[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

[imsorey]

[LEAVE THE LORD OF CALAMITY OUT OF THIS]

Maybe that's the ability I've got and I just haven't figured out how to use it yet.

[oneandmikleonly]

Wouldn't that be awfully convenient.

[ah, yes, the abilities. he hasn't even tried to touch what his own might be yet; there's been more than enough to deal with. he makes a mental note to see if he can't test his out later that night, when most of the humans will be asleep.

he can't resist after a minute, though:]

Well? Anything getting more intelligible?

[imsorey]

[he keeps frowning at a page, not even bothering to look back up.]

Staring at it is proving to be ineffective. How about you? Find anything interesting yet?

[oneandmikleonly]

Maps. Not translatable either, but easier to match up later on than an unknown tongue. There's too much other content in this for it to just be an atlas, though.

[snaps the book shut decisively; he'll take it with him for now]

[imsorey]

Here's to hoping we find the world that book came from, then.

[Sorey is seriously contemplating a mini coffee maker now that he's been informed what it actually is, but eventually he puts it back and grabs a simple book that looks like it might help him pick up the language.]

Speaking of books, though, I'm missing one. I'm guessing you haven't seen it around?

[oneandmikleonly]

The Celestial Record? No, I--don't have it with me.

[the last he'd seen it, the last time Sorey had tucked it away under his cloak, was the night in the gateway to Killaraus. he might have suggested, or at least thought, that it had been left behind in the earthpulse, except--]

I'm missing something too, though.

[he sounds a little abrupt about it; almost angry.]

[imsorey]

[his eyes flicker up to Mikleo's forehead, where his bangs are parted just enough that the lack of glinting golden circlet is noticeable, and nods.]

At first I thought it was just a coincidence, but other people were commenting that they're missing things too. I was starting to suspect that our stuff was taken from us rather than getting lost along the way.

[oneandmikleonly]

[they're pretty ruffled; Mikleo keeps reaching up to where it isn't and raking his hair back in frustration when it keeps not being there.]

But whatever for? This spiriting away, this implantation of--whatever these stones are, this talk of giving us magic and feeding energy back to a mage, and now physical items being gone as well as not being able to use our own abilities...why?

[imsorey]

[shaking his head a bit, equal parts frustration and for lack of an answer]

I don't know. It doesn't make any sense to go about things like this. Why not go to a world and ask directly for help, instead of bringing people here in such a roundabout way? And even if this was the only method available, the information provided is basic at best. If she really does want our help, why not give us as much information as possible?

[oneandmikleonly]

I'm not sure this way of going about things will do much to get people to want to help.

[sighs]

But, the people who were all brought here can at least work together.

[imsorey]

[Sorey just saved the world and has nothing better to do with his time besides help another world or just go sleep some more

he doesn't say that but that's definitely the look he's got on his face]

That might have been a lucky coincidence rather than intentional. But it's true that all of the people I've talked to have been really nice.

[oneandmikleonly]

[you can keep an eye out for the Lord of Calamity while you're doing that, my dude, but also I'm glad you're here and not in a coma, is the look on Mikleo's]

...could have been worse.

[imsorey]

[elbows him lightly, jeez!!]

It could have been way worse. Aside from the abduction part and the missing stuff, this isn't too bad.

[oneandmikleonly]

That's a really large 'aside from'!

[imsorey]

Yeah, but we can't do anything to change that right now, so there's no point in dwelling on it and getting mad. When we can do something about it, we do it. That's all there is to it, right?

[oneandmikleonly]

. . . I suppose.

[he's not entirely convinced, but also he can't DO much more about it other than fret right now, no]

[imsorey]

When are we ever going to get the chance to explore another world? I mean, just check out all of this stuff. I don't even know what most of it does.

[he gestures towards the electronics by way of example. look at this stuff. isn't it neat.]

[oneandmikleonly]

Some things never change . . .

[imsorey]

You can't tell me you aren't a little bit interested.

[oneandmikleonly]

. . . just stay in my sights when we explore more, all right?

[imsorey]

[he opens his mouth to protest, only to think better of it and change track]

Sure. I'll do my best not to give you a reason to worry.

[oneandmikleonly]

Thanks, Sorey.