[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.

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[girasole]

[Sleep was kind of hard, yes. So he ate the crab. And he was in pain. And a side effect was powers malfunctioning, not quite working right - he didn't have the best of control in the first place given that he had it for about a day, and-...the good news is that he's not turning into a dragon. The bad news is that flashing on and off made it really hard to sleep.

And he just wanted a nap. Just one. He's a simple man. He's got simple pleasures. And so Okuyasu barges in and asks that and he assumes the obvious and so he says-]

I'm not reading you that book.

[Because that's what it has to be, right?]

[billionboy]

Oh, really. I guess not now... Later, then?

[ A calmer response than Caesar is probably used to from Okuyasu. The teen in question nods once, agreeing that is okay because it seems like his blond Italian friend is flickering on and off. ]

Hey, Caesar... should you be doing that? [ He lifts his hand up extending his fingers out before pulling them back into a fist -- attempting to mime what Caeser is suffering from painfully. ]

[girasole]

No. There's something wrong with you.

[And he's getting up because he's known Okuyasu for maybe a day. But. He already knows that there's something really going on here. And he's actually concerned? And it's a little annoying that he's concerned...but only a little because Okuyasu's good people (if but pure and the sort of person he would'e stolen money from five years ago) and is worth being concerned about. At least so far.]

Something happened, didn't it?

[Take a seat. And if he discovers one of their fellow castaways happens to have some weird emotional powers that are controlling Okuyasu he's probably going to have to threaten them later until they give and undo the thing, but for now it's a thing.]

[billionboy]

There is? What is it?

[ He slowly looks down at himself, tugging at his shirt to give it a good look. Hm. That looks to be okay. There isn't any rush to him looking himself over. He eventually lifts and lowers his shoulders as he decides that everything appears to be okay physically. His hand rests over his chest. Oh, right, you can't uh, hear your heartbeat like that, where is it, again? ]

I am okay. [ Okuyasu finally decides now that is over, before he walks over to take a seat. ] Mm. I mean, things are kind of weird right now, aren't they? I originally couldn't sleep about it, because it was like somethin' that makes a person anxious, huh? But... I'm okay about it now. [ Weird. ]

Also, there are some weird worms outside the campsite.

[girasole]

Also, there's some weird worms...? [He gets about as far as echoing that before he shakes his head, because you know what? You know what?]

You're staying here tonight.

[He doesn't trust you or your judgment. Any sentence that contains the phrase 'weird worms' is bad and you should feel bad for using that sentence.] We can be...roommates.

[Fight him. This is a single night deal.]

[billionboy]

Yeah, they're really weird-lookin'. They're like, they're like ... they got a lot of color to them.

[ He gives a slow nod like that explains what is the weirdest part about them. ] I am? Okay.

[ No, he doesn't see any reason to argue with that but smiles at the idea of being roommates. That's pretty rad. But his emotions are still pretty low-key on the spectrum of how high they usually run. ] That's cool. Thanks, Caesar. Yer not feelin' well and yer offerin' to let me hang here. That's nice of you, man.

[girasole]

Don't thank me. [Seriously.] Honestly. You've been here for only one day and you've already found...

[Something to get you tripping balls, apparently.] You're an idiot. A fool. A moron. [And his knee's starting to shine and he's going to just slap it, irritated. It remains on.]

[billionboy]

Yeah, yeah, that sounds right.

[ He nods, slow. ] Oh, hey, your knee is all lit up. That's weird, too. [ Guess that is also Caesar's power. His head tilts just slightly as he stares at the lit-knee. To make his body glow? Okay. ]

I left my bag in my hut. I didn't think I'd need it. Should I go get it?

start;

[girasole]

[...]

[girasole]

[And then he glances down to his knee, which is still, yes, lit up.]

...

[Decides to ignore it again. Which is kind of hard, and yet there it is. Cheerfully glowing like it is the sun in the afternoon on the cusp of it being evening, when everything's starting to mellow into night. It would be more restful if this wasn't an island in the middle of nowhere, suspended in space, and his buddy's as high as a kite over there.]

I called you a fool and you accepted it. You really are the easygoing type.

