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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Dean. [ That admonishing voice? Yeah, that would be the little brother trying to wrangle his older brother back to the mission at hand.

Because, yeah, this kind of feels like one of their cases. Gather the intel, work the case, solve the mystery, get back home. It's the same old Winchester song and dance, which is — well, kind of comforting, actually. It gives him focus.

Anyway, he'd had his own observations of the offered food and drink (and refused all of it because, really? Pinecones?) but it only took a minute, and now he's looking to find a decent place to stand and observe before the leader of this group appears; he's not ready to join the throng or anything.

He gives Dean and his procured cider a stare. ] You're not really gonna drink that, are you?

( dean knows that tone of voice and is completely prepared to ignore it. he does what he wants. can't stop won't stop. )

Sam, when a man's thirsty, he's gotta drink.

( he shrugs like it's completely out of his hands, stares sam directly in the eyes and chugs the entire mug of cider. don't interrupt him, sam, just let him finish, okay. he holds up a finger (gimme a minute) and once he's swallowed the last of it, makes an exaggerated sigh of contentment that quickly twists into a grimace, because, actually, the cider was pretty terrible and leaves behind an even worse aftertaste. )

Yeah, uh, really — ( he covers his mouth, tries not to gag (with limited success). ) — hits the spot. ( fine, maybe it was a bad idea. he waves off the inevitable concern and i told you so. ) I'm fine, I'm fine. No more cider. Ugh. I feel like the Kombucha girl.

[ Sam's expression turns from blank stare to unimpressed observance to downright judgment by the time Dean is finished with his mug of cider. Not that he would say 'I told you so' in so many words, but ... yeah.

He told you so.

It takes everything in him not to roll his eyes for good measure, but his mouth presses into a thin line (very 'Really, Dean?') before he finally exhales a breath of exasperation. ]

You have no idea what they put in that stuff. Haven't you ever heard the story of Persephone?

( yeah yeah judge it up, sammy. he doesn't need sam to say i told you so because he can read it all over his brother's face. his mouth curves downwards in something like a frown, but really it's just annoyance. )

Shut up. ( yeah, real mature. ) Do I look like I'm about to be Hades' bitch?

( see, he knows things. you know, only when sam reminds him that he should know things. )

[ Sam's eyebrows go up, like, huh. He can't quite believe Dean actually knows the story and caught on to the reference right away.

He'd be impressed if it didn't involve Dean possibly becoming ... well, 'Hades' bitch'. ]

We don't know anything about this place, and that's kind of the point. Whatever happened to exercising a little caution? Scoping things out?

( fine, okay, yes, sam has a point. or, well, several. which is even more annoying, because his points are valid and dean can't really argue with him. too bad he's gonna try anyway. )

Yeah, but Cas has been here for how long? And, you know, he doesn't have any of those pesky mortal cravings. So why's he still stuck here, huh?

I don't know. Maybe it affects angels too. And whatever else this place decides to wrangle in on that boat.

[ Listen, Sam doesn't have all the answers. Not yet, anyway.

And honestly, the fact that he knows so little about this place kind of freaks him out. It's hard to figure out a gameplan when you don't even know what the game is. ]

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