[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

[sealeted]

...yeah. I was more focused on finally getting a decent pair of shoes, but I need to go coat-shopping too.

[toblueskies]

No, I meant your hands. You're doing this without gloves, which is probably going to be more accurate but it'll really hurt once you go back inside.

[ and just in case it was sounding like she was too concerned. ] Plus, if you heat up the snowball when you're forming it, the outside will harden.

[sealeted]

...is that better or worse than accidentally putting in rocks?

[toblueskies]

If you press it too hard it'll be like flinging an ice cube. So... hurts just as much, but probably easier to aim. [ not that. one should be aiming that in the first place. ]

[sealeted]

...huh.

[She blinks, then gently sets down her snowball, stands, and stomps it flat with a worryingly crackly crunch.]

Live and learn, I guess.

[toblueskies]

[ Ritsuka jumps slightly. ] Wow. It was a good thing I came along when I did.

[ are the small children scared yet? the one that nicked her cheek earlier is nowhere to be found now at least. bet he'll think twice about checking his snowballs in the future though. timeline: repaired ]

[sealeted]

Yeah. I've just been sort of winging it.

[No snow in Moon Hell.]

[toblueskies]

I could tell. [ blunt assessment aside, Ritsuka begins to peel off her gloves. she did not have time to be self-conscious about the black marks shown off when she did so, handing the plush-lined mitts over to the other girl. ] Here. Try it with these.

[sealeted]

Oh, thank you.

[Hakuno accepts it, and pushes up her sleeves to fit them on.

Ritsuka gets an eyeful of her own, bright scarlet Command Seals, before Hakuno flexes her fingers in the gloves and tries again, scooping up snow.]

[toblueskies]

[ and while Hakuno goes about making her snowball like nothing else is weird, Ritsuka is oddly still and silent. she isn't even watching what the girl is doing, more like, watching the hand with which she's doing it.

all the while she's clutching the back of her right hand tightly. ]

That's, uh... That looks....

[sealeted]

...? What?

[Hakuno inspects her snowball, eyes narrowed.]

Did I pack it too tightly again...?

[toblueskies]

Huh? No! No, it looks fine. Better. [ good cover. Ritsuka puts her hands behind her back and tries her best to look casual. ] You should try throwing it next.

[sealeted]

Oh, true.

[Hakuno slowly stands, patting loose snow off her skirt...

Then turns and softly pegs Ritsuka right in the chest.]

[toblueskies]

Aah?! [ she squeals louder than intended at being the unexpected target of that fluffy attack. the absurdity of it then causes her to laugh at her own reaction while she brushes the remnants off of her jacket. ] Ha —hahaha, you got me good, there...

[ is she going to take that standing up, though? no. Ritsuka will, however, dip into a crouch and start padding a snowball of her own together. ]

[sealeted]

[Hakuno laughs softly, one hand curled in front of her mouth before she cottons on to the fact that retribution is headed her way. She jolts back and lunges around the relative safety of a nearby bench, hurriedly crunching together a (rockless) snowball herself.]

[toblueskies]

[ the sudden challenge took Ritsuka's mind off of the odd thoughts from a moment ago.

she hasn't been in an actual snowball fight before. not a fair one at least. the kids around here have had plenty more practice and aim, so Ritsuka's first shot doesn't come anywhere close to even hitting the girl's cover. she has to hurry to try and put another one together, pushing away the objection of her body as she does so with bare hands. ]