INTRO LOG: NOVEMBER

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INTRO LOG: NOVEMBER
OLD FAT BOAT

characters: everyone.
location: the harbor, and around town.
date/time: november 1-3.
content: the ferry's back! yay! and it's piled high with goodies! yay!
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.

•••

To everyone's surprise, the ferry does indeed arrive on schedule. Right on time, it comes chugging along toward the beach, though its usually noisy engines are silent. And it seems to be sitting quite low in the water... Hmm.

Unfortunately for those unlucky enough to find themselves onboard, there isn't yet a replacement dock for the one that was destroyed last month. The ferry stops right where it would normally anchor, but then... that's it.

Logistically, there's good news and bad news: The good news is that the ferry is only about 25-30 feet from shore, which is well within the safety of the harbor and is a manageable distance for swimming with an open flame. The bad news? It's... 25-30 feet from shore, which is going to make unloading supplies, er, tricky.

The usual monthly stock has also come in, but, oh, what's this? There's an awful lot in the cargo hold. An awful, awful lot. As a matter of fact, the boat is absolutely filled with food and goods. The storage areas are packed tight, but the bounty spills out onto the decks, and even into the cabins. It's entirely possible that some of the newbies woke up surrounded by potatoes, or with a carton of eggs balanced on them. Maybe even in a pile of Beacon's signature standard clothing. In short, the ferry has become a proverbial horn of plenty.

Where all this stuff came from is one mystery, but another is how to get it all to shore. Better unload it before the weight sinks the ferry again! Just kidding. (Or are we?)

At a glance, the only thing out of place on the ferry is that the door to the bridge is welded shut. Seems a small price to pay for this resurrection though, doesn't it? Besides that one door and all these goodies piled high on the ship, it's almost as if the ferry crash never even happened. Maybe things will be okay after all?

Or maybe the new arrivals will have something to say about that. 🤔

And speaking of newcomers, the tablet and the town have some resources available for getting acquainted with their new situation! 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.

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.

As hinted above, it's also up to veteran residents (and newbies alike) to figure out the missing dock situation. Some efforts have already been started to rebuild the structure, but until that's done, the logistics are in your hands! Swim for it, fly for it, teleport to the beach, or maybe use one of the rafts or boats built earlier to shuttle people to and fro. Whatever you do, just make sure you get all the cargo (and people!) off the ferry before it departs.

As an additional note: We will NOT be tracking how you do all of that! There's no need to report salvage efforts to us, as by now, we trust y'all players to make things happen. So long as we see these challenges getting addressed ICly, we'll assume the town came together and figured it out somehow. Nice work, everyone!

DELIVERIES

The following packages can be found in the cargo hold:

• The monthly store restock
  
• A smorgasbord of other items; though limited in scope to the items typically found in the restock/stores, there's an abundance of everything.
  
• And that's it. With the fate of the ferry uncertain, Rastus was unable to order deliveries last month. :(
  
• ...Except for a single box of blueberry Poptarts for Peter Parker.

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Comments

[withsadness]

Oooh...I dunno! I've never heard of one like that before, but it sounds so pretty!

[Now she wants to meet this potential new friend! Mary grins.]

Hey! Next month, maybe you can show me!

[survivaltricks]

["potential new friend." IS IT A FRIEND?? IT'S SO HARD TO SAY!!!]

Next month?

[withsadness]

Yeah! The ferry only arrives once every month!

[Tough break, Akira.]

[survivaltricks]

[ah. . . huh. that part wasn't covered in the new arrival primer. at least, not that Akira could see]

Once a month. . .

[he repeats to himself, tone soft so it's almost as though he's talking to himself and not to her. then, with a quick shake of his head--]

Does anyone know who usually stocks the ferry? And. . . drives it to shore?

[withsadness]

[Mary shakes her head right back at him.]

Nope! You can ask Rastus if you want something specific, but other than that, I dunno! Someone tried to steal the ferry last month, and that's why there's no dock right now. They did a bad job and crashed it.

[survivaltricks]

["they did a bad job and crashed it"]

[Akira swallows and amused snort, pressing his hand against his mouth so she doesn't see his grin. by the time his hand drops away, he's regained his composure, expression bland and neutral]

Clearly, they could've used some ferry-thieving lessons.

[withsadness]

Or boat-steering lessons.

[But after a beat, she smiles, and then laughs.]

You're funny, stealing is bad! You have to always ask permission, first.

[survivaltricks]

[SWEATS INTERNALLY. . .]

Mmm. That is the polite way to do it.

[waves a hand to quickly change the subject]

At least the boat was recovered, right?

[withsadness]

Um...

[She doesn't seem quite so sure.]

I guess it was. Actually...this is the first time we're seeing it again. It had completely sunk!

[survivaltricks]

Maybe the "spirit" I saw out in the lake brought it back?

[. . . somehow? he isn't even going to begin to guess now, because he's waaaaay too new for that. but it's a valid hypothesis, considering the ferry didn't start running until the creature sunk back into the depths of the lake]

[withsadness]

If it did, then it must be friendly!

[Now she's excited! She'd love to just jump in the lake and go meet them!]

I should learn how to swim.

[survivaltricks]

[UH]

Mmmmaybe not on your own.

[though he does want to go out there again on a boat or the ferry or something to see if he can find the creature again]