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- final fantasy xv: ignis scientia,
- fragile dreams: ren,
- hyper light drifter: the drifter,
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- mass effect: commander shepard,
- osomatsu-san: ichimatsu matsuno,
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- undertale: chara dreemurr,
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- ✖ captive prince: laurent,
- ✖ disney: mickey mouse,
- ✖ dungeon meshi: marcille,
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- ✖ fullmetal alchemist: edward elric,
- ✖ marvel 616: wade wilson,
- ✖ off: the batter,
- ✖ original: finley,
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- ✖ world of warcraft: yrel
August Intro: You Think...You Wink...You Do A Double Blink...
INTRO LOG: AUGUST
Who: Everyone!
What: New souls arrive to the archipelago of LifeAftr.
When: August 3rd
Where: Ensō
Warnings: Mark as needed!
What: New souls arrive to the archipelago of LifeAftr.
When: August 3rd
Where: Ensō
Warnings: Mark as needed!
Part I: Get Wrekt
You rouse to a splash of sea salt drying on your skin. A haze of glass-white sand glitters in your vision, dappled by lush palms and thick, curling foliage that disappears into a jungle of deep jade. From behind, crackling wood and sawing rope groan from a mangled life raft ran ashore. A petering wash of tide over pebbled sand fills your ears as you struggle to gain your bearings in a vast portrait of tropical color…
No...no, no, that’s not precisely how this story starts.
Why don't we start over?
You rouse to a splash of sea salt, spraying across yourself and the wooden floor beneath you as it breaks across the edge of the platform. The light as it dances across the sea is blinding, dappling white spots across your vision as you slowly come back to consciousness and realize that - this is not where you last remember being.
The middle of the ocean is likely not a place most recall being at all. As you struggle to fully comprehend the new scenario in which you have found yourself, three things become quickly apparent. The raft you find yourself upon barely constitutes as something that should float, never mind a boat. In the distance, perhaps a few hours away at most, a large island beckons to you, a wide strip of beach surrounded by cliffs making it very clear where the most fortuitous of directions shall be.
Lastly, of course, you’re not alone. Hopefully your new companion(s) are just as keen to get ashore before nightfall as you, or voyaging together will not be the most positive experience. At your side you will find a knapsack, one to every member of your raft party, and upon inspecting its contents, you will discover any rewards you may have accrued - as well as a few other items to give you a fighting chance.
A note to those who participated in the Test Drive Meme: 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.
Part II: Choose Your Own Adventure
By fortune (or misfortune, as it were), you eventually find your feet meeting sand, blessed shore to stagger upon as you shake off your newly found sea-legs. There are those that may find this place familiar, as though it appeared in a dream, though the expanse of shore certainly seems larger. The beach stretches off into the distance on both sides, curving around sharp ridges and cliffs, mist obscuring the view the farther along it goes.
So here you are. You’ve found land. Company. Supplies. The sun is now beginning to trek rather low upon the horizon…spending the night outside in such an unfamiliar land is unappealing at best and outright dangerous at the worst.
There is one silver lining in the midst of this mess. Directly ahead, the beach curves up a gentle slope until it meets forest, some manner of building visible through the trees. Further exploration of this area will reveal a dilapidated building of sorts; the architecture is indiscernible to even the most skilled eye. Despite looking as if it has seen better days, there are areas that offer some form of shelter...and who knows what else. Just because it appears uninhabited doesn’t mean you won’t wind up pleasantly, or unpleasantly, surprised.
So what shall you do from here, traveller? There is land to be explored, strangers to meet, friends to reunite with. Supplies to inspect and plenty of questions in need of being said aloud. Choose your path, make haste, and above all else: survive. And whatever you will, take heart.
Your story is about to begin anew.
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!
( CODED BY BOOTYCALL )
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Me too! [ Luna seems...surprised, at the very least, to hear that Marcille came in the same way she did. That would mean that there may be a lot more people on this island than she thought. ]
Hmm... and I haven't seem any other pokemon on this island, either.
