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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Sounds like maybe we need to dig a little deeper. There's gotta be some kind of answer. Or a half-answer that'll lead to the real one.

[ Sam's gaze follows Jason's back towards the bonfire too. He watches the flames dancing in their place, noting that it's really the only actual light around here, even if it burns dimmer than he's used to.

He turns back to Jason. ]

But maybe that's for another day. [ He offers the young man a small smile. Something about him reminds him of Jack, and it's a bittersweet memory he can't quite shake. ] What do you know about this place?

Probably. I help where I can, but solving mysteries wasn't exactly something I did a lot of back home.

[Fighting monsters, yes. He could do that. He left the puzzles of this place to people like Rosinante or Cao Pi. He had suggestions to make of course, but mostly he tried to help by contributing to the community as a leader and also as muscle. There wasn't much a demigod couldn't handle and he'd fared pretty well against most of the spirits.]

You mean aside from it being full of dead people? [He thinks for a moment.] There are the people who arrive on the Ferry once a month and then Beacon is occupied by lots of spirits. They have the masks, we have these lanterns. The spirits are...mostly harmless. At least the ones around town. If you wind up in the woods or in places that aren't traveled to as often, that's where you can get into some trouble. We may have all died, but it's possible to die again here.

[Jason reaches for his own lantern, unclipping it from his belt, and holding it up. It's sturdy -- like it was made to survive a hurricane -- and painted purple with gold embellishments. Those embellishments are mainly lightning bolts and eagles, though somehow it is tasteful and not gaudy in its decoration.]

This is important. You don't want to leave this lying around. If you wander too far from it, the light will go out and you'll die. Same thing happens if it gets smashed. But your body can get injured too and then you also die.

[Fortunately, Jason is durable and he's only experienced injuries and not death. Though he has certainly witness his fair share of it.]

The lanterns are the only thing that will cast light aside from the Bonfire, moon and stars. Rastus is the one to talk to if you want to take a torch from the Bonfire...if you try to make fire yourself or if you try to magically create fire, it's a no go on the light.

[He leaves off there. Waiting to see if Sam will ask any questions about any of that.]

Oh! And I'm Jason Grace. I just realized I probably should have mentioned that. It's not related to information about this place, but it's good to know who you're talking to, right?

Right. [ Sam huffs a soft laugh, offering a hand to the young man with a nod. ] Good to meet you, Jason. I'm Sam. Sam Winchester.

[ He gives their lanterns a nod, glad for the protip. His lantern is a lot different from Jason's, mostly by way of how it lacks any kind of colour or embellishment. It's arranged in a kind of grid-like pattern that strangely resembles ... well, plaid. Otherwise it's simple and unaffecting. But if it's the thing keeping him alive (in a sense of the word), he won't be leaving it behind so easily. Not a fan of testing that theory out, nope. ]

So this darkness around us ... this isn't just a particularly dark night? This is it?

INTRO LOG: FEBRUARY

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