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Entry tags:
- !intro log,
- ambrose spellman (tc),
- aziraphale (xy),
- bruce wayne (marzi),
- bucky barnes (gail),
- crowley (mj),
- daylight vis lornlit (melly),
- elektra natchios (carlee),
- elena gilbert (amy),
- eleven (inky),
- hermione granger (jenna),
- ignis scientia (helena),
- jason grace (erica),
- javert (rachel),
- jim gordon (king),
- jo harvelle (dee),
- kettara bloodthirst (fade),
- lunafreya nox fleuret (liz),
- m.k. (shira),
- masaomi kida (wind),
- matt murdock (kitty),
- nyx ulric (missy),
- peter parker (laura),
- prompto argentum (daimon),
- quentin coldwater (ireth),
- riku (dubsey),
- rosalind lutece (kit),
- scarlett harker (brooke),
- vanitas (king),
- xayah (helena)
INTRO LOG: OCTOBER
INTRO LOG: OCTOBER
DON'T STOP ME NOW
characters: everyone.
location: the harbor, as well as the rest of town.
date/time: october 1-3.
content: beacon's newest batch of residents arrives on the ferry. scavenger hunt prizes are awarded. the ferry capsizes in a blaze of glory.
warnings: n/a.
welcome to beacon.
It's dim, and the room won't stop swaying, gently rocking you back and forth. A loud sound startles you fully awake, a deep, moaning call: a foghorn. As your eyes adjust, you note faint red light streaking through the room from a tiny, round window.
You've found yourself in a private room, lying on a bed. The last things you remember are the events that led up to your death. Beside you is a folded tablet and a lantern that glows steadily with a healthy flame.
You're on a ship. And that ship is docking.
Making your way to the deck, and eventually the pier, you find only moonlight to greet you, and a dark forest beyond. There are other people here, each with their own unique lantern, and many of them look just as lost as you are. On the ferry you've just disembarked from, the speaker system begins to play a song.
In the distance, across the waters of the lake, you can see the tall silhouette of a lighthouse, its red light slowly turning.•••
Luckily for all the newcomers, the tablet and the town have some resources available for playing catch up! In fact, as soon as they're prompted to enter a network username, an app containing all sorts of useful welcome information will launch. Newcomers can always check out the weekly bulletins and the records in town hall as well, and everyone's welcome to get in touch with the NPCs through their inboxes.
When the ferry docks, it seems as though you've been spared from any weirdness this month! It's good to have a break now and then, isn't it? And if you participated in the scavenger hunt, you're probably eagerly awaiting your promised prize—
But, ohp, what's that sound? Is that the ferry's engine firing up again? The ship roars to life again as some brave mutineers overthrow its autopilot system. Crowley and the Winter Soldier man the ferry's control room while Aziraphale flits between the cargo hold and the deck, attempting to assuage any accidental kidnapees with reassuring words and cake.
Unfortunately, the joyride is shortlived. Between the ferry's complex control panel and the haphazard attempts to override it, all the group manages to do is send the boat charging full speed ahead—which would be great if it wasn't facing the beach. The ferry jolts forward and careens smack into the dock, tearing down the entire structure and punching a sizeable hole in the ferry's hull.
Well, that could've gone better. But there's no time to dwell on the mistakes of the very recent past! The ferry is sinking, and quickly! Looks like you'll have to scramble if you want to save what's left in the cargo hold before the whole thing goes under... And that's gonna be awfully tricky without a dock.
Oh, and maybe save the new arrivals? Make sure they don't drown? But, then again, if they go down with the ship, they'll just show up again in the church... The same can't be said for the restock for the general store!
As smoke billows from the damaged ferry and the last the harbor disappears into the lake, the Lighthouse Keeper appears on the network with a pretty straightforward question. Also, the ferry's song changes, so. That happens.
ooc.
Hey there, wonderful players, and welcome to In the Night! For this intro log, you are officially without a chaperone. Rastus is back at the bonfire, Will is characteristically elusive, and Robin is, well, you know where she's at. It's up to the veteran residents to fill in the new folks.
And regarding the ferry disaster... Well, you have some options. Here's what you need to know:
- This is a player plot organized by MJ, Xy, and Gail! A big thank-you to them for providing us with this intro log event!
- Whether or not your character and any packages addressed to them are affected by this plot is up to you! If you would like to assume your character avoids dealing with this chaos and somehow grabs their delivery without issue, go right ahead!
- Similarly, if you're looking for an opportunity to make your character's life harder, injury and death are always on the table! Or maybe it's your package that takes the abuse, lost forever to the lake's depths or washing up all waterlogged a week or two down the road. In short: How you engage with this plot is entirely up to you.
