[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

[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 ♥ ]

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[yancat]

[ While Jumin is naturally weirded out by this turn of events, he's mostly confused. It doesn't seem like she means any harm, but is there something he doesn't know about these phones? That was often the case back home. Why is she shaking it in front of him? Uh...

He shakes his Orange phone too? ]

Is this a Shehui custom?

[ensorcel]

[ camilla isn't used to knowing something other people who've experienced technology don't know, so her smile is a little brighter than it ought to be when she lets the man shake his phone back. after a few seconds, she pulls her phone away to tap a few buttons and-- ]

See? Now we're friends. Isn't that nice?

[ i can't think of a synonym for LINE but that's what she used; and sure enough, jumin's number (and perhaps not much else, depending on how much of his profile is filled out) is in her little contact book. it's future!! ]

[yancat]

Oh.

[ His expression falters. Her smile is sweet and having more friends is nice, but he can't help but feel like this is a scam. He better check her name for reference at least, so he looks at his phone's screen and...

Hmm. That's a name he remembers. ]

... I didn't know it could do that. Is that all you wanted?

[ Because now he has his number, his name, and a picture of his stupidly handsome face. The banner of his profile is a picture of a cat by a shop front. ]

You seem to be enjoying yourself.

g.

[deusex]

[ being the way he is, Mikazuki might not initially give any such impression as is, but he is actually pretty good at being perceptive — it's the little things that he pick up on, the miniscule changes in countenance, the pace of breaths, the slightest motion. After having been around Camilla for a few weeks now, he has a pretty good idea as to what kind of person she is on a day-to-day basis.

This, well, this is something different. ]

What's wrong?

[ensorcel]

[ she knows she shouldn't be, but somehow she is surprised mika of all people happened upon her like this, and even moreso that he would bother saying anything. such a frank and private boy-- camilla never would have thought he would even pay any mind to a troubled person.

the idea that maybe she's just special to him makes her feel a bit better. ]

Oh, Mika, sweetness.

[ she steps off the digital card, a sickening scratch of broken glass left in her wake, in favor of smiling at the boy as if nothing were amiss. ]

What are you doing here? Aren't you chilly? Why don't we go back home, I think a warm apple cardamom pie would be lovely right about now.

[deusex]

[ he might look disinterested and uncaring a lot of the time with how a lot of his reactions were muted and toned down, like he could only spare the barest minimum of effort into things like that, but he still noticed, and he still cared to some odd, mikazuki-level of degree. especially if they were someone he knew and respected to some extent. even camilla applied in part to that category - though a lot of her behaviours were still strange to him.

he glances at the card lying in broken, shattered shards on the ground, then back up to her face, his expression barely flickering. ]

It's not cold. [ he's dressed enough, okay? ]

j... eheheh

[counteracts]

[He probably should have figured that Mika had roommates.

But somehow it didn't pass through his mind at all until he was quietly exiting Mika's room rather early in the morning, clothing slightly bedraggled, hair faintly mussed from its usual (inexplicable) state.

He doesn't think about it until he sees Camilla. Then he stops dead, mid-movement, eyes wide, going full-on deer in headlights.

Uhh.

Faintly:] Oh.

c

[witchwithoutacause]

[ Huh. Still looking for baristas - Amanda hasn't pinned down anything stable, which is making her nervous with a wave of newbies showing up to compete with her for meaningless garbage jobs.

And she's still bad with money, she's found. ]

...this job's not... all that bad, right?

f

[gimmecandy]

But my eyes are also up here! -A youthful tone cried back.

Jack-O', poor Jack-O' (or poor Everyone Else, really) had just been skipping along, trying to ignore the growing knot of distress inside of her as it became more and more obvious that people were actively avoiding interacting with the masked woman, even now that she WAS dressed for the weather, and she was being rushed out of stores and shops and even had the cafe insist on her taking her lunch to go. On top of it all, she was now being accused of being a mongrel! How vexing!-

Though politeness is one of those human concepts I have a weaker grasp on. Rules really are confusing... -A more mature tone, though clearly the same voice. And also not being inherently honest either. She got it. She just didn't care when it was convenient. But right now, wasn't the rude one the one accusing her?! Right!

Right... Wait, where DID that voice come from?-