[OPENING] island hub - day 1

[spellbindmods]

Who: All Characters
Where: Main Hub
When: Day 1
Open/Closed: Open to All

TDM threads can be considered canon if you so choose, they contain the power that you apped with and both parties confer that the thread is canon.

For characters that were on the TDM and who were not accepted/didn't app, these characters will be considered dropped characters that were magicked away.

Night has fallen upon everyone. It's thus far been an eventful day -- you've met some new people, discovered some new aspects of yourself that weren't there before you appeared here (however that might have happened). The original inhabitants of the island have been working hard to prepare a few things. One activity might have been one you were a part of, but there's still time to get your hands dirty. A ▢ Brie has rolled out a large copper pot and created a pit on the beach. It's unrealistic to think everyone can subsist on the few foods she's collected from other words and boar jerky alone. She's got a few boar carcasses sitting on the beach that need attending to as well. Your characters can help feed themselves and others, and here's what needs to be done: Fire needs to be started for cooking the meat AND a large bonfire for light and warmth. The large copper bowl needs to be filled with water. Crabs need to be bravely collected from the bath house for boiling. The boar needs to be either cut up for kebabs or stuck through. Does your character know anything about spit-roasting? Any other helpful magical skills are welcome to help make food. Post feasting, there are dozens of crabs and a pile of roasted boar meet that are up for eating. Even if you didn't offer to help in making any of the food, they're open to eat it -- even if the true helpers may give you dirty looks. The boar is fine, if not a little bland and chewy, but it's probably better than the jerky. The crab is delicious, if not a little tasteless...there problem with the crab isn't exactly the taste, though. B ▢ The crab isn't a species that's immediately edible for most species, though your character will grow to get used to it eventually. For now, the meat isn't settling well within your character's system. Your character will experience sweats, a high fever, blurred vision, potential vomiting, hives...it's very obvious their body is rejecting the unfamiliar meat. This may also cause a bit of an issue with your character's powers. They're still getting physically and mentally acclimated to these new changes, so expect their telepathy and magic to go a little haywire.

It's almost completely dark outside when the next event of the evening happens. You're living your life when you see it out of the corner of your eye -- it's absolutely hard to miss. What you see is a large lit caravan, larger than even an army tank. It's bright white and shining, covered with golden, ornate details that emanate an even more dazzling sparkle. The entire thing is aglow, and it's quickly coming towards the large bonfire that's been made. It's not rolling across the sand, but instead it's floating, and so is a matching trunk that's sailing along next to a figure beside the caravan. C ▢ A tall, slender woman has also come along with the large caravan, quickly opening the trunk that eventually lands on the sand with a large thud. She's handing out sacks, very similar to the ones previously in the large lobster cage. These contain a parka, a type of candy of your choice, a bottle of water, a large shard from a broken mirror and a letter rolled up and bound with a roll of twine. There are two other thread options associated with this prompt: Genette's top level and her telepathy training post. Around the same time as Genette is handing out this new little goody bag, you suddenly receive a telepathic message. It might seem a little strange at first -- but on that note, what about tonight isn't strange? D ▢ The telepathic message your character will receive is a simple one: Hello. It shows up in text form across your character's line of vision and it doesn't go away until they respond back, though the message that's sent out won't go to the original telepath. Instead it will ping pong to a random person in the group. You've made a new friend! After you've met Genette, she's also got a few more supplies that she pulls out a small door in the base of the caravan. She's insistent that you only get two items, since there aren't exactly a lot of them to go around! E ▢ The last of the starter supplies are being handed out, and these are items that are more cumbersome or rare -- they may not be immediately useful for your character, but maybe you can make use of them somehow, whether eventually in another world or with your power. An electronic/technology: these can be as obvious as an MP3 player, as useless as a garage door motor or as scandalous as a Hitachi Magic Wand. If it can be powered by electricity or batteries, there's a tub of them. They're also partially charged if they don't need constant electricity to work. A fashion accessory: there are a lot of these, surprisingly. Flower crowns, belts, bras, shoes, earrings, other types of jewelry. Your character can look cute while suffering from crab vomiting. Books and stationary: maps of various worlds, books written in a myriad of languages (maybe even one you recognize!), writing paper, ink pens, gel pens, stickers. Any kind of stationary can be found here. Other household items: this can include cleaning supplies, furniture, and other miscellaneous goods. These won't be personal affects from your character's home, but they may be useful! Feel free to come up with unusual or alien items -- these have come from all over the universe, remember!

As the night winds down, it's recommended by Brie that you should probably go to be in your hut -- or at the very least get somewhere inside. There are a lot of people around the camp, however, so it's no surprise that there are a few people waiting around to get their fill of food and supplies before heading to bed. The noise of the new members and the light of the fire have attracted a very large pack of boars, who you'll later find make routine trips to the beach every night. Boar mating season has made the wild hogs rather testy, and the smell of food -- even if it's their own boar brethren -- have made them even more volatile. F ▢ If your character isn't quick to get inside tonight, they're likely to get a boar charging at them. The chances are doubled if they happen to be holding onto a food item. Female boars can leave a few bruises and trample you, but beware the males -- they've got tusks. However, it's not like staying up at night doesn't have its advantages. Once midnight hits, another species of animal makes its regular rounds across the base camp. In the sky, characters can see an Aurora Borealis-like sight. Instead of being dancing green and blue lights, however, the reality is that they are a massive species of space worm, and hundreds are wiggling past on their way to travel back home. They're shimmering and in every color imaginable, lighting up the sky with their magnificent hues. G ▢ The space worms operate outside the natural barrier of the hub, but they still are in close enough proximity to shed a film as they travel. If you're still awake, boars or no, you'll be in the middle of a shower. The film sheds from the worms and enters the atmosphere, creating multi-colored, sweet-smelling mists of worm water vapor. Worm water vapor is kind of weird, but it's also pretty cool. It's also calming, and that's a bonus. Inhale too much and you might become a little too calm.

