[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

prob

[meritedly]

[ he doesn't know about the cube yet. don't tell him unless you're in the mood for haughty scoffing.

yamato scrutinizes the cup a few more seconds before looking up to his face. ]

...What's in it?

[ fact: he has no idea what marshmallows are. ]

yeah very?

[keeptrucking]

[Soooo bring the cube over for a surprise sleepover? Got it.]

Uh... seriously? I know there's a lot and they kinda all melted already, but... it's marshmallows.

[He'll realize Yamato has been deprived of this pure, delicious confection all his life in a moment.]

smh

[meritedly]

[ first kickball now marshmallows. it's takoyaki all over again. ]

Are they supposed to melt?

[ seems questionable and a useless treat. he doesn't have the biggest sweet tooth to begin with.

these little white puffs are getting The Staredown. ]

[keeptrucking]

[Daichi wants a do-over so he can turn around and leave before Yamato notices he's here. What the hell?]

Yyyyes...? Dude, you've never had a marshmallow before? Here, you can have the rest.

[He's changed his mind about putting even more sugar in this drink, pushing the little container of marshmallows at Yamato instead. This, truly, is community service. Where are his credits.]

[meritedly]

[ why would he want these?

yamato's brows furrow and he stares pensively at the contents of the small jar. how odd. if this was hibiki he'd trust his judgment but this is daichi. and while daichi isn't the most useless civilian he's met, he doesn't quite rank him with having the best taste. then again, it had been daichi's idea and daichi's conviction hibiki sided with. there had to be something there.

so hesitantly he plucks one, inspects it again, and then tries it. it's .... hm. his nose wrinkles. ]

Do people generally enjoy consuming sugarized cotton?

[keeptrucking]

[Yamato, holy shit, it's food. It's not some big mysterious Civilian Trial that only the lower class understand. Please.

Or: Daichi just watches him, that look on his face he never bothers to hide making it clear that he does not and will never understand this guy. Ever. What kind of question is that?]

No, we're just eating it because we hate ourselves. What do you think people eat them for? If you don't like it, whatever, but at least you tried it!

[meritedly]

[ are you his life coach now? is this what this is? how odd. ]

It's.... sweet.

[ that's the only form of compliment he's going to give this monstrosity. accordingly, he sets the jar back down and reclaims his coffee with both hands. the warmth is nice. but here's a fun fact about to spill forth - ]

How has the weather been treating you? [ there's a reason for this certainly. ]

[keeptrucking]

[gaze........ Okay, well, he got him to try it and that counts for something. Maybe one day, Yamato will be a real boy.]

Fine, I guess? I didn't think there'd be snow, but it's not like it's horrible out or anything.

[meritedly]

[ no he's a robot. ]

It's been awhile since I've seen it.

[ despite the confession his stature has remained stiff and a tad bit guarded. he isn't used to revealing any personal factoids that aren't on his impressive resume or relate back to his family prestige. ]

[keeptrucking]

[uuugh, Yamato, don't be a robot boy. A roboy.]

Okay...? Look, am I missing something? Why are you telling me this? Don't tell me we have to fight the snow or something...

[Daichi demands smalltalk until he gets it, then he does this. Daiching it up again.]

[meritedly]

[ daichi is now a verb. how cursed. ]

Fight the - Tch. Of course not.

[ he's got that annoyed look and he's about two seconds away from dishing out the imbecile insult. but daichi is one of the few resources he has here, so. here they are. ]

It merely is strange to me.

[ there. that's it. that's all he wanted to say as he takes a guarded sip of his coffee. ]

[keeptrucking]

[Thanks Yamato, that grudging tolerance is really a huge step up, actually. He makes a face, like he's still trying to figure out what the secret agenda is, here...]

Oh, wait, you're just... sharing? Then, okay- I guess it's kind of weird to suddenly see snow after it was warm at home. Sure.

[meritedly]

[ the moment daichi says sharing he regrets this entire exchange. he's never particularly cared about his lacking social skills (read: small talk and empathy) because he didn't need that to be an effective leader. ]

Imbecile ... [ he mutters it under his breath. sorry the character development hasn't come that far yet. even after hell week and that third week. hmmmmm. ]

Ice manipulation seems redundant now.

[keeptrucking]

[Oh, okay, just kick him in the feelings right after giving him a slight hope... love that. Daichi deflates a little, but he's still good! Still dealing with it!]

Uhh... really? You can't do anything with all the snow? It's everywhere! That's like your thing now!

[meritedly]

[ hmmmmm. ]

...That would be useful, yes. However, I think creation is its limit.

[ as in he can do as he pleases with the ice he makes but god forbid he can use snow and ice that is already there. it's a god damn cruel shame. ]

[keeptrucking]

[yooo what the fuck, he's offended on Yamato's behalf?!]

Seriously? That's bullshit...! That's like the opposite of how it's supposed to go when you get a free power-up.

[YOU KNOW... IN VIDEO GAMES]

[meritedly]

[ CALM DOWN PLEASE?

yamato just blinks at him. it's that sort of uncertain confusion that always plagues him when dealing with anything not specifically related to work. where is his civilian translator? sos for hibs. ]

I highly doubt it came without a cost, Shijima.

[ he gestures blandly at their predicament. ]

The Dragon Stream was far more convenient.

[keeptrucking]

Oh, yeah, my driver's license is gone... [This is totally what Yamato means, right? Daichi considers this to be a pretty serious cost, so just let him have this, thanks.]

W-well, we'll just have to make the most of it and hope it's good enough this way.

[Ah, what was that? Was that..........."we"?? Friendship.]

[meritedly]

[ WE. what kind of strange universe is this?

thankfully for the pair of them, yamato doesn't dwell on that choice of phrasing. instead he takes another sip of the (subpar) coffee. ]

Good enough. Define good enough, Shijima.

[ he doubts he'll ever find this place to be satisfactory. ]

[keeptrucking]

[WE!!!!]

You know, in case something happens where we have to fight... I don't want to, [so surprising,] but if we had to, it'd be good to have something like that on hand.

[Wisely, he does not say Dragon Sense.]

[meritedly]

[ so smart!!! ]

...I see your point.

[ marginally. only marginally! he isn't complimenting you, idiot. gross. he sighs, sounding utterly vexed. he just needs to get back home. all this socializing has exhausted him down to the core. ]

So far, it appears as if there is little to fight.

[keeptrucking]

Yeah, that's what I thought about my normal life, every time.

[He's just saying. Even if he'd really love to get complacent, there are only so many apocalypses you can go through before you expect it by default. Right Yamato???]

[meritedly]

[ are you calling him, of all people, complacent?! ]

It isn't very normal, then.

[ there's an eye roll but by god it's a glimpse of the mysterious Humor yamato apparently possesses. ]

[keeptrucking]

[He's establishing a pattern of life sucking, don't get all offended. Anyway this joke might hit its mark if Daichi weren't so constantly torn up about how he'll never just get to goddamn graduate. Augh!!]

Ugh... whatever. I'm just sick of fighting monsters all the time.

[meritedly]

Demons.

[ yamato why are you like this. at any rate... he finishes the coffee and tosses daichi a quick, sidelong glance. ]

Are you giving up that easily, Shijima?