[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

[pussywhips]

Whatever happened to the goggles anyway?
They just sort of disappeared...
You know, I have to say it's kinda nice to just think this stuff instead of typing it out.
It's way faster.

Wait, what?
You were the one who said hello to me, weren't you?

[parodeity]

i dont know i literally heard about them once and then never again
i guess they backtracked?
which like
understandable but also lame

no
the first message i got was you talking to me
randomly
which i dont mind but i didnt really catch a name

[ granted his avoidance of thinking about capital letters or most punctuation does make it pretty unlikely he was the source of "Hello." ]

[pussywhips]

Oh! Sorry.
I'm Ann Takamaki.

That's weird, though. Someone definitely said hello to me.
Though they did type a lot differently than you do.
Or, uh, think?
Hey! Maybe someone hijacked your brain!

[parodeity]

id love it if i could say that was impossible but
maybe????
i mean we are speaking telepathically
maybe someone figured out how to hack minds
hackers get pretty intense about being able to hack things so that makes as much sense as anything else

[pussywhips]

No kidding.
I have a friend who's a hacker and I'm pretty sure she could figure out how to hack brains if she really wanted to.
It's pretty scary, actually.
I'm really glad she's on our team.

[parodeity]

is she here
like
is it possible she has learned brain hacking

[pussywhips]

No, she isn't here.
Though I guess I wouldn't be surprised if she figured out how to hack brains from home.
But I mean, it's definitely possible someone else could do that, right?
How would we be able to tell?

[parodeity]

i
have no idea really?
i guess just keeping an eye on the tone and feel of peoples telepathic communications
and then
noticing when anything odd occurs
but uh that seems like slow going and not an immediate solution

[pussywhips]

Yeah, you're probably right.
I mean, there's probably no point in worrying about it now, since there's nothing we can really do about it anyway.
This is such a weird situation.
I feel like I'm inside an anime instead of just watching one.

[parodeity]

ill admit i havent watched much slash any anime but
yeah
this sure feels like cartoonsville

[pussywhips]

Seriously, kidnapped and forced to join a coven on some random planet in the middle of the nowhere?
Actually, that would be a pretty cool show.
Just, you know, if I weren't in it.

Hey, you said your name was Dave, right?
Where are you from?

[parodeity]

tbh id probably watch it too
its amazing how less interesting the premise is when youre stuck in it right

and yeah im dave strider
im from houston texas usa originally
what about you

[pussywhips]

You're from the States?
I lived there for a little while when I was a kid, though it's been a long time.
Right now I go to school in Tokyo.

What is Texas like?
Do actual cowboys live there?

[parodeity]

yeah i am
whereabouts in the states did you live?

haha some do
im not a cowboy for the record though
all i got is an accent
im a pure city boy otherwise

[pussywhips]

In New York!
My parents are fashion designers, so they move around and travel a lot...
It wasn't for very long, but it helped me a lot with my English.

What's it like living in Texas?
Besides the cowboys.

[parodeity]

oh man the big apple
i always wanted to go there
never did but it must have been cool?
did you like it there anyway ?

its mostly hot tbh
theres lots of crows around where i lived
i didnt go out a lot but it was pretty ok

[pussywhips]

I just remember it being really big and loud and full of tons of people.
But Tokyo's a lot like that too so I'm used to it now.
It would be kind of nice to go back, though, just to see if it's different from what I remember.

Hey, that doesn't sound so bad.
This probably sounds weird, but you're a lot more normal than I was expecting.
I mean, if this really was a show, I'd be surrounded by weirdos with tragic backstories, you know?

[parodeity]

[ laughtrack...he is a weirdo with a tragic backstory he's just good at casual interactions. SORRY, ANN. ]

well
i am known for my hella normal qualities its true
my universe can be a lil weird sometimes but personally i prefer to just be the dave of guy
an ordinary dude who likes nachos and bad television

[pussywhips]

[ it's okay, she's a weirdo with a pretty shitty backstory too; she just doesn't realize it. ]

Ugh, I totally want nachos now...
What do you mean, your universe is a little weird?

[parodeity]

technically the earth im from ended
like
apocalyptic
and then we left it to go to another universe
so
things are a little weird probably

[pussywhips]

What, for real?!
That sounds pretty crazy.
So you're pretty much used to this universe traveling stuff, huh?

[parodeity]

unfortunately yes
its kind of the dumbest thing to become used to ngl

[pussywhips]

What happened to your universe?
I mean, what happened to make it go apocalyptic?

Wait, you don't have to answer that if you don't want to.

[parodeity]

meteors
lots and lots of meteors

its chill i dont mind

[pussywhips]

What, like the dinosaurs?
Wow.