[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 could just tell me.

[ LIKE. HONESTLY. ]

[mapsio]

Have you ever heard of Phantom Thieves?

[mesmerevenant]

Not at all. Is it a band?

[ Jun's met a few idols already. ]

[mapsio]

[She laughs!]

I wish it were like that. But it's not.

[mesmerevenant]

Then what is it, exactly? Not a title for a book?

[mapsio]

A thief, with flair. Though I prefer to think I might be a masked heroine of some sort. I don't steal to be malicious.

[Can Jun tell she never really tells people about this??]

[mesmerevenant]

... so, you're saying you're a modern day Robin Hood?

[ he knows not what implications he says ]

[mapsio]

It would be easier to show you. But, I can't do that here.

[mesmerevenant]

So... you're also saying, your thieving linked to some inherent magical power?

[ Which is a bit of a leap coming from a supposedly normal person. Then again, he has been briefed like everyone else! There's plausible deniability. ]

[mapsio]

That's right. But I can't use it when we are in these low frequency worlds.

[mesmerevenant]

I believe it.

[mapsio]

We have only been to one high frequency world, and that is where I felt the most normal. My power is a strange one. I am connected to something called a "Persona". It's...well, it's a manifestation of my rebellious spirit.

[wow okay, explaining that sounds even more insane when she thinks about it.]

[mesmerevenant]

Rebellious spirit, huh... do you mind clarifying?

[mapsio]

Well, that manifested into a power I can use...basically.

[Persona are very hard to explain without showing. But, Jun will have to wait until the High Frequency world comes along.]

[mesmerevenant]

[ what if he went into a full-on psychoanalytical about it though -- ]

No, I got that. I was more interested in the mechanics.

[mapsio]

Oh, like... you want to know how it works past being an entity?

[Humming in thought, walking and maybe urging Jun to come with her. They're going to get some coffee.]

They help us fight. They help to defend us. I would compare it to magic if anything. Seeing them and summoning them is pretty amazing.

[mesmerevenant]

[ Happy to walk along, especially as this discussion is relevant to his interests ]

I see... but it isn't a separate spirit, like... from nature, or a ghost? It's a part of you?

[mapsio]

It's not a ghost, no. It's just part of me. Like, Milady is the most integral part of my identity in the Metaverse.

[mesmerevenant]

Meta... as in, for 'metaphor'?

[mapsio]

It's just a different world from ours. We're able to travel back and forth from it using a phone app.

[mesmerevenant]

Huh. So you're used to worldhopping, then?

[mapsio]

In a way, yes. I am used to worldhopping and being in places that aren't necessarily "reality".

[mesmerevenant]

I can't help but think that's lucky.

[mapsio]

Why do you say that?

[mesmerevenant]

It would make acclimatizing to all this a lot easier!

[ Which implies that he's struggling, of course. ]