INTRO LOG: JANUARY

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INTRO LOG: JANUARY
ALLES NEU

characters: everyone.
location: the harbor, as well as the rest of town.
date/time: january 1-3.
content: beacon's newest batch of residents arrives on the ferry. the forest spirits engage in some new year's shenanigans.
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 glowing 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.

•••

A small crowd of forest spirits have shown up at the harbor to welcome the newcomers and to ring in the new year! They are very excited to promote and partake in the following traditions:

• Making lots of noise! Forest spirits are passing out a variety of noisemakers of all shapes and sizes with which to create a lively ruckus. Happy year!!!


• Setting off fireworks! Sort of! More like firecrackers, sparklers, and bottle rockets, but close enough, right? None of them cast light, but they're still pretty glowy things.


• Hanging bunches of onions from doorways! And also trees! And fences! And people! Hanging onions on everything! The more onions the better! Where did they get all of these onions!


• Smashing stuff! Specifically, the forest spirits are yeeting whole-ass pomegranates into doors and smashing every plate they can get their hands on before sweeping the debris into a pile. In fact, the forest spirits seem to be having small contests to see who can amass the largest pile of broken kitchenware. Hide your fruits and fine china, Beacon bits, because the spirits have a loose definition of "pomegranate" and "plate".


• Banging loaves of bread against walls! Maybe the tradition doesn't call for actual destruction or maybe it's just hard to smash a loaf of bread, but forest spirits are definitely running through town whapping hunks of bread on anything (and anyone) they run into. Some of the loaves even have coins and... acorns? Inside? Sure. All the better to bruise you with.


• Tossing flowers into the lake! They're all white flowers... mostly? Flowers are tough to come by this time of year, so it's more like white "anything that looks like a flower"s that are getting hucked into the water.


• Ringing bells! A couple of forest spirits have been tasked with scurrying up into the rafters of the church and town hall's clock tower, ringing the bells madly. Problem is, the spirits are trying to count and coordinate how many bell chimes peel through the town, but counting is hard and so is coordinating across a distance. So, uh, the bells are just kind of going hog wild for the day.


• Melting lead! One forest spirit covered in fur with a long tongue lolling out from their mask seems to be in charge of a lead-melting booth, where lantern-havers can melt bits of lead over a torch borrowed from the bonfire. The molten lead is then dropped into the lake and fished out with the spirits long, long tongue, after which they'll examine the lead's shape and hoot... something at whoever's dropped it in. A fortune for the new year? Tough to say. Even the other forest spirits don't seen to be able to understand this tonguey gent.


• Drinking burnt stuff! Be prepared for a forest spirit to run up and shove a scrap of paper and a glass of something bubbly into your hands. The idea, after some miming from the forest spirit, seems to be to write a wish or resolution onto the piece of paper, burn it in a bonfire torch, and mix the ashes with the glass of... something. Maybe you got lucky and it's champagne, but there's no telling what's in that glass. Bottoms up, though. You have to drink your wish to make it come true!


• Burning stuff! The forest spirits are making cute little dolls of each other and other folks in town! How cute! Less cute is that these cute little effigies are getting chucked right into the bonfire and swallowed up by the flames. Rastus is moderately distressed by this development, though he won't stop you from making your own effigies to burn.

By the end of the week, the forest spirits will have cleaned up their festivities, but for now, eh, get in the spirit of the holiday. It's a new year, after all.

Luckily for all the newcomers who may find themselves horribly confused by this welcome committee, their tablets 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! We're super jazzed to kick off the new year with a fresh crop of new players and characters.

For these New Year's festivities, you're all welcome to play out your own forest spirit interactions! NPC away, my dudes.

Go ahead and introduce yourselves on the OOC intro, and as you settle in, we'd like to ease everyone's minds with a little spoiler: More housing will be unlocked soon! A location discovery announcement will go up in the next week or so, whenever that exploration wraps up, and a whole crop of new housing options will then be made available. In the meantime, don't stress about finding lodging for your character. So long as everyone's settled by the end of the month, we're good to go!