Comments

[witchofwishes]

[She can only offer a rather sad smile at the request.]

I'm afraid that falls in the realm of taboos. I am also afraid that no matter how beautiful that butterfly piece may be it does not equal the life of another. Equivalent exchange is also something that must always be taken into account.

I have also granted that wish before... and the consequences are not ones I wish to pass to this world, or any world.

Everything is Hitsuzen. Those that are meant to live will live. And those that are meant to pass on will do so. And there are some things that need to happen no matter how much we may wish otherwise. Death, painful and as unfair as it is, keeps the world in balance.

[mapsio]

[She stays still, keeping a defensive stance. Haru could be the blunt force in this attack if she hits hard enough. Maybe push the boar into Minato's sword.

She takes a breath, calming herself. Then she's looking at Minato.

She's waiting for his signal.]

[puddingemote]

"Yeah. I guess it has to do with illnesses?"

It seems helpful to be able to heal illnesses around here, even if he hasn't gotten a chance yet. He's not even totally sure how it works yet.

"So I guess, if you get sick, I can help?"

[imsorey]

What runs on batteries? Your little vehicle, I take it?

[puddingemote]

"Thanks." Feeling reasonably confident that Waver isn't about to burst into smoke again, he puts it back on. Now Waver can see it has a cat ears. "If you need it again, I can help."

A pause, and then he adds helpfully, "I'm Tamaki."

[imsorey]

[since the first two don't sound like anything he's heard of, he leans towards the last option.]

"Something else" most likely. I've never heard of Greek or Roman civilizations. They're the remain of the civilizations that were on the continent of Glenwood before the people there today. Some of them were made with a combination of human skill and seraphic artes, so in at least some cases you could consider them the ruins of the seraphim just as much as humans.

[imsorey]

Can't it be both?

[he is the type who can't turn his back on people in need and he knows it, but he doesn't want to consider it as altruistic as that when it's still helping him to achieve his dream]

[mapsio]

I'll need to make sure we have a good enough area to start marking off a garden space. We'll need to turn the land and makes sure the soil is good enough.

[That was the first step anyways.]

May I ask what the scrolls are for?

[puddingemote]

Spycams?

[Which is about all he'll say to prompt John to tell him more. He's not sure why there would be spycams in the mansion - does that Genette girl think they're going to steal something?]

[teratias]

[Other worlds, right. Waver listens, and he perks slightly at the phrase 'seraphic artes' and 'seraphim.' Those are angels, if he's remembering right.]

Okay, what're seraphic artes?

[teratias]

Cat ears?! Waver tries not to stare, and absolutely fails in the intent. It was hard not to.

"Waver," he manages, eyes on the ears. "Are those new or...?" he gestures upwards, approximating where the ears are on Tamaki's head.

[imsorey]

Oh. Then it's no good without a reliable power source.

[wracking his brain for a minute for a solution, but he doesn't know enough about...electricity or electronics to have much in mind.]

Well, there's plenty of time to look around for one, and the mansion might have something that they don't mind us borrowing. If there is something then we can come back for this later.

[rebells]

I see.

[So two sets of siblings, all friends . . . that strikes him as idyllic in a way that's hard to relate to. He has no frame of reference for siblinghood, and friendship . . . is complicated, especially now.

It's easier to think about the puzzle of who was brought and why--why multiple people from some worlds and only one from others, why three of a group of four but not the last. He thinks about that for a little bit, frowning thoughtfully into the distance.]

Do you hope she arrives?

[oneandmikleonly]

Such as--? I admit, that was off the top of my head.

[oneandmikleonly]

Er . . . don't you grow coffee?

[that should . . . that should say it all, really]

[imsorey]

I'm ready to learn all of it! Or, as much as I can. Although maybe that's too optimistic. I'd like to know how things are going back home too. But there's not much we can do about that right now.

[rebells]

[He cocks his head as he listens to that. So two items, combined to form a single item with characteristics of both individual parts . . . . ]

I presume they have to be tangible objects?

[puddingemote]

I guess it would be bad if you heard something you weren't supposed to.
But it'd be nice if someone is lying to you.

[rebells]

Can it? Either you're deriving some kind of benefit from it, or you're not.

[rebells]

[There's a pause before the next response.]

Perhaps we should discuss that face to face.

[oneandmikleonly]

Sounds good to me. Tonight, or another time? I'm not up to much else right now, but possibly you want sleep more than twenty questions.

[rebells]

I was just wondering whether the ketchup and peanut butter were necessary parts of this synthesis.

[Meaning, is bizarre condiment choice part of the power?]

[rebells]

You "texted" me first.

[imsorey]

[he was trying to give her the benefit of the doubt!!!!]

If you need to communicate over long distances talking mentally is a big asset, but I agree that it's just...a lot nicer to see someone in person. There are a lot of things you miss out on if you just hear someone's voice--but I bet that depends on the person.

[ofthedemiurgescomposition]

"...I suppose I could appreciate it."

[Aka he's not completely opposed to the idea. Still, he phrases it as a yet and so a yes it becomes. Well, looks like any ideas of being alone tonight have been dashed.]