[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

[mesmerevenant]

You'll believe me once you figure yours out.

[ Starting this as a fact lol ]

[allforshu]

[oh my god that Confidence boi]

I hope it's somethin' cool then, like flyin' or somethin' like that~. [lmao boo.] Oh, but if it was somethin' like that, then I guess I couldn't try it out anyway~. I don't wanna get in trouble.

[That'd be terrible???]

[mesmerevenant]

[ Mika is... a good obedient boy... ]

You could always try it if we get off this world.

[allforshu]

[Most of the time, anyway...]

Ya can bet on that! What's--

[Wait.

Lower voice.]

What's yers like?

[mesmerevenant]

[ Aw he's trying ]

It's a little boring...

[allforshu]

That's for me to decide, ain't it? I'll tell ya mine whenever I figure it out, borin' or not, if ya do~.

[Tell him!!!!]

[mesmerevenant]

Alright, alright. You've convinced me.

[ It's something about that pure good charm that Jun could never have which is so effective!! ]

It's a power that links people together, so that they can share any injuries or status effects... like in a video game?

[allforshu]

[That's him!! Charming.]

How's that borin'? That sounds cool! So... if I got a bruise or somethin' like that, you'd get one too? And it wouldn't hurt that much?

[mesmerevenant]

Yeah. You picked it up quick.

Still, it's not like I can shoot fireballs or anything.

[allforshu]

[Point a to point b, this one.]

Sharin' pain is what bein' part of a unit's all about, Jun-kun! Havin' a magic like that means ya can connect to people in a way others can't, ain't that nice~? Well, it wouldn't really work with me 'cause I have a hard time tellin' when I hurt myself, but still!

[... Look, he will always look at it from an idol point of view, that is just how this is.]

[mesmerevenant]

[ That... is such a cute perspective holy crap. Jun is actually stunned for a second. ]

[allforshu]

[..? Oh, um. He'll hunch a little into the table again as if realizing something.]

Nnah... I said somethin' kinda weird, didn't I... It probably ain't that excitin' to you, since you're feelin' that pain too.

[mesmerevenant]

No - well, yes. But that wasn't what I was surprised about. I just didn't consider seeing the power in such a positive way?

[allforshu]

[... Oh! Mika brightens a bit more, sitting up with a smile.]

But it's kinda obvious, ain't it? Since it's somethin' that only you can do.

[mesmerevenant]

It didn't occur to me at all though.

[ Which might say a lot about Jun. ]

[allforshu]

Yer not as smart as ya look~.

[Is this bullying,]

[mesmerevenant]

I look smart, do I?

[ Jun REFUSES to be bullied and will turn that around!! ]

[allforshu]

Ya do! And you're really pretty, too. Yer easy to talk to and ya remind me a little of a friend from back home, so I like ya a lot already.

[Is... is this bullying???]

[mesmerevenant]

[ If it is, it's the kind of bullying Jun likes. ]

Haha, if you say so. Which friend?

[allforshu]

Naru-chan~. We've been friends since our first year at Yumenosaki, and he's always lookin' out for me... Even though we're on different units, he's never treated me as anything but someone dear to him.

[It's clear he really appreciates that too.]

Naru-chan scolds me and teases me a lot too... He's my best friend.

[mesmerevenant]

Then I'm flattered by the comparison.

[ If not a little worried about disappointing Mika in the long run. ]

[allforshu]

[It's fine, it takes a lot to disappoint Mika seriously... and he knows all too well that no one can be a substitute for someone else, that people are their own persons, as disappointing as it can feel.]

That's just first impressions~. But I really am pretty happy ya talked to me, even if I couldn't accept yer drink.

[mesmerevenant]

I like talking to people, what can I say?