[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

[cloak]

Coding, mostly. His specialization is building and inventing.

[And so his knowledge saw some utility, thought Add surely didn't require his assistance. He'd made things like Apocalypse after all]

[allforshu]

[You are opening all sorts of conversational doors, Roxas. Mika's climbing up to sit on the bed proper, clearly interested.]

What'd he build?

[cloak]

Mostly robots. He called most of them dynamos, if you've heard of anything like that.

[Roxas sure hadn't. And if he's tired of standing, he doesn't show it, but he does turn to face the other boy when he relocates]

[allforshu]

Nope, never! But it sounds pretty interestin'~. He must be pretty smart to be makin' things like that, huh? And you are too for helpin' him out~! Were they like, human robots?

[They're popular in manga, so of course he'd ask.]

[cloak]

Yeah, he's a smart guy. Coding's sort of just...something that comes naturally, to someone like me.

[So he doesn't think intelligence has much to do with it, in his case]

But he didn't make anything humanoid. He did make ones shaped like briefcases at one point, I think.

[allforshu]

[............ Briefcases...........]

That's... kinda normal soundin'. Could they walk on their own? Or didja have to pick 'em up and carry 'em.

[cloak]

His dynamos usually float, and have weapons, and respond to his commands. They can even support his weight. Things like that.

[So they're fairly handy, or so Roxas thinks. He'd never have use for such things]

[allforshu]

[sweet jesus that is quite the array add had going on there.]

I'm takin' back what I said, that's pretty darn amazin'! I'm kinda jealous~. Yumenosaki doesn't have anythin' like that, but it'd be pretty expensive to get one for just a live anyway... And weapons ain't really allowed, except there's someone that's got a really cool sword he carries around everywhere, even on stage. He's a fun guy~.

[cloak]

Huh, so idols can use swords...

[Now that sure is an interesting fact he wasn't aware of. Here he thought they only wielded microphones]

Maybe they'll show up here: people we know.

[allforshu]

[Idols at Yumenosaki Academy can use things that they really shouldn't be able to, like machine guns filled with beans and hot air balloons. Outside of the idol activities... there's normal school clubs too, like archery and tea club.]

Do you want them to?

[cloak]

The guy I was talking about is pretty reckless, so I'd rather look out for him if I could.

[Which is to say, yes, he'd be alright with that.

Just so long as this situation doesn't end up being too dangerous anyway]

[allforshu]

Nn... Yeah, I wish Oshi-san was here, I'm worried about him since he ain't a very healthy person... But he wouldn't like it here one bit~. I bet he'd never leave his room.

[But Mika'd be okay with taking care of that still... as long as this doesn't end up a dangerous situation, yeah.]

But I sure would be relieved! I'm okay right now 'cause I'm still in shock at bein' someplace different all of a sudden, but I know I'm gonna worry my socks off about him!

[cloak]

[It seems they have that in common, having someone important to them that they're bound to worry about, over time.

Though in his experience they can't do much more than wait and hope for the best]

It's pretty disorienting. I knew about other worlds and it's still strange just...ending up someplace.

[Although for his part it's because it ought to be impossible]

[allforshu]

[Surprising, but pleasant.]

Nnah?! Ya knew about other worlds before? How? Are ya a space traveler or somethin' like that?!

[cloak]

Not space, exactly. But I can travel between them...or could, if my abilities weren't being limited.

[But they are. As much is becoming old hat by now, but then this is the third time he's been brought to some strange place and altered in some new and odd manner]

[allforshu]

[my God he has the coolest roommate. holy shit. hold the goddamn phone.]

That's amazin'~! What kinds of worlds have ya seen? I mean, that sounds kinda unbelievable, but considerin' that's pretty much what happened to get here, I can't even think yer lyin'!

[cloak]

I know about more than I've visited for myself, but...I guess this is the fourth one.

[Or four and a half, since the last place he'd been brought to was some world divided in two, in a way that still strikes him as bizarre]

There are all sorts of worlds, but I haven't been to the one I'd like to visit.

[Or live in, rather. Twilight Town might've been a digital cage for his original, but the longing is real enough in either of them, even though neither of them lived in the actual place]

[allforshu]

[coolest

roommate

Ever.]

Ya haven't? W~ow, I guess yer home must be pretty good then, if ya don't have anyplace ya wanna visit after knownin' about 'em... Though I guess I wouldn't really leave Japan either.

[cloak]

[He'd like to think of Twilight Town as his home, even if it's a lie, but...

Over time, he's come to think anywhere his best friend is could be a decent home too, if someone like him is to have such a thing]

Things like that are important. [Having a place one wants to be, or return to, that is] Some places are wildly different.