[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

[endette]

aaa idk I was asking you!! if I run into my bud Obi I'll ask him? I don't have as many games as him. what's semifinal?

**zemiria

**zemuria

[allbroea]

[ this response is slower, mostly as a result of balking at 'semifinal', but also because he has to be thorough in his questioning. still, if there's a game about zemuria, that probably means whoever is familiar with it is from zemuria, right. no one would just coincidentally make up that setting. ]

Zemuria is a continent. It hosts a number of settlements, including the Erebonian Empire, Liberl Kingdom, Republic of Calvard, and Crossbell State. If you or anyone you know is familiar with any of them, I would be interested to speak further.

[endette]

[Never underestimate the power of autocorrect...]

only then??

[allbroea]

I am not interested in forming friendships. If you would like to prattle about games irrelevant to my query, I will politely decline.

However, I am a new arrival to the city, so I suppose I would also consider myself interested in any useful information in that respect.

[ more pressingly: the coven, but he's getting the impression that's not something he should be throwing out to a stranger here. ]

[endette]

yikes...

I'm actually new here myself but I know where to get good popcorn?

[allbroea]

[ YIKES?? okay, well, he's used to that, but he's making the most offended face at his phone anyway. ]

You must be joking.

[ popcorn? Really? ]

[endette]

:( you don't like popcorn?

[allbroea]

That's irrelevant. Do you honestly expect me to believe you arrived here and immediately set out to find not just sustenance, which would be reasonable, but specifically popcorn?

[ is he being trolled, as the kids will say whenever the orbal network gets off the ground as a consumer-friendly internet. ]

[endette]

the heart wants what the heart wants + absence makes the heart grow fonder is a dangerous combo

also I got lucky and it was like right there

[allbroea]

[ he has never seen such a love for junk food, and is awed.

this one takes a good minute or so: ]

Far be it from me to tell you how to live your life.

Should you come across anything noteworthy, ideally not related to your love of popped corn,
please feel free to get in touch.

[endette]

[It has more to do with...eating apocalypse food for a year...]

with...who...

[allbroea]

[ he hopes this is a roundabout way of asking for a name. ]

Jusis Albarea. Given the flashy arrivals process, we are likely staying in the same building, and you may seek out my name should you be unable to reach me by phone.

[endette]

[Don't worry, new bud, it is.]

don't count on it. new people come and go here all the time I guess. but ur right and I'm Jörgen I'm on floor 9!!

[allbroea]

That's troubling. [ that people come and go all the time, not that they're in the same building, but— ]

Nonetheless, thank you for your time, Jörgen. I have no particular fondness for popcorn, but if you find a vendor with an acceptable herb chowder, I would like to know.

[ this is his figurative peace offering for being less-than-friendly. ]

[endette]

sorry to keep bothering you but

what's an herb chowder

like clam but herbs??

[is Zemuria fantasy Boston...]

[allbroea]

[ technically the recipe still uses white flesh and a shell, so it's probably a little of both ... ]

Yes? [ is this a trick question ] Generically, it's a chowder made with herbs and vegetables. Exactly as it sounds.

[endette]

sorry I don't cook a lot and now we don't have a ton of vegetables these days. got it now tho!! I'll keep an eye out

[allbroea]

[ wait, what

his turn to bother: ]

You don't have vegetables?

[endette]

some people do but it's hard to grow stuff in the apocalypse and it's winter rn

[allbroea]

[ Wait, what? ]

Is the apocalypse a metaphor?

[endette]

nah dude zombies

[allbroea]

Zombies??

[ there's general necromancy going on in zemuria but they have yet to catch on to the zombie apocalypse thing. ]

[endette]

[Unfortunately, this genuinely text medium doesn't convey tone very well, so Jörgen misses the unfamiliarity.]

ikr? crazy to think that stuff rly happened

[allbroea]

[ it's okay, he still has no idea what he's talking about so he'll clarify: ]

"Ikr"?

I feel like we're no longer holding the same conversation.

[ that's his way of saying he's lost ]

[endette]

oh sorry ikr is "I know right?" wow people really don't know much about texting here

[Hmmmn, let him scroll up and read to see if he can find where the split was without having to ask...]

wait do u not know what a zombie is???