[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

[witchwithoutacause]

[ Isn't it sad? ]

Cheer up. I'm sure you aren't gonna get much crap for it around here.

[ If anything it's cool. Right? Anyone wanna back her up on this? ]

The face looks really good though, so that's not a problem. [ ...really good. ]

[marakukaja]

[ Her face. The most human-looking part of her. ]

Oh, I don't doubt that among members of the coven. They've all been very kind so far...but I'd still like to avoid any misunderstandings and possible panic in other worlds.

[ Call it force of habit, call it squirreling away things that Ergo Research did. Again. Either way, the point still stands; she'd rather not cause more trouble and draw more attention to her existence than necessary because there's no telling how the locals will treat people with magic in general, much less a robot. ]

[witchwithoutacause]

[ It's very human looking! It makes Amanda curious about the rest. ]

Mm, I guess that makes sense. I dunno why people here mind magic so much so maybe they're just a bunch of dickwads about weird stuff.

[ Amanda, of course, is bursting at the seams to get in trouble using magic, except she doesn't want to be like, abandoned in a wasteland to die, in case that's the punishment. ]

Okay, but could you show me sometime when people won't see?

[marakukaja]

[ A wise decision, Amanda. She nods, a little hesitantly. ]

Sure. You wouldn't be the first one curious about my body.

[ Curious doesn't mean unaccepting, of course. She understands how she and her sister could seem strange, and staring would just be part and parcel. After a moment of thinking, she brings her hand to her chest, and sheepishly glances to the side. ]

Ah, but isn't that a bit much when we haven't even properly introduced ourselves to each other yet? I had no idea you were so forward...

[ She doesn't actually care that much about showing off her unclothed body, for the record. Just a little playing around with what she's observed about humans. ]

[witchwithoutacause]

[ Wisdom is rare for her, so savor this. ]

Ah, cool! I'm glad you aren't super uptight and stuff about it.

[ In fact, she's, uh, teasing Amanda about it. Sensors will indicate that her face turns just a tiny little bit red for a moment. ]

I go for what I want when I want it!

[ So she'll plow through with gusto. ]

But just to make it a little less awkward, I'm Amanda O'Neill.

[marakukaja]

[ Sensors indicate that she is embarrassed. Quietly squirreling away that information for further indication on future actions. ]

Understood. Amanda O'Neill...I have registered you into my database as "eager to see unclothed strangers when she wants to".

[ And without skipping a beat, as if she didn't accuse her of anything outlandish or accusatory at all: ]

I am Aigis.

[witchwithoutacause]

[ Amanda sputters a little at the analysis, before it turns into a laugh as she bends over. ]

God... didn't expect a robot to have a sense of humor.

[ Cuz u better not be filing that away as your actual profile of her. ]

Aigis, got it.