logsinthenight | INTRO LOG: FEBRUARY

characters: everyone.
location: the harbor, as well as the rest of town.
date/time: february 1-3.
content: beacon's newest batch of residents arrives on the ferry. rastus gathers the town for a debriefing meeting.
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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On February 3, after the newcomers have had a chance to settle in, everyone's tablets will ping with a message from @rastus!

Come tob onfier squae.Pl eaas , we wikll disucss our orogress sincereeluy rastuaas I am th ebonfire keeeeeeepr.

...Followed by another message a few minutes later, this time from @keeper

Omg will everyone head down to Bonfire Square for Rastus' town meeting please? He wants to recap what you've all learned so far!!!

And can someone please teach him that he can record an audio message and then send it to everyone instead of looping the whole dang town in on a group text?? 😂😂😂😂

Assuming you do indeed head down to Bonfire Square after all that, what you'll find is this: a series of benches and tables have been set up surrounding the bonfire, and there's enough seating for all of Beacon's residents. As people take their seats near the fire, the barkeeper forest spirits from the Invincible toddle through the crowd with trays of hot chocolate and warm cider, along with a sampler tray of acorns and pinecones, if that's your thing.

Once everyone's here and settled, sipping on hot drinks and maybe busting a tooth on an acorn, Rastus hobbles forward to address the crowd:

"Crrk. Hello. I am Rastus. I tend to the bonfire. I have tended to the bonfire, mrawk, for years and years. You are doing, rmmm, well. Good."

He nods to emphasize the point. Yes, you are doing good.

"Talk. To each other. Share what you have learned. Yes. Crarrk. It is important."

He nods again, and then... shuffles back over to his post near the bonfire, waiting for anyone who might come by with an interest in torches. Seems it's up to you all to get each other up to speed?

Luckily for all the newcomers who may find themselves confused by their sudden arrival here, 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 thrilled to welcome so many new faces into the community, and you've come at a great time! Alongside this intro log, we have our very first cat herd, which is essentially a recap of the plot thus far, as well as a rundown on a ton of great info to help get you started in the game.

But don't feel like you have to read it all right this second! ICly, Rastus will call everyone together for the town meeting on February 3 to give new characters (and players) a chance to get their bearings before smacking them in the face with all the plot. This log will cover both the ferry arrival and the cat herd meeting, so feel free to bounce around in time in your toplevels.

Remember, too, that all of the plot info available in the cat herd can now be considered common knowledge! Newbies and oldbies alike, feel free to assume that your character learns as much of that plot info as you like at this meeting, regardless of whether or not you thread it out.

And of course, go ahead and introduce yourselves on the OOC intro, as well!

DELIVERIES

The following packages can be found in the cargo hold:

The monthly store restock
For Sora: A gameboy(?), 3 CPR/AED kits, a dozen CPR/first aid training manuals, two packages of capiz shells, a set of candy molds, a caldero, and 3 gameboy games: 3-D World Runner, Decapathon VII, and Sheep It Up!
For Crowley: A variety of clockwork equipment, a large clock face, and the goods
For Jason G: 2 bulletin boards with materials for mounting, 3 packs of pushpins
For Lucius: A manual sewing machine
For Castiel: A dozen flasks of holy oil and a pillowcase-sized satchel of various natural spell components
For Duster: A double bass, complete with a case
For Prompto: A polaroid camera with enough film for 50 photos and a folding sword, which is cruder than the example he gave but roughly the same size
For Aziraphale: A large crate of snowshoes, jackets, and coats in various sizes, a bottle of wine, and a bouquet of red, white, and pink roses tied together with an elegant bow
For Javert: A large crate of various fencing gear and 3 fencing handbooks

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

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[ Kal, for all his recency in death, seems to be taking it in stride. ] Given I’m certain there’s a way for us to “die” even in the afterlife, I’d say you ought to make Bucket List 2.0.

[ The offered hot cocoa is noted, and so Kal reaches over to take his own sip before putting it back. Conceivably he could just stand and get his own mug, and maybe he will once they finish this one for a free refill, but it would be rude to just stand and leave Peter all on his own when he’d just arrived. ]

Which item would you have ticked off, anyway?

You know, that's fair. I read there's a guy who died permanently here already, so, I mean. Might as well, right?

[ that's a sobering thought, one that makes him reach for the cocoa again to take a bracing sip. his first death was too fast for him to register anything, but he doesn't think he'd be so lucky a second time. ]

Getting hot chocolate from a spirit, for sure. Jury's still out on the "missions in space in the afterlife", though.

[ Catching the way Peter drinks-- lingering, in a way, and spending some time with the cocoa simply in his mouth-- has Kal reaching out briefly to put a hand on his shoulder and squeeze it in quiet apology. ]

It might happen. The missions in space bit, at least. [ Kal's head tilts back to consider the sky above, the stars twinkling and the moon teasing him-- acting like there's a sun waiting when there isn't at all. What would happen if he just flew up? ] If you can die in the afterlife, then I imagine almost anything else is possible.

But let's try not to die so quickly after we just did, Peter. [ He turns to face him once more, corner of his mouth tugged up in a crooked smile. ] Tonight alone has shown me that there's quite a bit of good you and I can do yet.

[ kal's hand on his shoulder was unexpected but not unwelcome, and peter looks up at him before swallowing thickly, cocoa and that lingering feeling of dread and all. it's the same kind of touch hank would offer them after coming home from a hard mission, the same thing he'd give kurt or scott, or even storm. it eases the tightness in his chest a little. ]

No promises. [ speed is his thing, after all, even if he is slower here. ] But it's worth a shot.

[ Kal's smile is soft, the corners of his eyes crinkling. ] It always is.

How much do you know about construction? There're a few rickety places here-- the bridges across the rivers notwithstanding-- that could do with some fortification.

Not to mention with our speed, we could do a pretty quick paint job on a lot of the buildings around town.

Not a whole lot, buuut... I'm a fast learner. [ ha, get it? ] Shouldn't be that hard.

[ it's better than dwelling on everything he couldn't do and everything he's lost already. ]

Might have to check out the store for paint, but I guess we can ask our bird friend here if they don't have any.

[ One hand on Peter's shoulder to balance himself, Kal leans back slightly and takes a peek where Rastus is still by the fire, moving the way birds do and chittering like one. ] He really is a bird, huh. I wonder if he likes bread as much. [ And he chuckles just a bit at that.

Kal sits properly once more, hand slipping away and resting calmly between the slight part of his legs as its partner does. ] We'll make the best of this, Peter. [ Kal looks at him as he says it, the corner of his mouth tugged up into a small smile. ] ...but. Maybe we should focus on getting settled first, huh? It can't hurt to find a place to call home out here.

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