- What happens to the ferry and the dock? Within a couple of hours, the ferry will sink completely, and anything on board when it goes down is lost forever. Which bodes super well for the ferry, huh? Sure hope the next batch of newcomers has some strong swimmers. Oh, and the dock is gone, too. If you want it back, you'll have to rebuild it.
- As for Crowley, Aziraphale, Bucky, and anyone else on the ferry or dock during the collision... Hope you boys like concussions, bruised ribs, and a broken bone or two, because you've got 'em! The exact injuries are up to you, but they're the equivalent of a semi-serious car accident.
- One last thing: The fate of the shop restocks, including all of the food for the month, depends on you! Let us know if your character will be participating in the rescue attempt. In exchange for letting us beat up your character, you can save a portion of the month's supplies! We'll let you all know on October 3 what the rations for the rest of the month will look like.
DELIVERIES
The following packages can be found in the cargo hold:
- The monthly store restock
- For Daylight: A variety of gardening tools piled into a wheelbarrow, as well as packets of seeds for the following plants: Boneset, dogtooth violet, starflower, Carolina springbeauty, pipsissewa, bloodroot, red columbine, narrowleaf blue-eyed grass, harlequin blueflag, and purple pitcherplant; he will also receive a translation for the following: An invitation to join the speaker as company
- For Aziraphale: A record player, the complete discographies of a variety of bands (Abba, Rob Zombie, Tool, Hanson, Eiffel 65, and Spice Girls), a two-tiered wedding cake, and packets of seeds for the following plants: Strawberry, cherry tomato, cucumber, blackberry, carrot, potato, raspberry, and pumpkin; he will also receive a familiar copy of a familiar book: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, along with a blue ribbon that reads "BEST IN SHOW"
- For Bruce: A handheld metal detector and a rechargeable battery for it, a chisel, a climbing harness (that, according to the packaging, is the #1 Safety Rated!) and a 50 ft. coil of rope
- For Cao Pi: A go board
- For Rosinante: A sextant, and 3 cartons of cigarettes; he will also receive a translation for the rough equivalent to the following phrase: "Danger! Run and hide!"
- For Kuai: A basket of 16 mooncakes, as well as incregredients for more
- For Javert: 3 pairs of handcuffs, a greatcoat in Javert's size, and a trunk full of swords in varying styles and conditions; he will also receive an electric chainsaw
- For Kol: A record player, the complete discographies of a variety of bands (New Kids on the Block, Weird Al Yankovic, Sound Garden, Ke$ha, INXS, and Spinal Tap), a cooler full of blood bags and ice packs, and an assortment of stamps; he will also receive a translation for the rough equivalent to the following phrase: "I'm lost" or "Need directions"
- For Elena: A journal; she will also receive a portable generator (powerful enough for a single power tool or small appliance; can be charged through a typical wall outlet)
- For Xayah: A thick journal and a glass vial of black ink; she will also receive a sizeable roll of barbed wire, as well as a stuffed animal
- For Ignis: A spice restock (with a few new ones mixed in!), 3 paired of leather gloves, and... 12? pairs? of glasses? They're all in slightly different prescriptions, though. A variety pack!; he will also receive a power drill (runs on a rechargeable battery or can be plugged directly into a wall socket)
- For Riku: A wood stove, a set of paints, and 5 canvases; he will also receive a translation for the rough equivalent to the following phrase: "Looking for water" or "Thirsty"
- For Matt: A rosary and a Braille Bible... which is more of a collection of volumes, really; he will also receive a translation for the rough equivalent to the following phrase: "Looking for food" or "Hungry"
- For Noctis: Two complete sets of the Lord of the Rings series (except, wait a minute... they appear to be the novelizations of the movies); he will also receive an SD card that, when plugged into a tablet, will upload GPS directions to a new location...
- For Rosalind: A crate of basic all-purpose lab equipment, a fancy microscope, an emergency eye wash station, a mortar and pestle, a lab coat, a Lite Brite, and... the things she needs to make things float, whatever those are; she will also receive a pair of dousing rods (that will actually point in the direction of water, checkmate atheists)
- For Jason: A translation for the rough equivalent to the following phrase: "Sympathy" or "I'm sorry"
- For Coraline: A translation for the rough equivalent to the following phrase: "Teach me"
- For Eliot: A bottle of hospital grade painkillers (it contains 10 doses and functions similarly to Vicodin)
- For Allie: A bottle of strong antibiotics (it contains 10 doses and can fight off most any infection)
- For Vanitas: A portable camping stove (runs on a portable battery or can be plugged directly into a wall socket)
- For Hope: A soldering iron (runs on a portable battery or can be plugged directly into a wall socket)
- For Quentin: A cannister of foaming bandage (can be used 5 times to immediately close a wound/stop semi-severe bleeding)
- For Mary: An SD card that, when plugged into a tablet, will upload GPS directions to a new location...
