[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]

I can at least get the gloves by myself.

[She obediently tucks her hand under her arm, after tugging the cloak around them more securely.]

I think I should probably invest in some woolen tights, for sure. Or pants. ...it's weird, having so many options.

[guerrilla]

Want me to just give you some money so you can pick stuff for yourself? You're gonna kill me going around in a school uniform all the time.

[Figuratively, but also literally if she gets pneumonia or something and dies.]

[sealeted]

Wow, you don't see me complaining about your outfit, do you?

[...he has a point.]

It's okay, I have money myself. Bought some nice boots and everything.

[She clicks one heel pointedly.]

[guerrilla]

You'll live even if I die. I'm dressing for one.

[Or slightly less than one, if the revealing nature of his top is any indication.]

You should definitely do some clothes shopping while we're here, though. Try to get some fun stuff done. Take Ritsuka with you, if you can, or at least encourage her to do the same...both of you need a break.

[But it's not like he cares or anything.]

[sealeted]

That sounds fun. Actually, I think we should make a family outing along those lines, too; Beech would probably like some of the things I've seen around here.

[She pauses.]

...does Beech still think we're involved with Jumin, by the way?

[guerrilla]

I sure hope not. I wanted to get him kicked out just to be sure she got the right idea, but Percival talked me out of it.

[So he's safe. For now.]

[sealeted]

Please don't try to ruin, harm, or otherwise destroy my friend, Robin.

[guerrilla]

I just said Percival talked me out of it!

[JEEZ.]

[sealeted]

Just because Plan A got vetoed doesn't mean you don't have Plans B through Z under consideration.

[guerrilla]

I guess the other 25 plans depend on how handsy Jumin is feeling, then.

[sealeted]

Robin.

[guerrilla]

He kissed me! It's not like I'm mad at him for no reason!

[sealeted]

Was it your first one?

[guerrilla]

He kissed me in front of a kid I'm raising who comes from a society where three parents are the norm. A night of the shits is nothing compared to all the questions I had to field.

[sealeted]

Yes, Robin, I was there. Beech was just curious.

[...and also asked why Robin and Hakuno don't kiss, which... certainly was something.]

[guerrilla]

Fine, fine, I get it. Next time I just won't tell you when I'm planning anything.

[Wait, that's not the lesson he should be learning here.]

Seriously, though, what's your favorite color?

[True to his word, he doesn't tell her why he wants to know.]

[sealeted]

[The way she glances away might just imply this entire tangent was her trying to deflect away from that question.]

...don't know.

[guerrilla]

Oh.

[He feels a little bad now...]

...Well, do you have any objections to green? If you haven't decided yet, I could go with something like a...team color idea?

[sealeted]

Green sounds nice.

[She's not sure what for, but it's a good color.]

Make sure there's something for Beech, too.

[guerrilla]

I was thinking I'd try cooking something for her. You think a different gift would be better?

[sealeted]

Why not both? I'm not against spoiling her a little, from time to time.

[guerrilla]

[Even if she were, Robin would spoil her regardless, to be honest.]

Both it is, then.

[But most of his experience with giving gifts to children is with food, so who knows how this will turn out.]

...What would you have done if I'd said I wanted to make a contract with Ritsuka, anyway?

[This comes right out of left field, but he's curious.]

[sealeted]

...?

[She shoots him a puzzled look.]

What do you mean, what would I have done? If that's what you wanted, I'd be a terrible person to keep you chained somewhere you didn't want to be.

[guerrilla]

...

[He isn't sure what he was expecting, or what he wanted, but apparently that response was neither of those things, if the complete lack of satisfaction he feels after hearing her answer is any indication.]

Yeah, I guess so.

[Friends are bad and feelings are fake, actually, so he definitely didn't want her to tell him she'd be upset to see him go or anything.]

Never mind, it was a dumb question.

[sealeted]

I'd have been sad, yeah, but there's not like there's anything I could have done but let you go.

[She shivers faintly, even though the hand in his grip is already warm.]

Being clung to and suffocated like that... doesn't feel good.