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INTRO LOG: JANUARY

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.

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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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[Link fixes the stranger with a cold stare.]

And what the Hell is Beacon?

[His voice has a slightly accusatory note to it.]

It's a... town. You might want to take a seat. There's a-- there's a recording that explains everything.

I could alternatively explain it to you over a tea or something stronger, but I am unarmed.

[Link looks around and sits back against the railing of the boat, adjusting himself into a more comfortable position than a tense fetal cower.

He fixes the stranger with an expression of blank confusion.]

A recording?

On your-- yes, they assigned you a device. It should have asked you for a name.

[ He heaves a sigh. ]

Perhaps. We should sit down with tea.

[Link scratches at one ear and frowns. Device?

He reaches into a pack on his belt and withdraws the folded tablet, which he presents to the stranger with a questioning look.]

I haven't given it my name. I didn't know what it was...

[After waking up he'd merely grabbed what was around him and ran for it. He'd had every intention of diving off the side of the ferry before he'd seen just how the dense the darkness around him actually was.]

Ah, yes, it's a communication device. But it also takes photos!

[ Yes, that makes sense Aziraphale.

He certainly acts like it does, smiling and nodding expectantly. ]

[Another uncomprehending stare and Link unfolds the device. When prompted, he just gives it his name...then yelps.]

W-wait, n-no, stop! Shit!

[He folds it back up before the video starts to play.]

I think...I'm probably gonna have more questions than this thing can answer. You mentioned tea?

[He knows what tea is, at least.]

And...is there any way to change a name on this "device"?

You will have to ask Dr. Ingram.

[ Annoyed emphasis on "doctor," possibly because the one time Aziraphale was cognizant of him changing anyone's username on the devices it was to change freddiefan87 to fuckboy69. Crowley did deserve it, but Aziraphale is still mad. ]

But first, I think, tea.

[Link gingerly picks up his lantern and pulls himself to his feet. His eyes dart from the stranger to the direction of the gangplank then back again.]

Okay.

Tea.

[He starts to walk forward then freezes in mid stride.]

[ Aziraphale stops with him. ]

Yes-- is something the matter?

[Link rubs the back of his neck.]

Uhm.

I dunno where I'm going, you lead the way...

[If it seems like that's not the thought that stopped him in his tracks it's because it's not.

He'd been thinking about home. The sheer blackness of this world reminds him of the Twilight but it's not the Twilight, is it? If it were, he'd be a wolf right now.

Where the Hell am I?]

Oh! Yes, sorry, right. Well, I live in the village, which is a little bit of a walk from the Square, but not much. You won't want tea at the Invincible. Actually, none of the food is very good there, I'm afraid. Only restaurant in town, as well, can you believe?

Anyway! But you should get acquainted with the square, it's where most of the things in town are located. Grocery, library, town hall, post office...

[ He carries on like this, describing the setting animatedly as they walk. ]

[Link does look around as they walk, gazing at the structures they pass. By the sound of it the village is, aside from the darkness, like any other village.]

It seems like you know a lot.

Are you from here?

Heavens no! I only arrived several months ago, same as you. I believe all the natives here are the spirits-- but there's also the lighthouse keeper, and Rastus and Dr. Ingram have been here for some number of years, but everyone else is a transplant. We are all in the same boat, metaphorically speaking.

[With a small, lopsided grin that never reaches his eyes...]

I barely understood any of that.

Yes, well. Tea and questions.

You don't happen to be from Earth, do you?

[He scratches at his nose.]

I dunno where "Earth" is.

Ah, well. It's a planet that looks quite like this one. I only ask because it would make things easier to explain, but not to worry, there are plenty of people not from Earth!

Different planet?

[He slows down.]

So...we're not in a region of Hyrule?

But, then...

How did I get here?

Hyrule? I don't think so, I've never heard of a Hyrule. And you came by ferry! You remember the ferry, yes?

There's a portal beyond that, I believe. We tried to leave to find it, but so far all attempts have been unsuccessful.

Yeah, the boat, but somebody got me on the thing and I was in a desert, last I remember...

[He feels a cold chill somewhere deep down and rubs his hands together.]

Where is the teahouse? I could use a cup of something warm, I think...

Oh, you don't want to have tea at the Invincible, that's the closest thing to a teahouse. But you're welcome to my home. I'm very good at making tea.

[Link shrugs.]

I should warn you I'm not very good company...

Are you tired? We could find you somewhere to sleep first, maybe something nice to eat if you're hungry.

Tired? Why would I be tired, I was just sleeping on the...

[He twists around to point at the lake and pauses, turning his gaze back to the stranger.]

.......You don't want to talk to me, do you?

[He backs up a step, eyes darting around as he lifts a hand to his chest.]

By the Gods, where am I? How much trouble am I in?

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