[OPENING] island hub - day 1

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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

[dangerouslyinlove]

[Ryoji smiles. He... isn't sure if it's true anymore, that only Minato can kill him. At least, not here. How much of it applies, outside their world, outside whatever magic works there? Though, that doesn't mean he automatically moves to taking care of himself... he's not used to it, and there is a not insignificant part of him that wonders if he even deserves to.]

Alright. I'll try not to. Thank you.

[p_mortem]

[ "I'll try" isn't as comforting as if Ryoji had just left it at "Alright," but Minato probably would have promised it just like that as well, trying his best to take care of himself. But it's hard to care sometimes when his eyes are always on others instead. Right now, he keeps Ryoji in his periphery as he looks around the bathhouse a bucket of some sort to throw the crabs in so that they don't have to haul back a chain of them dangling off Ryoji's scarf. ]

If you forget, I'll do it. [ The "taking care of" that he couldn't do properly back home because he'd learned what Ryoji was too late ] Are you having fun here?

[dangerouslyinlove]

[It is hard, to be aware of something he's never had to focus on before. Ryoji doesn't want other people to worry (again, because he does not deserve that at all, given what he is), so he'll try enough so no one else has to right?? He especially does not want Minato to worry about him.]

I am, yeah. [It's very nice to not have to worry about ending the world, and also still existing. But Minato's left behind his friends that he could have had more time with...] How are you?

[p_mortem]

I'm okay.

[ As if he would say anything else, even if he means more "I'll be okay" than "I am okay." He just wants something to work towards, a task or role to pour himself into and exhaust himself to the point where sleep is a reprieve instead of something to pass the time. If he were to be honest, he feels somewhat lost, standing next to somebody who's not supposed to be here; he himself is not supposed to be here.

But it's not all bad. ]

...I like that there are a lot of people. Most are easy to talk to.

[ ~*friendship*~ ]

[dangerouslyinlove]

[Ryoji nods, beaming.]

Yeah, there really are. Everyone I've talked to so far has been very nice...

[Admittedly, he might be a tad biased- Ryoji love people, all people, and it takes an awful lot for him not to like someone. And really, he didn't think he would have the chance to get to meet more people, so he's very excited.]

Are you alright, being here?

[p_mortem]

Yeah.

[ There's nothing he can do about it, so... yeah, he's alright. He'll learn to deal with it and how to make himself useful here, so all things considered, he's alright. ]

It's like moving cities and transferring schools. I'm used to it.

[dangerouslyinlove]

I suppose so... [Though Ryoji imagines it's not quite the same thing, especially given what they were leaving behind.]

...Did you get new magic here? [Frankly Ryoji is thrilled that his has changed.]

[p_mortem]

[ It's leaving behind everything. Eventually, he'd learned as a child not to get attached to anything so that he wouldn't leave behind anything in turn. Then he learned that it's different, that there are always things and people to look forward to.

...The new magic is kind of cool. ]

Yeah. I can turn things into small glass beads. [ And presumably back, though he hasn't tried. ] Did you?

[dangerouslyinlove]

Glass beads? [That's a little bit confusing, but...] Yes, I can teleport now, apparently! I'm not very good yet, though.

[p_mortem]

[ Minato glances over at Ryoji at the mention of teleporting. The power is kind of like what Pharos did, although that was just in the confines of Minato's room. ]

Yours sounds useful. You could go anywhere without walking.

[dangerouslyinlove]

[Ryoji has not made that connection at all. But really, he's mostly been focusing on how he has not-world-ending magic and is happy with that.]

If I get the hang of it, maybe! [He laughs, messing with his scarf.] I think I can take someone with me, once I get good enough.

[p_mortem]

You'll get the hang of it with practice. I wouldn't mind being taken along, when you do.

[ It's simple, but it seems like a very useful power for any aspect of surviving in wilderness, from exploring to fighting to getting people away safety. ]

[dangerouslyinlove]

Sure. I'll probably need practice taking people, so if you'd like to try please let me know! [He's going to be the very best at teleporting, if he can... he would like to be able to help people, and it seems like this could be helpful.]

I don't really understand your power, but... if I can help with that too, please let me know.

[p_mortem]

Sure.

[ He thinks for a second of how Ryoji could help— he could lend Minato his scarf to practice with, but he imagines Ryoji would be distraught without it in the case that he's unable to return it to its original form. ]

...I know. If you come across anything useful, but too cumbersome to carry, I can hold onto it. Same for anybody you meet, you can let them know the same.

[ Pack rat becomes pack mule. He basically held both roles back home, hoarding everything from items and equipment, so there's some comfort in the familiarity. ]

[dangerouslyinlove]

[Ryoji would be pretty upset without the scarf. He's already without his ring, and he keeps trying to fiddle with nothing on his finger. It's weird, how quickly you can adjust to having something so that it's distressing when it's gone.]

Alright... oh, so you can turn them back too? [...At least, he hopes that's what Minato is implying.]

[p_mortem]

Yes.

[ He can, just not as immediately or effortlessly as he'd like, the beads never quite turning back into what he hopes for since he can't tell beads of the same color apart. But he can and he will, which is what he promises himself. ]