build out further, with the city limits so precise for now. or are people getting banned at a rate great enough to compensate for immigration?]

I've been thinking I should explore it more, actually...

[lunala]

Like a whole city of people just passing through, except everyone who lives here seems to want to stay. [Except the coven members, of course. ] I bet you could see a lot from the air! Unless you're not allowed to do that here. [It's not magic if you're a dragon, right?]

[rootandbranch]

I've flown a few times! No one has seemed to mind very much. Can't you fly on your Pokemon?

[he's proud of himself for remembering the word.]

[lunala]

Yes! If flying's okay, I'll definitely have to take Nebby out. Maybe we could fly together! [Dragons and Pokemon flying together. Chaos.]

[rootandbranch]

Iiif you're really worried about whether it's okay... maybe it'd be a good idea to ask someone first. I didn't, I just flew.

[asking permission didn't occur to him. whoops. in some senses, he's really not cut out for Shehui....]

But I'd really like that! I don't really get to fly with others much.

[lunala]

It can't be that bad, everyone needs to get out and stretch, and some of us have wings! [She will not deny this flying party.]

[rootandbranch]

Sure! Why don't we go for one now? I don't think anyone will mind if I take a quick break to stretch my wings, as long as I come back--

[seize the moment, as they say. but if Moon's Pokemon really haven't been able to fly all this time, he's sure they'll appreciate it.]