[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

[probablynoteren]

If we need to, we can change it.

[To something that goes in the freezer, in case Jake needs to chant about freezers to himself while he works. However that works. Lenka leaves the frozen energy drinks where they are and drags a new refrigerator into being. This one looks a little old and seems to have been making quite a bit of noise before it arrived.

It's quieting down as they watch, but still coughing in a bit of a frigid way. Lenka opens it gingerly.]

I think... it helped? The picturing.

[This time there are energy drinks in the correct compartment, just a couple, but they're getting somewhere! There's also other things like... a pair of not-too-clean-looking workman's boots. Lenka digs around. There's another pair in the bottom drawer. Actually, the fridge is pretty crammed...]

[potentite]

[Jake brightens up seeing the energy drinks, though the boots are. Well. He is pretty sure they don't go there? Not that he's ever had a fridge but...]

Gadzooks! It worked! That's... wow. [He can't believe he did something.] I mean, they're among the items in there at least!

[probablynoteren]

Yeah. Usually, things don't appear in a row like that.

[So they can definitely conclude that (gadzooks!) they did something to change the outcome! Lenka isn't the type to jump for joy, exactly, but he does brighten while he gathers some of the drinks, and Jake gets a smile when he tosses him one.

The old refrigerator is making dying gurgling noises, which kind of puts a slight damper on things, but probably as long as it isn't smoking or sparking they're not in any kind of danger. It just smells a bit bad, so Lenka moves away from it. Celebratory drink time!]

Thanks. I was wondering how I was going to get real use out of this.

[Sure, he can summon refrigerators ad nauseum until something useful pops up, but this way is much faster. And he kind of enjoys discovering that they can work in a team like this, despite the overall situation.]

[potentite]

[That makes Jake feel warm, in a good and slightly embarrassing way. Like maybe he has a least a small bit of worth if he can assist him. He takes a sip of his energy drink which is really a very odd taste especially when you've had a limited palate all your life.]

I— Jesus christ on a fucking cracker that is an odd taste. [He says, drinking again.] But, um, thank you. I'd be glad to assist anytime.

[probablynoteren]

[Limited palate high-five, honestly. Lenka has at least started encountering more varied tastes (especially of the caffeinated variety, Aragami really suck at keeping a coherent schedule) since he became a God Eater, but he's still getting used to it, too.

He makes a small face at the beverage -- it's not one he's had before. At least it doesn't taste too bad.]

Energy drinks all taste a little funny. [he looks back thoughtfully at the two summoned fridges] I think, if your power can work on other things, it should be pretty useful in teams. If you want to test it more sometime.

[potentite]

I'd be delighted to. I want... very much to be able to put this ability to use for everyone.

[He can't really imagine what he would do with it, personally, but he wants to be useful. He can't let himself continue to be a burden on everyone.]

And, um, I'd be happy to partner up with you anytime.

[probablynoteren]

If you need, I can help think up more uses for it. I think I can do that.

[He's a little hesitant about offering his help, even if it doesn't show plainly -- Lenka may not understand much about all this magic business, but resourcefulness and the willingness to use what's at hand is something he has in spades, so maybe they can do this.

He holds out a hand, anyway, nodding at Jake.]

I'm Lenka. Since we'll be working together.

[potentite]

[It makes him smile and he accepts his hand, a little shyly but not reluctant.]

I'm Jake. I'm, um, looking forward to working together. I'd be happy to try any suggestions you cook up. And maybe we'll figure out ways to use yours better, too.

[probablynoteren]

Yeah. If we keep combining powers with others and trying things out... who knows what we could do.

[It's something intriguing, the discovery that they can combine power like this -- almost an accident, after the literal toy car accident -- and his mind is already going a million miles a minute trying to think back on what other powers he knows exists.

It's going to be an adventure, he thinks, and that's just a little exciting despite the potential for disaster and ridiculousness.

They shake on it.]

[potentite]

[It really is oddly exciting. He thinks, maybe, it's okay to be excited about it, if it's only a little bit. Maybe it's a chance to not screw up things for once.]

Maybe, um, eventually, we could whip up a chart or something of powers, see what sort of mixing and matching we could do.

[probablynoteren]

I don't really have paper, or anything to write with. But there probably is some around here. It's an idea.

[Truthfully, he's used to memorizing things as best he can and making everything up on the fly at other times. But then again, all of this is new and he's never quite dealt with this many people, not even when he was abruptly expected to coordinate operations at Fenrir.

Compared to this, dealing with types of God Arcs may have been easier, no matter how unusual their wielders were.]

[potentite]

It might be good to know what everyone's abilities are anyway. [Though now that he's said it, he's not sure he's brave enough to approach everyone and ask them. But he wouldn't want to push it onto Lenka either...]

[probablynoteren]

[Lenka isn't the type to approach others out of the blue, but if he has some kind of mission or purpose for it he's perfectly willing to do so. For now, he'll be making mental note of the powers he learns about.

They're all still learning, so it shouldn't be too difficult at the end of the day.]

Yes. If we're going to be living together...

[Well, it would be great to know what could happen on any given day walking out the door.]

[potentite]

Hopefully we can all work together. Um, I mean, I know not everyone is a team player but...

[probablynoteren]

The people I've met so far seem okay. We're all in the same boat.

[He's aware that that's still not enough for some people to be helpful or at least cooperative, but you can't have everything. So far, there should be enough of them willing to work with each other that they can get by on this island.]

[potentite]

Yes, I think most people are pretty swell! I think... people are quite kind to others. At least, in my very limited experience?