[JANUARY INTRO LOG | WORLD TWO]

[spellbindmods]

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
IMPORTANT: While some prompts are newbie exclusive, all characters can tag this intro log!

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. You'll also have a letter slipped under your door with some explanation about your whole coven situation, as well as info that explains you have magic now! And yet what kind of magic is conveniently left out. Are you up to speed? Great. Now, here's the question of the hour: what are you going to do about all this? A ▢ If you're the sensible sort and want to explore your new digs before slinking around Shehui, you're in luck! You've got easy access to your apartment, and it's luckily not on lockdown right now. Feel free to check out your room, raid the fridge -- oh, and saying hello to your roommates should also be on your to-do list. B ▢ Let's say that hanging out with these people is a little overwhelming...that's fine! There are plenty of things to do in the apartment building without interacting with roomies! There are vending machines to prop up, a leisure floor that contains a totally vacant air hockey table and a nice garden to relax in. C ▢ But ah, there's also venturing outside! Out front is the job board, which is a nice place to hit up if you're looking to add to your currently fat but depleting credit account. The problem is that the jobs are currently disappearing quickly, and those around you aren't giving you such nice looks. This apartment building is a known problem area at this point, and your signet doesn't do anything to settle their fears.

D ▢ With new year's week coming to an end, the residents of Shehui are feeling more celebratory than somber now. A lot of businesses are closed in order to enjoy themselves and ring in the new year the right way. A lot of restaurants and bars are currently offering specials, from free drinks to cheap food in order to pull in the holiday crowd. If you're looking to meet people and socialize in Shehui, this is the best way to do it. E ▢ Also because it's the post holiday season, stores are trying to push out the rest of their overstock merch. One item of note that's being peddled quite often is a cell phone. From tiny flip phones to the latest Orange product, cellphones are a necessity in this modern society. Get yours right now and begin texting right away! There are a few social apps that are installed, so you might be lucky enough to connect with another coven member! They also have Redmolar capability, which will automatically allow you to text those with phones in the area. Maybe send some mysterious stranger texts? F ▢ While you're hustling around Shehui, you may realize that the telepathic messages get stronger -- perhaps the new coven members are near? In general, you may be subject to telepathic messages about current Shehui goings on, random thoughts or requests to meet up at so-and-so location. A.K.A. let's utilize that telepathy...it may not last forever! G ▢ Because the week of remembrance is still going on, flowers are littering the streets, though most of them are dead. Bunches of flowers are being sold, and flower fortunes are a popular activity during this part of the holiday. There are fortune tellers on the street who will give you your flower of the year, but it's more fun to have them read with one another! There are digital cards that you can buy that will allow you to read fortunes on the go -- simply tap the screen of the card and your flower will be decided. Not happy with your choice? Too bad! It won't randomize to something different, no matter how hard you try. H ▢ While a lot of Shehui citizens are trying to avoid the coven members like the plague, a small alien child isn't so much concerned with who helps her, just as long as someone does. She accidentally left her house's door open and her five new kittens are suddenly missing! Where are they? Who knows! But she'd certainly like some help looking for them. I ▢ As the day winds down, snow falls on Shehui for the last time this season. The government is getting rid of their supplies that create the festive weather. This is old hat for older coven members, but for newbies? You better enjoy the snow while you can. After an hour or so, it piles up enough to truly be utilized for merriment...this also means that it's pretty easy to get snowed in if you happen to be in a building during the snow fall, which also creates some interactive opportunities. J ▢ Wildcard! How will your character interact with this new and unusual world?

Comments

[dividepain]

What a childish thing to do. I would never do that.

[dividepain]

[ Eizen is probably right, they might be just hiding somewhere, scared to death. ]

What should we do? [ It's "we" all of a sudden. ] Maybe we could lure them out? If they're little, they shouldn't gone too far from home...

[dividepain]

[ That's a bummer. It's not like he hoped for a "you'll meet a charming young man very soon" fortune or anything. ]

Your name? What does your name mean?

[dividepain]

[ Ah, it's Magilou. She probably won't help him much...nonetheless, he's happy to see her and gives the witch a smile. ]

Vel...does she know that you call her that?

[ He doesn't believe Velvet knows, actually. ]

Besides, I can take care of myself so I don't need to do that! [ Magilou should know that already! ] I'm looking for some lost kittens, have you seen any of them?

