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.

•••

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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[Hana was just stretching her legs a little after being cooped up in the cabin for so long. She almost didn't notice Gwen right away. Once she reached for her shoulder, she glanced over to her. She didn't look like she was in great shape.]

O-Oh! Are you okay? The Invincible is pretty close. They have food there. Here, I'll help you there.

[If Gwen doesn't mind, she'll help support her by putting her arm around Hana's neck.]

Edited (What is formatting) 2020-02-06 02:48 (UTC)

Thank you, seriously.

[ there's an audible sigh of relief when she hears that there's food nearby, because she knows she'll be fine once she gets some food in her. doesn't even matter what, just something. ]

I swear I'm not usually so clingy. [ obviously making jokes when she's feeling vulnerable is a thing she's used to doing. but this is a special vulnerability that she's still getting used to, so it's hard trying to figure out how to navigate it. especially with a stranger, in a town she's totally new to. jesus. ] Just wasn't ready to wake up on a big boat after the night I had back home.

It's no problem. I'm glad to help out. [She's currently assisting her to the Invincible.] It's okay, it's nice to get a hug from time to time.

[It's a bad joke, but she tried going along with it.]

I don't think anybody is ready to show up here. I know I wasn't expect to drown before showing up here myself.

[ it might be a bag joke, but it definitely makes her laugh. mostly because she's not expecting it. still, she does give her a little squeeze at that, because yeah. it- really isnice to get a hug from time to time.

especially once she brings up how she got here ]

Oh, shit. You drowned? Shit. [ that sounds even scarier than how she got here. it's enough to give her the jeebies. but she presses on ] God, everybody's going to have messed up stories here, aren't they? I was really just in a dumb place at a dumb time. [ that's one way of putting it ]

[Success then! She shook her head lightly for a moment before giving a slight shrug.]

It's okay. I blew up a threat that could have destroyed Busan. I think it was worth it. Would have been better if I'd survived though.

[Both a joke and statement. But her expression reflects the next statement, coming off a little sentimental.]

Well, if this place is an afterlife and deals with death, than I would imagine not many people would have had a happy end.

[And with some effort, they're pretty close to the Invincible now.]

Mm, I guess I was kind of hoping maybe some people would have had a normal, uh, end? But now I'm guessing dying peacefully in their sleep as an old person isn't common here?

[ now that she's kind of looking around ( even with her vision slightly blurred around the edges, yikes ), nobody looks terribly old. which just... adds a whole new layer to how messed up this all is. and certainly doesn't make it feel more real. ]

I wonder if anybody showed up here and was like 'ah, yes. just how I imagined it.' or if we're all in the same confusing boat.

[They had a somewhat serious talk while Hana tried to help her adjust to Beacon the best she could. Hopefully they'll be able to become friends soon.]

[OOC: I'm sorry. I took a hiatus for March because of RL being crazy, so I feel like it would be better to end some of these old tags. I'm sure you're probably not interested in these old ones anyway. If you're okay with it, I'd love to do something more recent with them, though.]

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