[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

[potentite]

I doubt they give tenure all willy-nilly.

[splinten]

[Ha ha. Knights. Nope, it's a destroyer and not a protector here. Blah blah Dirk's self-loathing moving on.]

Something like that. There was a fight I was supposed to finish, and the sword is what I was supposed to use. [And then he failed, and now he's here. HA HA LIFE IS GREAT let's move the fuck on.]

Forgive me on blankin' out here. Smalltalk isn't exactly a skill that I developed.

[splinten]

It was the 1930s. Students had practically no protections or guarantees. He could have gained tenure from his research and been terrible at teaching.

[needmetoo]

I'm... not sure yet. It's easiest to just... gather it together. I can move it a little.

[She brings the two marble-sized bits of water together, and, brow furrowing, lifts it up and lets it circle around the air for a bit]

I couldn't do this back where I came from.

[mapsio]

[It isn't like she can't handle a little bit of sass, she almost seems to welcome it as a change from getting chased down to get here. As for herself? She doesn't seem like she's going to shake with fear any time soon.]

It's been a long day.

[She tugs on her parka.]

What do you think about it?

b!!

[heartkey]

[ Well this is certainly going swimmingly, huh? Because Sora is also becoming increasingly sick from those crabs, though he hasn't quite hit the vomiting stage yet. Just a lot of sweating and dizziness. Still, despite his condition, he can't help but notice the sparkles in the distance, and the man clearly having a bad time.

Sooo he stumbles over toward him, not really giving his actions much thought, and it's pretty clear in his voice that he's not feeling well, either. ] Uh ... h-hey, are you ... okay?

[potentite]

I'm certain he was a wonderful teacher. He seems quite good in the times we see him.

[mapsio]

[Sorry Minato, just one more night. Please be patient.

It wsa a safe answer, but she does feel bad! She'll apologize at least one more time.]

I was on my way to my hut, but I wasn't quite fast enough before the angry boar saw me. So, I'll be on my way when I'm sure that the boar is gone.

A

[yokunaru]

Oh, I was just... [Yuuri makes a vague gesture at the bucket he's holding, the crabs he's collected scraping their legs and pincers against the sides.]

Where should I put these? [Though he's still clutching the bucket, Yuuri stares longingly at the boar that's cooking on the spit, too tired and hungry to pretend he's doing otherwise. He's never had wild boar before, but at this point, any kind of hot food would be welcome.]

[windeity]

[Let him live, Dirk!!]

And the battery charger is for what? [He has slowly learned how to play the Strider game. Dirk needs questions. Dave will just ramble off whatever the fuck he feels like.]

[mapsio]

[She gathers up another pot. Nodding.]

How about we help each other do that? I'll get some water, and I can help you gather some of the crabs. [She seems pleased with her suggestion.]

Are you doing okay?

[cadventuretime]

Huh, if you didn't finish the fight, then that must be a pretty big problem you're facing.

[She noticed his discomfort, but wasn't going to say much of it. She wasn't really the type to offer help for people who didn't ask, nor was she really interested in prying the dysfunctions of people she just met.[

Didn't develop, or didn't want to develop? [Now needling on the other hand...]

[mapsio]

[She was already starting to jot down notes! What she could use for soil, potential spots to put the garden (maybe at the edge of the forest), and what she's seem around before she obtained the notebook.

Once she notices Lenka and the case of the run away scrolls, he's talking to her.]

I wanted to be prepared.

[She hands him one of his run away scrolls.]

[needmetoo]

[Physically speaking she isn't lost, unless one counted the fact that this wasn't her world and she had no way to leave. But... she was guessing that this maybe wasn't what he meant. And that "lost" really did sound like a good way to describe how she felt right now.]

I guess so. Everyone... It looks like they know what to do.

[mapsio]

That depends on the type of person, I guess.

[Haru wasn't completely comfortable with where she was. But the comfort of those around her was much more important to her. She wanted to prove she could be useful for the Phantom Thieves and she guesses it felt like she was doing the same thing here.]

I don't really think everyone is going to handle this situation the same.

[drunkle]

All things considered, it could be worse.

[ It's not like him to be so optimistic, it's just that he has seen worse. ]

Still, I wouldn't wanna stick around here any longer than I need to. Call it a "bad vibe", I guess.

[ He takes another small drink out of his glass before setting it down again. ]

Do you believe them?

[mapsio]

[Oh, John. She could teach you gardening. The green thumb is definitely a learned skill.]

I don't think I have ever heard of someone being raised on an island by their dog, but, I don't have any reason to disbelieve you. [No, really. Weird shit happens to her too. So a guy has a sister that was raised on an island? Can't be any weirder than fighting some big bad in the Metaverse.]

Do you think they were more tropical type plants?

[probablynoteren]

Oh. I don't think there are any signals here. I didn't see anyone living here.

[Except for them, and the crazy caravan and its people that he's still not sure how to categorize. So unless they actually start getting wifi and radio from space, it'll probably be even more isolated than the facilities back home. And those were high-tech.

Ah, and Jake is still talking and--]

... Five computers?

[What on earth would you even do with five computers on an island.]

[splinten]

Given that this is our home base, we might as well consider ourselves, at default, depowered.

[Which sucks, but it is what it is. Dirk, frankly, is as good as dead, so there's no point in being frustrated. This is better than being glitched out for eternity, or whatever his fate was going to be.

He ducks off briefly to get some supplies, but when he comes back he puts his focus on Jay.]

What do you know about starting a fire?

[splinten]

An abundance of girls flirting with him doesn't make him a good teacher, and when we see him we also see that he doesn't mark his exams promptly.

A.1

[yokunaru]

[Yuuri pauses and looks over at her, understanding dawning in his eyes. That's...actually a good point, now that she's pointed it out.]

I don't know. [His eyes scan the area around them nervously.] A lot of us just got here today. If anyone knows about this place, it's probably her. [He nods toward Brie, who's a short distance away in the sand.]

[drunkle]

Heh, is that what it looks like?

[ Qrow imagines that it seems that way to Xion, but all they're really doing is simple tasks to distract themselves from the reality of it, which is that nobody knows what the hell they're supposed to be doing here. ]

Do you want to help them?

[splinten]

[Dirk observes that. He can probably take a shaving off for this kid (who is older than him)...]

Put them in the large copper bowl for boiling, and I can get you a slice to start off.

[splinten]

[Correct! Bright side: the answers to John's questions aren't "I failed" and "Please let me die in peace."]

My shades. [Before John goes there, he supplies,] They're a computer.

[splinten]

[Truthfully, Dirk isn't that expressive, and he's incredibly disinclined to open up to strangers. He lacks Dave's capacity for smooth dishonesty, but he makes up for it in a simple monotony of presence. Without anyone around in his childhood, he never really learned to emote much with his voice, his face, or his body language.]

Did not have the opportunity to develop.

[There is however a flicker of eyebrows raised up behind his shades. You don't want to go down this path, zombie lady.]