[JANUARY 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
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

[mesmerevenant]

[ Takes the shaking in stride!! ]

You're exaggerating. Cone on. Just ask nicely?

[endette]

[stops shaking, because that's nicer.]

Please, Jun, can you take my sorry ass to the job board?

[zinit]

[Old paper, ink... It's a smell Qilby hasn't gotten much of lately. Besides the obvious 'having been stuck in a void for 10,000 years,' the Eliatropes switched to recording their history via voice messages and holograms long ago; paper was a relic reserved for the oldest, most important texts. After all, with a civilization of that size, they'd be cutting down trees left and right, which is untenable.]

[He looks to Emil, motioning him to come a tad closer... Until he realizes telepathy is a thing here!] Don't tell me, ah... Warmth? Fire? [In a store full of brittle old paper??] Unless you can conjure a particularly large shovel.

[allbroea]

[ ! ]

Did you arrive together?

[endette]

I wish

haven't seen her

hate it

[He'll know Soon, but not just yet.]

[allbroea]

[ don't call him lost-looking he's trying to pretend he has his shit together even though he evidently doesn't!!

should he approach him? that would probably look even more suspicious than he already looks. he settles for approaching a vendor that is a little closer to qilby, so if he decides he's tired of telepathically communicating (which he is, but he should practice), it's easier to make the move to a more conventional format. ]

Yes. [ he is trying to hide how annoyed he is upon hearing that others are taking to telepathy better than he is. if the vendor notices his furrowing brow, they don't say anything, busy engaging the other citizens. ]

Where I come from, we talk with our mouths. Like civilized people. [ what exactly is uncivilized about telepathy?? we just don't know. ] Do I really look lost?

[poisonparadise]

[His gaze does have a habit of piercing directly into his soul--sort of looking at other people like they’re tasty pieces of meat. Yes, all of them.

He totally didn’t ask, but he’s still attentive, so it’s okay.]

Life, hm…? [He glances off to the side in thought] Interesting that we’ve met then, as at one point, I controlled what was essentially, death.

[Ah, but a question about his forms, that perks Valerius up immediately] For blending in with humans and humanoids, yes it is. But for the aspect of power...not so much. Sadly, that form was not lost to time, but to this...coven’s...restrictions.

[He grits his teeth and narrows his eyes to icy slits of disdain, then perks and tilts his head curiously, glasses sliding down his nose.] Surely, you’ve lost something as well? I’ve surmised that some sort of odd trade-off took place without our consent...

[skiouros]

Kittens are wary creatures. We can take a look around, then have the girl lure them out of hiding.

[ He doubts they'll be so receptive to emerging for strangers. ]

no worries!!

[bulletbiter]

[ That explains things. Perhaps Jusis comes from a world with little magic, resulting in his unfamiliarity with it. ]

If you are unfamiliar with the coven network, I would advise a little more practice with it.

[ His countenance is not reproachful in any way, merely advisory. There's also no one around for a few blocks, so that dampens the awkwardness... maybe? ]

[ensorcel]

C
[ luckily for the stragglers who didn't arrive early enough to check the job board, camilla had to go to lunch late, so she's just now adding a posting of her own.

(¯`·._ (¯`·._NEW BARISTAS WANTED AT MOONCENTS _.·´¯)_.·´¯)

she's still in her uniform, which means she definitely works at mooncents, so if you're smart, you'll try to woo her now to bypass the whole applying-for-a-job thing!! ]


E
[ camilla has actually vying for a cell phone ever since she came to shehui. literally everyone at work had one, even the young children accompanying their parents. she's gotten to play with her coworkers', and knows them as well as if she'd owned one of her own, so imagine her delight when she finally gets the latest and greatest orange!

one of her conversation apps lets her add nearby contacts by a mere shake, so if there's a creepy lady shaking her phone directly in front of you, that's why. she's not coming to attack you with it. really ]


F
Ugh. My eyes are up here, you mongrel. It seems good manners are in short supply in every world.

