[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

[liveinskin]

Nope! [She grins.] I'm actually not a human being, so I was never a "child" at all.

[potentite]

Oh! Wow, really? Are you an alien, miss?

[liveinskin]

Nope! I was born on Earth. I just wasn't born in a human body. I'm kind of borrowing this one.

[potentite]

Really? [He's curious.] Like... a ghost possessing someone?

[liveinskin]

[this isnt yuggoth]

A ghost? Ghosts aren't real! [A beat.] Or are they real on your world?

[potentite]

[He's allowed to suspect you.]

Oh! I... huh, I guess they are? [Everything happened so much that he didn't really process that.] I met a few ghosts but they were basically alive for all intents and purposes. I didn't really understand the difference, aside from the fact that they had died.

[liveinskin]

...Man I think your world might be stranger than mine! Nicely done. [not that he did anything but still.] Well no, I'm not a ghost actually. I'm a colony of plankton that gained sentience - I took over this human's body after she was killed. Name's Foo Fighters.

[potentite]

[A colony of plankton that gained sentience sounds perfectly legit.] It's nice to meet you, Foo Fighters! [He's not sure if Fighters is her last name or just part of it, so he opts to be polite.] I'm Jake English. I'm human? My life has just been a mite on the queer side of things.

[liveinskin]

You can call me F.F. if that's too long for you. [It's a cute nickname her friends gave her, so she likes it being used a lot.] Heh, I get the feeling. Even though I'm not a human, I've learned your kind have pretty bizarre lives. Is your story weirder than the kid who talks to mice?

[potentite]

[Oh that is cute.] F.F. it is then!

[But she asked a terrible question, so.]

I think... my life has been pretty weird actually. Definitely weirder than that. And not as fun as talking mice, either. [He tries to think how to put it in a way that isn't completely stupid.] Um, let's see now... I suppose... I grew up alone on an island full of monsters? And then I guess the apocalypse sure did happen. But my friends and I survived it through some bullshit, I don't really get what happened there. You'd have to ask Dirk for a clear explanation. And then we lived on different planets after that. We were kind of supposed to fix it, eventually? The whole 'world ending' business, I mean. But we mostly twiddled our thumbs and fought giant freakin' hard skeletons and a lot of really stupid stuff happened— [He is only capable of making it sound certain levels of not stupid before he gives up.] —and then we died because we're rather bad at, uh, everything.

[liveinskin]

...

[That does sound hard. Apocalypse and dying isn't fun at all, as someone who experienced the latter as well.]

The island full of monsters sounds pretty fun at least? [does it help to say that? she hopes so.] I bet you had a lot of crazy fights and adventures on it.

[potentite]

[That makes him smile at least.]

Well, at first I was pretty frightened of it but it was fun as I grew up. I love to wrestle and tussle and there were ruins, too, that I could explore! The island was pretty great.

[liveinskin]

So you're an adventurer. Like, what's his name... Harrison Ford? He explored ancient ruins and went into space with a giant furry man.

[That's as much as she can recall from the memories of her body.]

[potentite]

[His eyes light up.] Yes! He's a splendid actor! Indiana Jones is one of my favourites. Have you seen it, then? It's true I strive to be such an adventurer.

[liveinskin]

Yeah, Indiana Jones! This body I'm in has memories of seeing the movie, so I was able to recollect it. She found him really attractive. [She taps her cheek with a grin.] Do you have a whip like him? Can I see it?

[potentite]

[That is kind of weird that the body has separate memories but he's decided not to worry about that for now.] Aw, man, I wish I had a cool whip like that. I have a pair of guns, though!

[He pulls two golden handguns from his hoodie pocket.] They're like James Bond's, if you have memories of him!

[liveinskin]

Oh, yeah, I do! [She stares at the guns with a gleam in her eye. They don't look anything like the black rifles the guards carry around the prison.] Hey, can I hold one of them? I promise I won't shoot it or do anything weird.

[potentite]

Oh, yes, of course. [He holds it out for her.] Are you a fan of guns? They're my weapon of choice.

[liveinskin]

[She takes it, weighing it in her hand and pointing it to the side.]

I used to be able to shoot bits of myself through my fingers. A literal "finger gun." I only used a real gun once before.

[And that was... well not pleasant. An act of crazed desperation.]

These must be really fun to use when hunting those monsters you mentioned. I'm jealous. You must have had so many fun adventures.

[potentite]

[He smiles watching her.] Well... yeah, actually. [Sure, a lot of bad things have happened but he doesn't want to say it was all bad. He was happy plenty, too, even if everything went to hell.] It's been a rollercoaster that went wildly off the tracks at some point but there were good bits, too.

[It was probably more than he deserved anyway. But he doesn't want to make her feel down or worry.]

But finger guns! I love making that gesture. Is it part of being, um, sentient plankton?

[liveinskin]

Part of it! [She offers him back the gun, satisfied.] When I shot bits of myself into people, I was able to possess them as well. I could heal their wounds, or crush their bones.

[potentite]

[He takes it back, impressed.] Damn, that's incredible. It sounds pretty useful, too! A shame you can't do it at the moment. It'd be cool to see.

[liveinskin]

If I ever get the ability to do it again, I'll show you. [A mischievous smile comes to her lips.] Though you might not like it.

[potentite]

[That makes him curious.] Really? Why not?

[liveinskin]

I don't imagine it's a very pleasant experience for the person getting possessed. You wouldn't like it.