lifeaftr | October Intro: Louder than Sirens, Louder than Bells

INTRO LOG: OCTOBER

Who: Everyone!
What: New souls arrive to the archipelago of LifeAftr
When: October 3rd
Where: Ensō
Warnings: Mark as needed!

The Beach: For All the Rest
The shores of Ensō are far from the tranquil, almost idyllic tropical backdrop that they should be. And so it is that while you fish, or perhaps as you go about your daily business on the islets, the first thing you will note is the persistent sound hammering at the back of your skull.

A drumming.

And it's growing louder.

The source of the drumming will, like it or not, soon become apparent. At the fringes of the trees, wielding slings and hollow, wooden pistols, is a group of large and very displeased simians who have every intent of claiming this spot of beach - yes, traveler, this spot of beach you're standing on right now! - for their own, and by any means necessary.

And they certainly don't look interested in diplomacy.

If you came armed, you might be in luck, because this conflict will require your steady hand in its resolution. If you did not...well, you may be better suited to run, or risk capture at the hands of warriors skilled, cunning, and incredibly vicious. Laugh at their monkey business all you like; they are ingenious fighters and, what's more, they're just as good at killing as they are at capture.

For the uninitiated, this particular brand of chaos doesn't usually sweep across the entire island the way it has. But those who have been here for some time will recognize the monkeys in question, and might even recognize this for what it is: revenge.

Group I: The Squeakquel
Looks like your monkeying around last month has landed you and everyone else in a spot of trouble. The monkeys in question certainly weren't happy to be confronted with others on their lands, nor are they willing to share their territory. While you may have triumphed last time you confronted them, the apes have been planning their revenge in the meantime.

Some of you were unlucky enough to become targets. Overnight, a great deal of them silently invaded the islets. Their blow-dart guns are equipped with a fairly powerful sedative that is more than capable of knocking most living creatures out - and those that were immune were simply snatched up, gagged, and bundled away.

However, it seems that some of their prisoners didn't suit their purposes, for one way or another, and thus weren't retrieved with the intention of long-term capture. Which is why a number of you will awaken in regions of the island that you've already explored.

...the really, really dangerous ones.

Whether it's a Center of Gravity, a parade of centipuppies, a contingent of Lungblossoms, a Fustercluck, or something else entirely, one thing is certain: the monkeys wanted you out of their way.

So get ready to fight for your life.

Group II: Ape Escape
If you're not one of the slightly luckier newcomers that materializes on the shore, then you're one of the unlucky ones that's managed to materialize square in the middle of the jungle. Or rather, in the middle of one of the denser, more populated parts of the jungle. The abodes woven into the canopy are crude, built of mud and sticks, but they're nonetheless sturdy.

And, as an important note - they are also swarming with monkeys. Snarling, baying, armed monkeys. Perhaps they'd be more hostile toward an interloper...if you weren't already in a cage, along with several others.

Fortunately for the newbies, they've all got something the monkeys didn't anticipate, aside from the element of surprise. Most prisoners don't arrive with knapsacks full of newly-acquired gear, and it's a good thing, too - you may very well need it, and the help of the new arrivals, to escape this place. You could always wait for the cavalry to come, but are you really willing to take that risk?

Group III: Pot Luck
As for you, you terribly fortunate third group?

You'll find yourselves suspended in wooden cages as well, though this time, to the hot curtain of whitish steam clouding your vision. It smells an awful lot like smoke down there. An awful lot like something...burning? Unlike your fellows over in the second group, these cages aren't simply a means of containing you, no. These cages are currently hanging over what might be the largest cast iron cauldron you've ever seen. All of this is, of course, for one simple reason:

Some species of monkeys are carnivores.

The acrid scent of smoke is already hot and rancid in your nostrils; the pyre beneath you has been lit, and the hungry flames are beginning to boil the water below quite eagerly. We'd suggest you hurry up in freeing yourself and your fellows - being boiled alive is not a particularly pleasant way to go. At least the monkeys weren't expecting quite so many main courses so soon, which allows you the element of surprise.

As a final note to those who participated in the Test Drive Meme, bear in mind that those threads, if all parties involved would like, can be game canon in the form of dream-like memories involving a place very much like this one, though the layout is considerably different.

All new arrivals will awake with knapsacks with their names stitched to the front. The contents of said knapsacks can be found below!

Feeling a tad adrift? Make sure to check the Locations Page, which has details regarding the starting areas and a handy map for those who feel better with a bird's eye view!

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[ Terra had been looking for a way out herself, to help secure a way out and to help evacuate the others. When she suddenly noticed she was being followed. She pivoted suddenly, raising a hand, flames lighting as she started to call a spell - she certainly didn't want to be captured again!

But it was a child. Much to her surprise and worry - those damn monkeys kidnapped a child? ...a strange looking child, admittedly but still. ]

Oh! I.. I'm sorry.

[ Where huh? ]

I'm not.. sure. I'm still looking actually.

[Ah, she should have expected that. Truthfully she'd been following this other woman in the hopes that she had known.]

I am as well. [She bobs a quick curtsy] I'm sorry if I frightened you.

[ Terra shook her head. ]

It's all right. ...are you hurt? [ If she was hurt, Terra could heal her, but she looked lost in this mass chaos more than anything. ]

Ah, no! I'm just fine.

[A bit rattled, and maybe with some small cuts and bruises from having to run from the centipuppies and climb trees unexpectedly. But.. hardly anything that won't heal on its own.]

Just not sure which way to go. And... not quite sure what's going on.

[Was it normal to wake up in life-threatening here? Somehow she suspects not but she really doesn't know.]

[ Well since the injuries aren't bad she doesn't see a reason to use a healing spell when it might be needed for more serious wounds. ]

Um - I've never been in this part of the island before, but if we can find a mana pool, we can get to a safe area. [ ... then again they were kidnapped from that safe area. ]

Or at least.. away from -here-.

Yes... That sounds like a good way to start.

[And they aren't even in the thick of the worst. Then again, given how well she's reacted in the past, that's probably better.]

I'm afraid you still probably know more than I do, so... lead the way.

[ She tilted her head at the 'child'. ]

You...weren't here already? [ Ohhhhh. Wait. ]

Are you a new arrival?

[Tataru nods, though there's something in the way she says it...]

Just today. Is this something that happens often?

[New people just... arriving here, out of the blue?]

Well... I haven't been here long myself, but this is the first time I've encountered those ..things. The...monkeys.

Although now that I think about it, one of the girls who was with us wasn't on these islands before. A friend mentioned not long ago that new people do seem to appear once a month, somehow.

Oh.

[She'd more been asking about the regular arrivals. But... that was the information she'd been asking for, and some.]

Monkeys? Are they what's causing all... this?

[Were they a beast tribe, perhaps?]

Yes, I think that seems to be the case. [ Honestly she's a little disturbed they barged on into her little home and dragged her and several others away. ]

But they ran away, so I don't think they'll bother us anymore. [ She hopes. ]

Just a minute, I'm going to climb up to get a better view. [ And hopefully see where they're going so she doesn't ge them lost all over again. ]

October Intro: Louder than Sirens, Louder than Bells

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