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[ Marcille looked at Chiffon, whose ears she was now scratching behind. Maayyybe that was a good thing? Nothing against a chill animal, but wild packs might be hard to deal with. ]
Is that what they call wolves where you're from?
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[ she just looks genuinely confused...Chiffon, on the other hand, is v. happy. Luna stands there in silence for a moment. ]
Where you come from, there aren't pokemon?
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[ A horrible, paralyzing thought occurred to her. ]
...Wait, you don't mean a monster, do you?
[ oh god was she petting a monster oh no ]
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[ it's hard to explain. Chiffon pulls away from Marcille to watch her curiously, unmoving. Luna places her hand on Chiffon's head with a smile. ]
Me and Chiffon? We've been together since the very beginning! And she's bailed me out of some really tight battles...and I'm really glad that she's here.
[ Chiffon borks! ]
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[ It was hard to believe there was something worse than being eaten but oh boy was there ever. ]
So you're kind of like a... beast tamer? You fight with your animals?
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So a...beast tamer? I guess technically I am!! That makes it sound really amazing, huh??
[ she beams happily!! What a nice title! ]
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[ Might as well take this girl's word for it. Pokemon weren't monsters, got it. ]
It does. It must take a lot of discipline...
[ She turned to glance at Chiffon. ]
So is Chiffon a... magical beast? I mean, Pokemon?
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What about you? You said there are...monsters where you're from, right? And you don't have pokemon?
[ the big pupper's tail wags when Marcille looks at her. ♥ ]
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Some of them even seem specially adapted to using people or animals as part of their life cycle. Man-eating plants, for example... they'll use people as fertilizer.
[ She shuddered at the memory. ]
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[ Luna looks pretty spooked, but shakes her head wildly!!! ]
W-well, you definitely don't have to worry about that with Chiffon or Nina-- they only fight when I ask them to, and we fight together! And we don't hurt other people...I'm sorry that your world is like that.
[ :C holy shiitake mushrooms dear new friend. welcome to the island. welcome to anywhere but where you were just talking about. ]
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[ Perhaps it was a good thing she hadn't mentioned the parasitic species... ]
Wait, who's Nina?
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Nina! Another pokemon from my world. [ she tosses the ball upwards a bit and it opens, a glowing red light shaped like a multi-tailed dog appears to Luna's side. Quite majestic looking, with a tail that sways with it's breath. The air grows a chill. ]
My other partner! Right, Nina?
[ Nina coos happily, brushing her face (and nose) against Luna leg, which earns her a small yelp. ]
C-c-cold! Oh! N-nina... [ Luna just laughs. MAN THAT NOSE IS COLD WHAT THE HECKIE DECKIE ]
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[ Marcille looked from the ball to 'Nina' and back. ]
I've never seen summoning magic like that before. Or that sort of an... er, animal?
[ D...og? Was this a dog? Or a wolf? Something canine, anyway. ]
Either way, it seems very convenient.
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[ SCIENCE IS AMAZING!!!! ]
It's not really magic, though! But...I do know a little bit of magic!
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[ Marcille looked markedly confused. It was true that she didn't sense any magical energy from the ball, but...
pokemon
how ]
...I guess I'm a little surprised that you know what magic is, then.
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[ Luna places the pokeball in her pocket and brings her empty hands in front of her, and then!!
Proceeds to (probably) blow Marcille's mind!!
Luna is laughing the whole time. ]
One of my best friends taught me how to do this!! Isn't it great?
[ she's so happy. Such a happy, amused girl. Nina presses her nose into Luna's thigh, which makes the young trainer jolt into the air. ]
Hhhheeeek!! N-n-nina!! [ Nina is not amused. Her tails sway to and fro. Come on, dude. Represent....better. ]
1/2
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[ Sometimes Marcille just questioned what she was doing with her life. Was this really the future of man. ]
I guess it's good that you have help out here. Especially if it turns out this island is otherwise uninhabited.
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Yeah, I agree! We've done a bit of looking around, though...Chiffon didn't smell anything. And no one that I've met here seems to have been here longer than us...