DELIVERIES

The following packages can be found in the cargo hold:

• The monthly store restock
  
• For Midge: A menorah, a seder plate, a mezuzah, and a siddur
  
• For Rosalind: A dozen elegant eyepatches and the equipment necessary for her to construct her Lutece device
  
• For Hux: Equipment and tools to create mouse droids
  
• For Aziraphale: A fountain pen and two bottles of blue ink
  
• For Maes: A large crate full of collapsible cots and sleeping blankets, and an additional crate of various bedding and pillows
  
• For Crowley: A book of prophecies from home, a bottle of white wine, a box of various sizes of PVC tubing, a water pump, the goods, and a variety pack of seeds
  
• For Bucky: Bucky's armored vest from home
  
• For Daylight: A dozen packets of Soldiers' Kisses seeds
  
• For Rosinante: Two newspapers from Rosinante's home published in the months after his death, three bottles of nail polish (red, green, and pink), four cartons of cigarettes, and a crate full of various winter equipment
  
• For Peter: Webware
  
• For Rhys: A froyo machine
  
• For Kol: Kol's daylight ring from home
  
• For Elektra: A make-up case with a full set of make-up, six sets of good quality clothing (three for men and three for women), two bottles of fresh honey, three bags of coffee, and a Braille Bible (which comes in the form of seven very thick volumes)
  
• For Scully: A poster, three sets of medical scrubs, two sets of silk pajamas, and a bag with enough medical supplies to treat 5 major injuries or 10 minor injuries
  
• For Matt: An orchid-scented perfume, twin sai, a bottle of fancy tequila, three classic rock records, and a record player
  
• For Ignis: A violin, two dozen containers of various spices, a dozen skeins of knitting wool, and a dozen spools of colorful thread
  
• For Javert: A dozen outfits comprised of all 19th century clothing and a crate full of bedding materials

If you submitted an item request last month and we've missed it here, let us know!

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Hana Song "D.VA" | Overwatch | OTA

[bunny_suit]

Arrival ;
[Waking up in a dimly lit cabin was not what she expected after losing consciousness in the middle of the ocean. That was the least of Hana's trouble's though. That foghorn jolted her awake. If that didn't wake her up, the pain in her left leg and right arm did. If that wasn't enough, she remembered as she sunk in the water, trying to reach the surface. She was fine, but instinctively started to cough as if choking on water. After letting her pain subside as much as she could, she reached her neck with her good arm as she tried to get a grasp of what was going on.

She drowned.... No, she couldn't have. The other would have found her. Dae-hyun would have came to get her before something happened. Well, now that she was awake, she finally took note of the room around her. There was some sort of tablet and a... was that a lantern? If it was, it was really cute. She could toy with the tablet later. Her first problem to deal with is finding out where she was and just how she was going to get around. Between the scratches and bruises from the fight with the Gwishin, the ash from the explosion of her mech, and her -- more than likely -- broken limbs, this was going to be a challenge. But then, she never really backed down from a challenge.

So now she has to make sure to grab the tablet, lantern, and her light gun while somehow still being able to get herself out of bed and out of the room. She's managed to put her light gun where it normally goes and her lantern around her good wrist so that she could hold onto the tablet, but trying to push yourself out of bed in this condition wasn't easy. Anyone nearby her might hear a loud thud an a gasp of pain soon following.

She may need some help...]

To A New Year ;
[Once she can finally manage to get off of the boat, it's not hard to see the crowd of forest spirits. By luck she found something to use as a crutch for the time being to be able to slightly get around without having to trouble someone else; Eventually she'll need to try to find some crutches or something to deal with her problems. The noisemakers and fireworks remind her of New Year's time, but was it that time back home? It was easy to lose track of time sometimes with what they did. The first thing she noted was that there seemed to be very minimal light. Seeing fireworks without light seemed really strange, but she was also discombobulated right now. It was hard to concentrate on what was real or just some sort of dream.

Why were there so many onions everywhere? All of this was making it all the more confusing. There was destruction of pomegranates and plates, onions everywhere, loaves of bread flying everywhere, and ringing bells. And now she's being handed a scrap of paper and some sort of liquid. What the hell was going on here? After some confused cursing under her breath in Korean, she'll look to the paper. She's gotten the gist of what they're looking for, but what exactly would she have to drink exactly? Figuring out a wish wasn't hard. She just wished that Busan would be safe from the Gwishin and other Omnics for a long time while she was here. Looking over to the person next to her, looking equally as confused... Or maybe not. Either way.]

