[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

[counteracts]

[Orga doesn't even have anything close to the whole picture. When McGillis had lent help to deal with the Dawn Horizon Corps, he had given Orga the impression that it was on behalf of Gjallarhorn as a larger, singular entity. That had apparently not been the entire truth, as the Arianhrod Fleet had saw fit to harry them as soon as they had arrived on the scene.

He'd been rushing them along at the beginning regardless... Tch. Orga should've suspected something like that.

Fareed's scheme was more transparent to him now, as was the reasons why the most powerful fleet in Gjallarhorn's number would oppose it. But as far as they were concerned, Tekkadan had been a one-time ally; it's not as though he had made his agreement public. Their further interference, then, was nothing but a confusion to him. And a vast frustration.

Mika concedes further, unloading the gun. Orga, satisfied, looks away from him, knowing he would bare fangs no further. That's one thing dealt with, at least for now. He's going to have to talk with Mika about it more later, to make sure he understood.

His gaze sharpens a bit as the name is mentioned.] He's here? [That would complicate things. Does their agreement even persist here? Orga's gut instinct is no, not when either aspect of it was so far out of reach, not when they had the work of this witch to be doing instead. But the fact that lines and divisions could be drawn so easily and dangerously between them would simply be a wound left to fester if not dealt with promptly.]

Well, that's the long of short of it. We're going to need to figure out some kinda truce. The reasons we were fighting back home don't exist here. [Whatever reasons they were... Orga's still not exactly clear on those? Rustal's never bothered to contact him.]

So, Juli, [he says, leaning a shoulder against the corner he had been at a short while ago, chin lifted a bit as he asks,] am I welcome here, or not?

[deusex]

[ Mika stands just to one side of the other boy, his gaze fixed unerringly on that of Julieta; he's too used to every little inflection and motion of orga's that he would know instantly on what he wants him to do — with the orders to stand down in place, the only thing he could do is watch, to see what the girl would do.

She had done... something funny to his gun, the last time. It felt like some kind of whiplash of electricity, some force of power that wasn't familiar to him, and he'd be damned if he'd let her do anything of the sort to Orga. ]

[sharpestsword]

He was here.

[ Her voice trails off when she recals Gaelio and how he's taking his disappearance. It's hard enough seeing him that way that she wouldn't bring up the subject unless it's necessary. Now that he's out of the picture they wouldn't have to deal with the complications he brought with him. He deserved credit too for the seeds of the truce they speak of now. Had he not reached out to her she might not be so willing to consider it. There's no hostility in her thoughts towards either of them. One more wary glance at Mikazuki before her gaze returns to the one he's so intent on protecting. Orga continuing to call her by that name even now catches her off guard. It's odd to her that he would want to be that familiar with her, knowing who she is, that he wouldn't walk out on his own. If she approaches this with a clear head, they could possibly find a solution together. ]

It's fine by me. We can talk about it.

[counteracts]

[Was.

Orga's expression resolves a little more into a frown. He's not sure what's more complicated, either having McGillis here or being without him as a linchpin between himself and Gjallarhorn. Though it might not even work out that well, considering the discord he'd seen between the two factions in the last few months, and not to mention what the man had outlined to him as his plan. As much as a primary instinct of Orga's tells him not to get himself into the middle of an internal conflict between Gjallarhorn fleets, but, well. He's already in it, unfortunately.

He can sense Mika's threatening presence at his elbow, though his own expression is a little more reserved. To continue to worry at differences carried from back home would only prove to be a strategical error here. He watches her carefully, waiting for her decision.

The one she gives is probably the best that he could've asked for. He gives a nod, accompanied with a short sigh that was actually half-breath of relief.]

Alright. Good.

[He glances to Mika for a moment, sharing a wordless exchange with him, before looking back to his Gjallarhorn roommate.] We'll give you some space. When I come back tomorrow, we can hammer something out. Sound fair?

[deusex]

[ Perhaps the heart of the problem was that Julieta and Mikazuki simply got off on the very wrong foot altogether from the beginning. Even with McGillis' initial presence it wasn't enough to stave off the open hostility from either side nor was whatever agreement that had been established enough to dissipate it -- Mikazuki might have been McGillis' ally, yes, and acted accordingly to it, but the orders and the decision to do so ultimately all came down from Orga.

So he'll follow along with whatever he decides here and now, again, as always.

Their eyes meet, and Mikazuki gives a slightest tilt of his chin, a nod, before his gaze too returns to the girl. ]

[sharpestsword]

I'll talk to Gaelio and let you know what we come up with.

[ She takes notice of how he is around Orga. His presence is a necessity if they are to move beyond fighting with each other. This is her first time encountering him in person without coming to blows. So far it's been successful. They might even be able to talk about this the way they were talking so casually earlier, instead of like some wartime negotiations. As for Mikazuki, she'll watch him until he leaves, but more out of interest than caution. ]

[counteracts]

[It certainly wouldn't be the first time they'd end up working on at least somewhat friendly terms with people who had tried to kill them in the past. Not just McGillis and his branch of Gjallarhorn, but, hell, even the Turbines had turned their guns and suits against them at first. So little was set in stone, instead drifting until alliances set them into temporary alignment.

As they set into a temporary truce, as of now.]

Alright. Just let me know.

[Gaelio... The name is ringing a bell, but he's going to have to think on it a little bit more.

Until then, though, they should take their leave. He gives Mika a short look, then regards Juli for a moment before lifting one hand in a half-wave. Then he turns and makes for the door, knowing Mika would do the same and follow.]