[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

[talim]

Thanks.

[ jude smiles at him, and off they go! better get used to this, roxas. ]

[cloak]

[Despite being around people like this in the past, he might never be accustomed to it.

And the silence he only occasionally interrupts seemingly out of nowhere might suggest as much]

...We have to ask businesses before putting these on their property, don't we?

[talim]

I guess I didn't really consider that.

[ ... ]

How about I do the asking?

[ roxas looks sort of... uh. intimidating. ]

[cloak]

...Even though you're helping me do my work already?

[Seems to him that's an awful lot of lumping stuff on Jude]

[talim]

Well, did you want to? I don't mind either way.

[ just don't scare people off, please. ]

[cloak]

All I have to do is ask if it's okay, right?

[Doesn't seem hard to him.

And at least his dark cloak is offset by being scarcely taller than Jude]

[talim]

Yup. Shouldn't take longer than about 30 seconds.

[cloak]

I can do it then.

[And Jude can be treated to all the funny looks that Roxas gets and is apparently immune to]

[talim]

[ and what a treat it is. door after door, jude finds himself averting his gaze out of something like embarrassment, not by association but... well. does roxas just not notice how odd he looks, or does he not care? it is a mystery. ]

We're down to the last few fliers. I think that just about covers it.

[ i timeskipped and they've been out and at it for a while. ]

[cloak]

And no more of them on the sidewalk.

[Seems to him like they've done good work today.

And getting odd looks from beings with multiple heads or too many (or too few) eyes or limbs isn't something Roxas appears to mind in the slightest]

[talim]

[ as long as roxas truly doesn't mind it, jude doesn't, either. he just wouldn't want him to be uncomfortable, and jude himself in particular wouldn't want to contribute to making him uncomfortable. ]

We make a pretty good team.

[cloak]

You think so?

[Roxas has worked alongside others before, of course, but this is a little different than those experiences]

[talim]

I know handing out fliers isn't exactly the world's most exciting job, but keeping that in mind, I do. We were able to work quickly and efficiently.

[cloak]

It did go by pretty fast...

[Something to be said for company]

[talim]

See?

[ jude gives him another smile. ]

Well, I suppose I should be going, but maybe we'll run into each other again soon.

[cloak]

It's a small world.

[He says by way of agreement, before he turns and heads for the nearest job board. Someone isn't done earning munny credits]