So uh... What do you think is in this...?

I Need Healing ;
[After Hana was able to really sit down and think things through, she's opted to look at the tablet finally. She was thankful for the useful welcome information because now she had some inkling of what was happening, but she refused to believe that she was dead and this was the afterlife. After all, Busan and the others were counting on her. If she was dead, what would happen to thousands of innocent lives? It's not like any of her friends would be able to stop any oncoming attacks when their mechs were out of commission yet.]

UN: D.Va

So hey.... I don't suppose that someone has a health pack or some sort of healing capabilities, do they? If nothing else, I really need to find some crutches somewhere.

I have another question as well. This is all a joke right? We can't really be dead, can we? There's people who need me so I... I can't afford to be "dead".

Please tell me this is all just a really bad dream...

Wildcard ;
[Feel free to start your own prompt. I'll follow whatever format you so chose to use. I also have a permissions post regarding if she'd be able to recognize your character if they're from a game or not. Feel free to contact me at byefelicia for any questions or plotting~.]

[A]

[arsarcanum]

[ Sora's been poking around the boat - he doesn't really have any plans besides, you know, not being stabbed by an alien solder? Which isn't really a problem anymore. Exploring is the next best thing.

He'll be poking at the tablet, trying to figure it out, when he hears the groan down the hall. Well... this is horror game-y enough, and he feels protagonist-y enough for his chances of survival to at least feel pretty good. He'll stick the tablet under his elbow and saunter over. ]

Everything okay over here? [ He spots the struggling girl. Oh, well, her limbs seem to be pretty broken! ] Okay, not okay. What happened? [ He'll hustle on over and... like... not really touch her, but he'll definitely give her a once-over and give her a sort of reassuring glance. He's here to help? As much as he can? This is more than what first aid can fix. ]

[bunny_suit]

[This.... was not good. How was she supposed to get around? Maybe she could find something to use as a crutch....? While thinking about it, someone came in. She wanted to say she was fine, but... Let's face it...]

Well.... I'm not sure if it'll make sense but.... I just.... intentionally self destructed my mech to defend my home and fell into the ocean. I don't know when it happened, but I'm pretty sure My arm and leg are broken.

[arsarcanum]

[ That... sounds pretty intense. He frowns a little, nodding along. It's a simple enough story for even him to understand on the first pass. ]

Here, I - Do you mind? [ He starts... glowing green? ] I can't fix bones, but it's better than nothing. [ And if he gets a go ahead, he'll cast the spell on them both... which should at least ease the pain and leave a minty fresh taste in her mouth, but will definitely not help the actual broken bone problem. ]

Why did I capitalize My? lol

[bunny_suit]

[She'll shake her head to that. She doesn't mind. At least the pain has subsided and that on it's own is a blessing. The broken bone part... Well, she'll just have to deal with it. And that's a nice bonus effect]

Oh, wow. Thanks a lot. I... unfortunately don't have any skills that relate to healing so I appreciate it.

god's pronouns must always be capitalized ouo

[arsarcanum]

[ ... Huh. He has a feeling that spell should have been much more impressive than that? He'll look at his hands for a moment before shaking his head. ]

No problem. I wish I could do more. [ He'll look around the room. ] Guess your mech didn't make it here with you. It can't walk you out... [ And back to Hana his attention will go. ] You can't stay here forever - we're docked. Do you feel okay enough to get carried?

[bunny_suit]

[It was. Just... in her world, healing capabilities exist. Nothing that she can do, but it's not too surprising at least.]

Unfortunately... no. I had to overload the reactor core to self destruct. [She already misses Tokki.] I'll just have to remake it if it's possible later.

[Part of her wants to insist she's fine, but realistically...]

I... I guess I don't really have many options right now... I don't want to be a nuisance or anything though.

[So only if he's okay with it, really.]

New Year

[mindofathief]

[Onions...what's their significance? They're easy to grow, they make you cry, they're in the ground. Is it a pun on the new year? Do you combine it with the bread for the ultimate holiday joke?

If only Rope Snake were here. He might have learned something on his journey of self-discovery.]

I'm stuck. Why would the spirits do this with food? Where did they get all this bread?

[bunny_suit]

Would spirits even eat human food?