[ either she caught you staring at her bazongas or someone nearby was staring at them and it sounds as if she's accusing you personally. intrusive thoughts are often severe. has no one told her about the amplification in telepathy? or maybe you're too busy being upset at being called a pervert. it's a perfectly valid reaction. ]

G
[ camilla was expecting a rose from her card, but unfortunately, it was a camellia. the way she was clutching the half-dozen bouquet of said flowers in one hand, and staring down at the card in her other hand with little expression, is uncharacteristic of her to anyone who knows her well.

after a moment, her expression hardens as she drops the card unceremoniously, before digging her tall heel into its screen, almost gently though it does end up cracking. yikes. ]


J
[ i'm open to anything and everything ♥ ]

E

[ensorcel]

[ camilla has been low-key looking for the radiant queen sending her (and countless others, if this group chat is any indicator) all manner of pictures today. some leave a lot to be desired, but just as many of them look as if they're straight out of one of those beauty magazines she's so fond of. not enough to where she's been wandering aimlessly, of course, but celica doesn't escape her eye when she sees her outside the coffee shop. ]

Ah, there you are, my mysterious beauty. Hmhm, and here I was afraid I would never find you. Aren't I just the luckiest?

[allbroea]

[ oh, he ... completely misinterpreted that text. now they're both sad. ]

If you tell me about her, I can keep an eye out.

[endette]

short plat blonde hair and missing her left arm name is elise brown skin

who do you want me to keep an eye out for?

[farsighting]

it's okay! you can talk about yourself all you want ( So she doesn't have to talk about herself, that way. )

unless you're doing that whole "making stuff up and i wouldn't know otherwise" thing, your situation sounds interesting! sry if that sounds bad haha...what exactly did this fantasy simulator take you away from that was so important?

[endette]

[ehhhh concerning...]

if I did that I would make myself sound way cooler and I would have so many girlfriends and boyfriends you have no idea

my sister mostly

she needs me and I need her

[farsighting]

i've got a certified player on my hands lol!

( That other bit...mmm right where it hurts. Well, one of the places it hurts. )

sounds like you're a good sibling. i've got a brother too. it'd be nice to get back to him, you know?

[endette]

I do my best but I probably hold her back some she's great lol

[Or rather, he once held her back so much that...that nothing would ever be the same. Now he just did his best to keep them both afloat. This stranger doesn't need to know all that.]

older or younger?

[allbroea]

[ even with no one around, it somehow feels wrong to bring it up so openly, but he is, admittedly, new to this, and he'll trust the judgment of someone who seems to have a better grasp on it.

that's kind of a weird sentiment to bring up to a stranger, and then it hits him. like a truck. his expression immediately changes to one of exasperation. ]

That ... is easier said than done. [ stretching his metaphorical telepathic legs is even more awkward than making normal small talk. ] Sorry. For anything you've overheard.

[skiouros]

[ only if jusis respects beetles.

eizen leans farther back against the chair he's claimed, the drink currently going untouched. it's free, but not necessarily to his taste. ]

Eizen. I haven't been here very long, myself—it's been about a month since I arrived. But there's a considerable number of us on the same boat.

[testified]

Lord Whiskers, please try to behave until I bring you back to your owner...

[ As much as she loves cats, even this is taking a toll on her dignity. How many times must she apologize today? Make this #37. ]

Forgive me, he's a little playful.

[bulletbiter]

[ To be fair to Jusis, the reason Julius picked up restraint so quickly is due to his experience in holding off the Singularity. ]

Don't worry about it. [ He saw nothing. Or heard nothing, to be precise. ] I have been here a score longer. If you need help, I'll try my best to provide it.

[allbroea]

You'll be the first to hear if I meet her, Jörgen.

[ instead of sending a description, he sends an image of himself holding a device. ]

Anyone bearing this symbol of a horned lion. It would be worn on the shoulder. [ but they weren't exactly in-uniform at the time, either. if he has to pick one: ] Failing that, a boy of average height with messy black hair and about as pale as the snow he lives in. Light purple eyes. I imagine he would have a tachi with him. His name is Rean Schwarzer.

[testified]

[what]

A-Ah, I believe you are mistaken, you and I have never met before.

[ She would remember it, seeing as Camilla isn't exactly... forgettable, to say the least. ]

Are you looking for somebody?

[endette]

thanks man

how many horns on that lion and what's a tachi

c

[sluggard]

[Frankly, Python would rather eat dirt than keep coming back to the job board, but. Well, what can you do?

He glances over at the guy, raising an eyebrow.]

Eh. Who knows, it's been an exciting few weeks. Maybe they're jealous?