[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

[rebells]

A.

[This one doesn't have any kind of magic that would be helpful, but he's down by the hopefully-soon-to-be-bonfire, idly rubbing two sticks he picked up from the collected wood together--not trying all that hard, by the looks of it, but the thought's there.]

I don't suppose anyone's power is 'lighting things on fire'? Or failing that, that you happened to bring a flint with you?

D.

Hello to you, too. I don't suppose I get a name?


E.

[Jay immediately beelines for the pile of books and stationery, with half a mind towards looking for a notebook--there's a lot of new information here, after all, and he's going to have to keep track of it somehow. Currently, he's examining something that seems to have come out of the Lisa Frank collection, rainbows, unicorns, rainbow unicorns and all. There's even an attached set of glitter gel pens.

He seems amused, at least.]

How colorful.

a

[p_mortem]

[ Minato could light things on fire, but his own personal brand of magic from home doesn't allow for it, so... a shake of the head. ]

No. It'd be easier to just borrow fire, once someone starts one.

[ Except. No one's started one yet, it's all on you, Jay. ]

Re: a

[rebells]

[His mouth twitches, as he scrapes the sticks together again half-heartedly.]

Ah, but someone has to start one for that to happen, do they not? [A theatrical sigh.] This would be easier if we hadn't been dragged into another world.

[p_mortem]

Could you make fire more easily in your world?

[ Minato picks up one of the sticks and... just sits there, holding it. He won't even pretend to know how to help. ]

D

[dangerouslyinlove]

Oh! Hello! Um, my name's Ryoji Mochizuki. What's yours?

[he doesn't remember starting a conversation but it's not like he really minds.]

[rebells]

That's actually quite an interesting question.

But as we're likely to be stuck together in this situation for some time, I suppose I'll give it to you for free. You can call me Jay.

[dangerouslyinlove]

Hi Jay! It's nice to meet you!

Did you just get here too?

a

[imsorey]

[Sorey's busying himself with cutting up meat, close enough to the fire that he hear the request and peers over to get a look at the non-existent fire. he can tell that Jay isn't trying very hard to get one started, but maybe he just doesn't know how?]

I don't have any fire-starting powers, but I can help you out if you can't get a fire going.

[rebells]

[ . . .

There is a short pause as Jay scrutinizes Sorey and finds him to be in apparent earnest.

He hands over the two sticks.]

Knock yourself out.

[imsorey]

[he takes the sticks but doesn't start just yet.]

Do you want me to show you how?

[this could be a good learning experience!!]

d

[puddingemote]

[Who is this person and what do they want...?]

Tell me your name first.

[rebells]

[There's a pause, and then--]

You might as well call me Jay.

[puddingemote]

OK Jaykun.

[At least he didn't pick Jayjay.]

I'm Tamaki Yotsuba.

[cadventuretime]

R...

...RO...

...ROT...

[Each letter becomes formed individually lick so, spinning around in a circle until they form the complete name, which seems quite quick after the "Y" gets introduced.]

ROTTYTOPS! ☺

[rebells]

Good job.

You can imagine me clapping, if you like.

[cadventuretime]

Thank you for your permission. I would have thought that regardless.

Who is this?

E

[windeity]

[Colorful's the right word and he tilts his head away from the pile of accessories he'd been sorting through, squinting a bit at the pens first before there's a grin.]

Are you going to keep them? They're kinda cool.

Re: E

[rebells]

[He's flipping open the notebook to test a pen now, and the glitter gets an eyebrow raise--gel pens are a little beyond the technology of the world he came from.]

Perhaps. I think I'd prefer a notebook that's a little less . . . pink.

[windeity]

You could probably find one with some digging. [In fact, he's just turning to join Jay near the supplies pile.] But if it was pink at least you would have a hard time losing it.

a

[splinten]

You're not used to startin' a fire, huh.

[He just takes it as a given and starts setting up tinder and whatnot.]

[rebells]

I'm trying very hard, but it's not working.

[This is said in a terribly deadpan tone of voice, but the truth is that it's been a while. The Legacy was full of wilderness, but most locations were within a day's travel--not much need for roughing it there.

But he shouldn't have thought about the Legacy: it reminds him that he almost certainly can't go back. Even if he somehow manages to escape this situation, he can't go back.]

a

[introspects]

Hello!

[ oh, she sees jay working so hard at making that fire! let her help you out in a different way: ]

Um, are you trying to cook something? What would you like to eat?

[rebells]

[He pauses in his halfhearted attempts at starting a fire and looks bemused.]

I wasn't aware there were options other than, well, this. [He gestures to the boar carcasses and collected crabs.]

d

[oneandmikleonly]

Huh? It's Mikleo, but who is this? I don't think I contacted you.

[what he sends Jay is reasonably fluid and moderated, despite his confusion; this is someone who's at least used to the concept of headmailing someone else, even if this format is a little different.]

[rebells]

[By contrast, Jay's thought-texting is slower and deliberate, a little stop-start, as though someone is trying very hard not to let stray thoughts leak out.]

Odd; I received a message. I suppose my response must have reached the wrong person.

I'm Jay, by the way. If you wanted a name in return.