[ It's time to show her the drawing in all its glory. ]

[dividepain]

A kitten...can't you tell from the whiskers?

[ Given Mika's first question, he probably can't. ]

I'm looking for five kittens that look like this.

[ They...more or less look like this. Probably less. ]

[dividepain]

I don't...

[ Is it that wrong to assume that it has to do with reading if it has a book in its name...WELL. ]

I mean, I didn't! I've never had something like this.

[ At that, he holds up the flip phone. ]

Isn't the screen too small for reading, anyway...

[testified]

[ She does carry a sword, which may seem odd to someone else's definition of a priestess. NO FEAR -- but also low self-worth, oops. She smiles a little when he laughs, but shows restraint otherwise. ]

Leaving something in your care is not the same as carelessness. I trust you will return what belongs to me.

[ Or she can take it back herself. huff huff >:( ]

Ah, I... what's Gehenna, if I may ask?

[dividepain]

[ Oh, this lady looks somewhat scary. That's all the more reason for sticking with her for a while. He knows from his own experience that scary people can be nice, too.

Laphicet just doesn't know that there are exceptions to the rule, apparently. ]

Today morning. Have you seen it, miss? Maybe you could help me look for it?

[dividepain]

[ A familiar voice calling him by his name makes him turn on his feet immediately, a smile lighting up his face when he realizes that he wasn't just imagining her voice. ]

Eleanor! You're here!

[ He might not have found the cat yet, but he has just found a lost friend. ]

Are you looking for the cat, too?

[ Somehow, it feels like it's something Eleanor would do. ]

[testified]

[ IT'S RUINEDDD ]

There are no such things as shortcuts in life - I suppose I should have surmised as much.

[ She watches the machine push the products down. ]

... Huh?!

hellooo

[bulletbiter]

[ Julius' gaze lingers a little on Noctis' clothes. It's very modern, reminding him of a certain friend. ]

The person who placed it here is responsible for clearing up after themselves.

[ But there's nothing wrong with a cleaning crew, either. He'll hold on to what remains of the flowers. If they can't find a trash can, he could always absorb it discreetly. ]

Is there a cleaning crew here?

j + f maybe?

[bulletbiter]

[ Julius is also Around, and at some point their Around paths might cross with each other. Jusis' frustrations are on air for everyone nearby to hear, so he picks up on it naturally. However, he elects to wait at least a few minutes: there's no one else replying to these thoughts scattered into the wind, so he will get up from his seat at the fourth minute and wander in the vague direction of the broadcaster.

Seeing that Jusis is the only person in this street, he should probably be the one. ]

Excuse me. Did you just arrive here?

[ Julius looks serious enough despite his simple clothing and the fact that he's carrying a Suncents drink in one hand. The message is projected both via telepath and physical speaking, hopefully to prod Jusis into being aware of it. ]

G

[bulletbiter]

[ Julius had gravitated towards any place with nature, so he happens to be within earshot. He too has been ditched by the person who pressed something into his hand, so that makes two of them. ]

What did you get?

[ As much as he likes flowers, they kind of all blend together in a singular streak in his memory. ]

[counteracts]

[Listen... when snow's pretty never much been a part of your life up until this point, you just kinda go with whatever your first impulse is.

And this, for some reason, had been Orga's.

Maybe he should've waved over someone a little taller, but the girl is able to for the most part fix the final bit of the wall. Whatever parts need smoothing over, he does himself, and then... it's finished. Whatever the hell it was.]

Thanks. [Said with a broad, warm smile.] Something like that. I, uh... [and he sits down onto the damp ground, completely disappearing from the young girl's view.] Just felt like building something like this, I guess.

[He just keeps talking from his place inside the fort.] This something people usually do with snow? We didn't get any of it, where I'm from.

[counteracts]

Uhh. [He has a few brightly-colored zinnia in one hand, though he would probably be lucky to tell a daisy from a rose - or whatever he was holding or what the other guy held in his own hand. Back on Mars, most of these things were more metaphorical than literal.] No idea. That's what I wanted to ask -

[He's turned his attention away from the person he was talking to and back to the fortune teller's booth. While the attendant was still focused on the gaggle of girls and giving each a certain flowers to varying emotional responses, he's noticed something else on the table: a small group of metallic cards labeled with a piece of paper that read their purpose.]

