[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

[skincares]

Is that how you see the rich? You've quite a narrow worldview.

THIS GOT LOST IN MY INBOX sorry!!

[sluggard]

Pfft. I guess there's a couple exceptions here and there, but I haven't really met that many who aren't like that.

YOU DONT HAVE TO APOLOGIZE!!

[skincares]

Oh, I'd be surprise if you'd met a great deal of nobles. You are, after all, of common blood.

STILL!!!!

[sluggard]

Aw, come on. I've met... [He stops, totally making a show of counting. He doesn't actually bother to count, just makes a guess.] I've met a whole seven nobles back home!

Unfortunately enough.

you're right i sentence you to death

[skincares]

Seeing them from afar hardly counts.

[pls country boy]

remember me........

[sluggard]

[w o w]

Cripes, if only! You think I wanted a bunch of nobles yammering around me?

tosses u into a ditch

[skincares]

So you say, yet you've done a fair job at keeping me entertained.

haunts u

[sluggard]

[Groooaaaaaan.]

Highborn people have the weirdest ideas of what entertainment is.

[skincares]

[Deeper and deeper into the city they go. . .]

It isn't difficult to follow a noble's line of thinking, even for someone like you.

[sluggard]

[He can't say he's very fond of any of the city, really. But he spares a moment to glance at their surroundings anyway.]

Not sure I'd want to, is the thing. Being highborn's gotta warp your thinking.

[skincares]

[Python, hilariously, has hit it upon the head. Carmilla falls silent at that line, thinking.]

Tell me. What were the nobles of your world like?

[sluggard]

[He shrugs. Well, sure, far be it from him to not rag on nobles.]

Most of 'em? Unbearable, like the lord where I'm from. Never had to work a day in his life and just gets richer and richer off everyone else's work.

[A sigh.] The nice ones I've met don't really get it either.

[skincares]

[She can't help a sigh.]

I was hoping for gossip, manservant.

[sluggard]

Manservant. Seriously.

[A DEEP SIGH as he rolls his eyes heavenward.] One of 'em was on fire, I guess. Long story.

[He's not actually sure what happened.]

[skincares]

... a revolution?

[WAS THERE DECAPITATION???]

[sluggard]

Uhhhh... Not exactly?

There was a coup and then there was... another coup, I guess?

[Tragically, no guillotines.]

[skincares]

I see. There were the beginnings of unrest but it was snuffed out.

[sluggard]

[He snorts.]

Nope. Nobles killed the king. Then other nobles killed those nobles.

And a lot of other crap.

[skincares]

...........

Isn't that a complete collapse of the government?

[???????]

[sluggard]

[Pfft, if only.]

I guess? There was a secret princess or something, I dunno what she's doing.

[skincares]

Ugh. I should've known better than to ask you. The way you speak goes about in circles. I can hardly stand it.

[She stops walking in the middle of a town plaza and, with a huff, throws herself onto a bench.]

Now, find me something to eat.

[sluggard]

[He does not sit because nope. Instead, he just makes a face at her.]

I know it ain't exactly what you're used to, but you remember I'm not actually one of your servants, right?

[skincares]

[She waves a dismissive hand.]

You're a pushover. Are you going to do what I tell you? Hurry up.

[sluggard]

[Awww, come on!! He'll show her pushover!!]

Seriously?! Why don't you find me something to eat?