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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[ He hears the little snit of the blade snapping into place. Before he came here he might not have even known what it was: but Vanitas' eyes flick to the movement, and the throw is so quick that someone else might have been caught by it.

But he isn't anyone, he was forged to do nothing but fight. The Unversed holding his lantern twitches and whatever happens, the Flood goes up in smoke while leaving the lantern safe. Vanitas flicks one hand and the literal shadows swallow up his lantern, making it and it's light vanish. ]

That's more like it.

[ He sounds thrilled by this turn of events and shifts his weight; there's a readiness to it that suggests he's either about to attack or about to lead this man on a merry chase. He hasn't summoned a weapon, but that doesn't make him any less dangerous. ]

You really are a killer, aren't you?

( what the fuck?

there's a brief second where dean finally realizes he's dealing with something ... else that he almost looks scared, but he's been dealt plenty of monster curve balls that he recovers fast enough. so this isn't azazel — no demon he's ever seen could ... control shadows like that.

which is to say, he's gravely underestimated his opponent. but that doesn't mean he's about to back down. even if he basically just threw away his only weapon. it's fine, he can improvise. he just really thought that would've worked better than it did.

still. he doesn't like the look of this kid. something about him gives dean a bad feeling, a real case of the bad juju, so he may as well finish what he started. or go down fighting. he's not even particularly concerned that there might be people watching — hell, let them watch. when dean's this focused, he really doesn't give a shit about anything else than what's in front of him.

his mouth twitches into something that might be considered a smile if there were any warmth to it, but instead it's all sharp edges to complement his cocksure attitude. )

You have no idea, pal. ( it's practically a growl in that gravelly voice of his. he stares vanitas down, shifting his stance. he'll worry about retrieving his knife later; all he's got now is his fists and a whole lot of bravado. that, and his mouth. which he'll probably regret running. ) Those were some real neat tricks, but can you do anything else? ( come on, he dares you. )

[ Vanitas grins, a mirror of his expression warped by true cruel intention. He's been here long enough to know he can't just kill this guy and not experience the fall out. Others might know what Vanitas is like, but they haven't seen him really try to murder anyone — yet. His own self preservation will stop him putting this guy down with witnesses.

But it won't stop him having a little fun.

He surges forward, but flickers out of sight. Instead of coming at the man head on he appears quite suddenly on his left and up in the air, unnaturally high above him with his fist cocked back. He's small but there's inhuman strength in him, and that's on top of the way he's using gravity to put weight behind the fact he's trying to hit his opponent in the face. ]

( dean may have no idea what he's dealing with here anymore, but he's not stupid enough to miss an opening when he sees one. vanitas is fast, which would normally worry dean, but he's running purely on adrenaline and overconfidence at this point. (which, to be fair, is pretty much how he always operates.)

as soon as vanitas blinks out of sight (fucking teleporters, this definitely isn't going to go well), dean dives to his right, in the direction he threw his knife, which is a lot more difficult than anticipated because of his own damn lantern. this, of course, leaves him open for a moment while he grabs for his weapon. and, knowing his luck, this is about to end up a fistfight regardless. )

[ He dives for the knife as Vanitas comes down on him, and it leaves him open just long enough for him to get the first hit in. It's indirect, because Dean has ducked to grab his weapon, so Vanitas clips him around the jaw as he's raising his head to look for him.

Vanitas doesn't wait for him to ready his knife. Just because it might not kill him immediately doesn't mean it won't hurt, or that Vanitas won't bleed. He's more human here than he'd ever been in his own world, and he's had to learn all the lessons that come with mortality the hard way.

His hand shoots out and he grabs the man by the wrist, ducks underneath his arm to twist him at the elbow, locking Dean's bicep up underneath his armpit. It puts them almost side by side, their faces close together, forcing Dean to stay half bent because Vanitas is considerably shorter than him. ]

Too slow.

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