[EXCEPT NOW YOU'RE APPARENTLY STONED (somehow) SO YOU'RE A LITTLE TOO EASYGOING, MY GUY, MY PAL, MY FRIEND.]

finish, apparently this was just a 3/3;

[girasole]

You can get it tomorrow. Look, I can read you the book now if you want me to.

[Look! A distraction!] If you just went outside now you'll run into more of those magic color worms of yours.

[1/2]

[billionboy]

I'm not too smart. So I can agree with it, but I feel like I should be a little mad that someone I just met call me those things, though. [ He curls his hand into a fist before it relaxes. ] No, I'm not feeling real mad. At all.

[ Huh. ]

[billionboy]

Oh hey, you will?

[ He makes an agreeing sound first. ] Probably. They were letting off like, mmm, mist. Real weird. Normally, I think that'd be the kind of thing to be real upset about. Breathing in worm mist. [ Shouldn't he find that gross? But even as he thinks of these questions, they lack the usual rush of concern. Okay. ]

A girl puked on my arm earlier. Maybe I am just getting used to weird things happening. [ No. ]

[girasole]

...did she have red hair? [Yes, they're talking about who vomited.]

[billionboy]

No. She had green hair.

[ Pause. ]

Did you get puked on, too? That sucks, Caesar-man.

[girasole]

No, I didn't- oh, I know her, I think. But really, who didn't vomit?

[Thats actually a really good question.]

...let's not talk about this.

[billionboy]

[ He leans forward to lightly pat Caesar's glowing knee. ]

I'm sorry you got puked on, man. Real sorry.

[girasole]

I am too.

[And that's all he's going to say as he stares at Okuyasu as he pats his knee, and then sighs, and then rolls the pant leg up because they might as well have a better light, one that isn't blocked by pants.

...and then he realized that doesn't work too well (because pants), and, not only that, it's still rolling up his leg so they've got a better knee light so he's just going to stop before he really gets started.]

Actually, I helped catch crabs for the meal...if I knew what was going to happen I'm not sure if I would have. It's one of those things that seems like a good idea at the time, but, after you learn what happens, you start to rethink it.

[billionboy]

I see.

[ He draws the words out as he gives a small nod. ]

Yer feelin' kind of guilty about that, then? Don't do that, Caesar. Nobody knew that anyone'd get sick off of it. Ya know? Sometimes... sometimes shitty things happen when ya don't know things and then everyone throws up because of it. But I don't think anyone's gonna die. So, don't feel bad, okay?

[ Okuyasu may have lost his point somewhere in that, but he still wouldn't like his temporary roommate to feel bad about anything. Even as calm as he still is, he is pretty sure that isn't right. ]

[girasole]

I don't.

[...well, maybe a little.] All I'm saying is that if I knew this was what was going to happen I would have had us have more pig and less crab. I can't change it know, but I wish I knew ahead of time.

[billionboy]

Oh, okay.

[ Good, good. ] So long as yer not feelin' bad for stuff. [ He sways a little as he sits. ] I ate a lot of pork because I decided to do the like preparations and stuff. It felt bad not to eat a lot when ya put the effort into it. So I get it. I get it, yeah. I get it why you ate it 'cause you were proud at the time of yer hard work.

[girasole]

I wasn't-...

[WHY DOES THIS SUDDENLY FEEL LIKE DOGSHAMING HE FEELS LIKE HE'S BEING DOGSHAMED, HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT DOGSHAMING IS BUT IF HE WAS SHOWN A PICTURE AND TOLD "This is dogshaming." HE'D BE ABLE TO SAY "Why yes, I feel like that's happening to me right now." AND WHY.

Ahem!] I still have that book.

[Look! A distraction!]

[billionboy]

[ An almost too slow of him clapping his hands. ]

That's right, ya do. [ That is a distraction for someone on a perpetual calm to not be worried about why someone cut themselves off. They're onto another topic. Everything is okay. ]

Where do ya wanna start readin' then?

[girasole]

[Why is he doing this.] I could just start from the beginning. If we're going to go through the entire book-

[...] -then the only way we'll understand what the plot is is if we start from the beginning.

[...] Though I'm just going to summarize what I think is going on instead of reading it, unless you really want me to read it.

[billionboy]

Summaries are fine.

[ ... ] Those big words are real hard to understand, ya know? Like... [ He trails off. Oh, he can't think of an example. Ok. ]