[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

[potentite]

[He wonders how she's doing. That's a long time alone. At least they usually had each other or their internet friends.]

Boy howdy, I'll have to apologise for hope bombing her, though. I'm sure she'll understand but still.

[windeity]

...for doing what? [Jake what are you even talking about.]

[potentite]

Oh, um, right, you weren't there for that. [Uh.] Aranea made me... explode? With hope? And Jade um, tried frightfully hard to break through it to presumably kill me but I smashed her. I wasn't trying to, just, uh... I was rather out of sorts. I couldn't stop it until Jane made me shish kabob.

[windeity]

[Yeah, no, this is all stuff he missed and he's completely frozen for the moment because he's Very Uncertain of what any of that truly means.]

I. Don't know what that means either. You smashed her like...with your fists? [What the fuck did he really miss.] How did you explode with hope? I don't understand any of this suddenly.

[Though okay, so, good to know teen Nanna killed Jake??? What the fuck, everyone.]

[potentite]

I don't really get it either! Aranea used her mind-healing witchcraft on me and I couldn't control myself. Which I guess is what she wanted? [Like. Fuck if he knows, dude.] I summoned a bunch of uhm... hope I guess? It was white. Also these big old dragon-y fucks came out of it, too.

[windeity]

I did not think hope and dragons were related, but it's not like anything else from the game makes a lot of sense. [Why is Homestuck this way. Mindfuckery sounds like someone else he knows and he's a little wary of what else that means for the future (if anything.) However, there's still the important question.]

Jake. What happened to Jade? [Terezi showed up and said she was dead, and she was wearing her shoes, but the mystery's lost on him. "And Jade um, tried frightfully hard to break through it to presumably kill me but I smashed her." It's not...like that, is it? Did things really get so fucked up?]

[potentite]

[He shakes his head.] I don't... actually know? Jane skewered me and then when I came back to, that dastardly clown was walloping some poor alien woman in a most brutal fashion, so I tried to interfere with that first and then I saw the sword hurtling towards poor Jane so I, um, you know... [Everything happens so much.]

[windeity]

[He missed so much because he unstuck himself and couldn't figure out how to use his own abilities. So much happened that he doesn't understand and he's still rooted in his spot as he's thinking. And why isn't he explaining what that means? Why would he need to apologize to Jade but not explain? And who was trying to throw a sword at Jane?

Part of him also vaguely wonders if Jake means Terezi. She was covered in blood and she mentioned a shitty clown.

This is almost unfair. It's not Jake's fault, but it's leaving him a little more unsettled than he wants. (Or maybe it's the crab upsetting his stomach. Probably both.) There's a short lull before he nods, offering a weak smile in response.]

Yeah. I get it. [Heroic. One of the only ways to die.] It's okay. Um. When everything's fixed, you'll have time to tell Jade, I promise! I'm sure she'll understand. [The words sound right but feel weird on his tongue, like he's unsure he should say so when he has no idea what that really entails.] And anyway it was a very long three years. I'm sure she'll be happy to talk to everyone else no matter what. So don't worry, okay?

[potentite]

[Jake notices John seems uncomfortable. It's pretty fair. A lot happened while John wasn't there and Jake is pretty sure, with how crazy everything was getting, that they probably all died. Roxy survived, apparently, which is good, and she and John are going to reset everything and erase them which is... good, he guesses. It's good for the versions of them that will hopefully not fuck up horribly. And also for the universe at large. And being erased is probably more painless and sudden than even the deaths he's experienced up until now.

Well, none of that needs to be on John's mind and the poor boy's uncomfortable enough as it stands, so! Time to subtly shift the topic.]

I won't fret none for now. Though I suppose since we're sticking a pin in all our matters back home, we can just relax a bit here, can't we?

[windeity]

[Everyone is definitely dead sans himself and Roxy. But he'll leap for the shift in topic and the grin bumps up to something a little more open instead.]

I think we can, sure. Starting with finding a good accessory to go with a toy car?

[potentite]

[He flushes a little but smiles.] Sure! I still have to pick out something else, yeah.

[windeity]

And I still need two things in general. [He's a confused child, let him live.] You think we have to pick right now? Or would Genette let us come back?

[potentite]

I don't know... but might be best to pick something now than to take a raincheck on it, right? And maybe you can exchange later?

[windeity]

That's true. Maybe it's weird but ever since I figured out my new power here I look at objects differently? Mostly with the question of what else they can become instead in case I have to burn it.

[potentite]

Oh! In that case, perhaps two items that give you a spark of inspiration? Even if they seem like duds on their own.

[windeity]

That's a pretty good point. [He's digging through the pile of electronics, eventually unearthing a handheld video game.] Until I really figure out how it all works, it might not be a bad idea to pick up something that seems useless on its own anyway. At least the car is safe.