If you submitted an item request last month and we've missed it here, let us know!
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She turns a little to face the other girl more, and tucks her own shorter, now messy hair behind her ear.
Her voice comes a little hesitant - tired, definitely, but she also hesitates over some words. The exhaustion makes the effort to use what she learned in the past three years a little harder, but she makes an effort.]
I know a little. Riku showed me, the... application tools. For pictures.
[She shrugs a little, not all that self-conscious about not knowing things.]
It's difficult. Can you... show me more?
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Riku is the best person ever! I'm glad you've already met him, because I love him sooo much.
[Holding the tablet between them, she opens it to the homepage and begins to explain.]
If you go here, you an talk to people! You can either write what you want to say or you can talk using your voice. I think it's really hard to write, so I always just talk--oh, but I can read really well.
[She just feels she needs to add that.]
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[Riku makes her think of Jonathan, which... given the situation makes her sad. But at the same time, Eleven can appreciate the similarities. Jonathan is calm and quiet with his camera, and soft with his voice. She doesn't know how siblings feel, but she knows Nancy is a big sister and Jonathan is a big brother. So yes - Riku makes her think of Jonathan.
Eleven gestures vaguely.]
He's... warm. And he shines.
[Which is to say, he made her feel safe, he was patient with her. And his hair is silver.
Eleven nods along with the explanation. She has learned to write a little, but it's still very shaky. She can read better than she can write, and she thinks she can speak somewhere in between. When she's calm, it's easy to let her mind find the right words fast. It's when she's upset or frightened that words are difficult to come by.
At the notion of using the flat machine to speak to others, Eleven's face brightens, and she looks at Mary like the girl's giving her something grad with this knowledge.]
Talk to people. Like a walkie talkie?
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[And he's very warm, too. Just thinking about Riku, it's hard not to smile.]
A walkie talkie?
[Admittedly, she doesn't know what that is--but admitting that feels like a step backward. Will this new potential friend judge her for not knowing? Mary hesitates briefly.]
I think so! You just have to press this button to record what you want to say, and then this one to send it. And you can talk back and forth with somebody!
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At Mary's explanation she pays close attention, tongue peeking between her lips as she commits the button presses to memory.
it's like a walkie talkie, but with application tools instead of knobs and antenna and speaker, and no frequency, just the names they've given themselves for the flat machines. Strange, this thing. It is a walkie talkie and a camera, and it is flat.]
If I talk to someone... can others also... hear? And speak? Do we share one... frequency?
[She stumbles over the word, just a little. It's not the easiest to pronounce.]
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[She pauses as she tries to figure out how to say what she's thinking, slightly swinging her good foot.]
You can send it to somebody privately if you want, but if you don't, then anyone can hear it. They won't, um, hear your message automatically, but they'll be able to see that you left a message, and listen to it if they want to.
[Admittedly, Mary hasn't quite mastered the art of private messaging, herself. It's a learning experience.]
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[Because Walkie Talkies are limited, and they don't have Dustin's cerebro here, to connect them across greater distance.
maybe the flat machine is similarly limited. It must be, right? There has to be something that it can't do, if it unites so many completely different types of machines.]
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[That's not something she's thought to ask.]
Maybe anywhere here? Maybe once you go out on the water, that's where it stops.
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Maybe we can... try? You and me. You and I?
[She's unsure about the grammar, and wishes for her book.
Also: Is this how you make friends? She's not exactly ever made friends under normal circumstances, so maybe this is as close an attempt as Eleven will get.]
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The two of us? I'd really like that! It would be a lot of fun!
[And something that might be considered helpful, too. She's always trying to figure out what kind of things she'll be allowed to do, given her size and lack of physical skills.]
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Someone capable of deeper self reflection might be aware that there's an element of kindred spirits or at least projection thereof here, that Eleven is trying to do for Mary what so many others have done for her. But as is, Eleven is merely quiely pleased. ]
Yes, I agree. It's a plan, then. Do you want to... shake about it? That's how you make an... agreement.
[ She holds out her hand in offer. ]
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[Mary grabs Eleven's hand in both of her own and gives it a vigorous shake. But then, before it can break, she changes the position of their hands to intertwine their pinkie fingers together.]
And now it's a promise, too!
Edit because I messed up
Yes. Pink swear... right?
[ Pinky, but close enough. Eleven learned to do that from Nyx earlier on the beach. ]
A promise is... something you can't break.
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[She doesn't correct the name of it. Maybe Mary kind of likes the sound of "pink swear", too!]
Now we have to. It would be bad if we didn't.
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With a look of concentration, she links her pinky with Mary's. ]
I pink swear... to test how far the flat machine reaches. With you.