[She asks this, but she has very minimal information about the spirits here.]

[mindofathief]

I never saw them eat. Then again, I haven't been here for long.

[There was a feast people mentioned, but that wasn't eaten by the spirits.]

It would be nicer if they gave it to us instead of playing with all this food. They won't miss an onion, won't they?

[bunny_suit]

So why not take one for yourself? There's a lot of them around after all.

[Hana isn't the biggest fan of eating entire onions like that, but she's not sure what the food situation is like here. Maybe it'll be necessary. She hasn't... gotten that far yet.]

[mindofathief]

I think bread would be more filling, but...

[Time to search for a bundle of onions.]

[bunny_suit]

I'm sure you could try those too, although... They seem pretty hard... [For the amount of force they have? Probably not eatable.]

to a new year

[incinerators]

[ when hana is given the paper and the liquid, the spirit immediately runs over to pyrrha -- who is not far away from the other girl at all -- and hands her the same set of strange items. pyrrha looks surprised and blinks for a moment. ]

Oh...thank you?

[ then, she'll turn over to the other girl, who appears to be just as confused as pyrrha is. ]

I'm not sure, and I'm a little afraid to find out.

[bunny_suit]

I second that... I don't know if I want to drink it...

[incinerators]

Me neither. I'm not sure if --

[ that's when the spirit starts miming. pyrrha looks at them curiously, blinking, trying to decipher what they're saying. ]

I...I think it wants us to write something on the paper?

[bunny_suit]

[Looking at the spirit trying to figure out what they're miming.]

Uhh.... Well.... apparently it's New Years.... Is it related to that maybe?

[incinerators]

[ she nods. ] Apparently it is, so I'd think so.

[ the tree spirit does a few more fancy hand motions that look like...shooting stars? ]

Ah-! It wants us to write down a wish, I think?

@riku; text

[equinoctials]

[ It's a new username. Not that Riku is the most attentive to the network, or has the user list memorized, but he thought a handle like D.Va would stick out more. Given the timing, the nature of the questions, that leaves little doubt. This is a newcomer.

In search of crutches, which means a sprain at best, a break at worst (no, a break isn't the worst, come to think of it). ]

First things first. Let's do something about your injury.
What happened? Where are you? Are you still at the ferry?

[bunny_suit]

I was helped off of the ferry thankfully, so I'm just at the Invincible right now.

[Sora's at least healed the pain a bit, but it didn't fix the broken bones. She'd like to deal with that somehow.]

[equinoctials]

That's good. At least you're somewhere warm.

[ The frigid cold doesn't agree with his islander blood, he can only imagine how it feels to someone with bad injuries, newly arrived. ]

Tell me more about your injury. Is there more than one? Is anything broken?

[bunny_suit]

[Doesn't help that she's not really wearing clothing meant for the winter time. Her bodysuit did keep her warm a bit, but good material could only help so much.]

Well, my left leg is more than likely broken. It just happened before ending up on the Ferry. I'm no doctor, but my arm is probably broken. Maybe more focused by my wrist? Other than that, just a few aches and bruises, but those I'm not too worried about.

[More like her ability to walk okay and a functioning arm. She can deal with knee and wrist pain when it wasn't like a broken bone.]

[equinoctials]

[ Neither was he, at first. A lucky find in the General Store and some help getting it fitted and reinforced by a few magicians really put him on the right foot. That bodes well for others coming in. There's bound to be someone able to help them stay warm. ]

Got it.
I'll head to the Invincible in half an hour.
Hold tight. Anything that'll help me pick you outta a crowd?

@shigeru: text - I need healing

[mysophobic]

Miss are you still hurt? I can heal you if you tell me where you are.

But don't move if your injuries are too much! I'll be able to find you regardless. [ As for the rest of her questions, Shigeru hates to be a bearer of bad news. He too was somewhat in shock about it. ]

Unfortunately...it's a lot to take in at first I didn't believe it either. But...apparently it's the truth.

[bunny_suit]

[Thankfully by this point she's had some healing and even someone who's helping her with something to act as a cast of sorts. She's just so thankful that there have been people who were helpful upon coming here.]

I think I'm okay for the time being. Now if only injuries would heal themselves faster.

[But the next part...]

There must be a mistake... There are millions of people relaying my me to protect them...