Oh. [He looks back to the other young man.] Looks like we can buy one of these things. They can apparently tell you the fortune of whatever flowers you're given.

[...What a money-making scheme.]

draw four wild

[allconsumed]

[She can't be hovering around him all the time – literally, since she has a job, though who knows for how much longer. Even with what's been going on, with the lock-down and the suspicion the coven is under, she trusts Phi to take care of himself and not get into any unnecessary trouble. It's trust he deserves, since he's proven himself to be very capable and independent on multiple occasions.

Still, he's new to all this, and she does want to carve out some time for them to spend together. Velvet has picked up a new food idea from a certain blue acquaintance that she wants to try out, and it won't take long to prepare. Early in the evening, she sends him a telepathic message. If he hasn't used this method of communication yet, then welp, time for a crash course.]

Phi? It's Velvet, so respond if you can. I want to know if you have some time to spare tonight.

e

[splinten]

[Assume this is some Shehui Nick Cage-looking dude being employed here instead of the OG Nick.]

[bulletbiter]

[ In contrast to the zinnias, Julius' given flowers are much more subtle. The rosemary smells quite nice, though he doesn't know what it is. ]

Would you?

[ Even if it's a money-making scheme, it's actually not very expensive. If Orga doesn't, Julius might as well do the honours so they can figure out what these are supposed to mean. ]

h

[inspiteful]

[ Skylark watches Jusis make an attempt to get the kitten to come along, to no avail. He's also one of those people who couldn't actually say no to a tiny child asking for help, so the first thing he did after he was told about it was to get a can of tuna.

...Honestly the can weirds him out a little, but he can tell it's tuna so Skylark figures it's more or less the same thing.

After a while he approaches Jusis, holding out the can.]

Maybe this will help?

[oneirism]

[There's no hesitation in Lapis' movements when Qilby speaks, the only change being that gold eyes flick from the flowers and up to him. But then she pauses for a moment, mulling over his idea - potted plants would be easier.]

Potted? That's a good idea... [But then there's the costs and the hauling and potential for it to get knocked over and shattered...

Maybe a couple could work? Now she stands and steps back a bit, surveying the flowers in front of her.]

Mm, a couple would be nice. Maybe at each end of the street... What do you think? [She's roped you into this now, Qilby.]

[oneirism]

[Aha, kitten number four has been located! Having a moment where she inwardly squeals at how cute it is, before giving the most gentle shake of her head - not wanting to disturb the kittens still napping on her.]

Nope, a kid asked me to find them since they wandered out. That's four, so there's one more to find. [The kitten in her arms stirs at the sound of them speaking, mewing softly and reaching a paw out as it sees kitten #4]

[oneirism]

[There's no halting and stalling in her motions when Carmilla approaches - only turning her eyes up to focus on the other woman when she speaks.]

I like to think so. Either that, or very tunnel visioned. [Considering she's still working as she speaks. At least Lapis can acknowledge when she's fixated on something...]

[oneirism]

Well, I'm a spirit medium, so I deal with the dead a lot. I wouldn't say I'm an expert, though.

[She finishes arranging a couple of bunches of flowers, before leaning back - surveying her work for a moment.]

But experience has told me that the dead always appreciate more offerings.

[oneirism]

[HECK YEAH SHE GOT A SMILE Lapis is quietly pleased with herself, though it doesn't show. Instead she puts the flowers back in their spot, leaning back once she's pleased with the arrangement.]

Then I can say from experience that the dead like more offerings.

[An angry ghost is not something Lapis wants to deal with here!!!

And Lapis doesn't mind the blase-ness, actually appreciating it - it's a difference from the usual nervousness or disgust when the topic of death is brought up. Which is why Okuni gets a bit more of her attention, shifting onto her feet as she dusts her hands - furrowing her brows slightly.]

I am, though why aren't people keen on hiring us? Is it because of the magic thing? [Most of her attention has been on this, she hasn't really bothered investigating yet... She just wanted to deal with something familiar!!]

e!

[oneirism]

[Well, that's a familiar face. While it doesn't show very well, Lapis is glad to see someone she knows - her expression softening just slightly as he approaches her. Gold eyes then blinking at his words, before taking a look at his phone.]

Hmm, you can't use that application for books. It's used to talk to other people that have the same application on their phone. [A pause, before she squints at the phone once more.]

And I'm not sure if reading on that screen will be easy.