[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

[cadventuretime]

War, huh. Now you're thinking like Ammo Baron. [The four Barons of Sequin Land, moochers, scoundrels, and ne'er do-wells that try to find some way to increase their billing.]

Still, I wouldn't mind giving it a look.

I might even bring those folks I mentioned, spice things up a little. You were saying you were bored, right?

[ofthedemiurgescomposition]

"...How would you even do that? It's not like there is a way to contact anyone outside of here. You wouldn't be able to bring said folks here anyways." [Another mention of a Baron. yeah, he's not going to inquire into that. He'll probably end up finding out sooner or later.]

[cadventuretime]

Well, I'm here, and you're here, so it has to figure that there has to be a way for one or both of us to go back, right? I'm not sure on the details, though, but I'm pretty sure its a thing that can be done once its figured out how.

[But hell, that sounds like a lot of work just THINKING about it.] I think I'll leave that to somebody else though. There seems to be a lot of interesting people so far.

And I think I met one more, too!

[ofthedemiurgescomposition]

"And whose that? Because I am certainly not interesting." [Yeah yeah go on and deny everything Josh. You can only keep it up for so long until you fuck up. But you're actually good at pretending you're a decently normal human so maybe you'll be able to maintain the charade for a while.] "Well, at least, certainly not in comparison to everyone else here."

[cadventuretime]

Psh, that's because you come from a place where there were thousands of people all in one spot. [Anyone would be lost in a place like that.]

But sure, fine, you're boring. A total snoozefest. And there's absolutely noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo way that you could ever be anything but that. What with all this talk of magic powers, and other worlds, and everything else going on.

[The smirk gets wider, but she starts to gather up her stuff to move on.]

But if you ask me, it'd be more interesting if you stayed not interesting.

Well, until you became boring. Hehe.

[ofthedemiurgescomposition]

"If you knew anything about me, well..." [It's not conscious that he does it. In fact, the moment he does it he stops, and so it only flashes in her vision for a brief moment. He is thinking about why it happened in the first place, but even so, it has happened anyways. Joshua vanishes, and there is someone else in his place, a different man.

[It was him, in his form as The Composer.

[And unconscious manipulation of her perception, brought on by his mind drifting. Even so, he finishes his statement anyways.] "Then I'm sure you would realize I'm just a normal human."

[cadventuretime]

[Now in all of her travels, Rotty has seen a lot of things. She had seen the return of the Pirate Lord, been a part of the zombie caravan, and even helped Hypno Baron summon the BEING OF UNIMAGINABLE HORROR, but even that made her ill-prepared to what... this was.]

[Truth be told, she was having difficulty just making this out. So, instead, she just sort of half-listens, mostly-focuses on making sense of the young guy that just wanted to clutch tightly to his flashy accessory.]

Uh-huh...

Just a normal human.

[ofthedemiurgescomposition]

[For a while, he just stares back. Not really blinking, not really have any sort of expression on his face. Eventually, he responds.]

"...Okay I can't play it off can I?" [He sighs, letting his arms drop to his sides. His eyes are closed, and there's silence once again. Then he bursts out laughing.] "Of course I can't. But then again, do you really want to know what you're dealing with?"

[cadventuretime]

[Sorry for the delay. Things got really crazy on this end u_u.]

[Hmm, on one hand, whatever this guy was was pretty interesting, but on the other hand, he seems pretty pleased with himself for some reason.]

[Taking a moment to think about it and hanging tight to her magnet, she gives Joshua a look-over once and twice.]

Nope! Not really!

[smirk]

But something tells me you're going to tell me anyway~

[ofthedemiurgescomposition]

"Well, I'll indulge you."

[Joshua turns away from Rotty, once again manifesting the appearance of the composer for her. Joshua struggles to think of a fitting explanation for someone who doesn't know about the situation in Shibuya, and eventually just launches into an explanation somewhat haphazardly.]

"I am an entity referred to as the Composer. I am, something akin to a god, but that's not wholly accurate either. Just think of me as a entity above humanity."

[cadventuretime]

Oh, I think I get it!

[You're arrogant!]

But why are you here? Shouldn't someone as big and important as you not get caught into a trap with us lowly normies?

[ofthedemiurgescomposition]

"And that is exactly what I'm wondering."

[Gee, what clued you in?]

"But enough with the performance. I just felt a need to get that off my chest. So now you know. And now you also have a taste of the power of our captor."

[cadventuretime]

[She takes a moment to consider. That was a lot to consider, but to tell the truth, she didn't think much of what was going on. There have been a lot of experiences and moments where the world was threatened and of what she has seen and heard, this is one of the more benign omnipotent beings.]

Well, with that in mind, what do you think we should do? We're captured and at the whims of something more powerful than everybody here, and they can give us all some magic that we wouldn't have and still not be bothered by that.

Let's face it, we're screwed!

[Despite her words, the girl's speech is uncharacteristically upbeat. Her eyes, meanwhile, are measured and watching Joshua intently, weighing in on how he'd respond.]

[ofthedemiurgescomposition]

"Yeah that's not entirely inaccurate."

[he leans back a bit, his characteristic smirk coming onto his face. His eyes, meanwhile, lose a bit of their normal light, becoming more distant and less focused in their gaze. He's still as smug as ever as he continues.]

"But so what? It's not like there is anything we can do about it. Might as well just play along, even if it might spell our doom."